Harmondsworth: Penguin Books (King Penguin), 1949. 12mo. First edition. Original patterned paper boards designed by Edward Bawden. 'The coloured illustrations in this book are from drawings made by the artist directly on to lithographic zinc plates. They are therefore originals and not reproductions of drawings made on paper.' With six.....
London: The Waverley Book Company Ltd, 1922. 4to. 2 volumes, set. First edition. Original quarter tan buckram with tan cloth boards, gilt. Leather label to spine. Top edges gilt. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Spine labels slightly rubbed. Slight foxing to fore edges. Bookplate on each front paste down.....
London: Chatto & Windus, 1999. 8vo. First edition. Original maroon paper-covered boards. With illustrations by David Holmes. Fine in fine dust-wrapper.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1999. 8vo. First edition. Original maroon paper-covered boards. With illustrations by David Holmes. Fine in fine dust-wrapper. Loosely inserted is the publisher's description insisting that it is strictly embargoed until 24th May 1999 and ' a personal journey, a bold assertion of the native swimmer's right.....
Tarrant Monkton: The Workshop Press for The National Trust, 1986. 8vo. Revised edition. First published in 1981. Original stapled paper covers. Illustrated throughout in colour from hand-drawn lithographic plates. The back cover has a diagonal crease. Near fine. Designed, drawn and printed by Rena Gardiner who had fun numbering the.....
London: William Heinemann, 1951. 8vo. First edition. Original grey cloth, gilt. Spine faded. Endpapers browned as usual. Near fine. Parkis is willing.
London: J. M. Dent and Sons Limited, 1974. 4to. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt. Illustrated throughout in black and white. D/w has one very short closed tear to the top edge of the back panel. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper. Covering the expected statues, urns, sundials and fountains but.....
London: Collins, 1944. First edition. Decorated paper boards in dust-wrapper. Illustrated with 8 plates in colour and 25 illustrations in black and white. Light dust-soiling to top half of back panel of d/w. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper. Britain in Pictures #50.
London: Country Life, 1970. 4to. First edition. Original green buckram, gilt. Top edge gilt. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. Small ink stamp 'AB' to front endpaper and title page. Fine. Properties covered include Chatsworth, Burghley, Castle Howard, Blenheim Palace and Petworth. From the collection of Ashley Barker OBE.....
London: The Architectural Press, 1951. 4to. Third impression. First published in 1931. Original green buckram, gilt. Top edge stained green. Illustrated throughout in black and white. A few light marks to the rear board. Spine very slightly faded. Initials 'AB' stamped to fly and title page. From the collection of.....
London: Southern Railway of England, 1935. 16mo. First edition. Original printed paper wraps. Stapled. Wood engravings by Eric Ravilious. A vignette at the start of each of the three sections and a small engraving on the title page of a beach with white cliffs and a lighthouse. Colour folding map.....
London: The Ordnance Survey for The War Office, 1940. 42 linen-backed sheet maps covering most of Southern England. Contained in a brown leather-covered hinged case with metal reinforcements at the corners and an Index to the maps housed in the lid. The external dimensions are 29 x 20 x 14.....
London: John Murray, 1949. Large 8vo. First edition. Original mustard yellow cloth decorated in black and white. Folding map and black and white photographic plate section. Light foxing to endpapers and edges of text block. D/w is somewhat foxed with a few chips and short closed tears. Near fine in.....
London: H.M.S.O., 1937. 8vo. First edition. Full brown morocco with blind-stamped rule around borders and gilt lettering to spine. Top edge gilt. Original printed wrappers with designs by Eric Ravilious on front and back bound in. Light shelf wear otherwise fine. Both the French and English texts of the catalogue.....
London: Country Life, 1929. Folio. Second impression. First published in 1922. Original quarter blue buckram over blue cloth boards, gilt. Marbled endpapers. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. D/w, reinforced on reverse, is rubbed, worn and dust-soiled. Neat ink ownership on prelim. Fine in very good dust-wrapper. This volume.....
London: Country Life and George Newnes, 1929. Folio. Second impression. First published in 1920. Original quarter blue buckram over blue cloth boards, gilt. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. Some foxing to covers. Corner tips pushed. Very small marks to both endpapers. Contents fine. This volume includes, among others.....
London: Country Life, 1920-37. Folio. 9 volumes, set. First editions. Original quarter blue buckram with blue cloth boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. (The blue of the buckram used varies owing to the length of time between publications.) All edges gilt and marbled endpapers (with the exception of Periods I......
New Haven and London: Yale Center for British Art/ Royal Academy and Yale University Press, 2007. 4to. First edition. Original brown cloth, gilt. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Fine in fine dust-wrapper. Published to coincide with an exhibition in Connecticut and London, the hardcover edition is uncommon.....
London: Country Life, 1914. 4to. First edition. Original red buckram, gilt. Coloured frontispiece tipped in and tissue-guarded. Spine and half of the front board slightly faded. Bottom corners pushed. Neat ink ownership dated 1934 on fly. 'Contents' and 'List of Illustrations' section at the front shows some wrinkling from damp.....
New Haven & London: Published for The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, 2004. 4to. First edition. Original black cloth, gilt. Photography by William Curtis Rolfe. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Fine in fine dust-wrapper. 'Nearly every British architect of note.....