London Academy Editions 1995

128pp illustated with 150 plates, 50 in colour. Large 4to. Stiff card laminated colour wrappers. Fine. A key appraisal of the work of Ballie Scott setting him in the context of the arts and crafts movement.

London Faber and Faber 1958

289pp with 66 b/w photographs. 4to. Dust wrapper rather worn and with annotations in ink. Cloth to head and foot of spine and corners rubbed. From the library of Alec Clifton-Taylor, with his signature in ink, dated 1958 to fep. Loosely inserted copious handwritten notes and a hand drawn map of Germany by A. C.-T. and several postcards to A C.-T. featuring church interiors from Germany and Switzerland. Newspaper review clippings pasted onto rear endpapers. Brown paper wrapper between cloth and dw. The historical background and social forces behind the dvelopment of Baroque architecture, and a country by country description of Baroque churches.

Manchester Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd c1930

Single sided colour illustrations of room settings which have been wallpapered. Tissue guards between each page. 4to. Cloth backed boards. Red lettering on upper board. Boards slightly soiled. Text in English, Spanish and French. Traditional layouts of spaces with traditional furniture. A key provider of popular wallpapers in the UK in the first half of the 20th century. It was established as an association of manufacturers in 1899. The Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd. became Reed Decorative Products Ltd in 1965. The Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester hold the major archive of samples.

Landego, The Old Stile Press 2000

Preface by Nicholas McDowall. Unpaginated. [37]pp. Illustrated with wood engravings. Long 8vo. 200x270mm. Bound in decorated boards with glassine dust wrapper over. Decorated end papers. Type is Bulmer and the paper is 175gsm Zerkall mould made. Binding at the Fine Bindery. With loosely inserted additional signed print, number slipped in at the end dated 1999 "With the swans Cheltenham.". One of 100 copies. This is number 23, signed by the author.

(Rotterdam): NAi Uitgevers, 1993.

First edition. Oblong 8vo. 15pp introductory essay by Wim van den Bergh. (Dutch text). Introduction in English with Architect's statement pp18-19, remainder of book unpaginated. Illustrated with colour plates and overprinted captions on glassine paper. [ In English ]. The volume is illustrated with 30 paintings, 28 in colour. A very good copy in spiral bound, blind stamped boards. Hard to find. Published to coincide with the opening of the new building of the Netherlands Architecture Institute.

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.

Oxford Phaidon Christies 1990

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

London Merrell Publishers Ltd, 2002

144pp illustrated with colour and b/w plates. 4to. Very good with a very good dust wrapper. The works of Berthold Lubetkin (1901-1990) including the iconic Penguin Pool at London Zoo, Highpoint One in North London and less well known survivors are documented and photographed by by Morley von Sternberg.

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.

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 buckram. 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

Birmingham Central School of Arts and Craft, Margaret Street 1926-1928

Unpaginated c12pp - 20pp per issue. All with variant decorated printed wrappers, 220 x 295mm. Ribbon ties. The publications were produced to show the range of printing work produced by the school Issue One indicates Bernard Sleigh as teacher of wood engraving in the staff list. Lovely production and each includes several colour images alongside reproduction of letter press work. en issues in total were produced in the series. Uncommon.

Vision on Publishing 2001

Wrappers. Very good. Foreword by David Bowie; introduction by Mick Rock. First edition. Unpaginated. A fantastic selection of Mick Rock's photographs of the Glam Rock era - lots of Bowie and Lou Reed. Very good copy.

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.

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.

London Institute of Contemporary Arts 1979

36 unpaginated pages numerous b/w illustrations with captions. Small 4to, staple bound illustrated wrappers. Small chip to the verso else a good copy. Well illustrated, contemporary catalogue of Dimitrijević's work, one of the pioneers of conceptual art.

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.

Slough, Bucks Orlit Limied, Colnbrook By Pass, Colnbrook no date c 1955

12pp pamphlet on methods of precast reinforced concrete construction for schools. Illustrated with b/w plates with supporting texts on selected projects. Cover show Hanslope Crescent Road School Nottingham designed by R. M. Finch, City Engineer and Surveyor, Nottingham. Back page of brochure lists schools built using the system. comprising local authorities and individual architects. This method along with the Presweld system were particularly popular as methods of school construction in the post war period.

London The Pilot Press Limited prepared by the Design and Industries Assoc. nd c1946

68pp illus with b/w photographs and line ills and 8 color plates.. Large 4to. Colour wrappers. Good copy. Staples a little rusted. Superb period item produced in the immediate post war period to promote good design.