Zurich Amstutz & Herdeg Graphis Press 1954

Text in English, German and French. Pagination runs pp 443- 532 + index to volume 10 at the end. Illustrated with b/w and colour plates including period adverts. Lead article is on Picasso, the Lithographer by Manuel Gasser. Also long article on Tom Eckersley by René Elvin and another on Hans Falk by Willy Rotzler. Cover design an image by Pablo Picasso. Very good copy.

Zurich Amstutz & Herdeg Graphis Press 1953

Text in English, German and French. Pagination runs pp 172-254 + advertising leaves. Illustrated with b/w and colour plates including period adverts. In this issue the lead article is by Ronald Tritton on Abram Games. Additional articles7 on Pharmaceutical Advertising Design, Czech Advertising Art and After the War and on Jiri Brdeka. Cover design by Abram Games. Slightly worn at head and base of the spine else very good indeed.

London The Architectural Review 1978

127-198pp+37 pp period advertisements, b/w line illustrations and photographs. 4to. Decorated wrappers. Considers the recently finished buildings and present them in their setting. Covers Sydney, including the Law Courts, TAA Terminal Akuna Bay Marian et al. , Canberra, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane. Cover design Aerial view of The Olga's Central Australia. Very good copy

Edinburgh London The Tynecastle Company n.d. [1923]

152 + [48]pp, b/w photographs throughout. Folio. Original red cloth with black lettering. Slightly frayed at the head and foot of spine. Binding a little shaky. Trade catalogue from the 1920s for the Tynecastle Company, who specialised in wall coverings, mouldings, friezes and ornaments. Illustrated throughout with samples of individual products and examples of them in situ. The company was set up in 1885 by John and James Templeton to meet the demand for their leather-like canvas product, and ran in tandem with the original Scott Morton & Co. until they were incorporated in 1920.

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.

London, The Standard Catalogue Company Ltd. 1971

Pagination 460-520. Bright covers, Small advert clipped out of p520 not affecting the main part of the magazine. In this issue p485-507 given over to considering the work of archigram to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the broadsheet and 8th anniversary of the group and almost two year of Archigram the office. Portrait of key individuals on page 460. Contributions by Peter Vook, Ron Herron, David Green and others. Cover design of the whole magazine by Dian Jowsey, "Mon Repos" - Peter Smithson also contributed to this issue with an article on "repetition" as well as others on current architectural practice.

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".