London Basilisk Press 1976

no 305 0f 515. Folio and oblong 8vo. 4 vols. Limited numbered edition of 515 sets, quarter red morocco gilt over marbled boards, in cloth box, a very good set. A sumptuous facsimile edition, the first published edition thus, of the surviving Red Books; Anthony House, Cornwall; Attingham Park, Shropshire and Sheringham Hall, Norfolk, with an explanatory volume by Edward Mallins containing recent photographs by Eric de Mare. Repton's drawings are meticulously reproduced in collotype and printed on wove paper as close as possible to the original Whatman stock.

Oxford The University of Oxford 1998

132pp, b/w ills with captions. 4to illustrated wrappers, perfect binding. Small chip to the head of the spine else vg. Loosely inserted a.l.s on behalf of Malcom Airs to Gavin Stamp. Ex libris Gavin Stamp, with his bookplate.

Faber and Faber 1947

182pp illustrated with b/w photographs and line ills. Cloth sl. sunned along top of board else good copy. Frayed dust wrapper present Important study on inter war and immediately post war design for public houses.

London W Watts 1779

Obong 4to. 84 engraved numbered plates with descriptions. 4pp of subscribers at the end. Plate 1 has marginal worming . Contemporary black morocco, gilt decorated spine with title and rulings, Rebacked to make a very good copy. One additional unnumbered plate after title page illustrating Pierremont del. by J Wright.

Bristol Arnolfini 1986

125pp illustrated with b/w plates. Square 4to. Very good. Spine faded. Beautifully produced photographs capturing the mystery of the forest landscape.

London Country Life (1920)

160pp illustrated with c40 b/w plates. Cloth backed boards, brown spine lettering. Slightly rubbed on spine else very good copy. Studies the implications of the new servantless house for design of the interior fittings from umbrella stands to fireplaces, kitchen units etc with a chapter on labour saving appliances. Note on front end paper in ink "With the Author's compliments."

Lancaster University of Lancaster 1978

Decorated wrappers. 63pp, 121 illustrations. Small 4to. Decorated wrappers. Typed text, b/w plates which are rather grainy else good.Useful analysis of the work of Arthur Simpson of Kendal (1857-1922) who is one of the neglected figures of the English Arts and Crafts movement. Initially apprenticed to Gillow, he eventually set up in Kendal, initially working in the gothic style but migrating to the arts and crafts movement styles. Useful analysis.

London Twentieth Century Architecture 2002

144pp b/w ills with captions. 4to pictorial wrappers. vg. Issued by the 20th Century Society.

New York Published by the Museum nd c1959

Unpaginated. Introduction c4pp translated into German & French as well as in English b.w plates. Paper wrappers. Small 8vo. Pen note by previous owner who was Cordelia Oliver, who was an Art Critic at the Guardian and Glasgow Herald before going to work at the New York Times in the 1980s. The few annotations are reputedly hers.

279x380mm Colourful wrappers. Very good. Pp60+100 + 22pp period ads. Centre fold loosely inserted image of The King, The Queen and Prince of Wales by F Matania entitled "The three royal makers of Wembley. " Fascinating for the insights into how ethnicity was viewed at the exhibition with superb documentary photographs throughout

London Geoffrey Bles 1935

xii, 41p., 17 leaves of plates : ill. (one col.), portraits. Quarto, Cream vellum spine, gilt lettering, red cloth covered boards. Recalls the house in its heyday and provides some details of its architecture which involved Smirke, Benjamin Wyatt and Charles Barry. It was hailed as one of the finest palaces of London. The Crown lease of Stafford House was sold back to the Crown in 1912 by the 4th Duke of Sutherland when it still had about 28 years of the lease still to run. It subsequently became Lancaster House and the London Museum. It is now a government building used for grand receptions. From the library of Gavin Stamp with his bookplate.

London Office Of 'The Engineer', 1894

Frontispiece +106pp with 6 folding plates at rear, 62 figures. Quarto. Green gilt lettered cloth. Decorated end papers. Slightly rubbed at head and base of spine else very good copy. Tower Bridge was the creation of architect Sir Horace Jones and civil engineer Sir John Wolfe Barry. It took eight years to complete and was officially opened on 30 June 1894 by the Prince and Princess of Wales This is a very useful technical account of the bridge construction by Tuit who was 'Engineer to Sir William Arrol and Co., one of the firms of Contractors for the bridge construction.

London National Union of Townswomen's Guilds nd c1930

46pp illustrated with 14 b/w line ills. Small 8vo. Introductory text on drawing and design orientated towards drawing out repeat patterns.

Aldershot The Scholar Press 1992

xv + 221pp illus with many b/w line ills and photographs. Fine in dw. The book examines the process and dissemination of structural ideas and considers the ways designers, architects and developers contributed to its development.

Oxford University Department for Continuing Education 2002

200pp, colour + b/w ills with captions. 4to perfect bound illustrated wrappers.

Newton Abbot, Devon, Davis and Charles 1972

Ist edition. xvi +222pp, with 65 b/w illustrations. Cloth vg in good d/w. Black edged black endpapers. An account of the Victorian funeral, which combines the 'romantic' trappings of mourning with an account of the practicalities of burial in expanding industrial towns. With a strong focus on the development of cemeteries, and a brief comparative chapter on practices in the US and elsewhere. Ex libris Gavin Stamp, with his bookplate.