New York Rizolli (2010) 2012

240pp illustrated with colour plates. Square 4to. Fine in dust wrapper. Beautifully illustrated documentary study of the houses and gardens by Ballie Scott

London, Cassell 1934

124pp, 67 plates b/w photographs. 4to. Yellow cloth with brown lettering in dw which is preserved in good order in a glassine wrapper. Iconic book which covers work by: Sculptors: Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth; Painters: John Armstrong, John Bigge, Edward Burra, Tristram Hillier, Paul Nash, Ben Nicholson, Edward Wadsworth; Architects: Wells Coates, Colin Lucas. Bookplate of Arthur Cyril Hilton 1897-1960 on front paste down. Hilton exhibited, as a modernist painter, at Manchester City Art Gallery, The Walker, in Liverpool and Salford. He was influenced by Claude Flight. His ownership stamp also stamped onto fore edges of the book but this does not detract.

London, Hodder and Stoughton 1907

130 + viipp illus with c19 colour plates including colour fold out of Heathcote, Yorkshire and many b/w plates. vii pp period ads . 4to. Decorated and lettered open weave flimsy cloth. Text pages internally have scattered foxing particularly affecting the prelims. Repaired at spine which had become detached from book block. Contributors include C R Ashbee, Ballie Scott, Edwin Lutyens, G L Sutcliffe and others. Superb frontis of a London mansion block by Frank T Verity who wrote the text with Edwin T Hall and Gerald C Horsley. Colour ills include mansion blocks in London and superb double page spread of Heathcote Hall, Ilkley.

Gower Technical Publications [1989] 1990

xi + 114pp with b/w plates and diagrams in text. 4to. Boards in dw. Volume 5 Wood, Glass and Resins examines the repair and treatment of timber and glass. Sections on wood analyse the problems of fungi, insects, and timer distortion and explore the use of substitute materials and finishes for external surfaces. Techniques for conservation of historic glass include an evaluation of cleaning methods, treatment of paint loss and how to protect glass from vandalism, breakage and the problems of variable climatic conditions.

Aldershot, Gower Technical Press 1[1989] 1990 reprint

xiii, 129pp. b/w diagrams and photographs. 4to. Very good in decorated dust wrapper. An English Heritage Technical Handbook. Detailed descriptions of processes, methods and materials used. Chapters on conserving cast iron, copper roofing, lead and bronze sculpture.

Aldershot, Gower Technical Press [1989] 1990 reprint

ix, 85pp. bw diagrams and photographs.4to. Very good in decorated dust wrapper. An English Heritage Technical Handbook. Detailed descriptions of processes, methods and materials used (cement, limewashes, lime paints, etc.) with four interesting case study examples.

Gower Technical Publishing [1989] 1990 reprint

xiii + 126pp with b/w plates and diagrams in text. 4to. Boards in dw. New copy. Volume 2 Brick, Terracotta and Earth covers the control of damp and the repair and maintenance of brick, clay and earth structures. The book investigates the causes of damp (with a fascinating case study), methods of mortar analysis and their advantages and disadvantages, and gives a guide to pointing stone and brick work.

Gower [1988] 1990 reprint

xiii +100pp with b/w plates and diagrams in text. 4to. Boards in dw. Volume 1 Stone Masonry covers the repair and maintenance of stone. The book deals with diagnosing problems, routine maintenance, repair and replacement of all types of stone structures. Controlling organic growth is included as well as methods of grouting. Detailed sections explain the methods of repairing with mortar, masonry cleaning and its long term effects, and how to clean and treat marble and limestone. Finally the authors analyse the effects of masonry consolidants and colourless water repellent treatments.

London Yale 2014

656pp illustrated throughout with colour and b/w plates. Published to coincide with a major exhibition at the Bard Graduate Center in New York, and the V & A in London, this grand volume provides a comprehensive survey of William Kent's work in fields as diverse as landscape architecture and book illustration. Sumptuously illustrated and consisting of essays by top international experts, this is the most thorough investigation to date of the designer who truly shaped the taste of 18th-century Britain. New copy.

Yale University Press 2009

356pp with 300 colour illus throughout. Large 4to in cloth with decorated colour dw. New. A timely and groundbreaking study of the history and reception of Walpole's collection at Strawberry Hill which coincides with a planned restoration of this endangered house. With contributions from an international team of distinguished scholars who explore how Strawberry Hill and its collections engaged with the creation of various and interconnected political, national, dynastic, cultural, and imagined histories.

London: Fisher Unwin 1909

First edition. xxi + (i) + 416pp illustrated with over 300 illustration including photographs. Has 7 folding plans. Original green gilt decorated cloth. 4to. Cloth a little rubbed else good copy. White sheet of paper pasted onto front end paper. Issued in association with the first Town Planing Act of 1909 this is a key text advocating an imaginative approach to planning and townscape development. With examples of Unwin's own projects from Letchworth and Hamptead Garden Suburb. Hard to find.

Spire Books and the Ecclesiological Society 2006

336pp illustrated with b/w plates. Small 4to. Decorated wrappers illustrating Comper's church interior at St Mary's Wellingborough. Comper (1864-1960 was one of the great Gothic Revival architects. The study includes a complete gazetteer of some 600 entries and a reprint of Comper's influential essay "Atmosphere of a Church".

London RIBA Heinz Gallery 1988

34pp illus with b/w plates and including a bibliography of Comper's writings. Square small 4to. Wrappers. Good copy of this little book to accompany an exhibition but one essential for understanding his life and work.

Skelmersdale, Beacon Press 2014

93pp illustrated. Useful for the early development planning of Skelmersdale set in the context of early garden cities and New Towns Policy.

London Merrell 2017

Foreword by John Harris. 192 pages 200 illustrations. 4to. Red boards with illustrated dust wrapper. Stunning publication which illustrates Ed Kluz's paintings with commentaries by the authors on the houses featured and lost country houses in general.

London The Ecclesiological Society 1997

ix,45pp, bw illustrations. In blue paper covers with pink titles and decoration. Tributes and reminiscences paid to the stained glass designer, architect and illustrator with a list of his works and where they might be found at the rear of the book.

Birminghm MACK 2014

96pp. 8vo. A.E.G. Golden velvet cloth with embossed title on upper board. Golden end papers. Comprises a series of photographs touching upon the ephemeral question of what we seek and value in life, love, wealth, beauty, clear-eyed reality or an inner dream world. Images include -streaked landscapes in Ireland, pawnshop storefronts in New York's rougher neighbourhoods and portraits of a woman. Lovely book.