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Church Building: A Study of the Principles of Architecture in their Relation to the Church
by Cram, Ralph Adams
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/None
- Seller
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Easton, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Small, Maynard & company, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/None. Red cloth boards with decorative gilt titling and illustration on front and spine, with gilt upper page edges. Octavo. Ex-library with bookplate on front pastedown, owner's name and partial date in black ink on ffep where envelope was removed; This and an unobtrusive library name stamp on title page appear to be the only remnants of ex-lib. Pencil notes in gutter and on dedication page. Sewn binding is sound and square. Text is unmarked. Overall a nice presentation of this scarce, classic edition; This is NOT print-on-demand. BOOK INFO: American artichect Cram authored these chapters devoted to The Country Chapel, The Village Church, The City Church, The Chancel and Its Fittings, Chapels, Baptisteries and Sacristies, Decoration and Stained Glass, The Altar, and The Cathedral, with introduction and conclusion. 125+ illustrations show designs, plans, and interior and exterior photos; While fair representation is given to good design, the author pulls no punches, offering illustrations with irresistible titles like An Example of Vicious Design, A Piece of Bad Stone Work, The Affectedly Picturesque (Church), An Example of Misplaced Decoration, An Example of Bad Planning, and A Piece of Unintelligent Design.
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- Seller
- Quadrant Book Mart
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 6446
- Title
- Church Building: A Study of the Principles of Architecture in their Relation to the Church
- Author
- Cram, Ralph Adams
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Small, Maynard & company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1901
- Pages
- 227
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About the Seller
Quadrant Book Mart
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Easton, Pennsylvania
About Quadrant Book Mart
The Quadrant Book Mart and Coffee House stocks more than 50,000 carefully-chosen collectible, rare and out-of-print volumes—as well as reading copies—for a broad range of reader interests, including art, architecture, modern firsts, literary criticism, and regional, American and world history. For more than 20 years, proprietors Andris Danielsons and Joanne Moranville have prided themselves on offering titles that are fairly priced and meticulously evaluated for condition. Our brick-and-mortar location stands at the heart of the arts and cultural community of historic downtown Easton, Pa., where we welcome neighbors and new friends to peruse the stacks of books shelved in two stories and lining the dining room of our top-rated coffee house.
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
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- Fair
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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