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THE ALBERTINA: THE PALAIS AND THE HABSBURG STATE ROOMS
Written by Christian Benedik.
Stock no. 1827130
Published by Christian Brandstatter Verlag.
1st
2008.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The Albertina in Vienna is one of the most important art collections in the world. Furthermore, it has since 1802 been housed in one of the most magnificent neo-Classical palaces in Europe: the Palais Albertina. Large format. Duck egg blue paper boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9783850332446. Top corners of boards lightly bumped. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- ARCHITECTURE
- MUSEUMS
- ART HISTORY
- NEOCLASSICISM
- VIENNA
VENICE AND ITS LAGOON
Written by Giulio Lorenzetti.
Stock no. 1827118
Published by Edizioni Lint Trieste.
1st thus
1975.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Reprint from the 1961 edition. Small format. Cream cloth boards, blue titles and black illustration to front. B/w photos. Folding maps. Text block a little grubby. Tiny crease to tip of top corners, light diagonal crease to top corner of prelims. Else a clean copy. Blue dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and has a biro mark crossing out to rear panel (price?).
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (FOREIGN)
- ITALY
- VENICE
- HISTORY (ITALIAN)
- GUIDE BOOKS
- ART
- ARCHITECTURE
THE SEARCH FOR ENVIRONMENT
Written by Walter L. Creese.
Stock no. 1826835
Published by Yale University Press.
1st
1966.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The Garden City: Before and After. The evolution of the Garden City and the suburb, which resulted from changes in the cities and their dwellings and the embergence of model villages around factories during the early nineteenth century. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and plans. Brown tape marks to endpapers. Text block browned. Price-cut brown dustwrapper is lightly chipped at top & tail of spine and is a little grubby.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- TOWN PLANNING
- ARCHITECTURE
WORLD TIMBERS VOLUME THREE: ASIA & AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
Written by B.J. Rendle.
Stock no. 1826759
Published by Ernest Benn Limited.
1st
1970.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A comprehensive work containing some of the better known world timbers illustrated in colour and concisely described with the minimum of technical terms. The information is presented in a form designed to appeal to those who are interested in timber but are not specialists in wood technology. Intended primarily for use by architects and their clients, the timber trade, and timber-using industries. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0802017185. Previous owner's bookplate to front and rear pastedown. Text block and page edges lightly browned. Black dustwrapper with green spine is lightly rubbed at edges and lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- TREES
- ARCHITECTURE
- ASIA
- AUSTRALIA
- NEW ZEALAND
WORLD TIMBERS VOLUME TWO: NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA (INCLUDING CENTRAL AMERICA & THE WEST INDIES)
Written by B.J. Rendle.
Stock no. 1826758
Published by Ernest Benn Limited.
1st
1969.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A comprehensive work containing some of the better known world timbers illustrated in colour and concisely described with the minimum of technical terms. The information is presented in a form designed to appeal to those who are interested in timber but are not specialists in wood technology. Intended primarily for use by architects and their clients, the timber trade, and timber-using industries. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0802016677. A few minor marks to boards, lower corners lightly bumped. Previous owner's library label to front and rear pastedown. Light browning to page edges and text block. Black dustwrapper with yellow spine is lightly rubbed and scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- TREES
- ARCHITECTURE
- NORTH AMERICA
- SOUTH AMERICA
- CENTRAL AMERICA
- WEST INDIES
WORLD TIMBERS VOLUME ONE: EUROPE & AFRICA
Written by B.J. Rendle.
Stock no. 1826757
Published by Ernest Benn Limited.
