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. [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
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
Introduction by C. Craig. Pp. 304, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, the pictorial double title page printed in brown & black; med. 4to; dust wrapper; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Cassell, Melbourne, 1979. First edition. Historic Buildings of Australia Volume Six. More
Foreword by Mariska Hargitay, photography by William Abranowicz. Pp. 272, full and double page coloured illustrations throughout; roy. 4to; cream boards, lettered in embossed silver; dust wrapper; Rizzoli, New York, 2015. 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
Photographs [by] Barbara Mullins. Pp. 200 (last blank), 8 coloured plates, plus numerous black & white text illustrations (several full page); demy 4yo; blue boards, spine lettered in white; dust wrapper, tine split at head of backstrip; Rigby, Adelaide, 1977. First edition. *Pioneer homes, either occupied or abandoned, in South..... 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
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
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
Pp. 160+[4](tinted central spread), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, patterned endpapers, the title page printed in blue, index; oblong 4to; blue boards, lettered and decorated in gilt; dust wrapper, slightly foxed, edges very lightly worn; Doubleday, London, 1989. First edition. More
Pp. 176(last blank), 16 coloured plates, black & white frontispiece and numerous text illustrations (many full page), pictorial endpapers printed in blue, errata slip loosely inserted, notes, select bibliography, index; cr. 4to; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top fore-corner of lower board a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, light glue..... More
Translated by Patrick Creagh. Pp. 168, illustrated throughout in colour and sepia; med. 4to; beige papered boards, lettered in white; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed; tiny inked annotation on lower pastedown, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Cassell, London, 1979. First U.K. edition. More
Translated by Patrick Creagh. Pp. 168, illustrated throughout in colour and sepia; med. 4to; brown papered boards, lettered in white; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, the back panel slightly scuffed; top edges of leaves faintly foxed, tiny inked number on lower pastedown; Cassell, London, 1979. First U.K. edition. *'Carries..... More
Translated by Patrick Creagh. Pp. 168, illustrated throughout in colour and sepia; med. 4to; brown papered boards, lettered in white, edges silverfished and a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, the back panel slightly scuffed; Cassell, London, 1979. First U.K. edition. More
Six Lectures on the Development of Architecture from Charlemagne to Henry VIII. Given at the Lowell Institute, Boston in November and December, 1916. Pp. xxii+200+[2](advertisement, verso blank), frontispiece with tissue guard; post 8vo; olive green cloth, lettered in gilt, head of spine and fore-corners of boards lightly bruised, 2 small..... More
Pp. viii+208, illustrated title page, coloured and black & white text illustrations. author's note, index; med. 4to; green boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; The Fairfax Library, Sydney, 1988. First edition. More
188 engraved leaves printed on rectos only, comprising the 167 plates (2 folding) listed in the table of contents, plus 5 plates not listed or numbered, 9 plates numbered in French, the pictorial title page (naval and land battle scenes), and 6 leaves of explanatory text for the first few..... More
