Cathedral; The Story of Its Construction
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973. Macaulay, David. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 80p, many ills. by the author. Unclipped jacket (price $6.95). Jacket photo is cropped. Fine / very good. Item #31399
Macaulay's pioneering first book, filled with his detailed pen-and-ink drawings that illustrate the step-by-step creation of the fictional catheral of Chutreaux--its buttresses, sculptures, stained glass windows, etc. True first issue, with the various little mistakes that Macaulay later described in Building the Book Cathedral, published on its 25th anniversary. Good gift for a budding engineer or architect, or for anyone of any age of who marvels at Gothic cahedrals. Large; shipping/handling may be extra. Please keep this in mind when ordering.
Price: $40.00