basil spence (20 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Unknown binding. Zustand: Good. Hardcover with dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show minor shelving wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust jacket shows edge wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Soft Cover. Zustand: Very Good. This is a very good softcover copy with some wear to the front cover. Very clean inside. This is an offprint from 'The Builder Newspaper', no date, but circa 1970. 16 illustrations, half in color of the modern Cathedral of St. Michaels in Coventry, England, designed by Sir Basil Spence. Ove Arup structural engineers. 11" high X 8" wide.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright with no markings, 287pp. Good DJ with some edge wear and creasing, spine sunned.

First Edition, reprint. Good copy in original stiff card wrappers with some wear and tear as with age. Remains well-preserved overall; bright and clean. Physical description; 15 pages. Notes; No clear publication date given. Subjects; Cathedral of St. Michael, Coventry. Architecture. Church History. 1 Kg.

hardcover. Zustand: Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Reprint . Inscription written by the previous owner. Small stamp mark on the last page. Reprint, 1962. Publication of 141 pages. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. Frontispiece. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed, minor marks, chipped piece and edge worn. There are annotations within the book, the text remains bright and clear. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Reprint. xviii, 141pp, index, ills. Owner name else vg in aged whole dj. The architect tells the story of the new Cathedral Size: 4to.

Zustand: Good. 1964. Paperback. Clean copy with some shelf wear, slight foxing on cover and endpapers, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Zustand: Good. Photographs (illustrator). Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A tan to the pages.

Hardcover. photos: Henk Snoek & author (illustrator). 2nd impression. xvii, 141 p.: 45 pl. (11 color), facsimile of building licence in text; 23.5 cm. [First printed earlier in October 1962] Contents -- A joyful and glorious resurrection as a symbol of reconciliation and hope, R. T. Howard, former provost of Coventry -- In a single, fearful night [14th November 1940]--and the vow was made: `The Cathedral will rise again, more splended than before', Gilbert Moore and John Miles -- `This magnificent new Cathedral', Cuthbert K. N. Bardsley, bishop of Coventry, `the first Bishop in all history to have seen both the beginning and the completion of his Cathedral during his episcopate' -- A challenge to a thousand years, R. Furneaux Jordan -- The nave windows, an appreciation, Basil Taylor -- The new Cathedral and the community, H. C. N. Williams, provost of Coventry, in an interview with F. A. D. Kelsey -- A Cathedral in the modern world, H. C. N. Williams, in an interview with Robert Payne -- The Consecration of the new Cathedral, 25th May 1962. VG orig. celadon cloth, gilt phoenix on front cover, edgeworn dj.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. Contents -- A joyful and glorious resurrection as a symbol of reconciliation and hope, R T Howard, former provost of Coventry -- In a single, fearful night [14th November 1940]--and the vow was made: `The Cathedral will rise again, more splended than before', Gilbert Moore and John Miles -- `This magnificent new Cathedral', Cuthbert K N Bardsley, bishop of Coventry, `the first Bishop in all history to have seen both the beginning and the completion of his Cathedral during his episcopate' -- A challenge to a thousand years, R Furneaux Jordan -- The nave windows, an appreciation, Basil Taylor -- The new Cathedral and the community, H C N Williams, provost of Coventry, in an interview with F A D Kelsey -- A Cathedral in the modern world, H C N Williams, in an interview with Robert Payne -- The Consecration of the new Cathedral, 25th May 1962 141 pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Author: Basil Spence Title: Phoenix at Coventry: The Rebuilding of a Cathedral Publication Details: London: Geoffrey Bles, 1962 (GB, 52 Doughty Street, WC1) Condition: Very Good Description: A compelling architectural and historical account of the reconstruction of Coventry Cathedral following its destruction during the Coventry Blitz. Written by the cathedral's architect, Basil Spence, this work provides a unique first-hand perspective on one of the most significant post-war rebuilding projects in Britain. The volume is illustrated with a rich selection of black-and-white and colour photographs, documenting both the devastation and the visionary process of renewal. Spence reflects on the architectural philosophy, artistic collaborations, and symbolic importance of the new cathedral as a monument to reconciliation and hope. A well-preserved copy, with clean pages and sound binding. Light age-related wear may be present, consistent with its vintage. Pagination: 141 pages.

Zustand: Good. 1964. Paperback. Clean copy with some shelf wear, slight foxing on cover and endpapers, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean. . . . .

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 141 pages. dj worn. Price clipped.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Modern architecture magazine, this issue includes St John Wilson on Rietveld, library at Sussex university by Basil Spence, flats at Bristol by George, Trew & Dunn, US Embassy in Dublin by John M. Johansen, plus many fascinating trade advertisements. Slight shelf wear to cover, small crease to front cover corner, previous owner's name in pencil on front cover. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Ex library rebound hardback, no DJ; usual stamps/markings. Special limited of 500 number 343 published in 1962 by Geoffrey Bles Ltd., London & signed by the Author. A good, very clean copy. 45 illustrations of which 11 are colour all intact & free from markings. The fly's eye vaulting of the canopy originally shown on the endpapers not present due to rebinding. Ready for immediate despatch from UK. BS-1C*.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 24 pp., illustrations. In English and French. leather cover is flaking off, minor burn marks at bottom front of front cover, includes 6 loose photos of Villa Mariposa.

Leather. Zustand: Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this interesting architectural work. Held in a Sangorski & Sutcliffe morocco signed binding. This book is written about the re-building of Coventry Cathedral after its bombing during 1940. The first edition, second impression. The title Phoenix At Coventry refers to the building rising from the ashes, which has been built next to the remains of the old building. The old building was kept in ruins as a garden of remembrance, with the new Cathedral built alongside. The author of this work, Basil Spence was the architect for the new Cathedral and this work discusses the different stages for the rebuild. He was later knighted for his work on the Cathedral. With a foreword by the fifth Bishop of Coventry. Illustrated throughout, with forty five plates consisting of colour and monochrome plates of the interiors, exteriors, plans and the site. In a half morocco signed binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Binder's stamp to verso of front endpaper. Externally, excellent with minor shelfwear, spine is slightly faded. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and very clean. Fine. book.