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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.
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Old English Doorways
A Series of Historical Examples from Tudor Times to the end of the XVIII century
London B.T. Batsford 1903
xii, 44, 60 pp of plates on thicker paper at back followed by 24pp of advertisements. 4 bw illustrations through the text. cloth binding with gilt titles, cloth rather dusty, esp. to spine. Shelfwear to spine and corners. Small quarto. From the library of Colin Amery with his bookplate. A photographic study of ornamental Renaissance doorways with text written to accompany plates.
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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.
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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.
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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
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King's Hostel, Trinity College, Cambridge
With Plans and Illustrations. An Examination of the History of King's Hall with Special Reference to the Ancient Buildings Recently Discovered. A Paper Read Before the Cambridge Archæological Society, March 2nd, 1908, Amplified by Numerous Additions and Extracts from the King's Hall Account Books.
Stock ID: 14751More details Price: £50.00
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Public Works of Great Britain:
consisting of railways, rails, chairs ... cast iron bridges, iron and gas works ... plan of the Harbour and Port of London, and other important engineering works, with descriptions and specifications, the whole rendered of the utmost utility to the Civil Engineer, to the nobility and gentry. Divisions 1-4. A monument to the useful arts in this country and as examples to the foreign engineer.
London, John Weale 1838
xii + 72 + 32 + 24 + 70pp. 153 full page b/w numbered plates. Large folio. Division 1 RAILWAYS, Division II CANALS, BRIDGES, RIVER WALLS, AND THE DOCKS AND PORT OF LIVERPOOL. Division III TURNPIKE ROADS, IRON, STEELS, AND GAS WORKS Division IV SURVEY OF THE PORT OF LONDON. Sympathetically rebound. Half calf with gilt lettering, green boards, new end papers. A sturdy copy of this massive study. Illustrated with full page illustrations, maps and diagrams of the projects covered. Scattered foxing throughout.
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Recollections of A.N. Welby Pugin, and his Father, Augustus Pugin. With notices of their works and with an appendix by E. Sheridan Purcell
London ,Edward Stanford, 1861
xv, [1], 473, [1]; 2 lithograph portraits, 6 plates (1 a chromolithograph), with numerous b/w line illustrations. Portrait frontis.In embossed original red cloth, some expert repair to spine and renewed end papers to make a very good copyof this scarce book on the life and works of the elder and younger Pugin.
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Emberton
London & Berkley Scolar Press 1983
49pp + [92] of 125 numbered b/w plates. 8vo in wraps. Front wrap and feps creased at lower right corner; internally vg. The first full study of this distinctive modern movement architect associated with the Empire Exhibition, Olympia etc..
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Connell, Ward and Lucas: Modern Movement Architects in England 1929 - 1939
London Francis Lincoln 2008
224pp illustrated with colour and b/w plates. 4to. Fine in dust wrapper. This is first full length study of this controversial modernist practice. Includes a fascinating overview of the historical background and then focuses on detailed studies of individual houses, social housing schemes, shops and cafés all beautifully illustrated.
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Brentham: a history of the pioneer garden suburb 1901-2001
Brentham Heritage Society 2000
264pp illustrated with b/w and colour plates from contemporary and modern photographs. Decorated end papers show original architectural drawings of the houses. Long 4to. Very good with dust wrapper. Study of this Ealing suburb. Built on co-partnership principles it was an inspiration to Hampstead. Scholarly study of a lesser known garden suburb much of which survives today.
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The House Beautiful: in a Setting Designed By Frank Lloyd Wright and Printed By Hand at the Auvergne Press in River Forest By William Herman Winslow and Frank Lloyd Wright During the Winter Months of the Year Eighteen Hundred Ninety Six and Seven
Park Forest: The Prairie School Press (1963)
55 pp.; illustrated from drawings and photographs by Wright. Small folio. A fine copy in original gilt-stamped green and brown cloth. Booklet of 14 pages sewn to the front endpaper contains illustrations from Wright's photographs of dried weeds, the forms from nature inspiring Wright's "Sullivanesque" decoration. A faithful facsimile with cloth substituted for the leather binding of the original. laid in is a copy of a letter from W. R Hasbrouck, the publisher. Originally published in a signed limited edition of 90 copies. Sweeney 1530.
