Search Results: ARCHITECTURE from Chilton Books

Cambridge : The Lutterworth Press 2015 .. First edition. 10.0" x 7.5" x 0.25" . pp.xiii/pp.127/[1p. - Adverts] .Clean paperback, profusely illustrated with colour pictures. VG.

York: Cerialis Press, 1979.. 1st edition. "The author, as an architectural historian trained in the use of documentary sources, is interested in the designers and craftsmen as well as the style of existing buildings from Saxon to modern times." Pp.viii/168, numerous black & white photographs throughout. Maroon rexine boards, dustwrapper has minor edge wear. VG/VG.

London: Caxton House, Westminster, 1912 .. A very good and original cloth binding. 12.75" x 8.75" x 1.0". pp.iv /pp.360 . Green cloth with gilt decoration to both boards, and bright gilt titles to spine. Just the odd small blemish, and rubbing to edges. Clean text and illustrations throughout. VG. N.B.: This is a heavy book so there will be an extra charge for posting outside of the UK. ** " Macartney, Sir Mervyn Edmund (1853�1932): Son of a Co. Armagh, Ireland, family, he was born in London, was a pupil of Norman Shaw, and a founder of the Art-Workers' Guild. He began practice in 1882, his work showing Shaw's influence with a strong dash of late-C17 and early C18 architectural elements. Among his buildings, 169 Queen's Gate (1899), 1�6 Egerton Place (1893), and the Public Library, Essex Road, Islington (1916), all in London, may be mentioned, but he was better known for his publications, including The Practical Exemplar of Architecture (1908�27) and (with Belcher) Later Renaissance… Read More

London: Caxton House, Westminster, 1911 .. A very good and original cloth binding. 12.75" x 8.75" x 1.0". pp.vii/[1p.] /pp.364 . Green cloth with gilt decoration to both boards, and bright gilt titles to spine. Just the odd small blemish, and rubbing to edges. Clean text and illustrations throughout. VG. N.B.: This is a heavy book so there will be an extra charge for posting outside of the UK. ** " Macartney, Sir Mervyn Edmund (1853�1932): Son of a Co. Armagh, Ireland, family, he was born in London, was a pupil of Norman Shaw, and a founder of the Art-Workers' Guild. He began practice in 1882, his work showing Shaw's influence with a strong dash of late-C17 and early C18 architectural elements. Among his buildings, 169 Queen's Gate (1899), 1�6 Egerton Place (1893), and the Public Library, Essex Road, Islington (1916), all in London, may be mentioned, but he was better known for his publications, including The Practical Exemplar of Architecture (1908�27) and (with Belcher) Later Renaissance… Read More

London: Caxton House, Westminster, 1911 .. A very good and original cloth binding. 12.75" x 8.75" x 1.0". pp.vii /[1p.]/pp.358 . Green cloth with gilt decoration to both boards, and bright gilt titles to spine. Just the odd small blemish, and rubbing to edges. Clean text and illustrations throughout. VG. N.B.: This is a heavy book so there will be an extra charge for posting outside of the UK. ** " Macartney, Sir Mervyn Edmund (1853�1932): Son of a Co. Armagh, Ireland, family, he was born in London, was a pupil of Norman Shaw, and a founder of the Art-Workers' Guild. He began practice in 1882, his work showing Shaw's influence with a strong dash of late-C17 and early C18 architectural elements. Among his buildings, 169 Queen's Gate (1899), 1�6 Egerton Place (1893), and the Public Library, Essex Road, Islington (1916), all in London, may be mentioned, but he was better known for his publications, including The Practical Exemplar of Architecture (1908�27) and (with Belcher) Later Renaissance… Read More

London: Caxton House, Westminster, 1910 .. A very good and original cloth binding. 12.75" x 8.75" x 1.0". pp.iv /pp.310 . Green cloth with gilt decoration to both boards, and bright gilt titles to spine. Just the odd small blemish, and rubbing to edges. Clean text and illustrations throughout. VG. N.B.: This is a heavy book so there will be an extra charge for posting outside of the UK. ** " Macartney, Sir Mervyn Edmund (1853�1932): Son of a Co. Armagh, Ireland, family, he was born in London, was a pupil of Norman Shaw, and a founder of the Art-Workers' Guild. He began practice in 1882, his work showing Shaw's influence with a strong dash of late-C17 and early C18 architectural elements. Among his buildings, 169 Queen's Gate (1899), 1�6 Egerton Place (1893), and the Public Library, Essex Road, Islington (1916), all in London, may be mentioned, but he was better known for his publications, including The Practical Exemplar of Architecture (1908�27) and (with Belcher) Later Renaissance… Read More

