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.''

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: Aurum Press Ltd and the National Trust for Scotland 2006

192pp with high quality b/w images throughout. 4to. Wraps version. Very good. A selection of twenty of Scotland's most important lost houses, prefaced with a comprehensive introductory survey of the era of destruction.

Cambridge University Press, 1996;2000;2006.

xiv,435; xv,724; xv,727pp, 4to. Volume 1 and 2 are bound in laminated boards with house illustrations on each, Volume 3 is cloth with dust wrapper. All very good indeed. All illustrated with b/w photographs and some plans and line ills. Very useful gazetteer of major survivals from the period. The books assess the development of houses between the 11th and 16th centuries - from Norman to Tudor times. The archive of Anthony Emery, which comprises material that is the background to these comprehensive books, is held by Historic England at Swindon.

London Thames and Hudson 1974

190pp illus with 383 b/w illus. Book to accompany an exhibition concerned with the future of the heritage. Small 4to. Wraps version. Good copy. Cover design is Halunby Hall, Yorkshire. Important for the gazetteer of lost properties it includes.

Cheltenham Ed J Burrow & Co. Ltd & Kingsway London 1924

48pp illustrated with bw plates. Some period ads. Stitched booklet Stiff card wrappers with printed titles. Spine split but internally very good. An album of Modern Architectural Art dealing with the work of John J Burnett, Thos. S Tait and David Raeside. The intention was to publish a second volume of Sir John Burnet's work as Volume II. From the office of Thomas S Tait, via a relative. Illustrations include Selfridges, The British Museum, The Insitute of Chemistry amongst other projects. Lovely item. Scarce. 2 copies listed on World Cat.

Oxford Oxford Architectural Society 1844

vi (including frontispiece and title page) + 7pp + 10 plates (6 double page) bound in on centre fold of each plate. Original book and wrappers re-cased into new binding. Recent binding comprises quarter bound leather with marbled paper boards, gilt ruled lines and titling on spine. Tall Quarto. Internally, foxed throughout and top right corner of pages a little bumped. Butterfield presented these images of the church with which he was involved in reworking. Originally established in 1347 or thereabouts.

London The British Portland Cement Manufacturers Ltd nd 1935

63pp illustrated wit b/w plates, line ills etc. 4to. Decorated wrappers. Wrappers worn and scuffed along spine. Previous owner's signature on half title. The winning design is described and illustrated and was designed by Messrs B. Lubetkin & Tecton with Ove Arup. Other project also are described and illustrated including work by A P Lloyd, E W Collins and George Smith, (second place). Fascinating publication. Hard to find.

Manchester MCR Publications 2024

168pp illustrated with colour and b/w plates. Square 4to. Decorated wrappers. New This beautifully illustrated book examines the impact of the Arts and Crafts movement in Manchester and the overlooked history of the Northern Art Workers' Guild from its formation in 1896 through its demise in 1912.Unlike the London-based Art Workers' Guild, it had active women members from the outset. This book tells the history of a northern craft revival that was neither rural, nor London-focussed, but an essential component of the Arts and Crafts movement located in the heart of industrial England.

Kent Meadlow Publications 2013

88pp illustrated. Articles and reminiscences compiled by Leonard Marsh. Wraps. Very good copy. Medd, specialised in school buildings design particularly primary schools. She was a key player in the Hertfordshire schools programme in the post war period.

Paris Chez F Content Éditeur d'Art 1913

Quatrieme Edition. illustrated title page, (4) pp text with b/w illustrations; plates numbered 1-40. With 4 additional plates showing in close up details of plates 7, 9 ad 28 [ 2 additional plates numbered 9, and additional plates numbered 7 and 28. 44 in total. Text in French. Loose leaf folio with quarter cloth and marbled boards. Ribbon ties. Spine rather worn. Superb photogravure plates showing details of the buildings.

London RIBA Publishing 2008

622pp illustrated with b/w plates. Authoritative biography of Sir Robert Matthew, leading figure in 20th century architect, famous head of the Royal Festival Hall development team and founder of RMJM. Very good copy.

Bangalore published by the hotel c 1910

32pp illustrated with sepia photographs. 16mo Decorated wrappers. Ribbon ties. Very good. Illustrations show sights of Bangalore and illustrations of the hotel public rooms. The booklet also describes excursions which can be taken from the hotel. Two page introductory text on the history of the hotel, established 1888 and extended in 1910. Fascinating colonial publication aimed at the British and Europeans. Mrs. Bronson's 10-room boarding house was the place to go for the Upper Class Officers of the British Residency. The original building survives as part of the Taj West End hotel complex.

London Architectural Association 1985

Mega I.16pp, , 12 colour plates, 270x340mm Theatrum Mundi is a series of 12 abstract colour plates that give visual form to a premonition of the future as a city besieged by an unknown infection. . Minor shop wear on dust jacket.

Architectural Association Works III, London 1986

176pp illus with b/w plates. Square 4to. Laminated wrappers. Very good copy. Hard to find assessment and review of Owen William's work as an architect and engineer. He is best known for his work at Wembley Stadium, and as the principal engineer for Gravelly Hill Interchange (known popularly as Spaghetti Junction) as well as a number of key modernist buildings, including the Express Building in Manchester and Boots D10 Building in Nottingham.

London The Architectural Association 1983

128pp illus with b/w plates. Square 4to. Laminated wraps overprinted with red title. Very good copy. Very useful assessment of his career and contribution within the MARS group. Scarce.

London The Architectural Association 1991

167pp Illustrated in black and white throughout. Square 4to. Green gilt lettered wrappers. Very good indeed. Folly designs by a number of key architects and practices including Macdonald & Slater, Bolles-Wilson, Zaha Hadid, Daniel Libeskind and others.