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  • Village Housing in the Tropics by DREW Jane and FRY Maxwell in collaboration with FORD Harry L.
    DREW Jane and FRY Maxwell in collaboration with FORD Harry L.
    Village Housing in the Tropics with special reference to West Africa

    London Lund Humphries [1947] 1953

    134pp illustrated with b/w plates and line ills. long 8vo. Decorated wrappers. Defines the issues surrounding new build houses for tropical areas covering house design, layout of village, services and landscape conservation and tree planting. Hard to find. Written with colonial overtones and with the end papers showing the Colonies as they then were, the book itself, written whilst Fry had a posting in West Africa, was a key publication in considering the role of architects and planners in Africa. It adopts a blanket approach to housing in tropical environments but was the start of the duos interest in the subject and by 1956 they had revised their view to be more locally relevant…

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    London Lund Humphries [1947] 1953

    134pp illustrated with b/w plates and line ills. long 8vo. Decorated wrappers. Defines the issues surrounding new build houses for tropical areas covering house design, layout of village, services and landscape conservation and tree planting. Hard to find. Written with colonial overtones and with the end papers showing the Colonies as they then were, the book itself, written whilst Fry had a posting in West Africa, was a key publication in considering the role of architects and planners in Africa. It adopts a blanket approach to housing in tropical environments but was the start of the duos interest in the subject and by 1956 they had revised their view to be more locally relevant across the tropical world and they promoted distinctiveness by culture and country. Their shift in views was reflected in a second book on housing in the tropics and humid zones.

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    Stock ID: 22193
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  • DARLEY GIllian
    Villages of Vision

    London The Architectural Press Ltd 1975

    152pp illustrated with b/w plates. Large 4to. Very good with good dust wrapper. Hard to find and comprehensive study of model settlements in the UK, particularly Estate Villages. It throws light upon the ideas of philanthropy which surrounded their construction and many important aspects of rural social history. Useful gazetteer at the end. Ownership signature of the late "Stewart Evans" on front end paper.

    Stock ID: 21258
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  • Vladivostok by HEJDUK, John. SHKAPICH, Kim [editor]
    HEJDUK, John. SHKAPICH, Kim [editor]
    Vladivostok A Trilogy

    New York Rizzoli International Publications, 1989

    272pp illustrated. Decorated wrappers. Small stain on upper wrapper else a very good copy Text in English and Russian. Loosely inserted is an invitation to a memorial to him to be held at The Cooper Union Foundation Building and an associated printed letter sent out to Alumni.

    Stock ID: 21688
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  • Signed by the illustrator René Ben Sussan [VOLPONE] JOHNSON, Ben [ KRONENBERGER, Louis. Introduction ]
    Volpone or the Fox

    Oxford The Limited Edition Club 1952

    Pages uncut. Designed by Francis Meynell. Illustrated by René Ben Sussan with the plates hand-coloured through stencils by Maurice Beaufume in France. Of a total of 1500 copies,signed by the artist on the colophon page, this copy is not numbered. Largely unopened. Very good protected by plain rust coloured dust wrapper.

    Stock ID: 22314
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  • Vorbildliche Glasmalereien aus dem späten Mittelalter und der Renaissancezeit by Königliche Akademie des Bauwesens in Berlin
    Königliche Akademie des Bauwesens in Berlin
    Vorbildliche Glasmalereien aus dem späten Mittelalter und der Renaissancezeit

    Berlin Ernst Wasmuth 1911-13

    [22] pp text, 12 plates. Large loose leaf folio (650×480mm). Lettered boards, quarter cloth. Gothic script. This publication by the the Royal Academy of Construction Engineering in Berlin was intended as a serial publication to illustrate exceptional examples of medieval and renaissance stained glass from the turn of the 15th to the 16th century. Four parts of four plates, each along with a short introduction to each window, was planned. This folio comprises the first three parts dated 1911, 1912 and 1913. Housed in the folio with 1911 on the upper board. Each part was published in wrappers. The three parts are complete with tissue guards. A final part, called for, was published in 1917…

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    Berlin Ernst Wasmuth 1911-13

