Baden Verlag Lars Müller 1993

Texts in English and German. Boxed set comprising 132pp with commentaries. A Swiss avant-garde magazine - the reproduced parts in the box comprise: First series no 1 and 2 [1924] 3/4. 5 and 6 [1925] Second Series no 1-3 [1926] no 4 [1927-28] Commentary volume is 56pp texts in German and English. Box a little worn else fine.

London, The Standard Catalogue Company Ltd. 1973

Pagination 332 - 410 + [4]pp Bright green covers with photograph of the Milton Keynes Team by Jon Donat. The text on Milton Keynes runs from page 348 to end including period ads. It provides a progress report on developments from the birth of the idea of a "New City" in 1962. A review thus of the first decade of works. Very good copy of this issue.

London, The Standard Catalogue Company Ltd. 1972

Pagination 728-790pp Bright purple covers, portrait of Buckminster Fuller as part of a montage by Tervor Sutton. The text is a lengthy interview conducted by Mike Ben-Eli with a Christmas message from Buckminster Fuller. Other major article is by Monica Pidgeon on Campamentos, Latin American shanty towns. Very good copy of this issue.

Architectural Design 1958

Pagination is 256-3-7 + period ads, b/w and colour photographs. Large 4to. Decorated wrappers. Special section on Office Furniture by Robin Day and the major part on interiors, also edited by him, features the work of major contemporary designers inclduing Arne Jacobsen, Patrick Gwynne, Chamberlin Powell and Bon and many others. Cover design features a typewritter with a salute to Saul Steinberg!

June 1956

280pp illustrated including a large section of advertisements. 4to. Decorated wrappers with illustration on upper wrapper by Saul Steinberg showing airport life. Good copy. A little dusty on wrappers and worn at head and base of spine. Key subject is Airports and more widely transport with an article on Penn Station. Includes survey of international airports including Zurich, London [ Heathrow] Acapulco, Rome and others. Discusses the airport at Newark New Jersey, Puerto Rica and others. The issue also includes other articles on housing, schools etc.

New York Time Inc., January 1957

Special issue on Technology Abstract design on coloured wrappers 4to. 216pp illustrated with b/w photographs and line ills + 100s of period advertisements in colour and b/w. Edited by Douglas Haskell. Key articles concern – approaches to Landscaping, New approaches to materials, prefabrication and the environment through air conditioning methods. Finally there is a long article on structure including the work of Felix Candela in a fabulously illustrated article with photography by Erwin Lang, Buckminster Fuller etc.

New York City: Time, Inc. February 1948

Coloured wrappers showing interiors in colour. 4to. Worn at head and base of spine with some chip out of this. Covers a bit dusty. Internally good copy. Key article on Color and Design shown where the packaging corporation redesigned its building. Features work of Egbert Jacobson, Herbert Bayer, [ Herbert Bayer's interior design and color schemes for the new CCA Chicago headquarters] Maria Berson and Morton L Pereira & Associates. Other articles on housing and design throughout. Some lovely colour and b/w images showing mid century modern solutions to design issues.

May 1948

234pp including large section of advertisements. 4to. Kenneth Stowell Editor. Decorated wrappers. A little rubbed at edges and spine worn at head and base. Key address on "What Buildings are Beautiful?" by Joseph Hudnut. Article on Motels incl. Town and Desert Apartments, Palm Springs with photos by Julius Schulman + a series of other mid century modern motels incl. Tropic Palms Hotel, Wilshire Boulevard, West Los Angeles. Key section Building Studies number 137 follows on planning for family living by Frederick Gutheim. Case studies from Menloe Park by Fred Langhorst and Garrett Eckbo [ Landscape] Tuscon Arizona etc. Final article is a reappraisal of Greene and Greene

Milano January 1973

Text in Italian and English 55pp including period ads, colour illustrations and b/w photographs. Cover design by Peter Cook "The Secret Garden." Article by him on Archigram Crater City entitled "Peter Cook in Wonderland Fancies and Drawings" [10pp illustrated] - Other contributors include Mario Scheichenbauer on new designs for a Town Car, Dressing Design notes by Archizoom Association, Industrial Design by Daniel Puppa. Good issue for Archigram and Archizoom Association devotees. Tear out subscription card removed from this issue and spine a little worn else very good copy.

