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.

Country Life nd 1925

xxiii pp text + 192pp b/w plates with plans and elevations. 4to. Decorated cloth. Very good copy in a dust wrapper, this a little chipped and torn in places, notably around the spine. Internally some minor foxing, although not to the detriment of the plentiful images. The focus is on large inter-war, detached houses, Architects incl. Newton, Edgar Wood, Lutyens etc. Gives a balanced view of the kinds of large private houses being produced at the time and although many were modern they were not modern movement in style.

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: J. Bumpus 1880

vi, 24 pp +[8]pp period ads, frontis + 35 plates. 4to Original cloth covered boards with gilt lettering, rebacked and with new end papers to make a good copy. Adverts include full page ad for stained glass artists, Shrigley and Hunt. Comprises images of churches alongside an essay on the principles of architectural beauty.

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, Batsford. 1929

48 pp. including 7 b&w ill. and 1 colour frontis of estate plan. 4to in green blind stamped boards with gilt lettering and crest on front board. First gathering bound upside down. Binding slightly rubbed at head and base of spine, else vg. Preliminary report on the design of the Priory Estate, of considerable interest in light of its subsequent history and the proposed demolition and redevelopment of the northern part of the estate. It is especially interesting in retrospect to read the sections on road planning at a time when a future of mass car ownership was still debatable. Fascinating report, containing notable line drawings.

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

London Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society 1911

30pp + 12 b/w plates described by the author, with illustrations of the bosses in the northern alley from drawings by C.J.W. Winter. Folio. Red cloth spine and decorated upper board with title of publication.

New Haven & London: Yale University Press 1966

360pp illus. with b/w plates and line ills. Sm 4to. Vg in slightly worn dw. Detailed study of Garden City principles and the suburbs and developments these spawned. Comprehensive assessment of a subject about which there are few detailed modern studies.

London Crosby Lockwood & Co. 1890 (1867)

Sixth Edition with a Slide Rule in Tuck of Cover. vi + 104pp +16pp list of Weale's Series Titles + 48pp Crosby Lockwood Titles. Includes original Slide Rule which is in very good condition. Brown blind stamped cloth boards with new cloth spine. Sympathetically rebound. down on cover. An attractive copy of this useful work book.

London B T Batsford 1925

ix, 286pp. 250 b/w photographic plates, illustrations and text diagrams. Original green embossed cloth, gilt lettering. Very good indeed with sl.torn dust wrapper. Beautifully produced account of the smaller house, its construction and details. Lovely photographs and line ills.

London: Country Life limited 1933

36pp, illus with 25 b/w plates + (3)pp plans of the house. With notes on the heraldry at Montacute by Oswald Barron. Cloth backed boards. 8vo. Very good copy. Ellaborate slip case with red morocco and gold tooling has protected this copy.

Oxford University Press 1979

552pp illus with b/w plates thoughout. Vg in slightly worn dw. Introductory volume in the Center for Environmental Studies series presenting his theory of architecture, planning and building. Hard to find.

London B.T. Batsford 1932

xii + 51pp + 106 b/w photo plates + 29pp Batsford Catalogue. From the library of Alec Clifton-Taylor, with his signature in ink to fep. Loosley inserted hand written notes by A. C.-T. referring to points in the text. Annotations and underlinings in pencil throughout. Also loosely inserted although this is listed in the Contents, a Geological Map, annotated in pencil. A regional survey of the villages of England with a section on place-names. Green cloth. This slightly faded

New York Letter Press American Lithographic Co. 1903

Unpaginated. [ 62pp] Paper wraps. Gold embossed title on upper cover. Landscape octavo. H19.8cm x W23.3cm First 8 pages, text, highlighting points of special interest for visitors, alongside available facilities at the hotel. Remainder of book, black and white photographs taken by George C. Boldt documenting the bedrooms, public and service areas of the hotel. A fascinating and illuminating item. Wraps a bit age worn and foxed, and all edges chipped. Internally, some foxing throughout and the latter pages are torn at the bottom right corner, approx, 2-4cm. Images and text not affected by these age appropriate flaws however. Very scarce.

London The Architectural press 1925

xvi + 212pp extensively illustrated with b/w photographic plates and line ills.. 4to. Red gilt lettered cloth with dust wrapper, this a little chipped and foxed. Bright copy with protective plastic archival wrapper. Upper right corner slightly bumped else a vg. of this useful review of his career indicating much about his attitude. Includes a list of executed projects. Very good illustrations of major commissions. Newton was a pupil of Norman Shaw and worked initially in his style but gradually developed his own signature in design with a more classical tradition at its heart. Armourial bookplate of architect John Homery Folkes on front pastdown. Very hard to find with the dust wrapper.