Middlesex Polytechnic 1989

72pp illus with b/w and colour plates. Royal 8vo. Decorated wraps with dw, this sl soiled. To accompany the important exhibition of the Silver Studio Collection. Essays contributed by Mark Pinney and Leslie Hoskins. One or two illustration pages are slightly stuck in the corners. Images unaffected. Ex libris Gavin Stamp with his bookplate.

London M Taylor 1839 a new edition

Frontis, vii, 111pp and 43 elegantly engraved plates. Marble boards, quarter calf, new end papers . Evidence of faint water stain to frontis and some plates else a very good copy.

Glasgow, Blackie & Son 1836

vi, 114pp. Green cloth. small 8vo. No title labels. Yellow end papers. Good copy. Dedication leaf to The Noblemen and Gentlemen of the Counties of Aberdeen, Banff and Moray. Proposes remedies developed over a long career. The appendix starts at page 50 and thereafter there is a fascinating list of places where George Silver has worked as "smoke curer" and some case studies of how he proceeded with his cures. A quirky little book. Unusual.

Croydon Civil Engineering Publications LTD n.d c.1957

82pp, b/w plates with captions. Long 4to boards with blue cloth spine. Bristol based firm William Cowlin and Son was founded in 1834. This illustrated trade catalogue documents a variety of projects undertaken by the firm, all architects are named. Shows many early and mid 20th century public, commercial and industrial buildings in the south west of England and Wales. Including The Council House, Bristol by E. Vincent Harris and Electricity House, Bristol by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, Son & Partner.

London . J Virtue and Co. Weale's Series no 12 no date 1859

101pp illustrated with 34 illustrative wood engraved diagrams including some fold outs + c30pp Weale's catalogues at the end. . Flimsy boards with original blind stamped cloth. Gilt lettered. Paper spine label a little worn and faded. Very good.

Manchester Printed for the Housing Committee, Richard Bates Limited Printers 1947

10pp illustrated with b/w plates, plans, elevations etc. Paper wrappers. A little worn else good copy.

York William Anelay Ltd in association with Sessions York 1975

72pp illus with b/w plates. 4to. Decorated wrappers. Vg. Cover design by Russell Platt. History of this important building firm still operating as a specialist building firm with an emphasis on conservation. Includes list of completed jobs. Anelay's were the key contractors used by Walter Brierley. Signed by W P Anelay, H E C Stapleton, Charles Anelay and Russell P Croft on title page.

The Daily Record and Evening News 1938

Unpaginated, c60pp. Small 4to Decorated wrappers with the lion symbol of the exhibition on upper wrapper. Illustrated with b/w and sepia photos. Good source for the buildings. The images show the major pavilions, people using the site and detailed images of sculpture etc. Air view included of the whole site. Very good copy.

London Grosvenor, Chater & Co. Ltd., 1958

Unpaginated. 4to. Decorated end papers depicting North Wales, The Wirrel and Merseyside , Cloth binding. Cloth slightly faded. Spine and upper board has decorated title panel for Abbey Mills. Specimens of printing, cover and writing papers in various colors and tones, with many examples printed to great effect by different processes. The sample pages include works of Eric Fraser, Cecil Keeling, A Romney and Charles Mozley amongst others. Lovely item.

London F Lewis (Publishers) Ltd 1935

57pp text + 100pp b/w plates. Large 4to. Very good with very good dust wrapper. Contents discussed and illustrated include pottery by V.Bell, G. Sutherland, L. Knight, Frank Brangwyn, etc, etc. Black and white frontispiece - 'The Mall, T.S.S. "Empress of Britain". Decorations by Waring and Gillow (1932) Ltd. London. Includes reprint of the rules relating to the recommendations for an exhibition o "Good Design and Every-day Use" and other advocacy documents relating to exhibitions to promote contemporary design. Also refers to the work of individual firms involved in production and the illustrations cites the makers in all cases.

London: John van Voorst 1849

Vol. I: xii, 111pp, incl 97 ills and 6 plates; vol. II: 60 plates with a leaf of descriptive text. 228x150mm. Uniform blue gilt lettered cloth. Very good and very bright set of this study. Predates Sharpe's more well known treatise 'Architectural Parallels.' Previous owner's name in ink on front paste down of each volume.

Bembridge The Ruskin Association 1980

Unpaginated booklet,comprising introduction by J S Deardon and printed account from a manuscript of a visit to Brantwood by Fany Talbot. Unpainated 16pp. Bound with marbled boards and end papers and paste down label. Inside is a typed note "Just a trifle from the Malvern Link Bindery. Simple and plain like the binder!" You might send another copy with respects. The manuscript was found by architectural historian and devotee of Ruskin, the late John Hutchinson of York. The introduction by James Deardon explains the origin of the manuscript. Fine. Pamphlet printed by the Yellowsands Press, Bembridge. Isle of Wight.

London Pentagram Design 1976

24pp illustrated in b/w. Pentagram published the first three letters of a dictionary of visual metaphors drawn together by Philip Thompson and Peter Davenport. The publication contains examples of how designers have used these clichés as a shorthand visual language to communicate complex ideas. It was the first of an occasional series which continues upto date. Very good copy although one or two thumb marks on some text pages where pages have been turned.

Baden Verlag Lars Müller 1993

Texts in English and German. Boxed set comprising 132pp with commentaries. A Swiss avant-garde magazine - the reproduced parts in the box comprise: First series no 1 and 2 [1924] 3/4. 5 and 6 [1925] Second Series no 1-3 [1926] no 4 [1927-28] Commentary volume is 56pp texts in German and English. Box a little worn else fine.

Crowood 1984

200pp illustrated with50 colour, 200 b&w plates. A comprehensive survey of the Regency furniture and interior views which appeared in the 'Repository of Arts' between 1809-1828 with a descriptive text and background information. The illustrations provide a valuable source book for furniture design, interior decoration and window curtain treatments.

Groninger Museum, Groningen 1988

Text in Dutch and English, 4to, stiff wrappers, spiral bound, 140 pages, illustrated. Part of upper wrapper torn away. Internally very good. Alessandro Mendini (16 August 1931 – 18 February 2019) was an Italian designer and architect and a key figure in post modern and radical design. Hard to find in any condition.

London A & C Black 1929

236pp, 40 photo-gravure plates. 28x22, decorated cloth. Good, decorated cloth a bit worn but with good dust wrapper the design of which echoes the cloth design. Lower part of dust wrapper missing against back board. With striking early bookplate of Gavin Stamp on front paste down alongside London Institution stamp. Isabel McAllister, was a journalist and admirer of his work. After a period when he created few artworks, she helped rehabilitate his career in the 1920s. Gilbert's most highly profiled work is the statue of Anteros in Piccadily Circus but he had a wide ranging career in sculpture which is well illustrated here..

Rotterdam, 010 Publishers 2004

238pp + (2)pp. Long 4to. Decorated wrappers with fold ins. Very good, preserved in adhesive plastic covering. This title examines the evolution of the Smithsons' approach to designs for individual dwellings. Includes texts by the architects. It traces their work from New Brutalism, through the 1960s Pop Art Movement to their later work.