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
Trade catalogue. Ceilings (Embossed STeel)
Sydney: The Wunderlich Patent Ceiling and Roofing Company. No Binding. 24 pp. stapled, lacking original soft covers. Illustrated catalogue of embossed steel ceilings and wall coverings in a wide range of patterns, familiar in New Zealand and Australian houses of the later 19th and early 20th Centuries. Includes dimensions and..... 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
Francois Mansart
London: Zwemmer, 1973. 1st Edition. 4to. Hardcover. 2 vols, pp 314 text, plus in vol 2 563 images in the plates. Mansart is considered to be the greatest French architect in the 17th C, contemporary of Wren. 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
Salomon De Brosse and the Development of the Classical Style in French Architecture, from 1565 to 1630
London: Zwemmer, 1972. 1st Edition. Sm 4to. Hardcover. pp 295, plus 216 illustrations on unpaginated plate pages. 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
Harry Seidler. Four Decades of Architecture
London: Thames & Hudson, 1992. 4to. Hardcover. pp 430, 1463 illustrations. Attractive and well-illustrated history of this Australian architect. 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
The Architectural Drawings of Sir Christopher Wren at All Souls College Oxford: A complete catalogue
Hampshire: Humphreys, 2007. 1st Edition. 4to. Hardcover. pp 296, illustrated throughout. A collection of nearly 500 drawings describing one of hte great sources of architectural history. 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