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  • A Catalogue of Fencing Railings and Gates no F105 by [ROWELL David.]
    [ROWELL David.]
    A Catalogue of Fencing Railings and Gates no F105

    London David Rowell & Co ltd, 66/72 Clapham Junction, no date c 1970

    44pp catalogue illustrated with line ills and illustrating the range of gates and railings supplied by the firm. Firm first established in 1855. Green wrappers, stapled. 240x180mm. Has been folded else very good.

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  • Health that Comes Through Windows. by [PILKINGTONS BROTHERS LTD]
    [PILKINGTONS BROTHERS LTD]
    Health that Comes Through Windows.

    Pilkington Bros. no date c1930.

    8pp illustrated with b/w plates, mostly of children benefiting from sunlight. Stapled. Well designed promotional leaflet with cut out pages allowing images of children who benefited from sunshine through this glass. Vita glass was part of a collaborative project between Pilkington Bros. and Chance Bros. in the 1920s. Curious1920s invention that enabled the invisible ultraviolet radiation of the sun to be admitted into the building; No longer made.

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  • An Old York Church: All Hallows in North Street 1089-1908 by Association copy SHAW, Rev. P.J. (ed.)
    Association copy SHAW, Rev. P.J. (ed.)
    An Old York Church: All Hallows in North Street 1089-1908 Its Medieval Stained Glass, Architecture and Records

    York, The Church Shop 1908

    99pp with 34 b/w illustrations in the text, plus 9 colour and 28 b/w plates. Large 4to. Cream cloth with gilt decoration of church on upper board. Bright copy. Sumptuously illustrated by Mabel Leaf and E. Ridsdale Tate. With chapters on the history, glass, architecture, records and contemporary use of the church, plus an appendix containing abstracts of 71 wills 1389-1467. This attractive book was limited to 500 presentation copies, of which this is no. 208. Subscription list forms part of the preliminaries. Arthur Edward Hunt's copy with his signature on front paste down. Hunt was a partner in the firm of Shrigley and Hunt which produced stained-glass windows and art tiles. The firm…

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    York, The Church Shop 1908

    99pp with 34 b/w illustrations in the text, plus 9 colour and 28 b/w plates. Large 4to. Cream cloth with gilt decoration of church on upper board. Bright copy. Sumptuously illustrated by Mabel Leaf and E. Ridsdale Tate. With chapters on the history, glass, architecture, records and contemporary use of the church, plus an appendix containing abstracts of 71 wills 1389-1467. This attractive book was limited to 500 presentation copies, of which this is no. 208. Subscription list forms part of the preliminaries. Arthur Edward Hunt's copy with his signature on front paste down. Hunt was a partner in the firm of Shrigley and Hunt which produced stained-glass windows and art tiles. The firm was founded in Lancaster 1874 by Arthur Hunt when he took over Hudson & Shrigley. He is listed as one of the subscribers to this edition.

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    Stock ID: 23242
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  • BEVAN, Bernard
    History of Spanish Architecture

    London Batsford 1938

    Frontispiece, Xvi + 199pp. Half-tone photographic plates throughout text along with various diagrams, tables and line illustrations. Plus 2 fold-out maps. 8vo. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt titles on spine. Dustwrapper. Spine a little sunned and upper edge of dustwrapper slightly bumped. Dust wrapper design by Brian Cook. The first general survey of Spanish Architecture since c.1850. Very good.

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  • THOMPSON A Hamilton
    The Cathedral Churches of England

    London SPCK 1925

    Xvi + 235pp. xxxi tipped in sepia plates illustrate the text. 8vo. Green cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. A little dusty and book block slightly foxed, else good.

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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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  • The Mediaeval Stone Carver in Scotland by RICHARDSON, James S.
    RICHARDSON, James S.
    The Mediaeval Stone Carver in Scotland

    Edinburgh University Press 1964

    From the Rhind Lectures, 1948 – 49. [iii] 79pp of text + c.127pp illustrations. 8vo. 130 photographs of examples of the art of the Scottish stone mason. Green cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on spine and gilt Mediaeval figure embossed onto upper board. Decorated end papers. Dust wrapper chipped at base, top and edges of spine. Price clipped. Splattering of faint fox marks on prelims else very good indeed. James S Richardson was the first H.M. Inspector of Ancient Monuments of Scotland.

