Alfred Giles: An English Architect in Texas and Mexico

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  • Hardcover
  • San Antonio: Trinity University Press, 1972
By Jutson, Mary Carolyn Hollers
San Antonio: Trinity University Press, 1972. Hardcover. Joe S. Lawrie. 178pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Asparagus green thickly woven cloth over boards, with the title stamped in gilt on the spine and front cover. Pale green endsheets. Profusely illustrated. Very good. The spine and front cover have areas of very subtle fading. Number one in the San Antonio Conservation Society Series. Photography by Joe S. Lawrie. Many of the buildings designed by Alfred Giles for the families and institutions involved in the growth of central Texas and northern Mexico are still standing, and they are on the National Register of Historic Places.

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