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Brangwyn, Frank; Barman, Christian (Text by). The bridge;: A chapter in the history of building,. John Lane, The Bodley Head Ltd., 1926.

Price: US$22.01 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

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Seller: HPB-Diamond, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.

Barman, Christian. The Bridge: A Chapter in the History of Building. John Lane The Bodley Head, 1926.

Price: US$23.39 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 'The Bridge: A Chapter in the History of Building' by Christian Barman. Illustrated by Frank Brangwyn. John Lane The Bodley Head 1926 first edition. Some rubbing and fading to the covers. Slight foxing. Good. No dust jacket.

Seller: D & M Books, PBFA, Mirfield, United Kingdom

Barman, Christian and Brangwyn, Frank (illus.). The Bridge: A Chapter in the History of Building. London and New York John Lane the Bodley Head/Dodd, Mead and Company, 1926.

Price: US$24.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First printing. 249 numbered pages. Illustrated by Frank Brangwyn. Sunning to spine, else very good condition. (BridgeBox)

Seller: Jeff Jeremias Fine Arts, RMABA, Aurora, CO, U.S.A.

Brangwyn, Frank And Barman, Christian. The Bridge. A Chapter In The History Of Building. John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1926.

Price: US$25.99 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 24 colour and 22 black and white plates. Publishers brown cloth, titled gilt. Page edges uncut. Minor handling wear to boards. Minor scuffs on spine, which has slight wear to top. Contents clean however

Seller: Black Cat Bookshop P.B.F.A, Leicester, United Kingdom

Barman, Christian. The Bridge A Chapter in the History of Building. John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1926.

Price: US$25.99 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Some pencil annotation in margins. Generally boards slightly grubby with some minor marking to rear. Might require extra postage; please e-mail for quote. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Seller: Caledonia Books, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Brangwyn,Frank and Christian Barman. The Bridge A Chapter in the History of Building. John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1926.

Price: US$25.99 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition hardback, no dustjacket, green cloth covered boards. Slight fading to spine which has a gilt title. Previous owners bookplate designed by Henry Ospovat inside front board. Slight tanning to uncut page edges otherwise no damage, internally clean. Very good condition.

Seller: Buckle's Books, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Barman, Christian. The Bridge. London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1926.

Price: US$25.99 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 249pp including 22 black and white illustrations in the text, plus 24 colour illustrations( all present), including one to the frontispiece, by Frank Brangwyn. Supplementary title: "A Chapter in the History of Building". Green boards bright and clean to front and rear; spine faded, with a couple of tiny black spots and a small hole to lefthand side half way down spine. Top of spine slightly frayed and corners are slightly worn through to boards. Top edge of pages green; the other edges rough-cut and a number of pages internally unopened. Slight wavy effect to illustration to frontispiece. Generally a very good copy.

Seller: Gallois Books, Bayonne, France

Barman, Christian; Brangwyn, Frank. The Bridge: A Chapter in the History of Building. John Lane, 1926.

Price: US$25.99 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: London: :London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited; New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1926. First edition. xvii[iii]+249p. With 24 colour plates, including frontispiece, and 22 black and white illustrations, by Frank Brangwyn, R.A. Paper toned, and light foxing to some pages and versos of plates. Page edges browned and uncut. Firmly bound in publisher's green cloth, slight wear to extremities, spine sunned.

Seller: Leabeck Books, Steventon, OXON, United Kingdom

Brangwyn,Frank and Christian Barman. The Bridge A Chapter in the History of Building. John Lane The Bodley Head Limite, 1926.

Price: US$26.19 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: First Edition. A hardback volume in Acceptable to Good condition, spine rather faded, upper edge of front board also affected by light, attrative untrimmed edges, slight foxing and staining to prelim. pages and similar to rear, interior celan and bright. No dustjacket, believed as issued. Becoming scarce. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (dustjacket and cover illustrations vary, and unless the image accompanying the listing is marked 'Bookseller Image', it is an Abebooks Stock Image, NOT our own). Overseas buyers please also note that shipping rates apply to packets of 750g and under, and should the packed weight of an item exceed this we reserve the right to ship via 'Economy', or request extra postage prior to fulfilling the order, or cancel.

Seller: Jenhams Books, Dundee, United Kingdom

Frank Brangwyn and Christian Barman. The bridge a chapter in the history of building. Illustrated in colour and black and white by Frank Brangwyn and written by Christian Barman. John Lane The Bodley Head, GB, 1926.

Price: US$28.19 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Brown cloth, gilt. Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. In loose polythene protector.

Seller: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, United Kingdom

Christian Barman. Illustrated by Frank Brangwyn.. The Bridge: A Chapter in the History of Building.. John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1926.

