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
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; 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
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
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
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
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
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
Pp. [ii]+xliv+626(last blank), numerous text illustrations, maps and plans, notes, selective bibliography, index, addendum; demy 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed; University of California Press, Berkeley, California, 1983. Paperback edition, second printing. California Studies in the History of Art, XX. 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
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
Through three centuries. A description and catalogue of the Windsor Collection formed by The Lord Fairhaven, F.S.A., Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire. Pp. 114(last blank), 48 plates (9 hand-tipped coloured), appendix, index; post 4to; blue buckram, lettered and decorated in gilt, a trifle marked, small scar to spine cloth; fore and bottom..... More
Words by Peter Watson. Pp. [viii]+280, illustrated in colour throughout (several full or double page), directory, index; narrow med. 4to; bottom edges boards rubbed and lightly damp stained; dust wrapper, a trifle scuffed; William Heinemann Australia, Melbourne, 1996. First edition. More
Pp. 128, frontispiece plus numerous text illustrations (several full, some double page), bibliography; edges of boards lightly rubbed, bottom fore-corner of lower board faintly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly worn, edges rubbed and split, with a couple of closed tears; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, the free endpapers..... More
Pp. 220(last colophon), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (many double page); super roy. 4to; edges of boards slightly rubbed; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed and split; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Penguin Books, Melbourne, 2001. First edition. *'An intimate glimpse of how celebrated Australians live in..... More
Preface by Walter Wenzel Frese. Pp. 192, numerous illustrations, index; demy 4to; qr. green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, green papered boards; dust wrapper, with barcode sticker on reverse; Architectural Book Publishing Co., Inc., Stamford, Connecticut, 1994. *Originally published by Hastings House, in 1962. 'Samuel Chamberlain photographed New England for..... More
The Age of Consequences. Pp. 240, illustrated in colour throughout, bibliography; oblong 4to; pictorial papered boards; JonGlez, [Paris], 2014. *'Derelict factories and industrial sites, schools, churches, power plants, hospitals, prisons, military installations, hotels, resorts, homes, and more.... documenting the ruins of one of the greatest civilizations the world has ever..... More