51. [Oxford University-History / The Bodleian Library] Best & Lloyd Limited.

Architectural Lighting. [Extremely Rare Art Deco Lighting Catalogue of Best & Lloyd Limited – With several imgae sof Lighting applied to Nos. 10 and 11 Downing Street as well as the image of “The Bodleian Library now lit by artificial light for the First Time since its foundation” (this dates the catalogue to 1929/1930)].

London, The Kynoch Press, [Best & Lloyd Limited, Handsworth – Birmingham and 40 Gt. Marlborough St.], no year (c.1929/1930). Octavo (19 cm wide x 25.4 cm high). 63 pages with numerous photographs of Art Deco Lights, Art Deco Lighting products, Art Deco Lighting Fixtures, etc. Original Hardcover. Spine slightly damaged / Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

52. Pakenham, Valerie. (Photography by Thomas Pakenham).

The Big House in Ireland.

First edition. London, Cassell & Co., 2000. 30 x 25 cm. 192 pages, 207 illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

53. Palm House Conservatory Belfast – Anonymus.

Palm House Conservatory – Botanical Garden in Belfast.

Original 19th century Gouache painting with title in ink mounted separately. Belfast, c. 1880. Beautifully framed. The frame with the Gouache measures: 36 cm x 38.5 cm. The Gouache itself measures: 15 cm high x 19 cm wide. Excellent condition of this beautiful original artwork showing the spectacular 19th century Palm House with surroundings.

54. 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.

55. Pildas, Ave / Irwin Smith, Lucinda.

Movie Palaces – Survivors of an Elegant Era. Text by Lucinda Smith, Foreword by King Vidor.

New York, Clarkson N. Potter, Inc/Publishers New York, 1980. 23.5 cm x 30.5 cm. 128 pages. Illustrated with 181 full colour photographs and 15 black-and-white photographs by Ave Pildas. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. The dustjacket with some tears but otherwise the publication overall in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

56. 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.

57. Richardson, A.E. / Gill, C. Lovett.

Regional Architecture of the West of England.

London, Ernest Benn, 1924. 22.5cm x 28.5cm. XX, 188 pages. Original Hardcover (red cloth with gilt lettering on spine). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

58. 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 !!

59. Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall and Partners.

New Life in Old Towns. Report on two pilot studies on urban renewal in Nelson and Rawtenstall municipal boroughs.

London, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1971. 21 cm x 29 cm. 212 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Some rubbing to outer spine.

60. Rollin, Mr. [Charles].

The History of the Arts and Sciences of Antients [with all 52 plates complete] – Under the following Heads : In Three Volumes. Volume I: Agriculture, Commerce, Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, Music, the Art Military / Volume II: Art Military, Grammar, Philology, Rhetoric, Poetry / Volume III: Poetry, History, Eloquence, Philosophy, Civil Law, Metaphysics and Physics, Physic, Botany, Chymistry [Chemistry], Anatomy, Mathematics, Geometry, Astronomy, Arithmetic, Geography and Navigation. By Mr. Rollin, Late Principal of the University of Paris, Professor of Eloquence in the Royal College and Member of the Royal Academy of Inscriptions and Belles Lettres. Translated from the French. The Second Edition. Illustrated with Fifty-two [52] Copper Plates, representing the Civil and Military Architecture of the Antients, their Temples, Machines, Engines of War, Painting, &c.

3 Volumes (complete set). London, Printed for J. and F. Rivington, 1768. Octavo. Volume I: [12], 374 pages with 12 plates (as called for) / Volume II: [4], 360 pages with 40 plates (as called for) [pages 71 – 74 and the two plates these two pages are holding, loosely inserted], [Plate on page 104 loosely inserted] / Volume III: [4], 516 pages including a thorough Index. Hardcover / Original 18th century full leather with gilt lettering and ornament to spines of all three Volumes. All Volumes in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. All Volumes firm and all plates complete and in really excellent condition and strong imprints. All plates folded beautifully without tears ! From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown. Rare in this complete and excellent condition. It is common to find this work with plates missing which makes this complete set extremely scarce.

61. Russell, Michael.

Nubia and Abyssinia: Comprehending their Civil History, Antiquities, Arts, Religion, Literature, and Natural History. Illustrated by a Map and Twelve Engravings, Chiefly by Jackson.

First Edition. Edinburgh / London, Oliver & Boyd / Simpkin & Marshal, 1833. 11 cm x 17 cm. 440 pages. Fold-out-map of Nubia and Abyssinia placed before titlepage. Twelve single-page engraved illustrations. Nine of these are by Jackson, two by Branston and one by Wright. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with ‘Edinburgh Cabinet Library’– label on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Abrasions and tears evident to spine. Binding still firm and strong. Minor, clean tear in fold-out map. Some foxing to map, tissue-guard and titlepage. Private gift-inscription by preowner James Johnstone (possibly the scottish MP for Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire) to his sister A.E.Webster on endpaper. [Edinburgh Cabinet Library – XII].

