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The World Its Cities and Peoples (Vol. 3 only)

By: N/A

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: London, Cassell & Co., Ltd.:

Seller ID: 012136

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus

Brown cloth on beveled boards. Drawings and descriptions of Jerusalem, Brussels and the cities of Belgium, Athens, Philadelphia, Moscow, Rome, Berlin, the cities of New Zealand, Geneva, Scandinavian Cities, and Florence. 20-30 pp. on each subject. Estimated date is 1890. Wear to bottom of front hinge.
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Ten Historic Towns; Heritage Architecture in Newfoundland

By: N/A

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: St. John's, Newfoundland, Valhalla Press: 1978

Seller ID: 012340

ISBN: 0-919962-03-3

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good Plus to Very Good

Blue softcover book of 100 pp. shows line drawings of historic buildings in ten Newfoundland towns. Drawings occupy the recto pages, with descriptions verso. No marks or damage, but some age-tanning. Volume II of Newfoundland Historic Trust Publications.
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The Gaiety of Gables; Ontario's Architectural Folk Art

By: Adamson, Anthony/Willard, John

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, Ltd.: 1974

Seller ID: 010045

ISBN: 0-7710-0058-8

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Green cloth on boards. Grubby DJ complete, with short tears and chipping. A surprising gathering of old houses with gingerbread, which the author calls "barge boards." Even more surprising to me is the fact that I didn't recognize any of them although I lived in various parts of Ontario for 25 years. Previous owner's name. Approx. 140 pp. Large format will need extra postage.
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Castles; A History and Guide

By: Brown, Reginald Allen

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Poole, Dorset, Blandford Press: 1980

Seller ID: 012164

ISBN: 0-7137-1100-0

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Blue cloth on boards. No writing or damage to book or DJ. A number of contributors have cooperated to make this a valuable historical resource. From the Contents page with its reference to 'machicolations' to the comprehensive index, the reader is presented with much useful information in both words and pictures. 192 pp.
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North American Railroad Stations

By: Cavalier, Julian

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Cranbury, N.J., A.S. Barnes and Co., Inc.: 1979

Seller ID: 012300

ISBN: 0-498-02121-1

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus

Edited and with an Introduction by Frederick A. Platt. DJ has been cut and pasted to book cover, then taped at sides. No marks except old price of $24.00 inside rear cover. First free endpaper is missing. Clean and odor-free. 215 pp.
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Berlin; An Architectural History (AD Profile 50)

By: Clelland, Doug (Guest Ed.)

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, AD Publications Ltd.: 1983

Seller ID: 010643

ISBN: 0-85670-837-2

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Beige softcover magazine. AD Profile 50 is part of Architectural Design Volume 53 11/12 1983. 88 pp. Inch tear head of joint. Featured articles include: Berlin - Its History and Face from the Thirteenth to the Sixteenth Century; Berlin at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century; and Nazi Architecture and its Approach to Antiquity.
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A View of Woodstock; Historic Homes of the Nineteenth Century

By: Connell, Allison

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: Fredericton, N.B., New Ireland Press: 1998

Seller ID: 012335

ISBN: 1-896775-15-2

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Black and white photos of historic dwellings, outbuildings, and related scenes of Woodstock, N.B. 107 pp.
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Living Museums

By: Gale, Iain and Bryant, Richard

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown, and Co.: 1993

Seller ID: 010586

ISBN: 0-8212-1963-4

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good Minus

Maroon cloth on boards. Rated VG- due to scratch on front cover. Unclipped DJ. A large, overwhelming gathering of 26 actual homes, worldwide and open to the public. Some are as built, while one was assembled from parts of six buildings (Jim Thompson House, Bangkok). You are sure to get ideas from this impressive book - if not for construction, at least for furnishing, your dream home. Very heavy book will need extra postage. 192 pp. NOTE: I have just purchased the guidebook for the first exhibition of the Jim Thompson Silk Museum. Bangkok, which is open to offers in unopened condition.
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Old Railway Stations of the Maritimes

By: Latta, Peter M.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: St. John's, Newfoundland, St. Agnes Press: 1998

Seller ID: 011300

ISBN: 0-9683769-0-8

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Softcover illustrated booklet of 32 pp. B/W photos of 42 stations throughout the Maritimes.
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Discoveries Among the Ruins of Ninevah and Babylon; with Travels in Armenia, Kurdistan, and the Desert

By: Layard, Austen H.

