New Distributed Titles Fall 2009 - Oxbow Books

architecture � conservation
The Stained Glass of A W N Pugin
by Stanley Shepherd
This eagerly-awaited study provides
a complete record of Pugin’s extraordinary
achievements in stained glass
design and manufacture. Beautifully
illustrated, it shows: how Pugin rose
to the challenges of creating stained
glass in the early Victorian period according
to medieval principles; how he
worked with leading makers of the day;
how he forged a partnership with John
Hardman of Birmingham; how this relationship
worked; who his clients were; what he sought to express in the
windows, which were made for churches and houses throughout Britain. A
detailed gazetteer gives all the known information about each window.
420p, 150 col illus & photos, hardback, 9781904965206, $69.95, Spire Books,
July 2009.
Salisbury
A Walk in the Close
by Sue Finniss and John Elliott
The Close at Salisbury is unsurpassed in Britain
for its sheer space and elegance. In this book, Sue
Finniss demonstrates her excellence as a watercolor
artist with a series of spectacular views of the
cathedral and other buildings in the Close. Each
painting is accompanied by a lengthy caption that
sets the scene historically and architecturally.
88p, illus, hardback, 9781904965190, $37.95,
Spire Books, June 2009.
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The English Buildings Book
by Philip Wilkinson and Peter Ashley
New in paperback!
The English Buildings Book is the most comprehensive
single volume on English architecture
for the general reader. It is a visual cornucopia
and a tribute to the diversity of the English built
environment, which is among the richest and
most diverse in the world. Over 700 buildings
are described and illustrated, and they range
from the architectural icons to the less noticeable
but equally fascinating buildings of our
towns and villages. Nowhere else can such diverse
coverage be found.
390p, over 1000 col photos, paperback, 9781905624638, $50.00, English Heritage, June 2009.
Also available in hardback (2006), 9781850749691, $70.00
A Glimpse of Heaven
Catholic Churches
New in paperback!
of England and Wales
by Christopher Martin,
photographs by Alex Ramsay
This book is a celebration of 100 Catholic
churches in England and Wales, with lively
and informative text and stunning photography
specially commissioned for the book. Each
chapter is devoted to a milestone in the history
of the Catholic Church since the Reformation,
with a short, informative introduction followed
by a description of each church complementing
Alex Ramsay’s photographs.
224p, illus, paperback, 9781905624621, $40.00, English Heritage, November 2009.
Also available in hardback (2007), 9781850749707, $50.00
The Roof Frame from the XIth through XIXth Century
Typology and Development in Northern France and Belgium
edited by Patrick Hoffsummer
This volume, the result of collaboration between architects, university
scholars, and dendrochronologists, offers a synthesis with regard to carpentry
from the 11th through the 19th century, from north of the Loire
to Belgium. It contains a typological and chronological classification with
300 examples of carpentry constructions, and a catalog of beautiful models
preserved at the Centre for research on Historical monuments in Paris.
400p, paperback, 9782503529875, $123.00, Brepols Publishers,
December 2009, Architectura Medii Aevi 3.
The David Brown Book Company – Fall 2009