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8vo., First Paperback Edition, with very numerous full-page illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. A very useful guide, with a good general survey of each cathedral or church featured. Includes essays on Christianity in English History, Important Dates in the Development of the Church in Britain, visitor facility chart, visitor information and extensive ecclesiological glossary.
356p. Bookseller's label. XLib. 8vo. Original full red cloth binding, gold stamped. Worn at extremities. First American Edition. Gautier was a famed French poet, novelist, and critic. He was a leading exponent of "art for art's sake" - the belief that formal, aesthetic beauty is the sole purpose of a work of art. This work about his trip to Russia was first published 1866-1867. It was of enormous influence on French attitudes towards Russia in the Nineteenth century. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! RUSSIA/1
Privat 1958, grand In-8 broché sous jaquette. 288 pages non coupées. Avec photos, figures, plans et planches. Jaquette un peu abimée sans gravité, corps de l'ouvrage en très bon état
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.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and folding maps; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a a very good, bright, clean copy. In this condition, an uncommon survival.
Madrid Espasa-Calpe 1946, In-8 toile grise de l'éditeur, 434 pages. Nombreuses figures en noir et blanc, hors texte en couleurs. Bon état. Prologo de AngelDOTOR.
folio 80p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
122p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition, lacking fold. map at end
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
12mo, 96 pages, illustrated throughout. eng
6 p.l., 208 p. incl. front., illus., map. 36 cm. Hardcover Good condition, leather spine desiccated, chipped and worn
pp. vii, 118 + Color Frontis and another plate decorated with Cathedral coat of arms, plus numerous full page photographs and drawings. Photographs taken by staff photographers of the Great Western Railway Company. Pen and Ink Drawings are by William M. Hendy. Numerous architectural text drawings. The Architectural Section is by Martin S. Briggs. Some foxing. Includes insert pamphlet of the Cathedral and Abbey Church of St. Alban. 4to. Original paper wraps, lettered in blue with drawing on front wrap. Spine darkened. Edges frayed. First Impression. ENGLAND BOX 2
8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece, coloured and monochrome plates, and illustrations in the text; red cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in silver, patterned endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's pictorial slip-case.
4 leaves, 4to., on laid paper, with a large folding plate engraved on wood, last leaf of text supplied in photo-facsimile; sewed as issued, uncut, disbound, fore-edges a little dusty else a very crisp, clean copy ideal for framing and display. Extracted from the 'Journal of the Society of Antiquaries'. Gough's paper was read before the Society on 22 February 1770. The large plate contains five figures, including facsimiles of relevant inscriptions. Gough opines that the tomb is that of Roger, third Bishop of Salisbury after the removal of the See from Sherborn [sic] to Old Sarum. The author was almost certainly Richard Gough (1735-1809), antiquary and authority on sepulchral monuments. His best known works include 'Sepulchral Monuments of Great Britain' (first edition 1786) and his revised and enlarged edition of Camden's 'Britannia' (1789).
No marks or inscriptions. Minor creasing to front cover, none to rear or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 155pp. Proceedings of a Victorian Society Symposium in 2010 including notable scholars from a number of countries in an analysis of the commonalities and peculiarities of ecclesiastical architecture in the wider Victorian world.
Inscription on half-title page. No other marks. Creasing to covers. Clean tight pages with unmarked boards, dusty rear end papers and with some bumping to corners. 64pp. Photographs and descriptions of the French cathedrals. All text in French.
94p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
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.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Green cover with pasted-down illustration. 9"w x 7 3/4"h. 224 pages. Illustrated throughout with artwork by artists such as Monet, Constable, and Turner, among others.
No marks or inscriptions. Very tiny crease to lower front corner, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 128pp. Mainly pictorial book depicting misericords to be found in churches and cathedrals which are some of the finest surviving wood carvings from the Middle Ages.
4to., with 6 plates on 3, 9 illustrations and plans (4 full-page) in the text and 2 large folding plans; original printed wrappers, covers lightly browned else a near fine copy. Reprinted from 'The Archaeological Journal', vol. CXIX.
Neat inscription to title page. No other marks. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked maroon cloth boards, slight foxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn or creasedwith minor traces of storage. 602pp. Biography of Augustus Pugin, one of Britain's greatest architects, who died insane in 1852 aged forty, having changed the face and the mind of British architecture.
VG no dj . attractive cream boards with embossed design and to spine. corners and ends of spine touch rounded. 1 inscription to ffep - looks like pencil though. endpapers at front and back are markedly browned and foxed, which reduces through title page etc to beginning of preface. no foxing to text itself. Damage to joint, hinge open at endpaper level front and back.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece in photogravure, 16 half-tone plates, 30 illustrations and a full-page map in the text, and pictorial endpapers, some light spotting (rather heavier on front and rear preliminaries); original pictorial cloth, blue top, a good, firm copy. With the trade ticket of C E Brumwell of Hereford on rear paste-down. Published in the series 'Cathedrals, Abbeys and Famous Churches' edition by Gordon Home.