London Architectural Press 1953

Paginated pp1-70 + 66pp period ads. Articles by Misha Black, Barbara Jones and Charles Hasler. Editors J M Richards, Nickolaus Pevsner, Ian McCallum and H de C Hastings. Guest editor for this issue was Misha Black. Typography and Cover by Ronald Sandiford. Key articles on Crown Furnishers and Coronation Celebrations amongst others. Large 4to. Good copy. Very small nick at head of spine.

London The Architectural Review 1957

lxviii of period advertisements+65pp numbered 405-470+lxix-cxxvi of period advertisements, b/w line illustrations and photographs. 4to. Decorated wrappers. Slight scuffing to the base of the spine, otherwise in good condition. 'Counter-Attack' begins with an article written by the editors subtitled 'The next stage in the Fight against Suptopia' with further contributions by Gordon Cullen on the villages of 'Ewell and Huyton', S. Lang on the gardens and sculptures at 'Bomarzo 2' in Italy, Georgina Masson on 'Olivetti', his aims methods and achievements, and Pricilla Metcalf on the long destroyed 'Balmes House' better known as 'Sir George Whitmore's House'. Cover design by Gordon Cullen. A lovely copy.

1938 January

Spiral bound. Interior fold out wrappers specially designed for this issue where front wrapper folds out + 142pp illustrated throughout with b/w line ills, photographs etc including further fold outs. Outer wrappers very worn and spiral binding rusted. Internally good but some pages thumbed. Loosely inserted later set of pages from Architectural Design 1959 and 1960 with further material on FLW – articles published soon after his death and including material on the FLW memorial. Main journal includes then recent projects of Frank Lloyd Wright including Falling Water, Taliesin III, Usonian House for Herbert Jacobs and others. Hard to find.

New York Witney Publications, February 1966

Volume 13. 102pp illustrated with colour and b/w plates. Slightly worn at edges else a good copy of this scarce journal of industrial design. With many period ads. Covers all aspects of the design of cars from a variety of perspectives. Many images of contemporary cars, interiors, safety issues etc. Slightly worn at edges and along spine else a good copy with striking wrapper design.

New York Witney Publications, April 1966

Volume 13. 94pp illustrated with colour and b/w plates. Slighly rubbed along spine else a good copy of this scarce journal of industrial design. Review of contemporary approaches to packaging all kinds of goods including food stuffs. Fascinating considerations of the interfaces of advertising and package design. Contributors include Joseph M Murtha, Walter Stern and others.Includes colour and b/w period ads.

London Standard Catalogue Limited 1969

April. Includes article on Cities in the Sea.

London Standard Catalogue Limited 1963

pp401-448 + 100s of period ads. 4 to. Decorated wrappers. Very good copy. Special issue of Architectural Design dedicated to Mexico. Information supplied by Jorge Gleason. Illustrated with many b/w plates and line ills. Includes lead article by Carlos Mijares on Mexican contemporary architecture + case studies relating to urban renewal, office and welfare buildings.

New York The Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies 1973

99pp, 87 b/w illustrations. 4to. Orange paper wrappers. First two pages are loose else a good copy. The first of this architectural journal published by The Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, New York between 1973 and 1984. A journal attempting to "establish a new arena for architectural discourse in which a consistent effort [would] be made to discuss [...] specific notions about the nature of architecture in relation to the man-made world." This publication includes essays by Colin Rowe, Peter Eisenman, Kenneth Frampton, Anthony Vidler and Diana Agrest & Mario Gandelsonas.

Westminster The Architectural Association 1952

i-lvi of period adverts + 287-350 with b/w and colour images + lvii-lxxxi of period adverts. 4to in bright decorated paper wraps. Vg with some browning to edges of front wrap. A special issue of the Architectural Review with detailed discussion and information on indoor plants, their design value, a history of their use, and their care. Useful articles by H C Clark.