Architecture (19th And 20th Century) from Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books

London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1981. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Reprint. Softcover. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers. Very light crease to spine. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 200pp. Several colour plates and many b/w illustrations. This catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition dedicated to the work of Sir… Read more about this item

Westmead, Farnborough, Hants: Gregg International Publishers Ltd., 1972. Book. Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. This is a 1972 republication of the 1823 first edition. No dustjacket (as issued?). Blue hardcover with title in silver on spine. Condition: Good, with general light shelfwear and light soiling (including a faint watersplash mark to front cover). Some light bumping… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: The Rutland Press, 1995. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Softcover. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers. No inscriptions. 104pp. Many b/w and several colour illustrations. This book seeks to provide an introduction to the work of the architect Basil Spence (1907-1976) with an emphasis on his Scottish buildings and the… Read more about this item

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1971. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Grey hardcover with title in gilt on front cover and spine. Condition: Good, with previous owners bookplate on front endpaper and an inscription dated 2013, possibly from the author to the previous owner (a former curator of Dorset County Museum in Dorchester)… Read more about this item

Dorchester, Dorset: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1995. Book. Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). Softcover. Condition: Good, essentially very good with light sunning to left-hand third of front cover and and light crease to top outer corner of rear cover, with a corresponding crease to the last three pages of the book. Previous owners bookplate inside front cover.… Read more about this item

Dorchester, Dorset: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society and The Thomas Hardy Society, 2014. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Softcover. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. No inscriptions. 57pp. Several colour illustrations. Before he became an author, the young Thomas Hardy was apprenticed to the church architect John Hicks in… Read more about this item

Oxford and London: Parker & Co., 1881. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Seventh edition. Pale red cloth with gilt decoration to front cover and spine.Top edge gilt. Condition: Good with general shelfwear to covers, slightly more so to head and tail of spine, which is also lightly sunned. Light foxing to endpapers. Binding cracked… Read more about this item

New York: Rizzoli, 1991. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Cream cloth hardcover with title in green on spine. Condition: Very good, binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, with general light shelfwear and some light sunning to very edge of the front cover of the dustjacket where it meets the spine. 324pp. Many sumptuous… Read more about this item

Cambridge, Massachusetts/London, England: The MIT Press, 1979. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. NB: No dustjacket. Originally published in German as "Le Corbusier, Elemente einer Synthese" by Verlag Huber in 1968, this edition published by the MIT Press in English, in 1979. White hardcover with title in silver on spine. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear and… Read more about this item

Helsinki, Finland: Museum of Finnish Architecture, 1984. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Dual text in English and Finnish. Softcover. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Previous owner (a designer) has written E Saarinen neatly in black on the spine. 120pp. Many b/w and some occasional colour illustrations. This catalogue was… Read more about this item

London : Academy Editions, 1978. Book. Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Softcover. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 80pp. Together with a wonderful introduction by Charles Jencks, the book comprises 64 captions complete with colour illustrations of some of the more exaggerated houses of Los Angeles, displaying in their own… Read more about this item

Santa Monica, California: Hennessy & Ingalls, 1998. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Originally published in 1928, this version published 1998. Pale olive green hardcover. Condition: Very good, with light bumping to lower cover corners. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with light shelfwear. 265pp. Colour frontispiece and many b/w illustrations. .

Birmingham, West Midlands: Mercia Cinema Society, 1985. Book. Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Blue hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Good, with general light shelfwear to covers. Some creasing to front endpper. Two small areas to front pastedown where some sellotape has been removed, taking off the top surface layer of paper. Dustjacket condition:… Read more about this item

New York: Rizzoli, 1989. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Pale sage green hardcover with title in black on spine. Condition: Very good, binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, with general light shelfwear and a couple of small repaired tears. 332pp. 254 b/w illustrations. In this book, the author, Victoria Newhouse chronicles the career… Read more about this item

London and New York: Mansell Publishing Ltd., 1987. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Dark grey hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Good, with just a hint of shelfwear to covers, including a small dent to base of rear cover edge. Light crease to lower right corner of title page. Binding sound, no… Read more about this item

New York, Toronto, London: McGraw-Hill Book Company Inc., 1960. Book. Good. Cloth. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Second edition. Pale grey cloth with title i black on front cover and spine. Condition: Good, with general light shelfwear to covers. Front endpaper has a vertical crease to the edge. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Fair to good, generally… Read more about this item

New Jersey: Eastview Editions, Inc., 1980. Book. Fair. Hardcover. Black hardcover with titles in gilt on spine. Condition: Fair to good, light foxing to half-title and light sunning to text edges. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Fair, generally lightly shelfworn, with sunning to spine. Not price-clipped. 325pp. Profusely illustrated with b/w diagrams..

London: Laurence King Publishing Ltd., 2006. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Pale blue hardcover with title in black on spine. Condition: Fine, binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear. 240pp. Many colour illustrations. This book begins with an introduction that traces the history the key moments of glass in architecture,… Read more about this item

London: Scolar Press, 1978. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Introduction by Clive Wainwright, and full index by Jane Wainright. Blue hardcover with titles in gilt on spine. Condition: Good, binding sound, text clean no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Fair, covers are quite sunned, and generally shelfworn. Not price-clipped. 473pp. Pugin is universally known as the key… Read more about this item

London: Hugh Evelyn, 1973. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Text is in English. Pale blue cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. Light sunning to very edges of text throughout. Dustjacket condition: Good, with light shelfwear and light sunning to spine. 143pp. Many b/w illustrations.… Read more about this item