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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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BUILDING ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND
Written by John Blair.
Stock no. 1828365
Published by Princeton University Press. 1st 2018. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Drawing on the latest archaeological discoveries to present a radical reappraisal of the Anglo-Saxon built environment and its inhabitants. Large format. Cream cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos & b/w illustrations & maps. ISBN: 9780691162980. Light rubbing to base of spine else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE MEDIEVAL FORTIFIED BUILDINGS OF CUMBRIA: AN ILLUSTRATED GAZETTEER AND RESEARCH GUIDE
Written by D.R. Perriam; J. Robinson.
Stock no. 1828363
Published by Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

A comprehensive study of all the various types of defensible structures in the county from complex castles to dykes in the period 1066-1603. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 1873124236. Corners of covers lightly rubbed & lightly creased. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean.

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WEST COUNTRY FARMS: HOUSE-AND-ESTATE SURVEYS, 1598-1764
Written by Nat Alcock; Cary Carson.
Stock no. 1828362
Published by Oxbow Books. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This major innovative study explores the significance of a unique type of document that has hitherto been almost unknown to scholars. House-and-estate surveys - which add details of the village's houses, outhouses, and farm buildings to the standard evidence of an estate survey - survive for South-West England for the period from the end of the 16th to the mid-18th century. Large format. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and colour photos. ISBN: 9781842172995. Previous owner's initials and date in ink to top corner of front endpaper. Else a lovely copy.

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'THE FAIREST ARCH IN ENGLAND' OLD OUSE BRIDGE, YORK, AND ITS BUILDINGS: THE PICTORIAL EVIDENCE
Written by Barbara Wilson; Frances Mee.
Stock no. 1828359
Published by York Archaeological Trust. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Archaeology of York Supplementary Series, dealing with the pictorial evidence for the medieval buildings of York. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations, folding maps. ISBN: 1874454264. Previous owner's initials and date in ink to title page else a lovely clean copy.

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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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CLAY DABBINS: VERNACULAR BUILDINGS OF THE SOLWAY PLAIN
Written by Nina Jennings.
Stock no. 1828330
Published by Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

The mud buildings of the English Solway Plain known locally as "Dabbins" or "Daubins" are little known outside the immediate area, but they continued to be built until the early years of the twentieth century. The author has studied in detail most of the 150 or so farmhouses, cottages and farm buildings which remain and has attempted to trace their development in form and in constructional methods. These were peasant buildings, build by their owners for their own use, and they continue to provide warm, comfortable, well-insulated homes to this day. Green cardwraps. B/w photos and plans. ISBN: 1873124384. Initials and date in ink to half-title page else contents clean.

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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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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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