The Westminster Abbey Guide: Twenty-Second Edition Sold at the Abbey By Permission of the Dean (1918)

Mrs. A. Murray Smith (E. T. Bradley), Mrs. Henry Birchenough (M.C. Bradley), and Dean Bradley (Introductory Chapter)

Published by Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co. Ltd., London, England, 1918

About this Item

A large softcover measruing 7-3/8" by 9-5/8" and containing 120 internal pages, not including 16 splendid full-page photographs in black-and-white. In addition to the photographs and numerous illustrations and figures, contents include: A Visit to the Abbey with the Late Dean Bradley, The Architecture of the Abbey, The North Transept, The Nave, The South Transept, The Choir, Chapel of St. Benedict, The South Ambulatory, Chapel of St. Edmund, Chapel of St. Nicholas, Chapel of Henry VII, The North Ambulatory, Chapel of St. Paul, Chapel of St. Erasmus, Chapels of St. John the Evangelist, St. Michael, and St. Andrew, Chapel of Sir Edward the Confessor, Dean's Yard and the Precincts, The Cloisters, The Chapter House and Its Surroundings, and The Painted Glass. Condition: the pages are age-yellowed due to paper stock used (the photographs are printed on glossy white paper and are in excellent condition); the front cover shows narrow chipping along the right edge, small corner chips, and short tears and small chips to upper and lower outer spine edge area; crimping to the upper right corners of the last several pages. A fragile but eminently readable copy.

Seller Inventory # 006543

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Westminster Abbey Guide: Twenty-Second Edition Sold at the Abbey By Permission of the Dean (1918)
• Publisher: Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co. Ltd., London, England
• Publication Date: 1918
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Revised Edition
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Religion: Christianity
  • History: European