CHILTON BOOKS

Introducing Persian Architecture.

POPE, ARTHUR UPHAM. · 1971

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,796)

London: Oxford University Press, 1971. 3rd impression. Library of Introduction to Persian Art series. An introduction to Upham Pope's classic. Pp.120, black & white and colour illustrations throughout plus many figure illustrations. Paperback, minor edge wear. VG.

Design of Arch Roofs.

TERRINGTON, J.S. · 1946

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London: Concrete Publications Limited, 1946. 3rd impression (1,500 copies). Treatise informing and illustrating the method of calculating the bending moments, thrusts, and shears at any point in the type of arch generally used in roof work. 24cms x 16.5cms. Pp.30, 13 figure il...

High Street.

RICHARDS, J.M./ RAVILIOUS, ERIC. (ILLUSTRATOR). · 2022

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

London: Country Life Ltd, 2022. 9780500480793. Originally published in 1958," this classic book introduces the British high street, pairing the timeless illustrations of Eric Ravilious with a fascinating text by architectural historian J.M.Richards..This beautiful facsimile ed...

Homes For The Country. A Series Of Designs, And Examples Of Executed Works, With Plans Of Each. Illustrated on Forty-Eight Plates By R. A. Briggs, Architect, F.R.I.B.A.

BRIGGS, R. A. [ROBERT ALEXANDER BRIGGS (1858 - 1916) ] - · 1904

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,905)

London: B. T. Batsford, 94 High Holborn, MCMIV. [1904] . 0. First edition. A very good original binding. 4to. pp.xii + XLVIII plates. Green cloth with gilt titles to front board and spine. Edges lightly rubbed and bumped. Clean text and illustrations throughout. VG. ** "Robert...

Architecture for Children. (signed).

FRY, JANE AND MAXWELL. · 1946

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,796)

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1946. 3rd impression. Contents: I.Building Needs; II.Living Spaces; III.How Buildings are Made; IV.The Art of Architecture; V.How Our Forefathers Built. Pp.120/6 pages of Hiatorical Background of Living Charts to end, figure illustrations thro...

Houses of the Wren & Early Georgian Periods.

SMALL, TUNSTALL./ WOODBRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER. · 1928

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London: The Architects Press, nd. (c.1928). 1st edition. With an introduction by William G.Newton. 33cms x 25.5cms x 2cms. Pp.viii/139, frontispiece + further black & white photographs plus measured drawings throughout, owner's name to front free endpaper, half-title page foxe...

The Romance of Symbolism and its Relation to Church Ornament and Architecture.

HEATH, SIDNEY. · 1909

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London: Francis Griffiths, 1909. 1st edition. Contents include: I.The Pagan-Christian Overlap; II.Plans of Churches, their Orientation, etc; III.Fonts and the Symbols of Baptism; IV.The Altar and the Symbols of the Eucharist; V.The Cross and its Symbolsim; VI.The Sacred Monogr...

Architectural Studies in France By W. Galsworthy Davie, Architect, Gold Medallist R.A. and Soane Medallist R.I.B.A.

W. GALSWORTHY DAVIE (1842-1915) . · 1877

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

London : Batsford 1877 0. First edition. All plates signed and dated by the Author. Large folio. [7pp.] + 89 full-page lithographs (16 coloured & 73 black & white). Each plate dated in ink with the artist's initials: "G. J. W." Most plates produced by "Newbery & Wilday" , plus...

Winkles`s Architectural And Picturesque Illustrations of the Cathedral Churches of England And Wales In 3 Volumes The Drawings Made From Sketches Taken Expressly For This Work . By Robert Garland... With Descriptions By Thomas Moule...

WINKLES, BENJAMIN (1800-1860) / GARLAND, ROBERT (1808-1863) / MOULE, THOMAS (1784-1851) . · 1838

£300.00 (€359.59 | $396.34 | ¥63,271)

London: Tilt And Bogue, Fleet Street, [ no date - c. 1838-1842 ] . 0. 3 volume set in marching half leather bindings. 4to. 26.5cm x 17.5cm x 2.8cm . Polished red calf spines and corners over red marbled boards. Spines with raised bands and gilt titles. Edges lightly rubbed and...

Historic Houses Of Early America By Eise Lathrop .

LATHROP, ELISE . · 1936

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

New York: Tudor Publishing Co, MCMXXXVI [ 1936 ] . 0. A very good copy, with dustwrapper, and with the original illustrated box. 4to. 28.6cm x 21.2cm x 5.6cm. pp.xv/[1p.]/pp.464 . Illustrated dustwrapper protected by a removable clear plastic cover. Dark green cloth with gilt ...

Memorials Of The Parish Of Codford St. Mary... / Notes Historical And Architectural On The Church Of Saint John The Evangelist Slymbridge Gloucestershire...

