London Festival of Britain 1951

52pp + period ads. 4to. Wrappers. Abram Games Festival logo on the front. Discrete hand written note giving date of previous owner's visit to the exhibition. Very good copy. Hard to find catalogue of the Architecture Exhibition. Some loose insertions relating to Aluminium products.

London, Longmans Green and Co 1872

xvi + 427 + (1)pp, 36 woodcut plates, 12 text ills, one leaf publishers' adverts. Many buildings illustrated erected between 1860 and 1870. This was the first published study on the gothic revival, and although it is widely available in a reprint this is a lovely copy of the original decorated and stamped cloth possibly designed by Eastlake to reflect the gothic subject matter of the book. Sl. rubbed at head and base of spine, scratch on spine and related small tear else a very good copy. Bookplate of William J Newton R S A and his stamp on half title.

London George Allen & Unwin 1920

160pp 8 full page plates. 8vo blue boards with paste down title. Account of a summer tour of National Trust 'possessions' (national parks, reserves, houses etc) in the West of Britain. Rawnsley is remembered chiefly for his campaigns to preserve the Lake District landscape and as a founder of the National Trust. Ex Libris Gavin Stamp, with his bookplate on the front pastedown.

January 1950 Vol CV11 no 637

Edited by J M Richards, Nickolaus Pevsner, Osbert Lancaster and H de C Hastings. Marking the half way point of the Century, this special issue covers details of landscape elements, trim, texture and colour. Good copy with very small chips on bottom edge and a bit worn on the spine. Paginated page 1-67 +89pp period ads. Superb photographs throughout including ones by Eric de Maré, John Piper, Gordon Cullen, McCallum Arphot and others. Special applications of the functional tradition drawn by Gordon Cullen for Lyme Regis and Stevenage.

London, Thames and Hudson 1966

234pp illustrated with 264 b/w plates .Square 4to. Very good with good dust wrapper. Signature of Gavin Stamp on front end paper together with his bookplate on front paste down.

Cambridge, MA/Oxford Harvard University Press/Oxford University Press 1966

198pp, b/w photographic plates + line illus. Long 4to blue cloth with pictorial dw. Wrapper a little chipped and creased else very good indeed. pen inscription to the fep. Ex libris Gavin Stamp, with his bookplate on the front paste down.

London Thames and Hudson 1981

135pp, 381 illustrations, 152 in colour. Small 4to. Good with dust wrapper. Ex libris with bookplate of GS. Loosely inserted review ticket + loosely inserted newspaper cutting. Translated from the French in parts and based upon a major exhibition held at the Pompidou Centre in 1980.

Twickenham Between Books 1999

112pp, colour + b/w ills. Long 8vo wrappers, perfect binding. Introduction by Jonathan Glancey. Very good images of early Motorway Service Stations. From the collection of Gavin Stamp

Cambridge University Press 1979

254pp illus with over 200 b/w plates. 4to. Very good with very good dust wrapper. Exhaustive study based on primary sources with much of individual bridge projects. Hard to find. With the bookplate of Gavin Stamp.

London, Longmans 1900

[i], 50pp, crown 8vo, original quarter grey linen with pale grey boards printed in black to upper, covers a little darkened and with a little wear to backstrip ends and top corners. Printed at the Chiswick Press and using the Golden type designed by William Morris for the Kelmscott Press. Previous owner's name on half title in neat hand.

London Routledge 2017

262pp b/w ills. Small 4to illustrated boards. Provides arguably the first survey of Italy's monumental cemeteries. It explores the relationship between architecture and politics including suggesting ways in which architecture is formed by political forces. Against the backdrop of Italy's unification, Malone argues that cemeteries conveyed the power of the new nation. War memorials and the distinctive cemeteries of Northern Italy was a theme in at east one of Gavin Stamp's tours that he organised. Ex libris Gavin Stamp, with his bookplate.

London, Lund Humpries (1968) New Edition revised completely in association with Glasgow, John Smith & Son 1987

2nd revised edition. 344pp illustrated with about 250 b/w photographs throughout. 4to. With good dust wrapper Vg. Foreword by Nikolaus Pevsner. Chronology of major development projects given at the end of the book. Superb source for the city and its developments. Hard to find. Loosely inserted 2 A.L.S. hand written from David Walker to Gavin expressing delight on Gavin Stamp moving to Scotland. A few other postcards inserted. Signed on the fep by Gavin Stamp in pencil and with his bookplate.

London: Weidenfield and Nicholson 1986

224pp with colour photographs by the editor. Cloth good in d/w, faded on spine with a small tear to rear lower edge. Slightly damp smell. The first comprehensive sturdy of Britain's architectural legacy in its colonies. With essays by Gavin Stamp, Charles Allen, Gillian Tindall, Colin Amery and Jan Morris. Loosely inserted a.l.s. typed from Bobby Hesketh thanking Gavin Stamp for his help, another hand written note, obituary of Robert Fermor Hesketh pasted in the book at the back and an invitation card pasted in the front which is an invitation to drinks to celebrate the publication. With bookplate of Gavin Stamp. Nice association copy.

Museum of Finnish Architecture 1988

198pp illustrated with b/w line ills and photographs. Wrappers, but in slipcase. Decorated end papers. Autographed letter signed by Ritta Nikula to Gavin Stamp accompanying the book which was sent as a gift from the Museum of Finnish Architecture in Helsinki. Like new. With ex libris bookplate of Gavin Stamp on inner wrapper.

London Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., To-Day and To-Morrow series nd

on spine and upper board. . Ex library. with stamp on the front paste down. A bit of wear at head and foot of spine, slight scuffing, else bright copy. From the collection of Gavin Stamp, with his bookplate.

Dean and Dawson Ltd, 7 Blandford Sq, London

31pp, b/w ills. 8vo boards with cloth spine, printed title to the upper. Two maps, one of Ypres and one of the Somme inserted into a pocket on the rear pastedown. Ex libris Gavin Stamp, with his bookplate.

London, in the Great Hall ICE London 18th -26th March 1960

106pp, description of the exhibits. Long 8vo. Spiral bound wrappers with image of multi storey car park on upper wrapper. Catalogue divided into sections for multi storey garages, roof parking, service areas on motorways, drive in banks, shopping precincts etc. Foreword by Lord Derwent. Unfortunately not illustrated but must have been an amazing exhibition based on the commentary provided in this publication the exhibition revealed ingenious solutions to car parking including stacking cars etc.