London : Fact, 1938

97 pp illustrated with line ills. Wrappers Subject: Air defences -- Civil defence -- Great Britain --: Fact : a monograph was issued once a month ; no. 13. 97 pages. Written in the pre war period the book opens with the statement that ARP would soon be known widely by its initials.

London, Viking, 1986.

223pp illus. with photographs and the architect's own drawings and linocuts. 4to. Vg in very good dust wrapper. A major illustrated monograph on on of Britain's modern classicist architects.

London David Rowell & Co ltd, 66/72 Clapham Junction, no date c 1970

44pp catalogue illustrated with line ills and illustrating the range of gates and railings supplied by the firm. Firm first established in 1855. Green wrappers, stapled. 240x180mm. Has been folded else very good.

Pilkington Bros. no date c1930.

8pp illustrated with b/w plates, mostly of children benefiting from sunlight. Stapled. Well designed promotional leaflet with cut out pages allowing images of children who benefited from sunshine through this glass. Vita glass was part of a collaborative project between Pilkington Bros. and Chance Bros. in the 1920s. Curious1920s invention that enabled the invisible ultraviolet radiation of the sun to be admitted into the building; No longer made.

London Batsford 1938

Frontispiece, Xvi + 199pp. Half-tone photographic plates throughout text along with various diagrams, tables and line illustrations. Plus 2 fold-out maps. 8vo. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt titles on spine. Dustwrapper. Spine a little sunned and upper edge of dustwrapper slightly bumped. Dust wrapper design by Brian Cook. Spine a little faded. The first general survey of Spanish Architecture since c.1850. Very good.

London SPCK 1925

Xvi + 235pp. xxxi tipped in sepia plates illustrate the text. 8vo. Green cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. A little dusty and book block slightly foxed, else good.

Edinburgh University Press 1964

From the Rhind Lectures, 1948 – 49. [iii] 79pp of text + c.127pp illustrations. 8vo. 130 photographs of examples of the art of the Scottish stone mason. Green cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on spine and gilt Mediaeval figure embossed onto upper board. Decorated end papers. Dust wrapper chipped at base, top and edges of spine. Price clipped. Splattering of faint fox marks on prelims else very good indeed. James S Richardson was the first H.M. Inspector of Ancient Monuments of Scotland.

London The Sheldon Press 1936

Xi + 264pp. b/w photographs and illustrations throughout. 8vo. Blue cloth covered boards with black titles on spine. Dust wrapper slightly bumped along top edge. Very good indeed. Book jacket designed by Richard Bogle (1889 – 1976). Addresses Scottish Church Architecture from the 12th to 19th century.

London T. Werner Laurie Ltd 1926

Colour frontispiece with tissue guard. Viii + 398pp. Last four pages uncut. 79 illustrations, 8 of these in colour. Map of Italy embossed onto front paste down. Blue end papers match the dust wrapper. This with past down colour illustration of Bergamo's Santa Maria Maggiore. Beneath this, blue cloth covered boards with gilt titling on spine and upper board along with elaborate ironwork design. Top edge of book block, is blue with other edges uncut. Dustwrapper a little bumped along top edge else a fine copy of this comprehensive text. Originally printed as three separate volumes, reissued in this new complete volume in 1926

Edinburgh The Ramsey Head Press 1976

96pp, 130 b/w photographs also taken by the author. Small 4to. Very good with good dust wrapper. Concentrates on the eastern seaboard and South West Scotland. Very attractive and useful source for vernacular stone building in Scotland. From the collection of Althony Curtis Wolffe [architect] with his signature on the front end paper. Wolffe practised mainly in South West Scotland.

London Sociological Publications Ltd, Edinburgh Patrick Geddes and Colleagues Bombay, The Modern Publishing Company 1923

6th edition. 198pp Paper decorated wrappers. Very good although small tear at base of the spine. Printed at the Huxley Press, Madras.

Paris Cres et Cie, 1928

228 pages : illustrations. Red cloth with gilt titles. Very good copy. French text. Part of the Collection de '' l'esprit nouveau.''

Galerie Louise Leiris, 1959

Unpaginated. c50 pages, profusely illustrated, mostly b&w, some colour; essay by Michel Leiris ( in French ) Square small 4to. 70x70mm. Decorated wrappers in colour. Base of wrapper slightly torn and a little browned. Some scattered foxing on verso of wrapper else good copy.

Oxford Butterworth Heinneman 1991

xii, 447 pp., 598 illustrations, 30 in colour. 4to. Very good in slightly worn dust wrapper. Published in association with the University of Stirling. This book was produced as the first complete catalogue of their executed works. Birthday dedication on the half title in neat hand.

London University of London 1932

xx, + 144pp. Frontispiece, 6 folding maps, 44 plates, 3 text plans. Large 4to. Cloth. In unclipped and fine dust wrapper.

Dundalk P 1955- 1960

Vol 1: Vol 2: Vol 3: 190 + 29 pls. + 81 text figs. Unifrom quarto. Black cloth, gilt titles. Very good. Spans some 1000 years of church architecture and history.