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Reminiscences of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition
by Cundall, Frank (editor)
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- 1886
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London: William Clowes & Sons, 1886. First Edition. Thomas Riley. With sections on the individual states of Australia, promoting Victorian gold and wine, the minerals of Queensland and New South Wales, pearls from Western Australia, and the goats and merino sheep of South Australia. Also includes a study of the architecture of India, and with mentions of 16th century… Read more about this item Item Price
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![Motivi Dereviannoi Arkhitektury [Designs in Wooden Architecture]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/281/178/1535178281.0.m.jpg)
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Motivi Dereviannoi Arkhitektury [Designs in Wooden Architecture]
by Karpovich, V.S. (editor)
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- 1903
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St. Petersburg, 1903. First Edition. 31 plates of designs, plans and photographs of dachas, printed recto only, 3 illustrated section titles, 3 leaves text including title page, publisher's illustrated card covers, designed by Ivan Bilibin, re-attatched and somewhat marked. Very uncommon. Item Price
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Garden Ornament
by JEKYLL, Gertrude & HUSSEY, Christopher
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- 1918
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London: Country Life, 1918. First Edition. One of the finest garden books of the twentieth century.
Christopher Hussey and Gertrude Jekyll created this impressive pictorial treatise dealing with "garden design in relation to architecture, and, to some extent, with architectural design in relation to gardening." Gertrude Jekyll in her association with Hussey and more famously, Edward Lutyens "devised… Read more about this item Item Price
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Universal Exposition | Paris | 1900
by [LIBBY, McNEILL & LIBBY]
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- 1900
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Chicago, 1900. Rare plan of the Universal Exposition in Paris in 1900 detailing each of the exhibition spaces occupied by the different countries, listing the products that each nation has chosen to present to the world as a revelation, all contained within a little promotional pamphlet advertising American food exports. Small octavo, bound in illustrated paper wrappers, 100 mm… Read more about this item Item Price
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Art de Construire en Cartonnage Toutes Sortes d'Ouvrages d'Utilité et d'Agiément
by [PAPER - ARCHITECTURAL MODEL MAKING] DE BÉCOURT, A.
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- 1828
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Paris: Audot, 1828. First Edition. First edition of this French instruction manual for cartonnage or making and designing objects with cardboard and paper. Tools, techniques for making basic shapes such as cones, cylinders, globes, et cetera., and methods of colouring, varnishing, and gilding are discussed. Instructions for making decorative objects such as baskets, work boxes, and ornaments follow. The… Read more about this item Item Price
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The 1968-69 Encyclopedia of Home Designs
by Master Plan Service
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- 1967
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USA, 1967. First Edition. Classic 1960s encyclopedia of American architectural designs for modern homes. Folio, 300 mm x 430 mm, spiral bound boards, 228 pages, 1700 black & white architectural illustrations including blueprints, slight marking to covers, minor annotation to interior, a very good copy. Item Price
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Etchings by John Shirlow
by [SHIRLOW, John] URE SMITH, Sydney (introduction)
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- 1917
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Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1917. First Edition. A finely produced book of etchings, mainly of Melbourne scenes, by Shirlow who, according to Moore, "revived the art of etching in Australia". With a presentation inscription from the publisher George Robertson to his daughter. Octavo, original decorated wrappers with pictorial onlay, 24 plates, list of works; a little preliminary foxing, otherwise… Read more about this item Item Price
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Priceless Heritage. Historic Buildings of Tasmania
by CRAIG, Clifford., LEWIS, Brian, BOYD, Robin et al.
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- 1964
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Hobart: Platypus Publications for the National Trust of Australia, Tasmanian Division, 1964. First Edition. Magnificent photographic record of the fine colonial buildings of Tasmania, with an appendix of notes on each structure and a short biographical description of salient architects of the era. First edition. Quarto, superlative black & white plates throughout; original gilt-lettered cloth, fine copy with the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Some Account of Domestic Architecture in England
by PARKER, John Henry
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- 1853
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Oxford, 1853. The second volume of a series begun by renowned antiquary Hudson Turner.
Author, John Henry Parker, also edited 'The Glossary of Architecture'.
Covers medieval towns, colleges, and everything from gate houses to chambers.
"The colleges of Oxford and Cambridge have very few buildings so early as the fourteenth century; but the treasury of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Etchings by John Shirlow
by [SHIRLOW, John] URE SMITH, Sydney (introduction)
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- 1917
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Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1917. First Edition. A finely produced book of etchings, mainly of Melbourne scenes, by Shirlow who, according to Moore, "revived the art of etching in Australia" Octavo, original decorated wrappers with pictorial onlay, 24 plates, list of works; scattered foxing to endpapers, fore edge and title page, a near-fine copy. Item Price
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Motifs de peinture decorative pour appartements modernes
by GRUZ, Hippolyte
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- 1860
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Paris: G. Claesen, 1860. Covering the periods of Louis XVI, Louis XV, Louis XIV, Louis XIII, Renaissance, Neo-Grec, and Moderne, here we find patterns and colour schemes for the painting of modern apartments in the mid-19th century.
