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ENGLAND'S LOST HOUSES: FROM THE ARCHIVES OF COUNTRY LIFE
Written by Giles Worsley.
Stock no. 1829514
Published by Aurum Press.
1st
2002.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Images of houses that have been lost and in a remarkable number of cases, the photographs taken by the Country Life magazine for their weekly feature on country houses are also the only record of many of the most important houses and interiors that were destroyed. Here, these photographs have been gathered together to provide a powerful impression of the richness and variety of the English country house and of the treasures that were destroyed through demolition or fire in the twentieth century. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Pictorial endpapers. B/w photos. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 1854108204. Heavy bump to top rear edge of boards (not affecting contents). Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK GENERAL)
- ARCHITECTURE
- BUILDINGS
JAMES GIBBS
Written by Terry Friedman.
Stock no. 1829484
Published by Yale University Press.
1st
1984.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
In eighteenth-century England, James Gibbs was perhaps the most successful and prolific architect of his generation. This book is a cogent and fully documented record of Gibbs's career and architectural achievement. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. vi and 362 pages including index. ISBN: 0300031726. Base of spine and corners lightly rubbed. Diagonal crease to prelims. Title page is a little grubby with imprinting of ink from facing frontis. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is worn at corners and is scuffed, remains of label to lower edge of rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- ARCHITECTURE
- LONDON
- BIOGRAPHY
- BUILDINGS
- CHURCHES
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF ROBERT AND JAMES ADAM
Written by David King.
Stock no. 1829475
Published by Butterworth Architecture.
1st
1991.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The eighteenth century architects Robert and James Adam gave their name to a classical style of architecture, a castle style of architecture and to a style of decoration. This book is the first complete catalogue of their executed works. Red cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams throughout, a few colour photos. xii and 447 pages including index. ISBN: 075061286X. Light rubbing to base of spine. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased.
- Categorised in:
- ARCHITECTURE
- DESIGN
- ART
- BUILDINGS
THE LOST ARCHITECTURAL LANDSCAPES OF WARWICKSHIRE (VOLUME 1 - THE SOUTH)
Written by Peter Bolton.
Stock no. 1829467
Published by Landmark Publishing.
1st
2003.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Landmark Collector's Library series. Combing the county's towns, villages and fields, this book aims to record every building of significance in South Warwickshire destroyed or altered in the twentieth century. Red cloth boards, gitl title to spine. B/w photos. 160 pages including index. ISBN: 1901522989. Front corners lightly bumped. Very faint fading to lower edge of front board. Minor mark to vertical margin of half-title page. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and has old price-label to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WEST MIDLANDS
- WARWICKSHIRE
- HISTORY
- ARCHITECTURE
- BUILDINGS
ECOARCHITECTURE: THE WORK OF KEN YEANG
Written by Sara Hart; David Littlefield.
Illustrated by Ken Yeang.
Stock no. 1829432
Published by John Wiley & Sons.
1st
2011.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Ken Yeang is internationally recognised as the leading proponent of ecological design in architecture. This volume features 23 of Yeang's most significant projects, beginning with his earliest work on environmental design, executed as a student in the early 1970s, and ending with his most recent projects in London and Kuala Lumpur. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations and photos. 272 pages. ISBN: 9781119994251. Possibly SIGNED by Ken Yeang (signature is illegible) by means of a dedication to title page. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- ARCHITECTURE
- ECOLOGY
- BUILDINGS
EDWIN LUTYENS COUNTRY HOUSES: FROM THE ARCHIVES OF COUNTRY LIFE
Written by Gavin Stamp.
Stock no. 1829387
Published by Aurum Press.
1st
2001.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
From the archives of Country Life. Two hundred photographs have been beautifully reproduced from the Country Life magazine archive and, combined with Gavin Stamp's illuminating essay, provide a unique survey of one of Britain's foremost architects. Large format. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 1854107631. Some minor damp mottling to boards. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and top front edge, damp stained to verso of top edge and heavily foxed to verso (not visible to front). Smell of damp present.
- Categorised in:
- ARCHITECTURE
- BUILDINGS
HEREFORDSHIRE (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner.
Stock no. 1328587
Published by Yale University Press.
1st thus
2003.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Black vinyl boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. First published by Penguin in 1963. ISBN: 0300096097. Top corner tips are bumped. A few tiny, light marks to edge of rear cover. Dustwrapper is lightly creased at spine and corners.
HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; David Lloyd.
Stock no. 1328586
Published by Yale University Press.
1st thus
2002.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Black vinyl covers, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. First published by Penguin 1967. ISBN: 0300096062.
YORKSHIRE: YORK AND THE EAST RIDING (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; David Neave.
Stock no. 1828838
Published by Yale University Press.
1st thus
2002.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Black vinyl boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0300095937. Light shelf wear to top of spine else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is very slightly faded to spine and lightly worn at top edge of spine, light scuffing.
YORKSHIRE: YORK AND THE EAST RIDING (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; David Neave.
Stock no. 1828695
Published by Yale University Press.
1st thus
2002.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Black vinyl boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0300095937. Rubbing to top rear edge of spine. Top of spine has a light vertical crease. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned to top and bottom of inside flaps, lightly scuffed, and lightly worn to top of spine and top corners.
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; Elizabeth Williamson.
Stock no. 1828694
Published by Yale University Press.
1st thus
2003.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Black vinyl covers, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 830 pages including index. ISBN: 0300095848. Minor grubbiness to text block else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned to top and bottom of inside flaps, lightly scuffed, and has a small tear to laminate at top rear edge.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- HOME COUNTIES
- BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
- BUILDINGS
- BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND
- ARCHITECTURE
WORCESTERSHIRE (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner.
Stock no. 1828691
Published by Yale University Press.
1st thus
2003.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Black vinyl covers, gilt titles. B/w photos. 378 pages. ISBN: 0300096607. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned to top and bottom of inside flaps and is a little scuffed.