1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Beale, S. Sophia.

The Amateur’s Guide to Architecture. With Numerous Illustrations.

Edinburgh, John Grant, 1905. 12.5 cm x 18.5 cm. Frontispiece with guard, X, 180 pages. Numerous engraved illustrations throughout text. Prize-Binding in beautifully bound Hardcover (full navy morocco) with gilt lettering on red title-label on spine with raised bands and gilt-tooled decoration to compartments. Gilt amorial stamp of Wimborne Grammar School (now Queen Elizabeth’s School) embossed on front board. Ornate gillt ruling board edges. Marvelously marbled pastedowns, endpapers and edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. With protective mylar. Few very small abrasions to leather at spine only. Crack to gutter between front endapers. Binding still good and firm. Some very minor foxing to otherwise clean and bright interior. Dated (July 1909) inscription from A.D.H Allan, Headmaster, and discreet stamps on front endpapers

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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 !

7. Brown, Terence / Gibney, Arthur / O’Doherty, Michael / Pequm, Caroline.

Building for Government: The Architecture of Irish State Buildings, 1900-2000. With Essays by Terence Brown, Arthur Gibney & Michael O’Doherty – Researched by Caroline Pequm.

Dublin, Town House and Country House Trinity House, 1999. Quarto (24.5 cm wide x 27.4 cm high). 269 pages. With illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

8. [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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. [Inisfada / Genevieve Garvan Brady / William J. Babington Macaulay] American Art Association.

Antique Furniture, Tapestries, Rugs, Other Art Property – Including four famous Gothic Tapestries and a Superb Sixteenth Century Ispahan Carpet – Collection of Genevieve Garvan Brady [Mrs. William J. Babington Macaulay]. [With a large amount of ephemera, newspaper-clippings with reports on the auction, admission-tickets etc.]. With chapters on Linen and Lace / Porcelain / Japanese Carved Ivories / Tsuba and Lacquer Boxes / French, Spanish and Italian Renaissance Furniture and Decorations / Garden Furniture / Lists also famous artwork like James Abbott McNeill Whistler’s “Lady Archibald Campbell, as Orlando” / etc. etc. Public Sale on the Premises INISFADA – Manhasset – Long Island.

Manhasset, American Art Association, 1937. 20,5 x 29 cm. 555 pages – Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover. Excellent, firm condition with minor signs of external wear. The full auction catalogue from this May 1937 sale of 2115 lots from the estate of Genevieve Garvan Brady (1879-1938), at one time married to Nicholas Frederic Brady (1878-1930) and then to Irish Diplomat William J. Babington Macaulay.

13. 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.

14. [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.

15. 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 !

16. 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. The Price of this heavy publication includes international shipping per Courier !

17. Lang, James.

Rebuilding St. Paul’s after the Great Fire of London.

London, New York, Toronto, Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1956. 19.5 cm x 25.6 cm. XI, 269 pages. 22 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine faded. Top corner of front board bumped. Minor foxing to endpapers and hint of tanning to edges but interior otherwise bright and clean.

18. Latham, Ian (Editor).

New Free Style : Arts & Crafts – Art Nouveau – Secession.

London, Architectural Design, 1980. 22.5 cm x 27.8 cm. 96 pages. With colour and black and white illustrations. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Cover separated from block. Otherwise interior clean and bright.

19. [Le Harivel, Adrian (Editor)].

Irish Watercolours and Drawings. [Exhibition at the National Gallery of Ireland, 20 August – 29 September, 1991].

Dublin, The National Gallery of Ireland, 1991. Quarto (22.5 cm x 29 cm wide). 176 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of wear.

20. Lloyd, Nathaniel.

A History of the English House – From the Primitive Times to the Victorian Period.

Second Edition. London, The Architectural Press, 1949. Quarto: (23 cm wide x 31 cm high). 487 pages with a large section of 888 (!) illustrations. Original Hardcover / Original green publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine and frontcover. Binding slightly stained and bumped but overall firm and especially the interior in absolutely excellent condition.