Architecture

  • A Builder's/Architect's Reference Photograph Album in England by Includes Philip Webb and Lutyens & John McIver Anderson Projects [ANON]
    Includes Philip Webb and Lutyens & John McIver Anderson Projects [ANON]
    A Builder's/Architect's Reference Photograph Album in England

    no date c1910

    Mounted images of various sizes recording a combination of building projects and reference photographs. Arts and Crafts Period buildings in evidence. Mostly vernacular photographs, with a few professional architectural photographs included. All locations given. Large green cloth with contrasting darker green spine and corners. Landscape format. All photographs mounted on card. Card very brittle and with some loss at edges. Photographs very good. First two pages comprise 15 small images in sepia of Goldenfield, occupied and owned by Mary Ann Robb [ who also had lived at Chiltley Place. They record construction the Philip Webb group of buildings at Chiltley Lane, Liphook including a Clockhouse. Location is on the edge of Guildford. Each image c3 x…

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    no date c1910

    Mounted images of various sizes recording a combination of building projects and reference photographs. Arts and Crafts Period buildings in evidence. Mostly vernacular photographs, with a few professional architectural photographs included. All locations given. Large green cloth with contrasting darker green spine and corners. Landscape format. All photographs mounted on card. Card very brittle and with some loss at edges. Photographs very good. First two pages comprise 15 small images in sepia of Goldenfield, occupied and owned by Mary Ann Robb [ who also had lived at Chiltley Place. They record construction the Philip Webb group of buildings at Chiltley Lane, Liphook including a Clockhouse. Location is on the edge of Guildford. Each image c3 x 4 inches. The next few pages record cottages at Shere, in the Surrey Hills, Clare in Suffolk and Bray Church Yard. One page includes two photographs of a small wood model of a cottage design. All photographs either 3 x 4 or 4 x 6 inches. The album then records the Lutyens Lychgate at Haslemere followed by a series of photographs of Cliveden numbered 44-68 [ no number 63] showing walls, balustrades and riverside cottages at Cliveden Springs. The next series of photographs show Cheswardine Vicarage under construction. Located at Market Drayton, north east Shropshire constructed 1909. Images of the scaffolded building and completed building in 11 most 4 x 6-inch photographs. The next group are of cottages, and cottage gardens at Ardath [Stoke by Clare?]. There are 17 photographs showing cottages in their setting. Next group documents the exterior of Cheswardine Hall [John MacVicar Anderson architect] showing project for drains. [ 7 images each 4 x 6 inches and one 7 x 9 inch. There is a further group of images [ professionally taken with Birmingham stamp beneath the images] comprising 9 photographs of Estington Hall. Longdon, Upton upon Severn; timber framed building, four images of Shavington Hall and two of Stratford Court. Four blank pages divide this section of the album from a series of black and white photographs, 10 x 12 inch that record the interior of Carlisle House, Soho. London. No date,builder or photographer given but appear to be around 1910 - 1920.

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  • A concise history and analysis of all the principal styles of architecture : by [BOID E] ANON
    [BOID E] ANON
    A concise history and analysis of all the principal styles of architecture : namely, Egyptian, Grecian, Roman, that of the dark ages, of the Arabians and of the Normans; including a detailed description of the origin, progress and decline of the Gothic. To which is added, a sketch of the architecture of England, down to the present time. / By an amateur.

    London Horatio Phillips [1829]

    xx, [3]-212pp and 8 plates. 8vo. Edges uncut. Original boards, rebacked & with new spine label. Ex libri Roger Quick with note in pencil about the publication.

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  • A Concrete Atlantis: U.S. Industrial Building and European Modern Architecture 1900-1925 by BANHAM Reyner
    BANHAM Reyner
    A Concrete Atlantis: U.S. Industrial Building and European Modern Architecture 1900-1925

    Cambridge, Mass MIT Press 1986

    266pp illustrated. 4to. First edition of this book by author of Theory and Design in the First Machine Age. On the relationship between U S industrial buildings and European design. Very good in good dust wrapper.

