The Architectural Press 1971 Ist paperback edition with new material. Revised edition 1985

Reprint. 200pp illustrated with b/w line ills and photographs. First published as a book in 1961 which in turn embraced articles first developed for Architectural Review. This is a key reference for those interested in visual coherence in towns.

London Aurum Press 2005

192 with 200 high quality duotone photographs 4to. Cloth vg indeed in similar d/w. Illustrated with images from Country Life's huge collection of glass plate negatives and more recent colour images. Ex libris David Gerald Francis Hinge.

Worksop Pirvately printed 1904

452pp illustrated. 4to. Brown cloth, gilt titles on upper board. Spine slightly faded and with some water marks. Bookplate of Josceline Grove, along with his description of the book on front paste down. Internally very good. With crisp illustrations. Notes on the Barony of Grove, Nottinghamshire and a letter about the cost of the book loosely slipped into the pages. Robert White ( born 1820 ) of Worksop was a renowned author and biographer famous for his directories and histories of Nottinghamshire. This publication is a valuable compendium of ancient topographical information on Nottinghamshire which was much altered by the spread of industrialisation and the impact of the motorcar.

South Illinois University Press 1960

232pp illustrated with b/w plates and line illustrations. Small 4to. Decorated end papers. With two loosely inserted headed pieces of writing paper from Robert Matthew 31 Regent Terrace Edinburgh which are covered in sketches relating to geodesic dome designs in black pen. Also loosely inserted is a press cutting on Buckminster Fuller from Building Design 2005. From the library of Robert Matthew. Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion structures, are those that yield the greatest possible efficiency in terms of available technology. His inventions included a Dymaxion car, Geodesic Domes, and dwellings. Useful review and critique of his philosophies and works.

Faber and Faber Limited 1955

95pp illustrated with line ills and text figures + 60 b/w photographic plates. Small 4to. Good in slighly worn dw. Detailed review of the form of almshouses and the development of their plan in the context of their social function

Batsford, London, 1912.

234 pp. 130 collotype plates by W Galsworthy Davie, and many illustrations in the text. Blue blind embossed buckram boards. Only edition. A little faded on the spine.

London, Routledge and K. Paul 1370-1870

1370-1870 xvii pp + 317 pp with 41 text ills. + 235 black/white plates, index ; Very good with dust wrapper. Comprehensive account of school architecture which is regarded as a major contribution to the architectural history of school buildings within the context of educational practices from the 14th century to the last quarter of the 19th century

Yale University Press 1982

x + 278pp illustrated with 13 colour and over 200 b/w photo ills. 4to. Vg with very good dust wrapper. Expertly constructed study of the most common form of the English House (includes Wales). A key text on all kinds of terraced housing. Loosely inserted journal clippings. Armourial bookplate on front pastedown.

Faber and Faber (1952) Bath Kingsmead Press reprint 1978

228pp, 64 illustrations produced form photographs and 24 line ills.Fine in dust wrapper. Attractive reprint of a book generally hard to find.

‎ Lars Müller Publishers 2006

25pp An accordian-style foldout booklet accompanying OMA AMO's exhibition on the Gulf at the 2006 Venice Architecture Biennale, investigating the feverish production of urban substance on sites where nomads roamed unmolested only half a century ago. Explores the potential to plan the coastline development.

London Thames and Hudson 1981

80pp. Illustrated with 8pp colour plates and the rest in black and white. Laminated wrappers 4to. Based on the magazine Architectural Design 1965. Cover design shows Le Corbusier and Mies van de Rohe in conversation. In 1965 a special issue of AD was produced on the influences post 1910 on the modern movement and the Smithsons assembled documents to reflect the architectural dynamism of the period. This is effectively a reprint of the issue of the Journal.

London, Published by the proprietor W. G. Moss, and sold by Sherwood and Co., Hill, and Cox, 1818

viii, 94, [2] p., 17 leaves of plates (some double) : ill., plan. 4to Bound with TAYLOR, W. Annals of St Mary Overy an Historical and Descriptive Account of St Saviour's Church and Parish with numerous illustrations, London Published for the Author by Messrs Nichols and Son 1833 vipp prelims including list of plates and subscribers list + 143 + [1]pp. Quarter morocco and red cloth. Gilt titles on spine. Rubber at spine. The Moss publication has scattered foxing and some age toning particularly to the plates. The later edition is very bright .

London LCC 1900

xvi + 381pp illustrated with b/w plates and fold out plans. Original lettered cloth. Ex library with stamps to prelims. Cloth rather worn. Scarce. Explores the role of London's government from the Metropolitan Board of Works to the London County Council and Metropolitan Borough councils; legislation and slum clearance. Documents the rise of the housing architect; from model dwellings to bespoke design and a new aesthetic for social housing.

London Art & Technics Limited 1954

xv,269[1]pp illustrated with 140 bw plates including one by Rex Whistler. Royal 8vo. Gilt decorated cloth designed by the author. With very good dust wrappe. First edition of this major study of Vanbrugh and his contemporaries including Hawksmoor, Talman, Wren, Gibbs and Morris. Also investigates the landscape and assesses the relative role of Vanbrugh and professional designers such as Bridgeman. Readable and scholarly study.

1856-1857

2 uniform volumes. Cover design "Banks on Staircasing". Blind stamped cloth. 3rd edition. 1856-1857 Originally produced [ in parts ] by Langley Banks, a specialist in staircase carpentry; Banks' own designs account for the first 27 of these plates and are signed; the remainder of the plates are by five other specialists (Mr Clarke, Mr Foster, Mr Galpin, Mr Weston). Vol1 Frontis showing Crystal Palace Staircase, title page,[4] 12pp + 24 plates with facing explanatory texts. Vo. 2 plates 25-53 with facing texts + [4]pp note at end on Mr Weston's handrailing system + 3 fold out plates of newel posts and hand railing examples, these last plates badly foxed. Hard to find set.

Detroit: Wayne State Univerity Press 1987

183pp with 288 b/w ills incl. frontis portrait of Kahn. 4to. Fine in dust wrapper. Includes an essay on the life of Albert Kahn followed by a chronological account of his major projects from the early pre-industrial architecture to work in progress by Albert Kahn associates in the 1970's

Woodbridge: Antiques Collector's Club 1984 (1953)

xxiii + 306pp with 175 b/w plates and line illustrations throughout. Large 4to, cloth very good in d/w, a little sunned on spine with small chip on top right corner otherwise similar. Facsimile reprint of Hussey's classic work originally published by Country Life in the 1950s. Still an essential source of Lutyens' life and work.

[1929] The Architectural Press 1986

UK reprint in parallel with Princeton University Reprint. 199pp illustrated with b/w line ills. 4to. Black dust wrapper with red titles. Very good copy this reprint edition of Ferris's first book on the contemporary city illustrated with his famous moody images of the city focusing on skyscrapers and cityscapes often made against night skies or in the fog. Black wrapper slightly faded. Previous owner's name in neat hand on half title.

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.