ADAMS MAURICE Modern Cottage Architecture
Illustrated From Works of Well Known Architects; 81pages of text and
diagrams 83 full pages black and white photographs pub. London:
Batsford, 1912 Second Edition. enlarged edition, inscription on front
flyleaf else very good copy. Price: $150.00
ALEXANDER IAN C.The City Centre.
Patterns And Problems. The City Centre through a study of its
internal structure. illus. with plates, diagrams, maps pub.
Western .Australia Uni. of West Aust. Press 1974 1st.ed. or.cl.
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ALLINGHAM HELEN & Dick Stewart The Cottage Homes of England
illus. with. With Sixty-four Full-page Coloured Plates from Pictures
never before reproduced. pub. London: Edward Arnold, 1909 1st ed.
original green gilt-decorated cloth cr.4to. pp.288. very sl. browned to
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AMERICAN SCHOOL of CorrespondenceTheOrders 5 Orders of Architecture, Tuscan,
Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Composite. 58 plates in portfolio tied w/
string. pub. Chicago, IL: American School of Correspondence, 1904; or.
folding portfolio box, roy.4to. illustrations of Roman (Renaissance and
Classic) and Greek Classic Orders. Almost fine.
Price: $125.00
APPERLY RICHARD
Robert Irving Peter Reynolds. A Pictorial Guide to Identifying Australian
Architecture Styles and Terms from 1788 to the Present.
profusely illus. with over 700
b/w. photo plates t/out. glossary with thumbnails,
bibliography, indices; pub.
Sydney Angus & Robertson 1999
or. card wrappers 4to. (paperback)
pp.298. From Old
Colonial Georgian to Late Twentieth Century Immigrants' Nostalgic,
Identifying Australian Architecture provides a comprehensive survey of the
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commercial buildings, churches and other architectural works in Australia
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APPERLY RICHARD Robert Irving Peter Reynolds. A Pictorial Guide to
Identifying Australian Architecture Styles and Terms from 1788 to the
Present.profusely illus. with over
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glossary with thumbnails,
bibliography, indices;pub.Sydney Angus & Robertson 1999
or. card wrappers 4to. (paperback)
pp.298. Very fine.Price: $100.00
ARCHER JOHN Improvisations.
Traditional low-cost building techniques. profusely illus. with plates
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ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION SKETCH BOOK Vols I-IV. illus.
with sketches by, E.B Nevinson, H.H Kemp, H. Goodall, J. Norton, L.
Stokes, S. Vacher, A Webb, T, Garratt, J.W. Fisher and many others.
Drawings and sketches from England, France, Belgium, Germany, Italy and
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illus., Vol.III 79, Vol.IV 73, all full page plates, single-sided; pub.
London Architectural Assoc. 1881,1882,1883, 1884, or. hf.cf. maroon
cloth, gilt ltg. to spine, raised bands, black ltg. to front, t.e.g.
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ASLIN ELIZABETH The Aesthetic Movement
profusely illus. with 121 plates, 38 in colour, figures within the
text, decorative endpapers, pub. London Elek 1969 1st. ed. or. maroon
rexine with gilt spine titling, upper board blocked with a gilt device,
d/w. 4to. pp.192. The Aesthetic Movement started about 1855 and lasted
until approximately 1885 and featured original furniture styles, "Queen
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AUSTRALIAN BUILDING INDUSTRY
Report Resulting from the Overseas Visit
of the Australian Building Industry
Productivity Team 1954. illus. with 27 full page
plates t/out. & several text dgms.
pub. Melb. the building Industry Congress
of Victoria 1955 or.cl. d/w.
8vo. pp.XVIII.186. Price: $40.00
AUSTRALIAN COUNCIL OF NATIONAL TRUSTHistoric Homesteads Of Australia. 2
vols. with e/paper illus. profusely illus. t/out many
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AUSTRALIAN COUNCIL OF NATIONAL TRUSTHistoric Houses Of Australia.
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AUSTRALIAN COUNCIL OF NATIONAL TRUSTHistoric Places Of Australia.
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roy.4to. pp.304. Historic Places Of Australia. Vol.II with
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AUSTRALIAN COUNCIL OF NATIONAL TRUSTHistoric Placesprofusely
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Australians Council of National Trusts 1982 Combined edition.
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AUSTRALIAN COUNCIL OF NATIONAL TRUSTHistoric Public Buildings Of Australia.
Profusely illus. with b/w. & col. plates
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Melb. Cassell & National Trust 1971 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. folio
pp.306. Near fine copy. Price: $50.00
AUSTRALIAN HOUSING
Bulletins 1 to 7. Incorporating the six Bulletins issued during the war
years as `Wartime Housing' and the first
peacetime Bulletin as `Australian Housing.'
illus. with plans, dwgs. & two full page plates
pub. Canberra Dept. of Works and Housing 1947 or.dk.
red cl. 4to. pp.260. sl. sunned to spine else fine. Price: $150.00
AUSTRALIAN Lettering Book-The.
Specially designed for the use in Australian Schools
and in the Office of Lawers, Architects,
Engineers, Surveyors, and
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E.W. Cole Book Arcade nd.190-? or. red wps. 24mo.obl. pp.32. sl.
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BAGLIN DOUGLAS and BARBARA MULLINSDinkum Dunnies.
An all-Australian collections of outside toilets, some primitive, some
picturesque, some surrealistic, others downright provocative, all
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full page pub. Adelaide Rigby 1971 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.60.
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BAGLIN DOUGLAS and YVONNE AUSTINAustralian Pub Crawl.
Many views of pubs around Australia interior & exterior. with
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pub. N.S.W. Murray Child & Co. 1977 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.200. Price: $30.00
BAGLINDOUGLASS & YVONNE AUSTINGalvo Countryprofusely
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Ure Smith, Sydney, 1979 or. laminated boards, d/w. 8vo. pp.80. Galvo
Country explores the varied and often fascinating use of galvanised
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BAGLIN ELAINE & DOUGLASSAustralian Chimneys & Cookhouses. profusely illus. with plates t/out. many full page & col. pub. Syd. Murray Child 1979 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.80. Price: $30.00
BAGLIN DOUGLASS & YVONNE AUSTINHistoric Sandstone Sydney. profusely illus. with plates t/out. many full page & col. pub. Adel. Rigby 1980 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.192. Price: $30.00
BAIRD J. - By Design.
Changing Australian Housing. illus. with with num. illusts., and plans
pub. Melbourne: AE Press, 1984 1st ed. or. illus. limp stiff card 4to.
pp.126 Price: $50.00
BAKER HELEN Compiler. - Historic Buildings Windsor And Richmond.
illus. with 3 sketch maps, numerous illustrations and diagrams, index;
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1967 or. stiff wrappers, cr.4to. pp.68; fine. Price: $30.00. Convert CurrencyParcel Costs
BANHAM REYNER Theory And Design In The First Machine Age
illus. with 137 text plates t/out. London, The Architectural Press,
reprint 1977 paperback 8vo. pp.338. A compilation of the theoretical
writings underlying the modern movement in architecture. Includes:
Academic and Rationalist Writers 1900-1914; Futurist Manifestos and
Projects 1909-1914; De Stijl 1917-1925; Art and Le Corbusier; Bauhaus
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BARKER J. - Renovate:
Architectural concepts for rejuvenating houses and buildings. illus.
with 52 colour 95 b/w and duotone plats many full-page + 27 plans and
diagrams; pub. Rigby Adelaide/Melbourne 1980 or.cl. d/w. oblong 4to
pp.142 Work by an architect about the work of other architects with
experience in field of residential renovation Price: $35.00
BARNETT F.O. W.O. Burt F. Heath. We Must Go On.
A Study in Planned Reconstruction &
Housing. Planning and Reconstruction
after the war) pub. Melb. The Book Depot 1944
or.b/w. & blu. stiff card wps. cr.4to. pp.118. fine. Price: $65.00
BATSFORD HARRY and CHARLES FRYThe English Cottage illus. with col. frontis. & 94 full page plates t/out. pub. Lond. Batsford 1944 or. crm.cl. 8vo. pp.116. Price: $25.00
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BIDDLE GORDONVictorian Stations.
Railway Stations in England & Wales 1830-1923. illus. with 24 full
page plates t/out. dwgs. t/out. by Peter Fells pub. U.K. David &
Charles 1973 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.256. Price: $35.00
BIRCH GEORGE H. London Churches
of the XVIIth and XVIIIth Centuries. illus. with a series of 64
photogravure plates and numerous other illustrations. all loose plates
including St Paul's Cathedral, St Martins in the Fields, St. Clement
Danes, and others; pub. London B.T. Batsford 1896 or. boxed set, green
cloth, gilt titles and decoration to spine, elephant folio, plates are
single-sided with text approx. 140 pages. A selection of the most
remarkable ecclesiastical buildings, including St Paul's Cathedral,
erected within and around the ancient city walls between the years 1630
and 1730. Fine copy. Price: $400.00
BURES SUSAN The House Of Wunderlich
illus. with b/w. plates some full page, index, pub. Sydney N.S.W.
