Fountains Abbey
by WHONE, Herbert illus., With B&W
- Used
- Paperback
- Signed
- Condition
- F/F/ND
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
SOFTBACK ?AUTHOR SIGNED,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 3rd.* Impression:1st. * Date of Publication: 1993* Publisher: Smith Settle.* Binding and cover condition: Soft b/w photo-illustrated card covers. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to covers. No creases to spine or hinge. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No Annotations, Author signed with dedication to half title, no visible faults. Seems very little used if at all. FINE* Illustrations: B/w photos & line drawings throughout, large fold-out map & ground plan at rear.* Pages: 192 pp. text. viii pp. Glossary & Index of illustrations at rear.* Product Description:- This is a lavish survey of the history of North Yorkshire?s impressive monastic settlement. The author combines skilfully taken photographs of the abbey as it stands today, with carefully selected quotations from literary and factual sources describing the former times of the abbey and its inhabitants. The reader is able to see beyonf the abbey?s present ruined state and picture the lives and routines of the medieval monls, thereby gaining a deeper understanding of that distant age.* This is a FINE SIGNED copy with absolutely minimal shelf wear.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1256
- Title
- Fountains Abbey
- Author
- WHONE, Herbert illus., With B&W
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - F/F/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Smith Settle
- Place of Publication
- Otley, W. Yorks. UK 0
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