Newton Abbott David and Charles 1979

128pp illus with b/w plates and line ills. Small 4to. Very good with similarly good dust wrapper. Investigates the way in which cubism, usually associated mainly with painting and sculpture, influenced modern movement in architecture.

York, Insitute of Advanced Architectural Studies Ousebridge, York nd. late 20th c

16pp pamphlet in stiff card wraps. Good. Catatlogue for an exhibition held by the Institute of Advanced Architectural studies. Compiled by Linstrum with a brief biography. Ex libris Gavin Stamp with an early version of his bookplate.

Hawkhurst, Kent Geering & Colyer

8 pp with 3 black and white photographs. Cream wrappers, paste down b/w photographs of the exterior of this lovely arts and crafts style house. Sale Prospectus for Darwell Hill designed by Leslie Macdonald [Max] Gill for Harold Heal (1876-1949), 1926. Built as a country house retreat in 120 acre site with gardens and woodland. Describes the small country house and its estate and illustrates three internal rooms predictably beautifully furnished. He was the second son of Ambrose Heal.

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].

Stuttgart, Julius Hoffmann 1926

76pp with 3 tissue-guarded colour plates and many b/w plates of both the interiors and exteriors of the single project "Haus Andreae am Starnberger See". 4to. Orange cloth with decorated gilt label, very slightly rubbed at edges else vg indeed. High quality photogravure plates and colour drawings. List of decorators and contractors included.

Printed by T.N.Tholal at the Federal Trade Press, New Delhi [1935] 1953

90pp + period ads and fold out black and white map of Delhi at the end of the book. Decorated stiff card wrappers. From the collection of Gavin Stamp with his bookplate. Paper a little browned else very good. Text in English. Good images of New Delhi, the Old Fort etc. Loosely inserted colour post card [blank] of New Delhi. Gavin Stamp went to India in the early 1970s following in the footsteps to some extent of Robert Byron. Nice association copy of a great period guide focusing on the architecture and archaeology of the city.

Darmstadt Alexander Koch 1912

Folio. Gilt lettering on upper board with a photo illustration of the building as a paste down. Cream boards, slightly browned else very good. 80pp + c [8]pp. The building is one of only a few German opera houses to survive the bombing of World War II. Between 1982 and 1984, extensive work restored the venue. It has had several name changes, in 1919 to Landestheater, and later the Württembergische Staatstheater. The book describes the two auditoriums that were built – the large and small ones. Lovely item.

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.

London The British Academy 1941

xiv +[iv] + 166pp + 30 b/w plates + 22 text figures including fold out. Green cloth, Gilt spine lettering. Very good copy. Includes bibliographical references. Well documented account of the earliest churches of Palestine with an excellent group of plans and images supporting the text.

Yorkshire EP Publishing Limited, 1978

Facsimile reprint of the original 1736 edition. Limited to 350 copies. xi, [28], 627, cx, [33] pp, 115 plates many of which are folding, including maps. Folio. Cloth. Very good in very good dust wrapper. Edges of book block a little browned. Huge and brilliant reference on the early history of the city of York.

National Plans Service Inc 1944

32pp colour images and plans throughout. A brochure illustrating various mid century houses from which potential buyers could select their house styles. Lovely period item. Very good copy. Decorated wrappers. Stapled.

Oxford Oxford Architectural Society 1844

vi (including frontispiece and title page) + 7pp + 10 plates (6 double page) bound in on centre fold of each plate. Original book and wrappers re-cased into new binding. Recent binding comprises quarter bound leather with marbled paper boards, gilt ruled lines and titling on spine. Tall Quarto. Internally, foxed throughout and top right corner of pages a little bumped. Butterfield presented these images of the church with which he was involved in reworking. Originally established in 1347 or thereabouts.

New Haven and London Yale University Press 2009

400pp with 150 b/w and 150 colour illus. Large 4to. Fine in similar dw. Girouard addresses the evolution of the house plan, the excitement of English patrons and craftsmen as they learned the classic Five Orders and studied the buildings of Ancient Rome, the wealth of architectural drawings that survive from the period, the inroads of foreign craftsmen who brought new fashions in ornament, and the strength of the native tradition that was integrated with the "antique" style.

London & Berkley Scolar Press 1983

49pp + [92] of 125 numbered b/w plates. 8vo in wraps. Front wrap and feps creased at lower right corner; internally vg. The first full study of this distinctive modern movement architect associated with the Empire Exhibition, Olympia etc..

London English Heritage 2002

viii, 297pp illus with colour plates. Useful overview together with details of individual buildings. Includes over 130 establishments that make up the present prison system and over 100 former sites where buildings survive 4to. Very good with dust wrapper. The first systematic survey of prisons since the early 20th century. Over 130 establishments that make up the current prison estate plus over 100 former sites have been investigated and are included in this authoritative book. Very good documentary photographs throughout.

London Victor Gollancz in association with Peter Crawley 1983

285pp illus with b/w plates. Small 4to. Vg in dw. F Very useful study of stone building traditions in Britain. An essential reference on the subject.

HMSO Royal Commission on Historical Monuments ]1975] 2nd ed 1979

xxii, 246pp. Illustrated with more than 200 line drawings and 250 photographs. A descriptive and analytical list of over 500 buildings. Stiff wrappers. An excellent copy of an important reference work.

London The Architectural Association 1983

128pp illus with b/w plates. Square 4to. Laminated wraps overprinted with red title. Very good copy. Very useful assessment of his career and contribution within the MARS group. Scarce.