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HOUSES OF THE GENTRY 1480-1680
Written by Nicholas Cooper.
Stock no. 1828367
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 1999. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Published for The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art in Association with English Heritage. A treasury of information about English upper-class houses of 1480 to 1680, and about the attitudes and motives of those who built, owned and lived in them. Large format. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0300073909. Slight surface damage to lower edge of front board. Base of spine bumped. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased where base of spine has been bumped, lightly scuffed.

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DOBSON ON DOBSON
Written by Henry G. Dobson.
Stock no. 1828337
Published by The Pentland Press. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A photographic record of works associated with the celebrated Newcastle architect John Dobson (1787-1865). Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 1858218136. Initials and date in ink to top corner of front endpaper. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine and lightly scuffed.

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HISTORY FROM THE FARM
Written by W.G. Hoskins.
Stock no. 1828322
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1970. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Edited by Hoskins. In the 1968 Farmers Weekly, a competition appeared which invited readers to submit histories of their own farms. The twelve prize-winning entries form the basis of this book with six further contributions by Hoskins. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and plans. ISBN: 0571094376. Minor browning to endpapers. Top edge of text block is a little foxed. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is price-cut, slightly faded to spine and a little scuffed/grubby.

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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF BUILDINGS
Written by Richard K. Morriss.
Stock no. 1828317
Published by Tempus. 1st 2000. Very good condition.

Buildings archaeology. Over 100 illustrations and two appendices - typical examples of buildings archaeology in practice and an illustrated glossary of terms. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w & colour photos. ISBN: 0752414291. Crease to lower corner of front cover. Initials and date in ink to title page. Contents fine.

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LANCASHIRE: LIVERPOOL AND THE SOUTH-WEST (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; Richard Pollard.
Stock no. 1828266
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 2006. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Pevsner Architectural Guides. A comprehensive guide to the buildings of South-West Lancashire. Black vinyl boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations, colour photos. ISBN: 0300109105. Boards clean and bright. Initials and date in ink to top corner of front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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ILLUSTRATED HANDBOOK OF VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE
Written by R.W. Brunskill.
Stock no. 1828239
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1971. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book is concerned with the architecture of the lesser houses - manor houses, farm-houses, cottages - and of barns, stables and mills, inns and shops, and early industrial buildings close to the domestic scale built according to local traditions. Beige cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and architectural drawings. ISBN: 0571086365. Light browning to endpapers and text block else contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby, lightly faded to spine, light creasing to top horizontal edge.

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LANCASHIRE: MANCHESTER AND THE SOUTH-EAST (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; Clare Hartwell; Matthew Hyde.
Stock no. 1828229
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Pevsner Architectural Guides. Black vinyl boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations, colour photos. ISBN: 0300105835. Minor knock to top & tail of spine. Name initials and date in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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YORKSHIRE WEST RIDING: LEEDS, BRADFORD AND THE NORTH (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; Peter Leach; et al.
Stock no. 1828228
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 2009. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Pevsner Architectural Guides. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780300126655. Minor knock to lower front edge of board. Name initials & date in ink to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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CUMBRIA: CUMBERLAND, WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; Matthew Hyde.
Stock no. 1828227
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 2010. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Pevsner Architectural Guides. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos, b/w drawings. ISBN: 9780300126631. Name initials and date in ink to front endpaper. Small amount of surface paper damage to gutter edge of front endpaper caused by removal of label (not bad). Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE COMPLETE TEMPLES OF ANCIENT EGYPT
Written by Richard H. Wilkinson.
Stock no. 1828186
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The secret rites and architectural wonders of these powerful and mysterious monuments, from early pharaonic times to the Roman period. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and a few colour photos throughout. ISBN: 0500051003. A lovely copy.

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HUNDRED YEARS WAR CASTLES: FORTRESSES
Written by Stephane William Gondoin.
Stock no. 1828166
Published by Histoire & Collections. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition.

Fortresses of France. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour photos. ISBN: 9782915239805. A lovely copy, feels unread.

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A HISTORIC GUIDE TO THE ALMSHOUSE OF ST. JOHN BAPTIST AND ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST SHERBORNE
Written by Charles Herbert.
Stock no. 1327849
Published by Oxford University Press; John Johnson. 1926. Very good condition.

Blue paperwraps with black titles and vignettes. B/w plates and photos. 80 pages. Covers lightly creased and lightly browned at edges.

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