{"product_id":"chichester-cathedral-book-1933","title":"Vintage Chichester Cathedral History Book Blue Cloth 1933","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eDeep blue cloth with a color plate of the cathedral pasted directly onto the front board, which is exactly how Raphael Tuck built books in the 1930s. Written by the Dean of Chichester himself and published in 1933 with a foreword by George Bell, the bishop who became the most significant English ally of the German Confessing Church and who is buried in the building this book describes. Sixteen photographic plates inside, the crypt and the presbytery among them. Someone gave this to their mother for a birthday in August 1942 and signed it from your loving little Nipper, the one and only. That inscription is the best thing in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Author | A. S. Duncan-Jones, B.D., Dean of Chichester\u003cbr\u003e[d]Title | The Story of Chichester Cathedral\u003cbr\u003e[d]Foreword | George Bell, Bishop of Chichester, dated 20th May 1933\u003cbr\u003e[d]Publisher | Raphael Tuck \u0026amp; Sons, Ltd., London\u003cbr\u003e[d]Date | 1933\u003cbr\u003e[d]Edition | First edition\u003cbr\u003e[d]Binding | Publisher's blue cloth, gilt blackletter titling to front board and spine, mounted color pictorial onlay to front board\u003cbr\u003e[d]Pages | viii, 80\u003cbr\u003e[d]Illustrations | 16 black and white photographic plates\u003cbr\u003e[d]Inscription | Presentation inscription in ink to the front free endpaper, dated 4\/8\/42, reading \"To my loving mother wishing you many happy returns of the day. From your loving little Nipper, the one and only Frankie Patterson\"\u003cbr\u003e[d]Dimensions | 7.5 in H x 5.5 in W x 1 in D\u003cbr\u003e[d]Origin | England\u003cbr\u003e[d]Language | English\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[condition]\u003cbr\u003eThe blue cloth is deep and unfaded, and the gilt titling to both board and spine remains sharp and fully legible. Light wear at the spine ends and to the corners, with slight fraying at the head of the front joint. The mounted color plate on the front board is intact and firmly adhered, showing a few faint spots and light surface creasing consistent with a paper onlay of this age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eInternally the binding is tight and square. Foxing to the title page and scattered light spotting through the front matter and margins, heavier on the title leaf than elsewhere. Endpapers are toned, with faint offsetting in the front hinge area. The text block itself is clean and free of underlining or marginalia. All 80 pages present, all 16 plates present. Fore-edge untrimmed as issued. No dust jacket, and none was called for at this price point in 1933.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Austyn Marie Design","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766274425110,"sku":"AMD-13655","price":190.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0896\/4623\/5926\/files\/DSA09516.jpg?v=1789662772","url":"https:\/\/austyn-marie.myshopify.com\/products\/chichester-cathedral-book-1933","provider":"Austyn Marie Design","version":"1.0","type":"link"}