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The Monumental Effigies of Great Britain
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The New Brutalism: Ethic or Aesthetic
New York: Reinhold, (1966). First American edition issued in parallel with the Architectural Press edition 1966
196pp illustrated with b/w plates. Quarto. Red cloth covered boards with rubbing to the head + some shelf-wear. No dust wrapper. Hard to find study of key post ward projects with a critique of this concrete aesthetic which dominated modern architecture in the post war era published a decade after his renowned essay on the subject which first appeared in Architectural Review in December 1955.
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The Sculptured Bosses in the Cloisters of Norwich Cathedral
London Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society 1911
30pp + 12 b/w plates described by the author, with illustrations of the bosses in the northern alley from drawings by C.J.W. Winter. Folio. Red cloth spine and decorated upper board with title of publication.
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The Stall Plates of the Knights of the Order of the Garter 1348 – 1485
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The Strange Genius of William Burgess Art-Architect 1827-1881
National Museum of Wales 1981
154pp illustrated with b/w plates and line ills. Small 4to. Decorated stiff card coloured laminated wrappers. To accompany a centenary exhibition. Hard to find.
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The Work of Sir Gilbert Scott
London, The Architectural Press 1980
xi + (1) + 244pp illustrated with 138 b/w plates. Previous owner's bookplates on front paste down. Very good with very good dust wrapper. Hard to find monograph on Sir George Gilbert Scott (1811-1878), the Gothic Revival specialist who was the dominant figure in English architecture in the middle years of the nineteenth century. An appendix lists 879 of his architectural commissions.
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Theo van Doesburg
Painting into architecture, theory into practice [Cambridge Urban and Architectural Studies]
Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1986
xvi + 260pp. 125 b/w illustrations. Very good copy in very good dust jacket. Spine slightly sunned and bottom corner of upper and back boards slightly bumped, else a nice copy in tight binding; brown cloth with bright gilt titles on spine. This is a comprehensive study of a major figure of the modern movement, in whose work philosophy, architecture and painting are inextricably entwined. Number 10 in the Cambridge Urban and Architectural Studies Series. Hard to find in this condition.
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Thomas Hope and the Neoclassical Revival
John Murray 1968
316pp illus. with b/w plates. Vg in dust wrapper. Important study of the life and work of Thomas Hope who prescribed classicism in design but who Watkins reveals as a romantic at heart.
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Three pamphlets bound together:
Notes on the Organization of the Mason's Craft in England by W Cunningham; The London Mason's Company and The Rise of the Mason Contractor, both by Knoop and Jones
London, Humphry Milford, Oxford University Press for the British Academy 1913, A Reprint from Economic History 1939 and another reprint from the RIBA Journal 1936
Three items bound in modern green cloth with original wrappers bound in. The first pamphlet 11pp, the second paginated pp157-166 and the third 24pp, all with detailed footnotes. Fascinating group of pamphlets relating to stone masonry the last of which is particularly useful for the rise of the building trades.
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True Remembrances: the memoirs of an architect
London Country Life 1954
175pp illus. with c50 plates incl. major schemes by Tilden such as his scheme at Port Lympe begun by Herbert Baker, un-built work for Selfridge, Chartwell, Saltwell Castle and other projects. Only major account of his work. Good copy with slightly worn dust wrapper.
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Two autographed letters signed on postcards
and two photographs with annotations
Stock ID: 22261More details Price: £80.00
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Village Housing in the Tropics with special reference to West Africa
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Villages of Vision
London The Architectural Press Ltd 1975
152pp illustrated with b/w plates. Large 4to. Very good with good dust wrapper. Hard to find and comprehensive study of model settlements in the UK, particularly Estate Villages. It throws light upon the ideas of philanthropy which surrounded their construction and many important aspects of rural social history. Useful gazetteer at the end. Ownership signature of the late "Stewart Evans" on front end paper.
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Vladivostok A Trilogy
New York Rizzoli International Publications, 1989
272pp illustrated. Decorated wrappers. Small stain on upper wrapper else a very good copy Text in English and Russian. Loosely inserted is an invitation to a memorial to him to be held at The Cooper Union Foundation Building and an associated printed letter sent out to Alumni.
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William Burges and the High Victorian Dream
London John Murray, 1981
454 pages illustrated with b/w plates. Fine in Fine dust wrapper. First edition of this comprehensive reference book on William Burges. Scarce.
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William Richard Lethaby
The Architectural Press 1986
320pp illus. with b/w plates and line ills. Major assessment of Lethaby's multi faceted carer as an architect, conservationist and educationalist. Square 4to. Very good in dust wrapper.
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Works II
London, Architectural Association 1984
116pp with b/w sketches, diagrams and photographs throughout. Square 4to in wraps, Very small chip at head of spine else a very good copy. A scarce collection of writings by Price and others, outlining his philosophy and considering some of his major projects. The architect's frenetic sketches and tabbed pages make this an interesting piece of design as well as a valuable first hand account of this prominent member of Archigram. Published to accompany an exhibition held at the Architectural Association in 1984.
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Zodiac 5 International Magazine of Contemporary Architecture
Milano C Olivetti and Co 1959
214pp illus with b/w photographs + period adverts. Perfect bound. Laminated yellow wrappers with example of fantastic architecture. 4to. 27x21cms . Key articles by Le Corbusier on Frank Lloyd Wright with fold out concertina illustrations. Denmark (contributions by Bruno Alfieri, Enzo Fratelli, Keld Helmer-Petersen and others ) and Fantastic Architecture by Ulrich Conrads and Hans Sperlich. Spine split Small tear in front wrap hinge else good copy. Texts in English, Italian, French.
Stock ID: 22134More details Price: £35.00