Country House Design, Decoration & the Art of Elegance. Photography by Paul Barker. Foreword by Sir Simon Jenkins. Pp.272, printed in light brown & black, illustrated throughout in colour and occasional black & white (many full or double page), bibliography, notes and references, index; large square 4to; pictorial papered boards;..... More
A great old castle of romance. Edited by David Adshead & David A. H. B. Taylor. Foreword by The Duke of Devonshire. Pp. xxii+280, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, house plans, appendices, family tree, bibliography, index; wide demy 4to; bottom fore-corner or lower board bruised; dust wrapper;..... More
Pp. [viii]+110, printed in black & dull gilt, hand-tipped coloured frontispiece and 11 plates with lettered guards, tinted pictorial title page, text illustrations (a couple full page) and decorations; med. 4to; qr. vellum over cream papered boards, the spine and upper board lettered and decorated in gilt, boards faintly discoloured;..... More
Pp. xviii+188, 12 plates (including frontispiece), endpaper map; beige cloth, lettered in blue, edges and spine lightly faded, the lower board a trifle warped; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and creased, with a few tiny splits and chips, plus a 4 cm. closed tear from bottom fore-corner into..... More
Pp. viii+344, illustrated throughout in colour and black and white, pictorial endpaper advertisements, catalogue, notes, index; cr. 4to; edges of boards a trifle rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper; , edges lightly creased and torn; Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 1982. First edition. *'The clients, the architects, the styles and..... More
A composite of material contained in Historic Places, Historic Houses, and Historic Homesteads. Pp. 584(last blank), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (many full page); med. 4to; a few small bruises to bottom edges of boards, tiny split at foot of spine dust wrapper, faintly scuffed, small ink..... More
Pp. [xx]+288, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, pictorial endpapers printed in brown; med. 4to; boards a trifle canted; dust wrapper, lightly worn, edges rubbed and split, triangular closed tear to front panel near fore-edge; inked gift inscription on verso of upper free endpaper; Cassell, Melbourne, 1970. Reprinted..... More
Pp. [xx]+288, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white; med. 4to; dust wrapper, edges slightly rubbed, back panel slightly faded; bookseller's sticker (upside down) at foot of upper pastedown, ownership name on half-title page; Cassell, Melbourne, 1969. First edition. Historic Buildings of Australia: Volume One. More
Introduction by Harry Seidler. Pp. 320, illustrated throughout in colour and (mainly) black & white, pictorial double title page printed in brown & black, sepia pictorial endpapers; med. 4to; boards a trifle sprung; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed; Cassell, Melbourne, 1976. First edition. Historic Buildings of Australia series, Volume Four. More
Pp. [xviii]+302, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, pictorial endpapers; med. 4to; fore-corners of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, the back panel faintly scuffed, the backstrip slightly faded; inked ownership inscription (dated 1974) on upper free endpaper, bottom fore-corner of a couple of leaves faintly creased; Cassell..... More
Pp. [viii]+604, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white; med. 4to; a couple of tiny bruises to edges of boards; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed; Australian Council of National Trusts, Canberra, 1982. First combined edition. Heritage reprints series. *Originally published in two volumes. More
Introduction by Manning Clark. Volume One. Pp. 304, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, text maps, pictorial endpapers; med. 4to; boards a trifle canted and slightly marked; dust wrapper, faintly soiled; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Cassell, Sydney, 1978. First trade edition. Historic Buildings of Australia series, Volume..... More
Pp. 304, printed in red/brown & black, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, pictorial endpapers; med. 4to; dust wrapper, faintly marked; Cassell, Melbourne, 1979. First edition. Historic Buildings of Australia Volume Six. More
Pp. xiv+306, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white; med. 4to; dust wrapper, corners lightly rubbed; half-title page a trifle marked; Cassell, Melbourne, 1971. First edition. Historic Buildings of Australia: Volume Two. More
Presenting six interesting examples of Colonial Architecture at Parramatta. Compiled by Miss H. C. Baker. Volume I. Pp. [vi]+36(last colophon), text illustrations (some full page), full page map printed in blue & black, architectural plans, publisher's device printed in orange on title page, appendices; post 4to; tape backed printed textured..... More
Edited and compiled by Helen Baker. Pp. [iv]+54, numerous text illustrations, 3 full page maps printed in blue & black, architectural plans, publisher's device printed in orange on title page, appendices; post 4to; tape backed printed textured paper wrappers, lightly soiled, edges faded and rubbed, lower wrapper slightly damp stained..... More
Pp. 28(last blank), full page illustrations, bibliography; small demy 4to; pictorial textured paper wrappers, stapled, faintly soiled, corners a trifle rubbed; Ballaarat City Council, Ballarat, 1970. First edition. *The City of Ballaarat was a local government area covering the inner suburbs of the regional city of Ballarat. Covering an area..... More
Pp. xxii+298(last blank), 24 plates, text figures, appendix, glossary of building terms, index; dust wrapper; roy. 8vo; green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, boards a trifle flecked, the top fore-corners faintly bruised; top edges green; dust wrapper, slightly rubbed and lightly foxed on reverse, the back panel faintly soiled, a...... More
The story of Melbourne's lanes. Pp. 128, photographic illustrations throughout, text maps plus endpaper street map, indices; oblong 4to; dust wrapper; the free endpapers slightly tape marked; City of Melbourne/State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, 1994. First edition. More
Store design today. Pp. 224, illustrated throughout in colour, index of architects; demy 4to; pictorial laminated boards; dust wrapper; light vertical crease in first few leaves; Images Publishing, Melbourne, 2007. First edition. More
The architecture of the orders. Translated by Alastair Laing. Pp. 264(last blank), frontispiece, plus numerous text illustrations and figures, pictorial endpapers, selections from documentary sources, notes, bibliography index; wide demy 4to; brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; top edges brown; dust wrapper; bottom fore-corner of lower free endpaper lightly..... More
A comprehensive treatise revealing the technique involved in the art of early American decoration of furniture, walls, tinware, etc. An invaluable reference book and a complete course of instruction for the student of early design and restoration. Illustrated from drawings and natural-colour photographs by the author. Pp. 266(last blank), 30..... More
Disappointment and Failure in Architecture. Pp. x+182, text illustrations, notes, bibliography, index; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed, edges a trifle rubbed; The MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2014. First edition. *'The underside of architecture, the stories of losers and unfulfillment often ignored by an architectural criticism that values novelty, fame and virility..... More
The art of Capability Brown. Foreword by Alan Titchmarsh. Preface by Jenifer White. Pp. viii+374, illustrated throughout in colour and occasional black & white, glossary, notes, bibliography, index; demy 4to; dust wrapper, the back panel faintly scuffed; Historic England/National Trust, Swindon, 2017. First edition. More
Architect and Citizen. Pp. xvi+296(last blank), illustrated throughout, index; super roy. 8vo; dust wrapper, edges lightly worn; Da Capo Press, New York, 1968. Da Capo Press Series in Architecture and Decorative Art, Volume 16. *First published in 1925. More