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  • Scottish Church Architecture by COLTART J.S.
    COLTART J.S.
    Scottish Church Architecture

    London The Sheldon Press 1936

    Xi + 264pp. b/w photographs and illustrations throughout. 8vo. Blue cloth covered boards with black titles on spine. Dust wrapper slightly bumped along top edge. Very good indeed. Book jacket designed by Richard Bogle (1889 – 1976). Addresses Scottish Church Architecture from the 12th to 19th century.

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  • The Cathedrals and Churches of Italy by BUMPUS T. Francis
    BUMPUS T. Francis
    The Cathedrals and Churches of Italy

    London T. Werner Laurie Ltd 1926

    Colour frontispiece with tissue guard. Viii + 398pp. Last four pages uncut. 79 illustrations, 8 of these in colour. Map of Italy embossed onto front paste down. Blue end papers match the dust wrapper. This with past down colour illustration of Bergamo's Santa Maria Maggiore. Beneath this, blue cloth covered boards with gilt titling on spine and upper board along with elaborate ironwork design. Top edge of book block, is blue with other edges uncut. Dustwrapper a little bumped along top edge else a fine copy of this comprehensive text. Originally printed as three separate volumes, reissued in this new complete volume in 1926

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  • SCOTT MORTON, Robert.
    Traditional Farm Architecture in Scotland

    Edinburgh The Ramsey Head Press 1976

    96pp, 130 b/w photographs also taken by the author. Small 4to. Very good with good dust wrapper. Concentrates on the eastern seaboard and South West Scotland. Very attractive and useful source for vernacular stone building in Scotland. From the collection of Althony Curtis Wolffe [architect] with his signature on the front end paper. Wolffe practised mainly in South West Scotland.

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  • Dramatisations of History by GEDDES, Patrick.
    GEDDES, Patrick.
    Dramatisations of History The Masque of Ancient Learning and Its Many Meanings and II the Masque of Medieval and Modern Learning and Its Many Meanings

    London Sociological Publications Ltd, Edinburgh Patrick Geddes and Colleagues Bombay, The Modern Publishing Company 1923

    6th edition. 198pp Paper decorated wrappers. Very good although small tear at base of the spine. Printed at the Huxley Press, Madras.

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  • Une maison - un palais: by LE CORBUSIER
    LE CORBUSIER
    Une maison - un palais: A la Recherche d'une Unité Architecturale

    Paris Cres et Cie, 1928

    228 pages : illustrations. Red cloth with gilt titles. Very good copy. French text. Part of the Collection de '' l'esprit nouveau.''

    Stock ID: 23223
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  • Picasso et les Ménines de Velasquez 1957 by [PICASSO]
    [PICASSO]
    Picasso et les Ménines de Velasquez 1957

    Galerie Louise Leiris, 1959

    Unpaginated. c50 pages, profusely illustrated, mostly b&w, some colour; essay by Michel Leiris ( in French ) Square small 4to. 70x70mm. Decorated wrappers in colour. Base of wrapper slightly torn and a little browned. Some scattered foxing on verso of wrapper else good copy.

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  • The Complete Works of Robert and James Adam by KING, David.
    KING, David.
    The Complete Works of Robert and James Adam

    Oxford Butterworth Heinneman 1991

    xii, 447 pp., 598 illustrations, 30 in colour. 4to. Very good in slightly worn dust wrapper. Published in association with the University of Stirling. This book was produced as the first complete catalogue of their executed works. Birthday dedication on the half title in neat hand.

    Stock ID: 23221
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  • Devon - A Survey of its Coast, Moors, and Rivers with some Suggestions for their Preservation by THOMPSON, Harding W.
    THOMPSON, Harding W.
    Devon - A Survey of its Coast, Moors, and Rivers with some Suggestions for their Preservation For the Devon Branch of the Council for the Preservation of Rural England. With a Preface by THE HON. SIR JOHN FORTESCUE.

