Griffith, William Pettit.

Ancient Gothic Churches, their Proportions and Chromatics. [With a 19th century manuscript page on Sound-Design in Architecture / Sounddesign in Architecture: “Comparative Scale for Musical Sounds vs. Geometric Figures”] With Illustrations.

Part One and Part Two (of 3). London, Printed by Gilbert & Rivington / Published by the author, 1847-1848. Quarto. Volume I: VI, (2), 10 pages plus 4 plates. / Volume II: 44 pages plus 7 plates with 37 Illustrations. Original Softcover. The original publisher’s wrappers cleanly detached. A little dusty but the interior very good and clean on excellent paper. According to sources a third part has been published in 1852 but we could not verify this information. Extremely scarce original publication !

Rocheleau, Paul / Sprigg, June / Larkin, David (Editor)

Shaker Built – The Form and Function of Shaker Architecture.

New York, The Monacelli Press, 1994. 25 cm x 29.8 cm. 272 pages. With numerous full-colour photographs throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some loose pages near front of book. Binding firm and strong otherwise. Interior bright and clean.