11. Deilmann, Harald / Bickenbach, Gerhard / Pfeiffer, Herbert.

Wohnbereiche Wohnquartiere / Housing Groups / Zones d’habitat. Text in German, English and French.

Stuttgart, Karl Krämer Verlag, 1977. 22.7 cm x 27.9 cm. 144 pages. With black and white illustrations. With one fold-out table. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor stains to cloth cover. Only very minor foxing to edges. Rear pastedown contains publisher sticker. Stamp dated ‘7 Mar 1978’ and initials in pen on front endpaper. No.11 of the series: Dokumente der modernen Architektur.

12. Ehrlich, Steven.

Architects. Introduction by Joseph Giovannini. Essay by Steven Ehrlich.

First Edition. New York, Rizzoli International Publications Inc., 1998. 21.5cm x 28cm. 231 pages. Original paperback (softcover). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

13. Electricity Supply Board.

Efficient Lighting in Offices.

Dublin, Lighting Section Electricity Supply Board, No Year. 21.3 cm x 30 cm. 45 pages. Black and white illustrations. Original Softcover. With spiral binding. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor creases to cover. Minor foxing to pages throughout. Foreword page contains previous owner’s name in blue ink. Otherwise interior clean.

14. Ferrand, J.

Le charpentier-serrurier au XIXe siecle: Constructions en fer et en bois. Charpentes mixtes en fer, fonte & bois Charpentes decoratives pour ateliers, magasins, halles, hangars, pavillons, galeries, passerelles, terrasses, planchers, portes, etc. Avec 87 (sur cent) Planches en Couleurs et Texte.

Edition Originale !! Paris, Librairie Polytechnique de J. Baudry, no date / s.d. [1881]. Folio (36.5 cm x 28 cm). 32 pages texte plus 87 (sur 100) planches. [With 87 of 100 plates] Original Hardcover / Reliure originale. Reliure defraiche. / Binding broken and rubbed. Several planches with tears but overall in still very good condition ! A very rare work on early iron cast construction, architecture and design. Beautiful colour lithographs ! / Bel ouvrage d’architecture ! Bel ouvrage d’architecture décrivant les avancées techniques de la charpenterie de fer et fonte, quelques années avant l’érection de la Tour Eiffel, publié sous le patronage de M. Alphand, inspecteur général des Ponts et Chaussées, directeur des travaux de la ville de Paris. / Beautiful architectural work describing the technical progress of the iron and cast iron carpentry, a few years before the erection of the Eiffel Tower, published under the patronage of Mr. Alphand, inspector general of the Ponts et Chaussées, director of works of the city of Paris.

15. [Gay, Walter and Matilda] Rieder, William.

A Charmed Couple. The Art and Life of Walter and Matilda Gay.

First Edition. New York, Harry N. Abrams Inc, 2000. 22cm x 27.5cm. 239 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

16. Graby, John, Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland.

150 years of Architecture in Ireland. RIAI, 1839-1989.

Dublin, RIAI : Eblana Editions, 1989. 31 cm. 129 pages. Illustrations in black and white throughout. Original hardcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Includes essays by Seamus Heaney and Myles na gCopaleen (Flann O’Brien).

17. [Henry, David / Power, Francis / Carnan, Thomas / Sir Christopher Wren] Anonymous.

An Historical account of the Curiosities of London and Westminster, In Three Parts. Part I. Contains a full description of the Tower of London, and every thing curious in and belonging to it. Part II. Contains The History of Westminster-Abbey, from its foundation to the present time ; with its Antiquities, Tombs, and Inscriptions. Part III. Treats of the Old Cathedral of St. Paul’s and the new ; together with a full account of the Monument, London-Stone, the City-wall, Gates, and other Antique [Roman] remains.

