The "Country Life" Library 



The "Country Life" Library of Architectural Monographs 



HOUSES AND GARDENS 

 BY E. L. LUTYENS 



Described and criticised by LAWRENCE WEAVER 



Large folio (i6 by ii), nearly ^oo pages and, 600 superb illus- 

 trations, bound inquarter buckram, gilt, £1 lis. sd. net : in half 



morocco, £2, 3s. qd. net ; by post, lod. extra. 

 This book is lavishly illustrated with photographs of about 

 eighty of Sir Edwin Lutyens' most typical houses and 

 gardens, many of which have never previously been pub- 

 lished. Interspersed in the text is a large number of plans, 

 and there is an appendix of 22 pages giving a valuable series 

 of scale drawings of typical buildings. 



The Manchester Guardian says : " It is only when we see a publication 

 such as this that we realize what quality characterizes some of the building 

 of to-day. Abundantly and splendidly illustrated, this book shows the 

 work of a great master, whose influence is even greater than his most 

 enthusiastic admirers can appreciate." 



GRINLING GIBBONS 



and the Woodwork of his Age 

 1648-1720 



By H. AVRAY TIPPING, M.A., F.S.A. 



Large folio, containing 2^0 magnificent illustrations, including 

 measured drawings, quarter bound in buckram, gilt, £1 ris. 3^. 

 net ; half-bound in morocco, £2 3s. gd. net ; by post, lod. extra. 

 The Author's profound knowledge of the period and his 

 intimate acquaintance with the art of Gibbons in all its 

 manifestations give an unquestioned authority to a volume 

 which, for the first time, gathers together a superb body of 

 illustrations and detailed descriptions of all his best work. 



"The proprietors of Country Life are rendering admirable service 

 with their series of Architectural Monographs. In writmg a life of Gib- 

 bous, Mr. Avray Tipping had by no means an easy task, but with pains- 

 taking care he has collected all the available material, skilfully focused 

 it, and for the first time we have Gibbons presented in true perspective. 

 But Mr. Tipping's work is of more than biographical value. Equipped 

 obviously with wide knowledge of his subject, he has written a compre- 

 hensive and luminous account of what may be described as the golden age 

 of wood carving in England."— TAc Glasgow Herald. 



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