Repair of Ancient Buildings (1929)
London SPAB, 1981
Reprinted from the original with new material. 227pp, illustrated with 40 b/w line drawings and plates. Maroon cloth boards in decorated dust wrapper. Fine. This is a key text for traditional building methods to be applied to the conservation of old buildings. Covers brickwork, mortars, glass, woodwork, roofing etc. A R Powys was a key figure and founding member of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings which has always been in the forefront of British building conservation.