Author: Anonymous
Title: Cathedrals
Description: London, The Great Western Railway, [1924]. First edition. Cloth. A richly illustrated first impression of this volume detailing the architectural features and history of British cathedrals. The first impression of this charming volume illustrating the architectural features and history of various British cathedrals. Comprising the history of twenty three cathedrals, including Westminster Abbey, St Paul's Cathedral, Bath Abbey, Exeter Cathedral, and others. A comprehensive book richly illustrated with seventy four photographic reproductions and seventy four drawings, as well as coloured coat of arms for each cathedral. Collated, complete. Including a copy of a letter from His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury to Viscount Churchill, Chairman of the Great Western Railway, who published this book.  In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally smart with slight shelf wear and slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine, with a damp marking to the front board and some sunning to the extremities of the rear board. Inscribed by a previous owner, "1924," as well as a white correction fluid mark to the front free endpaper. With a minor faint spotting to the endpapers, otherwise the pages are bright and clean. Richly illustrated with seventy four photographic reproductions and seventy four drawings, as well as coloured coat of arms for each cathedral. Collated, complete. Very Good . Ill.: Unnamed. Very Good .

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