Notes Ecclesiastical Monumental Architecture Sculpture by George Pryce (7 results)

1st Ed. 230pp. + [ii]. Frontis., 40 plates. Some browning, some pen ruling to first few leaves and annotation to verso of 1 plate, ownership inscription to head of t.p., rebound in modern gilt lettered cloth. US$45.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A first edition copy of this architectural study of Bristol, with illustrations. A first edition copy of Notes on the Ecclesiastical and Monumental Architecture and Sculpture of the Middle Ages in Bristol, with antiquarian, historical biographical and heraldic elucidations by George Pryce.With forty five plates.Collated, complete.An advert to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. With some previous owner underlining throughout. Very Good. book.

First Edition. Very good copy in the contemporary bound gilt-blocked, blind-tooled decorated cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Some wear to spine. Spine dated 1901 in gilt-blocked letterering. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 230 pages; Physical description. : vi, 230 p. , plates : ill. ; 18 cm. Subject: Architecture, Medieval - England - Bristol. Bristol (Gloucestershire) Gloucestershire - Bristol. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Very good copy in the contemporary bound gilt-blocked, blind-tooled decorated cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Some wear to spine. Spine dated 1901 in gilt-blocked letterering. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 230 pages; Physical description. : vi, 230 p. , plates : ill. ; 18 cm. Subject: Architecture, Medieval - England - Bristol. Bristol (Gloucestershire) Gloucestershire - Bristol. 1 Kg.

Cloth. Condition: Good Only. George Pryce (illustrator). Historian George Pryce details the history and architectural features of Bristol's ecclesiastical buildings. Signed by the author. An interesting work on Bristol's ecclesiastical and monumental architecture, signed by the author. Bristol librarian and historian George Pryce enumerates the various ecclesiastical buildings in Bristol, and discusses their history and architectural features in this interesting volume. Illustrated with forty two plates by Pryce. Signed by the author to the dedication page. Inscription reads, 'the author. By William Gols', with a signature beneath. Prior owner's name label to the front paste down, 'Charles White' from Horfield, Bristol. Sticker from Bristol booksellers 'William George's Sons Ltd' to the front paste down. In the publisher's original brown cloth binding. Externally, sound. Lightly rubbed to the boards and the spine, with some moderate wear to the extremities. The spine is missing a slither of cloth to head and tail of the spine. The front and rear joints have nearly failed due to tears in the cloth. To the front joint, a small amount of cloth remains connected near the head of the spine, whilst the cloth is connected to both the head and tail of the spine at the rear joint. The front and rear hinges have failed. Internally, generally firmly bound. The title page and frontispiece are disbound, and the first few pages are loose. As a result of the failed hinge, the front endpaper and frontispiece are disbound but present. Pages are age-toned and foxed throughout. Good Only. book.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. George Pryce (illustrator). First edition. An illustrated first edition work examining the ecclesiastical sculpture and monuments of Bristol. The first edition of this study of the history of middle ages architecture in Bristol. From historian George Pryce, author of a number of works on the city, and illustrated by him also.Pryce notes that he hopes his readers will, from his work, 'be aided in their inquiries into the history of the beautiful in Architecture and Sculpture with which this city abounds'.Illustrated with forty-seven plates depicting the sculpture and architecture in question. Five of these plates are pasted in on to blanks.From the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie, an extravagant socialite and renowned beauty of the Edwardian period. Impeccably connected, Pleydell-Bouverie was also the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII, and rumoured to be a lover of King Edward VIII. A sparkling figure of fashionable society, her friends included Nancy Mitford, Coco Chanel, Winston Churchill, and Fred Astaire.This work is from the sale of Pleydell-Bouverie"s library at Julians Park, Hertfordshire. She purchased the home in 1940, redesigning the interior and amassing an impressive library, featuring many examples of her own bookbinding. Rebound in full cloth. Externally, bright, with light shelf wear to spine head and tail, and bumping to extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Very Good. book.

PRYCE, George. NOTES ON THE ECCLESIASTICAL AND MONUMENTAL ARCHITECTURE AND SCULPTURE OF THE MIDDLE AGES IN BRISTOL, bound with, A DESCENT AMONG WRITERS BRISTOL HISTORY. London: Houlston and Stoneman; Bristol: J. Lavars, 1850. 12mo. Contemporary linen spine, marbled boards. Frontispiece, 230 pages, 45 plates; 109 pages. First editions. With antiquarian, historical, biographical and heraldic notes. Respined.