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Auction No 438, Category: Books

57 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)

"Encyclopaedia Britannica; or, a Dictionary of Arts and Sciences" 1771, facsimile of the first edition in 3 vols, in gilt leatherette bindings.

Lot: 2

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  • Est: £10 - £20
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Encyclopaedia Britannica; or, a Dictionary of Arts and Sciences  1771, facsimile of the first edition in 3 vols, in gilt leatherette bindings.   

Softback publications with many of Architecture interest, some Scotland, local history, a few exhibition catalogues. Good/VF (68)

Lot: 3

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  • Est: £50 - £70
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Softback publications with many of Architecture interest, some Scotland, local history, a few exhibition catalogues. Good/VF (68)     

Various including "Walter Savage Landor - Last Days, Letters and Conversations" 1934, 1st Edn., in d/jkt; Galbraith "The Affluent Society"

Lot: 4

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  • Est: £30 - £40
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Various including Walter Savage Landor – Last Days, Letters and Conversations 1934, 1st Edn., in d/jkt; Galbraith The Affluent Society Houghton Mifflin 1958 in VG price-clipped d/jkt (ownership stamp overlaid with a plain label); Grieve Examples of English Handwriting 1150-1750, Essex 1959; and assorted others. (10)    

Photographs including Lancashire and WWI interest, plus softbacks and ephemera; wide variety with 1950s Railway Excursion leaflets,

Lot: 10

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Photographs including Lancashire and WWI interest, plus softbacks and ephemera; wide variety with 1950s Railway Excursion leaflets, 1900s auction notices, 1928 Goodshaw parish church Grand Bazaar handbook, OK! Magazine April 1993 (issue no.1), and other items. (Qty.)

Booksellers’ and Bookbinders’ Tickets from early 19th Century. (30)

Lot: 11

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Booksellers' and Bookbinders' Tickets from early 19th Century. (30)

John Adey Repton "Norwich Cathedral at the end of the Eighteenth Century", Gregg Press 1965, 454 of 1000, folio, gilt cloth, in slipcase;

Lot: 22

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John Adey Repton Norwich Cathedral at the end of the Eighteenth Century, Gregg Press 1965, 454 of 1000, folio, gilt cloth, in slipcase; George Street Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain John Murray 1869, half morocco, gilt, many plates, some folding; and others, mostly Architecture related. VG/VF (20)

J. A. Gotch "Architecture of the Renaissance in England", Batsford 1894, 2 vols, complete with 145 plates, folio, half-leather, gilt,

Lot: 23

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J. A. Gotch Architecture of the Renaissance in England, Batsford 1894, 2 vols, complete with 145 plates, folio, half-leather, gilt, text & plates loose, clean internally.

"Old Houses in Edinburgh drawn by Bruce J. Home", William J. Hay, [1905-07], 2 vols (bound as one), with 54 fine tipped-in plates; tall quarto,

Lot: 24

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Old Houses in Edinburgh drawn by Bruce J. Home, William J. Hay, [1905-07], 2 vols (bound as one), with 54 fine tipped-in plates; tall quarto, quarter-leather, gilt, some peripheral wear, endpapers browned, fine internally.

Henry Tanner "English Interior Woodwork of the XVI, XVII & XVIII Centuries", Batsford 1902, folio, gilt cloth, 50 fine plates;

Lot: 25

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Henry Tanner English Interior Woodwork of the XVI, XVII & XVIII Centuries, Batsford 1902, folio, gilt cloth, 50 fine plates; Asher Benjamin The Architect or Practical House Carpenter 1988 reprint; and another. (3)       

Laurence Weaver "Houses and Gardens by E.L. Lutyens", Country Life 1913, numerous photo-plates; and "Edwin Lutyens" Academy Editions 1986 in d/jkt;

Lot: 26

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Laurence Weaver Houses and Gardens by E.L. Lutyens, Country Life 1913, numerous photo-plates; and Edwin Lutyens Academy Editions 1986 in d/jkt; Houses and Gardens with some ink staining to lower edge of text block. (2)

Raphael & J. Arthur Brandon "An Analysis of Gothick Architecture" 1874, New Edition, 2 vols, quarto, gilt cloth, 158 plates, some repair to hinges

Lot: 27

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Raphael & J. Arthur Brandon An Analysis of Gothick Architecture 1874, New Edition, 2 vols, quarto, gilt cloth, 158 plates, some repair to hinges, around 30 plates affected by foxing o/w clean internally.