With three separate titlepages. London, Printed for Francis Power and Thomas Carnan, 1785 – 1789. Small Octavo (11,5 cm x 17 cm). Part I: IV, 64 pages / Part II: IV, 139 pages plus 5 pages of a thorough Index / Part III: IV, 56 pages. Hardcover / Original half-vellum with marbled paper-covered boards. Binding with some minor signs of wear. Binding and spine firm. Overall in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner Mary Gray written in ink on titlepages.

18. Hodges, Rev. Richard J. / Pike, W.T.

Cork and County Cork in the Twentieth Century / Contemporary Biographies. / [History of Big Houses, Town Houses and Country Estates in Cork, County Cork, North Cork, East Cork & West Cork with original Photographs of Houses and Portraits as well as Biographies of the Men and their Families who lived in these Houses] / [Half-Leather-Version – Limited Edition Reprint]. Edited by W. T. Pike.

Limited Edition Reprint of the First and only Edition by Pike in 1911. [Skibbereen (County Cork)], Inanna Rare Books / Inanna Reprint Series, 2022. 4° (24,5 cm wide x 33,5 cm high). 319 pages with hundreds of photographs and including an Index to Biographies and Illustrations. Hardcover / Half-Leather with marbled-paper-covered boards in protective Collector’s Mylar. [Important Information: This special limited edition has a special feature which makes each volume of this reprint unique: Each version of the book is bound by hand by a craft-bookbindery and the colour of the leather and endpapers, as well as the marbled-paper-covered boards, are always different / This means the interior is always the same while the look of the binding can differ from the image attached to this description]. One of 350 copies of the Half-Leather-version of a limited edition, republished by Inanna Rare Books Ltd. / This high-quality reprint, hand-bound and hand-numbered, includes hundreds of photographs of grand houses in the irish countryside from South Cork to North Cork, from East Cork to West Cork. The stories of the houses are not only accompanied by photographs of now mostly vanished or derelict homes, the images also show the original state of homes which are now restructured etc. The second part of the publication offers an abundance of historical biographies of local irish Nobility (Meade family, O’Callaghan, Browne, Kelly etc.), Gentry and Clergy and general owners of Country Houses etc. [Pike’s New Century Series].

19. Hodges, Rev. Richard J. / Pike, W.T.

Cork and County Cork in the Twentieth Century / Contemporary Biographies. / [History of Big Houses, Town Houses and Country Estates in Cork, County Cork, North Cork, East Cork & West Cork with original Photographs of Houses and Portraits as well as Biographies of the Men and their Families who lived in these Houses] / [Full-Leather-Version – Limited Edition Reprint]. Edited by W. T. Pike.

Limited Edition Reprint of the First and only Edition by Pike in 1911. [Skibbereen (County Cork)], Inanna Rare Books / Inanna Reprint Series, 2022. 4° (24,5 cm wide x 33,5 cm high). 319 pages with hundreds of photographs and including an Index to Biographies and Illustrations. Hardcover / Full-Leather with marbled-paper-covered boards in protective Collector’s Mylar. [Important Information: This special limited edition has a special feature which makes each volume of this reprint unique: Each version of the book is bound by hand by a craft-bookbindery and the colour of the leather and endpapers, are always different / This means the interior is always the same while the look of the binding can differ from the image attached to this description]. One of 150 copies of the Full-Leather-version of a limited edition, republished by Inanna Rare Books Ltd. / This high-quality reprint, hand-bound and hand-numbered, includes hundreds of photographs of grand houses in the irish countryside from South Cork to North Cork, from East Cork to West Cork. The stories of the houses are not only accompanied by photographs of now mostly vanished or derelict homes, the images also show the original state of homes which are now restructured etc. The second part of the publication offers an abundance of historical biographies of local irish Nobility (Meade family, O’Callaghan, Browne, Kelly etc.), Gentry and Clergy and general owners of Country Houses etc. [Pike’s New Century Series].

20. Innes, Jocasta.

Scandinavian Painted Decor. Photography by David George.

London, Cassell, 1995. 21.5 cm x 28 cm. Colour Frontispiece. 256 pages. With colour illustrations throughout. Original Softcover. Close to new condition.