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Andrews, Francis B
The Mediaeval (Medieval) Builder and His Methods
Oxford OUP 1925 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall iv + 99pp, 2 appendices, 13 plates plus drawings in text. Gilt on dark green buckram, foxing to edges and on some pages but generally very light. Owners pencilled name to front endpaper otherwise a VG clean tight copy, rough cut fore-edge. A very nice copy of the scarce first edition. No dustwrapper. Includes a loose insert "With the Author's kind regards. 29th September 1925."
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32.00 GBP
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Baker, Evelyn (Editor)
Church Archaeology Volumes 7,8 and 9 (2003-2005)
York Society for Church Archaeology 2006 First Edition Soft Cover Very Good No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall iv + 192pp, drawings and photographs within articles, addenda to rear. Large format softback, VG clean tight copy. Nine articles, including the archaeology of the Nave Sanctuary in Lichfield Cathedral; the Church of Saint Mary at Linton, near Ross; and an analysis of Rood Stairs.
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Bond, Francis
Fonts and Font Covers
London Waterstone & Co Ltd 1985 0947752153 / 9780947752156 First Thus Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall xi + 351pp, bibliography, indexes, 434 photographs and drawings, 8 colour plates. Black boards, light wear and ageing only, a VG copy in dustwrapper.
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9.00 GBP
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Braithwaite, David
Building in the Blood: The Story of Dove Brothers of Islington, 1781 - 1981
London Godfrey Cave Associates 1981 0906223032 / 9780906223031 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 160pp, index, bibliography, appendix, black and white photographs and illustrations. Blue boards, occasional spotting to edges otherwise light ageing only, a VG copy in (small label glue mark to front flyleaf) dustwrapper. The story of the family of builders, whose commissions included the Wesleyan Methodist Central Hall, Westminster, and Australia House.
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Brown, Jane
The Omnipotent Magician: Lancelot 'Capability' Brown, 1716 - 1783
London Chatto & Windus 2011 0701182121 / 9780701182120 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall xv + 384pp, index, notes and sources, 16pp colour plates, illustrations in text, family trees, maps. Black baords, light wear only, light ageing, a VG copy in dustwrapper. Biography of Capability Brown, locally famous for his work at Croome Park.
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Browning, Iain
Palmyra
London Chatto & Windus 1979 0701122668 / 9780701122669 First British Edition Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 223pp, index, bibliography, glossary, 151 drawings and illustrations. Blue boards, light ageing only, a VG clean tight copy in dustwrapper.
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30.00 GBP
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Gabra, Gawdat / Eaton-Krauss, Marianne
The Treasures of Coptic Art: In the Coptic Museum and Churches of Old Cairo
Cairo The American University in Cairo Press 2006 977424933X / 9789774249334 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Very Good Folio - over 12" - 15" tall xx + 284pp, index, bibliography, extensively illustrated in colour, featuring over 130 of the greatest treasues of the Coptic Museum. Black boards, light wear only, a VG copy in dustwrapper. Very heavy, UK at standard rate, overseas at cost.
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Hodges, John Richard
Witley Court: The Story of a Victorian Palace
Worcester John Richard Hodges 2013 0955405785 / 9780955405785 First Edition Soft Cover Very Good No Jacket Privately Printed 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall xviii + 268pp, floor plans, drawings, photographs and illustrations throughout, some in colour. Softback, light wear only, a VG copy. The story of one of England's grandest Victorian country houses, today a ruin under the management of English Heritage. Flat signed by the author on title page.
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Horton, Malcolm
Artists' Oxford
Kent Contemporary Watercolours Limited 2005 0952648032 / 9780952648031 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good No Jacket (Pictorial Boards) 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 111pp, full page colour reproductions with text opposite. Excellent copy in pictorial boards. Beautiful illustrations by a number of artists, Cliff Bayly, Jane Carpanini, John Doyle, Dennis Flanders, Ken Howard, Ken Messer, William Matthison, Hubert Pragnell and Dennis Roxby Bott. Also includes short biographical piece about each artist and the author.
