London HMSO 1914

96pp illustrated with b/w plans, black and white photographs and line illustrations. Bound in red cloth with gilt titles. York City Public Library bookplate on front paste down. Very good. Designs for labourers cottages include design s at New Earswick, York alongside further designs for rural housing. Architects given in some cases. The committee was made up of Mr Christopher Turner, Cecil Harmsworth, Raymond Unwin and Lawrence Weaver. advising on plans, models, specifications etc and additionally Mr Charles Varndell RIBA to advise on construction methods etc.

London, B T Batsford 1905

xiv +267pp illus. with b/w plates and plans including some fold outs. Royal 8vo. Sympathetically rebacked preserving original spine. New end papers. Examples of important examples by leading architects in England, the Continent and America. Many special photographs. Scarce and important study of mansion house block etc.

Taplow, Bucks. Published by the firm 1936

48pp. Illustrated with sepia photographs throughout. Long 4to. Exceptionally good copy. Promotional publication for this firm of Garden Contractors and Horticultural Builders. Decorated flimsy card wrappers. Large photographs of the completed projects undertaken by the firm. Includes Dytchley [Ditchley] where Jellicoe designed a major new terrace and gardens close to the house, Witley Surrey, Rothwick Hants, Swimming pool and pergolas at a property in Hampstead design by Wiperis, Simpson and Guthrie. The Garden at the Kings House, Burhill. Hard landscape treatments in Chelsea and many more projects. Very good resource for the interwar projects of this firm.

London, RIBA 1939

79 pp with b/w photo illustrations & diagrams, plus lxiipp period adverts. 4to. Original wrappers. Slightly rubbed at head and base of spine. Bottom front corner of wrapper c 2cm ripped away else a very good copy of this scarce item. RIBA Catalogue this focused exhibition designed by James Gardner. Hard to find. Introduced by Goodhart-Rendel, the catalogue addressed the problems of deteriorating roads in the UK in cities and towns as well as addressing the issues relating to the design of motorways.

London C20 Society 2010

180pp illustrated. Wrappers. This publication collates a series of photographs, essays and a conversation between the Smithsons' detailing the full history of the estate. With note from C20 to a member about the publication which is loosely slipped in.

London Mitchell Beazley 2001

192pp illustrated. 4to. Very good with dust wrapper. The first comprehensive monograph on their designs, features never-before-seen archival material along with more than 250 colour images. Spans their complete output including furniture, ceramics, textiles, wallpaper, interiors, appliance designs, exhibits and graphics.

London Sotheby Parke 1982

1118 pages with over 1000 illustrations (some in colour). A catalogue raisonné of Kandinsky's oil paintings, comprising over 1000 works; all the descriptive text is in English. Black cloth covered boards with gilt titling. Dust wrappers. Spines slightly sunned else very good. From the collection of Jonathan Silver.

London Yale University Press for the South Bank Board 1988

viii + 184pp of which 147 is a catalogue of full page b/w plates. 4to in decorated wraps. A very good copy of this detailed exhibition catalogue with a wealth of high resolution images of Fenton's work. This exhibition was held at the Hayward Gallery from 4th February - 17th April 1988 and curated by Lynne Green and Muriel Walker.

London Crosby Lockwood & Sons 1893

xiv +150pp +16pp + 48pp. Illustrated with numerous diagrams. Blind stamped brown cloth boards with gilt title and paper label on spine - very chipped. Inside hinges cracked and some foxing, else a good copy of this very well illustrated study of roof joinery with details on form, pitch, variant kinds of roofs, roof timbers, roofs of iron and wood and hipped roofs. This text was published numerous times, latterly by the Techincal Press Ltd. and the Whitley Press.

1954.

36pp, frontis portrait by Bertam Preistman of B Seebohm Rowntree. Wrappers. Very good. Useful for charting his career.

London Crosby Lockwood & Co. 1882 (1849)

Eighth Edition with numerous additional engravings. viii + 208pp +16pp list of Weale's Series Titles + 32pp Crosby Lockwood Titles. Illustrated with b/w illustrative engravings. Green blind stamped cloth boards with new cloth spine. Sympathetically rebound. down on cover. An attractive copy of this useful work book.

London John Weale 1849-1850

First edition. Frontis, xix + 564pp including an addenda on the electric telegraph. Small 8vo. Quarter calf, gilt lettering, marbled boards, end papers and edges. Very nice copy although a little rubbed on corners. Weale developed an extensive architectural and technical publishing business during his lifetime. This rudimentary study was part of a series which extended to 130 volumes on various technical and design subjects.

London John Weale [1849-1850]

Fourth edition revised by John Hunt. xii+ 569pp + 32pp catalogue of publications as of 1874. Small 8vo. Green cloth, rebacked with new spine and paper label. Illustrated in the text with b/w line illustrations. Final plate in this volume is a copy of the frontis in the first edition.

London John Weale 1849-50

First edition. 3pp + 120pp illustrated with 26 b/w plates. Green blind stamped cloth with paper label. Manual 42. New spine label to make a good copy. Previous ownership signature on the front end paper. Book text preceded with list of Weale's publications on architectural subjects.

London John Weale 1862 (1849-50)

Fourth edition with an appendix containing designs also for a higher class with practical hints. 122pp +12pp adverts for Weale's publications. numerous b/w plates throughout. Green cloth boards with paper label on upper board. Paper label refers to this copy as the Third Edition. The title page states that it is the 4th edition. Manual 42. Previous ownership signature on half title and title page. Book text preceded with list of Weale's publications on architectural subjects. Inside hinges and cloth on spine slightly cracked and some fading along spine.

London, Crosby Lockwood and Co "Scott's Farm Engineering Text-Books" 1899 (1865)

New Edition, Revised and Corrected by Edward Nugent, C.E. Weale's Scientific & Technical Series, Number 93. x + 145pp illustrated with numerous diagrams + formula + 16pp catalogue of Weale's publications + 48pp Crosby Lockwood & Son's Catalogue. Cloth Covered Boards with Black embossed lettering and design. Blue endpapers listing Weale's publications on scientific and technical subject. Previous owners signature on title page and page one of text. Booksellers label paste down on inside board. Small tear mark on inside front board. Shows signs of wear and tear but a good copy inside nonetheless.

London John Weale 1859

3rd edition, revised and greatly extended. viii + 160pp + 12pp publishers list of available titles. Red blind stamped boards with gilt title. Series number 29. Various tables and over 65 figures illustrating this early Weale's title.

London Knight, Frank & Rutley with Christie, Manson & Woods 1938

202pp. Frontispiece and 14 photographic plates. Octavo. Paper Wraps. New end papers. Cover discoloured and a little chipped around edges. Top of spine bumped. Some marks (chocolate?) on upper and verso wraps. Internally very crisp. With ink-written sale prices of some of the items. Numerous magazine cuttings and correspondence to and from Josceline Grove loosely inserted into book. Book plate and book and its purchase description on front paste down. "A Melancholy record of one the most important dispersal's between the wars." [Grove]

London, His Majesty's Stationery Office 1944

67pp. 8vo. Pamphlet with contrasting paper covers. Very good copy of this report.