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ADAM, Robert.
Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia. 1764
£24,500
First edition. During a five week detour from his Grand Tour, Adam, joined by the renowned French draughtsman C.-L. Clérisseau, set about studying, measuring and recording the...
Folio (534 × 368 mm). Contemporary tree calf neatly rebacked to style retaining old black morocco label, sides bordered in gilt with decorative dotted roll and... Read more
REPTON, Humphry.
Fragments on the theory and practice of Landscape Gardening. 1816
£17,500
First edition of Repton's last treatise, this copy from the library at High Legh, Cheshire. The Legh family had held substantial property in the Cheshire area since the time of...
Large quarto (339 × 276 mm). Near-contemporary red half morocco, spine with gilt devices between raised bands, gilt-lettered direct in second compartment, pink... Read more
NATTES, John Claude.
Bath, illustrated by a Series of Views, 1806
£13,500
First edition, a very good, complete copy - "The half-title is frequently missing. Some copies have the vignettes uncoloured" (Tooley) Abbey suggests that although no precedence can...
Folio (451 × 321 mm) Modern green morocco, title gilt direct to spine, raised bands, gilt arabesque decoration in the compartments, wide gilt palmette and floral... Read more
PUGIN, Augustus Welby Northmore.
Autograph letter, with original captioned ink sketch, to Henry Ridgard Bagshawe. 1841
£12,500
A wittily satirical sketch by Pugin, the Roman Catholic architect, sent to his friend Henry Ridgard Bagshawe (1799-1870), a prominent Catholic lawyer. Bagshawe sat on the committee...
Single leaf, hand-torn along one edge (225 × 182 mm); on recto, address panel with one-penny stamp (the famous Penny Black) with red cancellation, franks, red wax... Read more
(ACKERMANN, Rudolph)
The Microcosm of London [1808–10]
£7,500
First edition, early issue with a number of the plates in their first state. The plates are from drawings by Thomas Rowlandson (1756–1827) and Augustus Pugin (1762–1832)....
3 volumes, quarto (332 × 265 mm). Contemporary brown calf rebacked, spines gilt in compartments, green and red morocco labels, floral roll and cornerpieces to... Read more
PYNE, W. H.
The History of the Royal Residences 1819
£7,500
First Edition of the finest contemporary record of the royal residences in a splendid series of aquatints. Ours is a large copy measuring 13.5 x 10.75 inches (Abbey's copy was uncut...
3 volumes, folio. Early Victorian black full morocco, with gilt titles, gilt decoration and raised bands on spine, elaborate gilt borders to boards, gilt and... Read more
PYNE, W. H.
The History of the Royal Residences. 1819
£6,850
First edition of the finest contemporary record of the royal residences in a splendid series of aquatints. This set with the bookplates of Sidney Herbert Lord Elphinstone.
3 volumes, folio (332 × 270 mm). Contemporary red half calf, spines gilt in compartments, marbled sides, yellow edges. 2 colour engraved frontispieces and 98... Read more
TIPPING, H. Avray.
English Homes. 1921–37
£4,750
First editions, first impressions save for volume II of Mediaeval & Early Tudor (early impression dated 1937) and Late Stuart (second impression). Author H. Avray Tipping...
9 volumes, folio. Original blue buckram backed blue cloth, titles to spines and upper boards, gilt, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. Frontispiece to each volume and... Read more
(ACKERMANN, Rudolph)
A History of The University of Oxford, its colleges, halls, and public buildings. 1814
£4,500
First Edition of Ackermann's lavish history of Oxford, complete with the Founders plate. The text is by William Combe, of Doctor Syntax fame.
2 volumes, quarto (342 × 282 mm). Publisher's blue straight-grained morocco, spines lettered in gilt, gilt wide bands, compartments decorated in gilt and in... Read more
!["The Church of England" [St. Paul's Cathedral].](/content/store/products/2494/2/3805.jpg)
BENINGTON, Walter.
"The Church of England" [St. Paul's Cathedral]. [1903]
£2,250
A vintage print in exceptionally large format, signed on the mount by the photographer, of St. Paul's Cathedral taken from the south bank of the Thames. Benington was part of the...
Original platinum print, mounted and framed behind glass. Some very minor oxidization to the edges of the print, a little conservation to one edge but a superb example. Read more
SHORE, Stephen.
Uncommon Places. Photographs. 1982
£2,000
First edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author on the half-title, "For Ruth from Stephen 12/10/82". Ruth Ansel was the co-art director of Harper's Bazaar and the art director...
Oblong quarto. Original brown cloth, titles to spine and upper board in mauve. With the dust jacket. 49 plates from photographs. An excellent copy in the dust jacket... Read more
LOWRY L. S.
Landscape with Farm Buildings. 1972
£2,000
Edition of 850. Signed in pencil lower right by L. S. Lowry. Fine Art Trade Guild blindstamp lower left.
Image size: 41 x 51 cm. Colour offset lithograph on heavy wove paper. A lovely bright image. Presented in a contemporary gilt and wooden frame with recent acid free... Read more
VIGNOLA, Giacomo Barozzi da.
Vignola: or, the Compleat Architect.. 1694
£1,800
Fourth edition, second issue with cancel title (the first issue was dated 1692) and corrected plate numbering. "It was not an architectural preference so much as a patriotic desire...
