Sir Charles Barry by Barry, Used (8 results)

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A fine print of an engraved portrait. Mounted and ready to frame. A fine opportunity to purchase a portrait of this eminent personage.

On 3 x 11 cm slip of paper. In fair condition, lightly aged. Cut from the end of a letter. Good firm signature. Reads: 'Yours faithfully | Charles Barry'.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A fine original engraved portrait, ca. 1840. Mounted and ready to frame. In very good condition. This is an excellent opportunity to purchase a portrait of this eminent personage.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A fine original wood engraved portrait, ca 1870, mounted and ready to frame. This is an excellent opportunity to purchase a portrait of this eminent personage. English architect.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Burgundy cloth boards with gilt titles and decoration. Wear to the spine and rubbing to the edges of the boards. Ex libris stamp and foxing present to the front end papers and title pages. Otherwise a good clean copy.

hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. hardback, octavo, a reprint of the 1867 first edition, khaki colour cloth lettered red to spine, dust jacket not called for, a very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text, frontis portrait, plans, illustrations, folding plates to rear, xiii [1] + 407pp.

Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original Paper Slip Written and Signed by British Architect Sir Charles Barry. Dated 1837. Sir Charles Barry 1795-1860 was a British architect, best known for his role in the rebuilding of the Palace of Westminster (also known as the Houses of Parliament) in London during the mid-19th century, but also responsible for numerous other buildings and gardens. He is known for his major contribution to the use of Italianate architecture in Britain, especially the use of the Palazzo as basis for the design of country houses, city mansions and public buildings. He also developed the Italian Renaissance garden style for the many gardens he designed around country houses. Size is 153mm x 80mm. Condition is good. Light folding crease. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17737. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. The very scarce first edition of this richly illustrated biography of architect Charles Barry, responsible for the mid nineteenth century restoration of the Palace of Westminster. The very scarce first edition of Rev. Alfred Barry's biography of his father, famed architect Sir Charles Barry, best known for his role in the rebuilding of the Houses of Parliament.Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, thirty-six plates, one folding colour map, and with two folding chromolithograph plates in a pocket to the rear. Collated, complete.Providing a chronological account of the life of the architect, and discussing his major architectural achievements and his lasting influence. Published seven years after the death of Charles Barry.With remnants of library labels to back strip head and tail, with an armorial bookplate and the stamp of Queens College Library, Cambridge, to the verso of the title page. No further library markings. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Remnants of library labels to back strip head and tail. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with small losses to the cloth in these regions. Front joint starting, with board holding firm. Binding slightly strained to centre of text block. Library stamp and bookplate to verso of title page. Significant spotting to frontispiece, with pages otherwise clean and bright. Good. book.