St Michael's Church : Formerly the Collins Street Independent Church, Melbourne

Hyland House, Melbourne, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. foreword by Dr Francis Macnab, acknowledgements, list of pastors and ministers of the church, 1838 - 1992, Assistant Ministers, 1869 - 1936, Ministers Have Insisted Dr Macnab since 1972, Architectural Drawings with the Independent Church, Collins Street, references, bibliography and index. Photographic endpapers, showing the stained-glass windows and their various meanings. The text is in illustrated with the aforementioned architectural drawings, black and white photography and some black-and-white illustrations. Red coloured boards with gilt coloured illustration and titles to the front panel and build coloured titles to the backstrip. Photographic dustwrapper purple, black and brown titles to the front panel and purple and black coloured titles to the backstrip. Tucked away at the eastern end of Collins Street with its lone tower failing to compete with the multi-storey buildings surrounding it, is the Collins Street Independent Church which was originated in a creative partnership between a fine architect and a farsighted minister, who is prepared to adopt an extraordinary acoustic designed to maximise the power of his preaching and so revive his congregation. Minor rubbing to the book corners and backstrip edges. Rubbing to the dustwrapper edges and panels. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [4], V - XVI, [2], 173, [1] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Church; Australia; Genealogy & Local History. ISBN: 0947062920. ISBN/EAN: 9780947062927. Inventory No: 0117792. . 9780947062927