NEW BOOK – MINT/MINT. PUBLISHED AT £50.00. THIS BOOK BRINGS TOGETHER TWENTY-FOUR ESSAYS BY COLLEAGUES PUPILS AND FRIENDS OF KERRY DOWNES. THE ESSAYS RANGE FROM THE LATE MIDDLES AGES TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY BUT ARE CONCENTRATED ON THE PERIOD TO THE STUDY OF WHICH KERRY DOWNES HAS CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH: THAT OF WREN VANBRUGH AND HAWKSMOOR. TAKEN TOGETHER THESE ESSAYS DISPLAY THE DIFFERENT APPROACHES TAKEN BY ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS AND THE RICH VARIETY OF ENGLISH ARCHITECTURE.
1ST EDITION. A VERY GOOD COPY PROTECTED WITH AN ACETATE SLEEVE. SMALL AMOUNT OF FOXING AT THE FRONT AND REAR. STICKER ON THE INSIDE FRONT BOARD AND NAME ON FEP.
QUARTO. NEAT INSCRIPTION ON FEP AND PREVIOUS OWNER`S STICKER ON INSIDE FRONT BOARD. 1ST EDITION IN CREAM DECORATED BOARD WHICH ARE MARKED.30 PLATES IN COLOUR REPRODUCED FROM PAINTINGS BY ARTHUR GARRATT AND FROM PORTRAITS IN THE COLLEGE.
SIX VOLUMES IN FINE CONDITION – BROWN BOARDS WITH MARBLED END PAPERS. ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN LOOSE FOLDERS DIVIDED INTO SECTIONS AND REBOUND. SMALL FOLIO.
SMALL FOLIO RED CLOTH WITH 21 FINE PLATES PLUS DRAWINGS IN THE TEXT. THE CHURCHES WERE BUILT OR RESTORED BY GEORGE EDMUND STREET FOR SIR TATTON SYKES IN THE EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY FINE COPY.
NEAR FINE HARDBACK COPY IN A CARD SLIPCASE. A HISTORY OF AN OPEN-AIR MUSEUM AND ITS OLD BUILDINGS. VERY WELL ILLUSTRATED IN BLACK AND WHITE AND COLOUR.
FIRST EDITION QUARTO BLUE CLOTH WITH WORN DUSTWRAPPER. THE STORY OF HOWE’S CAREER AS TOLD BY AN ARCHITECT AND HISTORIAN. ILLUS. IN BLACK AND WHITE. VERY SCARCE IN THE UK.
