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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OLD HOUSE HANDBOOK: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO CARE AND REPAIR
Written by Roger Hunt; Marianne Suhr.
Stock no. 1830647
Published by Frances Lincoln Limited. Circa 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

In association with The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. If you live in an old house, and want to maintain it to prevent expensive repairs and avoid destruction of the very qualities that make it appealing, this is the book you need. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos throughout. 204 pages including index. ISBN: 9780711227729. Very minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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HOW BUILDINGS LEARN WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THEY'RE BUILT
Written by Stewart Brand.
Stock no. 1329827
Published by Phoenix Illustrated; Orion Books Ltd.. 1st PB 1997. Almost very good condition.

The author puts forward the radical proposal that buildings adapt best when constantly refined and reshaped by their occupants and that architects can mature from being artists of space to become artists of time. Oblong format. Cardwraps. 243 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0753800500. Spine and corners bumped and slightly creased. Fading to spine. Name in ink to half title-page. Light damp stain to lower edges of prelims.

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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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RURAL HOUSES OF THE LANCASHIRE PENNINES 1560 TO 1760
Written by Sarah Pearson.
Stock no. 1828417
Published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1st 1985. Very good condition.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. Supplementary Series: 10. Pictorial cardwraps. Social and architectural history. B/w photos and drawings. ISBN: 0117011924. SIGNED by the author (with personal gift dedication) to front endpaper. Also includes a loosely inserted excerpt from County Life August 1985 written and signed by same author. From the library of Ron Brunskill, authority on acrchitectural history. Spine lightly faded. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean.

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ILLUSTRATED HANDBOOK OF VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE
Written by R.W. Brunskill.
Stock no. 1828239
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1971. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book is concerned with the architecture of the lesser houses - manor houses, farm-houses, cottages - and of barns, stables and mills, inns and shops, and early industrial buildings close to the domestic scale built according to local traditions. Beige cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and architectural drawings. ISBN: 0571086365. Light browning to endpapers and text block else contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby, lightly faded to spine, light creasing to top horizontal edge.

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THE SURVIVORS: A DOCUMENTARY RECORD OF FIFTY OF NEWPORT'S FINEST HOUSES
Written by Rex Moreton.
Stock no. 1825548
Published by Vine Press. 1st 2012. Nearly fine condition.

Newport, Monmouthshire. Oblong format. Brown cloth spine, green cloth boards with photographic colour onlay to front. Colour photos. ISBN: 9781904192435. A nice clean copy, couple of imperfections to cloth binding, rear pastedown creased (binding error).

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STRAWBALE HOME PLANS
Written by Wayne J. Bingham; Colleen F. Smith.
Stock no. 1824882
Published by Gibbs Smith, Publisher. 1st 2007. Very good condition.

An inspiring and diverse collection of strawbale buildings. Featuring everything from single-level country homes to cottages and studios, to community buildings. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos & b/w plans. ISBN: 9781586858612. Corners of covers lightly rubbed, spine lightly faded. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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1888 THE STORY OF PORT SUNLIGHT: A SOUVENIR FOR VISITORS IN GOLDEN JUBILEE YEAR 1938
No author listed.
Stock no. 2136841
Published by Lever Brothers Limited. 1938. Very good condition.

Oblong format. Card wraps. Model town that was built by the Lever Brothers. Tells the story of the village, factory and products it produced during half a century. B/w photos. Some corner creasing. Marks to covers; a bit of foxing and page browning.

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SADDLEWORTH BUILDINGS
Written by W. John Smith.
Stock no. 1823437
Published by Saddleworth Historical Society. 1st 1987. Slightly better than very good condition.

A guide to the vernacular architecture of the parish of Saddleworth in the Pennines. Large format. White cardwraps. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0904982068. Spine and rear cover browned. Rear cover creased from lower open edge corner. Old bookseller's price label to rear cover. Contents are clean.

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SCOTTISH COUNTRY HOUSES 1600-1914
Written by Ian Gow; Alistair Rowan.
Stock no. 1823405
Published by Edinburgh University Press. 1st thus 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

An insight into the Scottish country house in all its many guises, including much new research on significant but less familiar houses such as Kinneil, Relugas and Dunrobin. Pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0748610774. Spine is faded to the degree that the title cannot be read on spine. Contents fine.

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MEDIEVAL HOUSING
Written by Jane Grenville.
Stock no. 1322482
Published by Leicester University Press. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Archaeology of Medieval Britain series. The ways of life and standards of living in the Middle Ages. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 230 pages. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0718514785. Spine bumped. Small white address label to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased and a little faded to spine.

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