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BRITISH ARCHITECTS AND CRAFTSMEN
Written by Sacheverell Sitwell.
Stock no. 2134767
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 4th 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Survey of Taste, Design, and Style during Three Centuries 1600 to 1830. 4th edition. Red boards, blue title to spine. B/w photos. Page edge browning. Wrapper is browned to spine with some foxing; chips and nicks.

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THE LOST HOUSES OF WALES
Written by Thomas Lloyd.
Stock no. 1821915
Published by SAVE Britain's Heritage. 1987. Very good condition.

A Survey of Country Houses in Wales Demolished since c.1900. Large oblong format. White pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0905978226. Reprint. Covers a little scuffed and worn at edges. Front joint pulled but binding tight. Contents clean.

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MONMOUTH AND ITS BUILDINGS
Written by Keith Kissack.
Stock no. 1821908
Published by Logaston Press. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition.

A pictorial history of the development of Monmouth, showing buildings both present and which have gone, along with a range of details - amongst them doorways, ironwork, windows, fanlights, tiles, glass, stairways, timber framing, brickwork, porches and verandahs. Pictorial card wraps. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 1904396011. Faint score marks to rear cover. Minor mark to lower edge of text block. Contents fine.

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HISTORY OF SPANISH ARCHITECTURE
Written by Bernard Bevan.
Stock no. 1821797
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1938. Very good condition.

Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos, plans and fold-out maps. A few minor marks to boards which are otherwise nice and bright. Small tear and crease to gutter edge of prelims at margins. Contents are clean.

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THE ENGLISH INTERIOR 1500 TO 1900
Written by Ralph Dutton.
Stock no. 1821626
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Four centuries development of the English interior. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. Board corners bumped. Browning to front endpapers. Foxing to text block. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge worn and torn, 2" missing from base of spine, Messy repair to verso of dustwrapper with now yellowed tape.

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NEW BUILDINGS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON ON THE BLOOMSBURY SITE: A SYMPOSIUM
Written by Thomas Lloyd Humberstone.
Stock no. 2134438
Published by Dryden Press. 1st 1933. Almost very good condition.

White spine, grey boards with white title label to front cover. B/w illustrations. SIGNED by author, with a dedication to a previous owner on front endpaper. Uneven browning to covers. Some foxing and browning to pages internally.

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MOSAICS IN ROMAN BRITAIN: STORIES IN STONE
Written by Patricia Witts.
Stock no. 1821250
Published by Tempus. 2007. Nearly fine condition.

The stories illustrated in mosaics graphically link us to the world of the Romans. Roman culture, the passing of time, and the evocation of protection and prosperity were popular themes along with scenes from the arena and the hunt. This book identifies the figures of known mosaics from Roman Britain and explains what they would have meant to a contemporary viewer and discusses their significance. White pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations and a few colour. ISBN: 9780752434216. Reprint.

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BUILDING FOR AIR TRAVEL
Written by John Zukowsky; Koos Bosma; Mark J. Bouman; David Brodherson; Robert Bruegmann; Wood Lockhart; Leonard Rau; Wolfgang Voigt.
Stock no. 1320142
Published by The Art Institue Of Chicago. 1st 1996. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Architecture and design for Commercial Aviation. Large format. Blue cloth, white title to spine. 256 pages with 103 colour, 53 duotone and 216 b/w photos and illustrations. Essays, edited by Zukowsky. ISBN: 3791316842. Minimal bumping to spine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and slightly faded to spine.

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A HISTORY OF NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY ARCHITECTURE VOLUME 3: BELL AND BEYOND
Written by Bill Fawcett.
Stock no. 1820383
Published by The North Eastern Railway Association. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Printed on glossy paper. B/w photos & colour. 256 pages. ISBN: 1873513577. Spine lightly faded. Contents fine.

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THE ABBEY CHURCH OF ST. ALBAN'S
Written by J.W. Comyns Carr. Illustrated by Ernest George; R. Kent Thomas.
Stock no. 2133765
Published by Seeley, Jackson and Halliday. 1877. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Grey cloth with gilt titles and black decorations. B/w etchings and vignettes by George and Thomas. Gilt to spine has faded. Small splits/nicks/fraying to cloth at top and tail of spine. Also wear to cover edges; a few knocks and nicks. Foxing and marks throughout, some hinges / gatherings are pulled.

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CANALS AND THEIR ARCHITECTURE
Written by Robert Harris.
Stock no. 2133564
Published by Godfrey Cave. 1980. Very good condition.

Card wraps. Large square format. B/w photos. 2nd edition. Some colour illustrations. ISBN: 0906223210. Uneven fading/browning to covers. Some creasing to corners; a few marks.

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ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
Written by Bianca Maria Alfieri.
Stock no. 1820096
Published by Laurence King Publishing. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The history of Islamic architecture in India from its beginnings in the thirteenth century until its decline in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Encompassing the whole sub-continent to cover Pakistan and Bangladesh. Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. ISBN: 1856691896. Slight fading to top edge of front endpapers. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed.

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