Hunt Country Style

New York City: Rizzoli, 2008. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover. Signed by the author Kathryn Masson. A sumptuous and extravagent book that "celebrates both a lifestyle and a discrete building tradition beloved nationwide. Wood paneled libraries, suptuously appointed interiors, mudrooms, paddocks, stables are all signature elements of this equestrian-based style and way of life asapired to acruss the country. The beginnings reach back to America's first built vision and many of the finest examples of this style of interiors and architecture are set forth in this fascinating account, which showcases. 20 houses that epitomize this tradition and evoke its most inviting and beloved features "(from the dust jacket). Bound in gray cloth covers with titling in white to spine. With a beautiful dust jacket with a photograph of a lavishly decorated room on the front cover and a evocative photograph of the light filled exterior of a manor home on the rear cover. In fine condition. 256 pages including acknowledgments and index.