ART & ARCHITECTURE

Hart, John: A Practical Treatise on the Construction of Oblique Arches.

London: John Weale, 1839. 2nd edn. 29cms x 20 cms, 40 pp text followed by 11 plates. Embossed cloth with ‘Hart on Arches’ in gilt on front cover; uncut. Margins dusty, o/w VG. Price: £100

Lambert, Phylllis, editor: Mies in America.

Montreal/ New York, 2001. 26cms x 26cms, paper backed. Written by one of the world’s leading authorities on Mies van der Roe, himself one of the principal exponents of 20th century architecture, to accompany the exhibition Mies in America for the Canadian Centre for Architecture and the Whitney Museum of American Art. VG. Price: £36.00

Latham, Charles: In English Homes.

London: Country Life, 1909, 3rd edn. Large Folio, 41cms x 28cms, ppxxxii, 421. Navy cloth gilt, a.e.g. Illustrated throughout with photos. Eps browned, o/w VG. Price: £85.00

Lowinsky, Thomas, illustrator: The School for Scandal, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.

Oxford: Basil Blackwell for The Shakespeare Head Press, Stratford-upon-Avon. 1930. A limited edition of 475, printed on hand-made paper. 29cms x 20cms, ppxxiii, 145. Uncut, unopened. Hf title, dec title page. Vellum spine with gt lettering on printed boards. A lovely clean copy in excellent condition. Price: £75.00

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie. Art Lovers House.

2nd edn. Glasgow, The Fraser Press, 1991. Large Folio, 53 cms x 41 cms; loose plates, cloth spine on boards. A beautiful reprint of Mackintosh’s competition entry, originally published in 1902 by Alexander Koch in Darmstadt, which helped to confirm his growing reputation on the Continent if not at home. This is no 408 of 700 English copies. An Introduction by Roger Billcliffe is followed by a description of the work, accompanying 14 plates. Fine throughout. Price: £185.00