Architectural Press nd c1941

Unpaginated c80pp. Small 8vo. Decorated wrappers. Detached and a little faded. Also advertises a competition (1940) run by the Housing Centre for ideas on improving the state of the environment in Britain. Attractive item from the authors of the Architectural Review although none are named directly. The subject of the uncomic strip is a piece of land.

Milano Edizioni di Comunità c1957 n.d.

208pp, Illustrated occasional journal. The fourth one. Soft cover; Illustrated. Blue wrappers with wrap around bund with title. A little chipped. Text in English, Italian, French & German; Striking advertisements for contemporary design firms, magazines and products. Very good protected by rather worn and torn cardboard slipcase. Main theme is Men and the ideas of Modern Ornament and Brutalism with contributions on the latter from Maxwell Fry, Alison and Peter Smithson amongst others.

Milano C Olivetti and Co 1959

214pp illus with b/w photographs + period adverts. Perfect bound. Laminated yellow wrappers with example of fantastic architecture. 4to. 27x21cms . Key articles by Le Corbusier on Frank Lloyd Wright with fold out concertina illustrations. Denmark (contributions by Bruno Alfieri, Enzo Fratelli, Keld Helmer-Petersen and others ) and Fantastic Architecture by Ulrich Conrads and Hans Sperlich. Spine split Small tear in front wrap hinge else good copy. Texts in English, Italian, French.