Hardcover. Middletown, CT, Wesleyan University Press, 2nd Pr., 1968, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 412 pages, hardcover. Covers have damaged corners, paper boards are otherwise clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book is an English-language study on the architecture and art of medieval France, in the Romanesque and Gothic periods between 1000-1500 AD. Previous owner's signature is present on the front end page. This is a large-format volume, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34712
Softcover. Paris, Henri Laurens, Editeur, 1st (?), 1925, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: Poor, Guidebook about "L'Eglise de Brou" a famous church in France. 40 gravures, 1 plan of the church and artwork within. Cover nearly detached. Internally Very Good. Previous owner's note (neatly 1 1/2 lines) on half title. 2 contemporary sepia postcards of paintings of historical figures associated with De Brou (the duke and duchess of Savoie, Philibert Le Beau and Marguerite d'Autriche laid-in. Frontis is a floorplan of the chruch. Part of series, "Petites Monographies des Grands Edifices de la France. French language. Record # 125619
hardcover. NY, Prestel, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white illustrations and color photos. 159 pages. Remainder dot on bottom edge, otherwise very good.
New York, Scribners, 2nd, 1926, 533 pages. B&W illust. Vol 1 with covers badly worn/spine tear, but internally VG. Vol 2 is VERY GOOD. No dust jackets.
Softcover. New York, Rizzoli, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 344 pages. Softcover. Black & white photographs. Minor abrasion to very edges of 10 pages. Black wrap cover with titles on green. Clean, unmarked pages.
Hardcover. Middletown, Wesleyan University Press, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 412 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Dust jacket shows standard wear along edges. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Baltimore, MD, Penguin Books, 1st U.S., 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 311 pages of text. 192 pages of b&w photographs and illustrations. Red cloth cover with gilt lettering and design, minor wear to edges and spine. Dust jacket is frayed on edges and has foxing on inside sleeves. Previous owner's inscription on front flyleaf. Foxing on front and rear endpapers. Otherwise, inside is bright and clean. Edited by Nikolaus Pevsner.
Hardcover. Boston, MA, Houghton Mifflin Company, First Edition, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 364 pages. Hardcover with maps to endpapers. Frontis illustration, Chateau of Beynac, on the Dordogne, in black & white, over 190 photographs throughout, beautifully presented to accompany text. Publisher's navy cloth boards with gilt illustration & gilt titles to cover & spine. Gilt is faded to spine edge. Tight copy, clean & unmarked with light, natural toning to edges as would be expected for its age. A nice copy.
Hardcover. New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 205 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Cover boards bound in brown cloth, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped. Some slight tanning to edges and pages, otherwise clean. Binding tight, spine straight. In great condition. The reader is invited to see the varied beauty and special qualities of the art and architecture of the monasteries of England, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Austria, and Eastern Europe by a knowledgeable, urbane, and entertaining guide who has never lost his capacity for wonder.
Hardcover. NY, Newsweek, Inc., 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 172 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some very minor discoloration on the rear. Covers and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and full-color photography and illustrations throughout. This book is an illustrated history of the famous Gothic cathedral in Paris, which has been a center for important events and a masterpiece of architecture for more than eight hundred years. One of the "Wonders of Man" series, published by Newsweek. This is a large-form book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 33964
Softcover. Roanne FR, L. Lauxerois, 1st, 1934, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 62 pages plus 79 b&w gravure plates featuring the ornate facades, doorways and architecture of the medieval French village. French text. Light edgewear to heavy paper covers, otherwise very good, clean.
Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Softcover. New York, Harper Collins, reprint, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, New York, Harper Collins, reprint, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust jacket: None, 357 pages. Softcover. Extensive b&w photographs and illustrations throughout. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.. 370 pages. Record # 467444 Record # 467444
Hardcover. Montmelian, La Fontaine de Siloe, Reprint, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 303 pages. Illustrated with full color photography. Clean, bright copy.
Softcover. Cambridge, MIT Press, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 256 pages. Softcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Covers with light surface rubbing. Clean, tight copy.
Softcover. Lorraine, Archives modernes de l'architecture, 1st Edition, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 80 pages. Softcover in very good condition in french text. Full color & black/white illustrations throughout. Bright & unmarked copy.
Hardcover. New York, Panteon Bollingen Foundation Series, 2nd, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 278 pages. Bollingen Series XLVIII. Tipped-in color plates, b/w images throughout, gilt titles and decoration on spine, gilt decoration on front board. Blue top edge lightly faded. Some wear to dust jacket. Previous owner's bookplate. Dust jacket price clipped. Clean inside. Content: "...von Simson undertakes an interpretation of the Gothic cathedral as an image of supernatural reality".
Paris, Henri Laurens, 1st , n.d. (circa 1910), Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, A 136 page monograph (from a series) on the cathedral at Reims. 44 black & white photos, double page plan. With a number of clippings tipped-in & laid-in about the edifice, including its destruction in WW I by the German army. 1914 dated on title page.
Paperback. New York, Abrams, 1st US wraps, 1998, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, 99 pages. Paperback. 65 color photographs and blueprint diagrams of the Basilica throughout. On September 26. 1997, a devastating earthquake struck the central Italian town of Assisi, destroying parts of the famous Basilica of Saint Francis and its precious frescoes.
Hardcover. University Park PA, Pennsylvania State University, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 237 pages, many b&w illustrations. Bibliography, index, notes. Clean hardcover in a bright dust jacket.
Hardcover. US, I. B. Tauris, rep, 1997-10-15, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 208 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Light shelf-wear and rubbing to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. US, Frances Lincoln, 1st, 2008-11-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 199 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light edgewear to dust jacket, light tape residue to front end paper, else a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. US, Thames & Hudson, reprint, 1993-08-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 112 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Light edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.