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COTSWOLD STONE HOMES: HISTORY - CONSERVATION - CARE
Written by Michael Hill; Sally Birch.
Stock no. 1329722
Published by Alan Sutton.
1st
1994.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The architecture of the Cotswolds in terms of its characteristic building material, Cotswold stone, and a practical and informative guide to its use and care. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. 188 pages. ISBN: 0750903228. SIGNED by Birch to title-page (by means of dedication). Spine and corners bumped. Pale page edge browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is faded to spine and to front edge, small tear to base of spine.
UNBUILT MASTERWORKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY
Written by Will Jones.
Stock no. 1329683
Published by Thames and Hudson.
1st
2009.
Nearly fine condition.
Inspirational Architecture for the Digital Age - 100 of the best projects to have been proposed since the turn of the millennium by the world's greatest architects. Large, heavy format. Glazed pictorial boards. 900 illustrations, 747 in colour. ISBN: 9780500342541. A super copy.
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- ARCHITECTURE
WELLS COATES: TWENTIETH CENTURY ARCHITECTS SERIES
Written by Elizabeth Darling.
Stock no. 1329371
Published by RIBA Publishing; English Heritage; The Twentieth Century Society.
1st
2012.
Very good condition.
A book to delight architects, students, architectural historians and anyone who is interested in the Modern Movement in Britain. Cardwraps. Full of b/w and colour photos, the colour photography specially commissioned by James O. Davies. ISBN: 9781859464373. Covers rubbed at spine and corners. Small mark to lower edge of textblock else contents fine.
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- ARCHITECTURE
THE DIARIES OF SANDERSON MILLER OF RADWAY
Written by Sanderson Miller; William Hawkes.
Stock no. 1829568
Published by The Dugdale Society.
1st
2005.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Dugdale Society Vol. 41. Edited by William Hawkes. Saunderson Miller (1716-80) was a gentleman architect, an amateur pioneer of significance in the development of the Gothic Revival during its delightful and inventive Georgian period. This volume contains the fully annotated text of Miller's diaries of 1750-1756, a self-revelatory Memoir he wrote fo his friend, James Menteath, and a catalogue of his architectural and landscape work. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xiv and 449 pages including index. ISBN: 0852200846. A lovely copy. Blue pictorial dustwrapper has a vertical score to front panel.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- WARWICKSHIRE
- DIARY
- GEORGIAN
- ARCHITECTURE
ART AND POWER: EUROPE UNDER THE DICTATORS 1930-45
Written by Dawn Ades.
Stock no. 1829477
Published by Hayward Gallery.
1st
1995.
Slightly better than very good condition.
This book is about the relationship between art and politics in the 1930s, in the Europe of the dictators. It provides a history of the plight of individual artists and architects under totalitarian rule, structured around the four capital cities of Paris, Rome, Moscow and Berlin. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name organized by the Hayward Gallery, London, running from 1996 - 1996. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. 360 pages. ISBN: 1853321486. A lovely copy with some minor staining to lower edge of text block else contents clean.
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- ART
- CATALOGUE (ART)
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- ARCHITECTURE
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF ROBERT AND JAMES ADAM
Written by David King.
Stock no. 1829475
Published by Butterworth Architecture.
1st
1991.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The eighteenth century architects Robert and James Adam gave their name to a classical style of architecture, a castle style of architecture and to a style of decoration. This book is the first complete catalogue of their executed works. Red cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams throughout, a few colour photos. xii and 447 pages including index. ISBN: 075061286X. Light rubbing to base of spine. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased.
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- ARCHITECTURE
- DESIGN
- ART
- BUILDINGS
THE LOST ARCHITECTURAL LANDSCAPES OF WARWICKSHIRE (VOLUME 1 - THE SOUTH)
Written by Peter Bolton.
Stock no. 1829467
Published by Landmark Publishing.
1st
2003.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Landmark Collector's Library series. Combing the county's towns, villages and fields, this book aims to record every building of significance in South Warwickshire destroyed or altered in the twentieth century. Red cloth boards, gitl title to spine. B/w photos. 160 pages including index. ISBN: 1901522989. Front corners lightly bumped. Very faint fading to lower edge of front board. Minor mark to vertical margin of half-title page. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and has old price-label to rear panel.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WEST MIDLANDS
- WARWICKSHIRE
- HISTORY
- ARCHITECTURE
- BUILDINGS
THE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF ARCHITECTURE
Written by James Stevens Curl; Susan Wilson.
Illustrated by James Stevens Curl.
Stock no. 1829443
Published by Oxford University Press.
3rd
2015.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Third Edition. Comprehensively revised and expanded in collaboration with Dr. Susan Wilson. Navy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w line drawings. xxii and 1017 pages. ISBN: 9780199674985. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.
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- ARCHITECTURE
- DICTIONARIES
- REFERENCE
HITLER AT HOME
Written by Despina Stratigakos.
Stock no. 1829440
Published by Yale University Press.
1st
2015.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Adolf Hitler's makeover from rabble-rouser to statesman coincided with a series of dramatic home renovations he undertook during the mid-1930s. This provocative book exposes the dictator's preoccupation with his private persona, which was shaped by the aesthetic and idealogical management of his domestic architecture. A rare glimpse into the decisions involved in the making of Hitler's homes and into the sheer power of the propaganda that influenced how the world saw him. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w & a few colour illustrations. x and 373 pages. ISBN: 9780300183818. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few minor scuffs.
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- ARCHITECTURE
- ART
- WORLD WAR II
- NAZIS
ECOARCHITECTURE: THE WORK OF KEN YEANG
Written by Sara Hart; David Littlefield.
Illustrated by Ken Yeang.
Stock no. 1829432
Published by John Wiley & Sons.
1st
2011.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Ken Yeang is internationally recognised as the leading proponent of ecological design in architecture. This volume features 23 of Yeang's most significant projects, beginning with his earliest work on environmental design, executed as a student in the early 1970s, and ending with his most recent projects in London and Kuala Lumpur. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations and photos. 272 pages. ISBN: 9781119994251. Possibly SIGNED by Ken Yeang (signature is illegible) by means of a dedication to title page. Contents clean.
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- ARCHITECTURE
- ECOLOGY
- BUILDINGS
LOTUS 106: TATE MODERN FLUSSI/FLOWS
Written by Brian Hatton; et al.
Stock no. 1829415
Published by Electa.
1st
2000.
Very good condition.
Quarterly Architecture Magazine. Text in English and Italian. First Item on Tate Modern is 'Fatto alla grande' 'The Biggest Way to Do Art' written by Brian Hatton. Cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos. B/w plans and sketches. 131 pages. ISBN: 8828910453. Covers are scuffed and lightly marked. Minor foxing to text block. Contents clean.
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- ART
- ARCHITECTURE
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- ITALIAN
- MAGAZINE
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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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH EAST UK
- CHURCHES
- HISTORY
- ARCHITECTURE