Basil Spence (49 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Unknown binding. Condition: Good. Hardcover with dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show minor shelving wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust jacket shows edge wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. This is a very good softcover copy with some wear to the front cover. Very clean inside. This is an offprint from 'The Builder Newspaper', no date, but circa 1970. 16 illustrations, half in color of the modern Cathedral of St. Michaels in Coventry, England, designed by Sir Basil Spence. Ove Arup structural engineers. 11" high X 8" wide.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Judith Gilbert (illustrator). First Edition. Contains many black and white illustrations and plans. Crisp clean covers, sound binding, clean pages and inside covers. No dust jacket, as published. Illustrator: Judith Gilbert. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. ISBN: 0906641004. ISBN/EAN: 9780906641002. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50318051130. All our books are sent by tracked mail.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Stated first. NOT an ex library book. 141 pages including the index. Dust jacket has minimal wear on edges, no chips or tears, price is not clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. unmarked, light shelfwear-NICE Standard-sized.

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright with no markings, 287pp. Good DJ with some edge wear and creasing, spine sunned.

Condition: Good. 1962. Reprint. 141 pages. No dust jacket. Yellow cloth with gilt decoration and lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

First Edition, reprint. Good copy in original stiff card wrappers with some wear and tear as with age. Remains well-preserved overall; bright and clean. Physical description; 15 pages. Notes; No clear publication date given. Subjects; Cathedral of St. Michael, Coventry. Architecture. Church History. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Fourth Edition. Yellow green hardcover shows only slight edgewear. This is a personalized telling of the building of the Coventry Cathedral. INSCRIBED ON THE HALF TITLE PAGE: FOR VAN VARNER, 3RD APRIL 1975 BASIL SPENCE. Inscribed by Author(s).

hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good condition. No jacket. 1954 reprint of the 1937 original. London: Cassell & Company Ltd., 1954. Very Good condition but for browning to the endpapers and small chip (1/8th inch) at the head of the spine. Otherwise a bright, clean, square, tight copy. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are creamy white and unmarked. Hardcover. John Gloag (1896-1981), best known as a writer and critic on architecture, also wrote more than twenty works of fiction. SACRED EDIFICE is a novel about an ancient Cathedral destroyed during a Zeppelin bombing raid. A wealthy American motor-car manufacturer steps in to help with the rebuilding. The new Foreword to this edition is by the architect, Basil Spence, O. B. E. At the time he wrote, Spence was working to replace Coventry Cathedral which in reality had been destroyed by WWII bombing. Spence remarks about how astonishingly Gloag's novel, written 20 years before, predicts the real life reactions of the public, of the technical Press, and of the clergy. "What is even more intriguing is the description of the processes of thought in the architect's mind. I am certain architects, and creative artists generally, will find this a most absorbing book." -- John Spence. Bound in the original black boards, stamped in shiny silver on the spine. 1954 reprint of the 1937 original. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket. 287pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Gift inscription on early page. Newspaper article about the cathedral glued to front endpaper.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint . Inscription written by the previous owner. Small stamp mark on the last page. Reprint, 1962. Publication of 141 pages. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. Frontispiece. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed, minor marks, chipped piece and edge worn. There are annotations within the book, the text remains bright and clear. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

First Edition, reprint. Good copy in original stiff card wrappers with some wear and tear as with age. Remains well-preserved overall; bright and clean. Physical description; 15 pages. Notes; No clear publication date given. Subjects; Cathedral of St. Michael, Coventry. Architecture. Church History. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Tight square book in sunned dust jacket with chipping to top edge ; unmarked but for booksale stamp to rear endpaper. ; 141 pages.

first edition. near fine book good jacket, large front hole, edge wear oversize.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. xviii, 141pp, index, ills. Owner name else vg in aged whole dj. The architect tells the story of the new Cathedral Size: 4to.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Condition: Good. 1964. Paperback. Clean copy with some shelf wear, slight foxing on cover and endpapers, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. Tight clean unmarked book in mustard cloth; dj with slight chipping and short tear to top of spine; 141 pp illustrated. (see also, Out of the Ashes by Spence, also available).

Hardcover. photos: Henk Snoek & author (illustrator). 2nd impression. 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 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 141 pp.

Condition: Good. Photographs (illustrator). Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A tan to the pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Author: Basil Spence Title: Phoenix at Coventry: The Rebuilding of a Cathedral Publication Details: London: Geoffrey Bles, 1962 (GB, 52 Doughty Street, WC1) Condition: Very Good Description: A compelling architectural and historical account of the reconstruction of Coventry Cathedral following its destruction during the Coventry Blitz. Written by the cathedral's architect, Basil Spence, this work provides a unique first-hand perspective on one of the most significant post-war rebuilding projects in Britain. The volume is illustrated with a rich selection of black-and-white and colour photographs, documenting both the devastation and the visionary process of renewal. Spence reflects on the architectural philosophy, artistic collaborations, and symbolic importance of the new cathedral as a monument to reconciliation and hope. A well-preserved copy, with clean pages and sound binding. Light age-related wear may be present, consistent with its vintage. Pagination: 141 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. Large 8vo. xvii (i), 141 (1) pp, illus. Reprinted, October 1962. Price clipped. Light wear and partial age-toning dj. Light dust line top text block with faintly bumped bottom front fore-edge tips, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 7" x 9.25". Illustrated light-olive green cloth with black title plate and gilt lettering to spine, and decorative end papers. Illustrated dj in acetate protector. Size: Large 8vo. Book.

Condition: Good. 1964. Paperback. Clean copy with some shelf wear, slight foxing on cover and endpapers, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean. . . . .

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 141 pages. dj worn. Price clipped.

Softcover/Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Description.