Tuesday, 21 February 2017

Three recent purchases



Here are three recent book purchases. The first was bought for me by Sue and is an illustrated book of paintings and watercolours showing the Victorian ideal of a country cottage. Victorian Cottages (part of the Country Series) by Andrew Clayton Payne. The book is full of inspiration for future models.


Secondly a real find - again a gift from Sue who has a way of finding these fantastic little gems. The Hutchinson Dictionary of Ancient and Medieval Warfare. It was picked up for just 50p.


Finally a book found by me in a charity book shop, Traditional Houses of Rural France by Bill Laws. The book is jam-packed with colour illustrations of beautifully photographed rural houses. Just my type of book. This one cost just £1.00.

Tony
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5 comments:

  1. Paul´s Bods21 February 2017 at 08:29

    Nice. The front cover of the Traditional Houses of Rural France Looks inspirational already

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  2. Heisler21 February 2017 at 08:30

    I would happily spend a couple of days with those books as well!

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  3. snowcat21 February 2017 at 14:05

    I'm getting that book. Would be good if there were similar books for Germany - might have to trawl eBay.de for a few...

    Cheers

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  4. Tony22 February 2017 at 00:32

    Would be good if there were similar books for Germany.

    Try Hessenpark Open Air Museum.

    https://www.inspirock.com/germany/neu-anspach/hessenpark-open-air-museum-freilichtmuseum-hessenpark-a610821983

    It's a great day out and the museum guides will give you loads of inspiration.

    Tony

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  5. snowcat22 February 2017 at 03:03

    We live in Australia. :)

    One day...

    ;)

    Cheers

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