London, Macmillan and Co 1893

viii + 148pp and including 76 figures. Gilt lettered faded blue cloth sl. rubbed (as almost always). Hard to find review of leadwork which predates Lawrence Weaver' s much larger survey published for Country Life somewhat later. Inscription on free end paper, "Xmas 1894 from T L Cooper, J Henry Sellers, Carlisle". Loosely inserted magazine clipping from the Builder in which there related article by W.R. Lethaby on Leadwork, 1900. Sellers had moved to Carlisle (circa 1893) to become became the assistant county architect for Cumberland.

Edinburgh, University 1976

131pp plus 40pp b/w illustrations. Wrappers, faded at edges and spine a little creased else vg. Catalogue for an exhibition of drawings, documents and photographs associated with this key architect of the Scottish Baronial Style, held at various locations in Scotland and London between November 1976 and August 1977. With introduction and a collection of essays by Rowan, David Walker, John Gifford, Christopher Christie and Peter Blythe. Also includes a useful descriptive list of his works. Hard to find.

B T Batsford 1881

viii, 47 pages, 13 plates. 8vo. Gilt lettered cloth-backed decorated boards with design echoed on the title page. Edges rubbed else good copy. Taylor was awarded the Medal of the Royal Institute of British Architects for the essay which was then published in this form as a book. Very slightly rubbed at edges. Lovely Batsford design.

Edinburgh The University Press 1994

First edition. 249pp illustrated with b/w plates. Small 4to. Very good with good dust wrapper.

Thames and Hudson 1989

228 pages with 320 illustrations, 10 in colour Fine in dust wrapper Large 4to. Fine. Hugely coprehensive study of Van de Velde's design work. Tranlated from the German edition Henry van de Velde Ein Europaischer Kunstler in Seiner Zeit.

Ipso Facto (Utrecht, NL), 2013

96 pages, Hardcover, 235 mm x 320 mm (9.25 x 12.6 inches) + 'Giveaway Edition', 8 pages, 320 mm x 470 mm (12.6 x 18.5 inches)42 photographs. Laminated boards. Fine. Banning has photographed 42 homeless men and women in Atlanta, Ga.;Columbia, S.C.; and in the Mississippi Delta. Banning places his subjects in a studio settingwithout their stereotypical belongings Introduction by Jonathan Swift. + Artist's statement.

High Wycombe Published by the firm and produced by C Vernon and Sons Ltd 1966

28pp with colour and b/w photographic illustrations throughout. Wrapper with fold out at front wrapper. Long 8vo. Good copy. 1960s design catalogue with added information on the history of the firm, suppliers etc. Period item.

nd c1930

10 black and white photographs of a large country house with surrounding gardens. 290x235mm. Contrasting quarter calf binding. No identifying clues except by the gate post where the numbers 52 and 54 have been hand written on the wall. External views only. Starting at the lodge by the road, the album documents the approach, main elevation and garden elevation as well as the gardens including a small Dell with a Japanese feel to it. Lovely item Very good condition. Unfortunately, the house has not been identified. The design suggests an arts and crafts influence. It is largely red brick but with castellated stone elements ivy clad. Very good condition.

Yale University Press 1982

x + 278pp illustrated with 13 colour and over 200 b/w photo ills. 4to. Vg with very good dust wrapper. Expertly constructed study of the most common form of the English House (includes Wales). A key text on all kinds of terraced housing. Loosely inserted journal clippings.

London, Reeves and Turner 1891

196pp. Ivory cloth dusty with gilt titles, shelf worn and discoloured on spine, but good. First trade edition of this retrospective collection of Morris's poetry. Printed at the Chiswick Press (and preceded by the Kelmscott Press edition of the same year). No 29 of 100.

London Chatto and Windus Piccadilly 1878

xiv + 298pp, colour frontis + 91 plates and 36pp period ads for other books by Chatto and Windus. Decorated cloth with gilt aesthetic movement motifs and decorated end papers. Tissue guard of colour frontis a bit foxed and edges worn. Rebacked to make a good copy preserving original end papers. The author's irst book on domestic decor based on shorter articles she had written some years earlier for the Saint Paul's Magazine,. In this Mary Eliza Haweis sets out her ideas beauty in fashion and design. From the library of Gavin Stamp but no book plate.

London Chatto and Windus Piccadilly 1889

xxiv + 407pp, frontis + 74 plates. Decorated cloth with silver aesthetic movement motifs. Cracked at front hinge and a little rubbed on all edges. Mary Eliza Haweis sets out her ideas about interior decoration, furniture and furnishings generally, ahead of their time for the emphasis she puts on the need for art and beauty in the ordinary middle-class home. From the library of Gavin Stamp with his book plate.

London Basilisk Press 1976

no 305 0f 515. Folio and oblong 8vo. 4 vols. Limited numbered edition of 515 sets, quarter red morocco gilt over marbled boards, in cloth box, a very good set. A sumptuous facsimile edition, the first published edition thus, of the surviving Red Books; Anthony House, Cornwall; Attingham Park, Shropshire and Sheringham Hall, Norfolk, with an explanatory volume by Edward Mallins containing recent photographs by Eric de Mare. Repton's drawings are meticulously reproduced in collotype and printed on wove paper as close as possible to the original Whatman stock.

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.