The American Home Magazine
1938. hardcover. May 1938.
1938. hardcover. May 1938.
Sydney: Art in Australia. 1922. Original Printed Wrappers. Volume 1 Parts 1 & 2. Both in original printed wrappers with coloured illustrations pasted down on front covers. Coloured & B&W illustrations throughout as well as photographs. Advertising. Some pages, particular in no.2, stamped with previous ownership library. A very good.....
1934. hardcover. September 1st 1934. Home magazine.
Sydney: Swain, 1975. Soft cover. pp 504-710, Part 4 of the catalogue, covering architecture, art, books on books, fine editions, press books, printing, literature, folklore, medicine, occult science, maps and engravings, militaria, gun-books and transport. Illustrated soft covers in very good condition.
1900. Unbound. c. 1900. Early printed photograph depicting an aerial view of Christchurch streets, showing buildings. Image size 335mm x 225mm, with mat 400mm x 295mm. A nice early image of Christchurch.
London and Paris: Fisher, Son & Co. Half Morocco. Vols 3 and 4 bound together. No date. Drawings by Thomas Allom, descriptions by The Rev. G.N. Wright. Vol 4 titles ' France Illustrated. Comprising a Summer and Winter in Paris'. Plates. Half morocco and boards. Marbled endpapers and page edges.....
Auckland. No Binding. Free floating 69x47 cm. Ink drawing of architectural plan on linen, showing all elevations, c. 1920.
Wellington: Government Printer, 1865. Original Printed Wrappers. pp.37. Hand coloured building plan, folded.Includes Papers Relative to the Court House at Kohekohe.
Half Calf. c 1890. Lacks title page and pp 1-16. pp 291 and approx 110 plates showing stairs, arches, doors, windows etc. Half calf and boards. Raised bands and gilt titles to spine. 0.
Blackie & Son. Disbound. pp 67-112. Contains 72 (of 80) plates. Lacks title pages. Half title, list of contents. Disbound. Some staining to some plates but still a great collection of beautifully executed architectural drawings.
Paris: Furne, 1845. Half Morocco. pp iv, 688. Black & white illustrations, coloured plates. Half morocco binding. Raised bands and elaborate gilt decoration to spine. Some edgewear and rubbing to leather, staining to front board. Marbled endpapers. Internally good.
London: Wyatt, 1810. Full Calf. Complete with 16 engraved plates (some foxing). Original diced calf, later sympathetically respined. A very nice complete copy.
Editorial Dante S,A. de C.V., 2008. 1st Edition. hardcover. Mexique: Editorial Dante S,A. de C.V., 2008 « Profusely illustrated guide with colour photographies to 84 Mayan archaeological sites in Mexico and Central America. With six acetate images which lay over original photos to demonstrate what the ruins would have looked.....
Oakland California: Dixon & Hillen, 1922. Soft cover. pp. 35. 23cm X 15cm. Original wrapper with coloured drawing on cover, illustrations include house plans numbered from 75 to 126, with photographs of built houses, and designs for garages. One page has a torn corner.
London: George Routledge & Sons, 1922. Hardcover. xvi, 387 pp, numerous b&w photographic illustrations. 2 vols in one. Comprehensive illustrated discussions on bedsteads, gothic woodwork, staircases, tables etc etc. Extra postage charges will be incurred because of the heavy nature of the book.
London: B.T.Batsford, 1985. Orig. Cloth. pp. 352. Illus, diagr, plans, maps, drawings, index. Some fading to d/w spine. A very good copy.
Dover Publications Inc., 2007. paperback. A consortium of British architects and their patrons rebelled against the early eighteenth century's Baroque excesses and turned instead toward the Renaissance works of Andrea Palladio for inspiration. These Neo-Palladians guided the course of British architecture toward classical principles, and the Vitruvius Britannicus (British Vitruvius).....
Newmarket Borough Council, 1985. Softcover, A 100 year illustrated history of the borough of Newmarket.
London: William Little, 1851. Unbound. Folded Illustrated London News supplement, August 2, 1851. English etching Some light foxing and minor damage to top edge but else a good piece. Etching size: 92cm x 23.5cm. Full size: 100cm x 40cm.
Sydney: Methuen, 1980. 1st Edition. Original Boards. pp.176, illus., colour plates. Introduction by J.M.Freeland. Tape marks on pictorial endpapers, else very good.
The Architectural Press, 1951. second- reprinted. hardcover. Historical accounts of houses and living spaces prior to the Second World War.
London: B Weinreb, 1982. Soft cover. 212 pp, drawings, plates, bibliography and index of engineers. Illustrated soft covers in excellent condition. Comprehensive catalogue of books on bridges, docks, harbours, lighthouses and civil engineering.
Abbeville Press, 2000. first edition. hardcover. This lavishly illustrated volume recounts the adventurous life of Frederick Catherwood, the 19th-century English artist who discovered lost Mayan cities in the jungles of Central America and the Yucatan plateau. In 1839 Catherwood and his American companion, John Lloyd Stephans, were the first Westerners.....
Milan: 1815. Printed Wrappers. pp.1-72. Plates 2-7 + 9 (lacks 2). Original printed wrappers. The 7 aquatints (2 sepia, 5 coloured) show statues, coins, plants, native faces and Egyptian friezes.
Milano: 1817. Original Wrappers. pp. 137-208. Complete with 10 coloured aquatints (plates 21-30) showing statues, coins and buildings. The text in this volume deals exclusively with Greece. (our ref: 6).