Guinness, Desmond & William Ryan
IRISH HOUSES & CASTLES
NY: Crescent Books, 1978

Quarto. 352 pp; 51 color plates & 320 b/w photographs, 33 plans; bibliography. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. The authors trace the development of Irish architecture from the castle stronghold to the Gothic revival. The principal houses and castles are fully described, ranging in time from Beaulieu (1660) to Glenveagh (1870).
Inventory number #006994

Baschet, Roger & Rene Briat
STYLES REGIONAUX: Architecture, Mobilier, Decoration. Vol. 1: Provence, Flandre, Artois, Picardie, Landes, Pays Basque, Bearn, Alsace, and Bretagne
Paris: Baschet & Cie., n.d.

ca. 1967. Quarto. 194 pp; profuse b/w & color illustrations. Text in French. Tan boards with dustjacket. VG/VG, jacket chipped at base of spine & two corners, edges lightly chipped. Architecture, furniture and decoration of the following regions: Provence, Flandres, Artois, Picardie, Landes, Pays Basque, Bearn, Alsace, and Bretagne.
Inventory number #006964

Gillan, John, Leonardo Alvarez & Joseph Dillon Ford, eds.
PLACES IN TIME: Historic Architecture and Landscapes of Miami
Miami: Florida International University, School of Design, 1994

First edition. Octavo. ix, 181 pp; b/w photographs by John Gillan; bibliography. Paperback. Near Fine, bit of edgewear to bottom front corner. The first publication to examine the historic architecture and landscapes of Dade County by juxtaposing art-quality photographs and authoritative texts written by experts in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, historic preservation, south Florida history, and environmental preservation.
Inventory number #006886

Oakes, Donald T., ed.
A PRIDE OF PALACES: Lenox Summer Cottages 1883-1933
Lenox, MA: Lenox Library Association, 1981

Square quarto (12" x 12"). 83 pp, 60 b/w photographs, most full page. Paperback. VG, short crease at bottom edge of front cover, light scratches on back cover. Sixty photographs by Edwin Hale Lincoln of the large estates built in Lenox, Mass. from 1883 to 1933. The photographs, printed from the original glass plate and film negatives, depict six estates - Bellefontaine, Blantyre, Elm Court, Erskine Park, Pinecroft, and Shadowbrook.
Inventory number #006885

Whistler, Laurence
THE IMAGINATION OF VANBRUGH AND HIS FELLOW ARTISTS
London: Batsford, 1954

Large quarto. xv, 269 pp + 140 b/w illustrations; sources; bibliography; index. Original gilt-lettered & illustrated cloth with dustjacket. Book itself in very good condition; jacket edges & flap folds chipped, half-inch chip at head & one inch chip at tail of jacket; rear flap detached but present.
Inventory number #006785

Wheeler, Daniel
THE CHATEAUX OF FRANCE
NY: Vendome Press, 1979

Quarto. 211 pp; survey of some of the major mansions, each of which is illustrated by photographs of the architecture and grounds, 50 color and 300 b/w in all. Paperback, in very good condition. This book was adapted from the Hachette-Realites collection "Merveilles des chateaux de France."
Inventory number #006782

Hautecoeur, Louis
LA BOURGOGNE. L'Architecture
Paris: G. Van Oest, 1929

Three volumes. Folio. xvii, 198 pp. plans in the text, 189 b/w plates. Self wraps. VG, spines darkened and all wraps have closed tears on hinges, protected with heavy mylar overwrap, bindings tight. The old architecture of the Burgundy region of France in 189 plates with floor plans and detailed plate information in the text, complete set. Many examples of churches, chateaux, houses, palaces and government buildings.
Inventory number #006757

Gloag, John
THE ARCHITECTURAL INTERPRETATION OF HISTORY
NY: St. Martin's Press, 1977

First American edition. Octavo. xvii, 348 pp; 48 b/w plates, numerous text illustrations; index. Red cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, short edge tear to jacket. The history of a country comes alive through its buildings, whether they are ancient, ruinous or aggressively up-to-date. This book examines Mediterranean and Western architecture.
Inventory number #006729

Colby, Reginald
MAYFAIR: A Town within London
NY: A.S. Barnes, 1966

First edition. Small quarto. 178 pp; 47 b/w illustrations; index. Map of Mayfair on endpapers. Green cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket is lightly chipped at top & bottom of spine & corners, spine & part of back panel a bit sunned. The author has written an enlightening history of Mayfair's parks, squares, buildings, and people, past and present.
Inventory number #006690