Kangaroo Press 1987 softcover 4to. pp.160. Very good
copy. Price: $45.00
BLAIR SHEILA S. & Jonathan M. Bloom. - The Art And Architecture Of Islam. 1250-1800.
illus. with colour & b/w illus. (400, 215 colour) pub. New Haven
Yale University Press, 1995 or.cl. d/w. 4to, pp.348. Many masterpieces
of Islamic art, such as the Alhambra and the Taj Mahal, were produced
during the period between the early 13th century and the advent of
European colonial rule in the 19th. This work surveys the architecture
and arts of the traditional Islamic lands during this era. Fine copy. Price: $150.00
BOYD ROBINAustralia's Home.
Its Origins, Builders and Occupiers. illus. with
frontis. & 12 full page plates t/out.
text illus. pub. Melb. M.U.P. 1952 1st.ed. or.cl.
d/w. 8vo. pp.288. Very good copy. Price: $65.00
BOYD ROBINThe Australian Ugliness.
The truth about the Modern Australian Environment.
illus. with line dwgs. by author pub. Melb. Cheshire 1960 1st.ed.
or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.230VIII. Dustwrapper sl. worn else v/good. Price: $45.00
BOYD ROBINThe Puzzle Of Architecture. illus. t/out. with line drawings by author pub. Melbourne M.U.P. 1965 1st.ed. or.cl. sm.4to. pp.188. Fine. Price: $65.00
BOYD ROBINArtifical Australia.
The Boyer Lectures 1967. illus. with two portrait
plates pub. Syd. ABC Radio & Television 1967 or. b/w.
pict. stiff card 12mo. pp.56. Price: $20.00
BOYD ROBIN The Great Australian Dream. pub. Syd. Pergamon Press 1972 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.186. name on f/free e/paper else fine. Price: $50.00. Convert Currency
BROADBENT JAMESThe Australian Colonial House.
Architecture and society in New South Wales 1788-1842. Study of
domestic architecture. profusely illus. plates t/out. some col. &
full page published Sydney Horden House 1997 roy.4to. pp.XXXII.400.
limited to 2000 copies. Price: $205.00
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BROCKMAN H.A.N. The British Architect InIndustry 1841-1940.
profusely illus. with b/w. plates t/out. mostly full page pub.
London Allen & Unwin 1974 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.186. Price: $50.00
BROWN A.J. and H.M. SHERRARDTown AndCountry Planning.
illus. with 124 plates & 110 diagrams & dwgs. pub.
Melb. M.U.P.1951 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.XXX.382. fine copy. Price: $50.00
BROWN FRANK C.Study Of The Orders
A Comprehensive Treatise on the Five Classic Orders of Architecture,
Including Photographs of Noted Examples of the Classic and Renaissance.
Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Composite; illus. with 58 plates,
bibliography, index, listing of illustrations, pub. Chicago, American
School of Correspondence 1906 1st. ed. Prepared for the Architectural
course of the American School of Correspondence. or. red cl. gilt ltg.
to dec. to spine, d/w. (not original d/w.) 4to. pp.416. Very good
copy. Price: $100.00
BRUNELLESCHI FILIPPOThe Early Works
and the Medieval Tradition. Text by Heinrich Klotz.
profusely illus. with plates t/out. 8 full
page & col. pub. Lond. Academy Editions.
1990 or.cl. d/w. 4to.obl. pp.176. v/fine copy.
Price: $95.00
BUCHANAN WILLIAM Mackintosh's MasterworkThe
Glasgow School Of Art profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full
page & col. pub. Glasgow, Richard Drew Publishing, 1989 1st. ed.
or.cl. pink and black d/w. 4to. pp.224 The first full scale study
devoted specifically to the Glasgow School of Art , compiled by members
of the school staff who have an intimate knowledge of the building and
their chosen topics. With 200 photographs in colour and black &
white and a series of computer generated projection. Bibliography with
annotations. Index. Price: $100.00
BURRIS-MYER HAROLD & EDWARD C. COLETheatres & Auditoriums.
profusely illus. with plates, plans, t/out. some full
page. pub. N.Y. Reinhold 1949 or.cl.
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BYNE ARTHUR and Mildred Stapley Provincial Houses In Spain. illus. with190
full-page b/w photographs and plans of houses in Andalusia, Castile,
Catalonia, Valencia, Aragon, the Island of Majorca and the Northern
Provinces. pub. New York William Helburn Inc. 1925 1st. ed. or. gilt
decorated red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. d/w. Elephant folio
(pp. unpaginated approx.200) Slight foxing to top edge, d/w. a little
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CANTLON MAURICE -Homesteads Of Southern New South Wales 1830-1900.
illus. with Photographs and drawings. pub. Melbourne, Queensberry Hill,
Carlton. 1981 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.VIII,160 Limited edition of
1500 of which this is no.116 Shows details of significant homesteads in
New South Wales. Fine copy. Price: $175.00
CANTORSTEVEN L.Innovative Design Solutions in Landscape Architecture illus. throughout with photos, line drawings, plans, etc., plus 16-page colour plates; pub. N.Y. Van
Nostrand Reinhold, 1997 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.300. This reference
provides descriptions of 15 types of landscape architecture projects
ranging from single-family housing to parks, urban design, office parks
and interior landscapes. Includes over 100 projects shown in site plan,
photograph and technical detail. Fine copy.
Price: $100.00
CARRINGTON NOELDesign And Decoration In The Home.
illus. with numerous plates t/out. some full page and col.
pub. , London, Batsford, 1939 County Live revised ed. or. light blue
cl. cr.4to. pp.144. Pictorial history of decoration in the home.
Sections on decorating for the living room, bedroom, furniture, wall
and floor coverings, kitchens and equipment, table ware, heating and
ventilation, light, bathroom and garden furniture. A very good
copy. Price: $95.00
CHALLINGER MICHAEL Historic Court Houses Of Victoria
illus. with photo plates t/out on nearly every page with accompanying
text; pub. Melbourne Palisade Press 2001 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.230. Very
fine. Price: $55.00
CHAPMAN ANDREW Woolsheds.
profusely illus. with plates t/out. many full page & col. pub.
Melbourne The Five Mile Press 2011 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.216.
Very fine. Price: $40.00
CHAO SONIA & Trevor Abramson,. [Editors]Kohn Pedersen Fox.
Buildings and Projects 1976-1986. profusely illus. with plates t/out.
some full page & col. plans, details &c., pub. N.Y., Rizzoli,
1987 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.4to. pp.352. Fine copy.
Price: $75.00
COMPLETE Illustrated Home Book-The illus. numerous photographs & drawings, diagrams, index; pub. London Associated
Newspapers Ltd. n.d. c.1940 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.392 Covers most areas
of 'jobs to do about the house.' Sections include The Home Handyman,
Health Home and Baby, Handi-crafts, Concrete, Paving, Building,
Furniture, Upholstery, Dry cleaning, Repairing, Gardener's Year, Games
Indoor and out, Cookery, Pets and Hobbies. Fine copy in the sl. chipped
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CONNER PATRICK Oriental Architecture In The West. illus. with 140 b/w.
and 14 colour illustrations; pub. London, Thames and Hudson, 1979
or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.200. fine copy. Price: $50.00
CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETIES ACT 1944-
Cooperative Housing Societies (General) Regulations.
with forms, schedules, etc. t/out. pub. Vic. Govt.
1945 wps. 8vo. pp.32. Added: 3 pages from Vic. government
Gazette No.118. Fine copy. Price: $25.00
CORBUSIER LE The Radiant City.
Elements of a Doctrine of Urbanism to be used
as the Basis of our Machine-Age Civilization.
profusely illus. with b/w. plates t/out. some full page, pub. N.Y. The
Orion Press 1967 from the original first pub. in France 1933 or.cl.
d/w. 4to.obl. pp.350. fine copy. Price: $225.00
CORBUSIER LETowards A New Architecture.
Translated from the French by Frederick Etchells profusely illus.
with b/w. plates, dwgs., dgms. t/out. some full page,
pub. Lond. Architectual Press 1965 or.cl. d/w. 8vo.
pp.270. Price: $50.00
CORBUSIER LEThe City Of Refuge
Paris 1929-33. Text by Brian Brace Taylor. Complex
commissioned by the Salvation Army as part of its program
to transform social outcasts into spiritually renewed workers,
this complex represents a significant confluence of design principals,
technological experiments, and attitudes on reform. It also
provides rare insights into the work of Le
Corbusier. illus. with plates, dgms.
plans t/out. pub. U.S.A. Uni. of Chicago Press 1987
or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XIV.186. Price: $100.00
CORBUSIER LEPrecisions.
