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Godman (Ernest).. Norman Architecture In Essex.. Banstead. The Author, 1905.
Price: US$83.41 + shipping
Description: post 8vo. quarter vellum. green cloth boards.51pp. etched frontispiece. illustrated with photographs and line illustrations. slim paper reinforcing strip between frontispiece and title. uncut. printed on hand-made Van Gelder paper by the Essex House Press. 1 of 300 copies. Unumbered. spine a little dull otherwise a good copy.
Seller: Tyger Press PBFA, London, United Kingdom
(ESSEX HOUSE PRESS). GODMAN, ERNEST. NORMAN ARCHITECTURE IN ESSEX. Essex House Press, Campden, 1905.
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Description: 264 x 168 mm. (10 3/8 x 6 3/4"). 50 pp., [1] leaf (bibliographical note). Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, edges untrimmed. With 50 illustrations of buildings and architectural details, including one etched plate, two photographic plates, and 47 illustrations in the text, 32 of them full-page. Ink ownership inscription dated 1906 on front pastedown. Tomkinson, p. 77; Ransom, p. 269. âLight shelf wear, endleaves offset (from binder's glue), a single small stain to fore-edge of one leaf, otherwise the contents in pristine condition. This study of Norman architecture in the county of Essex is a result of Essex House Press founder C. R. Ashbee's deep and abiding interest in architecture and his involvement in William Morris' Society for the Preservation of Ancient Buildings. In addition to resurrecting the handicrafts of the 15th century, members of the Arts & Crafts Movement were also very much concerned with preserving extant examples of antiquarian workmanship. Ashbee was by training an architect, and operated an architectural office in addition to the Guild of Handicraft for most of his career. Author Ernest Godman came to him as a 15-year-old architecture pupil in 1891, and what Ashbee called his "careful architectural soul" made him a valuable asset in the running of the business (Ashbee being better at the "big picture" than at day-to-day operations). Godman brought his meticulous eye for detail to his work as Secretary of Ashbee's Committee for the Survey of the Memorials of Greater London (including parts of Essex and Middlesex), formed in the hope of saving ancient buildings from rapacious developers. The present work documents buildings constructed between the Norman Conquest in 1066 and 1200 A.D., and includes drawings of buildings, architectural plans, and photographs. It was one in a series of architectural studies planned by Ashbee and Godman that was cut short by the latter's tragic death from consumption at the age of 30.
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Rare Books (ABAA), McMinnville, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$392.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. #9 of 300 hand-numbered copies, of which this one of an unstated few bound in full stiff vellum with green silk ties and gilt-lettered spine. Filled to the brim with 50 illustrations of buildings and architectural details, including one etched plate, two photographic plates, and 47 illustrations in the text (32 of which are full-page). This copy appears to be signed (though we cannot find any other examples of her non-etched signature) by Godman's wife, Jessie, below the etched plate she illustrated. This study of Norman architecture in the county of Essex is a result of Essex House Press founder C. R. Ashbee's and Godman's intense interest in preserving historic architecture and Ashbee's involvement in William Morris's Society for the Preservation of Ancient Buildings. Godman was Ashbee's first architectural pupil and first secretary of Ashbee's Committee for the Survey of the Memorials of Greater London (which included parts of Essex and Middlesex). "[Godman] and Ashbee made an odd pair, the one was all fire and go, the other plodding along. . ." Crawford, C.R. Ashbee. Architect, Designer & Romantic Socialist (1985, pgs. 58-60, 216-17). This work documents buildings constructed between the Norman Conquest in 1066 and 1200 A.D. and was one in a series of six proposed architectural studies planned by Ashbee and Godman that was cut short by Godman's early death. 8vo. Tomkinson 57. Ransom 54. Crawford 62. Ashbee, pg. 78. Very good with bowing to boards which are a bit stained, with some offsetting to endpapers and morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey.
Seller: Nelson Rare Books, ABAA, Haddonfield, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$392.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. #17 of 300 hand-numbered copies, of which this one of an unstated few bound in full stiff vellum with green silk ties and gilt-lettered spine. Filled to the brim with 50 illustrations of buildings and architectural details, including one etched plate, two photographic plates, and 47 illustrations in the text (32 of which are full-page). This study of Norman architecture in the county of Essex is a result of Essex House Press founder C. R. Ashbee's and Godman's intense interest in preserving historic architecture and Ashbee's involvement in William Morris's Society for the Preservation of Ancient Buildings. Godman was Ashbee's first architectural pupil and first secretary of Ashbee's Committee for the Survey of the Memorials of Greater London (which included parts of Essex and Middlesex). "[Godman] and Ashbee made an odd pair, the one was all fire and go, the other plodding along. . ." Crawford, C.R. Ashbee. Architect, Designer & Romantic Socialist (1985, pgs. 58-60, 216-17). This work documents buildings constructed between the Norman Conquest in 1066 and 1200 A.D. and was the one in a series of six proposed architectural studies planned by Ashbee and Godman that was cut short by Godman's early death. 8vo. Tomkinson 57. Ransom 54. Crawford 62. Ashbee, pg. 78. Near fine with some offsetting to the endpapers.
Seller: Nelson Rare Books, ABAA, Haddonfield, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$448.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. #121 of 250 hand-numbered copies, of which this is one of 38 copies bound in full stiff vellum with green silk ties and gilt-lettered spine. See Norman Architecture in Essex, Bibliographical Note. Filled to the brim with 50 illustrations of buildings and architectural details, including one etched plate, eight photographic plates, and dozens of illustrations in the text (many of which are full-page). This study of medieval architecture in the county of Essex is a result of Essex House Press founder C. R. Ashbee's and Godman's intense interest in preserving historic architecture and Ashbee's involvement in William Morris's Society for the Preservation of Ancient Buildings. Godman was Ashbee's first architectural pupil and first secretary of Ashbee's Committee for the Survey of the Memorials of Greater London (which included parts of Essex and Middlesex). "[Godman] and Ashbee made an odd pair, the one was all fire and go, the other plodding along. . ." Crawford, C.R. Ashbee. Architect, Designer & Romantic Socialist (1985, pgs. 58-60, 216-17). This work was one in a series of six proposed architectural studies planned by Ashbee and Godman that was cut short by Godman's early death. 8vo. Tomkinson 58. Ransom 55. Crawford 58. Ashbee, pg. 79. Very good with bowing to boards which are a bit stained, with some offsetting to endpapers and morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey.
Seller: Nelson Rare Books, ABAA, Haddonfield, NJ, U.S.A.