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Nicholson and Watson, 1946. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1946. No Edition Remarks. 63 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Light creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light crushing to spine ends. Notable sunning to spine and edges. Sticker to front board. Textblock is shaky.

London: Nicholson and Watson, 1946. Royal octavo, orange cloth (hardcover), gilt letters & illustration to upper cover, map illus. endpapers, 63 pp. Fine. From Introduction: In the ruins of the Roman fortress called Babylon or Kasr ash Shammah in Old Cairo, and within its vicinity, there survive twelve Coptic churches whose structure dates from the early centuries of Christianity. Icons in these churches, hung against the whitewashed walls or set in screens of ivory and ebony or cedar inlay, claim attention by their curious representation of Christian saints. The icons selected for illustration in this book are those which particularly reflect the outlook of the Christian East in the subjects depicted and in the manner of portrayal. It will be appreciated that the intricate problems of theology, historical trends and artistic development are treated in the introductory text in the very broadest manner. This presentation is intended simply as a background to an appreciation of the icons and an… Read More

Nicholson, 1946. Hardcover & Dust Jacket. Good. 63 pp. dj tears

Small 4to in cloth with dust jacket. VG/G+. dust jacket torn along top of spine with loss to top of back panel. Light wear to book. Interior is clean. No writing or markings of any kind. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed securely in a box.

London: Nicholson & Watson, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good. London: Nicholson & Watson, 1946. Very Good.

London: Nicholson And Watson. Very Good. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover in orange cloth boards. No dust jacket. First printing of first edition. Book is generally crisp and clean. Discusses and depicts icons from Coptic churches in Old Cairo and its vicinity. Black-and-white photos and reproductions throughout. Illustrative; informative endpapers. 8vo. 63 pp. .

London: Nicholson and Watson. 63pp hardback, orange boards gilt, corners creased, illustrated with colour frontispiece and bw plates, map end-papers, spine and boards sunned . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1946.

Nicholson and Watson, London, 1946. 1st Edition. HARDCOVER. Quarto size (4to). 63pp, plates etc __CONDITION : Spine slightly sunned else VERY GOOD+, an otherwise well preserved clean and tight unmarked copy. ... __We always ship in PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS

London: Nicholson & Watson, 1946. FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD+ cloth volume. Small quarto with colored frontispiece and twenty plates.