On the Present State of Architecture and
City Planning. With An American Prologue A Brazilian Corollary
followed by The Temperature of Paris and the Atmosphere of
Moscow. Translated by Edith Schreiber Aujane illus. with repro.
dwgs. sketches t/out. some full page pub. Lond.
The MIT Press 1991 or.cl. d/w. 8vo.
pp.XVI.266. Price: $65.00
CORREA CHARLES Charles Correa
Essay by Sherban Cantacuzino. profusely illus. 200 colour and over 180
b/w drawings and photographs pub. London Thames & Hudson or.cl.
d/w. 4to. pp.272. Correa's work, design for a warm climate.
Architecture in India. Very fine. Price: $125.00
CORROYER EDOUARD Gothic Architecture illus. withfrontis.two
hundred and thirty-six illustrations line drawings, engravings; pub.
London Seeley and Co. Limited, 1893; Original moss green cloth gilt,
cr.8vo. pp.XVI,388 Gilt lettering sl. faded to spine else very good
clean copy. Price: $75.00
COX PHILIP & WESLEY STACEYThe Australian Homestead.
profusely illus. with plates t/out. many full page
pub. Melb. Lansdowne Press 1978 or.cl. d/w. 4to.obl. pp.318. Chapters
on colonial, Victorian, Art Nouveau and post-World War I homesteads and
discussion of 34 important Australian homesteads.Philip Cox, an
architect and noted writer on early Australian architecture, discusses
thirty-four important homesteads. A classic record of rural homes and
domestic architecture in Australia. D/w. little unevenly faded else
v/good. Price: $60.00
COX PHILIPPortrait of an Australian Architect.
text by Jennifer Towndrow. illus. with 24 full page
plates t/out. pub. Melb. Viking 1991 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo.
pp.X.282. Price: $40.00
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CUFFLEY PETERAustralian Houses Of The '20s &'30s.
From Bungalows to Modern Style, Colour Schemes, Garden
Styles. profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page
& col. pub. Melb. Five Mile Press
1989 1st.ed. or. aqua. cl. 4to.obl. pp.264. fine
copy. Price: $60.00
CUFFLEY PETER Australian Houses Of The Forties& Fifties.
profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page & col.
pub. Melb. Five Mile Press 1993
1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to.obl. pp.200.
Fine. Price: $70.00
CURTIS NATHANIEL CORTLANDTArchitecturalComposition.
illus. with title page vign. folding frontis. & many
text dwgs., plans t/out. pub. U.S.A. Cleveland J.H. Jansen
Pub. 1926 or.dk. grn.cl. glt. ltg. to front bd. 4to. pp.XVI.256. Price: $100.00
DAL CO FRANCESCOKevin Roche
profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page & col. pub.
London The Architectural Press Ltd. 1986 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. black and
dark blue ltg. to front 4to. obl. pp.266. Fine
copy. Price: $125.00
DALY CÉSARMotifs Historiques D'architecture Et De Sculpture D'ornement Décorations Intérieures (et) Décorations Extérieures
empruntées à des édifices français du commencement de la Renaissance à
la fin de Louis XVI. Vol.I & Vol.II. Exteriors, Vol.I & Vol.II.
Interiors, 4 vols. in total. illus. with engravings of details of
French buildings, from 1497 to 1793. pub. Paris Ch Massin all 1911, or.
folders, tied, holding the loose single-sided plates, Vol.I Interiors,
plates 109, Vol.II Interiors, plates 95 Vol.I Exteriors, plates 112
Vol.II Exteriors, plates 85. All very fine.
Price: $1,200.00
DAVIS ALEXANDER JACKSONAmerican Architect 1803-1892.
Ed. by Amelia Peck. profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page
& col. pub. New York, Rizzoli amd Metropolitan Museum of Art 1992
(published in conjunction with the exhibition Alexander Jackson Davis1803-1892 American Architect) or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.192. Price: $75.00. Convert CurrencyParcel Costs
DAY NORMAN - Modern Houses Melbourne.
Profusely illus. with b/w. photographs, diagrams and plans. pub.
Armadale, Vic. Brian Zouch Publications 19761st ed. cr.4to. or. dark
blue cl. pp.192. very good copy. Price:
$60.00
DEHEJIA VIDYA Donald Strong
Ed. Early Buddhist Rock Temples. A chronological study.
illus. with 48 full page plates t/out. text drawings.
& tables, published London Thames & Hudson
(Studies in Ancient Art and Archology Series) 1972 or.cl.
d/w. 4to. pp.240. a fine copy. Price: $100.00
DUEK-COHEN ELIAS Utzon And The SydneyOpera House.
Statement in the public interest. illus. with plates, dwgs. pub. Syd.
1967 wps. 8vo. pp.128. Price: $45.00
DUPAIN MAX text by Morton Herman Georgian Architecture In Australia.
With some examples of buildings of the post-Georgian period. profusely
illus. with plates t/out. mostly full page by Max Dupain text by Morton
Herman, Marjorie Barnard and Daniel Thomas pub. Syd. Ure Smith 1965 or.
light brown cl. 4to. pp. 148. Fine. Price: $100.00
DUPAIN MAX Old Colonial Buildings Of Australia.
profusely illus. with plates t/out. mostly full page some col. pub.
Syd. Methuen 1980 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.4to. pp. 176.
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EBSWORTH Rev. WALTER A.St. Patrick's CathedralMelbourne.
History of St. Patrick's Cathedral. with illus. e/papers &
numerous plates t/out. many full page pub. Melb. Graphic
Books 1979 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.VI.126,4. Fine copy.
Price: $35.00
ELLIS M.H. Francis Greenway.
His Life And Times. illus. with frontis. & several line dwgs.
t/out. pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1953 or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo.
pp.232. fine copy. Price: $55.00
EVANS IAN Colour Schemes For Old Australian Houses.
profusely illus. with plates t/out. inc. colour chart
pub. Sydney The Flannel Flower Press 1987 or. illus. stiff
wrappers 4to. pp.108. A valuable book for restorations of
Australian houses, includes colour schemes for exteriors and interiors,
stencil patterns, joinery, pilasters, graining and marbling, varnish,
shellac and stain, early Victorian, mid Victorian, Late Victorian,
Edwardian, the Twenties 1915-1930. slight silverfishing to one page
else very good copy. Price: $25.00
EVANS IAN The Australian Home
illus. with many plates, diagrams t/out. pub. Sydney The
Flannel Flower Press 1985 1st.ed. paperback. 4to.
pp.144. Price: $30.00
EVANS IANFurnishing Old Houses.
A Guide to Interior Restoration. illus. with many text diagrams, plates
t/out. pub. Melb. Macmillan 1983 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.XVIII.136.
fine. Price: $45.00
EVANS IAN Furnishing Old Houses.
A Guide to Interior Restoration. illus. with many text diagrams, plates
t/out. pub. Melb. Sun Books 1985 or. card wrappers, (paperback), 8vo.
pp.XVIII.136. fine. Price: $30.00
EVANS IAN Restoring Old Houses.
A Guide to Authentic Restoration. illus. with many plates,
diagrams t/out. pub. Melb. Macmillan 1983 1st.ed.
paperback. 4to. pp.144. Price: $25.00
EVANS IAN The Australian Old House Catalogue.
The complete 'where to get it' guide for the home restorer. illus. with
b/w. photographic and line illustrations, pub. Sydney Methuen Haynes
1985 or. pictorial, card wrappers, (paperback), 4to. pp.96. A
comprehensive Australia-wide guide to restoration companies, craft
workers and specialist services. Fine. Price: $30.00
EVANS IAN The Federation House.
A Restoration Guide. profusely illus.
with plates t/out. 16 full page & col. pub.
Syd. The Flannel Flower Press 1986 or.cl. d/w. 4to.
pp.160. Price: $50.00
EVANS IAN - Caring for Old Houses.
Sketches by M. McCowage, With title-vign. & profusely illus. with
plates throughout, pub. Sydney Flannel Flower Press 1988 1st ed. or.cl.
d/w. 4to. pp.160. fine. Price: $35.00
EVANS IAN - Getting The Details Right.
Restoring Australian houses 1890's- 1920's. illus. with plans,
diagrams, b/w. photo plates; pub. Qld. Flannel Flower Press. 1989 1st
ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.160. fine copy. Price:
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FORD & FORD - Design Of Modern Interiors
profusely illus. with plates throughout, mostly full page, index; pub.