62. 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.

63. Shaw, Rev. Stebbing.

The History and Antiquities of Staffordshire. Complete Set of two Volumes (all published/fully restored). With an original Plan of Wolverhampton, A large map of Staffordshire, Engravings of Boscobel House, The Pedigree of Turton, Etchings of Kings Bromley, Pipe Ridware House, Lichfield, Site of Blythbury Priory, Mavesyn Ridware, Cathedral of Lichfield, View of Freeford, etc. etc. Volume I – Containing the Ancient and Modern History of Thirty Parishes in the Hundred of Offlow, arranged Geographically, with an Appendix of the most curious Charters &c. Illustrated with sixty-two copper plates and a copious Index / Volume II – Part1 (all published) – Containing the Prefatory Introduction, commencing with a Series of Original Letters from Plot’s time to the present; General and Natural History &c. Ancient and Modern History of the remaining Parishes in the Hundred of Offlow and the Whole of Seisdon, arranged Geographically with an Appendix of curious Charters and other additions and Corrections &c. Illustrated with fifty copper plates and a copious Index. Compiled from the Manuscripts of Huntbach, Loxdale, Bishop Lyttelton, and other Collections of Dr.Wilkes, the Rev. T.Reilde. Including Erdeswicke’s Survey of the County and the approved parts of Dr. Plot’s Natural History. The whole brought down to the present time. Interspersed with Pedigrees and Anecdotes of Families, Observations on Agriculture, Commerce, Mines and Manufactories and illustrated with a very full and correct new map of the County, “Agri Staffordiensis Icon” and numerous other plates.

London, J.Nichols and Son, 1798-1801. Large-Folio. Volume I: Folded Map of Staffordshire by W.Faden, Portrait of Rev. Shaw (detached), XXIV, (2), 125, XXXVIII, 434, 38 pages / Volume II, Part I: A Plan of Wolverhampton, XXXII, 290, 20 pages. With a double-page plan, a large, folded county map (coloured), 82 engraved plates, numerous vignettes within the text and 3 folded pedigree – tables. Modern Hardcover. Exceptionally restored. This work is difficult to handle if not in a sturdy binding ! Original Edition in professionally rebound halfleather with gilt lettering on spine and extra-strong boards, suited for this heavy set. This masterpiece of underestimated english local history is of great interest because of its fold out maps and numerous large folio etchings.

64. Singelenberg, Pieter/ Several authors.

Nederlandse Architectuur. Volume I: 1856-1934 Berlage (Haags Gemeentemuseum 30/8 – 16/11 1975), Volume II: 1880-1930 Americana (Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller), Volume III: 1893-1918 Architectura (Architectuur Museum Amsterdam 5/9 – 16/11 1975), Volume IV: 1910-1930 Amsterdamse School (Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam 13/9 – 9/11 1975).

Set of 4 volumes. Amsterdam, van Gennep, 1975. 27,5 cm x 21 cm. Volume I: 96 pagina’s / pages, Volume II: 112 pagina’s / pages, Volume III: 112 pagina’s / pages, Volume IV: 112 pagina’s / pages. Met talrijke illustraties in zwart-wit / With many black-and-white illustrations throughout catalogs. Illustrated Softcover. Afkomstig uit de bibliotheek van de modeontwerper Frans Molenaar. In zeer goede staat met slechts weinig sporen van slijtage / From the library of dutch fashion designer Frans Molenaar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

65. 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.

66. Teehan, Virginia / Wincott Heckett, Elizabeth.

The Honan Chapel – A Golden Vision.

Cork, Cork University Press, 2004. 25 cm x 33 cm. XV, 240 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

67. Tschernichow, Jakow.

Konstruktion der Architektur und Maschinenformen. Mit einer Einleitung von Leonid Demjanow. Aus dem Russischen Von N. A. Jepantschin.

Basel / Berlin / Boston, Birkhäuser Verlag, 1991. 22,5 cm x 30 cm. XV, 232 pages, (40) pages. Original Hardcover. Sehr seltene Publikation / Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. [Sowjetische Architektur in der Edition Archibook].

68. [van der Rohe, Mies].

Mies van der Rohe’s German Pavilion in Barcelona (1929 – 1986).

Barcelona, Public Foundation for the Mies van der Rohe German Pavilion in Barcelona (Ajuntament de Barcelona), 1987. Folio (24 cm wide x 32 cm high). 119 pages with illustrations and photographs throughout. Original, illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

69. [Vanbrugh, John] Whistler, Laurence.

