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Building in England Down to 1540 A Documentary History
Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1952
xvi+630pp,21 b/w plates and one text illustration. Sl. rubbing to cloth, esp at head and foot of spine and corners, and front hinge cracked, else good. First edition. From the library of Alec Clifton-Taylor, with his signature in pencil to fep. A few underlinings and annotations in pencil. Loosely inserted newspaper clippings and a receipt for the book from B.T. Batsford for £1 10s. Salzman's classic study of medieval architecture, focusing on building practices, architects and masons. Includes extensive appendices on contemporary documentation and building and employment contracts.
Stock ID: 15066More details Price: £95.00 -
The English Village
London Thames and Hudson c.1980
208pp, b/w & col. photographs. 4to. Cloth with photographic dw. dust wrapper sl. creased to top edge, else very good. From the library of Alec Clifton-Taylor, although without his signature or inscription. Markings in ink throughout the text. The village throughout history.
Stock ID: 15062More details Price: £12.00 -
Baroque Churches of Central Europe
London Faber and Faber 1958
289pp with 66 b/w photographs. 4to. Dust wrapper rather worn and with annotations in ink. Cloth to head and foot of spine and corners rubbed. From the library of Alec Clifton-Taylor, with his signature in ink, dated 1958 to fep. Loosely inserted copious handwritten notes and a hand drawn map of Germany by A. C.-T. and several postcards to A C.-T. featuring church interiors from Germany and Switzerland. Newspaper review clippings pasted onto rear endpapers. Brown paper wrapper between cloth and dw. The historical background and social forces behind the dvelopment of Baroque architecture, and a country by country description of Baroque churches.
Stock ID: 15033More details Price: £45.00 -
English Stone Building
London Victor Gollancz in association with Peter Crawley 1983
285pp illus with b/w plates. Small 4to. Vg in dw. F Very useful study of stone building traditions in Britain. An essential reference on the subject.
Stock ID: 15029More details Price: £20.00 -
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: 15024More details Price: £35.00