FARM BUILDINGS VOLUME ONE: TECHNIQUES - DESIGN - PROFIT
Written by John B. Weller.
Stock no. 1830532
Published by Crosby Lockwood And Son Ltd. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

"Every farm building forms part of an investment. Any part of a building which does not contribute a profit from the enterprise concerned hinders the success of the farm." This is the basis of the author's approach to his subject, as it must be, logically, that of the farmer, the architect, builder and agricultural adviser. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xv and 269 pages including index plus advertisement to rear. White marks to boards. Rust spots to front endpapers. Previous bookseller's address label to front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn, faded to spine and grubby to rear panel.

WEST COUNTRY HISTORIC HOUSES AND THEIR FAMILIES VOLUME THREE: THE COTSWOLD AREA
Written by Eric R. Delderfield.
Stock no. 1830484
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1973. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The author tells the eventful stories of fifteen historic homes in the Cotswolds area and of the families who built them through successive generations. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis & b/w photos. 124 pages including index. ISBN: 0715360892. Endpapers lightly browned else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

UNDERGROUND BUILDINGS: MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE
Written by Loretta Hall.
Stock no. 1830475
Published by Quill Driver Books. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Underground buildings of North America. A vast spectrum of structures is here presented, ranging from stunning examples of hidden opulence to humble subterranean cubbyholes where unassuming people immerse themselves in nature's simplicity. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos. 215 pages inlcuding index. ISBN: 1884956270. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is creased to top of spine and scuffed to rear panel.

THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE GENTRY
Written by Joan Johnson.
Stock no. 1830467
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1989. Slightly better than 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. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed, laminate is starting to peel away at rear edges.

TRADITIONAL HOUSES OF SOMERSET
Written by Jane Penoyre; et al.
Stock no. 1830251
Published by Somerset Books. 2014. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This book, illustratd by photographs and drawings of local stones, building styles, house plans, roof structure and the more decorative features of the houses, explores the local traditional buildings thate extend in date here, from the late thirteenth century to the beginning of the eighteenth. Large format. Orange cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos, line drawings and plans. 176 pages including index. ISBN: 9780861834075. Reprint. Tiny pinhole to lower front spine edge and light rubbing to base of spine. Else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has some minor foxing to verso, not visible to front.

HEX: A PRINCELY ESTATE REVEALED
Written by Chris De Maegd.
Stock no. 1830250
Published by Mercatorfonds. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The manor house at Hex, known locally in Belgium as Castle Hex, was built around the end of the 18th century by the then Prince-Bishop of Liege, Francois-Charles de Velbruck, as a summer residence and hunting lodge. The house is built in a style transitional between rococo and classical, with the gardens combining French formality with an English-style landscaped park beyond, to make a truly Arcadian setting. Here, the development of the house and grounds is revealed from its inception, through the wars and upheaval s of the 19th and 20th centuries, up to the present day. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour photos. 223 pages including index. ISBN: 9789061537465. A lovely copy.

BEACONS IN THE LANDSCAPE: THE HILLFORTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES
Written by Ian Brown.
Stock no. 1830218
Published by Windgather Press Ltd.. 1st 2009. Very good condition.

Were the hillforts of Britain's landscape something special by those who created them or is the 'hillfort' purely an archaeologists' 'construct'? How were they built, who lived in them and to what uses were they put? A valuable synthesis of the rich vein of research carried out in England and Wales on hillforts. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos, b/w illustrations. xi and 267 pages including index. ISBN: 9781905119226. A lovely copy, marred only by creasing to tip of lower corners from page 181 to the rear cover.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF ARCHITECTURE
Written by John Penoyre; Michael Ryan. Illustrated by John Penoyre; Michael Ryan.
Stock no. 1329805
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observer book no. 13. Over 250 coloured & b/w illustrations. Revised edition. Small format. Brown boards with black titles. Old tape marks to endpapers. Dustwrapper is bright, just a little edge rubbed.

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.

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.

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.