B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good ; Good Jacket. 1950 B. T. Batsford. First Edition. First printing. "First Published 1950" on verso. No additional printings listed. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has red cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Top page edges are red. Color frontispiece. Black and white illustrations. Black and white plates. Photographs by Herbert Felton. Binding tight. Spine has just a slight lean. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. 99 text pages, 126 pages of plates. "A Batsford Book." Printed in Great Britain. Dust jacket, with color wrap-around illustration of Wells Cathedral, has light surface rubbing, chipped and nicked edges, and small tears. Jacket spine has some small areas where color is rubbed off. Dust jacket is price clipped. Series: The British Art and Building Series. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

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Bookseller: SmarterRat Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 8882
Title: The English Cathedrals
Author: Harvey, John; Felton, Herbert
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Publisher: B. T. Batsford Ltd.
Date Published: 1950
Keywords: Architecture,England
Bookseller catalogs: Architecture; England;

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