51. Kohlmaier, Georg / von Sartory, Barna.

Houses of Glass: A Nineteenth-Century Building Type.

Cambridge / London, The MIT Press, 1986. 22.5 cm x 28.6 cm. 641 pages. Black and white illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear.

52. Hassall, Arthur.

Christ Church Oxford – An Anthology in Prose and Verse, Selected by Arthur Hassall, M.A., STudent of Christ Church, Oxford, With 26 Plates in Colour Reproduced from Paintings by Arthur Garratt and From Portraits in Christ Church Hall.

London / New York / Toronto, Hodder and Stoughton, 1911. Large Quarto (26.5 cm wide x 32 cm high). Frontispiece (Cardinal Wolsey Portrait-Painting), 182 pages with 27 stunning, tipped-in illustrations after Histoorical Paintings (full-page), including Frontispiece. Hardcover / Original Publisher’s half cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with some signs of wear to the binding. The binding firm and strong, fully intact with the endpapers NOT cracked (which is often the case).

53. Habanova, Gabriela / Liptay, Jaroslav / NPKC.

Folk Architecture in Slovakia.

Bratislava, NOKC, 1998. Quarto (22 cm wide x 30.5 cm high). 222 pages with many Illustrations throughout. Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Very Rare !

54. [Geun, Kim Swoo] Osamu Murai / Yoshima, Junzu / Chang, S.

Kim Swoo Geun – Korean Architect. With Photos by Osamu Murai and Essays by Kim Swoo Geun, Junzu Yoshima and S.Chang. [SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Kim Swoo Geun to Danish Translator and Writer Erik Haugaard].

Bilingual Edition in Japanese – English. Japan, 1979. Quarto (23 cm wide x 30 cm high). 160 pages with illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely rare signed edition by Korea’s most famous architect !

55. Edwards, George Wharton.

Vanished Towers and Chimes of Flanders.

Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Company, 1916. 21.5 cm x 27.5 cm. Frontispiece, 212 pages. 29 additional illustrated plates with tissue guards. Hardcover – publisher’s original green cloth with gilt lettering and bands on spine. Lavishly gilded vignette and designs with gilt titling on front baord. Illustrated titlepage. Top edge gilt. Damp staining to board top corners and upper spine. Staining evident to upper corner of front pastedown and endpapers and more faintly throughout the volume. Minor foxing to titlepage. Very minor foxing to some pages, otherwise interior bright and clean. Binding good and strong with nice, tight square bookblock. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Light rubbing to board corners, edges and spine edges. Some dulling to spine titling.

56. Echagüe, José Ortiz.

España. Castillos y Alcázares. [Castles in Spain] Con 396 laminas en huecograbado y 16 planchas en color. Prólogo de Fray Justo Pérez de Urbel.

Tercera Edición. Madrid, Publicaciones Ortiz-Echagüe, 1960. 32 cm x 27,5 cm. 312 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Gilt lettering on spine and on front cover. Name inscribed on front free endpaper. Stamp of publisher on title page.

57. Echagüe, José Ortiz.

España – Pueblos y Paisajes. Con 369 Reproducciones en huecograbado. Prologos de Azorin y Salaverria. Traducciones del indice comentado en Ingles y Frances.

Trilingual Edition. Madrid, Publicaciones Ortiz-Echagüe, 1959. 31 cm x 26,5 cm. 312 pages + 24 index pages. (Descriptive Index of Illustrations also in English and French). Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.Gilt lettering on spine and on front cover. Name inscribed on half title page. Stamp of publisher on title page.

58. Brasfield, John C.

The Architectural Digest – A Pictorial Digest of California’s Finest Homes / A Pictorial Digest of the Best California Architecture. Volume VI. No.I.: Includes: Arthur K. Bourne House, Pasadena (Architect: Wallace Neff) / Geo. Lewis House, Beverly Hills, (Architect: Albert Farr) / A. Sager House, San Francisco (Architect: Roland I. Stringham) / Hart Weaver House, San Francisco (Architect: Henry H. Gutterson) / Walter H. Leimert House, Los Angeles (Architect: Robert D. Farquhar) / J.P.Whitmore House, San Marino (Architect: Kenneth A. Gordon) / Elks Club, San Francisco (Architects: Frederick H. Meyer and Albin R. Johnson) and many more. Issued Quarterly.

