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  • DUNSTER David (Editor)
    Micahel Graves

    Academy Editions Architectural Monographs no 5 1979

    112pp illustrated with b/w plates and line ills. Decorated coloured wraps. Very good indeed. Includes a useful range of his projetcs and built schemes. Critical essay by Alan Colquhoun

    Stock ID: 1704
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  • [ODSAL]
    Miss Helewell's Estate: Plans & Details of the house for you

    Bradford Published by the firm nd c1930

    Promotional booklet for Miss Helewell's Estate, Triangle Odsal, Bradford. 8pp including plan of the layout of the estate which was for a series of semi detached houses. Green decorated wrappers. Fascinating period piece with plans of the houses. One of the few such publications I have seen where the developer was a woman.

    Stock ID: 22094
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  • Signed by David Bailey BAILEY, David.
    Mixed Moments

    London Olympus/Bailey 1976

    142pp illustrated. 4to. 305 x 220mm; Very good in dust wrapper, this has some edgewear and a small chip on verso of dust wrapper. Signed in pencil on front end paper with David Bailey's signature. From the collection of Jonathan Silver without ownership signature.

    Stock ID: 22547
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  • Mobel aus Kunststoff by [VITRA DESIGN MUSEUM] VEGESACK, Alexander.
    [VITRA DESIGN MUSEUM] VEGESACK, Alexander.
    Mobel aus Kunststoff Exhibition Catalogue October 1990- March 1992

    1990

    42 pp, illustrated with colour plates. Text in German. Spiral bound, glassine wrapper with white titles. Good copy. Text in German, English and French.

    Stock ID: 22336
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  • WRIGHT, Frank Lloyd
    Modern Architecture: Being the Kahn Lectures for 1930

    Princton University Press, Published by Published for the Department of Art and Archaeology 1931

    First edition. Original decorated glazed paper over boards (after a design by Wright), 4to, 114pp, (2) pp and 6 halftone plates. Portrait. Typographic end sheets by Wright. First edition. Sweeney 250. The lectures covered 1. Machinery, Materials and Men: 2. Style in Industry: 3. The Passing of the Cornice: 4. The Cardboard House: 5. The Tyranny of the Skyscraper: and 6. The City. Ex library copy preserving original boards although these edge worn and rather chipped. Former owner's stamp and class marks on front free end paper. Key text for understanding Frank Lloyd Wright's approach to modernism - effectively a polemical text on the subject.

    Stock ID: 21024
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  • MEARA, David.
    Modern Memorial Brasses 1880-2001

    Donnington Shaun Tyas 2008

    302pp illustrated. 8vo. Fine in dust wrapper. From the collection of Gavin Stamp with his book ticket on front paste down. The only book on modern memorial brasses. It covers the history of the trade is set within the context of the ecclesiological developments of the period and the general decline in the use of memorials for commemoration within church building during the twentieth-century. Additionally, there is a checklist of the most significant late-nineteenth- and twentieth-century brasses.

    Stock ID: 21465
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  • Modern Practical Masonry by [BATSFORD] WARLAND, Edmund George. (introduction by WEEKS Christopher)
    [BATSFORD] WARLAND, Edmund George. (introduction by WEEKS Christopher)
    Modern Practical Masonry A Comprehensive Treatise on the Practice of the Various Branches of the Craft: General, Monumental, Marble and Granite: For the use of Craftsmen, Students, Teachers, Builders, & Architects.

    London, B.T. Batsford 1929

    First Edition. xvi + 284pp with over 600 illustrations, 18 plates and 59 photographs. 4to. Cloth covered boards with embossed title on front and spine. Boards a little dusty. Internally vg indeed. One of the classic works in its field, Warland's book remains an essential reference for stone masons and conservation practitioners working with historic buildings. It provides a clear and simple guide to the subject, based on meticulous and beautiful drawings. Organised in three sections, it includes chapters on construction details; methods of working particular structural shapes; basic and advanced geometry and setting out. This first edition also includes forms and tables omitted from later editions to be used as templates for costing and…

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    London, B.T. Batsford 1929

    First Edition. xvi + 284pp with over 600 illustrations, 18 plates and 59 photographs. 4to. Cloth covered boards with embossed title on front and spine. Boards a little dusty. Internally vg indeed. One of the classic works in its field, Warland's book remains an essential reference for stone masons and conservation practitioners working with historic buildings. It provides a clear and simple guide to the subject, based on meticulous and beautiful drawings. Organised in three sections, it includes chapters on construction details; methods of working particular structural shapes; basic and advanced geometry and setting out. This first edition also includes forms and tables omitted from later editions to be used as templates for costing and estimating work. These are as relevant today as they were in the 1920s.

