BOOKS FOR SALE

  • An American Perspective on Berlin [BERLIN] MILLAR, Lynn / McBride, Will
    Berlin und die Berliner

    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.

    Stock ID: 22669
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  • Bernard Leach Hamada & their circle from the Wingield Digby Collection by [LEACH & HAMADA]
    [LEACH & HAMADA]
    Bernard Leach Hamada & their circle from the Wingield Digby Collection

    Oxford Phaidon Christies 1990

    192pp illustrated with colour and bw plates. 4to. Very good with very good dust wrapper.

    Stock ID: 22872
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  • [TALWIN MORRIS]
    Binding Stamps: A small selection of binding stamps designed by Talwin Morris

    Foulis Press Archive Press Glasgow School of Art 1973

    First edition no 36 of 50 copies designed by Gordon Huntly from material by James Murray 14pp printed on 14 leaves french folded. MOunted fontis of gold thistle design blocked onto cream buchram. Fine in original wrappers with Morris design in back and green. Loosely inserted letter from John Tomlinson and Christmas card blank from the Foulis Press

    Stock ID: 22910
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  • [HOTELS]
    Bonnington Hotel Southampton Row WC1: London Weekly Diary of Social Events

    London Geo Aug. Mate & Son Printers and Publishers, Fleet Street 1934

    62pp including period ads and maps +[4]pp period ads in colour for motor cars by the Austin Car Company. Paste down advert in colour for Frames Tours ticket agency. 16mo. Cream lettered wrappers. Stapled. Good copy. Events listing publication which served to promote them and the Hotel who distributed it and the printing firm who published it. From Robin de Beaumont's collection with his tiny monograph label on inside of front paste down.

    Stock ID: 22913
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  • RICE & SON LTD BUILDING CONTRACTORS
    Book of the firm's history and its construction projects. Undated

    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.

    Stock ID: 22578
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  • [BRASILIA]
    Brasilia - three items A pamphlet for the ICA Exhibition at Dover Street; Book entitled Brasilia; and Booklet also entitled Brasilia

    Brasilia: the building of a new capital for Brazil, an exhibition under the auspices of the Brazilian Embassy in London held at the ICA Dover Street 1958 4pp folded paper leaftlet: Vg. Brasilia 42pp book with white wrappers. Small square 4to. Illustrated with b/w plates and plans on acetate. Good copy but white wrappers a little age worn. Text in Spanish, English and French. Contributions by J. O. de Meira Penna, Luicio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer. 1958. Brasilia 24pp booklet with black wrappers. Small 4to. Complimentary to the book, b/w photographs of buildings, sculpture and layout and produced to accompany the exhibition [?] Useful period material on the development of Brasilia. Covers a little rubbed and worn. From the…

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    Brasilia: the building of a new capital for Brazil, an exhibition under the auspices of the Brazilian Embassy in London held at the ICA Dover Street 1958 4pp folded paper leaftlet: Vg. Brasilia 42pp book with white wrappers. Small square 4to. Illustrated with b/w plates and plans on acetate. Good copy but white wrappers a little age worn. Text in Spanish, English and French. Contributions by J. O. de Meira Penna, Luicio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer. 1958. Brasilia 24pp booklet with black wrappers. Small 4to. Complimentary to the book, b/w photographs of buildings, sculpture and layout and produced to accompany the exhibition [?] Useful period material on the development of Brasilia. Covers a little rubbed and worn. From the library of George G Pace.

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    Stock ID: 22718
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  • (BRENTHAM) REID Aileen (Introduction by Prof. Sir Peter Hall)
    Brentham: a history of the pioneer garden suburb 1901-2001

    Brentham Heritage Society 2000

    264pp illustrated with b/w and colour plates from contemporary and modern photographs. Decorated end papers show original architectural drawings of the houses. Long 4to. Very good with dust wrapper. Study of this Ealing suburb. Built on co-partnership principles it was an inspiration to Hampstead. Scholarly study of a lesser known garden suburb much of which survives today.

