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GEOMETRY AND THE LIBERAL ARTS
Written by Dan Pedoe.
Stock no. 1608090
Published by Penguin Books. 1976. Very good condition.

The effect geometry has on artistic achievement. Professor Pedoe takes a look at Euclid's Elements (an inspiration of modern geometry) and guides the reader through the discoveries stimulated by the theory of perspective and discusses form in architecture, projective geometry, and mathematical curves as well as the concept of space. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w plates and diagrams. 296 pages including index. ISBN: 0140551190. Pages browned. Some foxing, especially to endpapers. Else contents clean.

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HIGH BUILDINGS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
No author listed.
Stock no. 2120676
Published by Sanders, Phillips & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1954. Very good condition.

Large format. Maroon boards with gilt titles. An Investigation of the Principal Components of Structures and Services With Particular Reference to High Paddington. Many fold-out pages with diagrams. A few marks to covers. Slight scuffing to spine. Uneven fading to rear cover. A few marks to endpapers. A couple of fold-out pages have mis-folds to them.

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THE HISTORY, ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING OF THE ESTATES OF THE FISHMONGERS' COMPANY IN ULSTER
Written by James Stevens Curl.
Stock no. 2120159
Published by Ulster Architectural Heritage Society. 1981. Very good condition.

Square format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some grubby marks to covers. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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SHROPSHIRE (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner.
Stock no. 1811226
Published by Penguin. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Paperback edition. B/w photos. No. BE16 Name in ink to top margin of map. One or two foxspots else contents clean. Dustwrapper is rubbed and worn at top of spine and a little grubby.

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GERMANY ARCHITECTURE, INTERIORS, LANDSCAPE, GARDENS
Written by Christa Von Richthofen. Illustrated by Oliver Benn.
Stock no. 2117271
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large square format. Photographs by Benn. ISBN: 0297831534. Wrapper is unevenly faded and creased to edges.

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SILK & STONE THE ART OF ASIA
Written by George Michell; Robert Hillenbrand; et al.
Stock no. 2117268
Published by Hali Publications Limited. 1st 1996. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Large format. The Third Hali Annual. Looks at Persian and Indian painting, Chinese Jade, silks and ceramics, Mughal carpets and Indonesian gold among other things. ISBN: 1898113203.

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SPACE & TEXTURE HERTL.ARCHITEKTEN
Written by Matthias Boeckl. Illustrated by Paul Ott.
Stock no. 1607163
Published by Springer. c. 2009. Fine condition.

Large format. Gernot Hertl is one of Austria's most successful young architects. This volume includes a subject overview and documentation that gives the reader an inspiring view of the architect's work. ISBN: 9783211791615. Still in original shrinkwrap. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE BRIDGE
Written by Christian Barman. Illustrated by Frank Brangwyn.
Stock no. 1504503
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited. 1st 1926. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Chapter in the History of Building. Green cloth covers with blind title to front cover, gilt to spine. 10.25 x 8". Top edge of text block green, others uncut. 24 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 249 pages. Spine bumped, a little wear to corners. Some blotches and uneven fading to spine and covers. Foxing, mainly to endpapers, prelims and page edges. Light browning to half-title page. Contents very good, just an odd mark mark. All plates present, one has creasing to margin. Dustwrapper has a few areas of loss along edges. Also grubby with some browning.

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HERMANN & VALENTINY AND PARTNERS
Written by Liesbeth Waechter-Bohm.
Stock no. 2116832
Published by Birkhauser Verlag. Circa 2008. Nearly fine condition.

CODES. Large format. Pictorial boards. Dual-language book: German and English. ISBN: 9783764387679. Still in original shrink wrap (unopened), but a few corners have become bumped.

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JAN DES BOUVRIE: LEARNING TO LOOK
Written by Leren Kijken.
Stock no. 2116816
Published by Lannoo Publishers. 2nd 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. White covers with blind titles to spine and front cover. Dual-language book - text is in Dutch and English. Filled with colour photographs. ISBN: 9789020971811. A few grubby marks to covers. Contents are fine!

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ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES FOR ARCHITECTURE
Written by David Lee Smith.
Stock no. 2116812
Published by John Wiley & Sons. 1st USA 2011. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w diagrams and photos. ISBN: 9780470497098.

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BEAUTIFUL NORFOLK BUILDINGS
Written by Stanley J. Wearing.
Stock no. 1606793
Published by The Soman-Wherry Press Ltd.. 1944. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Small format, b/w drawings. Reprint. Damp stains to boards, some wrinkling of rear board. Inscription in to front endpaper. Contents generally clean but some page wrinkled. Scattered foxing. Wrapper is damp stained and edge worn.

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