Search Results: Architecture / Religious Buildings from LEFT COAST BOOKS

New York: Holmes & Meier Publishers, 1979. 216 pages, illustrations (some colour); 26 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning, top edge and endpapers lightly soiled (dust spotting/foxing). Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. CONTENTS: A general survey; Terms and meanings; English origins; Norman transformation; Monastic multiplication; Life and buildings; Later foundations; Friars and hospitals; The late phase; Dissolution; Continuance and survival; The penal interlude; English revival; Anglican communities; The modern scene; Gazetteer section; England; Wales; Some modern communities.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 4to.

Santa Barbara, CA: Bellerophon Books, 1997. 63 pages, illustrations; 28 cm. Cover title: California Missions: The Earliest Series of Views Made in 1856. Firm binding, clean inside copy. . Paperback. Fine. 4to.

Santa Barbara, CA: Bellerophon Books, 1997. 63 pages, illustrations; 28 cm. Cover title: California Missions: The Earliest Series of Views Made in 1856. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Another copy available. . Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Barcelona: Editorial Escudo de Oro, S.A., 1987. 96 pages, colour illustrations, map; 25 cm. Text in English. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Richly illustrated with colour plates. Text, photographs, lay-out and reproduction, entirely designed and created by the Technical Department of Editorial Escudo de Oro [i.e. F.I.S.A.].. 4th. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Guidebook.

Barcelona: Editorial Escudo de Oro, S.A., 1990. 61 pages, colour illustrations; 25 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to wraps, age toning. Richly illustrated with colour plates. . 5th. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Guidebook.

Barcelona: Editorial Escudo de Oro, S.A., 1977. 95 pages, colour illustrations; 25 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Richly illustrated with colour plates. Seville/Sevilla, Spain.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Guidebook.

Barcelona: Editorial Escudo de Oro, S.A., 1984. 96 pages illustrations; 25 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 6th. Paperback. Very Good. 4to. Guidebook.

Florence: Bonechi, 1989. 62 pages, colour illustrations; 26 cm. English Edition. Firm binding, clean inside copy. "History of the abbey; guide to the visit" - Cover. Profusely illustrated with 105 colour illustrations.. Paperback. Fine. 4to. Guidebook.

New York: Random House, 1975. Cloth, 154 pages, illustrations; 29 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. A nice copy, well-illustrated. Gothic Revival architecture in the U.S.. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 4to.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 2004. 237 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 30 cm .Photography by Radek Kurzaj. Firm binding, clean inside copy. First printing. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "A photographic tour of some of rural America's most visually impressive country churches features 250 images of more than forty structures, providing accompanying text that places each church within a historical context and short essays that discuss regional, architectural, and congregational significances." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to. Collectible.

New York: Vintage Books; Random House, 1975. 154 pages, illustrations; 29 cm. V-570. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. First paperback edition. Well-illustrated.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

New York: Vintage Books; Random House, 1975. 154 pages, illustrations; 29 cm. V-570. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. Another copy available. First paperback edition. Well-illustrated.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Hong Kong: Odyssey Publications, 1994. 240 pages, illustrations (some colour), maps, plans, portraits; 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. "An art historian's guide to the temples of Angkor. Included are background chapters on history, religion and the arts, sections on each temple and sightseeing itineraries around the 35 accessible sites detailed here. The text is illustrated with photographs, maps, plans and elevations." - Publisher.. Paperback. Fine. 8vo.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers; Discoveries Ser., 1995. 191 pages, illustrations (some colour), maps; 18 cm. Translated from the French by Ruth Sarman. Tight, clean copy. "Cambodia is home to an ancient city. For over five centuries Angkor, ancient seat of the Buddhist god-kings, was the capital of the Khmer empire. Abandoned in the 15th century, this city was swallowed up by the jungle and almost forgotten until, four centuries later, it was uncovered by European explorers. This book traces the origins of these mysterious ruins and tells the story of their rediscovery through documentary photographs, maps and illustrations." - Publisher.. 1st. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. 12mo.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Oxford University Press, 1987. 158 pages, [80] pages of plates, illustrations, map, portraits; 22 cm. With one hundred and twelve photographs by Loke Wan Tho and the author. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation, 1991. xxxi, 307 pages, illustrations, maps; 26 cm. Cover title: California's Mission la Purisma Concepcion: the Hageman and Ewing reports. Originally published as number five in the Santa Barbara Bicentennial Historical Series 1980. Firm binding, clean inside copy.. Paperback. Fine. 4to.

Paris: Arthaud, 1960. 190 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Text in French/Texte en francais. Ouvrage orne de 284 heliogravures Classiques de l'histoire de France au Moyen Age. TRES BON ETAT. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Expected browning. Profusely illustrated.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

London: Methuen, 1964. Cloth, 331 pages, illustrations (part mounted colour), maps; 24 cm. Issued in a slipcase. Art of the World, vol. 14. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. First UK Edition. No DJ Issued. Slipcase with light shelfwear. CONTENTS: Foreword; Introduction: Oecuminical unity of Buddhist art; PART I: THE SPREAD OF BUDDHIST ART THROUGH ASIA: India; Ceylon; Indonesia; Indochina; Central Asia; China; Korea; Japan; Conclusions; PART II: TYPES AND FORMS: From the Stupa to the pagoda; Monasteries and temples; The Buddhist image; The hierarchy of sacred figures; Narrative works; Symbolism and ornamentation; APPENDICES.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Collectible.

London and Garden City, NY: Phaidon Publishers, Inc.; Distributed by Garden City Books, 1954. Cloth, 231 pages, illustrations (part mounted colour), map; 31 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Expected browning. Dust jacket, toned, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Collectible.

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc.; Art of the World Ser., 1962. Cloth, 261 pages, illustrations (some colour, tipped in), maps; 24 cm. Translated from the French. Firm binding, clean text. Expected browning, edges lightly soiled. Dust jacket chipped & edgeworn, laminated.. Hardcover. Good/Poor. 8vo.