House plan
1935. No Binding. 29 x 42.5 cm. House plan for property in Gardiner Rd, Auckland. Hand-painted, showing elevation to the road, plus porch and 1st floor plans. Nice copy of a typical two-storied Epsom/Remuera house from the 1930s. More
Architecture
Palmerston North fountain. Proposed design of ornamental fountain for Palmerston North
No Binding. Plan of a proposed fountain for Palmerston North. Showing perspective, elevation, and plan views. 37 x 47 cm. Probably designed for a competition to build a fountain in 1902 for Palmerston North's central square in commemoration of the coronation of King Edward VII. The competition was won by..... More
The Twenty Styles of Architecture, Illustrated By Plates Of The Finest Edifices Of The World
London: Sampson, 1881. 4to. Hardcover. Pp. 148 plus lithographed plates. Some foxing. Contemporary half morocco. Neat gilt crests on spine and front board. A good sound copy in half morocco gilt, gilt decorations on spine. More
Architectural plan. Warehouse Wellesley & Elliot Streets
Auckland. No Binding. Plans of sections of a new warehouse building showing floor plans, scale 8 fett to 1 inch, by the architects A Clark and Sons Ltd. c. 1920s. 65 x 54 cm, free mounted on card. More
Raymond Erith, Architect
Oxfordshire: Signet Press, 1985. 1st Edition. Sm 4to. Hardcover. [11] 233 pp, illustrated throughout. Erith was the most significant classical architect in England around he 1930s. More
Philibert De L'Orme
London: Zwemmer, 1958. 1st Edition. 4to. Hardcover. pp 162, 67 illustrations on unpaginated plate pages. The first volume in Studies in Architecture series. L'Orme was a French Renaissance architect. More
An Improved and Enlarged Edition of Nicholson's New Carpenter's Guide: Being a Complete book of Lines, For Carpenters, Joiners And Workmen In General, On Methods Entirely New Founded On Geometric Principles
London: Jones, 1826. 4to. Hardcover. Complete with 80 plates (I-LXXX). Pages darkened. Contemporary half calf and papered boards showing some wear. A good sound complete copy in original calf. More
An Improved and Enlarged Edition of Nicholson's New Carpenters' Guide: Being a Complete book of Lines, For Carpenters, Joiners And Workmen In General, On Methods Entirely New Founded On Geometric Principles
London: Jones, 1826. Hardcover. Pp. xii, 124. 88 plates, Architectural Diagrams. Full contemporary calf. A nice clean copy in the original full mottled calf. The plates show interesting angles of mouldings, hand railings, designs for shutters, columns and capitals etc. Some minor wear to top of spine A handsome copy..... More
Carlo Fontana. The drawings at Windsor Castle
London: Zwemmer, 1977. 1st Edition. 4to. Hardcover. pp 222, 570 illustrations contained in the plates after the text. Fontana was the chief papal architect in the 18th C, a counterpart to Wren, etc. More
Finden's works the life and works of Lord Byron
London: Murray, 1833. 8vo. Full Calf. 3 vols. set. Engraved title pages with vignettes, engravings. A fine complete set in full ribbed, decorated caf, gilt decorations, a e g. More
Modern Building and Architecture: A Series Of Working Drawings And Practical Designs Including Numerous Examples From The Paris And Havre International Exhibitions.
London: Fullarton & Co, 1870. Folio. Half Calf. Pp. 248, 50 plates, some double paged. Contemporary half calf, some wear. Bottom 6th of joint on spine is lifting and first gathering is loose. A good complete copy of this monumental and very well illustrated work in handsome binding. Extra heavy..... More
Modern Mechanical Engineering and Machine Making. A Series Of Working Drawings And Practical
London: Fullarton & Co. Folio. Hardcover. Pp. 280, 63 plates, some folded. Contemporary half calf, minor wear. A good complete copy of this monumental and very well illustrated work in handsome binding. Extra heavy. More
Le Corbusier: The chapel of Notre-Dame Du Haut et Ronchamp
London: Royal Academy, 2015. 1st Edition. 4to. Hardcover. 240 pp, illustrated throughout. More
St Paul's Church Auckland - New Chancel East Window
1936. No Binding. Architectural plan of a front view of the east window to sanctuary of the new stone chancel which replaced the original wooden one in 1936. St Paul's church, the oldest in Auckland was built on its current site in 1894. Pencil drawing in very good condition, 59..... More
James Gibbs
Yale: Yale University Press, 1984. 1st Edition. 4to. Hardcover. pp 362, illustrated throughout. Perhaps the most successful and prolific architect in 18th C England. More
Pompeiana
London: Jennings and Chaplin, 1832. 4to. Hardcover. 2 vols. The Jennings and Chaplin edition of 1832. Complete with 87 plates, including two hand-coloured plates. Original half morocco binding with marbled boards, some slight rubbing, gilt on spine. Very good clean copy with no foxing. More
An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and Practical.
London: Longman, Brown, Green, 1842. BRANSTON, R. 8vo. Half Calf. pp xii, 1089, [32]. Early green half calf with red titling piece. Illustrations, small split on bottom back hinge. A handsome copy. More
Sir William Chambers. Knight of the Polar Star
London: Zwemmer, 1970. 1st Edition. 4to. Hardcover. pp 397, plus 199 illustrations on unpaginated plate pages. More
A Complete Treatise On Cast And Wrought Iron Bridge Construction Including Iron Foundations
London: Lockwood, 1870. Folio. Hardcover. 2 vols. Two frontispieces; a full page photographic frontispiece by Caldesi of Brunel's Royal Albert Bridge over the River Tamar, Saltash and a tinted lithograph of the Taptee Viaduct, India.. 115 plates & diagrams (some folding). Minor damage to fore-edge of two leaves. Contemporary half..... More
The Life of Sir Edwin Lutyens
London: Country Life, 1953. 4to. Hardcover. pp 602, plates. Special edition. Comprehensive biography of the noted English architect, with an appreciation of his principal buildings. More
Charles Rennie MacIntosh
Glasgow: Abberville Press, 1996. 1st Edition. 4to. Hardcover. 383 pp, illustrated throughout. The authoritative scarce work on this architect, designer, painter and graphic artist of the 1890s-1920s. More
Gottlieb Bindesboll. Denmark's first modern architect
Denmark: Danish Architecture Press, 1913. 4to. Hardcover. pp 495, illustrations throughout. Attractive and well-illustrated history of this key Danish architect. More
The Engineer and Machinist's Drawing Book, A Complete Course of Instruction for the Practical Engineer
London: Blackie, 1857. 4to. Hardcover. Pp. iv, 116, 71 plates. Contemporary half morocco. A good complete copy stoutly bound in early half morocco. More
Traite D'Architecture avec Des Remarques et des Observations Tres-Utiles Pour Les Jeunes Glens, Que Veulent S'Appliquer á Ce Bel Art.
Paris: Giffart, 1714. Small 4to. Hardcover. Pp. viii, 196, 181 finely engraved plates. Contemporary full calf gilt, wear to front joint, and rubbed on spine bands. A good complete copy with all the engravings of the architectural orders, balustrades, delightfully executed. More