Author: E. Tyrrell Green Title: Towers and Spires: Their Design and Arrangement
Description: London, Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. LTD, 1908. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated architectural guide to a range of towers and spires throughout different historical periods, with illustrated plates and folding maps by the author. Second Edition. Illustrated with a two folding plates and various in-text illustrations. This is an interesting historical work on the architecture of different towers and church spires throughout the ages. Contents include 'The Saxon Period', 'The Norman Style', 'The Renaissance Style', and 'On the Position and Arrangement of Towers&apos. Written by Edmund Tyrrell Green (1867-1937), an English Anglican academic, curate, and author. He was an editor of the 'Temple Bible' and a range of other religious works, such as 'Notes on the Teaching of St. Paul' and 'How to Preach&apos.Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Minimal edge wear to extremities and light bumping to the spine, particularly to the head. A few marks to boards with light fading to spine. Light spotting to text block. Spotting to paste downs and endpapers, with prior owner's ink inscription to front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout, with light age-toning to margins of text and the odd spot to the first and last few pages of text. Folding maps are very bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: E. Tyrrell Green. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: Towers and Spires E. Tyrrell Green architecture renaissance E. Tyrrell Green churches art history E. Tyrrell Green
Price: GBP 49.00 = appr. US$ 69.97 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 810D78
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