Ornate and decorative painted ceiling designs for living rooms, dining rooms, studies, vestibules, paintwork for paneling, corner pieces, examples of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Colour Schemes for Modern Interiors with 120 Designs in Colour by Modern Architects
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- 1923
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Stuttgart, Germany: Julius Hoffmann, 1923. First Edition. Exciting collection of architectural paintings, photographs, and decorative sketches in watercolour picturing modern interiors in Berlin, Nuremburg, Cologne, Stuttgart, London, Munich, Karlsruhe, Thun-Berne, Mayence, Bremen, Essen (Ruhr) and Darmstadt. Quarto, spine darkened, front board sunned, two-page introduction some foxing, mild edge toning to pages, previous owner's inscription, clean title page, all plates… Read more about this item Item Price
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![Un Nouveau Grand Palais des Expositions. Technique pour l'Utilisation de l'Acier. [A New Grand Palais for Exhibitions. Methods for the Utilization of Steel.]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/375/210/1283210375.0.m.jpg)
Un Nouveau Grand Palais des Expositions. Technique pour l'Utilisation de l'Acier. [A New Grand Palais for Exhibitions. Methods for the Utilization of Steel.]
by ACIER
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- 1935
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Paris: Office Technique Pour l'Utilisation de l'Acier, 1935. First Edition. This impressive publication is a record of a competition for a grand large-scale exhibition building at La Defense on the outskirts of Paris. The competition was organised by O.T.U.A., publishers of the magazine l'Acier [steel], to exemplify the spectacular possibilities of steel in modern building. Thirteen invited entrants accepted… Read more about this item Item Price
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Charles Meryon and His Eaux-Fortes Sur Paris. Being a lecture delivered to the Print Collectors' Club on Thursday 11th March 1931
by HARDIE, Martin C.B.E.
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London: Print Collectors' Club, 1931. MERYON, Charles.. A collection of dark and moody Parisian scenes by master French printmaker, Charles Meryon (1821 -1868) paired with an accomplished essay by the curator of prints of prints and drawing at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Martin Hardie. Limited edition - this is number 422 of 500 - printed at The Baynard… Read more about this item Item Price
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Sydney Sketches
by KING, Madeline E.
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- 1920
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Sydney: John Andrew, 1920. Features numerous buildings of architectural and historic interest. Octavo, black and white illustrations, brown boards with paper label, a very good copy. Item Price
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Sydney Bridge Celebrations
by URE SMITH, Sydney and GELLERT, Leon
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- 1932
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SYDNEY: ART IN AUSTRALIA, 1932. First Edition. Decadent art deco publication with a splendid assortment of colour advertisements. Illustrated by many notable Australian artists, reproducing Will Ashton in oil and J.J. Hilder in watercolour, and includes a series of beautiful photographs of the Sydney Harbour Bridge by Harold Cazneaux. An article titled 'Our Glorious Surf Beaches' is supported by… Read more about this item Item Price
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Grecian and Chinese Architecture
by WILSON, Hardy
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- 1937
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Melbourne: Green Press, 1937. Signed Limited Edition. Edition limited to 100 numbered copies: Sir Ernest Scott's copy with signature on front endpaper.
"Even today, when professional interest in undertaking work in Asia is stronger than ever, Hardy Wilson's up-front appreciation of the importance of Chinese architecture stands without parallel." Stanislaus Fung & Mark Jackson, Architectural Theory Review
(Issue 1: Volume… Read more about this item Item Price
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Art in Australia. Art and Architecture. Third Series. Number 73
by [ART IN AUSTRALIA] URE SMITH, Sydney & GELLERT, Leon (editors)
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Sydney: John Fairfax and Sons, 1938. Special Issue - New Trends in Australian Art: tipped colour frontispiece still life by Russell Drysdale; Basil Burdett reports on modern art in Melbourne, twelve pages; Thea Proctor surveys the Sydney scene in seven pages; tipped colour plates reflecting modernist trends by Roger James, Isabel Hunter Tweedle, Grace Cossington-Smith, Enid Cambridge and Roland… Read more about this item Item Price
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Murs et Toits pour les Pays de Chez-Nous
by LETROSNE, Charles
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- 1926
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Paris: Dan Niestlé, 1926. By the influential French architect, Charles Letrosne (1868 -1939), chief architect of Civil Buildings and National Palaces, first chief architect of the Paris World Exhibition of 1937, and officer of the Légion d'Honneur. A contemporary of Le Corbusier, Letrosne is also known for the remarkable concrete architecture of the zoo at Vincennes.
Letrosne's Murs… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Macquarie Book
by URE SMITH, Sydney & STEVENS, Bertram
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- 1921
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Sydney: Art in Australia, 1921. The life and times of Governor Lachlan Macquarie. Tenth number of Art in Australia. Deluxe limited edition of 25 copies with tipped plates in duplicate. Quarto, generously illustrated with tipped colour plates; original blue papered boards, dust-jacket with printed onlay; fine copy in a mildly worn dust-jacket. Item Price
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