1. [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.

2. Britton, John.

The Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain Represented and Illustrated in a Series of Views, Elevations, Plans, Sections and Details, of [Various] Ancient English Edifices: With historical and descriptive accounts of Each. [Including the rare Volume V: “Chronological History and Graphic Illustrations of Christian Architecture in England – Embracing “A Critical Inquiry into the Rise, Progress and Perfection of this Species of Architecture; Also Eighty-six Plates of Plans, Sections, Elevations and Views with Historical and Descriptive Accounts of each Edifice and Subject; an Alphabetical List of Architects of the Middle Ages and Chronological Lists of Ancient Churches, Sepulchral Monuments, Pulpits, Fonts, Stone Crosses, etc. – A Dictionary of Architectural Terms and copious Indexes].

First Edition. Five Volumes [complete set]. London, Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme; J.Taylor, Architectural Library and the Author, 1807 – 1835. Quarto (24 cm x 30 cm). Complete with 278 plates. Original Hardcover (Volume I professionally rebound, Volumes 2, 3, 4 and 5, professionally repaired. All Volumes in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Only very few plates with faded dampstain to outer margins. An extraordinary set of architectural scenery in high-quality engravings.

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. 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.

5. Whiteman, G.W.

Some Famous English Country Homes from the the time of Henry VIII to the Regency.

London, Antique Collector Ltd., 1951. 25.5 cm x 31 cm. 172 pages. Numerous mononchrome images throughout. Hardcover [publisher’s original grey cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Corners of boards show some rubbing and spine cloth slightly worn. Interior bright and clean.

6. 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.

7. Brown, R. Allen.

English Medieval Castles (The New Heritage Series).

London, B.T.Batsford, 1954. 8°. 208 pages including a Map of England, showing the location of the Castles mentioned in the Text. Original Hardcover. Excellent, very clean conditon.

8. 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.

9. Dean, David.

English Shop Fronts from Contemporary Source Books 1792-1840.

London, Alec Tiranti Ltd., 1970. 21.8 cm x 27.8 cm. Black and white fronispiece. Unpaginated. With 77 full page illustrations. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor discolouration to page edges. Pages very lightly tanned. Otherwise interior pages clean and unmarked.

10. [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).