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Boughton House: The English Versailles

Murdoch, Tessa (editor) · 1992 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$110.00 (€99.80 | £83.25 | ¥17,568)

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1992. Hardcover. Dark blue cloth, gilt letters on spine and front cover, color pictorial dust jacket, illus. flyleaves, 240 pp. BW & color illus. A collection of 18 thematic and illustrated essays and four appendices about this edifice. "Bought...

The Landscape Garden in Scotland, 1735-1835

Tait, A. A. · 1980 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 1980. Hardcover. Green cloth, gilt letters on spine, 282 pp. BW & color illus. "For millennia, man has shaped the land into patterns of fertility: terrace, orchard, plough, pasture, the unself-conscious expression of his understanding of ...

Buildings of Meath: A Selection of Protected Structures

Mulligan, Kevin V. and Rachael MacRory · 2001 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,187)

Kells, Co. Meath, Ireland, The Fieldgate Press, 2001. Softcover. Black & illus. wraps, French flaps, 285 pp. many BW illus. Describes the history and architecture of these selected buildings found in County Meath, Ireland. Approached in alpha order by house name. Includes as a...

Hawksmoor

Downes, Kerry · 1969 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

London, Thames & Hudson, 1969. Softcover. Black wraps with color photo and white lettering. 216 pp. with 185 bw plates. An Architecture selection from T&H's The World of Art Library series. Hawksmoor was a renowned English architect of many prominent buildings throughout the c...

Scottish Baronial Houses

Fenwick, Hubert · 1986 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

London, Robert Hale, 1986. Hardcover. Moss green boards; gilt lettering. Color-photographic white dj with green lettering on spine. 253 pp. with bw images throughout. Fenwick highlights the individual features, domestic details, and changing styles in this illuminating study o...

London's Mansions: The Palatial Houses of the Nobility

Pearce, David · 1986 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.41 | ¥9,582)

London, B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1986. Hardcover. Maroon cloth, gilt letters on spine. 224 pp. 166 BW illus. top edge red. glossy red & sepia-toned pictorial dustjacket w/ grey, white printing. "A complete history of the palatial town house in London -- the first full account since...

The Silent Houses of Britain

Creswell, Alexander · 1991 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

London, Macdonald and Co. Publishers Ltd, 1991. Hardcover. Blue boards with silver lettering. Color-illus. dj with butter yellow lettering on cornflower blue spine. 160 pp. with color and occasional bw illus. Consisting of 135 watercolors, sketches, and accompanying text, The ...

Wnetrza Palacu W Wilanowie

Fijalkowski, Wojciech · 1986 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Warszawa, Panstowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1986. Hardcover. Natural flax/boards; black lettering. Color-illus. yellow ochre dj with white lettering. Museum plans on front end papers. 209 pp. with 180 color and bw illus. Text in Polish with summary in English, French, and Russian....

Irish Castles and Fortified Houses

Sweetman, David · 1995 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Dublin, Town House and Country House, 1995. Softcover. Color-illus. wraps with black lettering on pale green spine. 45 pp. with 17 bw photos and 18 color plates. The history of Ireland's castles, in very concise form, from the start of castle building in 1169 to its demise in ...

Georgian Dublin

Guinness, Desmond · 1988 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

London, B. T. Batsford, 1988. Softcover. Color-illus. grey/red paperback with white lettering. 235 pp. with 4 color plates and 250 bw images. With a historical overview, detailed descriptions of individual buildings (architect, date, patron, decorator, etc.) and a focus on the...

An Account of Belsay Castle in the County of Northumberland

Middleton, Arthur E. and R. J. S. Bertram · 1990 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.62 | ¥8,784)

Stocksfield, Northumberland, The Spredden Press, 1990. Softcover. Olive & color illus. wraps, 48 pp. BW illus. "Belsay Castle has been described by one architectura historian as 'beyond question the finest of English tower houses' and this [book] was written and published priv...

Spencer House: Chronicle of a Great London Mansion

Friedman, Joseph · 1993 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

London, Zwemmer, 1993. Hardcover. Navy cloth, gilt letters on spine, black & color illus. dust jacket, illus. flyleaves, 368 pp. BW & color illus.; weighs 4.5 lbs. "Spencer House is one of the great architectural landmarks of London. Built in the eighteenth century by John, 1s...

Battle Abbey Under Thirty-Nine Kings: Legends and Records

Behrens, Lilian Boys · 1937 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

London, The Saint Catherine Press, 1937. Hardcover. Blue cloth, gilt letters on spine & front cover, tan & illus. dust jacket in mylar cover, 180 pp. 41 BW illus. "No spot in England has been more closely woven into the texture of her civilisation than Battle Abbey [in the tow...

Hill Hall: A Singular House Devised by a Tudor Intellectual (2 Vols. )

Drury, Paul and Richard Simpson · 2009 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$90.00 (€81.65 | £68.11 | ¥14,374)

London, The Society of Antiquaries of London, 2009. Hardcover. 2 vols. Green & persimmon & illus. glossy boards, matching glossy slipcase, 506 total pp.; BW illus.; second vol. is spiral bound with fold-outs of architectural plans; set weighs 7 lbs. A two-volume slipcased set ...

The Scottish Chateau: The Country House of Renaissance Scotland

McKean, Charles · 2001 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,187)

Phoenix Mill, Sutton Publishing, 2001. Softcover. Color-photographic wraps with white lettering on spine. 312 pp. with a few color plates and many bw illustrations. "It has long been held that the Scottish chateaux, perhaps the best known of Scottish buildings, were castles, d...

Kent Houses (English Domestic Architecture)

Quiney, Anthony · 1993 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$53.00 (€48.09 | £40.11 | ¥8,464)

Woodbridge, Suffolk, Antique Collectors' Club, 1993. Hardcover. Light olive cloth, gilt letters on spine & front cover, sky blue & color illus. dust jacket, illus. flyleaves, 288 pp. 126 color plates, 180 BW plates, 126 BW line drawings. "Explains how Kent came to be the best ...

Sir John Vanbrugh: Storyteller in Stone

Hart, Vaughan · 2008 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

New Haven, Yale University Press, 2008. Hardcover. Black cloth/boards; gilt lettering. Color-photographic dj with green lettering on white spine. 288 pp. with 367 color and bw images. Hart examines architect/playwright John Vanburgh's surviving, destroyed and unrealised buildi...

Country Houses of Scotland

Connachan-Holmes, John · 1995 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Argyll, House of Lochar, 1995. Hardcover. Crimson cloth, gilt letters on spine, green & color illus. dust jacket, 176 pp. 109 BW illus. "One hundred of the very best country houses from the whole of Scotland are described in a survey of architectural and cultural history -- a ...

Lost Houses of Scotland

Binney, Marcus with John Harris and Emma Winnington · 1980 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

London, Save Britain's Heritage, 1980. Softcover. Oblong cream wraps with sepia photograph. Unpaginated with over 125 pp. BW photos. Scotland lost more than 450 houses of "architectural pretension" between 1900 and 1980, when the demise of the country became a tragedy for hist...

Crewe House: The Royal Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Crewe, Quentin · 1995 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

London, Stacey International, 1995. Hardcover. Maroon cloth, gilt letters on spine, dark green & color illus. dust jacket, 96 pp. BW & color illus. "Covers closely the architectural merits of Crewe House, a fine example of English eighteenth century domestic city architecture....