London: Caxton House, Westminster, 1910 .. A very good and original cloth binding. 12.75" x 8.75" x 1.0". pp.iv /pp.372 . Green cloth with gilt decoration to both boards, and bright gilt titles to spine. Just the odd small blemish, and rubbing to edges. Clean text and illustrations throughout. VG. N.B.: This is a heavy book so there will be an extra charge for posting outside of the UK. ** " Macartney, Sir Mervyn Edmund (1853�1932): Son of a Co. Armagh, Ireland, family, he was born in London, was a pupil of Norman Shaw, and a founder of the Art-Workers' Guild. He began practice in 1882, his work showing Shaw's influence with a strong dash of late-C17 and early C18 architectural elements. Among his buildings, 169 Queen's Gate (1899), 1�6 Egerton Place (1893), and the Public Library, Essex Road, Islington (1916), all in London, may be mentioned, but he was better known for his publications, including The Practical Exemplar of Architecture (1908�27) and (with Belcher) Later Renaissance… Read More

London: Caxton House, Westminster, 1912 .. A very good and original cloth binding. 12.75" x 8.75" x 1.0". pp.vii/[1p.] /pp.374 . Green cloth with gilt decoration to both boards, and bright gilt titles to spine. Just the odd small blemish, and rubbing to edges. Clean text and illustrations throughout. VG. N.B.: This is a heavy book so there will be an extra charge for posting outside of the UK. ** " Macartney, Sir Mervyn Edmund (1853�1932): Son of a Co. Armagh, Ireland, family, he was born in London, was a pupil of Norman Shaw, and a founder of the Art-Workers' Guild. He began practice in 1882, his work showing Shaw's influence with a strong dash of late-C17 and early C18 architectural elements. Among his buildings, 169 Queen's Gate (1899), 1�6 Egerton Place (1893), and the Public Library, Essex Road, Islington (1916), all in London, may be mentioned, but he was better known for his publications, including The Practical Exemplar of Architecture (1908�27) and (with Belcher) Later Renaissance… Read More

Stevenage: Hertfrodshire Publications, 1984.. Draws attention to three developments which above all others have helped to transform the primitive shelters of our ancestors into comfortable homes. 20cms x 21cms. Pp.32, black & white photos and floor plans throughout, errata slip enclosed. Orange card covers. VG.

Clapham: Dalesman Books, 1976.. How did the Dales people who made these buildings set about the work of design, getting together the materials, putting up the building and so on? More attention is paid to the people concerned with making, living in and using them than to architectural merit." Pp.88, b/w photo and line figure illustrations. Pbk. VG.

Earls Colne, Essex: The Earls Colne Printing Co., 1917.. (Reprinted from the "Chelmsford Diocesan Chronicle" Vols.II. and III., 1916-17.) Descriptions of chalices, cups, patens, flagons, alms dishes, candlesticks and other items of church silver. [2pp.]/pp.20 + 1 plate with six black & white photos of cups in the Saffron Walden Deanery. A very good half calf binding. Black calf spine and corners over pale red cloth. Gilt titles to spine: "The Church Plate Of saffron Walden Deanery. 1917". Small library stamp to front endpaper: "Birmingham Assay Office Library". Clean throughout. VG

Earls Colne: The Earls Colne Printing Co., 1915.. (Reprinted from the "Chelmsford Diocesan Chronicle" Vol.1., 1915). Descriptions of chalices, cups, patens, flagons, alms dishes, candlesticks and other items of church silver. Parishes covered are: Arkesden, Berden, Birchanger, Clavering, Elsenham, Farnham, Henham, Langley, Manuden, Newport, Quendon, Rickling, Stansted Mountfitchet, Ugley(or Oakley), Wicken Bonhunt, and Widdington. Pp.13/[1p.]/pp.3, + 1 plate with two black & white photos of cups of secular origin used as chalices from Berden(1602) and Farnham(1612). Plus a further black & white photo of Great Tey Communion Cup And Paten Cover 1561. A very good half calf binding. Black calf spine and corners over pale red cloth. Gilt titles to spine: "The Church Plate Of Newport & Stansted Deanery. 1915". Small library stamp to front free-endpaper: "Birmingham Assay Office Library". Clean throughout. VG

London: Published for the Committee of Council on Education By Chapman And Hall, Limited, 11, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, 1881 .. Scarce first edition. A very good half leather binding. 8vo. pp.12/pp.155/1p. - Clophon]. Green calf spine and corners over green buckram boards. Spine with lightly rubbed gilt titles: "College And Corporation Plate - Cripps". Marbled endpapers. Small blue booksellers label to verso of the front board: "B. T. Batsford, Archetectural & Engineering Bookseller & Publisher 94 High Holborn, London". Small library stamp to front endpaper: "Birmingham Assay Office Library". Clean text and illustrations throughout. VG. ** "Wilfred Joseph Cripps CB FSA (8 June 1841 � 26 October 1903) was an English antiquarian and a writer on antique silver plate. In the early 1870s W. J. Cripps began research on old English plate. In 1878 he published Old English Plate, which went through nine editions by 1906 and provided valuable information for buyers of antique plate. In June 1880… Read More

