London Widenfeld and Nicholson md c1977

287pp illustrated with 335 ills, 220 in b/w 4to. Very good with very good dust wrapper. Series of case studies on house design, interiors and gardens. Semi autobiographical, it traces his career and discusses his approaches to design.

240pp illustrated in colour & b&w. 295 x 260 mm, Very good with good dust wrapper. Italian version. This book is the first to explore fully the so-called 'contemporary' style that dominated architecture and design from the late 1940s to the end of the 1950s. It was an era of optimism and confidence, where new ideas in architecture and design flourished alongside the emergent consumer culture.

New York: Crown Publishers 1964

246pp illus with b/w plates throughout, and 12 colour plates, 4to, half cloth with decorated boards. Edges are sl worn, some light foxing of front endpapers. A detailed history of the Tiffanys of New York City and their accomplishments.

London Unicorn Press 2003

352pp. Over 150 b/w ills, 16 colour photographs. 8vo. Cloth binding with decorated dust wrapper. Fine. Excellent illustrated catalogue and biography of prolific ecclesiastical artist Martin Travers, whose work included architecture, illustration, stained glass design and church furnishings. Sets Travers' work in context of his time, focussing on 'Back to Baroque' Movement in the Church of England. Concludes with comprehensive gazetteer. Armourial bookplate on front pastedown.

Donnington Shaun Tyas 2008

302pp illustrated. 8vo. Fine in dust wrapper. From the collection of Gavin Stamp with his book ticket on front paste down. The only book on modern memorial brasses. It covers the history of the trade is set within the context of the ecclesiological developments of the period and the general decline in the use of memorials for commemoration within church building during the twentieth-century. Additionally, there is a checklist of the most significant late-nineteenth- and twentieth-century brasses.

New York New York World's Fair 1939 Inc., 1938

Pamphlet. 16pp illustrated with sepia plates. Decorated wrappers. 300x22mm. The Bulletin was first published in November 1936 and was occasionally published up until the event to keep the event in the minds eye of people and also to provide updates on progress with construction, design and purpose. Single issue issued the year before the planned opening of the exhibition.

Dunedin Vivian E Page, printed by Coulls Somerville Wilkie Ltd. 1925

Decorated end papers. 322pp illustrated mainly with sepia plates, line ills and adverts. One or two coloured images. Cloth backed decorated stiff card wrappers. Good copy, a little worn on the spine. Compendium of material on New Zealand and its resources, industrial and commercial activities.

London British Petroleum Anglo Iranian Oil Company Ltd nd Before 1960

Printed at the Baynard Press. 300x460mm On stiff card. Very good. A Cat Craker is a unit in an oil refinery in which mineral oils with high boiling points are converted to fuels with lower boiling points by a catalytic process.

London The Nonesuch Press, 1981

Out of Series. Limited edition of 950 copies. xv, [1], 319, [3] pp illustrated. Royal 8vo. Very good with slightly yellowed but very good dust wrapper. Indispensable bibliography.

Bradford Herbert M Trotter & Co 1904

Photography by Rosemont, Official Photographer, Paris Studio 6 Bond Street Leeds. 20pp landscape format pamphlet with b/w photographs of the exhibition set in Lister Park. Centre fold panorama of the exhibition. Red decorated wrapper. A little dusty else good copy. Bradfordians flocked to the great exhibition. In the first week, 78,651 people paid the entrance fee. By the end, nearly 2.5 million had passed through the gates. Temporary buildings housed exhibits and a concert hall and there were a variety of entertainment's. The Somali Village, touring European exhibitions was part of the exposition. Hard to find souvenir of this regional fair when Bradford was at its height of industrial development.

Greendrake Press 2009

96pp illustrated. Square 4to. 225 x 245 mm Fine with dust wrapper. Signed by the author. Robert Piepenburg (foreword), Emmanuel Cooper (foreword). Beautifully written and produced book.

1951

1pp gate-folded printed paper catalogue illustrating the products stocked. Includes letter from firm to Haigh Architects in Kendal with sample of straw and cotton wall coverings stapled to catalogue. The catalogue is printed in red ink with images of items for sale including pottery is mainly by Lucie Rie, a Primavera lamp, rush baskets and furniture. . Good. Letter is typed and signed on behalf of Primavera. Dated 28th May 1951

London Published by Department of Overseas Trade., 1925

206pp illustrated. 4to. Original cloth, leather spine label with gilt lettering, this worn at edges. Good copy of this key review of the exhibition. Very useful on Architecture, Murals, Furniture, Textiles, Metal Work, Pottery, Glass, Books, Illustration, Posters, Theatre, Gardens, and Lighting, etc. Ownership signature, hand written in calligraphic script, Doris Parton, 46 Baskeville Road Hanley. She was a ceramic artist, active 1926- 1951 and exhibited in Stoke on Trent.

London, L. Upcott Gill no date c1880

vi + 109 + [3]pp period ads + 14pp catalogue of publications by L Upcott Gill at the end. Illustrated with 2 fold out patterns for designs + 45 text figures. Decorated cloth. New end papers, Signature of the late Stuart Evans who previously owned the book.

London: Max Parrish and LCC 1951

128pp, including 30pp sponsors and suppliers' ads. Illustrated with b/w photographs plus very attractive illustrations, printed in block colour with a strong Festival of Britain aesthetic. Cloth, slightly sunned along top edge. In d/w with a few small marks a bit worn. Protected in mylar sleeve. A souvenir volume to celebrate the opening of the Hall, designed by F.H.K. Henrion, with illustrations by Gordon Cullen, Donald Dewar Mills, Pearl Falconer and others. Contains a full description and photographic record of its construction and original interiors.

Cambridge Printed for the members of the Limited Edition Club, Cambridge University Press 1960

Number 830 of 1500 copies signed by Edward Bawden; xi, 316, [2 leaves]. Illustrated with 8 double-page colour plates and colophon tail-piece, line drawn decorated title-page and 39 illustrations. Ivory buckram, decorated backstrip by Bawden. Introduction by Justin O'Brien. In original slip case which is worn at edges.

London & Liverpool George Philip & Son, nd

60pp + [2]pp period ads. Illustrated with over 100 graduated diagrams and 21 recitations for infants and standards . Print and images in sepia. Decorated end papers. Cloth spine, lettered and decorated boards. Top edge cut c 7cm in straight line but image unaffected. Fascinating book with diagrams of sand modelling. Introduction refers to Fröbel's approach to play and his book on Kindergarten play. The book is divided into chapters dealing with graduated lessons and designs. Boards a bit soiled else good copy.