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		Airports
		A Century of Architecture		Art
		Hugh Pearman
		Laurence King 2004  240 pages
		Hardback  Illustrated  1856693562  290x250mm		Qty
		Published Price £40.00		Our Price £9.99
	From wooden hangars on a cow pasture in 1904, airports quickly moved into the vanguard of structural design, allowing architects to work on an increasingly vast, futuristic scale. This history examines 100 years of progress - from the Wright brothers' Huffman Prairie and Berlin's Tempelhof to Norman Foster's Chek Lap Kok in Hong Kong. Through an authoritative text illustrated with historical prints, posters and contemporary photographs, it tells the story of what Pearman calls 'the most exciting places on earth'.

		Temples of Convenience
		and Chambers of Delight		Art
		Lucinda Lambton
		Tempus 2007  168 pages
		Paperback  Illustrated  075243893X  236x247mm		Qty
		Published Price £17.99		Our Price £5.99
	Lucinda Lambton has travelled the country to compile this photographic collection of some of the finest sanitary ware in existence. Baths and washbasins - some of epic proportions - are included but, as the title suggests, pride of place goes to the contents of the 'smallest room'. These range from 15th century garderobes and delicately discreet porcelain chamberpots, to handsome marble and jade urinals, 'wash-out' closets (some by Royal Appointment) and the highly sociable six-seater lavatory at Chilthorne Dormer Manor.

		Sarah Stone
		Natural Curiosities from the New Worlds		Art
		Christine E Jackson
		Merrell 1998  159 pages
		Hardback  Illustrated  185894063X  290x225mm		Qty
		Published Price £29.95		Our Price £12.99
	From about 1777, Sarah Stone (ca 1760-1844) was employed by the entrepreneur Sir Ashton Lever to record the contents of his private museum - specimens being brought back by British expeditions (including Cook's voyages) to Australia, the Americas, Africa and the Far East in the 1780s and 1790s. Her meticulous watercolours of flora and fauna are now in the Natural History Museum, London. This volume presents reproductions of 59 examples, along with essays on Sarah Stone, Lever and his museum, and other artists represented there.

		The English Buildings Book
		An Architectural Guide		Art
		Philip Wilkinson; Peter Ashley
		English Heritage 2006  390 pages
		Hardback  Illustrated  1850749698  295x217mm		Qty
		Published Price £35.00		Our Price £16.99
	A tribute to the richness of England's built environment, this volume covers the whole history of English architecture and vernacular building - the chapters on houses and churches, in particular, span Saxon times to the present day - and it describes the tremendous variety of building types. The book presents over 700 buildings altogether, arranged by function, from parish churches to pavilions and including castles, fortifications, farm buildings and buildings for education, transport, industry and hospitality.

		Fairford Parish Church
		A Medieval Church and its Stained Glass		Art
		Sarah Brown; Lindsay Macdonald (Edited by)
		Sutton 2007  175 pages
		Paperback  Illustrated  075094692X  260x193mm		Qty Sold Out
		Published Price £19.99		Our Price £7.99
	St Mary's Church in Fairford, Gloucestershire, is home to one of Europe's finest surviving sets of medieval stained glass windows: installed in the early 16th century, they depict scenes ranging from the Creation to the Last Judgement. Painstaking conservation work has recently revealed again their remarkable detail and craftsmanship, and this book discusses both the windows' design and the story of their survival and repair. The text is complemented with photographs of all 28 windows and the church's other architectural features.

		Picturesque Chester
		The City in Art		Art
		Peter Boughton
		Phillimore 1997  128 pages
		Paperback  Illustrated  1860770398  296x210mm		Qty
		Published Price £14.95		Our Price £5.99
	Chester was founded by the Romans in 79 CE, and its long history is reflected in a remarkable architectural heritage: buildings such as the unique two-storey 'Rows', the Gothic cathedral and Tudor half- timbered houses have inspired artists for centuries. Ranging from the Plan of Chester in 1581 to 1990s watercolours, the 200 paintings, drawings and prints reproduced here are drawn from the Grosvenor Museum's collection of Chester topography. With Peter Broughton's detailed captions, they provide a fascinating view of the city and its architectural history.

		The Georgian Parish Church
		'Monuments to Posterity'		Art
		Terry Friedman
		Spire 2004  91 pages
		Paperback  Illustrated  0954361539  295x210mm		Qty
		Published Price £33.95		Our Price £9.99
	In the 18th century parish churches were the most conspicuous public architecture, described by Vanbrugh as 'Ornaments to the Towne'. This book contains studies of six important churches, each designed in a different style, from the Gothic Revival of St Margaret's, Westminster, to Roman Neoclassical at All Saints', Newcastle upon Tyne. Illustrated throughout with photographs, engravings and plans, it brings insights into construction techniques, the reinterpretation of ancient pagan forms, and the challenges of parish politics and controversy over 'improvements' to medieval buildings.

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