    [22] pp text, 12 plates. Large loose leaf folio (650×480mm). Lettered boards, quarter cloth. Gothic script. This publication by the the Royal Academy of Construction Engineering in Berlin was intended as a serial publication to illustrate exceptional examples of medieval and renaissance stained glass from the turn of the 15th to the 16th century. Four parts of four plates, each along with a short introduction to each window, was planned. This folio comprises the first three parts dated 1911, 1912 and 1913. Housed in the folio with 1911 on the upper board. Each part was published in wrappers. The three parts are complete with tissue guards. A final part, called for, was published in 1917 not present. Part I: [7 sheets] titlepage, general introduction, introduction to plates 1-4, 4 plates: (Fenster aus dem nördlichen Seitenschiffe des Domes zu Köln) window in the northern side aisle of the dome in Cologne. Part II: [7 sheets] titlepage, introduction to the plates 5-8, 4 plates:(Fenster aus dem nördlichen Querflügel der Kollegiatskirche des hl. Michael und der hl. Gudula in Brüssel) window in the north trancept of the collegiate church of St Michael and St Gudula in Brussels. Part III: [8 sheets] titlepage, introduction to plate 9, plate, introduction to plate 10, plate, introduction to plates 11-12, 2 plates. Plate 9: (Fenster der Stürtzelkapelle im Chore des Freiburger Münster) window in the Stürtzel-chapel of the Minster in Freiburg; plate 10: (Das St-Annen-Fenster im Alexander-Chörlein des Freiburger Münsters) the window of St Anne in the Alexander-Chörlein of the Minster in Freiburg; plates 11-12: (Fenster im Chore der Stiftskirche Unserer Lieben Frau zu Kyllburg) choir window in the church of Our Lady in Kyllburg. Part IV [not present] Plate13: (Rathaus in Emden. Fenster der Waffenhalle) city hall in Emden, window of the armoury; plates 14-15: (Nürnberg. Lorenzkirche, Fenster im Chor) Nuremberg, choir window in the church of St Lawrence; plate 16: (Soest. Patroklikirche, Fenster im südlichen Querschiff) Soest, window in the south trancept of the church of St Patrokli. 650 by 480mm (25½ by 19 inches).

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    Stock ID: 16156
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  • Walking in Circles by Signed by Richard Long [LONG] LONG Richard, FULTON, Hamish and SEYMOUR, Anne.
    Signed by Richard Long [LONG] LONG Richard, FULTON, Hamish and SEYMOUR, Anne.
    Walking in Circles

    London Thames and Hudson 1991

    To accompany an exhibition at the Hayward Gallery. Long 4to. 263pp Illustrated throughout in black and white and colour. Very good with dust wrapper. Signed by Richard Long on half title. An Interview with Richard Long by Richard Cork. From the collection of Jonathan Silver.

    Stock ID: 22535
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  • Warhol in China: by [WARHOL]
    [WARHOL]
    Warhol in China:

    ‎ Hatje Cantz Verlag; Bilingual edition 2013

    312pp illustrated with b/w plates. Boards, red spine. Very good copy. Photographs from a trip Warhol made in 1982 to Beijing, via Hong Kong. He recorded his impressions in brief journal entries while at the same time taking photographs. He first visited Hong Kong and recorded the colonial and commercial city and then went on to Communist China at a moment when it was on the verge of an enormous transition and these images capture the city just before massive redevelopment and commercialism.

    Stock ID: 21986
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  • ABERCROMBIE, Patrick & NICKSON, Richard.
    Warwick: Its preservation and redevelopment: A plan for the Borough of Warwick

    London The Architectural Press 1949

    152pp illustrated with fold-out maps and plans and including b&w plates, text illustrations etc. The end papers are maps. 4to. In slightly chipped dust wrapper designed by Herbert Spencer. From the collection of Gerald Dix with his signature. Produced at the same time as the plan for Leamington Spa. It was produced in book form rather than a plan. It includes a substantial historical section, survey of conditions and proposals for the future of the town. The approach to townscape preservation is typical of the period and as an historical document is insightful on approach to historic towns when significance and layout were less well understood than they are today.