New York, Architectoral Book publishing Co. 1943 2nd printing, or.
maroon col. pp.130. 124 architects and designers, Houses and
Apartments, Localities., Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer, Alvar Aalto (
Artek-Pascoe), Eero Saarinen & Charles O. Eames, Paul László,
Richard Neutra, Lescaze, Samuel Marx, Philip Johnson Robsjohn-Gibbings,
Rohde, Soriano, Russel Wright. Also exteriors. Lacks f/free e/paper, ex
dep. of works lib. Page 129-30 torn. Price:
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FLEMING JOHNRobert Adam And His Circle.
In Edinburgh & Rome. illus. with 46 full page
plates t/out. text dgms. pub. Lond. John
Murray 1962 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo.
pp.XXII.394. Price: $65.00
FOOKS DR. ERNSTX Ray The City!
The Density Diagram Basis for Urban Planning. Foreword by Dr. H.C.
Coombs, Director-General, Ministry of Post-War Reconstruction.
illus. with text plates, diagrams t/out. published Melbourne 1946
or.cl. sm.4to. pp.108. fine copy. Price: $70.00
FORGE SUZANNEVictorian Splendour.
Australian Interior Decoration 1837-1901. with e/paper dec.
& profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page &
col. pub. Melb. Oxford Uni. Press 1987 or.cl. d/w. roy.4to.
pp.162. Price: $85.00
FRASER H. & R.JOYCEThe Federation House.
Australia's Own Style. profusely illus. with col. plates
t/out. many full page pub. N.S.W. Weldon
Pub. 1991 or.illus.bds. d/w. roy.4to.
pp.128. Price: $45.00
FREELAND J.M.Architecture In Australia.
A history. with illus. e/papers & many plates t/out.
pub. Melb. Cheshire 1968 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. sm.4to.
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FREELAND J. & Philip Cox Rude Timber Buildings In Australia.
profusely illus. with plates t/out. mostly full page, 134 photos by
Wesley Stacey. pub. Lond. Thames & Hudson 1969 1st ed. or.cl. d/w.
4to. pp.216. Gift inscription to f/free e/paper, else fine
copy. Price: $75.00
FREELAND J.M. Architect Extrordinary.
The Life and Work of John Horbury Hunt: 1838-1904. illus. with 52 full
page b/w. plates t/out. pub. Melb. Cassell 1970 1st.ed. or.cl.
d/w. 4to. pp.246. Price: $100.00
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FREELAND J.M.The Australian Pub.
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Melb. M.U.P. 1966 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.XIV.230. Price: $45.00
FREEMAN PETERThe Homestead:
A Riverina Anthology. profusely illus. with plates throughout, some
full page and col. drawings, maps; pub. Melbourne, Oxford Uni Press
1982 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. oblong pp.304. fine copy. Price: $100.00
FUNCTIONAL ARCHITECTUREThe InternationalStyle, 1925-1940.
In 1932 Henry-Russell Hitchcock and Phillip Johnson
declared the three most important asthetic principals
of the International Style to be emphasis upon volume, modular
regularity and departure from applied ornament. This work
makes clear how accurate this declaration was, but
also shows the diversity of this
down-to-earth functional architecture. illus. with
543 b/w. illus. of buildings from 29 countries. Some of these
buildings were destroyed long ago; others have been altered and
are still standing today. pub. Germany Benedikt Taschen
Eng. translation by John Bannister 1990 or.cl. d/w.
roy.4to. pp.400. Price: $100.00
GARDEN DON Builders To The Nation
The A. V. Jennings story. illus. with many text plates t/out.
appendices, notes, select bibliography, index; pub. Melbourne
University Press, 1992 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to.square, pp.XIV,418
(last blank). Very fine. Price: $55.00
GARDNER ARTHUR French Sculpture of the Thirteenth Century
illus. with 50 plate pages in gravure, pub. London Philip Lee
Warner/The Medici Society, 1915 The Medici Portfolios Number 1. or.
publisher's card covers, cloth spine 4to. pp.22 text. Fifty plates
loose as issued in card covers. Fine. Price: $85.00
GIEDION SIGFRIEDSpace, Time And Architecture.
The growth of a new tradition. illus. with many b/w.
plates t/out. some full page pub. U.S.A. Harvard Uni.
Press 1962 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.778. Price: $55.00
GIRAULT M. M. Deglane, M. Louvet, M.Thomas, L'architecture & la sculpture Exposition de 1900 les Palais des Beaux-Arts Exposition Universelle de 1900, Architecture et Sculpture. 3 parts in 2 vols.illus.
with 128 plates per vol. pub. Paris: Armand Guerinet, Editeur des
Musees Nationaux, nd. c. 1900 or. brown cl. half calf, folio Vol. I
(pp. unpaginated approx. 200) Vol.II (pp. unpaginated approx. 200)
Exhibition in 1900, exposition catalog of the architecture &
sculpture of the Grand Palais of Paris. Little rubbed to spine, shelf
wear, else fine set. Price: $600.00
GORDON JAMES Editor and convenor of committee.Edinburgh Architectural Association Sketch Book
1883-1886. Vol.1 New Series, illus. with sketches, plans, 50 full page
plates t/out. pub. Edinburgh Architectural Association 1886 or. green
cl. black lettering, elephant folio pp.200. sl. foxing, hinges loose
almost fine Price: $100.00
GRANT IAN Ed. by. Preface by Cecil Beaton. Great Interiors.
profusely illus. with plates t/out. 36 full page
& col. pub. Lond. Spring Books 1971 or.cl. d/w.
roy.4to. pp.288. sl. chipped d/w. else fine. Price: $40.00
GRAY EILEEN
Architect/Designer. A Biography by Peter Adam. profusely illus.
with plates t/out. many full page some col. (16) pub.
Lond. Thames & Hudson 1987 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.400. Price: $90.00
GREENWAY FRANCIS A Celebration.
Australia's first architect. Photography by Max Dupain. profusely
illus. with plates t/out. many full page, pub. Syd. Cassell 1980 1st
ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.4to. pp.134. Price: $70.00. Convert CurrencyParcel Costs
GRIFFIN WALTER BURLEY
The Architecture Of Walter Burley Griffin. Text by Donald
Leslie Johnson. illus. with 8 full page col. plates
t/out. & many b/w. some full page pub. Melb. Macmillan
1977 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to.obl. pp.164. Price: $65.00
GRIFFITHS G. NESTASome Southern Homes of New SouthWales.
A Facsimile edition with an index and with a postscript by Caroline
Simpson. illus. with frontis. & 16 full page plates t/out.
published N.S.W. National Trust 1976 or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.100,32 a
fine copy. Price: $45.00
GROPIUS WALTER Scope Of Total Architecture
illus. with 6 pages, photos plates pub. London George Allen & Unwin 1956
1st. ed. World Perspectives series; or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XXII.185.
Gropius's analysis of modern architecture. Near fine.
Price: $60.00
GUIDE For Scaffolders-A.
illus. with diagrams, tables, & dwgs. t/out. pub.
N.S.W. Dept of Labour and Industry 1958 or.cl. 4to. pp.94. fine. Price: $30.00
GUPTILL ARTHUR L.Colour In Sketching AndRendering.
profusely illus. with plates of
architectural dwgs. examples, colour charts &
dwgs. t/out. many full page pub. N.Y. Reinhold Pub.
corp. 1945 or. red & blk. cl. d/w. roy.4to.
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HADFIELD MILES Ed. by. A Book Of Country Houses. Exterior and Interior of English Country Houses. pub. Lond. Country LIfe 1969 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.272. Price: $35.00
HARE TIMOTHY G. Vanishing Ink.
Vanishing Architecture of Western Australia. illus.
with sepia dwgs. t/out. pub. Perth Id
Pub. 1975 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.
4to.obl. pp.unnumbered (196). Fine in the
chipped & torn d/w., numbered & limited
to 1000 copies of which this is No.114 andsigned by author. Price: $75.00
HARRISON PETER Walter Burley Griffin, Landscape Architect
illus. with b/w. photographs sketches and plans, index; pub. Canberra
National Library of Australia, 1995 or. illus. boards, 4to. pp.106.
American born Griffin worked in Australia for 20 years. Documents his
landscape and site planning, community development and city planning.
Very fine. Price: $60.00
HARTMAN-COX Selected And Current Works.
profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page & col. pub.
