B T Batsford Ltd 1949

viii + 96pp with 68 b/w, colour and half-tone plates and 35 b/w line figures, 4to, cloth, dw. Dw sl. faded along spine and bumped along edges else vg copy. Second edition. A detailed survey of architectural draughtsmanship in England.

Country Life Ltd 1944

224pp illus. with b/w plates throughout. Sm 4to. VG. With chipped dust wrapper. Important review of the work of Sir Herbert Baker, tracking his career and friendship with Cecil Rhodes, his move to New Delhi, Kenya and back to the UK where he became active with the War Graves Commission work and Country House architecture alike.

Los Angeles The Museum of Contemporary Art and MIT Press 1989

256pp illustrated with b/w plates and line ills. Essays on Case Study Houses by Ester McCCoy, AmeliaJones, and Elisabeth A T Smith, Reyner Banham and others. Long 4to. Vg in slightly worn dw. Scarce.

nd c1938

Unpaginated. c12pp Introduction briefly outlining the development of the firm followed by c60pp illustrations of projects + c12pp period ads for building products and specialist firms. Long 4to. Green cloth covered boards with art deco style gilt lettering on upper board. At the time of production, the firm was based in Stockwell, London with specialist woodworking department in Margate. Inter – war projects illustrated include various Odeon cinemas, mansion blocks including Nell Gwynn House, Chelsea, the Bexhill Pavilion, Margate Lido, various suburban housing schemes, offices and shops, schools and colleges. Work centred on London and the south east. The Architects noted for most of the projects that are illustrated.

Studio 1934

152pp illus with fine b/w plates. Small 4to. Good copy with worn and chipped dust wrapper. Old sellotape marks on the end papers. Stunning photo images of early skyscrapers including drawings by Hugh Ferris. Written by an advocate of skyscraper architecture by this key architect involved in their construction in New York and elsewhere. Specific chapters on construction technology and case studies of the Empire State Building and Woolworth Building among others. Hard to find in this condition. From the library of Miles Glendinning with his ownership stamp.

London London B T Batsford 1894

2nd edition with additional plates xxpp itext and a description of the plates + 35 plates which are mostly line ills. Blue cloth with gilt titles. Bright copy although some slight foxing to title page and prelims.

‎ 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.

Farnborough, Gregg International Publishers Limited 1976

95pp + 120 text figures on un-numbered pages. Large 4to. Very good in slightly worn dw. with small tear. Ex institutional library with bookplate and with drawn stamp on fep and class mark on dw. else very good and with no other library markings. Essential reference for Voysey drawings.

London, The Architectural Press 1939

(5) 168, xxxii pp. Black and white diagrams and tables. bound in open weave lettered cloth, slightly discoloured at edges, with imprinted navy titles. Very good indeed. Fascinating book of government recommendations for civil defence shelter etc.

London The Housing Centre 1942

117pp illustrated with 19 plans and diagrams including some fold out plans and diagrams for actual schemes. Soft wrappers. Good copy.

New York, The Museum of Modern Art in association with the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in The Fine Arts, Chicago, [1966] 1968

2nd edition. 144pp with 350 b/w illustrations. 200 x 150mm. Wraps version. Good copy but some pen underlining. Introduction by Vincent Scully. This first book in the series 'The Museum of Modern Art Papers on Architecture' is concerned with the theoretical background of modern architecture. Ownership name of Alan Mossman, New York 1970

Wills, Albion Road, West Bromwich undated c1952

20pp illustrated with b/w plates showing interiors and exteriors of schools + plans and diagrams the latter on green pages. Long 4to. Very good copy Hinchcliffe had founded Hills in 1932 as a patent glazing company. It then rapidly expanded and had divisions making steel window frames, roof lights and light steel structural. Loosely inserted letter to E D Haigh, RIBA Kendal accompanying the brochure and discussing their design approaches. Air view of Hemel Hempstead Primary School by C H Aslin on title page. Describes the Presweld system of construction. Lots of examples of school buildings created from the modular and prefabricated system the firm developed.

London Country Life 1919

First edition 141pp frontispiece + 28 b/w plates, line illustrations in text. Cloth backed boards. Corners + head and base of spine bumped. Some slight foxing throughout the text pages. Loosely inserted magazine article about concrete house construction. Impressive study of vernacular building methods using mud, adobe, etc. Hard to find. A very clear study of these vernacular building methods.

Oldenburg Gerhard Stalling Verlag 1926

172pp illustrated with c300 b/w plates of the exterior of theatres providing a good photographic record of Germanic theatre design. 4to. Red lettered open weave cloth. Good copy. With bookplate on front paste down of Edwin A Dawes. Locations of each theatre noted. Edwin Alfred Dawes was a British biochemist and magician from Yorkshire. [died 2023].

London J B Nichols and Son. Nd. C1860

Illustrated with 7 folio plates extracted from the Sepulchral Monuments of Great Britain. Later maroon leather binding with monogram on upper board. Spine chipped and worn. Internally very good with the plates backed with linen to make a very good copy.

Berlin Volk und Reich Verlag 1936

Unpaginated. Illustrated with plans, diagrams and b/w photographs including images of relief maps showing routes of proposed autobahns. 240 x 260mm. Cloth backed boards with brown lettered titles on upper board. Cloth a little dusty else good copy. Useful survey of the motorway scheme.

London, Electrical Association of Women nd 1944-45

55pp, pamphlet. b/w wrappers. Title page with ex library stamp of Association of for Planning and Regional Reconstruction + 2 ex libris stamps marring appearance. Some pencil annotations else good copy. The Electrical Association for Women (EAW) was a feminist and educational organisation founded in Great Britain in 1924 to promote the benefits of electricity in the home. The pamphlet covers careers for women in the electrical sector, planning the post war home efficiently etc.

New Haven and London, Yale University Press 1999

430pp with 100s of illustrations in b/w and colour. Large 4to. Cloth in d/w, very good indeed. Collection of essays by various scholars on one of the great figures of 19th C architecture and design. Exploring his multifaceted career as an architect, furniture designer, theatrical designer and writer. Published as a catalogue to accompany an exhibition held in 1999.