    Stock ID: 20895
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  • Welwyn, Hertfordshire by [WELWYN] PAINE, Charles. [ designed by ]
    [WELWYN] PAINE, Charles. [ designed by ]
    Welwyn, Hertfordshire

    Welwyn Garden City Ltd., The Public Relations Department undated c1939

    Folder containing a number of stapled leaflets or fold out gate folded leaflets giving information about different aspects of Welwyn Garden City. All illustrated with b/w photographic plates and with upper wrapper of each sporting a tiny colour print designed by Charles Paine. Subjects are "The Idea behind Welwyn", "Industry", "Sports and Pastimes", "Public Services", "Hostels", "Natural Amenities", "Drama and Music", "Places of Worship", "Education", "Shopping", and "Pleasant Homes". The folder itself is blue with drawing design by Charles Paine. Faint stamp of previous owner William E Spangle on upper wrapper. William E. Spangle graduated from the University of California Berkeley with a degree in city planning in 1938.…

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    Welwyn Garden City Ltd., The Public Relations Department undated c1939

    Folder containing a number of stapled leaflets or fold out gate folded leaflets giving information about different aspects of Welwyn Garden City. All illustrated with b/w photographic plates and with upper wrapper of each sporting a tiny colour print designed by Charles Paine. Subjects are "The Idea behind Welwyn", "Industry", "Sports and Pastimes", "Public Services", "Hostels", "Natural Amenities", "Drama and Music", "Places of Worship", "Education", "Shopping", and "Pleasant Homes". The folder itself is blue with drawing design by Charles Paine. Faint stamp of previous owner William E Spangle on upper wrapper. William E. Spangle graduated from the University of California Berkeley with a degree in city planning in 1938. He worked as a city and regional planner in the San Francisco Bay Area as the principal of William Spangle and Associates. Charles Paine (1895-1967) Charles Paine was a versatile and prolific designer who worked on poster design for the G.P.O., Empire Marketing Board and many others. In 1939 he was taken on at Welwyn to direct their advertising campaign. He produced this collection of brochures for Welwyn along side a series of seasonal posters, maps and leaflets to promote Welwyn as a place to live and work. Scarce. Two duplicate leaflets in the collection.

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    Stock ID: 21425
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  • STEBBINS Jnr, Theodore E
    Weston's Westons: Portraits and Nudes

    Boston, New York, Toronto, London Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in association with Bullfinch Press / Little, Brown and Company 1989

    139pp. 145 tritone photographs (70 full size and 75 smaller illustrations). Square quarto. Grey cloth boards with silver embossed titles. Original wrappers. Very good. Pubilshed on the occasion of a major travelling exhibition of Weston's portraits and nudes. These were drawn from the collection of William H. Lane. Contributions from Alan Shestack (preface) and Carl Sahn (production note).

    Stock ID: 22542
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  • BOURNVILLE VILLAGE TRUST Foreword is by Lord Balfour of Burleigh
    When We Build Again A study based on research into conditions of living and working in Birmingham.

    London, George Allen & Unwin, 1941

    xii + 138pp. With 10 plans and maps in colour, 42 photographic illustrations, tables and ground plans in text. 4to. Green cloth. Good copy with slightly worn dust wrapper which is chipped at the head of the spine.. From the collection of Gerald Dix with his signature on the front end paper. Looks at Birmingham as a microcosm of issues relating to design of cities and including overcrowding in the city centre, lack of open spaces, inappropriate housing, the urgent need for new traffic systems.

    Stock ID: 20893
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  • ASHBEE C R
    Where the Great City Stands: a study in the new civics

    London The Essex House Press 1917

    xii + 165 + (3)pp + 80 plates. 4to. Decorative boards, cloth spine. Good copy but blank front end paper removed. 4to A plea by Ashbee to incorporate the ideals of the Arts and Crafts Movement into city planning and urban life. Ownership inscription on half title of William Porter. FRSA.

    Stock ID: 21551
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  • [WILFREDO LAM] FOUCHET, Max-Pol
    Wilfredo Lam

    Madrid, Poligrafa 1983

    284pp illustrated with colour and b/w plates. . 4to. Very good with very good dust wrapper.

