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A LIST OF PRICES for Materials and Labour, and Labour only. By William Pain.
London: Printed for the Author…, 1793. [2], 52 pages. Dis-bound with the remains of leather to the spine. Quarto. Rare. ESTC records a copy of 1799 only.
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A MANUAL OF MONUMENTAL BRASSES, with an Introduction, Biographical Note and Bibliography by Richard J Busby.
Bath.Adams and Dart. 1970. Black & white portrait frontispiece of the Rev. Haines. Black and white line drawings throughout the text. Original blue boards, gilt. Original pictorial dust-wrapper. Quarto. Facsimile edition. A fine copy in a price-clipped wrapper.
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A SERIES OF MONUMENTAL BRASSES, from the thirteenth to the sixteenth century. Drawn and Engraved by J. G. and L. A. B. Waller.
London: William Pickering, 1842. A collection of odd and incomplete parts in original printed wrappers, with the original title-page and text in Part 10, and a total of 53 engraved plates (of 64), the majority with hand-colouring. Original wrappers torn and frayed and taped at spines. The vast majority of the plates in very good, clean condition, with just some minor wear and a few occasional very short tears to the margins. Folio. Sold as a collection of plates. These are heavy and would incur extra postage. Please contact us directly for a shipping quote.
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A.W.N PUGIN, MASTER OF GOTHIC REVIVAL.
New Haven.Yale University Press. 1995. 415pp. Coloured, and black and white illustrations throughout the text. Original pictorial softback. Quarto. A fine copy.A heavy book, contact for shipping costs.
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ARCHITECTURAL NOTES ON GERMAN CHURCHES; with notes written during an architectural tour in Picardy and Normandy. The third edition to which are added Notes on the Churches of the Rhine, by M. F. De Lassaulx, Architectural Inspector to the King of Prussia.
Cambridge.J. and J. J. Deighton. 1843. xv, [1], [1], 2 - 333pp.+ Illustrated with four engraved plates. Bound in later full buckram, gilt. Octavo. Some light browning and spotting to the plates, and a few spots on the title; else a very good copy.
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E.W. GODWIN Aesthetic Movement Architect and Designer.
New Haven and London. Yale University Press, 1999. Hardback in unclipped pictorial dust-wrapper. As new. This book is heavy please contact us directly for a shipping quote.
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ENGLISH WINDMILLS Volume I Containing a history of their origin and development, with records of mills in Kent, Surrey, and Sussex. Volume II Containing a record of the mills in Buckinghamshire, Essex. Hertfordshire, Middlesex and London.
London: The Architectural Press, 1930. 1932. Two hardback volumes. Dust-wrapper to volume II only. Both illustrated throughout. A very good set.
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ESSAYS ON THE ART OF PHEIDIAS.
Cambridge: University Press, 1885. Hardcover. 431 pages. Full calf, gilt. Black & white illustrations and photographic facsimiles throughout. 26.5 x 16.4 cms. Binding worn; spine splitting at head on one joint, and with sun-fading to front and rear of cover; light spotting to endpapers; inscription to front endpaper, dated 1888; else a very good copy. This book is heavy and will incur extra postal charges. Please contact us directly for a shipping quote: info@davidmilesbooks.com
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GHASTLY GOOD TASTE or, A Depressing Story of the Rise and Fall of English Architecture.
London: Chapman & Hall Ltd, 1933. Hardback. No dust-wrapper. Folding plate at end. First edition. Sometime rebound in full burgundy morocco, with raised, gilded hubs to the spine; all edges gilt; contained in a morocco-edged marbled slipcase. A very handsome copy.
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HALF A DOZEN HINTS ON PICTURESQUE DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE, in a series of designs for gate lodges, gamekeepers' cottages, and other rural residences.
London.Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green. 1826. [8]pp. 9 lithographs of cottages and lodges by Pyne after Hunt, each with a page of facing text. Plus 3 lithographs of floor plans printed by Hullmandel; and a 5pp appendix. Original brown paper-covered boards with mounted paper label on upper cover. Quarto. Second edition. Spine repaired and boards rubbed; endpapers a little grubby; owner's name and address in ink on upper and lower covers; top centimetre cut from the full width of front free endpaper. Else a very good copy.The first edition appeared in the previous year; a third was published in 1833
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HAND-BOOK TO THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH, with some account of the Monastic Buildings, &c., at Ely: Illustrated by engravings and ground plans. New Edition, revised.
