Search Results: Architecture from Syber's Books ABN 40533682787

Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York, 1977. Reprint. Softcover. Good Condition. Illustrator: Illustrated. Preface by authors and index. The text is illustrated with plans and illustrations. Illustrated paperback binding with grey and white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Black and white photos of the authors to the lower edge of the rear panel. Title says it all. Creasing of the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and panels. Fading to the left hand edge of the front panel and to the back strip. Light age toning and foxing of the text block edges with age toning of the pages. A previous owner has underlined and made marginal marks, inner red and blue coloured to some of the text. Previous owners name to the title page. Size: Landscape Octavo. [4], 5 - 252, [2] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Architecture; Alternative Energy; 1970s; Engineering, Industrial,… Read More

Ticknor & Fields, Boston, 1891. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Good Condition. Illustrator: various plates, photographs, drawings and colour plates. Newspaper slight crack in the hinges of both volumes, rubbing of the corners exposing cardboard through the leather, and a scratch mark of some sort on the front panel of the 2nd volume. That's the bad news. Internally, incredibly clean, there is no foxing, there is no offset tanning. The illustrations are clean, and have not faded. Bound to the front of each volume is the appropriate index. Size: Folio ( 12"- 15" tall ). Item Type: Newspaper. The book is a secondhand book with reading creases to the spine, and darkening of the page edges, but is otherwise clean, and free of annotation. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: various plates, photographs, drawings and colour plates. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: architecture; America; 18th century; Inventory No: 0254620. .

River Books Limited, Bangkok, Thailand, 2003. Revised and Expanded. Softcover (with Flaps). Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic and Maps. Introduction by authors, practicalities, architectural terms, glossary and further reading and index. At the beginning of the text there is a map of the Angkor complex. Throughout the book there are colour photographs and maps and architectural drawings. Photographic paperback binding, with French flaps, with white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. An updated and revised edition of a book that was first published in 1999. A book which combines history, architecture and useful guide to the complex known as Angkor in Cambodia. Some creasing of the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and panels. Reading crease to the back strip. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [5], 6 - 239 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic and Maps. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped… Read More

Asia Books, Bangkok, Thailand, 2006. reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: photographs & map. second-hand copy, no damage, no annotations stop profusely illustrated with colour photographs, of buildings & details, with small diagrams and maps to assist in identification of purpose. there are foldout pages giving a chronology of the Khmer people. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 300 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: photographs & map. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Architecture; Bangkok; Early (0-1000 AD); Art & Design. ISBN: 8880958399. ISBN/EAN: 9788880958390. Inventory No: 0279131. . 9788880958390

George Braziller, New York, 1960. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: photographs. slight rubbing at the top and bottom of the spine on the binding, internally clean. Some of the colour reproductions inside our simply brilliant. Over 80 pages of reproductions including photographs, plans and drawings Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 136 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: photographs. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Architecture; Inventory No: 0254590. .

Images publishing (Malvern), Melbourne, 1988. First Edition. Casebound. Good/Good. Illustrator: Photographic, Diagrammatic, Facsimile. 1.925 kg; 216 pages, includes index, the text is illustrated with colour photography black-and-white photography, line drawings, and facsimiles of period documents. While covering the major members of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects, it also references landscape artists, and providers of "architectural components". Colour illustrated dust jacket over blind stamped boards. Slight ruffling of the top edge of the dust jacket. This book is part of a profile series designed as an ultimate and subtly powerful promotional tool which properly matches the elevated standards rightly demanded by the aggressive professional. Moreover, this Bicentennial edition has been designed to allow Architects of Australia to extend a clear and remarkable challenge to the future, not only within this country but across the world. The challenge lies in… Read More

Images publishing (Malvern), Melbourne, 1988. First Edition. Casebound. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic, Diagrammatic, Facsimile. 1.925 kg; 216 pages, includes index, the text is illustrated with colour photography black-and-white photography, line drawings, and facsimiles of period documents. While covering the major members of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects, it also references landscape artists, and providers of "architectural components". Colour illustrated dust jacket over blind stamped boards. Slight ruffling of the top edge of the dust jacket. This book is part of a profile series designed as an ultimate and subtly powerful promotional tool which properly matches the elevated standards rightly demanded by the aggressive professional. Moreover, this Bicentennial edition has been designed to allow Architects of Australia to extend a clear and remarkable challenge to the future, not only within this country but across the world. The… Read More