Los Angeles, John C. Brasfield, [1926]. Folio. 119 pages with numerous photographs of houses and interior. Original, illustrated softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare !

59. Wingler, Hans M.

Das Bauhaus – [1919-1933 Weimar – Dessau – Berlin].

First Edition. Bramsche, Gebr. Rasch Verlag, 1962. Quarto (26 cm x 29 cm). Frontispice, 556 pages with hundreds of photographs and tipped-in colour-plates. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

60. 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.

61. King, David / David King & Sons, Ltd.

Illustrated Catalogue for the Year 1923 of David King & Sons, Ltd. – Architectural and General Ironfounders – Keppoch Iron Works, Possilpark, Glasgow – Listing: Rain Water Pipes and Connections, Gutters etc. / Soil Pipes and Connections / Drain Pipes and Connections / Covers and Frames, etc. [with an Appendix showing Ironwork – Designs from the Ornamental Section of the Company with beautiful “Cast Iron Railings” / “Fire Escape Stairs” / “Cast Iron Newels” / “Cast Iron Spiral Stairs” / “Cast Iron Lamp Pillars” / “Cast Iron Designs for Canopy (using the example of “The Grosvenor Picture House” [Cinema] / “Cast Iron Design for a Bandstand in a Park”].

Glasgow / Leeds / Aberdeen, David King & Sons Ltd., 1923. Oblong Quarto (32 cm wide x 25 cm high). The Catalogue includes Sectin II – V with an appendix of beautiful cast ironworks in Parks etc. Pagination: Section II: 72 pages (pages 7, 8 and 9 heavily stained)/ Section III: 13 pages / Section IV: 13 pages / Section V: 28 pages Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Four pages stained. Binding firm. A very rare catalogue !

62. 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.

63. Benoit-Lévy, Georges.

Maisons de Campagne sans Etage et Bungalows.

[Paris], Librairie Ch. Massin, [1926]. Folio (24 cm x 33,5 cm) / [Grand in-4]. 4 p. Texte et 48 planches. Hardcover / Original, illustratedl publisher’s chemise with three original laces. Excellent condition / Exemplaire en tres bon état.

64. Benoit-Lévy, Georges.

Cités-Jardins D’Amérique. [Signed / Inscribed] [History of American Garden Cities]. Préface par Émile Cheysson Membre de L’Institut.

Paris, Henri Jouve, 1905. 16.5 cm x 25 cm. III, 462 pages. Several black and white photographic plates throughout. Original Hardcover. Good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight tanning to pages and more markedly so on pages 145 to 160. Ex-library and museum copy with four stamps, all from Frankfurt institutions, to endpapers and title page. Also a small stamp from Wilhelm Denn bookbinder, Frankfurt on bottom corner of pastedown. Library labels and codes on spine and in pencil on pastedown. Scribble in ink pen on free endpaper. Signed and inscribed by author Georges Benoit-Lévy dated 1/9/‘05.

65. Barman, Christian (Editor).

Architecture: The Journal Of The Society Of Architects. – Volume XVI, No. 7, May 1923 – Volume XVI, No.12, October 1923.

London, The Society of Architects, 1923. Quarto (20.4 cm wide x 25.7 cm high). Pagination: IV, 311 pages [being paginated as pages 319 – 630] with Illustrations throughout. Hardcover / Half-Parchment with original spine-label. In protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

66. Barman, Christian (Editor).

Architecture: The Journal Of The Society Of Architects. – Volume XVI, No. 1, November 1922 – Volume XVI, No.12, October 1923.

London, The Society of Architects, 1922 – 1923. Quarto (20.4 cm wide x 25.7 cm high). Pagination: IV, 630 pages with Illustrations throughout. Hardcover / Half-Parchment with original spine-label. In protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

67. Yoshida, Tetsuro.

Das japanische Wohnhaus.

