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Freda Derrick.
Gothic Wanderings in Somerset.
Published London: Simpkin Marshall, 1930.
[No ISBN].
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printer: Wessex Press, Taunton.
Size: 144x227x40mm.
Page count: text xiii,307pp; plates 1.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: the dustjacket on this copy is ragged, but a previous owner has enclosed it in protective plastic to prevent further deterioration; pages yellowed with age, some foxing here and there; at least 4 pages have a little pencilled marking or annotation.

This item £15.00
P&P inc. within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

[read Books paperback in print at £17.45]
Weight without packaging: 639g.

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Explores the art, and the stories & folk tales inspiring it, which can be found in the churches of Somerset and Bristol; primarily carvings and sculptures, with some attention to stained glass. emphasis primarily medieval and early modern.

Contents: Somersetshire church beasts; The men who built our churches (Somerset & Bristol); The church's garden in Somerset; Christ in Somerset.

Notes: no
Tables: no
Illustrations: colour frontispiece, and 57 monochrome text illustrations
Maps & plans: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: no
Index: yes

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See also | Carving & sculpture | Stained glass | Somerset | Parish churches |
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