The English Abbey. Its Life And Work In The Middle Ages
by Crossley, Fred H. Illustrated from Photographs By the Author and Others and Drawings By Brian Cook
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
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Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada
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About This Item
London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1949. Full-color frontispiece "Dominican Nuns In Quire" on heavy semi-gloss paper. Foreword to third edition by the author which " concerns one or two particulars which have not been included in the descriptions of the abbeys in the earlier editions, which may help to elucidate a few points left a little vague or obscure in the text."..... A list of the principal remains of abbeys arranged under counties provided, seven informative chapters follow - extremely well illustrated with 130 fine photographs. Two fold-out maps are present in excellent condition, Watton Priory Yorkshire and Mount Grace Priory Yorkshire.. Map endpapers. Front endpaper is Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire...Rear endpaper - Durham Cathedral . Brian Cook illustrated wrap-around price-clipped dust jacket. . Mild spotting to fore edge. This copy remains clean, sound and most respectable.. Third Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Gilt Edge Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B2011
- Title
- The English Abbey. Its Life And Work In The Middle Ages
- Author
- Crossley, Fred H. Illustrated from Photographs By the Author and Others and Drawings By Brian Cook
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Publisher
- B. T. Batsford Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- English Abbeys + Cathedrals + Architecture + Churches + Priories + British Heritage Series + Church Construction + England + History + NOISBN + Brian Cook Artist
- Bookseller catalogs
- United Kingdom;
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