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 Geoffrey Bles 1928

188pp. Frontispiece + unpaginated b/w plates at rear. Publishers blue boards with cloth spine and printed label. Paper label a little worn. Epilogue by Patrick Abercrombie. The book is an outcry at the urbanization of the countryside and disintegration of village life and form as a consequence. Loosely inserted printed extracts from Architectural Review folded.

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 RIBA Publishing; 1st edition 2006

240pp illustrated with colour and b/w plates, some from the original brochures for the Span housing schemes. Suare 4to. Laminated boards. Well researched, this book celebrates the work of the architect Eric Lyons OBE (1912-1980), whose famous post-war housing projects. . Built almost entirely for Span Developments, its mission was to provide an affordable environment "that gave people a lift".

Oxford, Department of Architecture Oxford Polytechnic 1982

16pp illustrated with b/w plates and line ills. 4to. Decorated wrapper. Wrappers a little worn else good. Useful catalogue of this provincial architect and his works and patented ideas of the compressed green wood construction.

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.

London, Wyman & Sons 1877 2nd edition

143pp. Gilt lettered cloth. Slightly rubbed along spine edges and corners else good copy. Presentation copy from the author's wife to P Cook. The first essay calls for remedies to the ills of overcrowding and poor quality housing for the rural poor. Other essays address diverse subjects including 'City and Hamlet', 'Self Education' and 'Society'. Mid Victorian essays which demonstrate contemporary moral philosophy and broad interests in social issues.

London, Crosby Lockwood and Co "Scott's Farm Engineering Text-Books" 1897 (1894)

Weale's Scientific & Technical Series, Number 241. vi + 123pp illustrated with b/w illustrations and diagrams + 16pp catalogue at end of Weale's publications + 48pp Crosby Lockwood & Son's Catalogue Cloth Covered Boards with Black embossed lettering and design. Blue endpapers listing Weale's publications on architectural and building subjects Mark on reverse board c. 1cm in diameter, else a very good copy.

London, Hodder and Stoughton 1907

130 + viipp illus with c19 colour plates including colour fold out of Heathcote, Yorkshire and many b/w plates. vii pp period ads . 4to. Decorated and lettered open weave flimsy cloth. Text pages internally have scattered foxing particularly affecting the prelims. Spine reglued where the original glue had perished. Contributors include C R Ashbee, Ballie Scott, Edwin Lutyens, G L Sutcliffe and others. Superb frontis of a London mansion block by Frank T Verity who wrote the text with Edwin T Hall and Gerald C Horsley. Colour ills include mansion blocks in London and superb double page spread of Heathcote Hall, Ilkley.

London Architectural Association 1984

16pp introductory text, 30 boxed plates. Decorated box. 320x320mm.. Dedication copy from the autor with hand drawn sketch. "For Yolanda e Gerald during a beautiful dinner in A.A. London 2/5/84" Introduction by Franco Purini, essays by Vittorio Gregotti, Pierluigi Nicolin and Micha Bandini. The plates comprise drawings with the quality of etchings in which Purini explores the concept of the eternal city. Presumed to be Yolanda Adams and Gerald Levert

Chicago Kelmscott Gallery 1981

Exhibition catalogue, 64pp illustrated with b/w plates. Loosely inserted price list for the individual plates from the Wasmuth portfolio for sale at the time. This was a comprehensive selling exhibition.

New York: Horizon Press. 1959

Limited Edition 2000 copies. 255pp illustrated with 200 sketches and drawings, 75 in colour. Long 4to. Original embossed cloth, slightly scuffed and also there is some wear at head and base of spine. Preserved in glassine wrapper. Decorated end papers. Long 4to. From the library of James Baker FAIA. Published for the Bear Run Foundation and Edgar Kaufmann Charitable Foundation. Owner's gift Inscription from his mother. Published the year Frank Lloyd Wright died.

London The Architectural Association Mega IV 1987

144pp, illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Small folio. White wrappers with wrap around dust wrapper which is slightly scuffed. Produced to accompany an exhibition at the Architectural Association. Yerbury witnessed the rise of the modern movement and recorded it thus. One of the only publications documenting his life and work in this key period.

Swindon, Historic England &RIBA Publishing, 2017.

159pp illustrated, some in colour + maps and line illustrations. Wrappers. Fine. A comprehensive account of the works of architect, town planner and landscape architect, Sir Frederick Gibberd.

London Ecclesiological Society Transactions Volume 1 Part 5 1947

pagination runs pp 249-293. Stiff card lettered wraps with stamp on front of George G Pace. A R I B A Chartered Architect. (York). Works included Hall and Library, Red Lion Square, London, for the Ethical Society considered his best work.

London, Technical Journals Ltd 1913

104pp illustrated throughout with plans, elevations and b/w plates. Viii pages of period ads at end. Cloth backed boards, a little worn, with chips and bumps to corners. Spine exhibits a 5cm split. Internally good. Introduction by T Milwood Wilson. Draws widely on examples at Gidea Park, Hampstead Garden Suburb and Esher Park as well as individual locations around the UK. With a list of architects represented.