Price: US$28.59 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Green cloth boards with gilt titles. Spine faded. Boards discoloured and slightly damp stained with some rippling to cloth at front lower edge. Contents are tightly bound, very good, clean and unmarked with all 23 colour plates present

Seller: Voltaire and Rousseau Bookshop, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Barman, Christian; Brangwyn, Frank. Bridge: A Chapter in the History of Building. John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, London, 1926.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Description: Good. Ex-lib. with few marks; backstrip faded; corners rubbed through

Seller: Weller Book Works, A.B.A.A., Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.

Frank Brangwyn and Christian Barman. The Bridge: A Chapter in the History of Building. John Lane The Bodley Head: Dodd, Mead and Company, London: New York, 1926.

Price: US$38.99 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Brown cloth with gilt lettering to front and spine. 210 x 260 x 40mm. (xvii) + 249pp. High-quality paper and attractive type-face; numerous full-page colour plates; b/w illustrations within text; includes index. Cloth a little bumped/frayed at spine-ends; minor soiling near fore-edge of front board; previous owner name, date and monogram to front endpapers; very light spotting to first and last couple of pages, but contents largely very clean and bright; stitched binding a little loose in one or two places, including at title-page, but still secure throughout. NB: An extra shipping charge may be requested for heavier or more valuable items. All our 'Seller Images' show the actual item you will receive.

Seller: Rodney Rogers, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom

Brangwyn, Frank & Barman, Christian. The Bridge: a chapter in the History of Building, illustrated in Colour and Black and White by Frank Brangwyn, R.A.. John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1926, 1926.

Price: US$38.99 + shipping

Description: 1st edition. Green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine and front board, no dustwrapper. 10.25ins x 8ins, xix, (i), 249pp plus 24pp colour plates. Also 22 black and white illustrations within the text. Spine lightly sunned else VG.

Seller: Missing Books (PBFA), Great Leighs, United Kingdom

Text by Christian Barman, illustrations by Frank Brangwyn. THE BRIDGE - A CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY OF BUILDING. John Lane, The Bodley Head LTD/ Dodd, Mead & Co., London & New York, 1926.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 8 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches. xvi, 249 pages. Condition is Very Good; covers lightly soiled and toned, small piece of clothg missing at head of spine, previous owner's stamp on endpapers, text and illustrations are very clean, binding is tight. STK

Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.

Christian Barman. The Bridge: A Chapter in the History of Building. John Lane the Bodley Head / Dodd, Mead and Co., London / New York, 1926.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1st U.S. edition. PO bookplate, very good indeed.

Seller: Montreal Books, Westmount, QC, Canada

Christian Augustus Barman; Frank Brangwyn. The bridge : a chapter in the history of building. Illustrated in Colour and Black and White by Frank Brangwyn.. John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd., 1926.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Near fine. A superior volume. xvii pages, 1 leaf, 249 pages, [24] pages of color plates : illustrations ; 26 cm. Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Illustrated in color and black and white by Frank Brangwyn, R.A. and written by Christian Barman. From the library of Margaret Huntington Boehner. Boehner was a noted artist from Syracuse. She won a number of art awards and was listed in Whos Who in America in 1940-41. Includes related bibliographical information about Boehner. This is an oversized or heavy book, that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.

Christian Barman. The Bridge: A Chapter in the History of Building. John Lane the Bodley Head / Dodd, Mead and Co., London / New York, 1926.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1st U.S. edition. PO bookplate, very good indeed.

Seller: RPBooks, Champlain, NY, U.S.A.

Barman, Christian [Illustrated by Sir Frank William Brangwyn RA RWS RBA (12 May 1867 - 11 June 1956) who was an Anglo-Welsh artist, painter, water colourist, virtuoso engraver, illustrator, and progressive designer.. The Bridge: A Chapter in the History of Building. Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd., London First Edition . 1926., 1926.

Price: US$51.98 + shipping

Description: First edition hard back binding in publisher's original pea green cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and to the front cover, untrimmed edges, top edge stained green. Quarto 10'' x 8''. Contains [xx] 249 printed pages of text which include 24 colour plates and 22 monochrome illustrations throughout, printed on heavy laid paper. This volume traces the development of architecture in general by showing the evolution of the bridge. Spine very slightly faded and in Very Good clean condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. BRIDGES & TUNNELS

Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom

Brangwyn,Frank and Christian Barman. The Bridge A Chapter in the History of Building. John Lane The Bodley Head Limite, 1926.

Price: US$58.48 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description:

Seller: Parrot Books, Hemel Hempstead, HERT, United Kingdom

Brangwyn, Frank and Barman, Christian. The Bridge. London John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1926.

