1. Department of the Environment Building Research Establishment.

Principles of Modern Building: Volume I (Fifth Impression) & Volume II (Sixth Impression). Volume I: Part I. The Building as a Whole, Part II. The Wall and its Functions. / Volume II: Floors and Roofs.

London, Her Majesty’s Stationary Office, 1973 – 1975. 16 cm x 25 cm. Volume I: X, 288 pages / Volume II: VI, 189 pages. Several black and white illustrations and diagrams throughout both publications. Original Hardcovers with illustrated dustjackets in protective collector’s Mylar. Both books are in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor crease to free endpaper and some annotations in pencil on initial pages of Volume I.

2. Gunn, Edwin / E. and O.E.

Planning – The Architects Handbook – With an Additional Section on Farm Buildings by Edwin Gunn [Diagrams on Law Buildings (Police Stations and Court Houses) / Museums etc.].. Illustrated with 500 Diagrams.

London, Iliffe Technical Books, 1948. Folio (23.7 cm wide x 34.5 cm high). 434 pages with a full Index. Hardcover / Original Publisher’s half-cloth in protective Mylar. Corners slightly bumped, otherwise in very good and firm condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely useful publication on the history of Farm Building design.

3. Payne, A.H.

“The Builder’s Practical Director” or “Building for All Classes Containing Plans, Sections and Elevations for the Erection of Cottages, Villas, Farm Buildings, Dispensaries, Public Schools &c. With Detailed Estimates, Quantities, Prices &c. Illustrated By Numerous Plates and Diagrams – [Bound with: “The Builder’s Practical Director – “Supplementary Series”] – [With stunning designs of Houses, Stucko and Plasterer-Work as well as unusual illustrations like “Bridge of One Span of 100 Feet over the Mohawk River near the City of Rome (USA)”]. [With 192 Plates in total including Supplement].

First Edition. Two Volumes in One [Complete with the rare Supplement]. Leipzig and Dresden / London, A.H.Payne, no year (c.1855). Quarto (23 cm wide x 28 cm high). Volume I: Frontispiece, Illustrated Titlepage, 264, (2) pages plus 132 Lithographic plates (many in multi-colour) / Volume II: “Supplement” – 126 pages plus an additional 60 Plates. Hardcover / Original, very decorative half-leather-binding with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Some signs of foxing.