Morality and Architecture : The Development of a Theme in Architectural History and Theory from the Gothic Revival to the Modern Movement de David Watkin - 1978

Oxford University Press, Incorporated. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Oxford University Press, 1977-10-13. Hardcover. Good.

Hardback. Very Good.

E-304: Clarendon Press. Very Good. 1977. Second Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Oxford at the Clarendon Press, Oxford, UK. 1977. 126 pgs. Second Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Morality and architecture has been described variously as brave, mischievous, brilliant, reactionary, and a 'time bomb'. It is undoubtedly controversial--a frank and at times fearlessly polemical exposure of progressivist ideology in architectural criticism. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 126 pages .

First edition. NF/VG+. Excellent condition with minimal wear. Price is clipped from jacket flap. Bookplate on front pastedown. Text is clean.

Contents: Introduction -- Part I: The theme in the nineteenth century: (1) Pugin ; (2) Viollet-le-Duc -- Part II: The theme in the twentieth century: (1) Lethaby ; (2) The brave new world ; (3) Furneaux Jordan -- Part III: Pevsner: (1) Early writings ; (2) The historic mission ; (3) Historicism -- Conclusion. viii, 126 pages ; 23 cm. First edition, first printing. Blue cloth boards, unclipped dust jacket. Slight shelf wear to edges, spine a little faded, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1977. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and with bumping to upper corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with a little light indenting and sunning to spine. 126pp, Architecture and philosophy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good (+)/Very Good. 8.75 x 5.75 inches.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Clarendon Press, 1977-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!