Price: US$60.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition. 249 pages. Beautifully illustrated with color plates and many black and white line drawings by Frank Brangwyn. Spine is quite sun faded as well as one inch of front cover adjacent to spine. Lesser fading to rest of covers. Scarce dust jacket covered in mylar. DJ has four small tears but the large illustration and title are not affected and there are no rips, creases, folds, or stains. Pages are tanned toward edges, otherwise clean and unmarked. Binding is in very good condition. (H2)

Seller: Jeff Jeremias Fine Arts, RMABA, Aurora, CO, U.S.A.

Brangwyn, Frank & Barman, Christian. The Bridge : a chapter in the history of building. John Lane The Bodley Head, 1926.

Price: US$60.44 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: hardback, quarto, 10" x 8 1/5", fore and bottom edges rough-trimmed, some minor spotting to the endpapers otherwise a very good tightly bound copy with an unmarked text. The pictorial dust wrapper is complete but with considerable loss to the spine & having been laid down to a plain backing, now protected in a non-adhesive clear film sleeve. The text by Barman and the colour and b&w illustrations by Brangwyn, xvii + 249pp

Seller: Pendleburys - the bookshop in the hills, Llanwrda, United Kingdom

Barman, Christian & Brangwyn, Frank.:. The Bridge, A Chapter in the History of Building.. John Lane The Bodley Head Limited First Edition, 1926.

Price: US$64.98 + shipping

Description: 4to. xi, 250pp. With 24 colour plates and 22 black & white illustrations by Brangwyn. Edges partly uncut. In brown buckram, gilt titles. A few minor marks to covers but a very good copy of this attractive illustrated book.

Seller: Kerr & Sons Booksellers ABA, Cartmel, CMA, United Kingdom

BARMAN, Christian & BRANGWYN, Frank. The Bridge: A Chapter in the History of Building. John Lane, London, 1926.

Price: US$65.00 + shipping

Description: Illustrated by Frank Brangwyn with 24 color plates, and 22 black & white text drawings. Tall thick 8vo, original browncloth with gilt-lettered spine; uncut edges. London: John Lane the Bodley Head, (1926). First Edition. A very good (+) copy.

Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Barman, Christian. The Bridge: A Chapter in the History of Building. John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1926.

Price: US$70.32 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: With all the color plates by Brangwyn. A tight, clean, unmarked copy with bright spine gilt.

Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.

Barman, Christian. THE BRIDGE. , 1926.

Price: US$72.00 + shipping

Description: 1926 Barman, Christian THE BRIDGE; A CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY OF BUILDING London: John Lane The Bodley Head, c1926 249pp 24 color plates, 22 b/w illus sm 4to green cloth inner hinges neatly repaired, spine lightly faded, near fine copy.

Seller: Columbia Books, ABAA/ILAB, MWABA, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.

BARMAN, CHRISTIAN. The Bridge: a Chapter in the History of Building. John Lane / The Bodley Head, London, 1926.

Price: US$72.02 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Quarto. Gilt lettered brown buckram in pictorial dust jacket. 23 colour plates and numerous illustrations in black and white. Dust jacket with chipping to extremities o/w vg copy.

Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada

Barman, Christian. THE BRIDGE. John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1926.

Price: US$73.68 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1st 1926. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper. A Chapter in the History of Building. Green cloth covers with blind title to front cover, gilt to spine. 10.25 x 8". Top edge of text block green, others uncut. 24 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 249 pages. Spine bumped, a little wear to corners. Some blotches and uneven fading to spine and covers. Foxing, mainly to endpapers, prelims and page edges. Light browning to half-title page. Contents very good, just an odd mark mark. All plates present, one has creasing to margin. Dustwrapper has a few areas of loss along edges. Also grubby with some browning. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom

Christian Barman. The Bridge: A Chapter in the History of Building. John Lane the Bodley Head, London, 1926.

Price: US$77.97 + shipping

Description: An excellent first edition of this charming illustrated study of the history of bridges. The first edition of this charming history of bridges composed by Christian Barman, an important first‐generation British industrial designer of the interwar years.A study of bridges as a work of art, a helpful structure, and as an architectural feat.Thoroughly illustrated both in colour and in black and white by the leading artist, Frank William Brangwyn. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally excellent with only minor shelf wear and a minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are very clean throughout and bright. Thoroughly illustrated both in colour and in black and white by the leading artist, Frank William Brangwyn. Collated, complete. Very Good Indeed

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

(BRANGWYN). BARMAN, Christian. The Bridge. A Chapter in the History of Building. Illustrated by Frank Brangwyn and written by.. London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1926.

