Turab 1997

115pp illus with colour plates throughout. Sq 4to. Vg in good dw. Key book on traditional architecture of Jordan, it is a practical field-guide to the typical features and reliefs of Jordan's pre-modern architecture. Hard to find.

London Ecclesiological Society Transactions Volume 1 Part 5 1947

pagination runs pp 249-293. Stiff card lettered wraps with stamp on front of George G Pace. A R I B A Chartered Architect. (York). Works included Hall and Library, Red Lion Square, London, for the Ethical Society considered his best work.

London B T Batsford 1925

ix, 286pp. 250 b/w photographic plates, illustrations and text diagrams. Original green embossed cloth, gilt lettering. Very good indeed with sl.torn dust wrapper. Beautifully produced account of the smaller house, its construction and details. Lovely photographs and line ills.

Liverpool University Press 2001

xviii + 250pp illus with 46 b/w plates, wraps. Vg copy. An in depth study of Charles Reilly and his role as one of the leading figures of early 20th century British architecture, as well as town planning, theatre and journalism.

London Architectural Association 1986

28pp booklet + 20 silkscreen prints which assembled form a print 1525x1120mm. Large square 4to in presentation black box with white title on front. Vg. Published to coincide with an exhibition of paintings and drawings by Andrew Holmes. Published as as edition of one thousand numbered 1/1000 this being number 146. Holmes has used this Folio to continue his explorations by creating twenty silkscreen fragments which when put together create dramatic 4 x 5 foot detail of Richard Rogers' hi-tech Inmos building.

New York Museum of Modern Art 1944

128pp, 206 plates. 4to. Very good in sl. chipped dust wrapper which illustrates Heckendorf House. Published to accompany an exhibition reflecting developments since 1932, when the Museum held its first exhibition of modern architecture. Forty seven buildings are selected and described. Lovely item.

London The Architectural Press 1938

First edition120pp illus with b/w plates including plans and elevations of the modern school. Large 4to. Open weave cloth. Slightly dusty at edges else a bright copy of this survey of contemporary school design thoughout the UK. Despite thte title the text also covers junior and senior schools. Useful case studies.

Charles Jones Ltd., 1910-1915

4to. Large 4to. Green Rexene, gilt lettered. Decorated end papers. Good set. Boards a little dusty. Volume 1 is confined to public buildings. The scope of the volumes, however, broadened with production. The last of this set was published in 1915. A Further volume (6) was published after the first world war and is often not present in the set as is often the case. An impressive record of contemporary buildings. Volumes include indexes to both buildings and architects. Hard to find.

New York John Wiley 1984

242pp illus with b/w plates. Vg in sl. worn dust wrapper. "This book discusses the relationship between the few famous "artistic" architects and their more practical colleagues." Includes material on Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, Welton Becket, Hendrikus P. Berlage, Johannes Duiker, Peter Eisenman, Aldo van Eyck, Michael Graves, Walter Gropius, Philip Johnson, J. J. P. Oud, Paul Rudolph, Frank Lloyd Wright and many others. Useful for the diversity of post modern architecture.

Newton Abbott David and Charles 1979

128pp illus with b/w plates and line ills. Small 4to. Very good with similarly good dust wrapper. Investigates the way in which cubism, usually associated mainly with painting and sculpture, influenced modern movement in architecture.

London, Pitman (1946)1948

vii +166pp with 150 figures, including 2 large fold-outs. 4to in original cloth, good copy. 'A practical book for architects, builders and students, who are seeking detailed information upon the employment of modern materials and methods in building construction.'

London John Murray 1929

xii + 299pp illus with frontis +13 b/w plates and one fold out map. Studies of old town mostly in Franch, many off the beaten track, recorded by Blomfield in his travels. With signature on front end paper of F W Troup dated 1932. Troup 1859-1941 was an Arts and Crafts man throughout his life with a particular interest in leadwork and was an excellent craftsman himself. He was Master of the Art Workers Guild in 1923 and Hon Sec of the SPAB in 1940.

London: Country Life limited 1933

36pp, illus with 25 b/w plates + (3)pp plans of the house. With notes on the heraldry at Montacute by Oswald Barron. Cloth backed boards. 8vo. Very good copy. Ellaborate slip case with red morocco and gold tooling has protected this copy.

London Transport 1937

72pp illustrated with b/w plates. Small 8 vo. Wrappers. Vg in slightly dusty dust wrapper. A scarce guide to London, which takes its reader on a tour of places connected with famous British figures. nearly 600 people are indexed, there are illustrations from photographs and paintings.

Bruxelles: Eles éditions det ateliers d'art graphique Elsevier SA

Monographies de l'Art Belge.16pp text + 28pp superb b/w photographic images and frontis of the Tour Eternit for the Exposition de Bruxelles 1958. This image repeated as paste down on front board. Small 4to. Protected in glassine wrapper. Fine.