Hardy Wilson and his Old Colonial Architecture. by PEARL, Cyril - 1970

Melbourne: Thomas Nelson, 1970. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 320mm x 405mm. Moderate general wear to boards. A small stain (1cm x 3.5cm) to top front of cloth. Some foxing to edges of page-block. Minimal foxing to feps and pastedowns. Otherwise internally clean. Binding tight. 34pp plus 47 full-page plates. Priced according to condition and lack of jacket..

Melbourne, Nelson, 1970.. 34pp+47 b/w plates. Folio. Original cloth-backed boards in dustwrapper with short tear , a very good copy.

Melbourne; Nelson; 1970.. First Edition; Med. Folio; pp. 34 (text), 47 (full page plates), unpaginated; frontispiece, original quarter cloth with cream papered boards, title lettered in gilt on spine, gilt decoration to front board, dustjacket a little chipped and worn, very good copy. This present volume is a memoir, and it is reproduced the best of the drawings from Old Colonial Architecture (1924), together with several that have never before been published. The book is therefore a new comprehensive collection of the best of Hardy Wilson's drawings. The introduction by Cyril Pearl brings the character of the man into sharp focus and using passages from Hardy Wilson's own writings, unfolds a portrait of a man beset by fears for man's aesthetic degradation and for the future of mankind itself.

Melbourne: Nelson, 1970. 1st edition. Nice copy. oversize. hardback in original cloth 34 + (47)pp., illusts., No dust jacket o/w a nice copy

Thomas Nelson. Melbourne. 1970.. Folio, non-paginated. Hardcover slightly marked and now protected by clear mylar, some very slight page wrinkling (exposure to damp?) otherwise interior in very good condition. Facsimile reproduction of Wilson's Old Colonial Architecture in New South Wales and Tasmania (1924) with 47 architectural drawings some never before published with biographical sketch by Pearl.

Melbourne: Nelson, 1970. 1st edition. Fine. oversize. chipped dust jacket 34 + (47)pp., illusts.,

Melbourne, Australia: Thomas Nelson Ltd, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover with cloth-backed boards in dust jacket, 1970, folio, 34pp. + 47 plates. Book VG with bump to top corners, mild wear to spine ends, binding tight, Commonwealth of Australia stamp to front and rear pastedown, otherwise text clean and unmarked. DJ good with some cracks and tears to spine, spine ends chipped, rubbing and soil, in protective mylar wrap. THIS LARGE BOOK WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING FEES.

Sydney, Australia: Thomas Nelson Ltd., 1970. 47 b/w plates. Unpaginated pages, clean and clear. Orange endpapers, with previous owner`s bookplate on front paste-down endpaper and an inscription by Hardy Wilson`s son on ffep. Brown cloth with gilt titles. Corners bumped, head and tail of spine lightly worn. Beige DJ with black and orange titles. Chips, wear along the edges. VG+/VG. First Edition.

EB: Nelson. Very Good. 1970. Hardcover. Hardcover. Folio. Published by Thomas Nelson, [Melbourne], Australia. No Date [©1970]. 34 pgs, illustrated with 47 plates. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. William (later Hardy) Wilson had been born in Sydney in 1881. His search for architectural truth, a deep love and appreciation of beauty, an interest in history and an abiding faith in the concept of the artist-architect led him to strive for the pre-Victorian virtues. But his was not mere copyism. Sensitive to the underlying qualities of colonial architecture, he sought to apply their timeless principles to his own work. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 34 pages .

Melbourne, London, Johannesburg: Thomas Nelson Ltd, 1970. An excellent copy with dust jacket.. Binding: ¼ cloth with paper boards, gilt embossed decorative design on upper board. Flat spine with title in gilt, dust jacket in excellent condition., Size: Folio, Illustration: Numerous lithographs depicting various architectural views., Pages: P. printer’s imprint, frontis, title, printer’s imprint, (2), 7-34, 47 plates, Category: Book Art, Architecture & Design;