Price: US$77.97 + shipping

Description: First edition. 4to. (xx), 249, (1) pp. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt lettered to the spine and upper board, dust jacket. 24 colour plates plus 22 black and white illustrations in the text. Wear with some losses to the jacket, the partially unopened book in excellent condition.

Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom

Barman, Christian Augustus. The bridge : a chapter in the history of building / illustrated in colour and black and white by Frank Brangwyn and written by Christian Barman. London : John Lane The Bodley Head, 1926.

Price: US$83.53 + shipping

Description: Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xvii, 249 p., 24 leaves of col. plates : ill., frontis. ; 26 cm. Subject; Bridges — Design and construction. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland

Barman, Christian. The Bridge: A Chapter in the History Of Building. John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, London, 1926.

Price: US$95.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: This volume traces the development of architecture in general by showing the evolution of the bridge. Includes 23 color plates and 22 B&W illustrations. Beautifully printed on heavy laid paper, fore-edge deckle, top edge stained green. The jacket is chipped at the head, especially near the spine, and it contains two closed tears. The spine of the book is faded at the top where the jacket was missing, but the gold is still bright. In a mylar cover, the jacket is quite still quite presentable. Except for a bit of fading the book is fine, with a clean and bright jacket.

Seller: The Dawn Treader Book Shop, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.

Barman, Christian Augustus. The bridge : a chapter in the history of building / illustrated in colour and black and white by Frank Brangwyn and written by Christian Barman. London : John Lane The Bodley Head, 1926.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Description: Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xvii, 249 p., 24 leaves of col. plates : ill., frontis. ; 26 cm. Subject; Bridges — Design and construction. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Brangwyn, Frank, [illustrator]. Barman, Christian.. The Bridge: A Chapter in the History of Building. Illustrated in Colour and Black and White by Frank Brangwyn.. London: John Lane the Bodley Head, [1926]., 1926.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Description: Quarto. Twenty-four color plates, plus black and white illustrations in text. Green cloth, gilt. Bottom corners lightly bumped, one small scratch on front cover. A very good copy, tight and clean First edition.

Seller: Michael R. Thompson Books, A.B.A.A., Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.

Brangwyn, Frank.. The Bridge: a Chapter in the History of Building.. London: John Lane, The Bodley Head., 1926.

Price: US$120.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Cloth. Brangwyn, Frank (illustrations) & Barman, Christian (text). Illustrated by color plates and black and white illustrations. First edition.

Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

Barman, Christian. The Bridge: A Chapter in the History of Building. John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd. / Dodd, Mead & Company, London & New York, 1926.

Price: US$162.44 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Slightly faded to the green cloth spine otherwise, good and sound. With b/w and colour illustrations by Frank Brangwyn. 24 colour plates. With ink inscription to FEPs.

Seller: Henry Pordes Books Ltd, London, United Kingdom

BARMAN, Christian. The Bridge, a Chapter in the History of Building. John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1926.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 24 color plates, 22 text illustrations and 2 mounted color plates by Frank Brangwyn. Large 8vo, 1/2 white cloth (darkened and a bit worn at ends); uncut edges, t.e.g. London: John Lane, 1926. A very good copy internally fine. One of 125 copies with 2 extra illustrations in color.

Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Brangwyn, Frank;Barman, Christian. The Bridge : A Chapter in the History of Building. John Lane the Bodley Head, 1926.

Price: US$210.53 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Type: Z 249pp. 1926. First edition. A signed presentation copy from Frank Brangwyn to Edward Kenneth Center. The copy is signed to the front endpaper. The inscription reads, 'Frank Brangwyn (and on the line below) E K Center 1931'. Edward Kenneth Center was a British artist who worked along side Frank Brangwyn as a studio hand. Twenty four colour plates - reproductions of the artist's work. Gilt embossed title to the spine and the front board. Middle and lower fore-edge rough cut. A few unopened pages. Some splitting between the final blank page and the rear endpaper with webbing a little exposed and the rear board ever so slightly shaken. A short 9mm tear to the margin of one plate - now expertly repaired. Light soiling to the margins of several plates. Light scattered foxing. A very good, tight, signed copy with a rather unique association inscription.

Seller: Trumpington Fine Books Limited, Gilmilnscroft, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

[BRANGWYN, Frank]. BARMAN, Christian.. The Bridge: A Chapter in the History of Building.. London, John Lane The Bodley Head Limited/New York, Dodd, Mead and Company [1926]., 1926.

Price: US$235.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition (so stated). 4to. Color frontispiece; 25 color plates and 22 b/w illustrations by Frank Brangwyn. 7 page preface by Christian Barman. Index. Original 1/2 white cloth stamped in gilt over gray boards, t.e.g, uncut. Very good. 249 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Number 53 of 125 numbered copies with two extra illustrations in color.

Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.