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    Stock ID: 22288
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  • Modern Theatres and Cinemas by SHAND P. Morton
    SHAND P. Morton
    Modern Theatres and Cinemas

    London B.T. Batsford (The Architecture of Pleasure; 1) 1930

    viii + 39 +[1]pp, 116 b/w photographs, 12 plans. 4to. Beige open-weave cloth with green lettering. Lettering lightly faded on spine else very good. Photographic plates clean and bright. Important book on cinema and theatre design with numerous interior and exterior shots and several plans. Covers Modern Pleasure, The Modern Theatre, The Social Function of the Cinema, The Cinema Considered as a Building, Façades, Foyers and Auditoriums, Plans and Sections. Loosely inserted 4pp fold out list of recent Batsford publications on architecture.

    Stock ID: 21954
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  • KINROSS, Robin.
    Modern Typography: An essay in critical history

    London Hyphen 1992

    206pp Wrappers with fold in flaps. Sm 4to. Good copy. Essays which cover the history of Western typography, from the time (c.1700 in France and England) when it can be said to have become 'modern'. The essays each focus on different cultures in different times, to trace the developments and shifts in modern typography. First edition

    Stock ID: 21831
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  • MOLLER Svend Erik and ARNFRED Tyge
    Moderne Danske Hjem/Modern Danish Homes

    Kobenhaven Host & Sons Forlag 1953

    140pp illustrated with b/w plates showing room settings and furniture designs. FLimsy wrappers. Slightly worn else good

    Stock ID: 22225
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  • Moderne Danske Hjem / Modern Danish Homes by MOLLER Svend Erik and ARNFRED Tyge.
    MOLLER Svend Erik and ARNFRED Tyge.
    Moderne Danske Hjem / Modern Danish Homes

    Københaen Høst & Søn Forlag 1953

    141pp + [2]pp. Review of modern home furnishings. Grainy b/w plates with texts in English and Danish. Decorated wrappers, A little worn at edges else good copy.

    Stock ID: 22349
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  • Monel Metal Sink Units: by [MONEL METAL SINKS]
    [MONEL METAL SINKS]
    Monel Metal Sink Units: Catalogue of Standard Models + 4 related pamphlets promoting the installation of the sinks.

    London Henry Wiggin & Co. Limited, Thames House, Milllbank London S.W. 1 nd c1950

    16pp catalogue of kitchen sinks with specifications of each model. Price list pasted into verso of book. Stapled catalogue with lettered wrappers which art art deco in style. Loosely inserted are four related pamphlets produced by Henry Wiggin and Company Lmited. Each long 8vo. Stapled. a} Modern Homes Have Modern Kitchens: Bungalows erected by John Dickie & Son Limited, Cathcart [ Glasgow} 8pp illustrated with b/w plates. b} New Kitchens for Old with Model Metal 8pp colour wrappers with ideas on kitchen planning within. c}Kitchen points & plans 8pp illustrated. Sic kitchen plans prepared by Oliver Hill F. R. I. B. A. d} The Sink…

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    London Henry Wiggin & Co. Limited, Thames House, Milllbank London S.W. 1 nd c1950

    16pp catalogue of kitchen sinks with specifications of each model. Price list pasted into verso of book. Stapled catalogue with lettered wrappers which art art deco in style. Loosely inserted are four related pamphlets produced by Henry Wiggin and Company Lmited. Each long 8vo. Stapled. a} Modern Homes Have Modern Kitchens: Bungalows erected by John Dickie & Son Limited, Cathcart [ Glasgow} 8pp illustrated with b/w plates. b} New Kitchens for Old with Model Metal 8pp colour wrappers with ideas on kitchen planning within. c}Kitchen points & plans 8pp illustrated. Sic kitchen plans prepared by Oliver Hill F. R. I. B. A. d} The Sink that pays for itself in Hotels, Rstaurants, Hospitals, Publi Houses, Insitutions Private Homes: 8pp Photo wrappers with green titles, illustrated with b/w photographs throughout arranged as a photomontage.