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  • A Description of Fonthill Abbey Wiltshire illustrated by views drawn and engraved by J. Storer by First monograph on Fonthill Abbey [FONTHILL] STORER, James
    First monograph on Fonthill Abbey [FONTHILL] STORER, James
    A Description of Fonthill Abbey Wiltshire illustrated by views drawn and engraved by J. Storer

    London Published by W Clarke, J. Carpenter, W. Miller, C. Chappel, White and Cochrane, Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, Brodie and Co., and J. Storer: Coe, printer 1812

    24pp frontis + 6 plates and one vignette in the text. 258x132mm. Original boards with paste down title label [ cropped at corners]. "Views of the Abbey at Fonthill Wiltshire: accompanied with a particular description of that superb edifice". Corners and spine rebound with green morocco. Gilt decorated spine. Edges of all images foxed but actual images unaffected. First edition, the first monograph on Fonthill Abbey, it records the building and its interior as it was about to be completed for William Beckford; work finished in 1813. It effectively marks the completion…

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    London Published by W Clarke, J. Carpenter, W. Miller, C. Chappel, White and Cochrane, Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, Brodie and Co., and J. Storer: Coe, printer 1812

    24pp frontis + 6 plates and one vignette in the text. 258x132mm. Original boards with paste down title label [ cropped at corners]. "Views of the Abbey at Fonthill Wiltshire: accompanied with a particular description of that superb edifice". Corners and spine rebound with green morocco. Gilt decorated spine. Edges of all images foxed but actual images unaffected. First edition, the first monograph on Fonthill Abbey, it records the building and its interior as it was about to be completed for William Beckford; work finished in 1813. It effectively marks the completion of the north range of the building.

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  • A Descriptive and Historical Account of the Monuments & Tombstones in the Church of St. Nicholas, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. by WELFORD Richard (Compiler.)
    WELFORD Richard (Compiler.)
    A Descriptive and Historical Account of the Monuments & Tombstones in the Church of St. Nicholas, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

    London: Hamilton Adams and Co. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: M & M W Lambert, 1880

    [vi], 160pp, xiii[i]pp index and 'corrections and alterations.', 32 steel-engraved plates with tissue-guards, head and tailpieces, decorated capitals. 4to. Original red Morocco binding with gilt decorations and raised bands on the spine. Worn at head and base of spine else a very attractive copy.

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  • A Guide to Farleigh Hungerford, Co. Somerset by JACKSON, Rev. J.E.
    JACKSON, Rev. J.E.
    A Guide to Farleigh Hungerford, Co. Somerset Illustrated with ground plans and plates of arms, and an appendix of ancient manorial and ecclesiastical deeds by the Rev. J.E. Jackson

    London Houlston & Sons 1879

    Third Edition. Frontispiece, Title Page, iv + 141pp (including 2 sepia photogravure images and 3 b/w plates + 22 hand-coloured plates. Long Quarto. Original Paper Wraps, Green cloth spine with gilt titles. Top of spine bumped and a little chipped. Edges of wraps bumped and chipped at corners. Upper and verso covers slightly marked. Internally, good with some scattered foxing. Book plates of John E Pritchard and Josceline Grove on front past down and front free end paper. Farleigh House is a large country house, previously the centre of the Farleigh Hungerford estate, and has sometimes been called Farleigh New Castle. The castle was sold for salvage in 1705 to the Houlton family. It…

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    London Houlston & Sons 1879

    Third Edition. Frontispiece, Title Page, iv + 141pp (including 2 sepia photogravure images and 3 b/w plates + 22 hand-coloured plates. Long Quarto. Original Paper Wraps, Green cloth spine with gilt titles. Top of spine bumped and a little chipped. Edges of wraps bumped and chipped at corners. Upper and verso covers slightly marked. Internally, good with some scattered foxing. Book plates of John E Pritchard and Josceline Grove on front past down and front free end paper. Farleigh House is a large country house, previously the centre of the Farleigh Hungerford estate, and has sometimes been called Farleigh New Castle. The castle was sold for salvage in 1705 to the Houlton family. It is now a 'romantic ruin' since the 1730s, it retains two of its corner towers and in the ownership of English Heritage. The two sepia photographs usefully show the state of the property and its setting at the time of publication. Uncommon.

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  • A History of Ford Abbey Dorsetshire by [FORD ABBEY] [ALLEN, M]
    [FORD ABBEY] [ALLEN, M]
    A History of Ford Abbey Dorsetshire

    London Hamilton Adams and Co 1846

    Frontis, iv+96pp. Small 8vo. Blind stamped red cloth with gilt monogram on upper board. Rebacked. Forde Abbey is a privately-owned former Cistercian monastery and Grade I listed building. Forde Abbey was bought by Edmund Prideaux, MP for Lyme Regis and Oliver Cromwell's Attorney General. Before his death in 1659 Prideaux converted the buildings from a monastic residence to a private home. It has 18th century gardens and a landscape park. This early guidebook describes the early history of the estate from the establishment of it as a monastic foundation to its conversion into a country house. Hard to find.

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  • CHUTE, Chaloner W
    A HISTORY OF THE VYNE in Hampshire. being a short account of the building & antiquities of that house situate in the parish parish of Sherborne St. John Co Hants & of persons who have at some time lived there.