Octavo (159 × 97 mm). Contemporary panelled sheep, red morocco label, smooth spine gilt in compartments. Engraved frontispiece, extra engraved title, 32 engraved... Read more
RUSKIN, John.
The Stones of Venice. 1873
£1,750
One of a limited edition of 1,500 copies, signed by the author at the end of the preface.
3 volumes, quarto. Original brown cloth, titles and winged lion of St Mark to spines gilt, boards blocked in blind with foliate boarder and gilt bird centrepiece. 53... Read more
DEARN, Thomas Downes Wilmot.
Designs for Lodges and Entrances to Parks, Paddocks, and Pleasure-Grounds, 1823
£1,750
The architect Thomas Dearn (1777–1853) practised at Cranbrook in Kent, one of his only known completed designs being a lodge (illustrated as plate 9) at nearby Angley for Sir...
Folio. Original brown boards, rebacked to style. 20 engraved plates. Bookplate of Robert Dymond. Pencilled ownership signature to front free endpaper. Occasional light... Read more
BOWEN, Elizabeth.
Bowen's Court. 1942
£1,500
First edition, first impression. E. M. Forster's copy, with his bookplate to the front pastedown and inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "E. M. Forster from Elizabeth...
Octavo. Original green cloth, titles to spine in red. With the dust jacket. Frontispiece and 3 plates, map, and folding chart. Light partial tanning to free endpapers,... Read more
NASH, Joseph.
The Mansions of England in The Olden Time. 1874
£1,250
First edition, four series bound as one.
Folio, in four parts. Bound for Sotheran's in full brown morocco, gilt titles and decoration to spine, decorative gilt titles to front board, elaborate gilt border... Read more
GROSE, Francis.
Grose's Antiquities. 1791
£1,250
Two bookplates on pastedown endpaper of each volume.
10 volumes, quarto. Bound in full tan calf. Brown label, gilt titles, decoration, and raised bands to spine. Gilt rules and blank stamped design to boards, marbled... Read more
(BACON, Francis.) Carl A. Schmitz; Nicholas Yalouris; Dr. Max H. Von Freeden; Christiane Desroches Noblecourt.
The Acanthus History of Sculpture, Oceanic Sculpture, Sculpture of Melanesia; Classical Greece, The Sculpture of the Parthenon; Gothic Sculpture, The Intimate Carvings; Ancient Egypt, The New Kingdom 1960-62
£1,000
First editions, first impressions. Inscribed in the first volume mentioned by the artist Francis Bacon on the front free endpaper, "To John, with all best wishes, Francis Bacon"....
4 vols. Folio. Original lemon boards with fawn cloth spine, titles to front cover and spine gilt. Photographs throughout by F. L. Kennet. Edges of boards rubbed, light... Read more
BYRON, Robert.
How We Celebrate the Coronation. 1937
£775
First edition, first impression of a pamphlet opposing the destruction of historic London buildings. Robert Byron (1905-1941), the journalist, art critic, and author is best known...
Octavo. Original yellow wrappers printed in red. Illustrations from photos throughout. Wrappers a little rubbed and tanned, front hinge cracked. A very good copy. Read more
JOURDAIN, M.
The Library of Decorative Art. English Decoration and Furniture of the 1924
£700
First edition, first impression.
Folio. Original maroon boards, titles to spine and upper board gilt, blind stamped decoration to upper board, top edge gilt. With the dust jacket. Colour frontispiece... Read more
HUNT, T. F.
Half A Dozen Hints on Picturesque Domestic Architecture, 1825
£600
First edition, first impression of the author's first book, a pattern-book of "fanciful estate buildings in the 'Olde English' style" with lithographs by the author (OED).
Folio. Original brown boards, printed paper label to cover. 12 engraved plates. Penciled ownership signature to front free endpaper, pen signature to title page.... Read more
TIPPING, H. Avray, & Christopher Hussey.
English Homes Period IV – Vol II. 1928
£600
First edition rare in dust wrapper.
Folio, pp, lxiv + 333. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine and front cover, complete with dust wrapper. Photographic illustrations and diagrams throughout the... Read more
(NEUTRA, Richard) MCCOY, Esther.
Richard Neutra. 1960
£575
First edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author on the half-title, To the right
Quarto. Original grey cloth backed marbled boards, titles to spine in brown and black and to upper board in black, black endpapers. With the dust jacket. An excellent... Read more
![Athar al-Islam w al-tarikhiya fi al-Ithiad al-Sufiyati. [Historical Monuments Of Islam in the U.S.S.R.]](/content/store/products/19296/2/32696.jpg)
BABAKHANOV, Ziyautdin (intro.)
Athar al-Islam w al-tarikhiya fi al-Ithiad al-Sufiyati. [Historical Monuments Of Islam in the U.S.S.R.] 1970
£500
First edition. Superb photographic record of Islamic buildings of the former Soviet Union in Central Asia - Samarkand, Shah-i-Zindah Mausoleum, Bibi Khanum Mosque, Gur Amir...
Folio (400 × 300 mm). Original green cloth, title in white to spine and in black to upper board, green top-stain. In the original decorative card slip-case. 135... Read more
