London B. T. Batsford [1896] 1906

2nd edition revised and enlarged. 8pp text + 63pp plates in black and white. Revised and enlarged edition. Small folio. Cloth spine, decorated boards. Cloth backed boards. Corners rubbed else very good. Trade catalogue produced by B T Batsford for this key contemporary joinery firm. Includes full size profiles of details etc. + designs for fireplace, mantels and over mantels etc. Loosely inserted 8pp small price list from the firm by this date noted in stamp overprinting F A Fawkes, as Crompton and F A Fawkes Ltd. Title page of catalogue is stamped by the firm Morris Shemeld and Wilde of Northampton [ Shop Fitters] and dated April 1 1911.

New York John Wiley 1984

242pp illus with b/w plates. Vg in sl. worn dust wrapper. "This book discusses the relationship between the few famous "artistic" architects and their more practical colleagues." Includes material on Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, Welton Becket, Hendrikus P. Berlage, Johannes Duiker, Peter Eisenman, Aldo van Eyck, Michael Graves, Walter Gropius, Philip Johnson, J. J. P. Oud, Paul Rudolph, Frank Lloyd Wright and many others. Useful for the diversity of post modern architecture.

New York & Tokyo The Architectural Forum & Antonin Raymond , printed in Japan 1938

116pp illustrated with line illustrations and b/w plates. Second printing. Hardcover burlap covered boards are spiral bound. Japanese paper end papers and title. Bright copy. Slightly bumped on Both authors' autographs are printed in facsimile on the title page, above rows of Japanese characters. The self-published Architectural details provides advice for the designer using Raymond's work and philosophy as a model. In interior plans and elevations, sectional drawings, and examples of dramatic self-supporting staircases, concrete proves an optimal material in both aesthetics and durability. Raymond's talent for incorporating traditional Japanese elements.

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.

London: The Architectural Press

A portfolio of full size details. Text + 20 plates. Green lettered boards. Ribbon ties. Portfolio. 4to. Worn at edge of spine and with small spit at head of spine else good copy

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 Faber and Faber 1958

289pp with 66 b/w photographs. 4to. Dust wrapper rather worn and with annotations in ink. Cloth to head and foot of spine and corners rubbed. From the library of Alec Clifton-Taylor, with his signature in ink, dated 1958 to fep. Loosely inserted copious handwritten notes and a hand drawn map of Germany by A. C.-T. and several postcards to A C.-T. featuring church interiors from Germany and Switzerland. Newspaper review clippings pasted onto rear endpapers. Brown paper wrapper between cloth and dw. The historical background and social forces behind the dvelopment of Baroque architecture, and a country by country description of Baroque churches.

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.

Brentham Heritage Society 2000

264pp illustrated with b/w and colour plates from contemporary and modern photographs. Decorated end papers show original architectural drawings of the houses. Long 4to. Very good with dust wrapper. Study of this Ealing suburb. Built on co-partnership principles it was an inspiration to Hampstead. Scholarly study of a lesser known garden suburb much of which survives today.

Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1952

xvi+630pp,21 b/w plates and one text illustration. Sl. rubbing to cloth, esp at head and foot of spine and corners, and front hinge cracked, else good. First edition. From the library of Alec Clifton-Taylor, with his signature in pencil to fep. A few underlinings and annotations in pencil. Loosely inserted newspaper clippings and a receipt for the book from B.T. Batsford for £1 10s. Salzman's classic study of medieval architecture, focusing on building practices, architects and masons. Includes extensive appendices on contemporary documentation and building and employment contracts.

London Ernest Benn Limited 1926

269pp + 8p A concise study, covers geology of building stones, decay, preservation etc. "With the author's compliments" penned at top of title page in neat handwriting.

London Lund Humphries 1972

96pp. bw illustrations. Square 4to. Cloth spine with board covers, decorated shiny wrappers. Very good indeed. Preserved in simple cloth covered slipcase. Detailed studies of buildings designed by London architect Trevor Dannatt with many photographs and line drawings.

New York Museum of Modern Art 1944

128pp, 206 plates. 4to. Very good in sl. chipped dust wrapper which illustrates Heckendorf House. Published to accompany an exhibition reflecting developments since 1932, when the Museum held its first exhibition of modern architecture. Forty seven buildings are selected and described. Lovely item.

‎ 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.

Lund Humphries 1979 1979

160pp illustrated with b/w plates and line ills. Preface by Sir James Richards. Square 4to. Wraps. Good copy of this scarce assessment of Voysey's career. Top and base of spine a little chipped and front inside hinge cracked along the bottom 3-4cm. Very good otherwise

London Lockwood & Co. 1873

Series number 182. xii + 300pp + 16pp + 32pp. With numerous b/w illustrations. Brown blind stamped cloth with gilt lettering. Re-bound with a new cloth spine and paper label to make this a good copy. Water stains throughout although not to the detriment of the text.

London printed for private circulation. 1900

4 + 98pp including 51 woodcuts. Tall 8vo. Red cloth, gilt titles on upper board within ruled lines. Pasted down onto front paste down is Hugh Pagan's catalogue entry for this item Catalogue 41 October 2001. Front end paper has ownership bookplate of Josceline Grove and notes on his purchase of this copy. Slightly rubbed at head and base of spine. A few spattered spots on upper board else internally very good. Details 254 numbers following a short [3]pp note on the Sculpture Gallery at Woburn built originally as a conservatory by Henry Holland.