Heavenly Mansions and Other Essays on Architecture by Summerson, John - 1949

NY: Norton, 1963. later printing. A diagonal crease on the rear wrapper (cover) otherwise a clean, unmarked, complete very good trade paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book). Essays on architecture as a reflection of its age; 253 pgs.

New York: Norton Library. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1963. Paperback. To .

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1963. Soft cover. Good. Minor wear to spine and edges. Binding still fairly tight, pages show minor amount of highlighting and may contain notations.

Good. 1998. Paperback. 0393318575 . The book shows average wear. Foxing present to the edges of the pages.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: W.W. Norton & Company. Reprint in trade paperback. From the library of author and historian Graham A. MacDonald with his name on the rear of the front cover. 253 pp. Footnotes, plates, index. Bump to top foredge of text block has caused some creasing in text, minor curls to covers. Text is clean and unmarked. Very Good.

Norton, 1963. Paperback. Very Good. Octavo, softcover, VG in blue pictorial wraps. 253 pp. including index. Footnotes, plates, index. subjects ranging from the mind of Wren to architecture, painting and Le Corbusier. 49 photo plates, 16 text illustrations. He interprets architecture as a reflection of the age in which it flowers, emphasizing the fantastic element in Gothic and the coldly intellectual classical forms of Renaissance Italian. Also the romantic age, abstract 20th C and the role of architecture.

New York: Norton, 1963. Softcover. Good. Reprint. Good in wrappers. Paperback, rubbed at spine ends and corners, pen underlining, cover soiled and worn and lightly browned, scrapes on front cover, minor writing. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

W W Norton & Co Inc, 1998. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 253 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.50 inches.

London: The Cresset Press,, 1949. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Signed by the author. Octavo. ix, 253pp. Original illustrated covers slightly worn and spine and corners, otherwise very good. No jacket. Promotional leaflet and ink name to endpaper.