1st
1969.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
A comprehensive work containing some of the better known world timbers illustrated in colour and concisely described with the minimum of technical terms. The information is presented in a form designed to appeal to those who are interested in timber but are not specialists in wood technology. Intended primarily for use by architects and their clients, the timber trade, and timber-using industries. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0802015700. Presentation plate attached to front endpaper '...on the occasion of planting a tree in the Arboretum at the White House to mark the centenary of the Benn Brother's publication Timber Trades Journal June 7 1973', large b/w photo depicting this to front pastedown. Marks to front endpapers. Text block browned and page edges lightly so. Black dustwrapper with red spine is worn at edges, spine and front panel title is faded, some loss to top and tail of spine, some damp staining present mainly to verso and flap edges.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- TREES
- ARCHITECTURE
- EUROPE
- AFRICA
ARCHITECTURE OF AN ISLAND: THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF BAHRAIN
Written by Fiona Clark.
Stock no. 1826753
Published by Miracle.
1st
2008.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Embodies both the economic and physical enhancements that are taking place in the Kingdom. Large format. Matt white boards with foil titles. Colour photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9789990137361. Boards a little scuffed. Top rear corner bumped. Contents clean. Internet directory on CD is MISSING from inside rear cover.
- Categorised in:
- ARCHITECTURE
- TOPOGRAPHY (FOREIGN)
- MIDDLE EAST
- ASIA
- BAHRAIN
KUWAIT ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE: A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS
Written by Arlene Fullerton; Geza Fehervari; et al.
Stock no. 1826752
Published by Oriental Press.
1st
1995.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
An attempt to reflect significant aspects of the cultural life of Kuwait five years after the Gulf War. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour & b/w photos. A few minor marks to boards. Text block lightly browned. Some light foxing present. Pictorial dustwrapper is heavily faded to front panel and spine, is grubby and scuffed, laminate covering is creased on rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- ARCHITECTURE
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- KUWAIT
AN INVENTORY OF THE ANCIENT MONUMENTS IN GLAMORGAN VOLUME IV PART I THE GREATER HOUSES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1826742
Published by HMSO.
1st
1981.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Domestic Architecture from the Reformation to the Industrial Revolution: The Greater Houses. Large format. Scarlet cloth, gilt titles and vignette. Contents comprise introduction, distribution maps, full descriptions, comprehensive drawings and plates, 8 in colour. 379pp includes index. 11.25 x 9". ISBN: 0117007544. Boards nice and bright. Text block browned with minor foxing. Some minor browning to page edges. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased, more so at top of spine. Strong musty odour present.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- ARCHITECTURE
- GLAMORGAN
- HISTORY
- MONUMENTS
ARTS AND CRAFTS ARCHITECTURE
Written by Peter Davey.
Stock no. 1826741
Published by Phaidon Press Limited.
1999.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
For about three decades at the turn of the century, Arts and Crafts architecture and the theories behind it caught the attention of the Western world. This book gives an account of the lives, theories and work of the architects of the movement which began in England and quickly influenced Europe and America. Large format. White cardwraps, black title to spine. Colour & b/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0714837113. Reprint. Light rubbing to cover edges. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded at front spine edge, lightly rubbed at edges, and scuffed to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT
- ARCHITECTURE
- BUILDINGS
- HISTORY
ARCHITECTURE DE PAPIER D'URSS
Written by Helene Larroche.
Stock no. 1826731
Published by Seeri Sari.
1st
1988.
Very good condition.
Text in French. Catalogue de L'exposition de la Grande Halle de la Villette du 20 Juin au 29 Juillet 1988. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. Rear cover scuffed. Foxing throughout to endpapers, text block and margins. Some hinges pulled.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- ARCHITECTURE
- CATALOGUE (ART)
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- FRENCH
NORMAN FOSTER: 1964-1987
Written by Chris Abel; Chris Seddon; Kenji Sugimura.
Stock no. 1826730
Published by A + U Publishing Co. Ltd..
1st
1988.
Very good condition.
Architecture and Urbanism Extra Edition. Devoted to 55 works in architecture by Norman Foster dating from 1964 to 1987 presented in chronological order. Written in Japanese & English. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos and diagrams. Covers lightly scuffed and browned. A few minor foxspots to top edge of text block. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- ARCHITECTURE
- BUILDINGS
- BIOGRAPHY
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- JAPANESE