New York: Horizon Press. 1959

Limited Edition 2000 copies. 255pp illustrated with 200 sketches and drawings, 75 in colour. Long 4to. Original embossed cloth, slightly scuffed and also there is some wear at head and base of spine. Preserved in glassine wrapper. Decorated end papers. Long 4to. From the library of James Baker FAIA. Published for the Bear Run Foundation and Edgar Kaufmann Charitable Foundation. Owner's gift Inscription from his mother. Published the year Frank Lloyd Wright died.

Woodbridge, Suffolk The Woodlea Press 2005

134pp illustrated with colour and b/w plates. Long 4to. Fine in slipcase. Loosely inserted prospectus for the book included. One of 450 copies of the standard edition printed in landscape format by J. W. Northend Ltd., Sheffield.

London Lund Humphries 1963

72pp illustrated with 68 b/w photographs by Bernhard Moosbrugger. Suare 4to. Very good in dust wrapper. La Tourette was built for the Dominican order. It was his last religious building scheme

Princeton Architectural Press, 1997

168pp, illustrated with colour and black and white illustrations. Long 4to. Laminated boards. no Dust wrapper as issued. Small amount of shelf ware else good. This volume addresses the relationships between architecture and war, political revolution/reaction, and natural disasters with three particular examples from Sarayevo, Havana and San Francisco. Essays by Aleksandra Wagner aand Michael Menser.

London Architectural Association 1985

Mega II. 64pp illustrated with 48 duotones. The late, Lebbeus Woods is best known for his visionary architectural renderings along with his contributions to the look of the films "Alien3" and "Twelve Monkeys". "Mega II / Origins" is the beautifully illustrated catalogue published in conjunction with his 1985 Architectural Association exhibition of original drawings, sketches, and models that includes textual contributions by the architect along with Archigram's Peter Cook, Olive Brown, and Robert Bensen 280x340mm, wrappers with dust wrapper over, this slightly worn else internally very good. Hard to find.

School Prints 1946

no 12 First Series. Gerald Cooper attended the RCA and worked s a sculptor, painter and teacher. He became principal of Wimbledon School of Art and is known for his meticulous drawings of flowers.

London George Allen and Unwin Limited 1954

149pp illustrated with colour and b/w plates and line illustrations which are maps. Vignettes by John O'Connor. Some shelf wear else good with rather chipped dust wrapper. The garden village of New Earswick was built from 1904 onwards and this publication marks the Jubilee of its establishment. Designed by Parker and Unwin the village and a second development at the Clifton Estate which is less well known about are described in the book.

London: The Architectural Press

A portfolio of full size details. Text + 20 plates. Green lettered boards. Ribbon ties. Portfolio. 4to. Worn at edge of spine and with small spit at head of spine else good copy

London, B.T Batsford 1902

viii + 10pp and 50 b/w litho plates. Folio in original cloth with gilt lettering, top edge gilt. Very good indeed with light wear to spine. Some foxing to endpapers, Stamp of Ellery, Aderson and Rosier on fep. Collection of measured drawings and cross-sections taken from major buildings of post-Reformation England, including: Hardwick Hall, , Broughton Hall, Haddon Hall, Knole House, Hatfield House, Bolsover Castle, Clopton House, Thorpe Hall, Farnham Castle, Hampton Court, Chelsea Hospital, various churches and Oxford and Cambridge Colleges. An impressive attempt to trace the development of specifically English Renaissance design, and to introduce its 'picturesqueness and originality' to a contemporary audience.

Paris, Editions Vincent Freal & Co (1925) 1959 Collection de "L'Esprit Nouveau" 1959

218pp illustrated with b/w plates and line ills. throughout. Decorated wraps. Overprinted glassine wrap present but slightly torn. Vg indeed. Revised edition of one of the original L'Esprit Nouveau, promoting the works n ideas of Le Corbusier and his contemporaries.

Bovril Ltd 1953

34 +[8]pp illustrated with b/w illustrations. 4to. Green cloth covered boards. Pictorial lettering and outline of a cow on upper board. Pictorial dust wrapper very worn and chipped. Compliment slip from Bovril, loose in the book. Illustrations on most pages almost all by Robert Gibbings.

Gold Coast, Accra 1025

29pp description on the exhibition and the arrangements for African participants in terms of accommodation, facilities, trips etc. Fascinating period report describing the development of the project for a village and pavilion representing the Gold Coast and West African colonies. The London Gold Coast Committee was presided over by Lady Guggisberg then John Maxwell. The exhibit was designed and constructed by MacAlpine and the whole report written from a British perspective. The report includes very useful insights into how ethnic groups were involved in the exhibition. Lists those who loaned material, a list divided racially between British and African lenders. Flimsy wrapper which are partially detached and chipped.

Tisbury The Compton Press Ltd 1976

31pp illustrated essay on the masterful grotto builders, Joseph and Josiah Lane. Limited to 500 copies this numbers 179. Green hand marbled paper with paper paste down title label on upper wrapper. Uncommon.

Paris Folie bergère 1937

20pp illustrated with b/w plates, period ads and colour centre fold, Le Ballet Bourbon. Maroon paper wrappers with gilt titles 240x310mm. Upper wrapper has stamp pasted down from the Exposition Internationale Paris 1937. Worn at edges and the outer fold of wrapper is rubbed. Hard to find.

Paris Folie bergère

34pp, 240x310mm, red wrappers, star cut into upper wrapper to reveal Josephine Baker at Folies Bergere from Paris, France. Loosely inserted colour fold out image of La Jungle Merveilleuse with Joan Baker. Colours are bright with gold embossed letters, these a little tarnished. Includes lots of period ads. There are 50 photographs in the main body of the book in sepia showing scenes from the production by Paul Derval. Also includes period ads. Hard to find.

London The Tate Gallery 1987

141pp Illustrated throughout in black & white. Long 4to. Very good with good dust wrapper. 'The selection made for this book has been reproduced in duo-tone lithography from prints made under the artist's direction. The large collection of his negatives is now housed in the Tate Gallery Archive.'

Robinson and Fisher 1900

Catalogue of the 12th June 1900 of the topographical library of Sir Robert Peel. 76pp 953 lots listed. 4to. Rebound. Bookplate on front paste down. End papers renewed, prelims a little foxed. Earlier sales in May had seen the disposal of furnishings etc including fine engravings, clocks, candelabra, decorative furniture, China, curios, sculpture.

Darmstadt Alexander Koch 1912

Folio. Gilt lettering on upper board with a photo illustration of the building as a paste down. Cream boards, slightly browned else very good. 80pp + c [8]pp. The building is one of only a few German opera houses to survive the bombing of World War II. Between 1982 and 1984, extensive work restored the venue. It has had several name changes, in 1919 to Landestheater, and later the Württembergische Staatstheater. The book describes the two auditoriums that were built – the large and small ones. Lovely item.