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"CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL" VOL XIII, no 148 (January 1850) - 152 (May 1850) bound with VOL VI, no 64, January 1843bound with: Appendices A. and B. to Tredgold's New Edition of the Work of the Steam Engine and Steam Navigation contributed by LAIRD John et al; Appendix C to Tredgold's, ...... Gordon Engines as fitted on board H.M.S. Cyclops by CLEGG Samuel . 176pp + 5 plates (2 on fold-outs) and incl. text figs; 32pp + 2pp plate (of Archimedes Steam Vessel) and incl text figs; 32pp; 24pp Gilt lettered cloth.. Minor foxing, generally very good. London, John Weale. Rare copies of this early Victorian journal, with valuable contemporary material on developments in cast iron, dock and railway building, hospitals etc, with many interesting illustrations. [Ref:28653]	£75
"Excursions". Cinemas. SHARP Dennis The Picture Palace and other buildings for the movies. 224pp, many illustrations, some in colour, bibliog. Cloth, 25x23. Pages very slightly yellowed round edges else vg. Dust wrapper. London, Hugh Evelyn ("Excursions into Architecture" series) 1969. An informative architectural study. [Ref:23631]	£45
Acoustics. CULLUM D J W Practical Application of Acoustic Principles. 200pp, 104 figs. Cloth. 22x14. Top cover corners of cloth a little soiled, else good, in frayed dust wrapper. London, E & F N Spon, 1949 [Ref:23002]	£15
Acoustics. WATSON F R Acoustics of Buildingsincluding Acoustics of Auditoriums and Soundproofing of Rooms viii, 150pp incl 72 figs. Gilt lettered cloth, 23x16. Vg. NY, John Wiley, 1923. Includes a chapter on vibration in building. A notable 1920s study. [Ref:21364]	£30
ADDIS Bill Building:3000 Years of Design Engineering and Construction 640pp, over 750 illustrations, bibliog, further reading list. Boards. 28x18.Boards, 25x22. Fine in fine dust wrapper. London, Phaidon, (2007), 2008 reprint. Exhaustive and scholarly text, focussing on specific innovations and geographic centres of activity. [Ref:29052]	£35
ALLEN William Envelope Design for Buildings Frontis, xvi, 285pp incl illustrations, firther reading list. Boards, 28x22. Rrear end paper lhas crease in it else vg. London, Architectural Press, 1997. Technical study. [Ref:29201]	£20
Alpine Chalets. GLADBACH Ernst Der Schweizer Holstyl.In seinen cantonalen und constructiven Verschiedenheiten. Vergleichend Dargestellt mit holzbauten Deutschlands. [in two uniform volumes] Coloured frontis., iv, 30pp, incl 78 engraved figs + 38 single-sided plates, many in colour; ii, 36pp, incl 86 figs + 23 engraved b/w single-sided plates. Boards, linen spines. 42x31. Edges of boards a trifle worn, end papers a little foxed, a nice bright set with excellent plates. Zürich, Cesar Schmidt, 1882. An important pattern book, which did much to identify Swiss chalet architecture as a distinct vernacular and make it popular as a house style in Switzerland and beyond. [It continues today!] Regional Swiss variants in the style as it evolved in response to Alpine conditions, especially heavy snowfall, are described. Scarce, particularly as here complete [the fine colour plates in vol I have often been removed from sets]. [Ref:15876]	£450
Arup and Partners. SOMMER Degenhard, STOCHER Herbert and WEISSER Lutz Ove Arup & Partners.Ingeniere als Wegbereiter der Architektur. Engineering the Built Envirnoment 118pp, many illustrations, some in colour, chron, bibliog. Pictoral wraps, 29x23. Vg. Basel, Birkhauser, 1994. Foreword by Renzo Piano. English and German texts. [Ref:29227]	£20
ARUP Ove Nyquist and JENKINS Ronald Stewart "The Design of a Reinforced-Concrete Factory at Brynmawr, South Wales" pp345-397 incl figs plus fold-out figs, 4pp plates. Pamphlet, 21x14. Owner's initials on front cover, spine rubbed at top else vg for fragile item. London, Institute of Civil Engineers, Dec1953. Nice pamphlet describing technical aspects of this famous building, completed 1950 and not long ago demolished. [Ref:29256]	£20
AUDSLEY W & G Polychromatic Decoration as applied to buildings in the mediaeval styles.Thirty-six plates in colours and gold, with general introduction and descriptive letterpress. vii, 32pp + 36 lovely cromo-lithograph plates, each with descriptive single-sided text page. Publisher's gilt lettered and patterned cloth, top edge gilt. 41x29. Head and tail of spine repaired, new blanj end-papers, minor wear to corners. Contents good with plates in fine condition and a good tight copy. London, Henry Sotheran, 1882. The Audsley brothers moved from Scotland to Liverpool in 1856 and set up an architectural practice there. They published several chromolithographic plate books, some of them influenced by Japanese art. The present work is one of their finest. [Ref:22222]	£400