South Illinois University Press 1960

232pp illustrated with b/w plates and line illustrations. Small 4to. Decorated end papers. With two loosely inserted headed pieces of writing paper from Robert Matthew 31 Regent Terrace Edinburgh which are covered in sketches relating to geodesic dome designs in black pen. Also loosely inserted is a press cutting on Buckminster Fuller from Building Design 2005. From the library of Robert Matthew. Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion structures, are those that yield the greatest possible efficiency in terms of available technology. His inventions included a Dymaxion car, Geodesic Domes, and dwellings. Useful review and critique of his philosophies and works.

Batsford, London, 1912.

234 pp. 130 collotype plates by W Galsworthy Davie, and many illustrations in the text. Blue blind embossed buckram boards. Only edition. A little faded on the spine.

London Thames and Hudson c.1980

208pp, b/w & col. photographs. 4to. Cloth with photographic dw. dust wrapper sl. creased to top edge, else very good. From the library of Alec Clifton-Taylor, although without his signature or inscription. Markings in ink throughout the text. The village throughout history.

London, Pitman (1946)1948

vii +166pp with 150 figures, including 2 large fold-outs. 4to in original cloth, good copy. 'A practical book for architects, builders and students, who are seeking detailed information upon the employment of modern materials and methods in building construction.'

London HMSO 1963-1973

6 volumes plus plans. Vols.I and II: The Middle Ages; Vol.III: 1485-1660 (Part I); Vol.IV: 1485-1660 (Part II); Vol.V: 1660-1782; 4 large scale plans 1-IV in plan box, Dust wrappers rather worn else a good set. From the collection of Beric Morley.

Park Forest: The Prairie School Press (1963)

55 pp.; illustrated from drawings and photographs by Wright. Small folio. A fine copy in original gilt-stamped green and brown cloth. Booklet of 14 pages sewn to the front endpaper contains illustrations from Wright's photographs of dried weeds, the forms from nature inspiring Wright's "Sullivanesque" decoration. A faithful facsimile with cloth substituted for the leather binding of the original. laid in is a copy of a letter from W. R Hasbrouck, the publisher. Originally published in a signed limited edition of 90 copies. Sweeney 1530.

1856-1857

2 uniform volumes. Cover design "Banks on Staircasing". Blind stamped cloth. 3rd edition. 1856-1857 Originally produced [ in parts ] by Langley Banks, a specialist in staircase carpentry; Banks' own designs account for the first 27 of these plates and are signed; the remainder of the plates are by five other specialists (Mr Clarke, Mr Foster, Mr Galpin, Mr Weston). Vol1 Frontis showing Crystal Palace Staircase, title page,[4] 12pp + 24 plates with facing explanatory texts. Vo. 2 plates 25-53 with facing texts + [4]pp note at end on Mr Weston's handrailing system + 3 fold out plates of newel posts and hand railing examples, these last plates badly foxed. Hard to find set.

Architectural History Foundation/Mit Press Series 1984

430pp illustrated. Quarto. Very good with good dust wrapper. Devoted exclusively to Street and his greatest work, the Royal Law Courts in the Strand. Voume 8 in the History Foundation series.

Edinburgh University Press 1964

From the Rhind Lectures, 1948 – 49. [iii] 79pp of text + c.127pp illustrations. 8vo. 130 photographs of examples of the art of the Scottish stone mason. Green cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on spine and gilt Mediaeval figure embossed onto upper board. Decorated end papers. Dust wrapper chipped at base, top and edges of spine. Price clipped. Splattering of faint fox marks on prelims else very good indeed. James S Richardson was the first H.M. Inspector of Ancient Monuments of Scotland.

Charles Jones Ltd., 1910-1915

4to. Large 4to. Green Rexene, gilt lettered. Decorated end papers. Good set. Boards a little dusty. Volume 1 is confined to public buildings. The scope of the volumes, however, broadened with production. The last of this set was published in 1915. A Further volume (6) was published after the first world war and is often not present in the set as is often the case. An impressive record of contemporary buildings. Volumes include indexes to both buildings and architects. Hard to find.

London Architectural Press 1937

First Edition.199pp + period ads. illustrated with b/w plates throughout. 4to. Open weave cream cloth with red lettering. Cloth slightly dusty. Internally, the very edge of some pages are marked where having been slightly damp the pages have stuck - common with the art paper it is printed on, otherwise good .A substantial introduction about the social implications of living alone, the book showcases modern architects solutions with plans, drawings and photographs for living in flats. Architects discussed include Le Corbusier, Lubetkin, Ziegler and the authors of the book amongst others.

Architectural Press (1937) 1948

Third edition with a few new houses built between 1940 and 1948 140pp illus with b/w plates and line ills. Enlarged from the first edition and second editions. Large 4to. Open weave red lettered cloth. God copy with chipped and worn dust wrapper designed by Eckersley Lombers. Architects incl. Lubetkin, Tecton, Yorke, Chermayeff, Goldfinger and many others. An essential reference for the modern movement house in England.

Manchester MCR Publications 2024

168pp illustrated with colour and b/w plates. Square 4to. Decorated wrappers. New This beautifully illustrated book examines the impact of the Arts and Crafts movement in Manchester and the overlooked history of the Northern Art Workers' Guild from its formation in 1896 through its demise in 1912.Unlike the London-based Art Workers' Guild, it had active women members from the outset. This book tells the history of a northern craft revival that was neither rural, nor London-focussed, but an essential component of the Arts and Crafts movement located in the heart of industrial England.

London Black Dog Publishing 2006

192pp illu with 110 b/w ills. 21x27cm. Wraps. Owner's signature in ink to front endpaper. With introduction by the architect and writer Ellis Woodman. Re-edition of one of St John Wilson's key texts on architectural theory. As new. Published at £19.95

Reading Spire Books 2012

Spire Studies in Architectural History Volume 2. 240pp illustrated with b/w images. With dust wrapper. Like new. 240pp. Useful source material; Essays on a series of individuals including Henry Roberts, William Culshaw and Henry Sumners, William hill, Bassett Keeling, E S Prior, Harold Peto and Hugh Thackery Turner. Each essay is illustrated and written by an architectural expert. Notes on the contributors included at the back of the book.

London Faber and Faber c1967

344 + [3]pp, b/w photographs, line ills., maps, plans. Long 8vo. Cloth with white lettering to front and spine in dw, this is a little worn and scuffed. Corners scuffed. Internally good. Bookplate of the Town Planning Institute on front paste down. No other institutional stamps. Translated from the French by Pamela Knight, Eleanor Levieux and Derek Coltman, this edition makes use of the 1933 French original, La Ville Radieuse. A classic work on architecture and city planning: a blueprint for the present and for the future. From the Conder and Casson Architectural practice.

London, Crosby Lockwood and Son 1897 (c1890)

9th edition. xii + 116pp Illustrated with 68 woodcuts + 16pp + 48pp catalogue of publications at back. End papers also are advertisements for the Weale's architectural series and these are printed in blue. Buff coloured cloth. Cloth slightly grubby nd marked on upper board and spine. Internally very good. Previous owner's signature on half title page.

London Country Life Ltd no date c 1927

20 pages illustrated with 63 b/w plates Large 4to. Lettered wrappers. A little dusty else good. The building by Sir Robert Lorimer and opened in 1927. An underrated visual record of this building project. Photographs by Francis Caird Inglis. The Memorial is situated within the walls of Edinburgh Castle. The building was remodelled from a former barrack building by Sir Robert Lorimer and opened in 1927