Dale, Antony
FASHIONABLE BRIGHTON 1820-1860
London: Oriel Press, 1987

Reprint of 1967 second edition. Octavo. 192 pp; 91 b/w illustrations; bibliography; index. Blue cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG+. The classic account of the architecture, planning, development and social life of Brighton, first published in 1947.
Inventory number #006689

Parissien, Steven
THE GEORGIAN HOUSE in Britain and America
NY: Rizzoli, 1995

First edition. Quarto. 240 pp; full of color plates; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. This book enables the reader to understand the craftsmanship and context of the Georgian house. The first part describes the development of the Georgian style; the second part focuses on each element of the house itself.
Inventory number #006672

Summerson, John
JOHN SOANE
NY: St. Martin's Press, 1983

Quarto. 123 pp; 6 color gatefold plates and many color & b/w illustrations; list of buildings; selected bibliography. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. Architectural Monographs series
Inventory number #006545

Richards, J.M. & Nikolaus Pevsner, Ed.
THE ANTI-RATIONALISTS
London: Architectural Press, 1973

First edition. Quarto. 208 pp; b/w illustrations throughout. Wine cloth with silver decorative design on front cover & lettering on spine, in dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, jacket spine slightly sunned, along with top two in. on back cover. Previous owner's blind stamp at bottom of front flyleaf. A collection of 19 essays on architecture and Art Nouveau.
Inventory number #006296

Milliken, Henry Oothout
TUILERIES BROCHURES: Some Minor Architecture of Normandy, March 1931
NY: Ludowici-Celadon Company, 1931

Vol 3, No 2, March 1931. Quarto. 15 pp; b/w photographs throughout. Stapled wraps. VG. A series of monographs on European architecture with special reference to tile roofs.
Inventory number #006258

Helm, W.H.
HOMES OF THE PAST: A Sketch of Domestic Buildings and Life in England from the Norman to the Georgian Age
NY: John Lane Company, 1921

First American edition. Quarto. xviii, 155 pp; 59 line drawings by Chappelow; appendices; bibliography; index. Original two-tone cloth, with gilt lettered spine & image of key on front cover. VG, corners rubbed through and slightly bumped. Front hinge a little loose. The author presents a proposal for preserving certain typical houses, each to be furnished as an example of its own time.
Inventory number #006245

Gournay, Isabelle, ed.
ERNEST CORMIER and the Universite de Montreal
Cambridge, MA / Montreal: MIT/Canadian Centre for Architecture, 1990

Square quarto. 179 pp; 67 color & b/w plates; 67 text illustrations; chronology; bibliography. Paperback.
Inventory number #006162

Dean, David
ARCHITECTURE OF THE 1930s : Recalling the English Scene
NY: Rizzoli in association with the Royal Institute of British Architects Drawings Collection, 1983

Small square quarto. 24 color plates & 125 b/w illustrations; bibliography; index. Paperback. VG. One of a series of books on the RIBA Drawings Collection.
Inventory number #005915

Mitchell, William Robert, Jr.
CLASSIC SAVANNAH: History, Homes and Gardens
Savannah, GA: Martin-St. Martin Publishing, 1991

Third printing. Quarto. 142 pp; fully illustrated in color; appendices; bibliography; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine
Inventory number #005787

Jacobs, Karrie
THE PERFECT $100,000 HOUSE: A Trip Across America and Back in Pursuit of a Place to Call Home
NY: Viking, 2006

First edition. Octavo. 291 pp; b/w drawings by Gary Panter; bibliography; web sites; index. Cloth-backed boards with dustjacket. Fine/Fine. An architecture and design critic's coast-to-coast search for an ideal American home that is both aesthetically pleasing and affordable cites the challenges facing prospective homeowners today, describing the author's meetings with architects and builders who are revolutionizing the ways people think about homes, construction techniques, and community.
Inventory number #005555

Robertson, E. Graeme & Joan
CAST IRON DECORATION: A World Survey
NY: Thames & Hudson, 2007

Reprint. Quarto. 336 pp; 15 drawings; 506 b/w photographs; glossary; bibliography; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Fine/Fine. A superb photographic survey of the forms taken by cast iron ornamentation, its national variations, its relationship to architecture, and its contribution to the attractiveness of buildings. Includes many examples in several Australian cities. Originally published in 1977.
Inventory number #005406