John Britton Fsa (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Quarto, leather covers with decoration round edges. Spine has been renewed at some stage and has five bands. Corners bumped. Page ends are marbled. Pp.xvi + 46 + viii. 20 plates as called for, one of which has been positioned as frontispiece - plus 9 further plates of architectural and decorative details. A little staining to print edges. 3 woodcuts in text. Pedigree, list of subscribers etc.

fine. Condition: poor. Hardcover book , first edition. 138 pages plus Chronological Table and Index. Illustrated with a series of engravings, of views, Elevations, plans, and details of the architecture of that edifice : including Biographical anecdotes of the Bishops, and of other eminent persons connected with the church. A Fair copy eith Very Good contents. The contents are remarkable clean with only the odd lightest foxing spot to engravings. The binding is very worn with a poor replacement cloth spine, rubbed and worn covers and corners with some handling marks. Previous owners names to endpapers with unusual embossed contemporary / ownership stamp of Richard Robinson of Wolverhampton to top of title page . Front hinge stretched. All thirty Engravings present and in very good near fine condition. Pictures available.

, viii 74 pages, 16 plates and illustrated (wood cut) title page, dedicated to The Hon. And very Rev. Edward Grey, D.D. Dean of Hereford, prefaced, list of Subscribers, chronological lists of Bishops and Deans, list of books, essays and prints relating to the Cathedral of Hereford, list of prints and chronological table of its different parts, indexed, includes a booklet "A Short Account of the Chained Library" by James Poulter, 1952 First Edition , possibly not original binding, inscribed with name inside the front free end paper, some chipping and scuffing to the cover, corners bumped, internally very good and tight, an attractive book in good condition , half bound in black morocco and marbled paper, gilt detail front and back, gilt decoratin and titles to the spine, marbled end papers Quarto 28 x 22.2cm Hardback ISBN:

[Town Guide] LARGE PAPER EDITION. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.xii; 148 [6]. Illustrated with 2 hand-coloured maps, an engraved plan of four villas, 9 lithographic proof plates, and 2 in-text woodcuts. Contemporary brown half calf, with gilt titles to a label, gilt ruling to spine and French Curl marbled paper over boards. All edges untrimmed. Recently re-cased, with new endpapers carefully chosen to match the original paper. Moderate toning, spotting and offsetting to maps and plates, otherwise internally clean. Light wear to spine, otherwise a lovely copy. Very good. Written by the noted antiquary and author, who in his other works collaborated with Brayley and Pugin. This guide was published to promote the new development on the Calverley Estate in Tunbridge Wells, as well as providing an overview of the town. Two of the folding plates show plans and vignettes of lodges and villas in the Calverley Estate. The architect, Decimus Burton, was one of the most notable of the period, and was responsible for several buildings in Regent's Park, as well as the Wellington Arch, and the Palm and Temperate Glasshouses at Kew. This deluxe edition is significantly larger than the trade edition, and additionally features hand-coloured maps.