Architecture

  • The Sculptured Bosses in the Cloisters of Norwich Cathedral by JAMES, Montague Rhodes
    JAMES, Montague Rhodes
    The Sculptured Bosses in the Cloisters of Norwich Cathedral

    London Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society 1911

    30pp + 12 b/w plates described by the author, with illustrations of the bosses in the northern alley from drawings by C.J.W. Winter. Folio. Red cloth spine and decorated upper board with title of publication.

    Stock ID: 22568
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  • CREESE Walter L
    The Search for Environment: The Garden City before and after

    New Haven & London: Yale University Press 1966

    360pp illus. with b/w plates and line ills. Sm 4to. Vg in slightly worn dw. Detailed study of Garden City principles and the suburbs and developments these spawned. Comprehensive assessment of a subject about which there are few detailed modern studies.

    Stock ID: 13477
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  • HOARE, Charles
    The Slide Rule and How to Use it Containing Full, and Simple Instructions to Perform All Business Calculations with Unexampled Rapidity and Accuracy

    London Crosby Lockwood & Co. 1890 (1867)

    Sixth Edition with a Slide Rule in Tuck of Cover. vi + 104pp +16pp list of Weale's Series Titles + 48pp Crosby Lockwood Titles. Includes original Slide Rule which is in very good condition. Brown blind stamped cloth boards with new cloth spine. Sympathetically rebound. down on cover. An attractive copy of this useful work book.

    Stock ID: 22453
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  • RICHARDSON A E and EBERLEIN H Donaldson:
    The Smaller English House of the Later Renaissance 1660-1830: an account of its design, plan and details.

    London B T Batsford 1925

    ix, 286pp. 250 b/w photographic plates, illustrations and text diagrams. Original green embossed cloth, gilt lettering. Very good indeed with sl.torn dust wrapper. Beautifully produced account of the smaller house, its construction and details. Lovely photographs and line ills.

    Stock ID: 10807
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  • TIPPING H Avery
    The Story of Montacute and its House

    London: Country Life limited 1933

    36pp, illus with 25 b/w plates + (3)pp plans of the house. With notes on the heraldry at Montacute by Oswald Barron. Cloth backed boards. 8vo. Very good copy. Ellaborate slip case with red morocco and gold tooling has protected this copy.

    Stock ID: 3932
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  • ALEXANDER Christopher
    The Timeless Way of Building

    Oxford University Press 1979

    552pp illus with b/w plates thoughout. Vg in slightly worn dw. Introductory volume in the Center for Environmental Studies series presenting his theory of architecture, planning and building. Hard to find.

    Stock ID: 16247
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  • The Villages of England by CLIFTON-TAYLOR, Alec - signed copy WICKHAM A.K.
    CLIFTON-TAYLOR, Alec - signed copy WICKHAM A.K.
    The Villages of England

    London B.T. Batsford 1932

    xii + 51pp + 106 b/w photo plates + 29pp Batsford Catalogue. From the library of Alec Clifton-Taylor, with his signature in ink to fep. Loosley inserted hand written notes by A. C.-T. referring to points in the text. Annotations and underlinings in pencil throughout. Also loosely inserted although this is listed in the Contents, a Geological Map, annotated in pencil. A regional survey of the villages of England with a section on place-names. Green cloth. This slightly faded

    Stock ID: 15024
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  • BOLDT, George C. and MITCHELL, Herbert
    The Waldorf Astoria, New York

    New York Letter Press American Lithographic Co. 1903

    Unpaginated. [ 62pp] Paper wraps. Gold embossed title on upper cover. Landscape octavo. H19.8cm x W23.3cm First 8 pages, text, highlighting points of special interest for visitors, alongside available facilities at the hotel. Remainder of book, black and white photographs taken by George C. Boldt documenting the bedrooms, public and service areas of the hotel. A fascinating and illuminating item. Wraps a bit age worn and foxed, and all edges chipped. Internally, some foxing throughout and the latter pages are torn at the bottom right corner, approx, 2-4cm. Images and text not affected by these age appropriate flaws however. Very scarce.

    Stock ID: 22759
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  • (OTTO) GLAESER Ludwig
    The work of Frei Otto and his teams 1955-1976 IL special issue devoted to the exhibition organized in 1971 by the Museum of Modern Art, New York

    Stuttgart : Institut für Leichte Flächentragwerke 1978

    64 p. ill. Long 4to. 210 x 280mm. Decorated wrappers. Text in English. Useful study of his tensile structures around the world. Nicely produced.

    Stock ID: 15900
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  • [SCOTT] COLE, David.
    The Work of Sir Gilbert Scott

    London, The Architectural Press 1980

    xi + (1) + 244pp illustrated with 138 b/w plates. Previous owner's bookplates on front paste down. Very good with very good dust wrapper. Hard to find monograph on Sir George Gilbert Scott (1811-1878), the Gothic Revival specialist who was the dominant figure in English architecture in the middle years of the nineteenth century. An appendix lists 879 of his architectural commissions. From the library of David Gerald Francis Hinge whose bookplate is on the front paste down.

