Spire Books 2010

338pp illustrated with 196 illustations. 4to. Fine in dust wrapper. Chantrell - along with many architects of his generation - has hitherto been confined to the shadows of architectural history, shadows cast so adeptly by Pugin and the Ecclesiologists. This book reconsiders his many achievements and sets them within the context of architectural theory and practice of his time. Beautifully produced book. Renowned around Yorkshire for his work at Leeds Parish Church.

Spire Books and the Ecclesiological Society 2006

336pp illustrated with b/w plates. Small 4to. Very good in dust wrapper. One of 10 copies published for the family. The dust wrapper is illustrating Comper's church interior at St Mary's Wellingborough. Comper (1864-1960 was one of the great Gothic Revival architects. The study includes a complete gazetteer of some 600 entries and a reprint of Comper's influential essay "Atmosphere of a Church".

New York Letter Press American Lithographic Co. 1903

Unpaginated. [ 62pp] Paper wraps. Gold embossed title on upper cover. Landscape octavo. H19.8cm x W23.3cm First 8 pages, text, highlighting points of special interest for visitors, alongside available facilities at the hotel. Remainder of book, black and white photographs taken by George C. Boldt documenting the bedrooms, public and service areas of the hotel. A fascinating and illuminating item. Wraps a bit age worn and foxed, and all edges chipped. Internally, some foxing throughout and the latter pages are torn at the bottom right corner, approx, 2-4cm. Images and text not affected by these age appropriate flaws however. Very scarce.

New York MOMA 1982

114pp illustrated with b/w plates throughout. Square 4to. Wrappers. A little worn on the wrappers else very good.

Mardaga 1995

310pp illustrated with a series of sketches by Prouvé. Text in French. 4to. Wrappers. Spine creased.

San Francisco & New York Pamphlet Architecture and Wiliam Stout 1985

46pp illustrated. Small 4to. Stapled pamphlet. Good copy. no 11 of 37 issued as a series. Pamphlet Architecture was initiated in 1977 as an independent basis for ideas exchanges and has had an enduring presence as a place where theoretical ideas have been exchanged. Small write up on the history of the series on line [ accessed 06/03/2024] https://archinect.com/features/article/147814975/inside-pamphlet-how-one-of-the-most-enduring-experimental-architecture-publications-got-its-start .

MOMA, New York 1989

206pp with b/w illustrations throughout. 4to, cloth vg in similar d/w with protective glassine. Scholarly reassessment of the architect produced to coincide with the centenary of his birth. Contributions by James Inigo Freed, Fritz Neumeyer, Richard Pommer and Wolf Tegethoff.

London Royal Institute of British Architects 1937

99pp + lxi advertisements. B/W plates. 4to. illustrated wrapper which is faded on the spine and the first 5cm of the left side of the upper cover. Very good otherwise. An in-depth and technical account of the subject. Consists of three main sections: Progress in the air, Airports and Aerial Photography. From the library of George G. Pace.

Lund Humphries 1979 1979

160pp illustrated with b/w plates and line ills. Preface by Sir James Richards. Square 4to. Wraps. Good copy of this scarce assessment of Voysey's career. Top and base of spine a little chipped and front inside hinge cracked along the bottom 3-4cm. Very good otherwise

National Plans Service Inc 1944

32pp colour images and plans throughout. A brochure illustrating various mid century houses from which potential buyers could select their house styles. Lovely period item. Very good copy. Decorated wrappers. Stapled.

xii + 4 + 320pp, frontis and 5 double page lithographic views. Recent quarter calf, marbled boards. Very good copy.

London Jonathan Cape 1933

260pp illus with cxvpp b/w plates and further text ills. 4to. Gilt lettered and green cloth. Some pages uncut. Foreword by Viscount Lee of Fareham. Corners sl. rubbed else very good copy. Bookpate of Josceline Grove on front paste down and a description of the book pasted-down onto f.e.p. Detailed account of the house and garden and its purchase and in 1914.

Chicago Kelmscott Gallery 1981

Exhibition catalogue, 64pp illustrated with b/w plates. Loosely inserted price list for the individual plates from the Wasmuth portfolio for sale at the time. This was a comprehensive selling exhibition.

London HMSO 1963-1973

6 volumes plus plans. Vols.I and II: The Middle Ages; Vol.III: 1485-1660 (Part I); Vol.IV: 1485-1660 (Part II); Vol.V: 1660-1782; 4 large scale plans 1-IV in plan box, Dust wrappers rather worn else a good set. From the collection of Beric Morley.

Reprinted 1975 with corrections and additions by J A Goodall F.S.A. London. Phillips & Page 1975

Limited edition

London Ernest Benn Limited 1926

269pp + 8p A concise study, covers geology of building stones, decay, preservation etc. "With the author's compliments" penned at top of title page in neat handwriting.