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.

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.

London, Andreas Papadakis 2003

91pp illustrated throughout with colour photographs and diagrams. 4to, cloth in d/w, vg indeed. In this volume Farrell argues that the great parks of London do not function as their designers intended: they are divided by walls, roads and other obstacles. This is his programme for integrating their green space and architectural heritage into the urban landscape more effectively, improving public access and making them available to all. Powerful illustrations are accompanied by interviews with the architect, Lord St John of Fawsley, Simon Jenkins and Charles Jencks.

London published by the firm 1937

164pp illustrated. Long 4to. Cloth covered boards. A little dusty. Introductory text + illustrations with captions documenting the projects by this key building firm. Architects noted throughout. Published in the Coronation year this is a very useful source for inter-war buildings in particular. John Laing was also a company that profoundly shaped post-war Britain. It constructed the country's first major motorway, built outstanding sites of worship such as Coventry Cathedral. This book provides insights into their formative activity. A record scoping their post war work can be seen at Historic England's photo archive.

London Crosby lockwood and Son (1883) 1900

Third Edition. Vi + 114pp 3 folding plates, 23 fig + tables in the text. 16pp catalogue of the Weale's series of Scientific and Technical Works + 48pp publishers catalogue, printed end papers + pastedown. 8vo cloth, head of the spine a little worn, else very good. Prefiguring twentieth century town planning, this book proposes a holistic approach to the planning of residential estates.

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.

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.

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.

London B T Batsford 1909

108pp illus with 25 b/w illustrations mainly line ills + (4)pp advertising testimonial for Mr Thomas Potter, concrete specialist. Ex architectural library with bookplate on front paste down indicating 1921 library acquisition and tiny ancient stamp on title. Blue cloth. Small 8vo. Slightly shaky at the spine else good copy of this promotional book for concrete farm buildings including cottages, farm buildings etc. Details of period costs also addressed.

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.

London C J Farncombe Ltd 1913

247pp. Good illustrations which document the cemetery. Foxing scattered throughout and the end papers are browned else good copy. Documents individuals buried and in many cases illustrates their gravestones and inscriptions.

Oxford Phaidon 1978

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

Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery 1984

169pp with 111 b/w illustrations. Small square 4to in wraps, vg. A collection of 8 essays, each dealing with a different aspect of Birmingham as an important provincial centre for the Arts and Crafts Movement in Britain. Subjects covered include architecture, decorative painting, book illustration, metalwork and stained glass. With useful gazetteer of works by Birmingham based craftsmen and a catalogue of books illustrated by Birmingham artists.

‎ 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.

London John Murray 1929

xii + 299pp illus with frontis +13 b/w plates and one fold out map. Studies of old town mostly in Franch, many off the beaten track, recorded by Blomfield in his travels. With signature on front end paper of F W Troup dated 1932. Troup 1859-1941 was an Arts and Crafts man throughout his life with a particular interest in leadwork and was an excellent craftsman himself. He was Master of the Art Workers Guild in 1923 and Hon Sec of the SPAB in 1940.

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

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.

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.