Phoenix at Coventry : the building of a Cathedral.

Spence, Basil, Sir.

Published by London: [1962] Quarto, Geoffrey Bles

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xvii, 141 p.: 45 pl. (11 color), facsimile of building licence in text; 23.5 cm. [First printed earlier in October 1962] Contents -- A joyful and glorious resurrection as a symbol of reconciliation and hope, R. T. Howard, former provost of Coventry -- In a single, fearful night [14th November 1940]--and the vow was made: `The Cathedral will rise again, more splended than before', Gilbert Moore and John Miles -- `This magnificent new Cathedral', Cuthbert K. N. Bardsley, bishop of Coventry, `the first Bishop in all history to have seen both the beginning and the completion of his Cathedral during his episcopate' -- A challenge to a thousand years, R. Furneaux Jordan -- The nave windows, an appreciation, Basil Taylor -- The new Cathedral and the community, H. C. N. Williams, provost of Coventry, in an interview with F. A. D. Kelsey -- A Cathedral in the modern world, H. C. N. Williams, in an interview with Robert Payne -- The Consecration of the new Cathedral, 25th May 1962. VG orig. celadon cloth, gilt phoenix on front cover, edgeworn dj.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Phoenix at Coventry : the building of a Cathedral.
• Publisher: London: [1962] Quarto, Geoffrey Bles
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: photos: Henk Snoek & author
• Edition: 2nd impression