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40.00 GBP
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Hussey, Christopher
English Country Houses: Early Georgian 1715 - 1760; Mid Georgian 1760 - 1800; Late Georgian 1800 - 1840. 3 Volume Set of First Editions
London Country Life Ltd 1955 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 3 volume set of first editions. Early Georgian: 1955 256pp, index, 465 black and white illustrations. Green boards, light ageing, a VG copy in a Good (edge chipped, small losses to spine head and edges) dustwrapper. Mid Georgian: 1956 255pp, index, appendix, 507 black and white illustrations. Green boards, light ageing, a VG copy in a Good (edge chipped, corner loss to upper fore-edge of front panel) dustwrapper. Late Georgian: 1958 255pp, index, appendix, 472 black and white illustrations. Green boards, browning to front endpaper/pastedown from newspaper cutting, light ageing, a VG copy in a Good (edge chipped, small losses only) dustwrapper. All dustwrappers now in removeable protective sleeves. A handsome set and scarce in dustwrappers. Heavy set, approx 5kg, UK shipping at standard rate, overseas at cost.
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300.00 GBP
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Noever, Peter (Editor)
Josef Hoffmann Designs
Munich Prestel 1992 3791312294 / 9783791312293 Revised Edition Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 331pp, 505 illustrations of which 245 are in colour, index, bibliography, illustrated catalogue in 5 sections, with narratives by various contributors, plus 3 additional essays including a biography by Brigitte Huck. This is the revised and expanded edition of the original German publication. Red boards, a VG clean tight copy in dustwrapper. Published in association with MAK - Austrain Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna. Heavy book, extra shipping required to non-UK address.
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60.00 GBP
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Sedding, Edmund H
Norman Architecture in Cornwall. A Handbook to Old Cornish Ecclesiastical Architecture with Notes on Ancient Manor-Houses. With a Chapter on the Old Saints of Cornwall. Also a Short Glossary
London Ward & Co 1909 First Edition Hard Cover Good No Jacket 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall xxiv + 464pp, folding map at rear, over 160 plates, marbled endpapers, subscriber list. Quarter bound cloth boards, gilt titling, a few marks to spine, slight edge rubbing to boards. Slight corner loss to front endpaper, minor annotation (ticks to list of churches), uneven edge to 2 pages, neat closed tear to folding map, general light foxing, occasional spotting, a Good tight copy without dustwrapper.
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Smith, Martin
British Railway Bridges and Viaducts
Surrey Ian Allan Publishing 1994 0711022739 / 9780711022737 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 176pp, index, black and white photographs plus detailed history of numerous bridges and viaducts, illustrated endpapers. Blue boards, a VG clean tight copy in dustwrapper.
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18.00 GBP
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Tarkhanov, Alexei / Kavtaradze, Sergei
Stalinist Architecture
London Laurence King 1992 1856690164 / 9781856690164 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 192pp, index, biographies, notes, over 200 illustrations, some in colour. Blue boards, slight bumping to corners, overall a VG clean tight copy in dustwrapper. Heavy book, extra shipping may be required to noin-UK address.
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38.00 GBP
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Wittkower, Rudolf
The Pelican History of Art: Art and Architecture in Italy, 1600 to 1750
London Penguin Books 1958 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall xxiii + 428pp + 192pp black and white plates, index, bibliography, notes, 38 figures in text. Red cloth boards, gilt decoration to front and spine, gilt-on-black spine label (edge rubbed, minor loss), slight colour fading to spine, general light ageing to contents, overall a VG copy without dustwrapper. Signed gift dedication from the author to front endpaper, dated, October 1961. Also included is a letter signed by his widow, shortly after Professor Wittkower's death, plus associated newspaper cuttings. Heavy book, UK shipping at standard rate, overseas at cost.
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