London Routledge & Kegan Paul 1971

526pp illus with 25 colour and 392 b/w plates; previous owner's ex libris on fep, some scattered foxing. Dw in very good condition. Large 8vo. Exhaustive but readable study of Butterfield's life and career providing a comprehensive overview of his architectural projects, works in stained glass, furniture, wallpaper, metalwork and sculpture etc. First biography of this pioneer of High Victorian design who particularly pioneered the use of colour in architectural construction.

Leningrad and Moscow Iskusstvo 1943

403pp illustrated with b/w photographs. Text in Russian. Tipped in photograph of Lenin, plan of the city + 100s of b/w slightly grainy plates showing the city's buildings both historical and contemporary. Red decorated end papers, brown rexene, gilt lettered titles. Very good. Shows the main ceremonial and civic spaces in plan form alongside the illustrations. A superbly illustrated album on the history of the architecture of Leningrad. The book contains four essays, covering the stages of the city's development, plans and prospects for development. Text in Russian. With large bookplate of Gavin Stamp and written on edge Prague 1975.