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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.