Sir John Summerson (46 results)

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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. trade paperback in very good minus condition.

Hard cover. First edition. 348 p. illus., maps, plans, plates. 23 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Maps, Plans, Plates. Bibliography: p. 329-331. Fine in very good dust jacket. light shelfwear to the jacket (very good plus), no ownership marks first printing, book itself like new.

Trade paperback. First edition. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. Fine. excellent condition, first printing.

Paperboard. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. No Edition Noted. Brown binding with black and white colored print on cover. Corners are bumped. Spine has been taped. Small chips on covers edges. 16 pages of introduction with 32 pages of various paintings, both color and b/w.following. Sound and unmarked. Abstract Painter. Illustrated (illustrator). …

Stapled Pictorial Wraps. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by University of Virginia Press, 1976. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good with shelf/edgewear.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. near fine. Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, c1976. First printing. 109pp, black and white photographs, end paper maps. 8vo. From the library of art historian Osmund Overby, his name written lower edge of half- title-page. Foxing spots on covers, near fine hardcover, near fine d/j. …

Reprint. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 176 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. Subjects; Architecture, Baroque Europe. Neoclassicism (Architecture) Europe. Architecture Europe 18th century. Architecture, German. Neo-classical architecture. 1 Kg. …

Reprint. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 176 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. Subjects; Architecture, Baroque Europe. Neoclassicism (Architecture) Europe. Architecture Europe 18th century. Architecture, German. Neo-classical architecture. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Firmly bound, blue-green cloth boards. Small handling wear on cover and spine. No jacket, no writing inside.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition. Slipcase very slightly marked, but a nice copy. Mounted on the front pastedown a printed presentation label from the Directors of Thames and Hudson. Well-illustrated (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. essays on architectural writers and writing presented to Nikolaus Pevsner Former library book. Solid binding. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Ex-Library.

Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Soft Cover. Condition: Like New. © Architectural Design & Academy Editio. 96 pp. An excellent, spotlessly clean copy! Clean, fresh, sharp, tight, essentially and virtually flawless copy with crisp pages, clean text, and very light shelf wear. Over-sized and/ or over weight book; may require additional postage. Please note that large and/ or heavy items may incur extra shipping charge for both domestic and/ or international shipments. Decoration from Notre Dame (Front Cover) (illustrator).…

Condition: FINE. First edition. An architectural panorama of London beginning in 1837 and spanning 64 years, from the first railroads and train stations to the efficient drainage system, the first underground railroad in the world and the creation of new estate developments. Based on the Page-Barbour Lectures for 1972. Illustrated with many photographs. Map endpapers. 109 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition: no later printings listed. AS NEW. No wear to the binding. No distortion from reading or improper shelving. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. No name of previous owner. No odor. No water damage. No soiling. The dust jacket shows light edge wear, no sun fading. DJ in an archival protector.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Boards betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Pages unmarked. Sealed in plastic for shipping. Secure packaging for safe delivery.…

Green Cloth. Condition: Very Good + (ABOVE AVERAGE). No Jacket. First Edition. Maps to Endpapers.Contents Near Fine.Please email for further details Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". G.P Abraham & Others (illustrator). Signed by an "Edith E. Nancoll.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A concise but authoritative study by architectural historian Sir John Summerson, expanding upon his 1972 Page-Barbour Lectures at the University of Virginia. Summerson traces the transformation of London across the Victorian era, from new railway stations and drainage systems to the emergence of Queen Anne style, government-driven urban interventions, and the first Underground lines, while grounding his analysis in the complex social, technological, and aesthetic forces that shaped nineteenth-century metropolitan growth. The volume includes well-printed photographic plates documenting major public buildings and representative architectural developments. Bound in brown cloth with maroon and black endpaper maps of Victorian London; clean, sharp, and showing only minimal signs of handling. Text is crisp, unmarked, and bright. Book condition is Near Fine. The dust jacket, printed on beautiful textured lithographic paper, retains strong tones and remains intact, though with patches of surface abrasion to front and rear panels and very light edge wear. Dust jacket condition: Very Good. Not price-clipped. Stated First published 1976 with no later printings or impressions indicated - this is the true First Edition, First Printing. Published by the University Press of Virginia; sewn binding; printed in the United States. Sir John Newenham Summerson (1904-1992) was one of the most influential British architectural historians of the twentieth century, serving for decades as Curator of Sir John Soane's Museum in London. His scholarship, particularly on Georgian and Victorian architecture, helped redefine modern understanding of Britain's built environment, combining precise historical research with exceptional clarity for general readers. Summerson's writings remain foundational texts for architects, historians, and students alike.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover with dust jacket. Light shelfwear to dj. Contents clean and tight. 109 pages, b&w photos and illus.

