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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THE CISTERCIAN ABBEYS OF BRITAIN: FAR FROM THE CONCOURSE OF MEN
Written by David Robinson; et al.
Stock no. 1830776
Published by B.T. Batsford; English Heritage. 1st thus 2002. Slightly better than very good condition.

A comprehensive introduction to all the Cistercian abbeys of Britain, including Tintern Abbey. The authoritative text begins by unfolding the historical and architectural contexts for the British Cistercian monasteries. Cardwraps. B/w photos. B/w diagrams. 224 pages including index. ISBN: 0713487275. Minor mark to lower edge of text block else a lovely copy.

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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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THE VILLAS OF PALLADIO
Written by Kim Williams. Illustrated by Giovanni Giaconi.
Stock no. 1830772
Published by Princeton Architectural Press. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of exquisite large-format pen-and-ink watercolour renderings of all of Palladio's villas, capturing the timeless beauty of Palladian architecture and providing a detailed record of each. Large, oblong format. Light brown cloth boards with debossed titles. Exquisite colour illustrations. 152 pages. ISBN: 1568983964. Boards & contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbbed, lightly scuffed, tiny nicks to lower rear edge.

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THE TEN BOOKS ON ARCHITECTURE
Written by Leon Battista Alberti; Joseph Rykwert; James Leoni.
Stock no. 1830770
Published by Alec Tiranti. 1st thus 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Leoni edition appeared in 1726, 1739 and 1755. This is a complete reprint of the Ten Books on Architecture from the 1755 edition, with the addition of the 'Life' from the 1739 edition. Translated into English by James Leoni, Venetian Architect. Edited by Joserph Rykwert. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. xx and 256 pages plus LXVIII frontis and b/w illustrations to rear. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Boards clean. Tape marks to endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate to front endpaper. Browning to endpapers and text block. Else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few small tears & chips, faded to spine, scuffed and lightly creased.

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THE ROYAL PAVILION BRIGHTON
Written by John Dinkel.
Stock no. 1830768
Published by The Vendome Press. 1st 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The development of the Brighton Pavilion through all its phases - Palladian, Chinese, and eventually Indian. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 144 pages including index. ISBN: 0865650357. Boards clean. Browning to text block and endpapers with minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and lightly edge-rubbed.

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THE COUNTRY SEAT: STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF THE BRITISH COUNTRY HOUSE
Written by Colvin Howard; John Harris.
Stock no. 1830767
Published by Allen Lane; Penguin Press. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Edited by Howard Colvin and John Harris. A series of essays compiled to celebrate Sir John Summerson's contribution to architectural history. Cream paper spine with black title label and gilt title, green cloth boards. B/w photos & illustrations. 295 pages including index. ISBN: 0713901136. A few minor marks to boards, top & tail of spine lightly browned and shelf-worn. Text block browned. Minor spotting to endpapers. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and lightly scuffed.

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PALLADIO
Written by Guido Beltramini; Howard Burns.
Stock no. 1830764
Published by Royal Academy of Arts. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Published for the exhibition marking the 500th anniversary of the birth of the great Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio (1508-1580). Edited by Guido Beltramini and Howard Burns. Large heavy format. Pale grey paper boards, white title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. xv and 433 pages including index. ISBN: 9781905711246. Light shelf-wear to base of spine else boards clean. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased. Overall a lovely copy.

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PHOTOGRAPHY AND ARCHITECTURE
Written by Eric De Mare.
Stock no. 1830762
Published by The Architectural Press. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

This book is written by an architect who has become a professional writer and photographer. It reveals all the technical tricks of the trade simply and without jargon, and at the same time shows how people, using their cameras, may learn to understand, love and enjoy architecture in a direct way without having to carry too heavy a burden of dull and passionless academicism. Large format. Grey cloth boards, red title to spine. B/w photos. 208 pages including index. Boards are clean. Text block lightly browned. Some foxing present, mainly to endpapers. Else contents clean. Grey dustwrapper is grubby and has some foxing.

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THE FOUR BOOKS OF ARCHITECTURE (DOVER EDITION)
Written by Andrea Palladio; Adolf K. Placzek.
Stock no. 1830760
Published by General Publishing Co. Ltd.. 1st thus 1965. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An unabridged and unaltered republication of the work first published by Isaac Ware in 1738, to which has been added a new introduction written especially for this edition by Adolf K. Placzek. Large format. Grey cloth boards, blue title to spine. B/w illustrations. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-rubbed, boards clean. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Tape marks to endpapers. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, lightly edge-creased with wear to top & tail of spine.

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THE ART OF FLORENCE (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Glenn M. Andres; John M. Hunisak; A. Richard Turner.
Stock no. 1830758
Published by Artabras. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Two volumes. Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. Superb colour photos and numerous b/w illustrations. 1312 pages in total. Due to the size of this book, if posted, it will need to be sent via courier and may incur extra shipping costs. ISBN: 9780896601116. Spines slightly faded else a lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly faded to rear vertical open edge.

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TRADITIONAL DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE OF THE BANBURY REGION
Written by Raymond B. Wood-Jones.
Stock no. 1830729
Published by University of Manchester. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This work is concerned primarily with the lesser domestic architecture of the Oxfordshire region, the homes of the yeoman farmers in which traditional and regional features are most clearly expressed, producing a distinctive regional style of ubilding of remarkable homogeneity in material and character. A study of over 1,100 existing structures. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and plans. xvii and 309 pages plus b/w plates to rear. Top & tail of spine and top corners of boards bumped. Small name & date in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to text block and endpapers. Else contents clean. Pale blue dustwrapper is grubby, edge-worn, browned to spine and some foxing present.

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