288pp, with stunning photographic colour illustrations throughout. Bound in grey cloth-covered boards with white lettering on the spine. Colour illustrated endpapers. 4to. The cloth is very gently rubbed at the base of the spine. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. In its original dust jacket, slightly bumped at spine ends. A magnificient, coffee-table style, volume featuring 18 rural Australian homes selected for their appealing and innovative design, architecture, and furbishment. Leta Keens is a Sydney-based writer specialising in architecture, design and the arts. Her text is accompanied by the beautiful photography of Simon Griffiths, a well-known garden photographer.