Settle privately published 2QT 2020

275pp, 295 illustrations in colour. Decorated wrappers featuring Lethaby's Herefordshire masterpiece, All Saints, Brockhampton. Square 4to. 210 x 210mm The Arts and Crafts Movement is less well known for its public buildings than domestic projects. Many of the leading personalities were commissioned to design or decorate churches, and these too were highly influential on subsequent architectural developments. Their patrons played a key role in bringing these revolutionary buildings into being. The book examines the churches as a group, the influences of designers on each other, and assess their impact on design in the the 20th century and after.

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.

Published by Statni Galerie ve Zline, 1991

Square 4to. Very good copy. Signed on the title page by the author. Bookplate of Gavin Stamp on inside of the wrapper. Bata Factory Building in Zlin, Czech Republic and the associated village was a pioneering factory town experiment built using standardised building components. Zlín became one of the most important centres of inter-war modern architecture in the Czech lands and the only strictly constructed Functionalist town in Europe.

Bath: The Beckford Tower Trust 3rd ed 1978

12pp+ 4pp b/w plates. Stiff card decorated wrappers. On the story of the tower and its design features. (h)

Oxford The University Press 1923

100pp. Paper cover boards, cloth spine with paper label. All edges untrimmed. Some gatherings uncut. Very good indeed. A few illustrations support the text. Scarce.

Lund Humphries 1979

160pp illustrated with b/w plates and line ills. Square 4to. Wraps. Good copy of this scarce assessment of Voysey's career. A little browned on the spine. From the collection of Gavin Stamp with his bookplate on inside of wrapper. Loosely inserted review slip and private view card for a 1981 exhibition of the drawings of Voysey.

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.

Unpublished typescript 1901

69pp single sided typescript describing the carving at Sledmere Church. Royal 8vo. Quarter calf, recent red spine label and original red paste down label on front board with gilt title. A little bumped at head of spine andall corners a bit rubbed else good. "no 2 Mr Temple Moore's copy. September 27th 1901"Photograph of John Barker Stone Carver pasted onto the fep. Dedication "to my Patron, Sir Tatton Sykes Bart: This Monograph is most respectfully dedicated." Address given as 15 Ravensden Street Kensington March 1901. Detailed account of the work. The wider archive of the building firm John Thompson and Co is held at the Peterborough Archives Office.

London George Allen and Unwin Ltd 1945

98pp + 48 b/w plates grouped at the end of the book. Small 8vo. Good with good dust wrapper. A Useful study of the contemporary uses of cast iron including telephone boxes.

London

From the collection of Henry Potts with his bookplate.

John Baker Publishers Ltd 1969

85pp illustrated with many photographs and line ills. Fine in dw. Written and illustrated by Lindley this book covers chapels and meeting houses largely ignored by architectural historians at the time. From the collection of Gavin Stamp with his bookplate.

Los Angeles Published by the firm then at 9220 Sunset Blvd. 19633

8pp promotional newsletter outlining the work of the firm. This features the New York Worlds Fair proposed United States Pavilion designed by the firm. It is illustrated on the front cover in black and white. within its setting. Short 2pp article on the building on inside cover. The remainder of the booklet features retail stores following Mr Christian joining the firm from Raymond Loewy Corporation. Back wrapper of the publication provides short biographies of members of the firm. Ephemeral item.

Los Angeles Published by the firm then at 9220 Sunset Blvd. 1964

8pp promotional newsletter outlining the work of the firm. This features the New York Worlds Fair Federal Pavilion designed by the firm. It is illustrated on the front cover in black and white within its setting. Short text on the building on inside cover. The remainder of the booklet features other projects including a new Headquarters building for the firm in Los Angeles. Ephemeral item.

Norwich Jarrold & Sons 1945

52pp, illustrated with colour+b/w photographs, plans and line drawings. 4to in red decorated wraps. Wraps worn and slightly chipped. A Plan for the post-war reconstruction of Manchester. This is the summary edition.

HMSO for RCHME

1975, Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, HMSO. Comprehensive and very detailed survey by the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments of the area outside the City Walls, which includes the ruins of St. Mary's Abbey, the King's Manor, and the Yorkshire Museum. Contains maps within a pocket on rear end papers. pp.111.+ 100s of illustrations including fold outs. Attractively illustrated in colour & b&w. Very good resource for those interested in the city. Very good copy with dust wrapper, this a little worn.

London Constable and Company - Westminster Series - 1914

224pp illustrated with 47 plates mostly in the text + c8pp catalogue at end of book of other publications in the Westminster series. New end papers. Green cloth, gilt lettered on spine and upper board.

London Pavilion Books 1998

128pp, 50 colour and 10 b&w illustrations. Square 4to. Very good with very good dust wrapper. An examination of how existing buildings can be made more energy efficient, with a step-by-step approach to energy-saving measures. This book looks at the technology involved, and reveals how buildings can be a drain on the environment instead of contributing to the sustainability of the planet.