London Architectural Press 1946 Ist edition

86pp illustrated with a series of original lithographs by John Piper and in a dust wrapper designed by Piper. Good in sl. frayed but generally very good dw. A wonderful book about the suburbs with great Piper images.

New York, Reinhold Publishing Company 1943

First edition. 380pp illustrated with 50 figures including 2 fold outs in colour, b/w line illustrations and maps. Cloth with red lettered titles on spine and upper board. A very good copy. One fold out has been badly folded into the book. Key book distilling Saarinen's ideas on the design written towards the end of his eventful career which began in Helsinki and ended in Michigan, Ohio. He combined planning, architecture and industrial design in his output.

The Architectural Press 1971 Ist paperback edition with new material. Revised edition 1985

Reprint. 200pp illustrated with b/w line ills and photographs. First published as a book in 1961 which in turn embraced articles first developed for Architectural Review. This is a key reference for those interested in visual coherence in towns.

London Aurum Press 2005

192 with 200 high quality duotone photographs 4to. Cloth vg indeed in similar d/w. Illustrated with images from Country Life's huge collection of glass plate negatives and more recent colour images. Ex libris David Gerald Francis Hinge.

New York Princeton Architectural Press (with Ryerson Image Centre, Ryerson University, Toronto) 2013

Sporadically paginated. c. 175pp Richly illustrated with balack and white and colour photographs by Burley. Black boards. Folded Dust Jacket. Long Quarto. Foreword by Gaell Morel and Doina Popescu. Additional essays by Alison Nordstrom, Francois Cheval and Andrea Kunard. A very good copy of a book which reflects on the resilience of traditional art forms in the digital era.

San Francisco William Stout Publishers 2005

xvi + pp17- 200. Silver and green covered boards. With title on spine. Corresponding dust jacket. Quarto. Illustrated with numerous colour and black and white photographs and architectural and design drawings. A very good copy of this fascinating book on the development of garden design in California in the mid 20th century.

Worksop Pirvately printed 1904

452pp illustrated. 4to. Brown cloth, gilt titles on upper board. Spine slightly faded and with some water marks. Bookplate of Josceline Grove, along with his description of the book on front paste down. Internally very good. With crisp illustrations. Notes on the Barony of Grove, Nottinghamshire and a letter about the cost of the book loosely slipped into the pages. Robert White ( born 1820 ) of Worksop was a renowned author and biographer famous for his directories and histories of Nottinghamshire. This publication is a valuable compendium of ancient topographical information on Nottinghamshire which was much altered by the spread of industrialisation and the impact of the motorcar.

South Illinois University Press 1960

232pp illustrated with b/w plates and line illustrations. Small 4to. Decorated end papers. With two loosely inserted headed pieces of writing paper from Robert Matthew 31 Regent Terrace Edinburgh which are covered in sketches relating to geodesic dome designs in black pen. Also loosely inserted is a press cutting on Buckminster Fuller from Building Design 2005. From the library of Robert Matthew. Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion structures, are those that yield the greatest possible efficiency in terms of available technology. His inventions included a Dymaxion car, Geodesic Domes, and dwellings. Useful review and critique of his philosophies and works.

Edinburgh Plaid Stationary 1945

54pp. Packed full with b/w illustrations plus 4 double-spread colour illustrations by Jessie M. King. Her last book. Small 4to. (245mm x 185mm) Blue boards with gilt lettering. Pictorial wrap around illustrated dust wrapper. The dust wrapper missing in the inner flap and is worn with several closed tears. Chip missing on upper front corner. The book itself is in very good condition.

Faber and Faber Limited 1955

95pp illustrated with line ills and text figures + 60 b/w photographic plates. Small 4to. Good in slighly worn dw. Detailed review of the form of almshouses and the development of their plan in the context of their social function

Batsford, London, 1912.

234 pp. 130 collotype plates by W Galsworthy Davie, and many illustrations in the text. Blue blind embossed buckram boards. Only edition. A little faded on the spine.

London Lund Humphries 1986

180pp illustrated with b/w photogravure plates. 4to. Very good with very good dust wrapper.

London, Routledge and K. Paul 1370-1870

1370-1870 xvii pp + 317 pp with 41 text ills. + 235 black/white plates, index ; Very good with dust wrapper. Comprehensive account of school architecture which is regarded as a major contribution to the architectural history of school buildings within the context of educational practices from the 14th century to the last quarter of the 19th century

Yale University Press 1982

x + 278pp illustrated with 13 colour and over 200 b/w photo ills. 4to. Vg with very good dust wrapper. Expertly constructed study of the most common form of the English House (includes Wales). A key text on all kinds of terraced housing. Loosely inserted journal clippings. Armourial bookplate on front pastedown.

London, George Allen and Unwin 1930

144pp illustrated with b/w plates + c30pp advertising section. Green cloth. A little worn at the head and base of the spine else very good copy. Dedicated to Lawrence Weaver. Edited by H.H.P. and N.L.C. Draws attention throughout to the need to legislate for preservation of the Countryside illustrating elements of building such as petrol stations, advertising hoardings and railways which were being built in an uncontrolled way in the inter-war years.

San Fransisco Chronicle Books 1988

Dan Soper took most of the photographs. Long 4to. Wrappers. Colorful romp through the world of tin lunch box designs.

London, Macmillan. 1988

xii + 206pp illustrated with b/w grainy photographs and illustrations. Very good copy with dust wrapper.

London: John Murray (1864) 1865 2nd edition

xlv, 464 pp: title-page vignette, 45 plates of plans (most folding). Quarter blue cloth. Repaired at head and base of spine to make good copy. One or two plates badly folded into the book and one with short tear else vg indeed. This was the first book to systematically deal with the planning of country houses. The book draws on actual examples of houses constructed or under construction. Alongside the house there is considerations of related offices such as stables. Robert Kerr was at the time, Professor of the Arts of Construction at Kings College London. Ex libris, Michael Manser with his and José's bookplate on front paste down.

Faber and Faber (1952) Bath Kingsmead Press reprint 1978

228pp, 64 illustrations produced form photographs and 24 line ills.Fine in dust wrapper. Attractive reprint of a book generally hard to find.