Ely.T.A. Hills and Son. No date. (1891). [viii], [1], 2 - 128, [7]pp. ad's. Illustrated with 6 original albumen photographs, and engravings within the text. Original pictorial cloth, gilt. Octavo. Fourteenth edition. Lengthy inscription on front endpaper; binding rubbed and a little marked; some wear to head and heel of spine and corners; else a very good copy - the photographs being in excellent state.
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HOW HOUSE. RM Schindler.
London: Academy Editions, 1996. Softcover. A near fine copy.
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IN ENGLISH HOMES: The Internal Character, Furniture &Adornments of Some of the Most Notable Houses of England Historically Depicted from Photographs Specially Taken By Charles Latham.
London: Country Life, 1904. 1907. Volumes I and II only (of three). xxxii, 421; xl, 436, (6) pages. Illustrated throughout with reproductions of photographs. Original blue decorated cloth gilt. All edges gilt. Folio. First editions. Printed name on half-titles; end-papers to volume II spotted; else an excellent clean part set.
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LONDON CHURCH STAVES. With some Notes on Their Surroundings. With a preface by Edwin Freshfield, JUN., M.A., F.S.A.
London: Elliot Stock, 1895. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper. x, 67 pages. Black& white illustrations. Original pictorial blue cloth. Octavo. First edition. Foxing to endpapers; small ownership label to front paste-down endpaper; else a very good copy.
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MEMORIALS OF THE CATHEDRAL & PRIORY OF CHRIST IN CANTERBURY. With Illustrations by Louis Weirter.
London: Chapman & Hall Ltd, 1912. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper. xxi, [1 blank], 490 pages. Illustrated throughout with plates and line drawings. Original black cloth with white pictorial image of the Cathedral to upper panel. Octavo. First edition. White lost from the lettering to the spine as is often the case; some light browning and spotting and occasional marking; small abrasion to outer edge of upper board; head & heel of spine a little worn; else a good plus copy. Presentation copy from Woodruff, inscribed on the front endpaper: 'Miss K Lawson from C. Eveleigh Woodruff with sincere thanks for much kind help in the Godmersham Sunday School Christmas 1916.'
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National Fascist Party. EXHIBITION OF THE FASCIST REVOLUTION.
Rome: National Fascist party, 1933. 258, plus [5] pages. The volume contains 257 monochrome illustrations and 12 colour plates. Original cloth-backed pictorial paper-covered boards. 244 x 174 mm. First edition. The introduction is by Gino Alfieri. Light browning of end-papers; else an excellent copy.
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NOTES ON THE CHURCHES OF KENT. By the late Sir Stephen R. Glynne. With illustrations.
London: John Murray, 1877. 351 pages. Original green cloth, gilt. Octavo. First edition. Bookplate, some light occasional patches of foxing; binding a little worn; else a very good copy.
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Report from the Select Committee on the Present State of Rochester Bridge, &c. Ordered by The House of Commons, to be Printed 11 July 1820.
London: 1820. 65 pages. Sessional number 267. Folio. Paper-covered limp cloth; printed label on upper cover: 'Bibliotheca Cantiana.' In manuscript: 'Report from the Select Committee on its present state. 1820.' Three or four small spots on title, and the occasional spot here & there throughout; else very good.
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SMALL, MEDIUM, LARGE, EXTRA-LARGE OFFICE FOR METROPOLITAN ARTCHITECTURE. Edited by Jennifer Sigler. Photography by Hans Werlemann.
Taschen, 1997. xxxi, [1], 1344 pages. Illustrated throughout. Hardback. Original silver boards, lettered in red and black. A near fine copy. This book is heavy; please contact us directly for a shipping quote.
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STAINED GLASS OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL with a chapter by Sebastion Strobl, head of stained-glass conservation.
London: Scala Publishers Limited, 2004. Hardcover. Dust-wrapper. Illustrated throughout in colour. First edition. A very good copy in a like dust-wrapper. This book is heavy and will require extra shipping. Please contact us directly for a shipping quote: info@davidmilesbooks.com
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