Search Results: ships of heaven the private life by somerville christopher

Doubleday, 2019. Hardcover. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback. Good.

Paperback. Acceptable.

Hardback. Good.

Paperback. Very Good.

Transworld Publishers Limited. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Transworld Publishers Limited. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Transworld Publishers Limited. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Transworld Publishers Limited. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Doubleday, 2020. Paperback. New. New softcover in printed wraps. Includes bibliography, index, and full color photo plates. 341 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. When Christopher Somerville, author of the The January Man ('a truly wonderful, uplifting book, bursting with life' - Nicholas Crane), set out to explore Britain's cathedrals, he found his fixed ideas shaken to the roots. Starting out, he pictured cathedrals - Britain possesses over one hundred - as great unmoving bastions of tradition. But as he journeys among favourites old and new, he discovers buildings and communities that have been in constant upheaval for a thousand years. Here are stories of the monarchs and bishops who ordered the building of these massive but unstable structures, the masons whose genius brought them into being, the peasant labourers who erected (and died on) the scaffolding. We learn of rogue saints exploited by holy sinners, the pomp and prosperity that followed these ships of stone,… Read More

First edition UK hardback, 2019 Doubleday. The book is in fine condition, the dustjacket is in fine condition. Illustrated.

Doubleday, 2019. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine copy. No additions. Slight fading to dustwrapper spine.

Doubleday. 352pp. Col. plates. Some bumps to spine o/w a really lovely copy. OVERSEAS ORDERS MAY INCUR EXTRA SHIPPING. . Very Good. Hardcover. 2019.

Paperback / softback. New. 'Somerville is one of our finest gazetteers of the British countryside. He brings his formidable knowledge to bear on his personal quest to explore the cathedrals in this entrancing book' The Spectator Christopher Somerville, author of the acclaimed The January Man, pictured cathedrals as great unmoving bastions of tradition. But as he journeys among Britian's favourites, old and new, he discovers buildings and communities that have been in constant upheaval for a thousand years. Here are stories of the monarchs and bishops who ordered the construction of these buildings, the masons whose genius brought them into being, and the peasants who worked and died on the scaffolding. We learn of rogue saints exploited by holy sinners, the pomp and prosperity that followed these ships of stone, the towns that grew up in their shadows. Meeting believers and non-believers, architects and archaeologists, the cleaner who dusts the monuments and the mason who judges stone… Read More

London: Doubleday, 2019.. 1st edition. "Meeting believers and non-believers, architects and archaeologists, the cleaner who dusts the monuments and the mason who judges stone by its taste, we delve deep into the private lives and the uncertain future of these ever-voyaging Ships of Heaven." Pp.x/341, 16 pages of colour photos + 1 map, illustrated endpapers. Blue boards, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

UsedVeryGood. signs of little wear on the cover.

UsedVeryGood. Minor shelf wear

UsedVeryGood. signs of little wear on the cover.

UsedLikeNew. Remainder mark