    London University of London 1932

    xx, + 144pp. Frontispiece, 6 folding maps, 44 plates, 3 text plans. Large 4to. Cloth. In unclipped and fine dust wrapper.

    Stock ID: 23220
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  • LEASK, Harold G.
    Irish churches and monastic buildings Vol.1: The first phases and the Romanesque.- Vol.2: Gothic architecture to A.D. 1400.- Vol.3: Medieval Gothic: the last phases. Subjects: Ireland Churches Monasteries. Church architecture Architecture, Gothic Architecture, Romanesque Architecture, Medieval Christian antiquities. 1

    Dundalk P 1955- 1960

    Vol 1: Vol 2: Vol 3: 190 + 29 pls. + 81 text figs. Unifrom quarto. Black cloth, gilt titles. Very good. Spans some 1000 years of church architecture and history.

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  • Village Housing in the Tropics by DREW Jane and FRY Maxwell in collaboration with FORD Harry L.
    DREW Jane and FRY Maxwell in collaboration with FORD Harry L.
    Village Housing in the Tropics with special reference to West Africa

    London Lund Humpries 1947

    First edition. 134pp illustrated with b/w plates and line ills. long 8vo. Decorated end papers which are maps. Open weave lettered green cloth. Good copy in slightly frayed dust wrapper. Defines the issues surrounding new build houses for tropical areas covering house design, layout of village, services and landscape conservation and tree planting. Hard to find. Written with colonial overtones and with the end papers showing the Colonies as they then were, the book itself, written whilst Fry had a posting in West Africa, was a key publication in considering the role of architects and planners in Africa. It adopts a blanket approach to housing in tropical environments but was the start of the duos…

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    London Lund Humpries 1947

    First edition. 134pp illustrated with b/w plates and line ills. long 8vo. Decorated end papers which are maps. Open weave lettered green cloth. Good copy in slightly frayed dust wrapper. Defines the issues surrounding new build houses for tropical areas covering house design, layout of village, services and landscape conservation and tree planting. Hard to find. Written with colonial overtones and with the end papers showing the Colonies as they then were, the book itself, written whilst Fry had a posting in West Africa, was a key publication in considering the role of architects and planners in Africa. It adopts a blanket approach to housing in tropical environments but was the start of the duos interest in the subject and by 1956 they had revised their view to be more locally relevant across the tropical world and they promoted distinctiveness by culture and country. Their shift in views was reflected in a second book on housing in the tropics and humid zones.

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  • The Making of Classical Edinburgh 1750 - 1840 by YOUNGSON A. J.
    YOUNGSON A. J.
    The Making of Classical Edinburgh 1750 - 1840

    Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press 1966

    xvi + 338pp with 82 b/w plates and 80 figures, cloth with dw. Vg in sl worn dw. A detailed account of the development and expansion of Edinburgh in the 18th - 19th centuries. Photographs by Edwin Smith

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  • Scotland's Lost Houses by GOW Ian
    GOW Ian
    Scotland's Lost Houses

    London: Aurum Press Ltd and the National Trust for Scotland 2006

    192pp with high quality b/w images throughout. 4to. Wraps version. Very good. A selection of twenty of Scotland's most important lost houses, prefaced with a comprehensive introductory survey of the era of destruction.

    Stock ID: 23215
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  • GREATER MEDIEVAL HOUSES OF ENGLAND AND WALES, 1300-1500. by EMERY, Anthony.
    EMERY, Anthony.
    GREATER MEDIEVAL HOUSES OF ENGLAND AND WALES, 1300-1500. Three volumes: Volume I. Northern England; Volume II. East Anglia, Central England and Wales; Volume III. Southern England.

    Cambridge University Press, 1996;2000;2006.

    xiv,435; xv,724; xv,727pp, 4to. Volume 1 and 2 are bound in laminated boards with house illustrations on each, Volume 3 is cloth with dust wrapper. All very good indeed. All illustrated with b/w photographs and some plans and line ills. Very useful gazetteer of major survivals from the period. The books assess the development of houses between the 11th and 16th centuries - from Norman to Tudor times. The archive of Anthony Emery, which comprises material that is the background to these comprehensive books, is held by Historic England at Swindon.

    Stock ID: 23214
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