London Laurence King 2011

192pp illustrated with colour plates throughout. 4to. Laminated boards. Very good copy. Signed copy, "To Colin best wishes Terry Farrell" [ To Colin Amery ]

Paris L'Amicale Librairie Theatrale nd c1930

36pp illustrated with b/w line illustrations. 4to. Decorated wrappers. Very good. Text in French. Designs for theatre sets and lighting themed around variant generic subjects such as room interiors, gardens, restaurants, antique scenes etc. Lovely item and very useful of theatrical set design. One hundred architectural designs and decorative elements, showcasing the artistic styles and trends prevalent around 1930

London RIBA Publications 2011

166pp illustrated with colour plates. Large square 4to. Grey boards, white lettered spine, embossed titles on boards. Very good indeed. Review of the projects of the firm since it got going in 1993. Useful for the first projects of this firm which focuses on reuse and reinvention of buildings.

London G. Jackson & Sons Ltd. 1928

B/W frontis, 63pp, 48 b/w photographic illustrations, Cntrasting white and blue boards with lettered titles and gilt roundel of George Jackson (1766-1840) on front board. 4to Weaver's concise account of the work of George Jackson & Sons which began with plasterwork for Robert Adam and was to continue evolving new techniques and skills into the late 20th Century. Very good copy.

New York, Tokyo & Kyoto Weatherhill/Tankosha 1978

Second printing. 279 pp illustrated. Large quarto, Contrasting cloth binding with overprinted clear plastic wrapper in very good condition. Text by Teiji Itoh with photographs by Yukio Futagawa and translated from the Japanese by Richard L. Gage. Together with 206 pages of illustrations 161 in black-and-white gravure, 8 in colour and 37 of detailed architectural drawings – this is an authoritative study of modern Japanese architecture and the style in which it found it's culminating expression.

London Printed at the Church Literature Association 1974

Title page, notes by John Betjeman, signed in facsimile, 4 drawings by Gavin Stamp. Loose leaf folio. Royal 8vo. Paper decorated wrappers. On the fly leaf of the folio it is revealed that the purpose of the drawings were to be sold in aid of its restoration..... "The offer was rejected owing to the planned demolition of the Church & this 'Plea' with the drawings are being sold to bring public attention to this danger." Designed by Sedding and furnished by the arts and crafts craftsman of its day, this conservation of this wonderful church was successful following the campaign, headed up by Betjeman.

1951 -1957?

Pen and ink and watercolour. Image size 580mm wide x 340mm high. Mounted in modern mount. Mount 740mm x 510mm. Very good. Mid Century Modern colours and subject. Similar to Lansbury Estate [ Frederick Gibberd ] and other similar period social housing maisonette projects of the 1950s and 60s. Unidentified.

Rotterdam Uitgeverij 010 1989

59pp illustrated. Square 4to. Wrappers. Good copy. Wiel Arets is a Dutch architect, architectural theorist, urbanist, industrial designer. This is an early assessment of his highly regarded, often minimalist work. Series of projects are illustrated and described, following the introductory section which includes a short essay by Arets. Text in Dutch and English.

(Rotterdam): NAi Uitgevers, 1993.

First edition. Oblong 8vo. 15pp introductory essay by Wim van den Bergh. (Dutch text). Introduction in English with Architect's statement pp18-19, remainder of book unpaginated. Illustrated with colour plates and overprinted captions on glassine paper. [ In English ]. The volume is illustrated with 30 paintings, 28 in colour. A very good copy in spiral bound, blind stamped boards. Hard to find. Published to coincide with the opening of the new building of the Netherlands Architecture Institute.

1973

Limited edition print 45 of 75 W 570mm x H 630mm. Lino cut. Very good.

London Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1986

xviii, 276pp, list of illustrations, preface, inventory, and index. 4to. Both book and dust jacket in good condition. The authoritative survey, covering central England, of a rich seam of architecturally interesting although misunderstood buildings. This is the first volume in a four part series that appeared between 1986 and 2002.

Swindon English Heritage 2002

xx, 380pp, numerous black and white photographs. 4to. Both book and dust jacket in good condition . The fourth and final volume of this comprehensive inventory covers the area from the English Channel to the Humber estuary and includes London. The author was the doyen of nonconformist architectural historians.

London J M Dent and Sons Limited 1962

125pp + illus with head and tale pieces and full page monotone line illustrations by David Gentleman. Candy stripped boards with overprinted glassine dust wrapper. Very good copy. Kendall worked for Vogue and here provides a comprehensive guide to home making with style colour and atmosphere. Includes detailed chapters on curtains and covers.

Zurich Les Éditions D'Architecture, Erlenbach 1946

199 pages, b/w illustrations, plans, some colour. French text. Some soiling, wear to head and base of spine. In acquired dust wrapper. Some soiling on dust wrapper, chipped at head and base of spine. Contents fine. Paste down note on free end paper signed by Le Corbusier that reads " Autorisation a Mr Conder architects àLondres et Mme, to Visite l'UNITE, Cap Martin 31 Aout '52, Le Corbusier". This is Neville Conder, architect who was in practice with Hugh Casson. He and his wife were staying at one of Le Corbusier's cabins at Cap Martin at the time. [Information supplied by his son Simon Conder.]

Slough, Bucks Orlit Limied, Colnbrook By Pass, Colnbrook no date c 1955

12pp pamphlet on methods of precast reinforced concrete construction for schools. Illustrated with b/w plates with supporting texts on selected projects. Cover show Hanslope Crescent Road School Nottingham designed by R. M. Finch, City Engineer and Surveyor, Nottingham. Back page of brochure lists schools built using the system. comprising local authorities and individual architects. This method along with the Presweld system were particularly popular as methods of school construction in the post war period.

London The Architectural Press 1966

196pp illustrated with b/w plates. Quarto. Good copy. Protected in a glassine. Hard to find study of key post ward projects with a critique of this concrete aesthetic which dominated modern architecture in the post war era. Includesvarious buildings by Le Corbusier, Alison and Peter Smithson, James Stirling and James Gowan, Denys Lasdun, Basil Spence and Owen Luder amongst others. Hard to find

Historic England , RIBA Publishing Twentieth Century Architects Series. 2017.

218pp illustrated with colour and b/w plates. Stiff card wrappers. Very good. Signed on title page by Geraint, dedicated to Peter [ Hirschmann].

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.