About this title: Contents: first God's house, ancient Egypt; pyramid temples, Maya of Central America, Babylonia; legacy of Greece, the architecture of Paganism; Jewish faith and Roman organization; coming of Christianity; churches of eastern Christendom, Byzantium; art of ancient India and China; islands of the North, Anglo-Saxon and Celtic churches; architecture of Islam; Romanesque architecture in Italy, France and Germany; structure in architecture, French Gothic; Norman architecture in England; English Gothic; German and Spanish Gothic, Russian House of God; Italian city states; papacy and the art fund; ...
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Edition: Fourth Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Eyre & Spottiswoode, London
Date Published: 1955
Description: First published 1925. 306 pages, 63 b/w plates, 19 b/w plans, short bnibliography, index; 8vo, red cloth. Slit spine, some fading cover, name/numbers front endpaper, very good-; contents very good; dust jacket good-, red fading inside, piece missing, sunning spine. Includes Egyptian, Mayan, Greek, Roman, Moslem, Asian as well as Christian architecture. Serving the antiquarian and used book world since 1980. read more
Edition: New and Revised Edition
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Philip Allan & Co., London
Date Published: 1936
Description: 4to-over 9 3/4"-12" Tall. xix, 304p. A near fine copy, with slight rubbing at the bottom of the spine, the bottom edges of the covers, and the forecorners of the covers, in a good to very good d.j. which has some edgewear and tears. First published in 1925 under a different title, The House of God. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Philip Allan & Co. Ltd., London
Date Published: 1936
Description: Very Good. Second Edition. VG. Hardcover, green cloth with gilt titles, no DJ, 304 pp, b&w illustrations, ex-library copy with usual ex-library markings, minimal edgewear with previous owners name and date to ffep, slight age toning to ffep/bfep and bumping to corners, else a clean and tight copy. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Macmillan Company
Date Published: 1936
Description: Very Good. Excellent Ex-Library. Text is clean, binding is strong. Dark red cloth cover with lightly rubbed edges. Gold lettering on spine is partially rubbed or faded, but readable. read more
Edition: Revised Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Philip Allan, London
Date Published: 1936
Description: Very Good jacket. Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good. VG REVISED HARDCOVER EDITION WITH VG DJ. SIXTY-FOUR (64) PLATES. DJ IS PROTECTED IN A CLEAR ARCHIVAL MYLAR FILM COVER. UNIFORMLY CLEAN AND TIGHT. NOT EX LIBRARY. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Eyre & Spottiswoode, London
Date Published: 1955
Description: Very Good in Good jacket. 306 pages. 64 b&w photographs, 6 drawings, 10 floor plans, 2 elevated drawings, and 2 site plans. 6"x9", cloth with edge-worn and soiled dj. This is the 4th edition of "The House of God. " read more
Description: Fourth Edition-Book Good + (Minor bumping of both ends of spine. Wear to tips of outer corners and edges of spine. Gap at head of backstrip. Two notes on text in red ink on rear endpaper. Slight musty smell) D. J. Good + (General shelfwear with some rubbing, wear to corners & a few small chips and tears) O. P. "An attempt to trace the age-long effort to enclose & cover a space which should enshrine the idea of Godhead" 65 illustrations & 19 plans. 306 pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Eyre and Spottiswoode
Description: Dj in mylar unclipped); xix, 306pp., 63 pages of plates and 19 plans Illustrator: b&w Illustrations PublishPlace: London Size: 8 vo. 051346. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: KESSINGER PUB LLC
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780766135734ISBN:076613573X
Description: New. Contents: first God's house, ancient Egypt; pyramid temples, Maya of Central America, Babylonia; legacy of Greece, the architecture of Paganism; Jewish faith and Roman organization; coming of Christianity; churches of eastern Christendom, Byzantium; ... read more
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