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
Translated by Joseph Rykwert, Neil Leach, and Robert Tavernor. Pp. xxviii+442, text illustrations, notes, bibliography, glossary, index; narrow cr. 4to; light brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the boards a trifle sprung, edges lightly rubbed, with small damp stain to bottom edge of lower board; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges..... 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
Foreword by Sanford Kwiner. Pp. 144(last blank), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, notes, index; oblong 8vo; printed paper wrappers, faintly soiled; W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 2010. *'How are botany and graffiti related? What does consumer behaviour have to do with the structure of bubbles..... More
Tasmanian Architect and Engineer. Pp. xii+[2]+70, frontispiece; text illustrations and plans, pictorial endpapers, facsimile signature, appendices; small cr. 4to; dark green moire cloth, lettered in black; dust wrapper, slightly foxed, edges lightly rubbed and split; a couple of spots of foxing; Tasmanian Historical Research Association, [Launceston], 1962. First edition. *John..... More
First Romanesque Architecture and the Pointed Arch in Burgundy and Northern Italy. Pp. xvi+218. numerous text illustrations, decorative initials, notes, bibliography, index; roy. 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper; Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2004. First edition. *'Focuses on buildings in southern France, northern Italy, Catalonia, and Switzerland..... 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
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, slightly soiled and foxed, edges lightly rubbed and browned; Cumberland County..... More
The part it plays in our life. Pp. 32, illustrated in colour and black & white; f'cap. 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, slightly soiled and creased; bookseller's sticker at foot of title page, small piece chipped from bottom edge pp. 3/4; edges of leaves slightly foxed; Longmans, London, 1962..... 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
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
Architectural design and programming. Pp. 272, printed in red & black, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, references, glossary, recommended reading, index; f'cap. 4to; black cloth, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper, edges slightly rubbed, with short closed tear at head of back flap fold; Wiley, Chichester, West..... More
Antoni Gaudi: Expiatory Church of the Sagrada Familia; Warren and Wetmore: Grand Central Terminal; Jorn Utzon: Sydney Opera House [cover title]. Introduction by Beth Dunlop and Denis Hector. Pp. [180], illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (many full or double page), numerous plans, select bibliography; large square 4to;..... 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