Price: $40.00 USD

Publisher: New York, A.S. Barnes & Co.: 1856

Seller ID: 012329

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fair to Good

Brown cloth on boards. Frontispiece map of Sennacherib's Palace soiled and torn. Map of Syria/Mesopotamia missing. 549 pp. with index.
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Building New Brunswick; An Architectural History

By: Leroux, John

Price: $150.00 USD

Publisher: Fredericton, N. B., Goose Lane Editions: 2008

Seller ID: 012971

ISBN: 0864925042

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Large format illustrated softcover with flaps. Will need extra postage. A wide variety of illustrations which include homes, farms, churches, schools, businesses and factories. Many in colour. 310 pp. with index.
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Roloff Beny Interprets in Photographs; Pleasure of Ruins

By: Macaulay, Rose

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, Limited: 1977

Seller ID: 011291

ISBN: 0-7710-1162-8

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Blue cloth on boards. No writing or damage. Text selected and edited by Constance Babington Smith. An exploration of the various kinds of pleasure derived by various kinds of people from viewing ruined buildings. Large, heavy book will need extra postage. 240 pp.
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Bridging the Strait; The Story of the Confederation Bridge Project

By: Macdonald, Copthorne

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Dundurn Press: 1997

Seller ID: 010587

ISBN: 1-55002-281-4

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Blue cloth on boards. Unclipped DJ. Well-told and well-illustrated account of one of the world's most interesting construction projects. 128 pp.
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Order in Space and Society; Architectural Form and Its Context in the Scottish Enlightenment

By: Markus, Thomas A. (Ed.)

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: Edinburgh, Mainstream Publishing Company (Edinburgh) Ltd.: 1982

Seller ID: 012389

ISBN: 0-906391-29-6

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Brown cloth on boards. No writing or damage to book or DJ. Buildings for the Sad, the Bad, and the Mad in Urban Scotland 1780-1830. 322 pp.
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Egyptian Temples

By: Murray, Margaret A.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: London, Sampson, Low, Marston & Co.:

Seller ID: 010495

Binding: Cord-tied Card Covers

Condition: Very Good

Green cloth on boards. No writing. Faint foxing freckles on edges only. Many photos of exteriors, and some of interiors. 246 pp.
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London's Pride; Some Buildings of Special Interest

By: Parish, Alec/ Goddard, Ivor

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Ward, Lock & Co, Limited: 1951

Seller ID: 012667

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Striking b/w photos of notable London buildings. DJ price-clipped. No writing or damage. 94 pp.
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Jerusalem; The Future of the Past

By: Safdie, Moshe

Price: $18.00 USD

Publisher: Montreal, Optimum Publishing International, Inc.: 1989

Seller ID: 011797

ISBN: 0-888990-212-3

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Blue paper boards. No writing or damage. The designer of Habitant returns to his native land. 237 pp. with index.
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The Seventy Wonders of the Ancient World; The Great Monuments and How They Were Built

By: Scarre, Chris (Ed.)

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, Thames & Hudson: 1999

Seller ID: 011937

ISBN: 0-500-05096-1

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Black cloth on boards. Miracles of human ingenuity foster questions such as "How did they do it ?" I still wonder. 304 pp. Heavy book will need extra postage.
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Minister's Island; Sir William Van Horne's Summer Home in St. Andrews

By: Sullivan, David

Price: $60.00 USD

Publisher: St. Andrews, Pendlebury Press, Limited: 2007

Seller ID: 012916

ISBN: 0973935812

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus to Very Good

Black cloth on boards. Upper right corner of first free endpaper excised. No writing or damage. This summer home with dozens of outbuildings and a huge barn was christened Covenhoven. Many additions to the property took place over the years, from 1893 to 1959, when it was sold. Van Horne invested in fine cattle and horses which won prizes at various shows. Eight of Sir William's paintings are shown in colour. 184 pp.
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