Melbourne The Images Publishing Group, 1994 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w.
roy.4to. pp.256 The Master Architect Series. Japanese translation
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HAAS RICHARD Richard Haas An Architecture of Illusion. illus. with 187
and 46 colour, index pub. N.Y. Hardcover Rizzoli International
Publications, Incorporated; 1981 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.160 Fine
copy. Price: $60.00
HEATH TOM (Queensland Institute of Technology)Method In Architecture
illus. with diagrams, (one fold out) plates, maps; pub. London John
Wiley & Son 1984 1st. ed. or. laminated white illus. boards
roy.8vo. pp.X.242 A fine copy. Price: $85.00
HERMAN MORTONThe Architecture Of Victorian Sydney.
illus. with e/paper maps, & profusely illus. with
plates t/out. many full page pub. Syd. Angus
& Robertson 1964 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.192.
fine. Price: $75.00
HOGG GARRYInns and Villages Of England.
with e/paper maps & profusely illus. with b/w. plates t/out. mostly
full page pub. Lond. Spring Books 1972 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.256. Price: $35.00
HOGG GARRYFacets Of The English Scene.
profusely illus. with plates t/out. many full page, plates
inc. churchyard crosses, houses, signposts, milestones,
walls and stiles. pub. Lond. David & Charles 1973
or.cl. col. & blk. d/w. cr.4to. pp.112. Price: $35.00
HOWELL Rev. A. R. Paisley Abbey: Its History, Architecture, & Art
illus. with many full page photographs and illustrations, fold out
ground plan of the abbey; pub. Paisley; Alexander Gardner, gilt titling
and decorative gilt spine or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp. 174. An extensive
picture of the abbey's history from the foundation of the monastery in
1163. Fine copy with sl. chipped and rubbed d/w. otherwise
fine. Price: $100.00
HOWARTH THOMASCharles Rennie Mackintosh
And The Modern Movement. illus. with 96
full page plates t/out. dec. e/papers pub. Lond.
Routledge & Kegan Paul 1977 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.XLIX.340. Price: $150.00
HUBBLE AVA More Than An Opera House.
Ten year anniversary of opening of the Sydney Opera House. History,
controversies and triumphs associated with the building. profusely
illus. with plates t/out. some full page & col. pub. Syd. Lansdowne
Press 1983 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.176. Price: $35.00
HUENEKE KLAUSHuts Of The High Country.
with e/paper illus. map & many b/w. plates t/out.
some full page pub. Canberra Nat. Uni. Press 1982
or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.252. Price: $65.00
HUENEKE KLAUS Huts In The Victorian Alps And the People Who Built and Care for Themprofusely
illus. with b/w. plates t/out. some full page, maps, index, appends.,
pub. Palmerston ACT. Tabletop Press 2003 or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.256.
Fine copy. Price: $45.00
IMAGES Australia Pty Ltd (pub.) Introduction by Prof. Mark Burry Deakin Uni. Cyberspace:
the World of Digital Architecture profusely illus. with plates t/out.
many full page and colour pub. Images (Australia) 2001 1st.ed. or.cl.
d/w. roy.4to. pp.212. Price: $100.00
INGPEN ROBERT Marking Time.
Australia's Abandoned Buildings. with
col. illus. by author t/out. pub. Adel. Rigby 1979
or.cl. d/w. roy.4to. pp.128. These paintings cover domestic, public,
agricultural, and industrial buildings. Near fine copy.
Price: $40.00
JACKSON DARYLDaryl Jackson
Architecture Drawings And Photographs. illus.
with dwgs., plates t/out. many full page pub. Melb.
Macmillan 1984 p/b. 4to.obl. pp.108. Price: $35.00
JAIN BUDDHIST HINDUThe Art And ArchitectureOf India.
illus. with 190 full page plates pub. Lond. Penguin Books
1953 1st.ed. or.dk. red cl. cr.4to.
pp.XVIII.290,190. v/good copy. Price: $55.00
JENKINS NORMAN J.The Australian House
with line illus. text illustrations 50 plans on verso page, and
corresponding house sketch with concise text on the adjacent page. pub.
Sydney nd. c.1950? or. boards d/w. 4to. pp.120. Fine with
d/w. Price: $100.00
JENSEN ELFRIDA & ROLFColonial Architecture In SouthAustralia.
A Definitive Chronicle of Development 1836-1890 and the Social History
of the Times. profusely illus. with text plates t/out. pub. Adel.
Rigby. 1980 1st.ed. hf. bd. brn. & white 4to. pp.XII.888. small
coffee stain to page 306 else v/fine. Price: $300.00
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JONES INIGO Text by John Harris & Gordon Higgott. Inigo Jones Complete ArchitecturalDrawings.
profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page &
col. pub. N.Y. & Lond. Zwemmer The Drawing Centre 1989
1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.336. Price: $125.00
KAHN LOUIS I.The Paintings And Sketches Of.
Text by Jan Hochstim. First comprehensive presentation and
analysis of this 20th century master's work; his main persuit
before he achieved preeminence in the field of
architecture. The charcoal sketches, pastels,
watercolours, and oils were made on travels in Europe,
Canada, and the United States. profusely illus. with plates
t/out. many full page & col. pub. N.Y. Rizzoli
International Pub. 1991 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.4to. pp.340. Price: $175.00
KEATING JOHN D.The Lambent Flame.
with e/paper illus. & plates t/out. published Melbourne
M.U.P. 1974 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. sm.4to.obl. pp.124.Price: $35.00
KERR JAMES SEMPLE Design For Convicts.
An a ccount of design for convict establishments in the Australian
Colonies during the transportation era. illus. with plans, plates
t/out. some full page, pub. Syd, National Trust & Library of
Australian History, 1984 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.182. contact adhesive to
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KIRBY JOHN B.From Castle To Teahouse. Japanese
Architecture of the Momoyama Period. profusely illus. with b/w.
plates t/out. many full page pub. Tokyo Charles Tuttle & Co. 1962
1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.XVI.222. fine. Price: $50.00
KNOX ALISTAIRLiving In The Environment.
with e/paper illus. & numerous plates t/out. some full
page with appendices on planning for mud brick and soil types for mud
brick. pub. Melb. Mullaya Press 1976 or.cl. d/w. 4to.
pp.X.150. Price: $50.00
KORNFELD ALBERTHouse & Garden's Complete Guide To Interior Decoration Fifth Edition
profusely illus. with plates t/out. colour photos, b/w. photos, some
full page, advts. pub. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1953 or. blue
cloth, beige cl. to spine; roy.4to. pp.320. Very good
copy. Price: $75.00
KRECIC PETER Plecnik,
The complete works. profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page
and colour. Index. pub. London Academy Editions 1993 or.cl. d/w. 4to.
pp.256. This is the first truly comprehensive and chronological
monograph on Plenik's work, based on more than fifteen years of
research by author Peter Krecic. Examination in detail the architect's
fundamental works, as well as his methodology and design process. With
over 300 illustrations, including splendid photographic documentation
and many facsimiles of original drawings from Plecnik's
archives. Price: $150.00
LARKINS JOHNAustralian Pubs.
The result of a "25,000- mile pub crawl," profusely illus.
with photographs by Bruce Howard pub. Adel. Rigby 1974 or.cl. d/w.
sm.4to. pp.280. Very good copy. Price: $30.00
LARKINS JOHN and DON MUIRVictorian CountryPubs.
illus. t/out. with plates 16 full page & col.
pub. Adel. Rigby 1980 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.176. Near fine. Price: $35.00
LATREILLE PETER and ANNE LOVELL PETER New Uses for Old Buildings in Australia. With illustrations
throughout, appendix, index of buildings, references; pub. Oxford
University Press 1982 1st.ed. ook was produced for the Australian
Council of National Trusts in conjunction with the Historic Buildings
Preservation Council (Victoria). or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.208 fine
copy. Price: $45.00
LATTA DAVIDLost Glories.
A memorial to forgotten Australian
Buildings. illus. with b/w. plates t/out. many full
page pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1986 1st.ed. or.cl.
d/w. 4to.obl. pp.176. Price: $40.00
LEAKE PETERHomesteads Of Australia Felix.
profusely illus. with plates t/out. mostly full page b/w. pub. Melb.
Hawthorn Press 1973 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to.obl. pp.118. very good
copy. Price: $90.00
LE CORBUSIER Maurice Jardot (Intro) Trans by James Palmes. Le Corbusier. My Work with
hundreds of illus. (photos, drawings, sketches etc), some col, bibliog.
pub. London, The Architectural Press, 1960 1st. ed. or. beige open
weave cloth, d/w. roy.4to. pp.312, Good copy, in attractive pictorial
d/w. written and designed by Le Corbusier, being the English
version of "Le Corbusier Textes et Planches" Almost fine copy with
bright and sl. chipped and torn d/w. Price:
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LE DECOR D`AUJOURD`HUI (pub.)Le Decor de la Maison
profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page 28 tipped in col.
gold e/papers, pub. Paris nd. c.1949 or.cl. d/w. roy.4to. various
pagination, (pp. approx.600) Collection of interiors from Art &
Decoration magazine. Great mid-century interiors as well as
traditional. d/w. has short closed tears & small chips, very good
otherwise. Price: $400.00
LEES-MILNE JAMES The Age Of Adam.
illus. with col. frontis. 80 full page plates
t/out. of which 6 are col. pub. Lond.
