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.

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THE GEORGIAN GROUP BOOK OF THE GEORGIAN HOUSE
Written by Steven Parissien.
Stock no. 1829468
Published by Aurum Press. 2011. Slightly better than very good condition.

The development of the Georgian style in Britain and its colonies. Chapters on roofs, brickwork and stonework, doors and windows, staircases and plasterwork. Pictorial cardwraps. Large format. Colour photos. 240 pages including index. ISBN: 9781845133474. 5th printing. Inscribed: 'with my best wishes from... 15 June 2012' where the author's name is printed after 'from' (written by author but has not signed his name). Rear cover scuffed. Contents clean.

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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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RURAL HOUSES OF NORTH OF IRELAND
Written by Alan Gailey.
Stock no. 1828444
Published by John Donald Publishers Ltd.. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A study of Irish traditional houses to set the field evidence in the context of historical documentation over a major part of Ireland. Discusses constructional and typological aspects as well as exploration of the social-historical background and semiotic interpretations. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0859760987. From the library of Ron Brunskill, authority on the history of architecture. Includes letter for permission to review from the Ancient Monuments Society and handwritten two sided review sheet. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly shelf-worn. Small patch of slight discolouration to front board. A little foxing to text block. Contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is a little creased and lightly scuffed.

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CLAY DABBINS: VERNACULAR BUILDINGS OF THE SOLWAY PLAIN
Written by Nina Jennings.
Stock no. 1828330
Published by Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

The mud buildings of the English Solway Plain known locally as "Dabbins" or "Daubins" are little known outside the immediate area, but they continued to be built until the early years of the twentieth century. The author has studied in detail most of the 150 or so farmhouses, cottages and farm buildings which remain and has attempted to trace their development in form and in constructional methods. These were peasant buildings, build by their owners for their own use, and they continue to provide warm, comfortable, well-insulated homes to this day. Green cardwraps. B/w photos and plans. ISBN: 1873124384. Initials and date in ink to half-title page else contents clean.

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THE BUILDING OF LIVERPOOL CATHEDRAL
Written by Peter Kennerley.
Stock no. 1826306
Published by Carnegie Publishing Ltd.. 1st thus 2004. Nearly fine condition.

Centenary Edition, limited to 500 numbered copies. Red cloth boards, gilt titles, red page marker ribbon. B/w photos and illustrations. All edges gilt. ISBN: 1859361080. SIGNED by the author to title page, this is copy 241 of 500 limited copies. A lovely copy.

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THE CITY AND COUNTRY PURCHASER'S AND BUILDER'S DICTIONARY: OR THE COMPLETE BUILDER'S GUIDE...
Written by Richard Neve.
Stock no. 2130899
Published by Ecco. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. PRINT ON DEMAND edition. Follows The third edition, corrected and improved throughout. Cover edges are creased.

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BENCHMARKING IN CONSTRUCTION
Written by Steven McCabe.
Stock no. 2126529
Published by Blackwell Science. 1st 2001. Very good condition.

The first post-Egan book to look at benchmarking and KPIs in the construction industy. Card wraps. 290 pages ISBN: 0632055642. Cover corners are creased. Ink inscriptions to title page. Page corner tips are slightly curled.

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BUILDING AN EMERALD CITY
Written by Lucia Athens.
Stock no. 1610674
Published by Island Press. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition.

Card wraps. A guide to creating green building policies and programs. Case studies from cities throughout the USA. ISBN: 9781597265843.

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THE RESTORATION OF JEAN MACALPINE'S INN (A RETIREMENT PROJECT)
Written by Maggie Seabrook; Sam Seabrook.
Stock no. 2124015
Published by Eta Books. 1st 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 9781907978326. Large bump to top of spine.

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HIGH BUILDINGS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
No author listed.
Stock no. 2120676
Published by Sanders, Phillips & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1954. Very good condition.

Large format. Maroon boards with gilt titles. An Investigation of the Principal Components of Structures and Services With Particular Reference to High Paddington. Many fold-out pages with diagrams. A few marks to covers. Slight scuffing to spine. Uneven fading to rear cover. A few marks to endpapers. A couple of fold-out pages have mis-folds to them.

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THE PRACTICAL BUILDER'S PERPETUAL PRICE-BOOK
Written by Richard Elsam.
Stock no. 1712337
Published by Thomas Kelly. 1825. Fair condition.

10.5 x 8.5 inches. Brown leather spine and corners. 6 b/w plates. No author mentioned but believed to be Richard Elsam. The Practical Builder's Perpetual Price-Book; Elucidating the Principles of Correctly Ascertaining the Average Value of the Different Artificer's Works Usually Employed in Buildings; With the Customs of Measuring and Valueing in the Various Parts of the United Kingdom. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper which is also part detached from binding. Endpapers foxed. Front board detached. Boards worn with loss of colour. Base of spine chipped with loss. Corners bumped and worn. The plate descriptions on page 160 are slightly confusing and it could be argued that there should be 8 plates in this volume, but only 6 are bound in and none appear to have been removed. Opposite the frontis appears to be the half-title page with no title page present, we believe this is the way this copy was bound.

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