By Various
London   Seeley & Co. Limited; Adam and Charles Black; Duckworth; S.P.C.K.
7.5" by 5"; 9" by 6" x, 265, (6); vii, 330, (6); 61, 2; 159; xix, 262pp.
A smart collection of five volumes on St. Paul's Cathedral in London, with specific architectural and historical commentary.
By Various

1893-1955 A Collection of Studies on St. Paul's, London

London   Seeley & Co. Limited; Adam and Charles Black; Duckworth; S.P.C.K.
7.5" by 5"; 9" by 6" x, 265, (6); vii, 330, (6); 61, 2; 159; xix, 262pp.
A smart collection of five volumes on St. Paul's Cathedral in London, with specific architectural and historical commentary.
£75.00
: 2kgs / : 976T26

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Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

Five volumes. A collection of studies on St Paul's Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Paul the Apostle, an Anglican cathedral in London, England. The cathedral serves as the mother church of the Diocese of London in the Church of England. This set contains: Charing Cross to St. Paul's, 1893. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty-eight images, thirty-five of which are on plates. Collated complete. Written by Justin McCarthy, an Irish nationalist, journalist, historian, novelist and politician. Illustrated by Joseph Pennell, an American draftsman, etcher, lithographer, and illustrator. Under the Dome of St. Paul's: A Story of Sir Christopher Wren's Days, 1898. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates. Collated complete. Written by Emma Marshall, an English author of over two hundred works. Illustrated by Thomas Hamilton Crawford, a Scottish painter of architectural, urban settings and mezzotint portrait engraver. Tales of English Minsters: St. Paul's, 1910. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, one colour plate, and four black-and-white plates. Collated complete. Written by Elizabeth Grierson, a British architectural historian and writer. St. Paul's, 1935. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, seven plates, and three in-text figures. Collated complete. From the Historic Buildings Series. Written by Stephen Alfred Warner, a British author and historian. St. Paul's in its Glory: A Candid History of the Cathedral 1831-1911, 1955. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and ten images across eight plates. Collated complete. Written by George Leonard Prestige, an English theologian and Fellow and Chaplain of New College, Oxford.

Condition

In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. The odd small mark to the boards with light damp staining to Under the Dome. Minor fading to the spines with small splits in the cloth to the head and tail. Hinges just starting but firm to most volumes. St. Paul's in its Glory is bound with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Wrapper is also smart with light wear and chipping to the extremities. Minor sunning to the spine with the odd small mark to the panels. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting. Further spotting to the first and last few pages. Tide marks to the pages of Under the Dome with light staining from the cloth. Minor age toning to the endpapers with contemporary ink inscriptions to the front endpapers and pastedowns. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown of Under the Dome.

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