Erste Ausgabe. Tübingen, Wasmuth, 1954. 4. 204 Seiten mit zahlreichen Abbildungen. Originaler Leinenband mit illustriertem Schutzumschlag. Der Umschlag angeraendert und mit kleinen Einrissen. Mit kleinem, eingeklebten Geschenk-Schildchen auf dem Vorsatzblatt. Selten in dieser sehr guten Erhaltung mit dem originalen Umschlag.

68. Trautz, F.M.

Japan, Korea und Formosa – Landschaft / Baukunst / Volksleben. Aufgenommen von A. von Graefe, G. von Estorff, Gertrud Fellner, Herbert Ponting u.a., Mit einem Geleitwort von Botschafter D. Dr. h.c. Dr. W.H. Solf.

First Edition (with captions in german, french, italian and english). Berlin, Atlantis Verlag, 1930. 24 cm x 32 cm. LIV, 256 pages. 256 photographic illustrations. Original Hardcover (Orange cloth with title in embossed gilt on front and along spine). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Tiny stain to bottom edge only.

69. Planat, P.

La Construction Moderne [44e Annee: 7 Octobre 1928 – 29 Septembre 1929]. Journal Hebdomadaire Illustré.

Paris, Librairie de la Construction Moderne, 1928-1929. 23.6 cm x 31 cm. 668 pages. With black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover. With quarter leather and marbled boards, pastedowns and endpapers. Raised bands and gilt title on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing to edges. Moderate rubbing to cover corners and edges. Title-page loosely inserted / A few loose pages at beginning. Minor tear to rear endpaper. Otherwise binding strong.

70. [James, W. & Co.] Hoare, G.L. / James, E.A. / Thomas W.J. / Anderson, W. (Directors).

Metal Windows – Stained & Leaded Glass. Catalogue No.6.

London, W.James & Co. Ltd., 1928. Folio (24.2 cm x 35.2 cm). 44 pages. Black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover folder with stunning art nouveau & art deco examples of Leaded Glazing. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Folder has some minor wear. Very minor foxing to edges. Minor tanning to page margins. Otherwise very bright and clean. Binding strong. Previous owner name label on introduction page.

71. [Building News].

The Building News and Engineering Journal – Six Volumes bound in Five – With c. 600 original, stunning Lithographs of Architectural Buildings and Designs [Volume XIV (which is the complete Year 1867, January to December, but erroneously says 1868 on spine) / Volume XXII and Volume XXIII (which is the complete Year 1872, January to December) PLUS: Three Volumes with hundreds of plates / illustrations for the years 1873, 1877 and 1878. Being the very rare Illustrations / Plates – Volumes only (no text) for 1873: Volume The Twenty-Fourth / Volume Twenty-Fifth and 1877: Volume The Thirty-Second / Volume The Thirty-Third and 1878: Volume The Thirty-Fourth and Volume The Thirty-Fifth.

London, Office for Publication and Advertisements, 1868 / 1872 / 1873 / 1877 / 1878. (23 cm x 32.5 cm). All Five Volumes together contain c. 600 stunning lithographs / plates of which c. 180 are large, double-page-plates. [c. 60 plates missing or defect.] Original Hardcover / Original half leather with gilt lettering to spine. Overall very firm and in very good condition of the five volumes with occasional pages missing or some illustrations torn (see detailed descriptions of pagination). The 1873 Volume excellent. The Volumes 1877 and 1878 with some stronger fraying and dampstain-damage to the corners (Illustrations NOT effected). The price for these 5 heavy Volumes includes international free UPS Express shipping.

72. Riddell, Robert.

The Carpenter and Joiner, Stair Builder and Hand-Railer. With fifty-eight plates and a Series of Card-Board Models.

London / Edinburgh / Glasgow, William Mackenzie, no year [c.1874]. Folio (28 cm x 35 cm). Frontispiece, 124 pages text and 58 plates [The Frontispiece counts as Plate 58]. Original Hardcover with gilt lettering on board and reinforced, contemporary “workshop binding”. Good condition with signs of external wear. Inside a little dusty but firm and complete !!

73. Mulligan, Kevin V.

BALLYFIN – The Restoration of an Irish House & Demesne.

Tralee, Churchill House Press, 2011. Folio (25 cm wide x 31 cm high). 240 pages with illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Excellent, firm condition with only minor signs of wear.