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8vo., First Edition, with title-vignette, 11 coloured plates on 10, 34 monochrome plates on 32, a full-page facsimile in the text and decorative endpapers; yellow cloth gilt, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper, the latter a little browned at backstrip.
Oversize 2 vol., illus. Title of vol. 1: The Horizon Book of the Middle Ages. Title of vol. 2: The Horizon Book of Great Cathedrals. Hardcover Very good condition in slipcase
2 v. fronts., illus., plates. 23 cm. Hardcover Ex-library, Very good condition Contents: v. 1. Northern France. Alsace-Lorraine. Champagne. The Nivernais. Maine. Anjou Laval.--v. 2. French Flanders. Normandy. Brittany.
2 v. fronts., illus., plates. 24 cm. Hardcover Ex-library, Very good condition Contents: v. 1. South of France. Provence, Languedoc.--v. 2. Languedoc.(continued), Gascony
Marseille Laffitte reprints 1977, In-8 reliure éditeur plein skyvertex bordeaux. XVI + 423 pages. Illustré de 27 gravures. Avec de nombreuses pièces justificatives et de nombreux docuents sur les églises du Rouergue et les anciens artistes du Rouergue. Tirage limité à 500 exemplaires. Parfait état.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 7 plates; cloth, gilt back, small dent in backstrip (just affecting author's surname) else a very good, bright, clean copy. THIS COPY WAS FORMERLY IN THE LIBRARY OF A L ROWSE, AND CARRIES HIS SIGNATURE ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER, HIS CHARACTERISTIC MONOGRAM WRITTEN ACROSS THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER GUTTER, AND SEVERAL MARGINAL ANNOTATIONS (MAINLY VERTICAL LININGS) IN HIS HAND. With the errata slip at p.21 as intended.
Zodiaque, 1999. In-8 carré plein cartonnage éditeur sous jaquette illustrée et éui. 337 pages ornées de photos, schémas et figures. Très bon état
Sm. folio. First Edition, with numerous fine full-page photographs and smaller plans in the text, endpapers lightly spotted; grey tweed cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in brown; a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Nice copy of an elusive survey, particularly scarce in this condition.
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 214 pages with map, b&w photos throughout of exteriors, interiors, a garden or two. Contents include St. George's, St. Giles, St James, St. John's St. Annes, Holy Trinity, Brompton, All Saints, St. Dunstans, and more than 90 individual churches.
2 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, with fine frontispieces (original tissue guards present), titles in red and black, fine plates (all original tissue guards present), and many hundreds of photographs and illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; original blue coarse-grain cloth, upper boards with multiple frame border in blind enclosing title and crozier in gilt, gilt backs, ivory endpapers, red sprinkled edges, a near fine copy. Splendid survey, profusely illustrated and with many eminent contributors. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
Paris, Desclée de Brouwer, 1938. Petit et fort in-4 (18,5 x 24 cm), broché, couverture illustrée, 446 pp. 23 hors-textes et d'autres nombreuses illustrations dans le texte. Un grand plan remplié en fin d'ouvrage (Légende du Plan Willaume 1735-1736. Liste des bancs du costé de la chaire - Liste des banc du costé de l'oeuvre
Pordic, Imprimerie Réunie du Phare de Pordic et de l'intransigeant Pordiquais, ste portiquaises des Amis des livres et manuscrits bretons", 1920 ; in-4, demi-percaline Bradel, (une coiffe émoussée) 80 pages avec un glossaire de la langue des Soirées de l'Abbaye de Coëtquiveult. De la Société Pordiquaise des Amis des Livres et Manuscrits Bretons. Tirage à cent exemplaires numérotés pour les membres de la Société, exemplaire n° 22 nominatif avec la signature du propriétaire : Jacques Lapoticaire. Bel ex.
13 vols., 8vo., Mixed Editions, with coloured or sepia-toned frontispieces and very numerous sepia-toned plates, some light and occasional spotting; coloured cloth, upper boards lettered in gilt enclosing mounted coloured illustrations (not repeated in text), gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean and elegant run. Published in the early 1930s, Raphael Tuck's 'Cathedral Story' series provides accessible and easily-written accounts of the great English Cathedals and Minsters. The authors, always well-informed, were almost exclusively senior clergy of their respective institutions, and the plates are well-chosen and atmospheric. In particular, the cover watercolour illustrations are quite charming and the series as A whole has an attractive and elegant feel. This run comprises A.S. Duncan-Jones: Chichester Cathedral (1ed. 1933. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY), Horace Munroe: Southwark Cathedral (1ed. 1933), Margaret A. Babington: Canterbury Cathedral (2ed. 1934), Charles C. Bell: York Minster (1ed. 1931), E.G. Swain: Peterborough Cathedral (1ed. 1932), J.H. Srawley: Lincoln Minster (1ed. 1933), Arthur Huxley Thompson: Exeter Cathedral (1ed. 1933), Lawrence E. Tanner: Westminster Abbey (1ed. 1932), Richard H. Malden: Wells Cathedral (2ed. 1938), Charles C. Bell: Fountains Abbey (1ed. 1932), J.M.J. Fletcher: Salisbury Cathedral (1ed. 1933), E.G. Selwyn: Winchester Cathedral (1ed. 1934), Maurice H. Fitzgerald: Bristol Cathedral (1ed. 1936). GOOD RUNS IN THIS CONDITION ARE SCARCE.
289-384, 190 ads, pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and drawings. Printed upon glossy stock. The many pages of ads include an abundance of nostalgic photos and illustrations. Features: Some Principles of Small House Design, Part VI - Elevations (Continued); City Gates of France; English Architectural Decoration - Part XIV - Staircases; Portfolio of Current Architecture; War Books of the Cathedrals - Part VIII; The Classic Factor in Furniture Design; The Slav Temperament in Architecture; Notes and Comments. Somewhat above-average external wear. Library markings to front cover. Front cover nearly loose. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
385-480, [102] ads, pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and drawings. Printed upon glossy stock. The many pages of ads include an abundance of nostalgic illustrations. Features: Barracks Group and Hospital of the U.S. Army School of Military Aeronautics at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio - Joseph N. Bradford, Architect; The Debt of Landscape Art to a Museum of Trees; Modern Industrial Plants, Part I; Housing for Women War Workers; Henry Hering's Sculpture for the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago; Portfolio of Current Architecture; The Work of Olmsted Brothers - Part I; The Character of Renaissance Architecture; The Expressiveness of Light; The Architect's Library - war books of the French Cathedrals - Part IV; Notes and Comments. Average external wear. Library stamp atop front cover, otherwise unmarked. Binding intact. Two small binding holes near spine. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, text in English and Latin, some mild foxing at front and rear, one or two short tears in text margins; contemporary full calf, expertly rebacked, backstrip compartmented with contrasting leather label lettered in gilt, a very good, firm copy. A BRIGHT COPY OF THE FIRST SEPARATELY PUBLISHED ACCOUNT OF ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL. The work comprises I: The Local Statutes of that Church; II: The Inscriptions upon the Monuments, Tombs and Grave-Stones; III: An Account of the Bishops, Priors, Deans and Arch-Deacons; IV: An Appendix of Monumental Inscriptions in the Cathedral Church of Canterbury, supplementary to Mr. Somner's and Mr. Battely's Accounts of that Church; V: Some original Papers relating to the Church and Diocese of Rochester. The text is in English throughout, with the exceptions of the charter and statutes which are given in the original Latin. A second issue with a cancel title was published in 1723. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Bennett records only four copies held in the county. Anderson, p.146; Bennett, p.321; Upcott, p.414.