"The Architecture of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts", Secker & Warburg, 1984, in d/jkt; Farey & Edwards "Architectural Drawing Perspective & Rendering"

Lot: 28

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The Architecture of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Secker & Warburg, 1984, in d/jkt; Farey & Edwards Architectural Drawing Perspective & Rendering, Batsford, 1949; and related works. VG/VF (18)

Scottish architecture, history & culture, a carton of softback publications including 28 issues of "Architectural Heritage" from issue No.1 (1990).

Lot: 29

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Scottish architecture, history & culture, a carton of softback publications including 28 issues of Architectural Heritage from issue No.1 (1990). VG/VF (62)

Domestic Architecture titles from 1870s, including "Flats, Urban Houses & Cottage Homes" [1907], fine colour & b/w plates (text foxed);

Lot: 30

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Domestic Architecture titles from 1870s, including Flats, Urban Houses & Cottage Homes [1907], fine colour & b/w plates (text foxed); Pearson The Medieval Houses of Kent 1994; Flats – Municipal and Private Enterprise Ascot Gas Water Heaters 1938; Ramsey & Harvey Small Georgian Houses and their Details 1750-1820, 1982; Wood The English Mediaeval House 1965; and a variety of others, fair to fine. (28)

Scottish Architecture and construction including Moss "The Magnificent Castle of Culzean" 2002; Davis "Scots Baronial" 1996;

Lot: 31

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Scottish Architecture and construction including Moss The Magnificent Castle of Culzean 2002; Davis Scots Baronial 1996; Paxton & Shipway Civil Engineering Heritage 2008 (2 volumes); and Tindall Memoirs & Confessions of a County Planning Officer 1998. Fine lot. (19)

Architecture interest with "The Letters of Edwin Lutyens" 1985; Fowler & Cornforth "English Decoration in the 18th Century" 1986;

Lot: 32

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Architecture interest with The Letters of Edwin Lutyens 1985; Fowler & Cornforth English Decoration in the 18th Century 1986; Frank Lloyd Wright An Autobiography 1945, 1st Edn (rebound); Choisy Histoire de l'Architecture 1996 (2 vols in one); and others. Fair to fine. (21)

Architectural design & history including "Demetri Porphyrios - Buildings & Writings" 1993 and works on Palladio (2), Serlio, Marcel Breuer, Piranesi

Lot: 33

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Architectural design & history including Demetri Porphyrios – Buildings & Writings 1993 and works on Palladio (2), Serlio, Marcel Breuer, Piranesi, and Alberti. Mainly VG/VF (11) 

British Architectural history including "A Tonic to the Nation - The Festival of Britain 1951", Thames & Hudson 1976;

Lot: 34

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British Architectural history including A Tonic to the Nation – The Festival of Britain 1951, Thames & Hudson 1976; Jope Studies in Building History 1961; and works on James Gibbs, William Butterfield, Inigo Jones, and Robert Smythson. (11)

London architecture & surveys, including Schumann-Bacia "John Soane and The Bank of England" 1991; "The London Surveys of Ralph Treswell" 1987;

Lot: 35

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London architecture & surveys, including Schumann-Bacia John Soane and The Bank of England 1991; The London Surveys of Ralph Treswell 1987; Survey of London Volumes XXX, XXVIII (Brooke House) & the Plan Pocket for Vol. XXIX & XXX; plus Chettle The Queen's House, Greenwich 1937. VG/VF (17)   

Mitchell "Building Construction and Drawing" 1902 and "Building Construction - Advanced Course"1909 (latter with top of spine frayed);

Lot: 36

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Mitchell Building Construction and Drawing 1902 and Building Construction – Advanced Course 1909 (latter with top of spine frayed); Fletcher Quantities 1903; Beardmore Architectural Ironmongery (trade catalogue); Leedy Fan Vaulting 1980; Hewett English Historic Carpentry 1980; Knoop & Jones The Mediaeval Mason; and related works. Fair to fine. (17)