Batsford 1947 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.
8vo. pp.VIII.184. fine copy in the torn
d/w. Price: $35.00
McGUIRE PAULInns Of Australia.
illus. with frontis. & 46 full page plates t/out. some col.
pub. Melb. Heinemann 1952 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo.
pp.XII.284. v/good in the torn d/w.
Price: $45.00
MALDRE MATI and Paul Kruty. Walter Burley Griffin In America
illus. with 181 photographs of Griffin's buildings by Mati Maldre, pub.
USA Urbana & Chicago Uni. of Illinois Press 1996 1st. ed. or.cl.
d/w. 4to. obl. pp.VII.180. Maldre and Kruty have combined to compile
the first complete visual record ever published of Griffin's surviving
American work. Walter Burley Griffin was from 1901 until 1906 Frank
Lloyd Wright's chief associate. From 1906 until 1912, Griffin
established his own firm in the Chicago area and became, after Louis
Sullivan and Wright, the third most important proponent of the Prairie
School of Architecture. After 1912, when Griffin won an international
competition to design the new Australian capital city of Canberra, he
did more and more of his work abroad, finally moving permanently to
Australia. Fine copy. Price: $75.00
MEIER RICHARDBuildings And Projects 1979-1989.
A comprehensive selection of buildings and projests to date together
with speeche given by David Carson, Kenneth Frampton and Richard Meier.
illus. with 228 plates, 116 in col. pub. N.Y. St. Martins Press 1990
or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.228. v/fine. Price: $125.00
MELBOURNE ARCHITECTURE-Early
1840 to 1888. A Photographic Record. Compiled & ed. by Maie Casey,
Joan Lindsay, D.A. Casey, John R. Freeman, Tom D. Freeman, Allan R.
Henderson illus. with map & plates t/out. mostly pull page pub.
Melb. Oxford Uni. Press 1963 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.184. Price:$45.00
MELBOURNE METROPOLITAN PLANNINGSCHEME 1954
Surveys And Analysis. Report submitted to the Town
Planning Committee. illus. with frontis. text plates &
col. maps t/out. pub. Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of
Works 1954 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.XXII.220. Price: $100.00
MIDDLETON G A T.Modern Buildings Their Planning Construction And Equipment in 6 Volumes illus. withdrawings,
detailed plans, col. plates, and text-illusts, some double-page. pub.
London; The Caxton Publishing Co n.d (early 20th century); 1st
edition.. or. dark blue decorated cloth, 4to. Vol.I pp,VII,200 + 3 col.
plates, Vol.II, pp,VII 200, + 8 col. plates, Vol.III. pp,VII,200 + 6
col. plates, Vol.IV. pp.VII,192 + 12 col. plates, Vol.V. pp,VII.198,
Vol.VI. pp,VII.212 + 8 col. plates. A little silverfishing to f/free
e/paper on one volume, else very good set in original, attractive,
decorated blue cloth. Price: $400.00
MITCHELL CHARLES F. Forty Plates On Building Construction
illus. with full double-page architectural drawings, on building
construction, pub. London. Cassell and Company Ltd. 1900 or. red cl.
roy.4to. pp.126. Presentation book plate pasted to inside cover, from
Victorian Institute of Architects. Slight mark to front board else fine
copy. Price: $200.00
MOORE BRYCEFrom The Ground Up.
Bristile, Whittakers and Metro Brick in Western Australian History.
illus. with b/w. plates t/out. pub. WA University of Western
Australia Press 1987 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.258. Very fine.
Price: $45.00
MOORE ROBERT Sheridan Blake & Ray Joyce.Australian Cottages.
profusely illus. with plates t/out. mostly full page & col. pub.
Adel. Lansdowne Press 1993 or.cl. d/w. roy.4to. pp.128. front of d/w.
faded else fine. Price: $35.00
MORGAN E.J.R. and S.H. GILBERT (Compilers) Early Adelaide Architecture 1836-1886.
A photographic record. with e/paper illus. & b/w. photo plates
t/out. pub. Melb. Oxford Uni. Press 1969 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo.
pp.170. Price: $75.00 Convert CurrencyParcel Costs
MORISON MARGARET PITT & John White (Ed.) Western Towns And Buildings.
Story of Architecture and urban development in Western
Australia over 150 years of settlement by people of European
origin. illus. with plates, maps, dgms. t/out. some
col. & full page, glossary of terms, bibliography, general
index, index, pub. Perth Uni. of W.A. Press 1979 or.cl.
d/w. 4to. pp.XVIII.346. Fine. Price: $75.00
NANGLE JAMES -Australian Building Practice
(Part 1) A Treatise For Australian Students Of Building Construction.
illus. with num. b/w. diagrams & graphs by photo-zinc blocks from
drawings by the author pub. Melbourne. G. Robertson & Co., 1900 1st
ed. pp.VIII.186. orig. red with gilt cloth bds. 8vo. This was
Australia's first building manual and this is the first of several
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NASH JOSEPH. The Mansions Of England The Old Time.
Ed. by Charles Holme. Intro. By. C Harrison Townsend; illus. with 104
full page b/w. plates t/out. (copies from engravings) single sided with
captions; pub. London, Offices Of "The Studio" 1906 or. red cl. 4to.
pp.VII.208. fine copy. Price: $125.00
NATIONAL TRUST Priceless Heritage. HistoricBuildings Of Tasmania. illus. with 106 b/w. photo plates t/out. pub. Tas. National Trust of Aust. 1971 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.136. fine. Price: $45.00
NATIONAL Terra Cotta Society. Terra Cotta Of The Renaissance.
Works from Italian towns and cities. profusely illus. with plates
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NICHOLS ALAN, JILL GARLAND and JOHNMARTIN Historic Churches Of New South Wales.
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PEARCE HOWARDHomesteads Of The Stony Desert.
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OMAN CHARLES C. & JEAN HAMILTON - Wallpapers
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century to the present day, based on the collection of the Victoria and
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third part, "Designers," covers identifiable artists such as William
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OPOLOVNIKOV A.V. and Y.A.The WoodenArchitecture Of Russia. Houses,
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OSWALD F. BARNETT & W.O. BURTHousing The AustralianNation. illus. with 24 full page plates t/out. pub. Melb. The Left Book Club 1942 or. red b/w. pict. stiff wps. cr.8vo. pp.86. fine. Price: $45.00
PATMORE DERE K. Colour Schemes For The Modern Home. illus. withcolour
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PATMORE DEREK Colour Schemes And Modern Furnishing illus.
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PEVSNER NIKOLAUS Ed. by. The Pelican History Of Art. The Art And Architecture Of Japan.
illus. with 174 full page b/w. plates, text dwgs. 2 maps. pub. U.K.
Penguin Books 1955 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.XX.316. fine in the torn
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PIANO RENZOBuildings and Projects 1971-1989.
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PILCHER DONALDThe Regency Style
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PIRANESI
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PUGIN A. WELBYAn Apology For The Revival OfChristian Architecture In England.
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RAJAN K.V. SOUNDARAIslam Builds In India.
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pp.XVI.318. Price: $85.00
REED T.T. Historic Churches Of Australia.
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col. pub. Melb. Macmillan 1978 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.150. fine in
the torn d/w. Price: $35.00
RICHARDS J.M.The Bombed Buildings Of Britain.
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full page pub. Lond. The Architectural Press 1947 or. blue cl. 4to.
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RICHARDSON A.E. and H.O. CORFIATO The Art of Architecture.
illus. with 269 full-page plates, num. text-illusts., and plans. pub.
Lond: English Universities Press, 1938 1st.ed. or. brown cl. roy.8vo.
or. illus. cl. gilt. t.e.g. pp.XXIV,662. With some minor foxing. A
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ROBERTSON E. GRAEMEVictorian Heritage.
Ornamental Cast Iron In Architecture. profusely illus. with plates
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ROBERTSON E. GRAEMEEarly Buildings OfSouthern Tasmania.Vol.I
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ROBERTSON E. GRAEMESydney Lace.
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ROBERTSON E. GRAEMEEarly Houses Of NorthernTasmania.Vol.II
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ROBERTSON E. GRAEMEOrnamental Cast Iron In Melbourne
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ROBERTSON E. GRAEMEDecorative Cast Iron InAustralia.
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ROBERTSON E. GRAEMECarlton.
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ROBERTSON E. GRAEME and Joan Robertson. Parkville.
With e/paper illus & profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full
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ROBINSON CHARLES MULFORD Modern Civic Art
or The City Made Beautiful illus. with frontis. & 29 illustrations;
pub.New York, NY: G. P. Putman's Sons, 1918 Fourth Edition. or.cl
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ROGERS J.M. translated and ed. by from the original Turkish by Kemal Cig Sabahattin Batur and Cengiz Koseoglu. Topkapi Architecture.
