London B T Batsford 1960

190pp, 250 b/w plates illustrating major interior design schemes made between 1945-1960 drawn from an international spectrum. Large 4to. Decorated dust wrapper which is a little worn at edges and chipped at base of spine else good. Arranged by function such as travel, dining, shopping etc. Features work of major period designers including Conran, Gerhard Weber, Le Corbusier and many more - all cited.

Zurich Girsberger 1953

176pp + numerous b/w photographic plates and reproductions of hand drawn illustrations and plans. Open weave cloth with highlighted red titles on upper board and spine. Long quarto. Vg. Catalogue of works charting the working relationship between Le Corbusier and P. Jeaneret. Introductory chapters authored by Zurich architect Max Bill, whilst the main body of the text is by Le Corbusier. Fifth Edition.

Princeton Princeton University Press 1979

[20]+3-827+[7]pp with extensive illustrations, maps and photographic reproductions. Long 4to. Cloth boards, with gilt lettering label on spine. Custom made slip case. Book explores the fascinating history of cultural and geographical expansion into the Western territories of North America, with particular focus on Spanish influence, urban planning and industrial progress. Sticker from previous owner on interior of upper board reads "Winston Barnett, Architect."

London: Country Life 1938

96pp with b/w plates and line ills. 8vo. Cloth boards. Decorated dust wrapper, worn at edges, else vg. Contains photographs and plans of cottages, sports pavilions, village halls, garages and garden structures which can be best built in timber. Includes examples from England, the USA Scandinavia Denmark Germany and Austria. Scarce. Uniform with this volume the following titles were published: Timber Houses, Seaside Houses and Bungalows and most frequently seen "Houses for Moderate Means".

London Cassell & Co. Ltd (1972, New York) 1974

192 pp. b/w photographs, architectural drawings, maps and plans throughout. Long 4to. White cloth boards with black lettering, in decorated glassine dust wrapper. Good copy although slight discolouration at cloth edges and glassine wrapper has tears at spine and partly missing against back board. Photographic record of the design and manufacture of the Sydney Opera House glass walls, carried out by the author during their construction. The design won the Engineering Excellence Award of 1972 by the Association of Consulting Engineers of Australia. With detailed captions and brief descriptive chapters. From the library of Winston Barnett Architects, with ownership ticket inside front cover.

Stuttgart Gerd Hatje 1966

216pp, b/w photographs and line ills throughout. Square 4to. cloth. good in d/w which is slightly browned. Texts in German and English. Detailed study of multi- storey construction to the early 1960s, using systems and modular methods of building. Lots of case studies drawn from the UK, Europe and the USA. Includes public housing schemes alongside houses for private occupation.

London HMSO 1938

54pp, wrappers. Very good. 18pp are text and the remainder comprises plans of houses and b/w photographs of built projects. Examples drawn from Kent, Dorset, Lincolnshire, Oxfordshire etc. Useful item for showing interwar public housing designed specifically for rural settings.

US MIT Press 1986

285 pp. Over 400 b/w ills, incl. line drawings, historical maps, diagrams, engravings and photographs. Cloth boards in illustrated dust wrapper, slight scuff marks at edges. Very good. Large 4to. Eloquent, superbly illustrated study of the origins of the modern city, and the social, psychological, and formal transformations influencing architects in the design of public spaces in cities. Focusses on the French 'hotel' as a development from an Italian prototype, and 'sophisticated instrument of urbanism', in its internal and external organisation of buildings and gardens.

Layton, Utah Gibbs Smith Publisher 2005

222pp illus with 250 plates and plans mostly in colour. Useful image book for the work of Harry and Charles Greene and their California projects tracing their career. Square 4to. Good copy with good dust wrapper.

Oxford University Press 1979

552pp illus with b/w plates thoughout. Vg in slightly worn dw. Introductory volume in the Center for Environmental Studies series presenting his theory of architecture, planning and building. Hard to find.

Stuttgart : Institut für Leichte Flächentragwerke 1978

64 p. ill. Long 4to. 210 x 280mm. Decorated wrappers. Text in English. Useful study of his tensile structures around the world. Nicely produced.

Stockholm: Ab Tidskriften Byggmastaren 1950

241pp illustrated with photogravure plates, plans and elevations. 4to. Decorated paper covered boards, cloth spine with gilt lettered black spine label. Very good indeed. Hard to find. With photographs and plans of Asplund's major works, all in his native Sweden.

Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1952

xvi+630pp,21 b/w plates and one text illustration. Sl. rubbing to cloth, esp at head and foot of spine and corners, and front hinge cracked, else good. First edition. From the library of Alec Clifton-Taylor, with his signature in pencil to fep. A few underlinings and annotations in pencil. Loosely inserted newspaper clippings and a receipt for the book from B.T. Batsford for £1 10s. Salzman's classic study of medieval architecture, focusing on building practices, architects and masons. Includes extensive appendices on contemporary documentation and building and employment contracts.

London Thames and Hudson c.1980

208pp, b/w & col. photographs. 4to. Cloth with photographic dw. dust wrapper sl. creased to top edge, else very good. From the library of Alec Clifton-Taylor, although without his signature or inscription. Markings in ink throughout the text. The village throughout history.

London B.T. Batsford 1903

xii, 44, 60 pp of plates on thicker paper at back followed by 24pp of advertisements. 4 bw illustrations through the text. cloth binding with gilt titles, cloth rather dusty, esp. to spine. Shelfwear to spine and corners. Small quarto. From the library of Colin Amery with his bookplate. A photographic study of ornamental Renaissance doorways with text written to accompany plates.

London Faber and Faber 1958

289pp with 66 b/w photographs. 4to. Dust wrapper rather worn and with annotations in ink. Cloth to head and foot of spine and corners rubbed. From the library of Alec Clifton-Taylor, with his signature in ink, dated 1958 to fep. Loosely inserted copious handwritten notes and a hand drawn map of Germany by A. C.-T. and several postcards to A C.-T. featuring church interiors from Germany and Switzerland. Newspaper review clippings pasted onto rear endpapers. Brown paper wrapper between cloth and dw. The historical background and social forces behind the dvelopment of Baroque architecture, and a country by country description of Baroque churches.

London Victor Gollancz in association with Peter Crawley 1983

285pp illus with b/w plates. Small 4to. Vg in dw. F Very useful study of stone building traditions in Britain. An essential reference on the subject.

London B.T. Batsford 1932

xii + 51pp + 106 b/w photo plates + 29pp Batsford Catalogue. From the library of Alec Clifton-Taylor, with his signature in ink to fep. Loosley inserted hand written notes by A. C.-T. referring to points in the text. Annotations and underlinings in pencil throughout. Also loosely inserted although this is listed in the Contents, a Geological Map, annotated in pencil. A regional survey of the villages of England with a section on place-names. Green cloth. This slightly faded