Barnett Cocks (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Black cloth with gilt spine letters. 1st Edition, 'First Published 1977'. Ex library book with usual labels, markings and card pocket. Moderate wear. Firmly bound. Unmarked text on bright pages. Dust jacket is in mylar sleeve attached to pastedowns. A nice copy in Good condition.…

Condition: Good. DJ will be clean and have at most light wear. Book will have been read but remains in excellent condition. Clean and tight binding. Cover may show slight wear. Contents will be clean and free from markings.

Condition: Good. VG condition book with dust jacket. DJ is clean, has fresh colours and has little wear to edges. Book has clean and bright contents.

Condition: Used: Very Good. VERY GOOD CLEAN COPY. SOME SLIGHT FADING.SENT NEXT WORKING DAY FROM THE U/K 1ST CLASS 0.0.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The jacket is slightly rubbed and torn - minimal paper loss. Internally clean and tightly bound. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 207pp with index and b/w photographs.The story of the New Palace of Westminster and something of what goes on within its walls. Author, Sir Barnett Cocks. Tidy previous owners bookplate and signature, dj a little worn at edges. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrated (illustrator). Book. …

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardback. First Edition. Title page removed. Slight foxing to end inside covers and edge. Slight shelf wear to D/J. The New Palace of Westminster stands today as London's most widely recotgnised landmark. Begun in the reign of William IV, and built to the plans of Sir Charles Barry, it was not completed until 1870, when it was fairly regarded as a masterpiece of mid-Victorian archtecture. Few, however, would guess at the wry history that lies within its walls: a history of construction and subsequent desecration which the members of the 'mother of parliaments' have, with their own special skill or folly, stage-managed throught the years. As a tale of bumbledom, this story stands as a classic. The Victorian members knew, and eventually got, what they wanted by a mixture of meanness and bad faith which reduced those who worked on that building to misery. The members of today, on the other hand, lavish with nothing but tax-payers money, have little idea of what they require and have succeeded only in mutilating further Sir Charle Barry's masterpeice. The building and alteration of the New Palace, however, is not without its humorous side. The fight between the eccentric Dr. Reid who wished to use one third of thhe interior for his air conditioning, and Sir Charles is wittily told by the author Sir Barnett Cocks who remains ever aware if the underlying irony that this legislature, so copied around the world, is quite unable to set its own house in order. Illustrated. 208 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The dust jacket is a little worn and faded.The page edges are slightly tanned and foxed. 336 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Size: Size G: 10"-11" Tall (254-279mm).…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. History of Barry's Houses of Parliament. pp207. Illus. School prize book-plate. DW brodarted.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A black cloth bound, hardback book with gilt titles on the spine, comes with nice, not price clipped, dust jacket. This wonderful book is in really good condition, normal wear, marks and tear apply consistent with use and age. Several newspaper cutting about the author etc are sellotaped inside the book, please see photos. 207 pages, all intact and nice tight binding. The New Palace of Westminster stands today as London's most widely recognised landmark. Begun in the reign of William IV, and built to the plans of Sir Charles Barry, it was not completed until 1870, when it was fairly regarded as a masterpiece of mid Victorian architecture. Few however, would guess at the wry history that lies within its walls: a history of construction and subsequent desecration which the members of the mother of parliaments have, with their own special skill or folly, stage managed throughout the years. As a tale of missed opportunities, incompetence and bumbledom, this story stands as a classic.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 5th or later Edition. 18th edition. Good. Ex-library copy with usual markings. Cover and edges shows minor shelf wear. Pages are clean and intact.

Condition: Good. Light soiling to cover with crease across the front. Pages lightly tanned at edges otherwise contents vg - clean and unmarked, square and sound.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1108 pages in good condition. Pages are mostly clean and unmarked with the exception of some highlighting and penciling on page v. Page 705/706 are untrimmed on the corner. Front hinge is cracked and torn, holding on by the mull. Previous owner's signature on the ffep and stamp on the fpdep. Lightly smudged on the page edges. Bound in green cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Lightly worn and bumped around the edges. Lightly scuffed on the boards. Some paper residue on the upper cover. SCARCE. G. Book.…