London Fanfrolico Press nd 1930

Unpaginated. Forty-two poems .Translated by Jack Lindsay and decorations by Edward Bawden. 235 x 155mm Blue cloth blind stamped patchwork pattern to boards. T.E.G. Printed on Charles I paper by the Fanfrolico Press. Limited edition no 71 of 400. Spine sunned else very good copy. Illustrations in black and white.

London The Architectural Association 1980

46pp illustrated with b/w line ills. Square 4to. Very good copy. Useful summary of the work of the practice which was produced to accompany an exhibition. Biographical notes by Dean Hawkes. Hard to find.

London The New English Library 1983

126pp illustrated with b/w photographs by McCullin with portrait frontis of McCullin By Terence Donovan. Very good with very good dust wrapper.

Oxford The University Press 1923

100pp. Paper cover boards, cloth spine with paper label. All edges untrimmed. Some gatherings uncut. Very good indeed. A few illustrations support the text. Scarce.

Boston Shambhala 1979

viii + 120pp illustrated with b/w plates. Square 4to. Decorated wrappers with colour photographs. A little rubbed along spine and tips of corners else good copy. From the collection of Winston Barnett with his ownership ticket on inner wrapper. Filled with quotes, drawings, photographs and the inspiration for his many visionary projects it reveals Kahn as a master of creative thinking as well as design. This is the first edition of this book. It was reprinted in 2008 with a revised introduction.

London Architectural Association Box 4 2004

[14] pamphlet with introductory text and large colour images + 18 large colour plates. Large square 4to in presentation box with decorated colour title on front. Box is a little dusty with small nick on lower edge else very good copy. The 18 plates are each composed of nine Polaroid images that can be assembled in any arrangement to form a composite work, called Nine Times. The images on these plates were the most controversial of Holmes' work at the time of publication, in both form and content: unlikely combinations of fragments of contemporary living -- urban waste, trucks, flowers, animals and images culled from the TV screen.

Manchester J Heywood 1857

80pp 12mo. Blue decorated paper wrappers Very good. Wrappers a little dusty. Written in Lancashire dialect, one of a series of books written to explore Manchester and Lancashire people and places including Yetton Park, The Mechanic's Institute and other places. This particular volume explore the Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition of 1857. Humorous account but insightful on how ordinary people responded to the exhibition. Uncommon.

London Gowans and Gray 1911

149pp, coloured frontispiece and 17 colour plates each with captioned tissue guards. 4to 255 x 195 mm, Olive green gilt decorated binding with paste down image by King on upper board. Top edge gilt. Free end papers browned. Some brown spotting to deckle edges of the book else a very bright copy of this book. Gowans and Gray had commissioned her to do 18 water colours of the bridges of Paris before she left England for Paris in 1911 and this book is the result. Reference, Colin White, The Enchanted World of Jessie M. King. 1991.

Hastings Borough Council 1930

51pp illustrated. 11 illustrations including photographs and diagrams + fFold out colour plan in rear pocket which opens to 305x250mm. 4to. Cloth spine, boards with title on upper board. Very good copy. This was a grandiose plan for the town, which if it had been implemented would have made Hastings a very different town. The plan included a scheme for a new civic centre straddling Bohemia Road, incorporating a Museum and a Museum and Art Gallery, an ambitious sea front scheme with bathing pool and marina.

Harmondsworth Penguin Books 1939

Penguin 1st Printing . Printed Wrappers. Penguin original,1939, No S19 with touch of wear at corners. Spine and page edges are a little browned. No dust wrapper. Good copy.

London The Flexible Glass Co Works, 294 High Road Kilburn nd Late 19th century?

140x220mm single sided broadsheet printed on yellow paper, with sample of woven glass product preserved in archival bag. The new material, was introduced for the manufacture of neckties, scarves, book marks and for trimming hats and dresses etc - Billed as "A New Discovery" The sample of glass fibres is very good. The broadsheet/advert page for it is slightly worn at edges and a little dusty. In 1893, Edward Drummond Libbey exhibited a dress at the World's Colombian Exposition incorporating glass fibres with the diameter and texture of silk fibres.

London London B T Batsford 1894

2nd edition with additional plates xxpp itext and a description of the plates + 35 plates which are mostly line ills. Blue cloth with gilt titles. Bright copy although some slight foxing to title page and prelims.

Lund Humphries 1979

160pp illustrated with b/w plates and line ills. Square 4to. Wraps. Good copy of this scarce assessment of Voysey's career. A little browned on the spine. From the collection of David Hinge with his bookplate on inside of wrapper.

Country Life Ltd (1950) 1957

Revised edition. 228pp illustrated with b/w plates and line ills showing Brown's style. 4to. Fair copy. D/w torn on top reverse and some foxing on the cloth boards. assessment of Brown's life and work including a list of properties where Brown was involved with design. Previous ownersl bookplate on front pastedown.

Printed for Private Reference 1853

viii +88pp + 2 fold out engraved illustrations and other illustrations in the text. 4to. Bound in red half calf, raised bands. This a little rubbed. Original blue upper wrapper bound in. Upper wrapper with inscription "From Lord Londesborough" on top edge. [ Created Baron Londesborough in 1849] Londesborough who changed his name to Denison in 1849 under the terms of his uncle's will owned Grimston Park near Tadcaster. From the Birmingham Asay Office with their small stamp on free end paper.

London Artemis Limited 1994

156pp, illus with b/w plates. Small 4to. Stiff card wrappers. Very good. Edited essays and notes published under three titles Mies'pieces, Eames'dreams, The Smithsons . It comprises edited essays, notes and letters spanning thirty years -- many previously unpublished -- richly illustrated with documentary drawings and photographs. The theme of the collection, developed through the Smithsons' reactions to the work of Mies van der Rohe and Charles and Ray Eames, is the influence across generations of architects, Hard to find.

London Architectural Press 9H Gallery 1987

48pp illustrated with b/w and colour images. Square 4to. Wrappers with overprinted dust wrapper. Exhibition catalogue featuring four architectural practices.