Search Results: Architecture from JimsOldBooks

Riga, Latvia: Avots, 1991. No dustwrapper (as issued), previous owner has written ''Riga'' on the otherwise blank spine, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Shows old postcards of Riga in Latvia from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, at the time that the country was still part of Imperial Russia. Text in Latvian, Russian, English and German. pages not numbered but about 120pp, illustrations of (mostly colour) postcards throughout.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Dublin: Dublin City Council, 2015. Hardback edition. A small tear to top edge of front panel of unclipped dustwrapper, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with the twenty-four bridges in Dublin city and county that span the river Liffey. A heavy book, packaged weight is about 1200g, so extra postage will be required from buyers outside of the UK. 256pp, colour illustations (and some b&w) throughout. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: B T Batsford, 1946. Second edition from 1946. Creasing and small tears to the edges of unclipped dustwrapper, with a few small bits missing along the edges and a larger tear to the front panel. Some bumping to spine ends and corners of red boards, a previous owner's name (scribbled out) on f/ep, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Looks at English architects and architecture from the early seventeenth century up to the Regency period in the early nineteenth century. 196pp, over 200 b&w illustrations.. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 2010. Very slight creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, also some corrugation to bottom edge of same where it has got wet at some point, though with no damage to the illustration. A tiny bit of bumping to corners of black boards, again a little bit of corrugation to bottom edge of outer pages, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this large hard-cover book. A heavy book, packaged weight is about 2.5 kilos, so extra postage will be required. Looks at church buildings in Ireland from the arrival of Christianity in the fifth century up to the early 1100s. 392pp, 298 illustations in colour and in b&w.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: The Prince of Wales's Institute of Architecture, 1996. Minor wear to corners of front cover, otherwise a very good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book published to accompany the exhibition "Creations and Recreations: Thirty Years of Design and Painting" dealing with the work of Alec Cobbe over the previous thirty years which was held at The Prince of Wales's Institute of Architecture in London between May 7th and June 7th 1996. 63pp. Illustrations in colour and b&w.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1969. Price-clipped dustwrapper has creasing and tears to the edges, some bumping to spine ends and corners of brown boards, a previous owner's name on half-title, otherwise a good tight copy of this hard-cover book. The author looks at Gothic architecture and other detail as found in English mediaeval churches (in the first half of the book) then at the same in Europe. 191pp, 8 colour and 160 b&w illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1968. No dustwrapper. Ex library copy with white numbers on spine of blue cloth-covered boards, labels inside front board, ink stamps on f/ep, title page and rev, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. A ''selective'' guide to buildings of architectural interest in Illinois. 304pp, 150 b&w illustrations.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1951. Rebound in red boards with gilt titles on spine. Slight scuffing to corners of boards and to bottom end of spine, minor fading to spine but gilt titles thereon are still bright, some yellowing to the pages as would be expected, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. An early volume in the publisher's "Buildings of England" series, book number BE2, this one deals with the buildings of the county of Nottinghamshire. 248pp plus 64pp b&w illustrations and a map.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: B T Batsford, 1905. No dustwrapper, some bumping to spine ends and corners of dark green boards, gilt titles on spine are rubbed but still readable, the black titles and decoration on front board is all clear. Contains 100 full-page b&w pictures of houses from photographs taken by W Galsworthy Davie; and an introductory account by E Guy Dawber. A heavy book, packaged weight is about 1.7 kilos, so extra postage will be required from buyers outside the UK. 78pp (introduction), 100pp (illustrations).. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Davie, W Galsworthy (photographer). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: B T Batsford, 1954. Some creasing and small tears to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, also some rubbing to sides of spine of same. Minor bumping to spine ends of blue boards and some fading to ends of same. Original owner's embossed stamp on f/ep, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in 1935, this is a later, seventh edition from 1954, edited and with additional material by Charles Bradley Ford. Part of the publisher's "British Heritage Series", this one looks at English Parish churches. 126pp, 149 b&w illustrations, also a few b&w diagrams in the text.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Edinburgh: Canongate, 2017. Very slight creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Autobiographical memoirs from the author, and his favourable opinions on modern architecture. A heavy book, packaged weight would be about 1200g, so extra postage will be required from buyers outside the UK. 336pp, colour and b&w illustration throughout.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Batsford, 1982. Paperback edition from 1982. Minor creasing to spine, a crease to the first page, some pencil notes and underlining in the text by a previous owner, otherwise a good tight copy of this soft-cover book. Deals with the architecture of the Roman Empire from the time of Augustus in the first century AD up to the capital being moved to Constantinople in 330 AD. 288pp, 183 b&w illustrations and diagrams.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Krakow: Universitas, 1991. A small crease to the spine and minor wear to the edges of the cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this Polish-language book. Written in Polish. Title translates as ''The Art of Crakow and Galicia in the Nineteenth Century''. A collection of ten essays by different authors. 160pp plus 64pp b&w illustrations.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1976. No dustwrapper, a small mark to outer edge of front board and to spine, possibly from the book being part of a bundle tied with string, minor bumping to corners, a slight crease to the spine, a previous owner's name on f/ep, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in 1969, this is a second edition from 1976. Part of the publisher's "The Buildings of England" series, this one covers the areas of West Kent and the Weald, rougly south of a line from Gravesend, through Maidstone to Hythe. 671pp, 100 b&w illustrations and a map.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.