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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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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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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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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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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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EDWIN LUTYENS COUNTRY HOUSES: FROM THE ARCHIVES OF COUNTRY LIFE
Written by Gavin Stamp.
Stock no. 1829387
Published by Aurum Press. 1st 2001. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

From the archives of Country Life. Two hundred photographs have been beautifully reproduced from the Country Life magazine archive and, combined with Gavin Stamp's illuminating essay, provide a unique survey of one of Britain's foremost architects. Large format. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 1854107631. Some minor damp mottling to boards. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and top front edge, damp stained to verso of top edge and heavily foxed to verso (not visible to front). Smell of damp present.

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THE OLD PARISH CHURCHES OF DEVON
Written by Mike Salter.
Stock no. 1829265
Published by Folly Publications. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition.

This book describes all the features of interest dating from the Saxon period up until the 1790s to be seen in 470 parish churches and chapels in Devon. White pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos, illustrations and floor plans. 223 pages plus glossary. ISBN: 1871731399. Small mark to last couple of pages else a very nice copy.

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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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MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE MEDIEVAL ART (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Paolo Piva; A. Cadel; F. Gandolfo; et al.
Stock no. 1829195
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2012. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Edited by Paolo Piva. This is the first English language edition, originally published in Italian in 2008 as Architettura. Medievale La Pietra e La Figura. Large format. Black cloth with white titles to spines. Stunning colour photographs. A lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is split at top closed edge else Very Good.

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ART NOUVEAU: AN ARCHITECTURAL INDULGENCE (NEW ARCHITECTURE 6)
Written by Andrea Papadakis; et al.
Stock no. 1829057
Published by Andreas Papadakis Publisher. 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

Edited by Andreas Papadakis. The series of movements that formed Art Nouveau are introduced by Victor Awas, a leading international expert on the period and described in a series of essays by specialists from the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations throughout. 136 pages. ISBN: 1901092348. Front and rear joint pulled from front & rear endpaper due to glue of spine drying out. Contents still tight. Name and date in ink to top of front endpaper (also half-title page). Otherwise a lovely, clean copy.

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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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FIFTY ENGLISH STEEPLES
Written by Julian Flannery.
Stock no. 1828999
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2016. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Finest Medieval Parish Church Towers and Spires in England. Large format. Purple cloth spine with silver titles, white pictorial boards. Purple endpapers. B/w photos and diagrams. Purple ribbon page marker. 495 pages including index. ISBN: 9780500343142. White boards a little grubby. Contents clean. Some church steeples accompanied with a card drawing inserted.

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