H. H. Statham [ed.] — The Builder, an Illustrated Weekly Magazine

London, Office, 1887-1890 . Cloth. An impressive six volume run of the incredibly popular 'Builder' magazine, an illustrated architectural monthly publication exploring all feats of design and architecture. An impressive set of six volumes of the important architectural magazine 'The Builder', with the dates of these issues and volumes reaching from July 1887 to June 1890.'The Builder' was founded by Joseph Aloysius Hansom in 1843. Under the editorship of George Godwin the magazine became an important and successful professional architectural magazine. An important periodical, it offers an interesting insight into the developments in architecture during the year, with in-depth articles on various prominent buildings being built or proposed.During these years, the magazine was edited by architect George Godwin, who turned the magazine into the "most important and successful professional paper of its kind".  Including articles of many interesting national, global, historical, and contemporary feats of architecture and design, such as: Henry VII's chapel at Westminster Abbey; London Stock Exchange; Wells Cathedral; Ely Cathedral; the Forth Bridge; the Clarendon Building, and others.Present here is:Volume LIII, July to December 1887. Illustrated with 143 plates, and six folding plates.Volume LIV, January to June, 1888. Illustrated with 157 plates, and one folding plate. Volume LV, July to December 1888. Illustrated with 157 plates.Volume LVI, January to June, 1889. Illustrated with 133 plates.Volume LVII, July to December, 1889. Illustrated with 140 plates.Volume LVIII, January to Jun, 1890. Illustrated with 124 plates.With advertisements throughout, and further vignette illustrations.Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip heads and tails, with light handling marks to boards. Horizontal closed tear to volume LIII and LIV back strip head. Volume LIII joints starting, with boards very tenderly held. Head of front joint of volume LIV and rear joint of volume LV starting, with board firmly held. Volume LVIII joints starting to heads, with boards a touch tender. LVI and LVII hinges strained, and somewhat tender. Internally, generally firmly bound. One leaf of volume LIII detached and loosely inserted. Pages clean and bright, but with spotting to title pages of majority of volumes. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .