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.

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.

London RIBA 1988

35pp illustrated with b/w photographs and line ills. 4to. Wrappers with dust wrapper wrapped around and illustrating a water colour of Senate House, University of London. Lovely catalogue. Karol went on to write the major monograph on Holden.

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 soft wraps. Wraps worn. A Plan for the post-war reconstruction of Manchester.

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.

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, otherwise good. Paste down label from Liverpool Architectural Society . Impressive study of vernacular building methods using mud, adobe, etc. Hard to find. A very clear study of these vernacular building methods.

London: The Scientific Press Ltd 1896

3rd edition re-written and much new matter added. Frontis of Albert Napper, The Founder of Cottage Hospitals, xxiii +379 + 16pp publication list at the end. Illustrated with b/w line ills in the text. Red gilt lettered cloth. A little faded on spine an dinner hinge cracked else a very good copy. Stamp of Medical Officer for West Yorkshire on title page contemporary with publication. From the preface it would seem that each edition of this book is substantially different from each other in scope and content.

London Transport 1936, 1937

3 vols. Vol 1, Xii +124pp frontispiece + 10 b/w plates. 8vo brown wrapper with yellow dw. Dw a little worn else vg. Vol 2. Xii + 124pp, frontispiece +10 b/w plates. 8vo dark green wrappers with lighter green dw. Minor creases to the wrapper else vg indeed. Vol 3. Xii + 124pp frontispiece + 10 b/w plates. 8vo wrapper with dw. Dw a little worn at the edges, scattered foxing, split to the hinge else good. Ex libris Gavin Stamp, with his bookplate in vol 1 and 2.