[ INGRAM, JAMES 1774-1850 ] / CARTER, JOHN ECCLES. · 1844

£100.00 (€119.86 | $132.11 | ¥21,090)

Oxford : Printed By T. Combe, For The Author. Sold By John Henry Parker. MDCCCXLIV [ 1844 ] / Bristol: William Strong: James Burns, Portman Street, London; J. H. Parker, Oxford; T. Stevenson, Cambridge, M DCCC XLV [ 1845 ] 0. Two books bound as one. A very good full leather bi...

English Houses & Gardens in the 17th and 18th Centuries. A Series of Bird's-Eye Views.

KIP. BADESLADE. HARRIS & OTHERS. · 1908

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London: B.T.Batsford, 1908. 1st edition. A collection from various sources a series of the fascinating bird's-eye views by Kip, Knyff, Loggan, Badeslade, Harris, Burghers and others made at the end of the 17th and 18th centuries. Most of the engravings reproduced appear in rar...

Down Thames Street. A Pilgrimage Among its Remaining Churches.

ROGERS, MARK. · 1921

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London: Robert Scott, 1921. 1st edition. Contents: I.The Street - Introductory; II.St Benet with St Peter's, Paul's Wharf; III.St James', Garlickhithe, with St Michael's, Queenhithe, and Holy Trinity the Less; IV;St Michael's, Paternoster Royal, with St Martin's, Vintry, and A...

Plans, Sections And Elevations Of The Chancel of All Saints' Church, Hawton, Nottinghamshire. With Descriptive Account. By George Gordon Place, Architect, Nottingham.

PLACE, GEORGE GORDON. · 1845

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

Cambridge: Published by the Camden Society, John Thomas Walters, King's Parade / London: Francis & John Rivington, S. Paul's Church Yard And Waterloo Place, MDCCCXLV. [ 1845 ] . 0. Scarce elephant folio. 85cm x 64cm. [2pp.]/6pp. + 5 lithographed plates. Tears and creases, all ...

The Architectural Review. A Magazine of Architecture & the Arts of Design. With which is incorporated " Details". Edited By Mervyn E. Macartney . Vol. XXVIII July - Dec. 1910 .

MACARTNEY, MERVYN E. (1853–1932) - EDITOR . · 1910

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London: Caxton House, Westminster, 1910 . 0. A very good and original cloth binding. 12.75" x 8.75" x 1.0". pp.iv /pp.310 . Green cloth with gilt decoration to both boards, and bright gilt titles to spine. Just the odd small blemish, and rubbing to edges. Clean text and illust...

Transactions Of The Exeter Diocesan Architectural Society Volume V.

EXETER DIOCESAN ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETY . · 1856

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

Exeter: Printed by William Pollard, North Street, A.D. MDCCCLVI (1856) . 0. A very good half leather binding. 4to. 10.75" x 8.75" x 1.25". pp.vi./pp.222 + 29 plates (1 coloured and folding). Brown calf spine and corners over brown buckram boards. Spinewith gilt bands and title...

Essays On Gothic Architecture, By The Rev. T. Wharton, Rev. J. Bentham, Captain Grose, And The Rev. J. Milner. (With A Letter To The Publisher.) Illustrated With Twelve Plates of ornaments, &c. Selected From Buildings...

WARTON, THOMAS 1728-1790 / BENTHAM, JAMES 1708-1794 / GROSE, FRANCIS 1731?-1791 / MILNER, JOHN 1752-1826. · 1802

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London: Printed by S. Gosnell, Little Queen Street, Holborn, For J. Taylor, At The Architectural Library, High Holborn, 1802 . 0. A very good full leather binding with all engravings as called for. 9.5" x 6.0" x 0.75". Second edition. 8vo. pp.23/[1p.]/pp.133/[4pp.]/pp.138-154/...

Churches. A Question of Conversion.

POWELL, KEN & DE LA HEY, CELIA. · 1987

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London: SAVE Britain's Heritage, 1987. 1st edition. "Sets out to show how appropriate conversions can be achieved. It illustrates churches which have been adapted to new uses ranging from offices and housing to theatres and restaurants. It also suggests ways in which churches ...

The English Medieval Roof. Crownpost to Kingpost.

WALKER, JOHN. · 2011

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

Cressing Temple: Essex Historic Buildings Group, 2011. 9780953094615. Report of the Essex Historic Buildings Group Day School 2008. Contents: 1.Introduction and Overview; 2.East Anglian Roofs: AAn Essex-Centric View; 3.Early Roofs in Hampshire: 1240-1600; 4.Medieval Roofs in t...

Fachwerkkirchen in Hessen.

BOTT, IRMGARD, ET AL. · 1978

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Germany: Die Blauen Bucher, 1978. 1st ed. Church architecture. Pp. 82, 2 col. illustns, b/w illustns. throughout + 1 map. P/b. Illustd. cover. 26 cms. x 18.5 cms. VG.