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GOTHIC FOR THE STEAM AGE: AN ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY OF GEORGE GILBERT SCOTT
Written by Gavin Stamp.
Stock no. 1829649
Published by Aurum Press. 1st 2016. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Biography of a famous and prolific architect of the Victorian Age. Large format. Peach cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. 208 pages including index. ISBN: 9781781311240. Light rubbing to top & tail of spine and corners of boards. Minor blue ink smudge to top edge of text block. Else boards & contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased across top edge.

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JAMES GIBBS
Written by Terry Friedman.
Stock no. 1829484
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

In eighteenth-century England, James Gibbs was perhaps the most successful and prolific architect of his generation. This book is a cogent and fully documented record of Gibbs's career and architectural achievement. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. vi and 362 pages including index. ISBN: 0300031726. Base of spine and corners lightly rubbed. Diagonal crease to prelims. Title page is a little grubby with imprinting of ink from facing frontis. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is worn at corners and is scuffed, remains of label to lower edge of rear panel.

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THE RUINED ABBEYS OF BRITAIN (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Frederick Ross. Illustrated by A.F. Lydon.
Stock no. 1829434
Published by William Mackenzie. Almost very good condition.

Two volumes. Very large format. 14.5 x 11". Dark green cloth, gilt titles to spine and front cover. Bevelled edges. Elaborate red and gold vignette to front covers. All edges gilt. 12 superb colour plates. Numerous b/w text illustrations. Tintern Abbey is the colour frontis and first subject of volume I. Undated. Spines worn to top & tail with board beneath cloth exposed. Corners are rubbed. A few marks to boards. Joints starting to crack. Vertical crease to front endpaper of volume I. Plate opposite page 48 (The Cistercian Abbey of Melrose) and page 124 (The Premonstratensian Abbey of Dryburgh) are missing. Some hinges are pulled but binding tight. Plates are lovely and bright with some minor marks to margins. Scattered foxing throughout both volumes.

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A HISTORY OF THE PARISH AND CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE, BARNSTAPLE
Written by R.J.E. Boggis.
Stock no. 1829399
Published by Cross And Jackman. 1st 1915. Very good condition.

Includes an early history of Barnstaple. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. 204 pages including index plus list of subscribers to rear. Spine lightly browned. Corners of boards lightly rubbed. Text block and endpapers browned. Contents clean.

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THE OLD PARISH CHURCHES OF DEVON
Written by Mike Salter.
Stock no. 1829265
Published by Folly Publications. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition.

This book describes all the features of interest dating from the Saxon period up until the 1790s to be seen in 470 parish churches and chapels in Devon. White pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos, illustrations and floor plans. 223 pages plus glossary. ISBN: 1871731399. Small mark to last couple of pages else a very nice copy.

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ROUND TOWER CHURCHES OF SOUTH EAST ENGLAND
Written by W.J. Goode. Illustrated by Diana Bowie.
Stock no. 1829001
Published by Round Tower Churches Society. 1st 1994. Very good condition.

Large format. Pink cardwraps with white titles and illustration to front & rear. B/w photos and illustrations. 206 pages. ISBN: 0952305801. Edges of covers lightly rubbed. Name & date in ink to top of title page. Includes some relevant newspaper cuttings, leaflets and colour photos loosely inserted.

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FIFTY ENGLISH STEEPLES
Written by Julian Flannery.
Stock no. 1828999
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2016. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Finest Medieval Parish Church Towers and Spires in England. Large format. Purple cloth spine with silver titles, white pictorial boards. Purple endpapers. B/w photos and diagrams. Purple ribbon page marker. 495 pages including index. ISBN: 9780500343142. White boards a little grubby. Contents clean. Some church steeples accompanied with a card drawing inserted.

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FLINT FLUSHWORK: A MEDIEVAL MASONRY ART
Written by Stephen Hart.
Stock no. 1828910
Published by The Boydell Press. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Flint Flushwork is a wholly external decorative medium, where the skills of a medieval craftsman blended with the iconography of the medieval church to create a new art form. It is an artistic achievement that is built into the very fabric of many hundreds of medieval churches. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and a few colour photos. v and 175 pages. ISBN: 9781843833697. Neat name & date in ink to front endpaper else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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MEDIEVAL WALL PAINTINGS IN ENGLISH & WELSH CHURCHES
Written by Roger Rosewell.
Stock no. 1828909
Published by The Boydell Press. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Five hundred years ago the interior walls of every church were richly painted with religious imagery and vibrant patterns. This book explains when the paintings were made; what they show; who made them; how they were made; why they were made; why the Church stopped making them. The book also contains a Gazeteer listing 500 churches and chapels where wall paintings can still be seen in England and Wales. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9781843833680. Neat name & date in ink to front endpaper. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed along lower rear edge.

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THE CHURCHYARD YEWS OF GWENT
Written by J. Daryll Evans.
Stock no. 1328495
Published by Archangel Press. 2nd 2007. Nearly fine condition.

Second Edition. Card wraps. B/w photos. A fascinating study. 174 pages. ISBN: 9781905037018.

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OLD CHESHIRE CHURCHES
Written by Raymond Richards.
Stock no. 1828618
Published by B.T. Batsford. 1st 1947. Very good condition.

A Survey of Their History, Fabric and Furniture with Records of the Older Monuments. Dark blue cloth with gilt titles. 11 x 8.5". xxvii & 523 pages including index. 4 colour plates plus black and white photos and plans. Folding colour map to rear. Rear board lightly marked. Light rubbing to base of spine. Text block browned, a little grubby and minor foxing present. Inscription in ink to front endpapper. Some pale foxing to contents else a nice, tight copy.

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LANERCOST PRIORY, CUMBRIA (RESEARCH SERIES NUMBER 10)
Written by Henry Summerson; Stuart Harrison.
Stock no. 1828526
Published by Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

The history of the priory. Large format. Green pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and sketches. xi and 219 pages including index. ISBN: 1873124309. A nice copy.

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