BUILDINGS
You are viewing stock in the "BUILDINGS" category. We currently have 73 books in this category in stock.
73 stock records found. Did you know that you can now search our sold stock? Look for the 'sold stock' filter at the bottom of the filter options.
EARLY AMERICAN MILLS
Written by Martha Zimiles; Murray Zimiles.
Stock no. 1823449
Published by Bramhall House.
1st
1973.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
All over the Northeastern part of the United States stand the remains of the buildings that housed the birth of industry in America. This book examines America's industrial revolution in a lively and instructive way, with the emphasis always on the architectural beauty and value of the early mills, factories, and mill villages. Large format. Blue cloth spine with dark blue title, blue paper boards. B/w photos and illustrations and 11 colour plates. ISBN: 0517181282. Light browning to horizontal edges of boards and text block. Personal inscription in ink to front endpaper. Lower page corner tips are lightly creased. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn with a few closed tears, some repaired with clear tape, a few grubby marks and some fading to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- INDUSTRY
- INDUSTRIAL HISTORY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- ARCHITECTURE
- BUILDINGS
THE WORKHOUSE: A STUDY OF POOR-LAW BUILDINGS IN ENGLAND
Written by Kathryn Morrison.
Stock no. 1823445
Published by English Heritage; Royal Commission On The Historical Monuments Of England.
1st
1999.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Recognising that an undervalued and poorly understood category of building was in danger of simply being lost, the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England has attempted to make a record of these structures against their historical background. A story of the student of social history, as much as for the professional architectural historian. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Previous owner's address label to front endpaper. Contents otherwise fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased, lightly faded to spine & worn at top of same, minor scuffing to rear panel. ISBN: 1873592361. Top corners of boards lightly bumped. Previous owner's address label to front endpaper else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel, slightly faded to spine and worn at top of spine.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- HISTORY (VICTORIAN)
- BUILDINGS
- SOCIAL HISTORY
THE IMPACT OF THE RAILWAYS IN THE EAST END 1835-2010
Written by Emma Dwyer.
Stock no. 1823439
Published by Museum Of London Archaeology.
1st
2011.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Historical archaeology from the London Overground East London line. Monograph 52. Large format. Matt black pictorial boards. Colour & b/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9781901992984. A few scuff marks to boards. Base of spine lightly bumped. Contents fine.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- LONDON
- RAILWAYS
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- BUILDINGS
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.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- NORTH WEST UK
- MANCHESTER
- ARCHITECTURE
- BUILDINGS
- HOMES AND HOUSING
- PENNINES
THE BIRMINGHAM JEWELLERY QUARTER: AN ARCHITECTURAL SURVEY OF THE MANUFACTORIES
Written by John Cattell; Sheila Ely; Barry Jones.
Stock no. 1823431
Published by English Heritage.
1st
2002.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The Birmingham Jewellery Quarter is remarkable for its dense concentration of converted houses, factories and specialist buildings: a particular combination of structures associated with jewellery and metalworking which does not seem to exist anywhere else in the world. This book describes the development of the Quarter and the various building types in contains. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 1873592485. Small dint to rear spine edge of boards and dustwrapper (as if something heavy was dropped on it). Else a fine copy.
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.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SCOTLAND
- HISTORY
- ARCHITECTURE
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- HOMES AND HOUSING
- BUILDINGS
THE EARLY TUDOR COUNTRY HOUSE
Written by Maurice Howard.
Stock no. 1322441
Published by George Philip.
1st
1987.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Architecture and politics 1490-1550. Colour and b/w photos. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0540011193. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. A few tiny marks to front cover. Small white address label to front free-endpaper. Some pencil erasure marks to top corner of half title-page. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and faded to front spine edge.
- Categorised in:
- ARCHITECTURE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- TUDOR
- BUILDINGS
- HOMES AND HOUSING
NORTHUMBERLAND (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; Ian A. Richmond.
Stock no. 2136313
Published by Penguin.
1970.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Buildings of England Series. Originally published in paperback in 1957. Peach cloth. B/w photos. ISBN: 0140710159. Browning and a little foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some tears and chips; fading; some scuffs.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- NORTH EAST UK
- NORTHUMBERLAND
- BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND
- ARCHITECTURE
- BUILDINGS
WORCESTERSHIRE (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner.
Stock no. 2136312
Published by Penguin.
1st
1968.
Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Peach cloth. B/w photos. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spotting/foxing to covers, endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is unevenly faded; edge-creased with a few tears and nicks; foxed to verso; minimal loss.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WEST MIDLANDS
- WORCESTERSHIRE
- BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND
- ARCHITECTURE
- BUILDINGS
THE LOST HOUSES OF WALES
Written by Thomas Lloyd.
Stock no. 1821915
Published by SAVE Britain's Heritage.
1987.
Very good condition.
A Survey of Country Houses in Wales Demolished since c.1900. Large oblong format. White pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0905978226. Reprint. Covers a little scuffed and worn at edges. Front joint pulled but binding tight. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- ARCHITECTURE
- BUILDINGS
MONMOUTH AND ITS BUILDINGS
Written by Keith Kissack.
Stock no. 1821908
Published by Logaston Press.
1st
2003.
Nearly fine condition.
A pictorial history of the development of Monmouth, showing buildings both present and which have gone, along with a range of details - amongst them doorways, ironwork, windows, fanlights, tiles, glass, stairways, timber framing, brickwork, porches and verandahs. Pictorial card wraps. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 1904396011. Faint score marks to rear cover. Minor mark to lower edge of text block. Contents fine.
A VISIT TO UNCLE WILLIAM IN TOWN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1821827
Published by J. Harris.
1st
1818.
Good condition.
A Description of the Most Remarkable Buildings and Curiosities in the British Metropolis. Small format. Red cloth spine, plain boards. 66 b/w copper-plate engravings. Top & tail of spine worn, base of spine frayed. Boards grubby and illustrations/titles faded. corners worn. Text block browned with slight shave to lower edge (not affecting contents. Endpapers missing. Contemporary name in ink to top of title page. Joints cracked. 2 pages of plates (6 plates) missing. Top 1.5" of introduction page missing (cut out). Contents are stained and grubby, some damp staining.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- LONDON
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- BUILDINGS
- ANTIQUARIAN