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The Architecture of George Pace
by Pace, Peter Sissinghurst, Lord Coggan of Canterbury and (Foreword)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG++/F/GD
- ISBN 10
- 0713462736
- ISBN 13
- 9780713462739
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HARDBACK "UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Pub: B.T.Batsford Ltd..* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth covered boards with silver title to spine strip, none to face. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: Colour photo-illustrated dust wrapper showing the interior of Llandaff Cathedral. Continuous tear across rear of jacket ending at spine. White title to spine and face. Minimal shelf wear to top and bottom edges and to head and tail of spine. Now re-inforced and in clear un-attached protective jacket. VG.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Coloured end papers (mid grey). Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. Slight spotting to top edge. VG++* Illustrations: Numerous b/w photos, l/dwgs and diagrams throughout.* Pages: 270 pp. text. xviii pp. index and appendices at rear.* Description: Primarily a detailed and illustrated account of the built and written works of the 20th-century architect, George G. Pace, this book is also a study of the fundamentals of church architecture, in terms of new buildings, restoration and furnishings. The full range of his work is covered from building new churches to conserving ancient cathedrals, from designing wrought-iron fittings and lettering in stone to instructing embroideresses on new vestments. Many of George Pace's ideas raise issues at the heart of today's debate on the direction of modern architecture and design. The author, Peter Pace, son of George Pace, is himself an architect specializing in the conservation of churches and other ancient buildings. He is secretary to the York Georgian Society, Member of the York Civic Trust Council, and Trustee of the Yorkshire Buildings Preservation Trust..* A NEAR FINE text copy reduced by dust jacket faults to VG. Now in clear un-attached protective jacket.*
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- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9091
- Title
- The Architecture of George Pace
- Author
- Pace, Peter Sissinghurst, Lord Coggan of Canterbury and (Foreword)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG++/F/GD
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edn. 1st Imp.
- ISBN 10
- 0713462736
- ISBN 13
- 9780713462739
- Publisher
- B.T. Batsford Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London UK. 288
- Date Published
- 1990-12-05
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