    Stock ID: 13887
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  • BOWNESS Alan
    British Pavilion Venice Biennale 1964. Roger Hilton, Gwyther Irwin, Joe Tilson, Bernard Meadows

    London The British Council 1964

    28pp. With 78 b/w and colour images. Stapled wraps. Upper and verso of cover shows some damage near the top of the spine (possibly from a sticker or similar paste-down?) Otherwise, very good and internally very clean.

    Stock ID: 22806
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  • SALZMAN L.F.
    Building in England Down to 1540 A Documentary History

    Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1952

    xvi+630pp,21 b/w plates and one text illustration. Sl. rubbing to cloth, esp at head and foot of spine and corners, and front hinge cracked, else good. First edition. From the library of Alec Clifton-Taylor, with his signature in pencil to fep. A few underlinings and annotations in pencil. Loosely inserted newspaper clippings and a receipt for the book from B.T. Batsford for £1 10s. Salzman's classic study of medieval architecture, focusing on building practices, architects and masons. Includes extensive appendices on contemporary documentation and building and employment contracts.

    Stock ID: 15066
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  • WARNES, Arthur R.
    Building Stones Their Properties Decay and Preservation

    London Ernest Benn Limited 1926

    269pp + 8p A concise study, covers geology of building stones, decay, preservation etc. "With the author's compliments" penned at top of title page in neat handwriting.

    Stock ID: 22478
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  • DANNATT, Trevor
    Buildings and Interiors 1951/72

    London Lund Humphries 1972

    96pp. bw illustrations. Square 4to. Cloth spine with board covers, decorated shiny wrappers. Very good indeed. Preserved in simple cloth covered slipcase. Detailed studies of buildings designed by London architect Trevor Dannatt with many photographs and line drawings.

    Stock ID: 22253
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  • Built in the USA 1932-1944 by MOCK Elizabeth
    MOCK Elizabeth
    Built in the USA 1932-1944

    New York Museum of Modern Art 1944

    128pp, 206 plates. 4to. Very good in sl. chipped dust wrapper which illustrates Heckendorf House. Published to accompany an exhibition reflecting developments since 1932, when the Museum held its first exhibition of modern architecture. Forty seven buildings are selected and described. Lovely item.

    Stock ID: 9573
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  • [BURLEY ON THE HILL] FINCH, Pearl
    Burley on the Hill Rutland with a short account of its owners and Extracts from their correspondence, and catalogue of the contents of the house

    J Bale & Son and Danielsson 1901

    Limited to 200 copies. This is number 68. Two volumes. Vellum Very good indeed. Exceptionally bright and good copies. Small red smudge of ink on volume 2 upper board. Burley on the Hill house survives in a prominent hilltop location although much altered after a fire in 1908. It has the remains of 17th- and 18th-century formal landscaping around the house and in the parkland and woodland, including a 17th-century avenue and bowling green. Humphry Repton produced a Red Book for the estate in the late 18th century. The site is now in multiple private ownership and the house has been converted to apartments. Pearl Finch was the descendent of the original…

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    J Bale & Son and Danielsson 1901

    Limited to 200 copies. This is number 68. Two volumes. Vellum Very good indeed. Exceptionally bright and good copies. Small red smudge of ink on volume 2 upper board. Burley on the Hill house survives in a prominent hilltop location although much altered after a fire in 1908. It has the remains of 17th- and 18th-century formal landscaping around the house and in the parkland and woodland, including a 17th-century avenue and bowling green. Humphry Repton produced a Red Book for the estate in the late 18th century. The site is now in multiple private ownership and the house has been converted to apartments. Pearl Finch was the descendent of the original 17th century owner for whom the house was constructed.

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    Stock ID: 22813
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  • [BRZESKA] COLE, Roger
    Burning to speak The Life And Art Of Henri Gaudier Brzeska.

    Oxford Phaidon 1978

    141pp.will illustrated. Cloth. 4to. Very good with good dust wrapper.

    Stock ID: 22264
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  • KONTTINEN, Sirkka-Liisa.
    Byker Revisited

    ‎ Northumbria Press; First Edition 2009

    192pp illustrated. Long 4to. Very good with slightly worn dust wrapper. A portrait in complexity of life in Ralph Erskine's Byker Wall and its setting following the initial honeymoon period.