    Winchester & London., Jacob & Johnson & Simpkin, Marshall & Co. , 1888

    x, 173pp. 13 black & white plates including frontispiece, plus numerous black & white illustrations within the text. Half vellum over grey boards. Quarto. First edition. t.e.g. Vellum sl. grubby and titling on spine a little worn, but a very good copy of this late 19th century history of the house. Upper board bumped along top edge. Internally, some discolouration on f.e.p else very clean and bright. Bookplate of Josceline Grove along with descriptions of the books from previous owners pasted down on front end papers. Name of C. L. Chute (Sir Charles Lennard Chute MC 1879 - 1956) inscribed in pen on front paste down.

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  • ECKSTEIN, G.F.
    A Practical Treatise on Chimneys with a few remarks on stoves, the consumption of smoke and coal ventilation etc.,

    London, John Weale and the author. 1852

    xii + 153 + (1) + 9 + (1)pp. Publisher's cloth, rebacked. Rebacked sympathetically. Eckstein was an ironmonger from Lloyd Square, Pentonville, who specialised in stoves and cooking ranges and inevitably with all the associated problems of smoking chimneys and inadequate ventilation he worked to establish solutions to smoking chimneys. This short book is largely devoted to the correct design of flues, so crucial for the effective working of the fire beneath. Hard to find.

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  • A Scots Mediaeval Architect by Signed by the author (MOROW) MACGREGOR CHALMERS P
    Signed by the author (MOROW) MACGREGOR CHALMERS P
    A Scots Mediaeval Architect

    Glasgow William Hodge and Co 1895

    Limited to a print run of 200 copies. Xii + 76pp. Mustard yellow cloth covers boards with gilt title and coat of arms of St John the Evangelist on upper cover and title on spine. Top edge of book block gilt, other edges untrimmed. 8vo. Corners a little bumped and cloth marked with ink (?) on upper edge of front board. General signs of age apparent but a very good copy otherwise. Tipped in half tone plates alongside b/w illustrations. This is the first monograph devoted to the master mason of the early 15th century, John Morow. A useful compilation of material on this key figure in the evolution of Scottish gothic architectural…

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    Glasgow William Hodge and Co 1895

    Limited to a print run of 200 copies. Xii + 76pp. Mustard yellow cloth covers boards with gilt title and coat of arms of St John the Evangelist on upper cover and title on spine. Top edge of book block gilt, other edges untrimmed. 8vo. Corners a little bumped and cloth marked with ink (?) on upper edge of front board. General signs of age apparent but a very good copy otherwise. Tipped in half tone plates alongside b/w illustrations. This is the first monograph devoted to the master mason of the early 15th century, John Morow. A useful compilation of material on this key figure in the evolution of Scottish gothic architectural style, though recent work of Richard Fawcett has shown aspects of the dating and associations are incorrect in detail. First published in the short-lived Scots Lore Magazine, 1895. Bookplate of the Hon. Hew Dalrymple [General Sir Hew Whitefoord Dalrymple, 1st Baronet] on front paste-down.

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  • WALKER, J. G. and L. A. B
    A Series of Monumental Brasses from the 13th to the 16th Century drawn and engraved by 1864

    Reprinted 1975 with corrections and additions by J A Goodall F.S.A. London. Phillips & Page 1975

    Limited edition

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  • A Summer's Day at Windsor and Visit to Eton by JESSE Edward
    JESSE Edward
    A Summer's Day at Windsor and Visit to Eton

    London, John Murray 1841

    iv + 151pp + 4pp list of popular works published by Mr. Murray. c.25 b/w illustrations including 14 engraved plates and folding frontispiece (plan of Windsor Castle). 12mo. Decorative cloth with striking gilt motif on front board. Spine slightly sunned and some small marks on upper and verso boards. Small amount of foxing on a number of the plates, else a good copy.

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  • ATTERBURY Paul (editor)
    A W N Pugin Master of the Gothic Revival

    London Yale with BGC 1995

    415pp illustrated with colour and b/w plates. Large 4to. Very good indeed with good dust wrapper. Contributions by Megan Aldrich, Clive Wainwright, Andrew Saint, David Meara, Rosemary Hill and others. Important and scholarly collection of essays which assess Pugin's career.

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  • [ACADEMY ARCHITECTURE]
    Academy Architecture and Annual Architectural Review [from 1896, Academy Architecture and Architectural Review].

