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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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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AN INVENTORY OF NONCONFORMIST CHAPELS AND MEETING-HOUSES IN EASTERN ENGLAND
Written by Christopher Stell.
Stock no. 1828430
Published by English Heritage. 1st 2002. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This volume covers an area from the English Channel to the Humber estuary. This is the fourth and final volume which completes the Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-houses. The three previous volumes were published by HMSO. Large format. Red cloth with gilt titles and vignettes. B/w photos and diagrams. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. ISBN: 1873592507. From the library of Ron Brunskill (authority on the history of Architecture). SIGNED by the author with personal dedication to front endpaper. Bookplate of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Contructions of England to front endpaper. Minor foxing to text block. Grubby marks to prelims else contents clean. Blue dustwrapper is scuffed and has foxing to verso (not visible to front). A sweet odour present.

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A HISTORIC GUIDE TO THE ALMSHOUSE OF ST. JOHN BAPTIST AND ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST SHERBORNE
Written by Charles Herbert.
Stock no. 1327849
Published by Oxford University Press; John Johnson. 1926. Very good condition.

Blue paperwraps with black titles and vignettes. B/w plates and photos. 80 pages. Covers lightly creased and lightly browned at edges.

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AN INVENTORY OF HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET: VOLUME TWO SOUTH-EAST (3 VOLUMES)
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827723
Published by Royal Commission On The Historical Monuments Of England. 1st 1970. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Describing the contents of 53 parishes in the south-eastern part of Dorset, in three seperately bound parts. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt titles and crest to front. B/w photos, illustrations and plans, some folding. Maps in pocket to rear. A very heavy set. ISBN: 011700457X. A lovely set. Price-cut dustwrappers are lightly rubbed at corners.

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