1. 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

2. 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 !

3. [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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. [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.

8. 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 !

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. [Morris, William] Hollamby, Edward / Webb, Philip.

Red House – Bexleyheath 1859.

New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1991. 29.7 cm x 29.8 cm. 57 pages (unpaginated). With many colour and black and white illustrations and photographs. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor signs of discolouration to page edges. Otherwise bright and clean. (Architecture in Detail, No. 03).

12. 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.

13. Ní Mhuirí, Niamh.

Pollution in a Social Context with Emphasis on the Significance of Building Structures.

Limerick, Published By Author, 1990. 21.1 cm x 29.8 cm. 40 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor foxing to top edges. Otherwise excellent.

14. Pearson, David.

The Gaia Natural House Book: Creating a Healthy and Ecologically Sound Home. Foreword by Kevin McCloud.

London, Gaia Books Limited, 1998. 21 cm x 24.5 cm. 304 pages. With black and white and colour illustrations throughout. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor discolouration to page margins.

15. Phillips, Randal.

The House Improved.

London, Country Life, 1931. 17.5 cm x 24 cm. VIII, 144 pages. Numerous monochrome illustrations throughout. Hardcover [publisher’s original quarter binding] with lettering on blue buckram spine and blue front board. With illustrated dustjacket in protective mylar. Marbled pastedowns and endpapers. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior clean and bright.

16. 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.

17. 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 !!

18. Schoonbroodt, Leon (Editor).

Info Service: Dossier: Maisons Prefabriquees. Tour d’horizon complet de tous les systèmes de préfabrication: descriptif, plans, photos, prix, détails.

Belgium, Info Service, No Year. 21 cm x 29.9 cm. 146 pages. Black and white illustrations. Original Softcover. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Cover has some wear. Numbers in black ink on front cover. Minor foxing and discolouration to edges. Interior clean.

19. Summerson, John.

Architecture in Britain 1530-1830 (Pelican History of Art).

London, Penguin Books, 1953. 18.4 cm x 26.4 cm. XVIII, 373 pages. Illustrated with black and white plates. Original Hardcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. With only minor foxing to edges, front pages and endpaper. Pages slightly tanned. Rear endpaper separated from book block. Gilt lettering to spine and emblem on front cover. Binding strong.

20. 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.