    London Alex Koch & Sons, 1889-1931

    62 volumes. . Small 4to. Mixed set but generally good. Mostly in blue lettered cloth as issued. Numbers 40, 50, 56 and 59 in good paper wrappers. A few ex-library copies with class marks on spine and ancient library stamp on prelims. A few others a little shaky at hinges. Some have hand marked notations showing number on spine. Founded by the Swiss-born architect Alexander (Alex) Koch (1848-1911) it was an international review of contemporary architecture, and, from volume 3, 1891, contemporary sculpture. It includes a few articles, but mainly photographs and drawings. Each issue contains approximately 250 illustrations. The value in the journal is in the review it provides on international…

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    London Alex Koch & Sons, 1889-1931

    62 volumes. . Small 4to. Mixed set but generally good. Mostly in blue lettered cloth as issued. Numbers 40, 50, 56 and 59 in good paper wrappers. A few ex-library copies with class marks on spine and ancient library stamp on prelims. A few others a little shaky at hinges. Some have hand marked notations showing number on spine. Founded by the Swiss-born architect Alexander (Alex) Koch (1848-1911) it was an international review of contemporary architecture, and, from volume 3, 1891, contemporary sculpture. It includes a few articles, but mainly photographs and drawings. Each issue contains approximately 250 illustrations. The value in the journal is in the review it provides on international styles including the arts and crafts movement and beaux art styles. In terms of building types, it includes housing schemes, cottages, public buildings, commercial buildings, memorials etc. As an overview of the design styles of the first 30 years of the 20th century they are excellent.

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  • Addition [Folio IX] by HOLMES, Andrew.
    HOLMES, Andrew.
    Addition [Folio IX]

    London Architectural Association 1986

    28pp booklet + 20 silkscreen prints which assembled form a print 1525x1120mm. Large square 4to in presentation black box with white title on front. Vg. Published to coincide with an exhibition of paintings and drawings by Andrew Holmes. Published as as edition of one thousand numbered 1/1000 this being number 146. Holmes has used this Folio to continue his explorations by creating twenty silkscreen fragments which when put together create dramatic 4 x 5 foot detail of Richard Rogers' hi-tech Inmos building.

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  • Air raid protection : the facts / by 10 Cambridge scientists by POSTGATE, R. [ General Editor ]
    POSTGATE, R. [ General Editor ]
    Air raid protection : the facts / by 10 Cambridge scientists

    London : Fact, 1938

    97 pp illustrated with line ills. Wrappers Subject: Air defences -- Civil defence -- Great Britain --: Fact : a monograph was issued once a month ; no. 13. 97 pages. Written in the pre war period the book opens with the statement that ARP would soon be known widely by its initials.

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  • Air-Raid Protection by CEMENT & CONCRETE ASSOCIATION
    CEMENT & CONCRETE ASSOCIATION
    Air-Raid Protection

    London Cement and Concrete Association c1935

    2nd edition. 28pp pamphlet. Stapled. A little worn on edges else good. The Association's mission was to improve and extend the uses of concrete. Illustrations and text exploring detailed designs to reduce impact of direct and indirect attacks. Information drawn widely from European publications on the subject.

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  • (RIBA - ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS)
    Airports and Airways 1937 Catalogue to the Exhibition Arranged by the Royal Institute of British Architects

    London Royal Institute of British Architects 1937

    99pp + lxi advertisements. B/W plates. 4to. illustrated wrapper which is faded on the spine and the first 5cm of the left side of the upper cover. Very good otherwise. An in-depth and technical account of the subject. Consists of three main sections: Progress in the air, Airports and Aerial Photography. From the library of George G. Pace.

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  • Alfred Waterhouse 1830-1905 by (WATERHOUSE) MALTBY Sally, MACDONALD Sally, CUNNINGHAM Colin
    (WATERHOUSE) MALTBY Sally, MACDONALD Sally, CUNNINGHAM Colin
    Alfred Waterhouse 1830-1905

    London: RIBA Heinz Gallery 1983

    64pp with b/w and colour illustrations throughout. Small square 4to. Decorated wrappers, very good indeed. Useful and well-illustrated catalogue on Waterhouse's architecture.

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  • American apartment houses, hotels and apartment hotels of today: by SEXTON, R. W. [Foreword by Raymond M. Hood, A.I.A.]
    SEXTON, R. W. [Foreword by Raymond M. Hood, A.I.A.]
    American apartment houses, hotels and apartment hotels of today: illustrating plans, details, exteriors and interiors of modern city aand suburban apartment houses throughout the United States

    New York Architectural Book Publishing Company, inc nd 1929

    v, [1], 332 p. incl. front., illus., plans. Blue lettered cloth. 4to. Head of spine and conners a little worn else good copy. Includes list of contributing architects. Introductory section on the evolution of the American apartment house and then many detailed examples with plans of individual projects.

    Stock ID: 20612
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