The New Guide to Westminster Abbey by H. F. Westlake

The New Guide to Westminster Abbey

by H. F. Westlake

A. R. Mowbray & Co, 1917, black and white photographic plates, fold-out frontispiece (floor plan), hardcover

Very Good Condition, some edge and shelf wear, some rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, foxing to some pages (see photographs)

“…It is the main object of this little book to assist him.  It has been designed mainly for those who, having no great amount of time at their disposal, are yet anxious not to miss any point of real interest.  Accordingly the various subjects are dealt with as briefly as is consistent with their worth, so that the visitor may read what is written at the time of his inspection.  It has not aimed at being an epitome of English history, and such details as are commonly found in an ordinary English history-book are not here included.  Nor is it intended as a catalogue of Abbey burials or a biography of the otherwise obscure and forgotten… ”