The Topkapi Saray Museum. Architecture: The Harem and Other
Buildings. profusely illus. with full page col. plates
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1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. slip-case 4to. pp.216.
Price: $195.00
ROGERS DOROTHYLovely Old Homes Of Kew (Victoria) illus. with 14 b/w plates and text describing the builders, owners and history of some of Kew's older buildings. pub. Melb.
Nd. 1961 or. card wrappers, (paperback) pp.44. Homes
include, Turinville ,Rangeview, Swinton, Campion Hall, Raheen,
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once a mayor of Kew, so has a great deal of personal experience with
the houses and people of the area. Fine. Price: $75.00
ROSSI ALDO Aldo Rossi Architect
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London Academy Editions, 1994 or. blue/grey card wrappers cr.4to.
pp.238. First Edition of the English Translation. Originally published
in German in 1993 as the cat. for an exhib. at the Berlinische
Galerie. Price: $55.00
RUSKIN JOHN Text and ed. by Michael W. Brooks. John Ruskin And Victorian Architecture.
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SADLER A.L. A Short History Of JapaneseArchitecture.
illus. with col. frontis. & 122 line dwgs. many full
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pp.XIV.282. sl. stain to d/w and through to front bd. else almost
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SAINI BSALEANT & RAY JOYCE - The Australian House.
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full page & col. pub. Sydney, Weldon Books 1990 or.cl. d/w.
roy.4to. pp.128. Price: $35.00
SALWEY JASPERSketching In Lead Pencil For Architects And Others
illus. with 58 finely-printed b/w illustrations on plates; index. pub.
B.T Batsford, 1926 1st. ed. or. 1/4 red cloth, printed boards, 8vo. pp.
VI,174.32 publishers catalogue, Drawings By Jasper Salwey And Others,
Including Frank Emanuel. Very good copy. Price:
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SAUNDERS DAVID Ed. By. Historic Buildings Of Victoria.
profusely illus. with plates t/out. many full page pub. Brisb. &
Melb. National Trust Jacaranda Press 1966 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to.
pp.278. Price: $60.00
SCHUMANN-BACIA EVAJohn Sloane And TheBank Of England.
profusely illus. with plates t/out. many full page &
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SEIDLER HARRY Houses, Interiors, Projects. profusely
illus. with b/w. plates, planes t/out. many full page pub. Sydney
Association General Pub. 1954
1st.ed. or. black cl. cr.4to.obl.
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SEIDLER HARRY Architecture For The New World.
The work of Harry Seidler. profusely illus. with plates t/out. some
full page & col. pub. Syd. Horwitz 1973 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to.
pp.264. fine copy. Price: $135.00. Convert CurrencyParcel Costs
SERLE GEOFFREY - Robin Boyd
A Life. Biography of Robyn Boyd. profusely illus. with plates t/out.
some full page & col. pub. Melbourne, Cambridge Uni. Press 1995 1st
ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.368. Price: $55.00
SHARLAND MICHAEL Stones Of A Century.
Stone Architecture around Tasmania. illus. with photo plates
t/out. many full page taken by the author. pub.
Hobart Oldham, Beddome & Meredith 1952
1st.ed. or.cl. 4to. pp.XII.74. boards sl. soiled. Price: $40.00
SHARP W. WATSON Australia's Early DwellingsAnd Churches.
illus. with full page col. plates of paintings by Richard A Smolicz
t/out. pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1984 or.cl. d/w. 8vo.obl.
pp.156. Price: $35.00
SHAW MARY TURNERBuilders Of Melbourne.
The Cockrams and their Contemporaries 1853-1972.
illus. with many b/w. plates t/out. some full
page pub. Melbourne Cypress Books 1972 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.
cr.4to. pp.116. Edition limited and numbered to 720 copies
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SHAW MARY TURNER Builders Of Melbourne.
The Cockrams and their Contemporaries 1853-1972.
illus. with many b/w. plates t/out. some full
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wrappers, (paperback), pp.116. History of the firm T. R. & L.
Cockram Pty Ltd, the oldest firm of family builders in Melbourne in
existence in 1972. Fine. Price: $35.00
SHERROTT KENYour House And How To Build It. A
Complete Illustrated Guide for the Home Builder and
House Owner. with plans and working drawings.
profusely illus. with plates, dwgs. t/out. many
full page some col. pub. Melb. Herald & Weekly Tikmes
(Colorgravure Pub.) nd.195-? or. red cl. roy.4to. pp.176. fine copy. Price: $40.00
SHERROTT KENBlueprints For A ProposedDwelling.
Design TF-1. Folder containing four sets of blueprints. pub.
Melb. Herald Weekly Times (Colorgravure Pub.)
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SHIMOMURA JUNICHI Text. Art NouveauArchitecture.
Residential Masterpieces 1892-1911. profusely illus. with
plates t/out. many full page & col. pub.
Lond. Academy Editions 1992 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.180. fine
copy. Price: $85.00
SHORE B. C. G. Stones Of Britain
Those in Charge of Valuable Buildings. illus. with 168 photo b/w plates
line illustrations, maps, index, pub. London Leonard Hill 1957 or.cl.
d/w. cr.4to. pp.XII.302 Exhaustive and well illustrated study of
British building stones. Very sl. chipped d/w. else fine.
Price: $55.00
SMITH BERNARD & KATEThe Architectural Character Of Glebe.
illus. with frontis. & profusely illus. with plates t/out. some
full page pub. Sydney Uni. Press 1973 1st ed. or. black cl. cr.4to.
pp.128. Price: $75.00
SMITH S.U. & B. Stevens.Ed.by. Domestic Architecture In Australia. With
tipped-in frontis., 47 full-page tipped-in plates, text-illus., and
interest. contemp. adverts at end. pub. Sydney Ure Smith, Produced in
collaboration with W. Hardy Wilson. (Special No. of Art in Australia).
1919; or. illus. boards d/w. (made by prior owner) 4to. pp.VIII,34,24
Limited edition to 2000 copies, spine short tear to cloth at spine,
covers slightly soiled otherwise very good copy.
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SMITH VINCENTThe Sydney Opera House.
The building and completion of the Sydney Opera House.
profusely illus. with plates t/out. many full page & col.
pub. Syd. Paul Hamlyn 1974 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.160. Price: $25.00
SMITH ROYEarly Tasmanian Bridges.
illus. with b/w. plates t/out. some full page, map; pub. Tas. Foot
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SOCIETY Of Industrial Designers. - Industrial Design in America, 1954
profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page & col. plus
adverts. pub. New York Farra, Straus & Young, 1954 or. beige cl.
4to. pp.224 Embossed cloth , contemporary survey of everyday household
items, from washing machines to plates. Very good
copy. Price: $100.00
SOWDEN HARRYAustralian Woolsheds.
Ed. & photographed by Harry Sowden. profusely illus. with
plates t/out. many full page pub. Melb. Cassell 1972 or. beige
cl. in wood grain manner 4to.obl. pp.252. Interiors
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SPILLER BRIAN - Victorian Public Houses
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Isles. pub. U.K. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1972 or.cl. d/w.
cr.4to. pp.112 fine copy. Price: $40.00
STANTON REGGIE Drawing And Painting Buildings.
Reggie Stanton's Guide to Architectural Rendering. profusely illus.
with 285 black and white and 28 colour illustrations, t/out. some full
page pub. USA Westport, Cincinnati North Light 1978 1st. ed. or.cl.
d/w. 4to. pp.144. Author uses demonstration and example in
conversational prose to explain the issues of perspective, photography,
models, materials, textures, foliage, skies, water, cass, birds' eye
views and more. Fine. Price: $40.00
STAPLETON MAISY & Ian Stapleton Australian House Style
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Flower Press Pty Ltd, 1997 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. obl.4to. pp.106 States
with illus. that Australian houses fall into 22 distinct styles that
range from colonial vernacular to post-modern and new
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STOKES ADRIAN - Smooth & Rough.
Comparisons in Classical Architecture and Western Art; illus. with 24
full page plates throughout, pub. Lond. Faber 1951 1st ed. or.cl. d/w.
8vo. pp.82,24 plates. d/w. lightly rubbed, name to f/free e/paper, else
very good. Price: $40.00
STRATTON ARTHUR The Orders Of Architecture.
Greek Roman and Renaissance with
selected examples of their
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Lond. 1931 this facsimile ed. 1986 Studio Ed. or.cl.d/w.
4to. pp.VIII.130. Price: $35.00
SUMMERSON JOHNArchitecture In Britain
1530 to 1830. illus. with 192 full page b/w.
plates, plans t/out. text pub. Lond. Penguin Books (Volume
23 in the Pelican History of Art series, edited by Nikolaus Pevsner.)
