Hendon Borough Council 1958

16pp including 6 b/w photographs of the scheme, a portrait of Elizabeth the Wueen Mother and map of the estate. Card wrappers, ribbon tie. Very good. The booklet records events of the day and a description of the estate. The estate included 119 houses, as well as 352 flats in six 11 storey point blocks, 5 four storey blocks and 1 two storey block. Built by Wimpey using no fines concrete. Hailed as a great success when first occupied, the scheme, like many similar ones, suffered from poor maintenance, was demolished in 2018 and the site had been redeveloped.

Ediburgh Patrick Geddes and Colleagues 1913

First edition 83pp. Paper Vellum type wrappers very age browned and brittle. Dusty. St Columba is credited as being a leading figure in the revitalisation of monasticism in Scotland and the establishment of Iona. He was of interest to the circle of Patrick Geddes because of his association with Celtic culture. Originally printed in Utopian papers, 1908;

London J. M. Dent, 1925.

368pp, 63 b/w plates plus diagrams. 4to. Vg copy in orig. green cloth. 4to. ' A Contribution to the Study of Town Development and Regional Planning'. A discussion on the possibilities of building satellite towns, using Welwyn and Letchworth as examples, around large cities in an attempt to counter the suburban growth. First edition

Cambridge Mass Schenkman Publishers Co Inc. [1968] Distributed by The General Learning Press [Morristown, N.J] 1972

128pp illustrated in b/w but with a short section on colour [ in colour] Red wrappers, white lettering, Decorated photographic end papers. Good but repaired short tear on lower wrapper. Spine sun faded. On the perception of cities and links between the visual elements and function.

HMSO 1966

Volume 1 xvi +289pp 2 volumes. xxii +358pp illustrated including maps, diagrams, plans, charts etc and a colour paste down map on inside of back board. 4to. Cloth. Very good with slightly worn uniform dust jackets. Fascinating, and at the time novel approach to planning a sub regional stategy based around Livingstone New Town. The reports meld together socio-economic issues, researched at Glasgow University with Planning matters spearheaded from Edinburgh University b Robert H Matthew and Johnson Marshall. Comprehensive surveys made in the mid 1960s intended to lead to planning proposals which could be responsive to change through their flexibility.

London Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Company Limited, 1916

66pp Red paper boards, titles in black lettering. Worn and dusty binding.

Letchworth Garden City Press undated [1990]

Facsimile reprint. 33pp illustrated with b/w plates + [c8]pp period ads. Decorated wrappers. Includes colour and folded map of Brentham Garden Suburb. This garden suburb, near Pitshanger in Ealing, was the first garden suburb in London to be built in cooperative principles, predating the larger and better-known Hampstead Garden Suburb by some years. It was mostly built between 1901 and 1915. Reprint of original documentaion.

London P.S. King & Son Ltd 1926

132pp in wrappers. Wrapper s little soiled else good and with repaired tear on lower wrapper. Reiss was active in the fields of land reform, housing and town planning, writing on all these subjects concise publications which synthesised key details of importance for those in practice. He was a director of the Hampstead Suburb Housing Trust at one time and also Chairman of the Executive of the Garden Cities and Town Planning Association.

Chapel Hill The University of Carolina Press 1944

Frontis portrait of Patrick Geddes, xv + 504pp, b/w illustrations and figures including fold out plan. Large 8vo. Boards. Foreword by Lewis Mumford. A thorough and insightful biography and study of Patrick Geddes (1854-1932) life as well as his innovative ideas and action which have shaped town planning and urban sociology ever since. Ownership stamp on front end paper. Hard to find.

London, His Majesty's Stationary Office 1948

12pp with 3 loose folded pages (252 x 432mm) and 3 loose pages (140 x 210mm) offering notations to maps slotted into place at back of pamphlet. 8vo. Very Good.

London Studio Vista, 1967.

96pp, illustrated throughout with b/w photographs and drawings. Small 4to. Decorated wrappers. Thes are slightly browned else very good. Catalogue showing the town planning and architectural design practices of Alison and Peter Smithson.

Architectural Press nd c1941

Unpaginated c80pp. Small 8vo. Decorated wrappers. Detached and a little faded. Also advertises a competition (1940) run by the Housing Centre for ideas on improving the state of the environment in Britain. Attractive item from the authors of the Architectural Review although none are named directly. The subject of the uncomic strip is a piece of land.