THE COMACINES. Their Predecessors and Their Successors.

First edition. Hardcover. Publisher's original navy cloth with gilt titles to the upper board and spine. Illustrated with a black and white frontispiece, and 23 black and white photographs and small illustrations throughout. A better than very good copy, the binding firm, the spine a little rolled. The closed text block is mildly toned with just a little spotting to the top edge. The contents, with some spotting, a bookseller's label and an ink inscription to the front free endpaper and a previous owner's name and date in blue ink to the half-title, are otherwise clean throughout.

Author William Ravenscroft (1848-1943) FSA FRIBA was an English architect and antiquary, best known for his high profile work in Berkshire, designing the Great Hall at Reading University (with Charles S. Smith) and the elegant Victoria Hall in Reading Town Hall, and his extensive contributions to the development of Milford-on-Sea on the Hampshire Coast, spanning over 400 projects, alternations and internal works over a period of 30 years.