Reading Spire Books 2012

Spire Studies in Architectural History Volume 2. 240pp illustrated with b/w images. With dust wrapper. Like new. 240pp. Useful source material; Essays on a series of individuals including Henry Roberts, William Culshaw and Henry Sumners, William hill, Bassett Keeling, E S Prior, Harold Peto and Hugh Thackery Turner. Each essay is illustrated and written by an architectural expert. Notes on the contributors included at the back of the book.

London Crosby Lockwood and Son nd (1867)

A new edition with notes by Robert Maller. xii + 241pp, + 16pp, +32pp with small number of diagrams and tables. Green blind stamped cloth with gilt titling and paper label on spine. Book text preceded and ending with end papers listing Weale's publications on civil engineering. Slight foxing to early pages. Purple ink stamp 'T:J. Hurley sporadically stamped on a number of pages and front end paper. Inner hinges slightly cracked else a good copy.

Aldershot, Hants Scolar Press 1993

208 pp, including 100 large reproductions, 62 in colour: altogether over 500 illustrations. Large 4to. Very good with dust wrapper. A major catalogue of the work of one of the most exciting British printmakers of the 20th century.

London, Batsford. 1929

48 pp. including 7 b&w ill. and 1 colour frontis of estate plan. 4to in green blind stamped boards with gilt lettering and crest on front board. First gathering bound upside down. Binding slightly rubbed at head and base of spine, else vg. Preliminary report on the design of the Priory Estate, of considerable interest in light of its subsequent history and the proposed demolition and redevelopment of the northern part of the estate. It is especially interesting in retrospect to read the sections on road planning at a time when a future of mass car ownership was still debatable. Fascinating report, containing notable line drawings.

Milton Keynes Milton Keynes Exhibition Gallery 1990

First edition. Limited to 1000 copies to accompany an exhibition at the Milton Keynes Exhibition Gallery. Unpaginated. 52pp illustrated with b/w photographs. Wrappers. Stapled. 230x200mm. Documents Milton Keynes in black and white photography. Jardine's work work varies between Street Photography, Urban Landscape and Conceptual Art. Peter Laws in the introduction refers to 'layer upon layer of allusion, complexities and contradictions beneath a deceptively surface.' Loosely inserted review and order form. Very good copy.

London Faber and Faber c1967

344 + [3]pp, b/w photographs, line ills., maps, plans. Long 8vo. Cloth with white lettering to front and spine in dw, this is a little worn and scuffed. Corners scuffed. Internally good. Bookplate of the Town Planning Institute on front paste down. No other institutional stamps. Translated from the French by Pamela Knight, Eleanor Levieux and Derek Coltman, this edition makes use of the 1933 French original, La Ville Radieuse. A classic work on architecture and city planning: a blueprint for the present and for the future. From the Conder and Casson Architectural practice.

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.

London, Crosby Lockwood and Son 1897 (c1890)

9th edition. xii + 116pp Illustrated with 68 woodcuts + 16pp + 48pp catalogue of publications at back. End papers also are advertisements for the Weale's architectural series and these are printed in blue. Buff coloured cloth. Cloth slightly grubby nd marked on upper board and spine. Internally very good. Previous owner's signature on half title page.

London Country Life Ltd no date c 1927

20 pages illustrated with 63 b/w plates Large 4to. Lettered wrappers. A little dusty else good. The building by Sir Robert Lorimer and opened in 1927. An underrated visual record of this building project. Photographs by Francis Caird Inglis. The Memorial is situated within the walls of Edinburgh Castle. The building was remodelled from a former barrack building by Sir Robert Lorimer and opened in 1927

London Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society 1911

30pp + 12 b/w plates described by the author, with illustrations of the bosses in the northern alley from drawings by C.J.W. Winter. Folio. Red cloth spine and decorated upper board with title of publication.

New Haven & London: Yale University Press 1966

360pp illus. with b/w plates and line ills. Sm 4to. Vg in slightly worn dw. Detailed study of Garden City principles and the suburbs and developments these spawned. Comprehensive assessment of a subject about which there are few detailed modern studies.

London: Zelda Cheadle 1996

First edition. [2] with b/w photo frontis + 66 with 66 full page b/w photographs + [4] photo caption list with locations. 4to. Very good with dust wrapper. The result of a massive undertaking to document all 31 areas of Britain's shipping forecast, Power's evocative photography reinvents the imaginative domain created by this national institution.

Includes advert for Steinway pianos, two maps of transport routes and introductory text about the organization and list and description of exhibits by stands. There were over 120 exhibitors and a list of participants is included. The organisers are listed on page 4 and included H.R.H The Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, and several other Royal Patrons. The aim was to create an environment where designers would directly interact with buyers. Fascinating range of crafted items exhibited including jewellery, peasant arts, stained glass, leather work etc. A very good reference for the names and locations of makers of the day.

Cardiff Museum, Press and Board of the University of Wales 1925

66pp, 8 plates in black and white and 7 text illustrations. Blue cloth. Rebound with new spine label. Guide to the slates represented in the University of Wales Museum and a detailed account of the structure and geological history of the Welsh slates.

London Crosby Lockwood & Co. 1890 (1867)

Sixth Edition with a Slide Rule in Tuck of Cover. vi + 104pp +16pp list of Weale's Series Titles + 48pp Crosby Lockwood Titles. Includes original Slide Rule which is in very good condition. Brown blind stamped cloth boards with new cloth spine. Sympathetically rebound. down on cover. An attractive copy of this useful work book.

London B T Batsford 1925

ix, 286pp. 250 b/w photographic plates, illustrations and text diagrams. Original green embossed cloth, gilt lettering. Very good indeed with sl.torn dust wrapper. Beautifully produced account of the smaller house, its construction and details. Lovely photographs and line ills.

London Geo Allen and Unwin 1929

192pp illustrated with b/w photo lithographic plates. Blue cloth. Signed dedication copy from the author to Mrs. Corrie. First edition. Very good. John Howard Whitehouse, [1873-1955] a Guild companion, Ruskin Society and University Settlements Secretary, and a Parliamentarian, was a Ruskin devotee and a key figure in developing the legacy of Ruskin. He played a part in many of the institutions where Ruskin's ideas flourished.

Edward Arnold 1956

144pp with b/w plates. Vg in vg dw. Traces the complex development of Manchester's 19th c architecture, illustrating the work of Barry, Waterhouse, Edward Walters and Thomas Worthington, and others.