BLOOMSBURY ROOMS: MODERNISM, SUBCULTURE, AND DOMESTICITY
Written by Christopher Reed.
Stock no. 1829168
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 2004. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

New light on the notorious Bloomsbury Group and how the issues of their day influenced their interpretation and decoration of the home. The author analyzes the rooms designed by Bloomsbury artists as spaces in which to be modern. This book traces the development of Bloomsbury's domestic aesthetic from the group's influential promulgation of Post-Impressionism in Britain around 1910 through the 1930s. Large format. Green cloth boards, black title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. viii and 314 pages including index. ISBN: 0300102488. Tip of board corners lightly bumped else boards clean and bright. Light browning to text block. Title page has light marks from colour imprinting from facing colour frontispiece. Otherwise, contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned, old price label to rear panel. The book has a lingering cigarette odour.

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THE SURVIVORS: A DOCUMENTARY RECORD OF FIFTY OF NEWPORT'S FINEST HOUSES
Written by Rex Moreton.
Stock no. 1328704
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. Minimal rubbing to spine else a fine copy.

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MONMOUTHSHIRE HOUSES PART I MEDIEVAL HOUSES
Written by Cyril Fox; Lord Raglan.
Stock no. 1828856
Published by National Museum of Wales. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Study of Building Techniques and Smaller House-plans in the Fifteenth to Seventeenth Centuries. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. B/w architectural drawings. 114 pages including index plus photos to rear. Light rubbing to board edges. Browning and foxing to endpapers and text block. A few scattered foxspots. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is grubby and edge-worn with a few small closed tears and a tiny chip.

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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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HAMPSHIRE HOUSES 1250-1700: THEIR DATING AND DEVELOPMENT
Written by Edward Roberts.
Stock no. 1828429
Published by Hampshire County Council. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

The development and social context of houses in the county from the earliest survivors of the late 13th century to c. 1700. Large format. Blue cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations, a few colour photos. ISBN: 1859756336. Contains a SIGNED letter (by the author) to Ron Brunskill (authority on the history of architecture). Covers scuffed, contents clean.

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THE WELSH COTTAGE: BUILDING TRADITIONS OF THE RURAL POOR, 1750-1900
Written by Eurwyn Wiliam.
Stock no. 1828426
Published by The Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This book is about the homes of the rural poor during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and in particular the materials, techniques and processes used to build them. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine, dragon vignette to front board. Colour & b/w photos, b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781871184372. SIGNED by the author (dedicated to Ron Brunskill, authority on architectural history). Top & tail of spine a little rubbed else boards clean and bright. Contents clean. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed.

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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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BRYCHEINIOG VOLUME XI: THE HOUSES OF BRECONSHIRE PART III. THE BRECON DISTRICT
Written by S.R. Jones; J.T. Smith.
Stock no. 1828415
Published by The Brecknock Society. 1st 1965. Very good condition.

Blue cardwraps. 148 pages. B/w photos & drawings. 'With the author's compliments' written in biro to top of front cover. Covers lightly browned and a few spots to front. Contents clean.

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WORKERS' HOUSING IN WEST YORKSHIRE 1750-1920
Written by Lucy Caffyn.
Stock no. 1828414
Published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1st 1986. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos. B/w illustrations. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. West Yorkshire Metropolitan County Council. ISBN: 0113000022. Spine lightly faded, rear cover a little grubby. Text block a little grubby. 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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TERRIER OF LLANTHONY PRIORY'S HOUSES AND LANDS IN GLOUCESTER 1443
Written by Richard Steymor; Robert Cole; John Rhodes.
Stock no. 1827813
Published by Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. 1st thus 2016. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Gloucestershire Record Series Volume 30. Llanthony Priory's terrier is a detailed history and description of 231 houses and gardens lying in nearly every street of medieval Gloucester. This edition expands the terrier into a history and description of 554 houses and gardens identified by postal addresses and extending from the middle ages to 1672, the date of surviving Hearth Tax returns. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 9780900197918. A couple of minor knocks to board edges. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed.

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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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