    Stock ID: 22709
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  • The Workhouse: A Study of Poor-Law Buildings in England by MORRISON Kathryn
    MORRISON Kathryn
    The Workhouse: A Study of Poor-Law Buildings in England

    Swindon English Heritage/Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England 1999

    xi + 255pp, b/w photographs, line illus., maps, plans. 4to. Very good in very good dw. A record of workhouses in Britain with descriptions of the buildings themselves set against their historical background. An authoritative study of a poorly understood category of building suitable for both architectural and social historians

    Stock ID: 23362
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  • Theater und Lichtspielhauser by ZUCKER Paul
    ZUCKER Paul
    Theater und Lichtspielhauser

    Berlin Verlag Ernst Wasmuth 1926

    177pp illustrated with 100s of b/w plates and some plans. Text in German. Key book for early theatre and cinema designs. Designers represented include Hans Poelzig, Oskar Kaufmann, Henry van de Velder, Max Littmann, Walter Gropius, A and H Perret. Large 4to. Gilt decorated red open weave cloth with gilt titles. Good copy but with some tiny paint spatters on cloth. Ownership name of Keith Murray faintly written on front end paper.

    Stock ID: 23059
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  • Theatrum Mundi by LIBERSKIND, Daniel.
    LIBERSKIND, Daniel.
    Theatrum Mundi

    London Architectural Association 1985

    Mega I.16pp, , 12 colour plates, 270x340mm Theatrum Mundi is a series of 12 abstract colour plates that give visual form to a premonition of the future as a city besieged by an unknown infection. . Minor shop wear on dust jacket.

    Stock ID: 22747
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  • Third Generation. The Changing Meaning of Architecture by DREW Philip
    DREW Philip
    Third Generation. The Changing Meaning of Architecture

    London Pall Mall Press 1972

    176pp. b/w ills throughout. Red cloth boards with white titles. Missing dust wrapper, a section of which is slipped into the book. Ex Library copy from the Department of the Environment Library. Covers a little grubby else good.

    Stock ID: 22704
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  • WATKIN David
    Thomas Hope and the Neoclassical Revival

    John Murray 1968

    316pp illus. with b/w plates. Vg in slightly worn dust wrapper. Important study of the life and work of Thomas Hope who prescribed classicism in design but who Watkin reveals as a romantic at heart.

    Stock ID: 20790
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  • BOULTON E H B
    Timber Buildings for the Country

    London: Country Life 1938

    96pp with b/w plates and line ills. 8vo. Cloth boards. Decorated dust wrapper, worn at edges, else vg. Contains photographs and plans of cottages, sports pavilions, village halls, garages and garden structures which can be best built in timber. Includes examples from England, the USA Scandinavia Denmark Germany and Austria. Scarce. Uniform with this volume the following titles were published: Timber Houses, Seaside Houses and Bungalows and most frequently seen "Houses for Moderate Means".

    Stock ID: 16863
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  • Towers and Colonnades: the Architecture of Cuthbert Brodrick by (BRODRICK) LINSTRUM Derek
    (BRODRICK) LINSTRUM Derek
    Towers and Colonnades: the Architecture of Cuthbert Brodrick

    Leeds, Philocophical and Literary Society 1999

    163 pp with 148 colour and b/w illustrations. Square 4to, wraps, vg indeed. Study of the work of Brodrick (1821-1905) the Victorian architect best known for Leeds Town Hall and a key figure in articulating the identity of industrial towns. Illustrated with a wide selection of his drawings and plans. Signed by the author on half title.

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  • Tradition & Modernity in Plasterwork by WEAVER, Lawrence
    WEAVER, Lawrence
    Tradition & Modernity in Plasterwork

    London G. Jackson & Sons Ltd. 1928

    B/W frontis, 63pp, 48 b/w photographic illustrations, Cntrasting white and blue boards with lettered titles and gilt roundel of George Jackson (1766-1840) on front board. 4to Weaver's concise account of the work of George Jackson & Sons which began with plasterwork for Robert Adam and was to continue evolving new techniques and skills into the late 20th Century. Very good copy.

    Stock ID: 23643
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  • Transformation by [URBAN SPLASH] BLOXHAM Tim, FALKINGHAM,Jonathan and JOHNSON, Nick
    [URBAN SPLASH] BLOXHAM Tim, FALKINGHAM,Jonathan and JOHNSON, Nick
    Transformation

    London RIBA Publications 2011

    166pp illustrated with colour plates. Large square 4to. Grey boards, white lettered spine, embossed titles on boards. Very good indeed. Review of the projects of the firm since it got going in 1993. Useful for the first projects of this firm which focuses on reuse and reinvention of buildings.

    Stock ID: 23646
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  • TILDEN, Philip.
    True Remembrances: the memoirs of an architect

    London Country Life 1954

    175pp illus. with c50 plates incl. major schemes by Tilden such as his scheme at Port Lympe begun by Herbert Baker, un-built work for Selfridge, Chartwell, Saltwell Castle and other projects. Only major account of his work. Good copy with slightly worn dust wrapper.

    Stock ID: 21947
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