basil spence (23 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. Photographs (illustrator). Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. Dust jacket price clipped. In protective mylar cover. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

hardcover. Zustand: Good.

Zustand: Good. 1962. Reprint. 141 pages. No dust jacket. Yellow cloth with gilt decoration and lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

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. 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.

Zustand: Good. 1964. First Edition Thus. 160 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

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.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+. First American Edition. B & W and Color Photos; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 141 pages; 1962 Harper & Row. HC/DJ.First American edition, from the British plates. Snugly bound in full black cloth, lettered in gilt with metallic green and red to spine. In the original color pictorial dust jacket with $6.95 price intact to unclipped front flap. Prior owner's small ink name stamp to the bottom edge of the page block. Jacket lightly shelf rubbed with tiny nicks at extremities. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white and color photographs on glossy stock. VG++ / VG+.

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.

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.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. THERE ARE NO TARIFFS OR CUSTOMS DUTIES ON BOOKS. The original Fontana paperback of the significant account by Sir Basil Spence of the building of Coventry Cathedral.Fully illustrated, with the preparatory drawings and paintings, then the placing of the major artworks by John Piper, Graham Sutherland and Jacob Epstein, among others. Good copy, bumped corners.

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*.

1st edition. Fine copy in the original colour-printed boards. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Literally as new. Physical description; 371 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Machine generated contents note: Early Years -- ch. 1 Specialising in not specialising / Jane Thomas -- ch. 2 The Modern Scot / Clive Fenton -- ch. 3 The Festival of Britain 1951: the Sea and Ships Pavilion, London / David Walker -- 1950s -- ch. 4 Fresh leaves on top of the old tree / Jane Thomas -- ch. 5 Coventry Cathedral / Louise Campbell -- ch. 6 The Modern Church / David Walker -- ch. 7 Northern Lights: university buildings in Scotland and northeast England / Clive Fenton -- ch. 8 Spence at Cambridge: the Erasmus Building, Queens' College / Louise Campbell -- 1960s -- ch. 9 Building for the nuclear generation / Jane Thomas -- ch. 10 Towards a new university: from Redbrick to Sussex / Louise Campbell -- ch. 11 `Una lezione de civilta': the British Embassy in Rome / Miles Glendinning -- ch. 12 Building for the Modern Soldier: Hyde Park Cavalry Barracks / Miles Glendinning. Note continued: ch. 13 `Hanging Gardens of the Gorbals': Hutchesontown `C', flawed masterpiece of mass housing? / Miles Glendinning -- ch. 14 A hive of controversy: extending New Zealand's Parliament buildings / Robin Skinner -- ch. 15 The British Pavilion at Expo 67: art, architecture and national identity / Brian Edwards -- 1970s -- ch. 16 A strategic withdrawal / Jane Thomas -- ch. 17 Spence and controversy: the Queen Anne's Gate development / David Walker -- ch. 18 Works abroad: Sir Basil Spence International / David Walker -- ch. 19 Envoi / Jane Thomas. Subjects; Spence, Basil Sir 1907-1976. Spence, Basil Sir 1907-1976 Criticism and interpretation. Coventry Cathedral. 1900-1999. Architects Scotland. Architecture Scotland 20th century. Architecture and Planning. Architects. Architecture. Architecture, Modern Great Britain 20th century. Architecture, Modern 20th century. Architects Scotland ; Biography. Architecture England 20th century. Architecture Scotland 20th century. Industrial design Great Britain History 20th century. Sir Basil Spence, R.A. [1907-1976]. Architects Great Britain ; Biography. Scotland. Royal Institute of British Architects (London). Buildings. Construction. Festival of Britain. Biographies. 3 Kg.

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.