Architecture & Interior Design from Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art

New York and London: Cornwall Books, 2001. 208 pages. First printing. Inscribed and signed by both the author and Rose Marie Bogley, the owner of Bollingbrook Plantation, which is featured on pages 78-85. An illustrated history of important manor homes in and near Middleburg, Virginia. Both book and dust jacket are in near fine condition.. SIGNED. First… Read more about this item

London: Colen Campbell, 1731. Folio engraving by Dutch engraver Henry Hulsbergh from the drawing by Scottish architect Colen Campbell. From the 1731 edition of Vitruvius Britannicus or the British Architect. Cholmondeley, the First Earl of Cholmondeley, commissioned the architect William Smith to add the details (columns, statues, etc.) that can be seen in this engraving. Image size… Read more about this item

London: Colen Campbell, 1731. Original 18th Century Architectural Engraving. Folio engraving by Dutch engraver Henry Hulsbergh from the drawing by Scottish architect Colen Campbell. From the 1731 edition of Vitruvius Britannicus or the British Architect. Daniel Campbell was a member of Parliament from Glasgow. His home, Shawfield Mansion (pictured in this engraving) was designed by Colen… Read more about this item

London: Colen Campbell, 1731. Folio engraving by Dutch engraver Henry Hulsbergh from the drawing by Scottish architect Colen Campbell. From the 1731 edition of Vitruvius Britannicus or the British Architect. Daniel Campbell was a member of Parliament from Glasgow. His home, Shawfield Mansion (pictured in this engraving), was attacked in 1725 by a mob protesting the passage… Read more about this item

London: Colen Campbell, 1731. Folio engraving by Dutch engraver Henry Hulsbergh from the drawing by Scottish architect Colen Campbell. From the 1731 edition of Vitruvius Britannicus or the British Architect. James Johnston was a Scottish diplomat, Scotland's Secretary of State, and delegate to the British House of Commons. In 1702 he commissioned the architect John James to… Read more about this item

London: Colen Campbell, 1731. Folio engraving by Dutch engraver Henry Hulsbergh from the drawing by Scottish architect Colen Campbell. From the 1731 edition of Vitruvius Britannicus or the British Architect. Cholmondeley, the First Earl of Cholmondeley, commissioned the architect William Smith to add the details (columns, statues, etc.) that can be seen in this engraving. Image size… Read more about this item

Elizabeth City, North Carolina: The Museum of the Albemarle, 1989. xi, 359 pages. First edition. A profusely illustrated architectural history of northeastern North Carolina. The book is in very good condition: clean and tight, with perhaps a hint of toning of pages. The dust jacket is clean and bright, with minor edgewear and and a bit… Read more about this item

Newark, Delaware / London and Toronto: University of Delaware Press / Associated University Presses, 1986. 348 pages. The first thorough study of the origins of the architectural style of the early 18th century brick hipped-roof houses that were so common in Virginia. The result of that study is this scholarly and profusely illustrated book, which was the winner… Read more about this item

New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1930. 219 pages, including 27 pages of black and white photographs. An important and well-illustrated examination of of French design in furniture, textiles, lighting, ironwork, and accessories as decoration was moving from Art Deco to Modernism. The book is in excellent condition: clean, bright, and tight; with just a… Read more about this item

Nikko, Japan: K. Hoshino, 1900. Photo is 5 3/8" by 9 3/8", mounted on backing board that is 8 1/4" by 13 1/8". Photographer's stamp in gold on the mount, lower right corner. Photo is in superb condition; the mount is very good, with some bumping at corners.. First Edition. Paper. Collectible-Fine. Illus. by K. Hoshino. 5 3/8"… Read more about this item

Milan, Italy: Ulrico Hoepli Editore, 1970. viii, 351 pages. 4to. Text in both Italian and English. First edition. Profusely illustrated survey of 50 single-family isolated houses (i.e. villas) around the world selected by Aloi as among the best modernist designs. One of those villas was the Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania home of Mrs T. R. White… Read more about this item

London: The Dorchester, 1940. First (and only) edition.  35 unnumbered pages, with 26 black and white collotype photographs of both interior and exterior views of London's Dorchester Hotel.  Nineteen of the collotypes are by French photographer Laure Albin Guillot, and seven are by British photographer Norman Parkinson.  Printed by the famed Ganymed Press, which also printed artist Henry Moore's collotypes.… Read more about this item

New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2017. x, 174 pages. "This essential text, offering a behind-the scenes story of the Guggenheim along with a careful reading of its architecture, is beautifully illustrated with more than 150 images, including plans, drawings, and rare photographs of the building under construction." The book is clean and tight, with very slightly bumped… Read more about this item

London, England: Routledge, 2003. xv, 276 pages. In the first book published on Neolithic Irish landscapes, the author "argues that people in the Irish Neolithic socialized landscapes in complex ways, in which the domestic and the ceremonial aspects of life were interlinked." The book is in almost as new condition.. Reprint. Paperback. Fine-. 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read more about this item

Portsmouth, Virginia: Printcraft Press, 1958. 235 pages. A profusely illustrated historical, architectural, and genealogical study of buildings built prior to 1800 in what is now Virginia Beach, Virginia. The book is clean and tight, with bright white pages, toned endpapers, moderate foxing on the back of the frontispiece; and(ery foxin on title page.. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very… Read more about this item

Accomac, Virginia: Atlantic Publications, 1984. 176 pages. A color pictorial survey of both interiors and exteriors of historic Eastern Shore buildings. The book is clean and tight in a clean and bright dust jacket that has the usual sunning along the spine.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Santa Barbara, California: Greenwood Press, 2009. vol. I: xxii, 1-193 pages; vol. II: xviii, 195-395 pages. An introduction to major world religions, with special emphasis on the art and architecture associated with each belief system. The books are in as-new condition.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket as Issued.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1991. 223 pages. Beautifully bound in 22 kt. gilt decorated very dark blue leather with raised bands on spine; all-edges gilt. An unused Easton Press bookplate affixed to the front endpaper; notes from the editors laid in. Upper rear corner is slightly bumped; 2 small, faint scratches on top gilt edge. Still a… Read more about this item