Lord Grimthorpe, 1816-1905 / Peter Ferriday
1957, 1st edition. London : J. Murray. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #424261
Physical description; 230 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. Contents; The Beckett Denison family -- E.B. Denison -- The Westminister clock, 1844-1848 -- The Westminster clock, 1851-1854 -- Church buildings -- Big Ben, 1855-1858 -- Big Ben, 1858 -- Dent v. Denison, 1860 -- The middle years, 1861-1877 -- Gothic revivalist -- Sir Edmund Beckett and St Albans -- 1877 -- St Albans and St Alban's, 1878 -- St Albans, 1879 -- St Albans, 1880 -- St Alban's and Big Ben, 1881 -- 1882-1883 -- Peterborough, 1884 -- Peterborough and St Alban's, 1885 -- Lord Grimthorpe at St Alban's; Lord Grimthorpe on doctors, 1886-1887 -- St Alban's, 1888-1889 -- Religion and ritualism -- Architecture and restoration, 1890-1900 -- The man and the men about him. Subjects; Grimthorpe, Edmund Beckett Baron 1816-1905. Beckett, Edmund [formerly Edmund Beckett Denison], first Baron Grimthorpe 1816-1905 ecclesiastical controversialist, architect, and horologist. St. Albans Cathedral. Westminster (London, England) Buildings, structures, etc. Lawyers Great Britain 19th century. Clock and watch makers Great Britain ; Biography. Horology History. Clock and watch makers England ; Biography. Big Ben, horology. Church architecture England.
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