    Stock ID: 22263
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  • [BLAKE, William] DORRBECKER, D. W. [ Introduction and edited by]
    William Blake's Illuminated Books

    The William Blake Trust and Tate Gallery, 1998

    The complete six volume set. 303 + 209 + 287 + 368 + 286 + 231pp, bibliographies, colour plates, etc. Stiff card wrappers. A very good set with only the most minor wear. Volume : 1) Jerusalem. The Emanation of the Giant Albion. 2) Songs of Innocence and of Experience. 3) The Early Illuminated Books. All religions are One. There is No Natural Religion. The Book of Thel. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. Visions of the Daughters of Albion. 4) The Continental Prophecies. America: a Prophecy. Europe: a Prophecy. The Song of Los. 5) Milton a Poem and the Final Illuminated Works: The Ghost of Abel. On Homers Poetry (and)…

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    The William Blake Trust and Tate Gallery, 1998

    The complete six volume set. 303 + 209 + 287 + 368 + 286 + 231pp, bibliographies, colour plates, etc. Stiff card wrappers. A very good set with only the most minor wear. Volume : 1) Jerusalem. The Emanation of the Giant Albion. 2) Songs of Innocence and of Experience. 3) The Early Illuminated Books. All religions are One. There is No Natural Religion. The Book of Thel. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. Visions of the Daughters of Albion. 4) The Continental Prophecies. America: a Prophecy. Europe: a Prophecy. The Song of Los. 5) Milton a Poem and the Final Illuminated Works: The Ghost of Abel. On Homers Poetry (and) On Virgil. Laocoön. 6)The Urizen Books. The First Book of Urizen. The Book of Ahania. The Book of Los. Slipcase very good. The collected edition. From the library of Jonathan Silver.

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    Stock ID: 22537
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  • (BURGES William) CROOK J Mordaunt
    William Burges and the High Victorian Dream

    London John Murray, 1981

    454 pages illustrated with b/w plates. Slightly shop soiled but very Good in Fine dust wrapper. First edition of this comprehensive reference book on William Burges.

    Stock ID: 22702
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  • William Burges and the High Victorian Dream by (BURGES William) CROOK J Mordaunt
    (BURGES William) CROOK J Mordaunt
    William Burges and the High Victorian Dream

    London John Murray, 1981

    454 pages illustrated with b/w plates. Fine in Fine dust wrapper. First edition of this comprehensive reference book on William Burges. Scarce.

    Stock ID: 22450
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  • William Kent: Landscape Designers : an assessment and catalogue of his designs by (KENT) HUNT John Dixon
    (KENT) HUNT John Dixon
    William Kent: Landscape Designers : an assessment and catalogue of his designs

    London Zwemmer 1987

    Architects in Perspective Series: Series Editor Peter Willis. 176pp illus with b/w line ills. Long 4to. Fine in dw. Comes with custom made cardboard box for protection. First book devoted soley to the garden designs of William Kent. Includes a catalogue Raisonné (115 items) of rleated landscape design drawings.

    Stock ID: 22422
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  • William Richard Lethaby by (LETHABY) RUBENS Geoffrey
    (LETHABY) RUBENS Geoffrey
    William Richard Lethaby

    The Architectural Press 1986

    320pp illus. with b/w plates and line ills. Major assessment of Lethaby's multi faceted carer as an architect, conservationist and educationalist. Square 4to. Very good in dust wrapper.

    Stock ID: 22039
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  • William Roberts Some Early Abstract & Cubist Work 1913-1920 by [ROBERTS]
    [ROBERTS]
    William Roberts Some Early Abstract & Cubist Work 1913-1920

    London A Canale Production 1957

    16pp text + 12 pages of b/w plates. One of 400 copies, unnumbered. 4to. Yellow lettered boards. Very good copy. Some striking Vorticist images are included in this lovely publication.

    Stock ID: 21996
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  • (WILLIAM ROBERTS) WHITE, Gabriel. (foreword) ALLEY, Ronald. (introduction)
    Willliam Roberts ARA Retropspective Exhibition.

    London Arts Council 1965

    Colour frontispiece (Trafalgar Square, 1952) 30pp, 23 b/w plates. Large 8vo yellow card wrappers, minor creases at the edges, else very good indeed. Cover design by Roberts. Profusely illustrated catalogue for the exhibition held at Tate Gallery - Nov 20th - Dec 19th, 1965, Laing Art Gallery - Jan 1st - 22nd, 1966, Whitworth Art Gallery - Jan 29th - Feb 19, 1966.

    Stock ID: 21994
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