An Introduction to English Church Architecture Two Volumes.

Oxford University Press, 2013-01-01. 1st Edn, 1st. Imp.. Hardcover. VG+/GD+/ND. Box X28 HARDBACK ""IN TWO VOLUMES,"" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1913 * Publisher: Humphrey Milford for the OUP. * Binding & cover condition: Both Volumes have dark blue cloth covered boards, gilt titles & decoration with OUP logos to spines & impressed titles & framing to faces. Slight bumps & rubs to edges & corners & to heads & tails of spines, no fading or marks. GD+.* Jacket condition: No dust wrappers. ND.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Vol I:- Dated gift dedication & inscription to ffep. A few very slight marks to end papers. Clean, crisp, tight & bright with only light reading wear, no marks to text. TEG Gilt. Slight marks to fore & bottom edges, otherwise no visible faults. VG+.* Vol II:- A few very slight marks to end papers. Clean, crisp, tight & bright with only light reading wear, no marks to text. TEG Gilt. Slight marks to fore & bottom edges, otherwise no visible faults. VG+. Illustrations: Numerous, b/w photos, diagrams, prints & line drawings throughout. * Pages: 486 + 473 pp. text. xiv pp. preface to Vol. I no apps at rear. xxvi pp. index at rear & xiv advertisements at rear.* Description: An Introduction to English Church Architecture : From the Eleventh to the Sixteenth Century by Francis Bond, first published in 1913. As the title indicates, it is an introduction to the study of English Church Architecture, excluding work done before the Norman Conquest & after the reformation. It may be thought that a work in two quarto volumes is somewhat voluminous for an ""Introduction."" The answer is that a general treatment, especially if aided, as in these volumes, with all manner of plans, drawings, sections and diagrams, as well as photographs, will be found at once easier to follow and more enjoyable than a dry condensed text-book. It has proved to be one of the most seminal works in this field.* A VG+ text copies of both volumes with some age and wear. No dust jackets.* 0