The Imagination of Vanbrugh and his fellow artists. [Together with the 4 Volume set of Complete Works of Sir John Vanbrugh (Bloomsbury, The Nonesuch Press, 1927) / Also together with an original, limited engraving of Vanbrugh’s “Pyramid at Stowe” by Artist John Ingamells].

First Edition. London, Art and Technics Limited/B.T. Batsford Limited, 1954. 22cm x 32cm. XV, 269, 86 unnumbered pages of illustrations. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear to the slightly stained binding. [Including: Vanbrugh, John. The Complete Works of Sir John VanBrugh. The Plays Edited by Banamy Dobree. The Letters Edited by Geoffrey Webb. Volume I: Introduction / The Relapse / The Provok’d Wife / A Short Vindication of the Relapse and the Provok’d Wife from Immorality and Prohpaneness / Volume II containing: Aesop – Parts I and II / The Pilgrim / The False Friend / The Country House – Volume III: The Confederacy / The Mistake / A Journey to London / The Provok’d Husband / The Fourth Volume containing The Letters // Number1295 of 1300 numbered sets on machine-made paper (total 1410). Four Volumes (complete). Bloomsbury, The Nonesuch Press, 1927. 20cm x 26.5cm. XLIV, 239, 257, 290, 284 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with some signs of external wear. The Volumes in firm condition]

70. Vulliamy, Lewis / Spiers, R. Phene.

Examples of Classic Ornament from Greece & Rome. Drawn from the Originals by Lewis Vulliamy [Architect, Gold Medallist and Travelling Student of the Royal Academy]. A Series of Twenty Plates [Plate No. VI missing]. Selected from the Original Published Work and with Introductory & Descriptive Notes by R. Phene Spiers.

London, B.T. Batsford, 1907. Large Folio (43 cm x 50 cm). Preface and Notes, 19 plates (of 20). Original Hardcover with original ribbons in place. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. The plates in excellent condition with only very minor signs of foxing. Very Rare publication !

71. [Wagner, Otto], Geretsegger, Heinz, Peintner, Max.

Otto Wagner, 1841-1918. Unbegrenzte Groszstadt, Beginn der Modernen Architektur. Unter Mitarbeit von Walter Pichler. Neu bearbeitete und erweiterte Ausgabe.

Salzburg, Vienna, Residenz Verlag, 1978. 23.5 cm x 28 cm. 283 pages. 306 illustrations, 6 full-page colour illustrations and a map of Vienna. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

72. Watson, Frank.

The Hush House: Cold War Sites In England.

London, Hush House Publishers, 2004. 29,5 cm x 24,5 cm. [48] pages with Illustrations throughout. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Signed by the Frank Watson !

73. Weir, Hugh.

Houses of Clare [Houses of County Clare] / Historical Genealogical Architectural Notes on some Houses of Clare. By Hugh Weir with Line Drawings by the author and a Foreword by the Knight of Glin.

Whitegate (County Clare), Ballinakella Press, 1986. Quarto (22.5 cm wide x 29.5 cm high). 285 pages Text plus 20 unnumbered pages with Photographs and a thorough Index. Original Hardcover (without the original dustjacket) in protective see-through collector’s mylar. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of wear. An extremely Rare Book.

74. Wharton, Edith / Parrish, Maxfield (illustrator).

Italian Villas and their Gardens.

Facsimile / Reprint of the original 1904 first edition. New York, Da Capo Press, No date (1976). 18 cm x 25 cm. XXII, 270 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Corners slightly bumped. [The Classical America Series in Art and Architecture]

75. White, John.

Rural Architecture Illustrated in a New Series of Designs for Ornamental Cottages and Villas exemplified by Plans, Elevations, Sections and Details.

Glasgow, John White, 1852. Folio (31 cm x 40 cm). 44 pages text interleaved with 81 full page plates with hundreds of stunning illustrations. Original Hardcover (Half leather with gilt lettering on spine. Stronger rubbed binding but firm. Endpaper ,missing and titlepage with larger tear. But otherwise in good condition (slightly stained only). From the library of irish architect and architectural historian Rudolf Maximilian Butler. Exlibris of R.M.Butler to pastedown. The 1845 edition is more common and this 1852 edition is now a rare publication !

76. 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.

77. 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.

78. [Wright, Frank Lloyd] Kaufmann jr., Edgar.

9 Commentaries on Frank Lloyd Wright.

New York, The Architectural History Foundation / The MIT Press, 1989. Small Quarto (22 cm wide x 23.5 cm high). 158 pages / Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover (no dustjacket). Excellent condition.

79. 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.