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AN INVENTORY OF THE ANCIENT MONUMENTS IN GLAMORGAN VOLUME IV PART I THE GREATER HOUSES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1826742
Published by HMSO. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Domestic Architecture from the Reformation to the Industrial Revolution: The Greater Houses. Large format. Scarlet cloth, gilt titles and vignette. Contents comprise introduction, distribution maps, full descriptions, comprehensive drawings and plates, 8 in colour. 379pp includes index. 11.25 x 9". ISBN: 0117007544. Boards nice and bright. Text block browned with minor foxing. Some minor browning to page edges. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased, more so at top of spine. Strong musty odour present.

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ARTS AND CRAFTS ARCHITECTURE
Written by Peter Davey.
Stock no. 1826741
Published by Phaidon Press Limited. 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

For about three decades at the turn of the century, Arts and Crafts architecture and the theories behind it caught the attention of the Western world. This book gives an account of the lives, theories and work of the architects of the movement which began in England and quickly influenced Europe and America. Large format. White cardwraps, black title to spine. Colour & b/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0714837113. Reprint. Light rubbing to cover edges. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded at front spine edge, lightly rubbed at edges, and scuffed to rear panel.

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ARCHITECTURE DE PAPIER D'URSS
Written by Helene Larroche.
Stock no. 1826731
Published by Seeri Sari. 1st 1988. Very good condition.

Text in French. Catalogue de L'exposition de la Grande Halle de la Villette du 20 Juin au 29 Juillet 1988. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. Rear cover scuffed. Foxing throughout to endpapers, text block and margins. Some hinges pulled.

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NORMAN FOSTER: 1964-1987
Written by Chris Abel; Chris Seddon; Kenji Sugimura.
Stock no. 1826730
Published by A + U Publishing Co. Ltd.. 1st 1988. Very good condition.

Architecture and Urbanism Extra Edition. Devoted to 55 works in architecture by Norman Foster dating from 1964 to 1987 presented in chronological order. Written in Japanese & English. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos and diagrams. Covers lightly scuffed and browned. A few minor foxspots to top edge of text block. Contents clean.

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SPANISH GARDENS
Written by Marquis De Casa Valdes.
Stock no. 1826674
Published by Antique Collectors' Club. 1st 1987. Good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Marquesa de Casa Valdes was brought up to love nature and spent part of her childhood and youth in the beautiful regions of north-east Spain, where the pinewoods almost meet the sea. During her travels, she has been able to study the gardens of other latitudes and climsates, giving her a sound basis from which to define more clearly the art and skills involved in gardening. Large format. Green cloth boards, white titles. Colour & a few b/w photos. ISBN: 8485861035. Some light scuffing to boards. Small knock to lower edge of front board. Front joint is broken. Else binding is tight. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded at edges.

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BRITISH CAR FACTORIES FROM 1896
Written by Paul Collins; Michael Stratton.
Stock no. 1325993
Published by Veloce Publishing Plc.. 1st 1993. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. A Complete Historical, Geographical, Architectural & Technological Survey. A catalogue of 240 factories which produced 220 makes of car in 44 different British counties, towns and cities. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos, diagrams and maps. ISBN: 1874105049. Spine and corners bumped. Light finger creases at page margins else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased, barcode label to rear panel of wrapper.

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WARWICKSHIRE: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by Douglas Hickman.
Stock no. 1826373
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Orange cloth boards, black title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0571108318. Boards clean and bright, as are the contents. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper has initials and a date in ink to top of front flap, light creasing to lower edge of rear panel, light rubbing to lower corners.

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SURREY: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by Bruce Watkin.
Stock no. 1826369
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0571096093. Light mottling to edges of boards, more so to rear board, else boards clean and bright. Contents clean. Price-cut green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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HEREFORDSHIRE (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner.
Stock no. 1826350
Published by Penguin. 2001. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black vinyl covers, gilt titles. B/w photos. ISBN: 0140710256. Reprint. Tiny, minor brown spot to base of text block else a lovely copy. Orange pictorial dustwrapper is faded at front spine edge and has a damp stain to lower edges, a few small black misprints to front edge of spine.

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DERBYSHIRE (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner.
Stock no. 1826349
Published by The Penguin Group. 2000. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Second Edition with corrections and addenda. Black vinyl covers with gilt title to spine and Penguin vignette to front. B/w photos ISBN: 0140710086. Reprint. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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STUDIES IN DESIGN
Written by Christopher Dresser.
Stock no. 1826259
Published by Studio Editions. 1st thus 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Reproduction of the 1876 original. A justly famous study in aesthetics, a landmark in the history of the Victorian style, and an invaluable source book for fine artists and graphic designers today. Large format. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1851701745. Light rubbing to lower edge of boards. Tiny closed tear to vertical edge of front endpaper (alongside a minor crease). Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine with a closed tear to either side at top edge (no loss), edge worn and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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ART IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Written by Michael Grant.
Stock no. 1826223
Published by Routledge. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Michael Grant has specially selected some of the most significant examples of painting, portraits, architecture, mosaic, jewellry and silverware to give us a unique insight in to the functions and manifestations of art in the Roman Empire. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0415120314. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. A few minor marks to boards. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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