    Stock ID: 22096
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  • ( VOYSEY) SIMPSON, Duncan.
    C.F.A. Voysey: an architect of individuality

    Lund Humphries 1979 1979

    160pp illustrated with b/w plates and line ills. Preface by Sir James Richards. Square 4to. Wraps. Good copy of this scarce assessment of Voysey's career. Top and base of spine a little chipped and front inside hinge cracked along the bottom 3-4cm. Very good otherwise

    Stock ID: 22706
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  • [LAND GIRLS] HERMON-HODGE, Nona [the Hon Mrs. Hermon Worsley]
    Call of the Land

    London George Allen & Unwin 1936

    136 + (8)pp. Signature of previous owner Lilian Loseby on front end paper. Good with sl. Browned dust wrapper and book block edge slightly foxed. Ist edition. Recollection of working as a land girl and then later experiences of farms and farming in Oxfordshire, Worcestershire, and Cheshire.

    Stock ID: 22828
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  • [INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART]
    Caprogrossi Exhibition 30 May-22 June 1957]

    London ICA, Dover Street 1957

    Introduction by Roland Penrose. Unpaginated 8pp including stiff card wrappers. 20 numbers listed. Printed on yellow paper internally, wrap around black and white illustrated wrappers by Caprogrossi. Exhibition in coloration with Carlo Cardazzo, Galleria del Naviglio, Milan and Galleria del Cavallino, Venice.

    Stock ID: 22904
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  • [POP ART] SALTER, Tom [ author] WHITEHEAD, David [ Editor] ENGLISH Malcolm [illustrator]
    Carnaby Street

    Walton on Thames M & J Hobbs 1970

    72pp illustrated. Small square 4to. Black laminated boards with full colour dust wrapper reminiscent of Alan Aldridge's Yellow Submarine . End papers illustrate the street plan on silvered paper. Includes a 3pp "Shopping Guide" to retailers. Fine. Unclipped dust wrapper. History of Carnaby Street, London's "go to" street for cutting edge young fashion in the Sixties. Tom Slater set up the influential shop "Gear" in Carnaby Street and was involved in developing it as a "destination" from the early days. Malcolm English , illustrator, studied Illustration & Design at Leicester College of art. After graduating in 1969 he worked all his life as a professional artists in pop art style. The…

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    Walton on Thames M & J Hobbs 1970

    72pp illustrated. Small square 4to. Black laminated boards with full colour dust wrapper reminiscent of Alan Aldridge's Yellow Submarine . End papers illustrate the street plan on silvered paper. Includes a 3pp "Shopping Guide" to retailers. Fine. Unclipped dust wrapper. History of Carnaby Street, London's "go to" street for cutting edge young fashion in the Sixties. Tom Slater set up the influential shop "Gear" in Carnaby Street and was involved in developing it as a "destination" from the early days. Malcolm English , illustrator, studied Illustration & Design at Leicester College of art. After graduating in 1969 he worked all his life as a professional artists in pop art style. The iconic centre fold of this book entitled "The Street" set the tone for publication and represents the streetscape when it became the focus of counter culture with its music and iconic shops including John Stephen's Department Store, Mary Quant, Mates, Merc, Lady Jane etc. This is a long way from its foundation in the 17th century when it was laid out close to Karnaby House, from which the street name is derived. Uncommon.

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    Stock ID: 22604
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  • TREDGOLD Thomas & TARN, Wyndham (Edited by)
    Carpentry and Joinery Elementary Principles of Carpentry Chiefly Composed from the Standard Work of Thomas Tredgold, C.E.With Additions, Alterations, and Corrections from the Works of the Most Recent Authorities and a Treatise on Joinery Containing a Detailed Account of the Various Operations of the Joiner

    London Lockwood & Co. 1873

    Series number 182. xii + 300pp + 16pp + 32pp. With numerous b/w illustrations. Brown blind stamped cloth with gilt lettering. Re-bound with a new cloth spine and paper label to make this a good copy. Water stains throughout although not to the detriment of the text.

    Stock ID: 22477
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