Condition: Very good. - Quarto [11-3/4 inches high by 9-5/8 inches wide] rust brown cloth. The covers are very slightly bumped with some rubbing to the rear cover. xii & 242 pages. Profuse black-and-white illustrations, including folding architectural plans & genealogical tables. The endpapers are slightly darkened with an owner's ink name on the front endpaper. Very good. Among the articles in this volume are "The Monastery of Debra Damo, Ethiopia" by Derek Matthews, "The Swan Badge and the Swan Knight" by Anthony R. Wagner and "The Greyhound as a Royal Beast" by H. Stanford London.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1964. First edition. 11[1]p. A very good copy, bound in clean and unmarked card covers.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: None as Issued. Revised Edition, 1966. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Green softcover/NF w/light wear to corner tips & rub to upper spine edge. Museum guide. First published 1955; this is the Revised Edition of 1966. A handbook to Sir John Soane's Museum, formerly the home of the neo-classical architect Sir John Soane in central London. It holds many drawings and models of Soane's projects as well as his collections of paintings, drawings and antiquities. Authored by architectural historian Sir John Summerson was Curator of the Museum from 1945 to 1984, volume is illustrated with some 32 plates and 7 architectural plans.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. UK1ST.EDIITON.A VG CARD COVER PAMPHLETE-FROM THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY-LECTURE ON A MSTER MIND .1964.SMALL NAME ON FRONT.ALSO HAS LOOSE LETTER-IN INK-INFORMING THE RECIEVER OF LETTER THAT COPIES MIGHT STILL BE AVAILABLE,THAT THERE ARE MORE PICTURES AND FOOTNOTES IN THE PAMPHLETE TO THAT OF THE EXTENDED PAPERBACK (PRINTED LATER)AS WELL AS SOME NICETIES ETC.LETTER IS IN VG CONDITION.28 Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Nice copy in dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author to John Henry Vaughan Davies, "J.H.V. Davies, with the author's best wishes. January 1974". Well-illustrated (illustrator). Inscribed by Author(s).

Softcover. Condition: As New. First Edition. Green softcover, clean and sharp. Book is firm in binding, b&w photographs and illustrations throughout. With contributions from Howard Tomlinson, Michael McCarthy, Gerald Carr and others. 72 pp., plus 32 black and white plates. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Ex library hardback with DJ in plastic cover; usual stamps/markings. Published in 2000 by Yale University Press, New Haven for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Some light wear to plastic cover otherwise a good, clean copy. Ready for immediate despatch from UK. 8E*. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Red hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers and light bumping to top of spine. Inscribed to the previous owner (who used to work for him) by Sir John Summerson and dated 16 August 1985. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with light shelfwear. 128pp. Over 200 illustrations including 64 in colour. This book presents the major works of Sir John Soane (1753-1837) in b/w photographs and also the reproduction in colour of over 60 of the watercolours from the Soane Museum archives which in many cases remain the only surviving record of his work. The book also includes essays by Sir John Summerson, David Watkin and G.-Tilman Mellinghoff. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Softcover. Light brown stapled wraps with black lettering. 43 pp. with numerous bw plates. Catalogue from the exhibition of January to March 1967. Includes a chronology and the catalogue of 71 paintings, prints, and drawings on view, annotated. Essay (Morals and Mime: The Essential Hogarth) by Sir John Summerson. VG- with covers faded and wear to cover edges.…