Kosmos Amsterdam 1937

155pp with 225 illustrations in b/w from the Society of Netherland Architects B.N.A. Introduction in Dutch, French, German and English. Captions to illustrations also in these languages. A visual survey of contemporary architecture in Holland organsied by location. Architects always noted. 4to. Open weave and lettered cloth. Vg.

Chicago Society of Typographic Arts 1987

large 8vo, pp. [6], 5-254, [2]; photographic frontispiece portrait, 96 plates in colour, and illustrations throughout text, additional notes printed in blue; fine in the dust jacket. A handsome, monumental volume documenting the most influential man in modern type design, as well as the 175 alphabets he designed since 1948. Signed on the half title by Zapf with a dedication to Michael Harvey.

London RIBA 1989

20pp illustrated with colour and b/w plates. Square 4to. Laminated wrappers which are decorated with colour images. Review of Ron Herron's career, practice and projects.

Leiden, H E Stenfert Kroese's Uitgevers Maatschappij N. V. 1943

40pp 32 figures in colour and black and white. This is the first issue of a series Nederland street naar Welvaart. [ Netherlands strives for Prosperity] Post was reconstruction publication providing fascinating statistics on post war building construction industries. Key interest is the wealth of isotype diagrams used to convey the scale and operation in the construction sector. Wrappers slightly browned. Previous owner's signature on upper corner of front wrapper. Scarce publication.

Leeds Maney 2002

(x), 165, (1), (32)pp Numerous b & w illustrations and 32 colour plates. Large format paper back. Card covers. Very good. A major and lavishly illustrated study of the origin and development of sacred vestments, mainly in the Catholic tradition. Armourial bookplate on inside of wrapper.

London Longmans, Green and Co (1868) 1878

xiv, 304pp, 31p of plates, some col., and b/w ill in the text. Blind stamped cloth with gilt lettering on the spine in the style of the Aesthetic Movement. Inner hinge slightly cracked but holding firm else very good. Fourth ed (rev.). A guide to good taste in the design of furniture for all rooms in the house and personal dress and jewellery - a good source of 19th century domestic design.

Birmingham Published under the direction of the City Parks Committee 1916

(v) 80, frontispiece and 32 monochrome photographs, full details of parks with some history , of foundation and acquisition, details of recreation facilities, uncommon item. 8vo Green cloth, gilt titles, upper board scuffed and with scattered stains.

Office at the Cemetery Dallas and Irwin Avenuews E E Pittsburgh 1905 (third edition)

This cemetery was incorporated in 1878. 71pp illustrated with b/w full page photographic plates providing a superb record of the cemetery at this date. Gilt decorated cloth. Sl. weak at hinges else very good. . Large fold out plan of the cemetery and showing all the plots at the back. Includes notes on the principles of laying out cemetery grounds. Lovely illustrations of major monuments. Small stamp on fep saying With compliments of the Secretary D S Robinson. Useful record of a one of the major US cemeteries of the 1870s and 1880s.

Yale University Press 2009

356pp with 300 colour illus throughout. Large 4to in cloth with decorated colour dw. New. A timely and groundbreaking study of the history and reception of Walpole's collection at Strawberry Hill which coincides with a planned restoration of this endangered house. With contributions from an international team of distinguished scholars who explore how Strawberry Hill and its collections engaged with the creation of various and interconnected political, national, dynastic, cultural, and imagined histories.

London George Newnes Limited 1906

xvi + 247pp + (3)pp illustrated with 17 colour and many b/w plates. Some spotting on end papers and prelims. Decorated end papers. Gilt lettered green cloth. A very good copy of this the first edition of Ballie Scott's study of house design. Large pictorial bookplate of Rosa Kraft on paste down.

London Lund Humphries 1981

128pp. Illustrated. Wrappers. Good copy 1st paperback edition of elusive title published in parallel with hardback edition. The practice was established in 1959 by four young architects who worked together at the architect's department of the London and they were the designers behind the Roehampton Estate, London amongst other projects. Key Brutalist architects.

London Whitechapel Gallery 2006

112pp illustrated with colour and b/w plates. 4to. Open weave cloth. Dust wrapper, this a little dusty else very good. The book includes essays by Martin Clark, Rod Mengham. It also features an interview with the artist by Andrea Tarsia. Albert Oehlen's work focuses on the process of painting. To accompany an exhibition.

London Associated Newspapers 1953

222pp illustrated with b/w line illustrations and some colour plates. Long 8vo. Fine original decorated wraps. Packed with period advertising. Exhibition held at Olympia. London. Key exhibit was" The Peoples House" 1953 built by John Laing and Sons Limited and presented by The Ministry of Housing and Local Government to provide good space standards. A variety of designs were built at Olympia and fitted up to show potential.

New York MOMA 1946

First edition. 96pp. profusely illustrated in b/w. Small 4to. Boards with title lettering with dust wrapper of the same design. This copy a little shelf worn and worn on corners. Dust wrapper, shows small tears and creased alng upper edge but preserved in mylar wrapper. From the library of Gavin Stamp with his bookplate on which is written in a neat hand "New York 1970" This book sought to empower individuals to envision and implement the houses and communities of the near future by means of a simply written analysis of problems in home planning, designing, and construction. She wrote this to accompany an exhibition at MOMA, the third she curated there.

London The Architectural Association 1994

Works Series no VI 55pp illustrated. Square 4to. 230x230 Perfect bound. Fine Text in sepia overprinting pages of grainy illustrations. Smithson recalls in a ollage of fiction and images drawn from memories of hot, dusty travels in India. Written in the style of a travel diary. It restates the concerns of its companion volume, Climate Register, observing patterns and ways of inhabitation, and the relationship between climate and the making of buildings.

Prague, Techo 2005

192pp illustrated with colour and b/w plates. Spiral bound, laminated wrappers. 280x250mm. Text in English and Czech. The book presents a selection of 39 executed projects and designs documenting the work of the Czech-British architect Eva Jiricna. More than 250 photographs and drawings offer an overview of her diverse work, especially shops, apartments, and offices, as well as a hotel, library, orangery, bus station and clubs. Designed, edited, and produced by Dennis Crompton with Annie Bridges and Zuzanna Lipinska.