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    Stock ID: 21196
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  • STOTHARD C A
    Monumental Effigies of Great Britain : selected from our cathedrals and churches for the purpose of bringing together and preserving correct representations of the best historical illustrations extant, from the Norman conquest to the reign of Henry the Eighth / by C. A. Stothard ; with historical descriptions and notes by Alfred John Kempe, F.S.A. A new edition, with large additions by John Hewitt, esq

    London Printed by J McCreery 1817-1832

    First edition More recent green cloth binding. Important twelve part work on British effigies. Ancient Leicester Permanent Library stamp on 1817 title page. Introductory material, plate list and index, with the plates accompanied by text for each. Frontispiece etching by Stothard, copper-engraved portrait, plate of coffin lid and the 142 listed plates. Coloured frontis opposite 1817 title page. advertisement leaf, second frontis etched by Stothard opposite 1832 title page and copper engraved portrait with ink stain below but image unaffected. 112 +[4]pp index + 144 plates, many hand coloured, thus 146 in total. 2 plates in the index of plates not listed but [present. Occasional library stamps but relatively few. Folio. Recent green…

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    London Printed by J McCreery 1817-1832

    First edition More recent green cloth binding. Important twelve part work on British effigies. Ancient Leicester Permanent Library stamp on 1817 title page. Introductory material, plate list and index, with the plates accompanied by text for each. Frontispiece etching by Stothard, copper-engraved portrait, plate of coffin lid and the 142 listed plates. Coloured frontis opposite 1817 title page. advertisement leaf, second frontis etched by Stothard opposite 1832 title page and copper engraved portrait with ink stain below but image unaffected. 112 +[4]pp index + 144 plates, many hand coloured, thus 146 in total. 2 plates in the index of plates not listed but [present. Occasional library stamps but relatively few. Folio. Recent green cloth binding, a little worn. Internally good copy of this scarce study. Loosely inserted notes on Stothard from Church Monument Society by Richard Knowles undated but helpful on the history of the book.

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    Stock ID: 22645
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  • [Arts and Crafts Movement] CRANE, Walter and DAY, Lewis
    Moot Points Friendly disputes upon Art & Industry between Walter Crane and Lewis Day

    London B. T. Batsford 1903

    94pp with line illustrations in the text. Decorated wrappers, water marked else good copy. A discourse on whether hand made objects should be made by the craftsman who designed them or produced more widely by assistants or through industrial production. A key issue amongst craft workers men and women alike.

    Stock ID: 22072
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  • BURREN, F and GREGORY, G.R.
    Moulds for Cast Stone and Concrete Products With Design for Garden Ornaments by T. Raffles Davison

    London Concrete Publications Limited 1957

    96pp with numerous black and white diagrams and illustrations by T. Raffles Davison. Long Octavo. 25cm x 18.2cm. Blue Paper Wrappers. Fine. With only slight damage to top 1.5cm of spine. First Edition printed 1930. This is the 4th reprint. An informative and practical publication presenting detailed working drawings of a wide range of common shapes produced in cast stone and concrete.

    Stock ID: 21893
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  • GLOAG, J.
    Mr. Loudon's England.

    Oriel Press, 1970.

    224pp, 99 b/w ills. 8vo. Good copy in slightly worn dw. 'The Life and Works of John Claudius Loudon' plus his influence on architecture and furniture design.'

    Stock ID: 22423
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  • KING, Jessie M. illustrated. MARION [text by Marion A. Gemmell]
    Mummy's Bedtime Story Book

    London, Cecil Palmer nd [1929]

    56pp illustrated with eleven full-page illustrations and others on text pages Recent paper covered boards with original pictorial printed paper covered boards pasted onto them and the spine to make a good copy. Original yellow, blue & white pictorial endpapers. Red pencil name of owner in the past largely erased but has left a very faint mark on half title page.

    Stock ID: 21027
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  • SPEER Albert (compiled by).
    Neue Deutsche Baukunst

    Berlin, Volk und Reich Verlag 1940

    First edition. 105pp illustrated with b/w plates throughout. 4to Paper backed boards . A little rubbed on spine else good. The book surveys major architectural schemes of Nazi Germany. Useful introduction on the history of buildings conceived in the 1930s with superb photographs of the neo-classical and monumental Berlin, Munich schemes etc. Hard to find. Text in German. Bookplate of Walter und Susanne Garreis.

    Stock ID: 22052
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  • New Ideal Estate at Formby - Promotional Brochure by NEW IDEAL HOMESTEADS LTD
    NEW IDEAL HOMESTEADS LTD
    New Ideal Estate at Formby - Promotional Brochure

    London Ideal Building Corporation/New Ideal Homesteads Ltd undated c1960

    8pp brochure for a new estate called Victoria Park located between Freshfield and Formy on the Southport to Lliverpool Railway line. Promoting a new commuter suburban estate of Metroland type with cottage homes.

    Stock ID: 22121
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  • CRUCKSHANK James
    Newhills: Annals of a Parish

    Aberdeen: Henry Munro Ltd, 1934.

    68pp illustrated with b/w plates andcolour fold out map at end of book showing area surroudning Newhills Small 4to. Deckle edged paper. Gilt lettered blue cloth. Fine copy. Useful for images of the buildings of this Parish.

    Stock ID: 1523
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