London ,Edward Stanford, 1861

xv, [1], 473, [1]; 2 lithograph portraits, 6 plates (1 a chromolithograph), with numerous b/w line illustrations. Portrait frontis.In embossed original red cloth, some expert repair to spine and renewed end papers to make a very good copyof this scarce book on the life and works of the elder and younger Pugin.

London & Berkley Scolar Press 1983

49pp + [92] of 125 numbered b/w plates. 8vo in wraps. Front wrap and feps creased at lower right corner; internally vg. The first full study of this distinctive modern movement architect associated with the Empire Exhibition, Olympia etc..

London Francis Lincoln 2008

224pp illustrated with colour and b/w plates. 4to. Fine in dust wrapper. This is first full length study of this controversial modernist practice. Includes a fascinating overview of the historical background and then focuses on detailed studies of individual houses, social housing schemes, shops and cafés all beautifully illustrated.

Brentham Heritage Society 2000

264pp illustrated with b/w and colour plates from contemporary and modern photographs. Decorated end papers show original architectural drawings of the houses. Long 4to. Very good with dust wrapper. Study of this Ealing suburb. Built on co-partnership principles it was an inspiration to Hampstead. Scholarly study of a lesser known garden suburb much of which survives today.

Park Forest: The Prairie School Press (1963)

55 pp.; illustrated from drawings and photographs by Wright. Small folio. A fine copy in original gilt-stamped green and brown cloth. Booklet of 14 pages sewn to the front endpaper contains illustrations from Wright's photographs of dried weeds, the forms from nature inspiring Wright's "Sullivanesque" decoration. A faithful facsimile with cloth substituted for the leather binding of the original. laid in is a copy of a letter from W. R Hasbrouck, the publisher. Originally published in a signed limited edition of 90 copies. Sweeney 1530.

(1954) Published with the aid of the Pincs Bernhard Fund, by G can Saane, "lectura architectonica" Amsterdam 1957

2nd impression. 168pp illustrated with b/w plates and line ills. Quarto. Turquoise cloth with gilt blocked lettering on front board and spine. Slightly dusty dust wrapper. Signed by previous owner on the front end paper in neat hand. Material collected for the book by R M H Magnée. Modern typographic layout. Includes reviews of all the major projects with photo illustrations and line ills. Includes the famous Nassau School at Hilveresum, housing schemes, town hall etc and this garden city project alongside other projects undertaken in the Netherlands. Produced for the 70th birthday of Dudok.

New Haven & London: Yale University Press 1966

360pp illus. with b/w plates and line ills. Sm 4to. Vg in slightly worn dw. Detailed study of Garden City principles and the suburbs and developments these spawned. Comprehensive assessment of a subject about which there are few detailed modern studies.

Stuttgart, Julius Hoffmann 1926

76pp with 3 tissue-guarded colour plates and many b/w plates of both the interiors and exteriors of the single project "Haus Andreae am Starnberger See". 4to. Orange cloth with decorated gilt label, very slightly rubbed at edges else vg indeed. High quality photogravure plates and colour drawings. List of decorators and contractors included.

London B T Batsford 1902

xix +469pp illus with b/w plates and line illustrations. Red gilt lettered cloth. Cloth a little faded with ancient small damp mark causing some discolouration in one small area of boards. Massive study of planning and building schools. Includes fold out plates. The book chapter by chapter discusses all the considerations needed for building schools. Includes comparisons between approaches in the USA and Britain. Extensive bibliography at the front makes impressive reading on the period focus on school construction.

Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Verlag 2004

173pp, illustrated throughout in b/w and touches of red. 4to in wrappers with stiff plastic d/w. Fine,as new copy. Published on the occasion of an exhibition at MAK, Vienna. Documents several recent projects, as well as his temporary installations for the exhibition. Published in the US at $49.95.

Amsterdam, Kosmos 1929

xx pp text plus 357 b/w photographs, plans and elevations. Striking turquoise cloth with lovely gilt lettering and design. Sightly dusty at spine and edges, otherwise vg. Internally very slight spotting to endpapers, else bright and clean. Pictorial survey of early 20thC Dutch architecture, arranged by architect and extensively illustrated. With captions in Dutch, French, English and German. From the library of T. Cecil Howitt, Architect. RIBA.

London, Wyman & Sons 1877 2nd edition

143pp. Gilt lettered cloth. Slightly rubbed along spine edges and corners else good copy. Presentation copy from the author's wife to P Cook. The first essay calls for remedies to the ills of overcrowding and poor quality housing for the rural poor. Other essays address diverse subjects including 'City and Hamlet', 'Self Education' and 'Society'. Mid Victorian essays which demonstrate contemporary moral philosophy and broad interests in social issues.

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.

Laurence King Publishing, 2002

320pp illustrated. Large 4to. Fine in dw. As new. A review of worldwide city projects with 1000 colour illustrations. Each of the ten chapters is devoted to a city where TFP have worked on a large scale project -from Beijing, Edinburgh and Hong Kong to Lisbon, London, Sydney and Seoul.

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.