London Art Media 2001

304pp, with over 800 colour and b/w plates. 4to. Boards, Very good with good dust wrapper. 18 essays which provide a definitive picture of the life and work of Archibald Knox, designer originating from the Isle of Man and who made his name as a jewellery designer etc for Liberty and Co amongst others and has great stature as someone who bridged in his work the Arts and Crafts Movement, Celtic Revival, Art Nouveau, and Modernism.

London Archigram 1968

Milanogram/Milan Triennale/population growth). Yellow envelope folder with pocket; cover image on inside. Contents: eight pages 420mm x 150mm, folded; seventeen sheets, double sided, 210mm x 150mm, and one 300mm x 210mm. Not numbered or ordered, but punch card codification down the edge of sheets. Sheets inserted in folder. Wallet designed to be posted to readers. Priced at 5 shillings. Collated from the Archigram Archival Project. Envelope a little browned and dusty.

B T Batsford Ltd 1949

viii + 96pp with 68 b/w, colour and half-tone plates and 35 b/w line figures, 4to, cloth, dw. Dw sl. faded along spine and bumped along edges else vg copy. Second edition. A detailed survey of architectural draughtsmanship in England.

Thames & Hudson, 1990.

64pp, 74 b/w illustrations. Very slighly bumped on one corner else very good in dust wrapper. The book of Richards Roger's talk given at the 22nd annual Walter Neurath Memorial Lecture covering four inter-related themes of Patronage and Capitalism, Modernism, Post-Modernism and the Future. Signed by Richard Rogers and with Michael and Jose Manser's book plate on front end paper. Loosely inserted printed card saying "With all good wishes for the New Year, Richard Rogers."

Country Life Ltd 1944

224pp illus. with b/w plates throughout. Sm 4to. VG. With chipped dust wrapper. Important review of the work of Sir Herbert Baker, tracking his career and friendship with Cecil Rhodes, his move to New Delhi, Kenya and back to the UK where he became active with the War Graves Commission work and Country House architecture alike.

Cambridge Mass Harvard (1968) 1985

reprint. 278pp illus. with b/w plates. 4to. Good. Previous owner's name on front end paper.

Paris E Chambrelent Ste Ame E.T.I.O.P. 1933

Cockade 'Vent du Nord' type fan with wooden handles.The paper leaf is printed on one side with an adaptation of a poster design showing male and female hands holding footwear by Bally; signed and dated d'apres CAPPIELLO, 1933.BALLY: Swiss company designing/producing shoes for the high end market. Founded in 1851 by Carl Franz Bally (1821–1899) and his brother Fritz in the basement of their family home. CAPPIELLO, Leonetto: b. 1875, Livorno, Italy - d. 1942, Cannes, France. Celebrated Italian poster art designer who lived in Paris. Beautiful condition.

London RIBA Publishing 2012

372pp+ numerous b/w and colour photographic plates. Large square 4to. Paper covered boards, white illuminated lettering. Fine. In-depth chronological examination of the works of Basil Spence, with accompanying illustrative photographic plates. Introduction by Louise Campbell. Useful list of major projects. Ex libris Gavin Stamp with his bookplate.

Edinburgh 1963

Pen and Ink Drawing. In black frame, mounted behind glass. With stamp of Foulis Gallery on verso and hand written picture title. Paper a little aged. New mount and frame preserving original label. Richard Demarco is an artist, writer, producer and director of programmes and projects of theatre and visual art. Born in Scotland in 1930 with ancestors from Ireland, France and Italy, he initiated and activated new, forward-looking collaborations across Europe in the legacy of WWII, and since the 1950s has practised as a leading European advocate for contemporary art. He was a co-founder of the Edinburgh based Traverse Theatre in 1963 and in 1966 founded his own gallery in the city. [Closed 1992]

London London Sampson Low, Searle & Rivington Ltd 1882

v +115pp illustrated with frontis + initial letters representing some aspect of the houses described. Small 8vo. Decorated paper covered overprinted with red and black letter titles. These are dusty and a little worn. Internally good. The book describes 12 artists' houses including, Sassoon, Leighton, Hazeltine, William Burgess, Morrison, Alma Tadema and The British Embassy in Rome and Villa Campana. Attractive book which is sought after because of the artist houses represented.

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.

Berlin Rembrandt-Verlag 1958

96pp illustrated with b/w plates. Square 4to. 235 x 225mm. Photographs by McBride and Millar. Text in English and German. Collection of black and white images of Berlin seen through the eyes of two Americans. A near fine copy, dust jacket has some light wear.

Los Angeles The Museum of Contemporary Art and MIT Press 1989

256pp illustrated with b/w plates and line ills. Essays on Case Study Houses by Ester McCCoy, AmeliaJones, and Elisabeth A T Smith, Reyner Banham and others. Long 4to. Vg in slightly worn dw. Scarce.

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.

nd c1938

Unpaginated. c12pp Introduction briefly outlining the development of the firm followed by c60pp illustrations of projects + c12pp period ads for building products and specialist firms. Long 4to. Green cloth covered boards with art deco style gilt lettering on upper board. At the time of production, the firm was based in Stockwell, London with specialist woodworking department in Margate. Inter – war projects illustrated include various Odeon cinemas, mansion blocks including Nell Gwynn House, Chelsea, the Bexhill Pavilion, Margate Lido, various suburban housing schemes, offices and shops, schools and colleges. Work centred on London and the south east. The Architects noted for most of the projects that are illustrated.

1974

Etching and aquatint on wove paper 400 x 625mm Framed and mounted no 95 of 150