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Willem M Dudok
(1954) Published with the aid of the Pincs Bernhard Fund, by G can Saane, "lectura architectonica" Amsterdam 1957
2nd impression. 168pp illustrated with b/w plates and line ills. Quarto. Turquoise cloth with gilt blocked lettering on front board and spine. Slightly dusty dust wrapper. Signed by previous owner on the front end paper in neat hand. Material collected for the book by R M H Magnée. Modern typographic layout. Includes reviews of all the major projects with photo illustrations and line ills. Includes the famous Nassau School at Hilveresum, housing schemes, town hall etc and this garden city project alongside other projects undertaken in the Netherlands. Produced for the 70th birthday of Dudok.
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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.
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Das Haus in der Landschaft: Ein Landsitz Unserer Zeit Nach den Entwurfen des Architekten
Stuttgart, Julius Hoffmann 1926
76pp with 3 tissue-guarded colour plates and many b/w plates of both the interiors and exteriors of the single project "Haus Andreae am Starnberger See". 4to. Orange cloth with decorated gilt label, very slightly rubbed at edges else vg indeed. High quality photogravure plates and colour drawings. List of decorators and contractors included.
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Modern School Buildings Elementary and Secondary
A treatise on the planning, arrangement and fitting of day and boarding schools
London B T Batsford 1902
xix +469pp illus with b/w plates and line illustrations. Red gilt lettered cloth. Cloth a little faded with ancient small damp mark causing some discolouration in one small area of boards. Massive study of planning and building schools. Includes fold out plates. The book chapter by chapter discusses all the considerations needed for building schools. Includes comparisons between approaches in the USA and Britain. Extensive bibliography at the front makes impressive reading on the period focus on school construction.
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Peter Eisenman: Barfuss auf weiss glühenden mauern/ Barefoot on white-hot walls
Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Verlag 2004
173pp, illustrated throughout in b/w and touches of red. 4to in wrappers with stiff plastic d/w. Fine,as new copy. Published on the occasion of an exhibition at MAK, Vienna. Documents several recent projects, as well as his temporary installations for the exhibition. Published in the US at $49.95.
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Nieuw Nederlansche Bowkunst: Ein verzameling van fotografische afbeeldingen van Nederlandsche moderne bowwerken
Amsterdam, Kosmos 1929
xx pp text plus 357 b/w photographs, plans and elevations. Striking turquoise cloth with lovely gilt lettering and design. Sightly dusty at spine and edges, otherwise vg. Internally very slight spotting to endpapers, else bright and clean. Pictorial survey of early 20thC Dutch architecture, arranged by architect and extensively illustrated. With captions in Dutch, French, English and German. From the library of T. Cecil Howitt, Architect. RIBA.
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Essays on the Dwellings of the Poor and Other Subjects
London, Wyman & Sons 1877 2nd edition
143pp. Gilt lettered cloth. Slightly rubbed along spine edges and corners else good copy. Presentation copy from the author's wife to P Cook. The first essay calls for remedies to the ills of overcrowding and poor quality housing for the rural poor. Other essays address diverse subjects including 'City and Hamlet', 'Self Education' and 'Society'. Mid Victorian essays which demonstrate contemporary moral philosophy and broad interests in social issues.
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Frederick Herbert Mansford: Citizen and Architect of London Selections from his papers
London Ecclesiological Society Transactions Volume 1 Part 5 1947
pagination runs pp 249-293. Stiff card lettered wraps with stamp on front of George G Pace. A R I B A Chartered Architect. (York). Works included Hall and Library, Red Lion Square, London, for the Ethical Society considered his best work.
Stock ID: 11128More details Price: £18.00
