A THOUSAND YEARS OF NORFOLK CARSTONE 967-1967
Written by Claude J.W. Messent. Illustrated by Claude J.W. Messent.
Stock no. 1329109
Published by Claude J.W. Messent. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

An architectural and geological survey of a building stone quarried in Norfolk. Brown boards, black title to spine. 96 pages. 4 colour plates, b/w illustrations. Top of spine slightly bumped. Light foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is grubby and edge worn.

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THE OLD PARISH CHURCHES OF DEVON
Written by Mike Salter.
Stock no. 1829265
Published by Folly Publications. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition.

This book describes all the features of interest dating from the Saxon period up until the 1790s to be seen in 470 parish churches and chapels in Devon. White pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos, illustrations and floor plans. 223 pages plus glossary. ISBN: 1871731399. Small mark to last couple of pages else a very nice copy.

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A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON HANDRAILING (LOCKWOOD'S TRADE MANUALS)
Written by George Collings.
Stock no. 1829257
Published by Crosby Lockwood and Son. 2nd 1927. Very good condition.

Eighth Impression, Second Edition. Showing new and simple methods for finding the pitch of the plank, drawing the moulds, bevelling, jointing-up, and squaring the wreath. To which is added A Treatise on Stairbuilding. Small format. Title to spine & boards is Handrailing and Stairbuilding. B/w diagrams. x and 119 pages plus publisher's advert for books under the same series to rear. Text block and endpapers browned. Contents clean. A lovely copy.

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A GUIDE TO IRISH COUNTRY HOUSES
Written by Mark Bence-Jones.
Stock no. 1829232
Published by Constable and Company Ltd.. 1st thus 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Revised edition. The author sets out to describe every Irish country house of which he knows, whether still standing or ruined or long demolished. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos throughout. xxxi and 320 pages including index. ISBN: 0094687501. Lower edge of boards lightly browned, lower spine shelf-worn. Text block and endpapers grubby. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly worn at corners and a little scuffed.

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MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE MEDIEVAL ART (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Paolo Piva; A. Cadel; F. Gandolfo; et al.
Stock no. 1829195
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2012. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Edited by Paolo Piva. This is the first English language edition, originally published in Italian in 2008 as Architettura. Medievale La Pietra e La Figura. Large format. Black cloth with white titles to spines. Stunning colour photographs. A lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is split at top closed edge else Very Good.

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ART NOUVEAU: AN ARCHITECTURAL INDULGENCE (NEW ARCHITECTURE 6)
Written by Andrea Papadakis; et al.
Stock no. 1829057
Published by Andreas Papadakis Publisher. 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

Edited by Andreas Papadakis. The series of movements that formed Art Nouveau are introduced by Victor Awas, a leading international expert on the period and described in a series of essays by specialists from the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations throughout. 136 pages. ISBN: 1901092348. Front and rear joint pulled from front & rear endpaper due to glue of spine drying out. Contents still tight. Name and date in ink to top of front endpaper (also half-title page). Otherwise a lovely, clean copy.

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ROUND TOWER CHURCHES OF SOUTH EAST ENGLAND
Written by W.J. Goode. Illustrated by Diana Bowie.
Stock no. 1829001
Published by Round Tower Churches Society. 1st 1994. Very good condition.

Large format. Pink cardwraps with white titles and illustration to front & rear. B/w photos and illustrations. 206 pages. ISBN: 0952305801. Edges of covers lightly rubbed. Name & date in ink to top of title page. Includes some relevant newspaper cuttings, leaflets and colour photos loosely inserted.

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FIFTY ENGLISH STEEPLES
Written by Julian Flannery.
Stock no. 1828999
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2016. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Finest Medieval Parish Church Towers and Spires in England. Large format. Purple cloth spine with silver titles, white pictorial boards. Purple endpapers. B/w photos and diagrams. Purple ribbon page marker. 495 pages including index. ISBN: 9780500343142. White boards a little grubby. Contents clean. Some church steeples accompanied with a card drawing inserted.

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THE LOST CITY OF STOKE-ON-TRENT
Written by Matthew Rice. Illustrated by Matthew Rice.
Stock no. 1828996
Published by Frances Lincoln Limited. Circa 2010. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A song for Stoke: a fanfare for one of the great cities of the world's first Industrial Revolution. Matthew Rice's detailed - and often funny - architectural watercolours are the basis of this book. Red cloth boards, black title to spine. Colour pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations. 152 pages including index. ISBN: 9780711231399. Second printing. Top & tail of spine and lower corners lightly rubbed. Top corners of boards lightly bumped. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed at edges.

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FLINT FLUSHWORK: A MEDIEVAL MASONRY ART
Written by Stephen Hart.
Stock no. 1828910
Published by The Boydell Press. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Flint Flushwork is a wholly external decorative medium, where the skills of a medieval craftsman blended with the iconography of the medieval church to create a new art form. It is an artistic achievement that is built into the very fabric of many hundreds of medieval churches. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and a few colour photos. v and 175 pages. ISBN: 9781843833697. Neat name & date in ink to front endpaper else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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MONMOUTHSHIRE HOUSES PART I MEDIEVAL HOUSES
Written by Cyril Fox; Lord Raglan.
Stock no. 1828856
Published by National Museum of Wales. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Study of Building Techniques and Smaller House-plans in the Fifteenth to Seventeenth Centuries. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. B/w architectural drawings. 114 pages including index plus photos to rear. Light rubbing to board edges. Browning and foxing to endpapers and text block. A few scattered foxspots. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is grubby and edge-worn with a few small closed tears and a tiny chip.

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SURREY (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; Bridget Cherry.
Stock no. 1328590
Published by Yale University Press. 1st thus 2002. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Second edition revised by Bridget Cherry, originally published in 1971. Black vinyl boards, gilt title. B/w photos. ISBN: 0300096755. Tiny dent to top of spine of both book and wrapper.

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