The Vivien Greene Dolls' House Collection by Vivien Greene & Margaret Towner

The Vivien Greene Dolls' House Collection (Cassell Hardcover in Illustrated Dust Jacket)

A Fully Illustrated Colour Survey of Vivien Greene's Celebrated Collection of Antique English Dolls' Houses

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: The Vivien Greene Dolls' House Collection
• Authors: Vivien Greene & Margaret Towner
• Publisher: Cassell, London
• Publication Date: 1995
• ISBN-13: 9780304346172
• ISBN-10: 0304346179
• Edition Details: First published 1995.
• Binding: Publisher's blue cloth hardcover with a yellow printed dust jacket.
• Physical Format: Large format, roughly quarto, 192 pages. Heavily illustrated with colour photographs throughout.
• Language: English

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Very Good Plus (VG+)
• Exterior / Boards: The blue textured cloth boards are clean and unmarked, with square corners and an intact spine. The book is fitted with a clear protective cover over the jacket.
• Interior: The pages are clean, bright and unmarked, with colour plates throughout. The binding is tight and sound.
• The Dust Jacket: Present. The yellow printed jacket is generally clean, with a yellow spine and back panel and a colour photograph to the front. Some light scuffing to the front is visible. It is protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover.

Synopsis & Historical Value

The Vivien Greene Dolls' House Collection is a fully illustrated catalogue of the antique dolls' houses and their contents assembled by Vivien Greene for her museum in Oxford. Her own commentary accompanies the colour photographs of the houses, their rooms and their miniature furnishings, all photographed by Nick Nicholson.

Greene was recognised as an authority on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century English dolls' houses. Her research, which began in the 1940s, is credited with helping to establish the serious academic and museum interest in these objects, and her earlier writing persuaded dealers and curators that dolls' houses deserved study and conservation.

This is a handsome, visually rich reference for collectors of dolls' houses, miniatures and domestic social history, and a worthwhile companion to her earlier works on the subject.

Author Profile: Vivien Greene

Vivien Greene (1904-2003) was born in Rhodesia and became one of the foremost authorities on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century English dolls' houses. Her collection, housed in her Oxford museum, was among the most celebrated of its kind.

Her other books include English Dolls' Houses of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries (1955) and Family Dolls' Houses (1973). Her pioneering research is credited with encouraging serious study and conservation of dolls' houses.

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