B. T. Batsford Ltd, London, 1927. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. preface to the new edition, not of acknowledgements, preface to the first edition, chronological memoranda, maps of Italy, Greece and Asia Minor, bibliography, glossary and index to text and illustrations. Sepia photograph frontispiece of Cella of Temple of Bacchus at Baalbek. The text is illustrated with numerous other sepia toned photographs, line drawings and plans. At the rear of the book there is a three page fold out map showing Italy, Greece and Asia Minor. Green coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured illustration and titles to the front panel and gilt coloured titles to the back strip. This book was first published in 1902 and has been fully revised and updated by Thomas Ashby. Part of a two volume set dealing with ancient architecture, this volume dealing with Rome, detailing the developments of Roman architecture and its… Read More

Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1970. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. acknowledgements, list of illustrations, foreword by author, notes, glossary, bibliography and index. The text is illustrated with numerous black and white photographs, plans and illustrations. Photographic card cover with blue and black coloured titles to the front panel and black and white coloured titles to the backstrip. "It is difficult to look at a building as famous as the Parthenon without preconceived ideas. But in this radical re-examination Professor Rhys Carpenter questions statements and challenges assumptions which have been accepted for centuries. So far from being a miracle opposition and calculation, the Parthenon is shown by him to have been a re-building of a partially completed temple: a considerable element of improvisation in makeshift entered into its creation. And Professor Carpenter suggest that the two architects,… Read More

Angus & Robertson, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover (Illustrated Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. Introduction by author, bibliography and annotations. Map illustrated in pages, both different, front end page showing Sydney CBD and its Victorian buildings (highlighted in a dark purple colour); rear end pages sewing Sydney and the suburbs – again highlighted in a dark purple colour. The text is illustrated with copious black-and-white photographs and the occasional black and white line drawing. Dark purple coloured cloth covered boards with gilt embossed illustration to the front panel and gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Arranged chronologically, from 1850 through to 1901, the author takes the reader through the Victorian architecture of Sydney. His comments on the architects, what they built and of the daily life that went on within the buildings. Softening and rubbing of the backstrip edges; fraying and rubbing of the… Read More

the Royal Australian Institute of architects, Sydney, 1989. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: photographs & drawings. this book has chronology tables of buildings and technological events in Australia paralleled with those world-wide, 1770 – 1986, & a brief history outlining the significant architectural developments of the 19th and 20th century, and presenting the ideological, technological and methodological ideas surrounding the use of steel in architecture, as well as presenting 26 world significant buildings as part of the case studies and 38 Australian buildings 1853 – 1986. Not a bad book. Instead of relying solely on black-and-white photographs it reverts to many of the construction drawings and detailed drawings, to give context. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 256 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: photographs & drawings. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight:… Read More

Penguin Books, London, 1970. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. list of illustrations, preface to the Penguin edition, preface to the first edition, introduction by authors, notes, list of abbreviations, catalogue of Michelangelo's works, bibliography and index. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photographs, black-and-white floorings and architectural plans – by Michelangelo. Colour photographic paperback binding with black and white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. "Sculptor, painter, poet and architect, the archetype of the inspired genius, Michelangelo revolutionised everything he touched, and nowhere was his influence profound or so enduring as in architecture. The Architecture of Michelangelo by Professor James Ackerman was first published in 1961 and has been very widely acclaimed. This revised edition takes into account the most recent research and includes a specially… Read More

Omega Books, Hertfordshire, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Various. 230 pages, includes glossary, bibliography, and index. Includes 17 colour and over 330 black-and-white illustrations. Colour illustrated dustjacket. The dustjacket is very slightly rubbed at the bottom left-hand side of the front panel. No other damage to report. In this superbly illustrated book, the author shows that once high Gothic had reached its apogee in the 12th and 13th centuries designers felt increasingly free to experiment with basic structures, to bring the various architectural elements into unity by spinning webs of pattern over them, or allow them to stand in original contrast with each other. Size: Folio ( 12"- 15" tall ). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Various. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Architecture; ISBN: 0907853358. ISBN/EAN: 9780907853350. Inventory No: 0228912. . 9780907853350

Hamlyn, London, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. glossaries, index and acknowledgements. Pale green coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with numerous colour and black-and-white photographs and reproductions of illustrations. White coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Photographic dustwrapper with brown and black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Covers ancient civilizations of western Asia, India, China, Korea, Japan, and the world of Islam ( which also includes Spain!!). Softening of the back strip edges and lower book edges. Age toning of the text block edges with previous owner's Chop to the lower right hand corner of the free front endpaper. A previous owner has removed the title page – please see photograph. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels with sunning to the panels. Some handling marks to the back strip. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. 400… Read More

Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1991. First Edition. Dark Red Vinyl. Good/Very Good. XII, 435 pages, + 1 blank, includes errata page, in text illustrations and charts and diagrams, and tables etc., appendices, bibliography, author index, subject index. Original dust jacket. This book provides down-to-earth explanations of atmospheric ecology and its relationship to design strategy. Nontechnical discussions and graphics rendered in an architectural drawing style give you a thorough understanding of atmospheric physics as it relates to design and architecture. Specific areas covered include albedo, radiation physics, energy, heat and temperature, water and humidity, soil moisture, and clouds. The front edges of the pages are speckled with small burn marks, as if the previous owner were a pipe smoker (which I know he was not). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos.… Read More

Angus & Robertson Publishers, Sydney, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Richard A. Smolicz. Foreword and introduction by author and glossary. Dark burgundy coloured and pages. The text is illustrated with coloured drawings and paintings by Richard A. Smolicz. Dull dark green coloured boards with white coloured titles to the backstrip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper, again by Richard A. Smolicz, with guilt coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the backstrip. "Far too often the records of historical houses of Australia have dwelt on grandiose, especially the replicas of Georgian mansions left behind in England. But the real-time their homes were built by the battlers, the underprivileged settlers, many of them escaped convicts. Their houses were rarely designed. They just grew from the primitive materials and simple tools that were at hand. Here is a fascinating historical and architectural account of these pioneer… Read More

Ure Smith, Sydney, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Introduction by authors and index. Illustrated end pages showing a early church. Ochre coloured boards with white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. The text is illustrated with colour photographs of Australian churches. Photographic dustwrapper with white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Colour photographs of authors to the rear fold over panel. As the author makes it clear in his authoritative and eminently readable text, Australian churches and their adjoining graveyards are the repositories of much of the nation's history and aspirations. Indeed, they have always played a vital part in the spiritual direction the country has taken since the days of the First Settlement at Sydney Cove – dust jacket blurb. Rubbing to the top book corners and back strip edges along with the lower book edge. A little age toning of the text block edges. Previous owners name… Read More

Lansdowne Press, Sydney, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Various. 1.0 kg; 127 pp., illustrated endpapers, bibliography, footnotes, index. Illustrated with numerous colour photographs, and line drawings etc.. Iluustrated dustwrapper. " an overview of the history of the cottage and the cottager in Britain, and the multicultural origins and history of the Australian cottage. Cottage life, gardens and interiors are examined with emphasis on the Australian adaptation of old world traditions." second-hand copy, the front panel of the dust jacket has a scratch, and there is a tidemark from moisture affecting the bottom edge of the inside of the dust jacket with just a suggestion of moisture contract to the heel of the spine of the book itself. Internally clean, with a gift note to the recipient on the verso of the front end paper. Size: Folio ( 12"- 15" tall ). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Various.… Read More

Lansdowne Press, Sydney, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic an Illustrations. foreword and introduction by authors, bibliography, footnotes, index. Illustrated endpages, showing a vintage wallpaper. Illustrated with numerous colour photographs, and line drawings etc. Tan coloured boards with white coloured titles to the backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper, with white coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the backstrip. "An overview of the history of the cottage and the cottages in Britain, and the multicultural origins and history of the Australian cottage. Cottage life, gardens and interiors are examined with emphasis on the Australian adaptation of old world traditions." -- from the front fold over panel. . Very light age toning of the text block edges. Fading of the spine section of the dust jacket. Some creasing of the dustwrapper edges and rubbing of the panels. Size: Folio (over 12" tall ).… Read More

Penguin Books in association with F.W. Cheshire, Mitcham, Victoria, 1963. First Edition. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Robin Boyd. foreword by John Betjeman introduction by author and index. The text is illustrated with black-and-white drawings by author. Illustrated cover with blue and white background with black and white titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black and white photograph of author to the verso of the front panel. The classic Robin Boyd book on Australian architecture, planning and urban landscape. Creasing of the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and panels. Reading crease to the back strip. Light tanning of the text block edges and age toning of the pages. Previous owners details to the half title page. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). [6], 7 - 255, [1] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Robin Boyd. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Architecture; Urban Planning; Inventory No: 0289804. .