London: Save Britain's Heritage, 1993.. 1st edition. The legacy of the army, navy and airforce: The purpose is to show the remarkable range of buildings that survive, to highlight those that are in danger and to illustrate imaginative new uses. Contents includes: Great Britain's Naval Heritage; The Range of Post Medieval Military Buildings and Defensive Structures; The Fortress Study Group and Artillery Forts in Great Britain; Scottish Defensible Places and Gunpowder Weapons 1450-1900; Naval Military and Air Force Structures in Northern Ireland; Aerodromes and Air Force Buildings; The Reuse of Military Resources in the United States; Plus Gazeteer of Buildings and Sites. 29cms x 20.5cms x 1cm. Pp.243/5(index, black & white photos throughout, owner's name to title page. Paperback. VG.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1922.. 1st edition. Ex-Priory library. Contents: I. The Beginnings to 1080; II. Monastic Architecture, 1080-1140; III. Cluniac and Cistecian, 1140-1215; IV. The English Gothic, 1215-1250; V. The Gothic Summit, 1250-1290; VI. First Years of Romantic Art, 1280-1310; VII. The Second Era of English Romantic Art, 1310-1350; VIII. The Latest Gothic. Pp.xii/147, 7 black & white plates (include map and plans), toning to endpapers, rough-cut page edges, modern bookplate for Saint Dominic's Priory, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and small number notation to inside front board. Beige cloth, slightly darkened with minor edge bumps, lighter patch to spine where library label was. Good.

London: Routledge and Paul, 1967.. 2nd impression, with corrections and additions. "He first discusses the different types of mills and their variations in different parts of the country, and goes on to give a detailed account of their machinery, how the mills worked and the men who operate them. He dealst finally with their decline in this country and how they should be preserved and recorded. The pen-and-ink drawings were made specially for the book, and the plates include all those windmills in England which at present [1967] work by wind, as well as many which have done so during the past 30 years." Pp.xxiv/246, over 32 b/w photo plates + 64 figure illustrations by Vincent Lines. Plus a Ministry of Public Buildings and Works: Ancient Monuments and Historic Buildings 10 page booklet: Saxtead Green Mill , Framlingham, Suffolk by Rex Wailes.(Reprint, 1969). Blue cloth, dustwrapper (illustrated by Vincent Lines) has rubbing to edges and a 2cm tear to top edge but has a removable clear… Read More

London: Phillimore & Co. Ltd, 1980.. 1st edition. "Appealing, as it does, to every type of architectural historian, from the connoisseur of cathedrals to the vernacular 'barn and cottage' enthusiast, it also offers the first practical insight into the structure and age of their homes and outbuildings for the many thosands of owners of old buildings in Britain, most of whom are likely to learn that their timber-work is appreciably older than was thought." 25cms x 19cms x 4cms. Pp.xiv/338, 12 black & white plates + 382 figure illustration line drawing. Brown cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

Cressing Temple: Essex Historic Buildings Group, 2011.. Report of the Essex Historic Buildings Group Day School 2008. Contents: 1.Introduction and Overview; 2.East Anglian Roofs: AAn Essex-Centric View; 3.Early Roofs in Hampshire: 1240-1600; 4.Medieval Roofs in the West Midlands: The Potential of Archaeology and Tree-Ring Dating; 5.Roof Carpentry in Devon from 1250-1700; 6.Medieval Roofs in the North of England; 7.Roofs in Yorkshire Timber-Framed Buildings Before c.1560; 8. Queenpost Roofs in East Anglia; 9.Glossary; 10.Bibliography; 11.Index of Buildings Illustrated. 29.8cms x 21cms x 1cm. Pp.162, many colour and black & white photos + line-drawing figure illustrations throughout. Paperback. Scarce. VG.

Privately Printed for Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature, and Art, 1905 .. Privately printed for the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature, and Art,. pp.106 + 12 full-page plates. Second title-page on recto of p.24: "Second Report Of The Committee On Church Plate...1907." A very good red quarter calf binding. Leather spine over red cloth boards. Spine with gilt titles: "1905-12 Devonshire Church Plate Reports. J. F. Chanter". Small library stamp to front endpaper: "Birmingham Assay Office Library". Clean text throughout. VG. ** "Wilfred Joseph Cripps CB FSA (8 June 1841 � 26 October 1903) was an English antiquarian and a writer on antique silver plate. In the early 1870s W. J. Cripps began research on old English plate. In 1878 he published Old English Plate, which went through nine editions by 1906 and provided valuable information for buyers of antique plate. In June 1880 he was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of… Read More

London: The Victoria & Albert Museum, 1993.. This book is a history of the only complete interior to be seen in Europe, designed by the illustrious American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Drawing on the fascinating and often contentious correspondence between Wright, his staff and the client, the book offers an insight into Wright's working methods and places the room within the context of the architect's long and varied career." Pp.88, 67 black & white photos and other figure illustrations. Red cloth, dustwrapper slightly rubbed. VG/VG.