THE WORKS IN ARCHITECTURE OF ROBERT AND JAMES ADAM
Written by Robert Oresko.
Stock no. 1830889
Published by Academy Editions. 1st 1975. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam was published in three volumes over a period of 50 years from 1778. This new edition brings the complete text and all the engravings together in a single volume and is based on the reprint of E. Thezard Fils. Large format. Green cardwraps. B/w illustrations. 184 pages. ISBN: 0856700347. Very slight fading to spine. Old price-label to rear cover. A few minor marks to covers. Minor foxing to text block. Contents clean.

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MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE AND ITS INTELLECTUAL CONTEXT: STUDIES IN HONOUR OF PETER KIDSON
Written by Peter Kidson; Eric Fernie; Paul Crossley.
Stock no. 1830884
Published by The Hambledon Press. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Presented by ex-pupils and friends to Peter Kidson, Professor of Medieval Architecture at the Courtauld Institute, as a mark of respect and affection for arguably the most influential historian of medieval architecture of his generation in the English-speaking world. The essays in this volume reflect the range of Peter Kidson's own interests and are united in following his approach to medieval architecture and art: a determination to see buildings and objects in the intellectual terms of the time in which they were created. Edited by Eric Fernie and Paul Crossley. Navy blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. xxvii and 304 pages including list of subscribers to rear. ISBN: 1852850345. Neat name in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Blue dustwrapper is very lightly scuffed. Includes letter from and signed by Peter Kidson.

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THE MEDIAEVAL ARCHITECT
Written by John Harvey.
Stock no. 1830883
Published by Wayland (Publishers) Ltd.. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of the mediaeval architect is here told to a great extent in the words of contemporaries, translated into modern English in the case of documents in Latin or foreign languages. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. 296 pages including index. ISBN: 0853400229. Light shelf wear to top & tail of spine. Boards clean. Text block browned with some minor foxing. Minor surface papper loss/damage to frontis and facing title page. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed and scuffed, small closed tear (no loss) to lower edge of rear panel.

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LORDSHIP AND ARCHITECTURE IN MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE SCOTLAND
Written by Richard D. Oram; Geofrrey P. Stell.
Stock no. 1830881
Published by John Donald. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

A series of essays on the role of acrchitecure as an expression of lordship and status among Scottish secular and ecclesiastical elites in the period c.1124-c.1650. These studies of the acrchitectural patronage of particular families or groups explore how the nobility operated socially and economically as well as politically, in the organisation and structure of lordship throughout the medieval and renaissance periods. Edited by Richard Oram and Geoffrey Snell. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. xxii and 346 pages including index. ISBN: 9780859766289. Light scuffing to covers and rubbing to edges. Contents clean.

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THE CATHEDRAL BUILDERS
Written by Jean Gimpel.
Stock no. 1830878
Published by Michael Russell. 1st thus 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Medieval Europe was distinguished by the spectacular development of religious architecture from the eleventh to the thirteenth centuries - eighty cathedrals, five hundred great churches, and more than ten thousand parish churches. In France alone, more stone was quarried in this span of three centuries than during the entire history of ancient Egypt. Translated from the French by Teresa Waugh. Large format. Dark blue boards with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and photos and a few colour. 127 pages including index. ISBN: 0859550931. Boards clean, lower edge of boars lightly rubbed. Some minor foxing to text block. Endpapers lightly browned else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel and is lightly edge-creased.

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THE RUDIMENTS OF ARCHITECTURE: OR, THE YOUNG WORKMAN'S INSTRUCTOR
No author listed.
Stock no. 1830876
Published by Black & Harris Publishers. 1st thus 1992. Very good condition.

This edition published in 1992, being a reprint with new introduction from the 1778 printing (reprint of 1773 edition). Limited to 300 copies. Black cloth spine with 4 raised bands and gilt title. Marbled cloth boards with cream title onlay to front. B/w drawings. ISBN: 0951958100. Gilt to spine a little rubbed and obliterated. Rubbing to rear edge of spine. Text block browned and a little grubby. Browning to page edges.

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THE MAGIC STONES: THE STORY OF THE ARCH
Written by Alain. Illustrated by Alain.
Stock no. 1830864
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

High on the Cathedral of Notre Dame is an ugly old gargoyle, the effigy in stone of Mr. Down who, so the story tells, sent the high towers tumbling down time after time in the days before men learned how to buttress an arch. This book tells in story form how early architects defeated Mr. Down and discovered the secret of raising a roof more than a hundred feet, with tall stained-glass windows instead of heavy walls. A fascinating introduction to one of the basic principles of building and architecture - the use of the arch. Blue pictorial paper boards. B/w and red, blue, black & white illustrations. 31 pages. Lower board edges & corners rubbed. Boards clean. Minor foxing to text block else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few closed tears (no loss) and is scuffed.

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ENGLISH MEDIAEVAL ARCHITECTS: A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY DOWN TO 1550
Written by John Harvey; Arthur Oswald.
Stock no. 1830862
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A bringing together of what is known of the lives and works of over 1,300 of the artists and craftsmen who designed England's buildings of the Middle Ages. Including Master Masons, Carpenters, Carvers, Building Contractors and others responsible for Design. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xxiii and 411 pages including index. A few light scuffs to boards. Foxing to text block. Light browning to endpapers. Bookplate to front endpaper and signature in pencil. A few minor foxspots to contents else clean. Grey dustwrapper is a little grubby, browning to spine, light wear to top & tail of spine, some foxing to verso.

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THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE GENTRY
Written by Joan Johnson.
Stock no. 1830831
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive survey of the landowner families of the 15th - 19th centuries drawn from county and estate records, and illuminated with revealing glimpses of everyday life - from diary entries, household accounts, marriage contracts, and personal and official correspondence. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 269 pages including index. ISBN: 0862995841. Light shelf-wear to base of spine. Foxing to top edge of text block, not affecting contents. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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ENGLISH HISTORIC CARPENTRY
Written by Cecil A. Hewett.
Stock no. 1830804
Published by Phillimore & Co. Ltd.. 2001. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Practical insight into the structure and age of our homes and outbuildings. Showing that the master carpenters of the past achieved their highest levels of craftsmanship well before the master masons. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xiv and 338 pages including index. ISBN: 0850333547. Reprint. Light shelf-wear to base of spine. A few minor marks to text block. A few instances of highlighting to contents. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE: A COMPLETE HANDBOOK
Written by Robert Adam. Illustrated by Derek Brentnall.
Stock no. 1830777
Published by Viking. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Tracing the history of lassical architecture to the present day with detailed examples of every aspect of classical design. Large format. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. 319 pages including index. ISBN: 0670826138. Boards clean. Top edge of text block is foxed with minor staining. Contents are clean. Black pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH ARCHITECTS 1660-1840
Written by H.M. Colvin.
Stock no. 1830774
Published by John Murray. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biographies of over 1000 architects and master-builders who worked int he seventeenth, eighteenth, and early nineteenth centuries, together with fully-documented lists of their works and a long and most valuable introductory essay on the building trades and the architectural profession. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xiv and 821 pages including index. Top edge red. Boards clean. Text block browned, top edge has splash marks to red colouring. Tape marks to endpapers. Else contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper has a few minor marks.

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