Out of the Ashes : A Progress Through Coventry Cathedral

<p><p>98pp. 47 black and white plates with commentary on facing page. Cream boards (a little rubbed and discoloured at edges, corners gently rounded). Remains of library markings on front endpapers, and small library stamp on last leaf, else internally fresh, neat and tidy. Binding firm and square. Basil Spence's account of the building of the new Coventry Cathedral, for which he was the architect, after the old Cathedral was destroyed by bombing during the second world war. Includes an essay by Lewis Mumford, which originally appeared in the New Yorker magazine, on the new Coventry Cathedral. Large format folio. A large and heavy volume which may require an additional charge for overseas delivery.</p></p> <p></p> <p>coventry, cathedral, spence, modern Architecture, second world war, bombing, warwickshire</p>