1953 1st.ed. or. dk. red cl. super roy.8vo.
pp.XVIII.274. Slightly rubbed to spine, otherwise
v/good. Price: $55.00
SUMNER RAY
- More Historic Homes Of Brisbane. illus. with Photographs by Frank
Bolt. pub. Brisbane. National Trust of Qld. 1982 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.
cr.4to. pp. 120 Price: $35.00
SWAAN W. Art And Architecture Of The Late Middle Ages.
1350 To The Advent Of The Renaissance. profusely illus. with plates, 17
colour and over 330 b/w illustrations; pub. London Omega Books, 1982
or.cl. d/w. roy.4to. pp.232 pp, , very fine. Price: $50.00
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
Programme of Ceremony to Commemorate the Commencement of
the Building of the Sydney Opera House. March 2nd. 1959 at
Benneiong Point. illus. with several plates, dwgs.
t/out. some full page, pub. Syd. 1959 or. gold wps.
4to. pp.unnumbered (24). fine. Price: $65.00
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
Official Souvenir. Officially opened by Her Majesty, Queen
Elizabeth II accompanied by His Royal Highness on Sat, Oct.
2oth, 1973. Price: $45.00
TANNER HOWARD Australian Housing In The Seventies
profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page, plans, pub. Sydney
Ure Smith 1976 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. oblong pp.144. Neat name to
f/free e/paper else fine. Price: $60.00
TANNER HOWARD & PHILLIP COX Restoring Old Australian Houses & Buildings.
An Architectural Guide. profusely illus.
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Australian buildings. pub. Melb. Macmillan 1975
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primitive / vernacular; Australian Georgian; Regency; Victorian Gothic;
Victorian Italianate; Boom Style (1870-1890); Federation;
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TAYLOR JENNIFERAustralian Architecture Since 1960.
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Nat. Education Centre, Royal Institute of Architects 1990 or.cl. d/w.
roy.4to.obl. pp. 264. Price: $55.00
TOPHAM GEORGEBe Your Own Builder.
illus. with diagrams, plans, advts, some col. pub. Sydney Associated
General Publications, 1952. or. card wrappers, (paperback), 8vo.
pp.114. Very good copy. Price: $35.00
TURNBULL JEFF & Peter Navaretti (eds) The Griffins In Australia & India:
The Complete Works & Projects of Walter Burley Griffin & Marion
Mahony Griffin profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page &
col. plans, pub. Miegunyah Press Melbourne 1998 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w.
roy.4to. pp.444 Essays on W B Griffin's Australian-American landscape
art; struggles to implement his Canberra plan (1912-1921); towns and
buildings for ordinary Australians; Marion Mahony Griffin's role; the
Griffin's early Australian work; incineration projects; Castlecrag;
partnership with Eric Milton Nicholls and catalogue raisonne.
Fine. Price: $100.00
TURNER BRIANAustralia's Iron Lace.
profusely illus. t/out. in col. & b/w. published Sydney
Allen & Unwin 1985 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.192. Price: $65.00
TURNER GREGPioneer Prints.
Prints of dwgs. of homes, outbuildings, homesteads,
cottages, etc. illus. t/out. pub. N.S.W. by Author nd.198-? or.cl.
4to.obl. pp.62. Price: $25.00
VERGE WILL GRAVESJohn Verge.
Early Australian Architect. His Ledger & His
Clients. illus. with frontis. & illus. with 18
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or.blk.cl. 4to. pp.XII.300. pages typed and edition
limited to 250 copies. v/good copy. Price: $350.00
`WAR FACTORIES for Industry!'
Australia's Post War Conversion Project.
Wartime factories as new sites for industry.
profusely illus. with plates t/out. many full
page map, plans & one col plate, pub. Canberra Minister for
Post-War Reconstruction nd.1946? or. crm. b/w. pict.
wps. cr.4to.obl. pp.unnumbered (24) fine. Price: $40.00
WEAVER Sir LAWRENCECottages:
Their Planning, Design and Materials. illus. with frontis. &
many plates, plans t/out. some full page pub. Lond. Country Life 1926
1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XII.402. sl. mark to d/w. else fine. Price: $65.00
WEST T.W. A History Of Architecture In Italy
illus. with b/w plate at frontispiece, 24 plates, 140 line drawings by
the author, index, bibliography, pub. Uni. of London Press 1968 or.cl.
d/w. 8vo. pp.XXIV.230. sl. faded to spine, name ot f/free e/paper else
fine. Price: $35.00
WESTERN AUSTRALIAArchitecture In Western Australia.
A Special Issue of "The Architect" April 1958. profusely illus. with
b/w. plates t/out. some full page, advts. pub. W.A. to conicide with
the Eighth Architectural Convention held in Perth 1958 or. wrappers,
4to. pp.108. Fine. Price: $45.00
WHIFFEN MARCUSThe Eighteenth Century Houses Of Williamsburg.
An architectural history. A study of architecture of building in the
colonial capital of Virginia. profusely illus. with plates, diagrams,
t/out. pub. N.Y. Rinehart and Winston Inc. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to.
pp.XX.234. fine copy. Price: $55.00.
WHITE LEAD Publicity Bureau (Publ.) - White Lead Paints.
Why, When and How Specified. A Book of Reference for Architects,
Surveyors & Engineers illus. with tipped-in colour plates, pub.
London The White Lead Publicity Bureau, 1934 1st. ed. . bound in tan
spine/ maroon cloth, titles gilt lettered, pictorial endpapers; cr.4to.
pp.160. Illustrates both interior and exteriors of a variety of
architectural types, including examples by Edwin Lutyens and Curtis
Green. The fine plates include several of Art Deco interiors &
interesting illus. of paint effects. Featured buildings include St.
Peter's Italian Church, London, the drawing room at Stratton House,
Piccadilly; Gaumont Palace, Hammersmith; Regent Cinema, Bournemouth;
Grosvenor House, Park Lane; Dorchester Hotel
etc. Price: $95.00
WILSON CHRISTOPHERThe Gothic Cathedral.
The Architecture of the Great Church. profusely illus. with
plates t/out. some full page (220) pub. Lond. Thames &
Hudson 1990. Price: $75.00 Convert CurrencyParcel Costs
WILSON GRANVILLE and PETER SANDSBuilding A City.
100 Years of Melbourne Architecture. profusely illus. with b/w. plates
t/out. many full page. pub. Melb. Oxford Uni. Press 1981 1st.ed.
or.cl. d/w. 4to.obl. pp.202. fine. Price: $55.00
WINSTON DENISSydney's Great Experiment.
The Progress of the Cumberland County Plan.
illus. with e/paper maps, frontis. & plates, maps
t/out. many full page, folding map in pocket at rear. pub. Syd. Angus
& Robertson 1957 or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.X.146. Price: $45.00
WRIGHT FRANK LLOYDUsonian Houses.The
case for organic architecture by John Sergeant. profusely illus. with
b/w. plates t/out. some full page pub. N.Y.Whitney Library of Design
1976 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.206. fine. Price: $125.00
WRIGHT FRANK LLOYDThe Natural House.
profusely illus. with b/w. plates t/out. some full
page pub. N.Y. Bramhall House nd.197-? or.cl. d/w. cr.4to.
pp.224. fine. Price: $125.00
WRIGHT FRANK LLOYD
An Autobiography. illus. with 40 full page plates t/out. pub.
N.Y. Horizon Press 1977 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.620. fine copy. Price: $60.00
WRIGHT RICHARDSON Inside The House Of Good Taste
profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page b/w. interior photo
plates, plans; pub. New York. Robert M. McBride & Company. 1918
Second Printing; or brown cloth with cream titles, cr.4to. pp.X.156 a
very good copy. Price: $60.00
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WHITTKOWER RUDOLFEssays In The History OfArchitecture
Presented To Rudolf Wittkower. Ed. by
Douglas Fraser, Howard Hibbard & Milton J. Lewine.
(With 26 Contributions) illus. with 128 full page
b/w. plates t/out. pub. Lond. Phaidon Press 1969 or.cl.
d/w. roy.4to. pp.372. Price: $150.00
YEOMANS JOHNThe Other Taj Mahal.
What happened to the Sydney Opera House. illus. with 24
full page plates t/out. pub. Lond. Longmans 1968 1st.ed. or.cl.
d/w. 8vo. pp.X.222. fine. Price: $45.00
YERBURY F.R. Lesser Known Architecture Of Spain
illus. with 48 collotype plates, beautiful examples of Spanish Art.
pub. London Ernest Benn Ltd. 1925 or. cream folder with ribbon ties.
Loose fitting plates with a description. Folio. Plates have tissue
guards, all in good condition. Folder is worn and stained at the top,
but all the plates are untouched. Added are about 20 pages from
"Pencil Points" a magazine from the period which had other examples of
Spanish architecture. Price: $95.00