London Headley Brothers Publishers, 1917

v + 116pp. Printed wrappers. Very slightly worn at head of spine else a very good copy. This is the official report of the Conference held on February 9th and 10th 1917 covering aspects of rural life including planning, village halls, playing fields, facilities, education etc. List of delegates included. The Rural Organisation Council was established in 1916 by some 20 organisations who aimed to improve the quality of rural life. Draper was involved as an organiser representing the Garden Cities and Town Planning Council.

HMSO 1966

Volume 1 xvi +289pp 2 volumes. xxii +358pp illustrated including maps, diagrams, plans, charts etc and a colour paste down map on inside of back board. 4to. Cloth. Very good with slightly worn uniform dust jackets. Fascinating, and at the time novel approach to planning a sub regional stategy based around Livingstone New Town. The reports meld together socio-economic issues, researched at Glasgow University with Planning matters spearheaded from Edinburgh University b Robert H Matthew and Johnson Marshall. Comprehensive surveys made in the mid 1960s intended to lead to planning proposals which could be responsive to change through their flexibility.

London, Technical Journals Ltd 1913

104pp illustrated throughout with plans, elevations and b/w plates. Viii pages of period ads at end. Cloth backed boards, Exceptionally good copy. Introduction by T Milwood Wilson. Draws widely on examples at Gidea Park, Hampstead Garden Suburb and Esher Park as well as individual locations around the UK. Lists architects represented.

County Durham Peterlee Development Corporation c1950

Unpaginated c.8pp Undated pamphlet in good condition published to launch and promote the new town of Peterlee in the North-East of England and its advantages for industry. Includes stiff card wrappers, black and white photographs. The introduction is by (Lord) William Beveridge, Chairman of the Development Corporation which was founded in 1948.

London Faber and Faber Limited 1945

32pp 8vo. Pamphlet, paper wrappers, good

London P.S. King & Son Ltd 1926

132pp in wrappers. Wrapper s little soiled else good and with repaired tear on lower wrapper. Reiss was active in the fields of land reform, housing and town planning, writing on all these subjects concise publications which synthesised key details of importance for those in practice. He was a director of the Hampstead Suburb Housing Trust at one time and also Chairman of the Executive of the Garden Cities and Town Planning Association.

Cambridge Mass Schenkman Publishers Co Inc. [1968] Distributed by The General Learning Press [Morristown, N.J] 1972

128pp illustrated in b/w but with a short section on colour [ in colour] Red wrappers, white lettering, Decorated photographic end papers. Good but repaired short tear on lower wrapper. Spine sun faded. On the perception of cities and links between the visual elements and function.

New York Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1963

224pp. with many black and white photographic illustrations. Long 4to. Open weave cloth. Black spine lettering. An analysis of urban forms and functions by this notable post-modern landscape designer. Signed by Lawrence Halprin on half title in a bold hand.

London Hambledon & London 2004

440 pp. 29 plates, 30 text illustrations, 15 maps, 4 tables. 8vo. Good, although small tear in dust jacket. For several hundred years Norwich ranked as England's second city. This multi-authored, extended book is the first for many years and includes the richness of the city's history and archaeology.

Ediburgh Patrick Geddes and Colleagues 1913

First edition 83pp. Paper Vellum type wrappers very age browned and brittle. Dusty. St Columba is credited as being a leading figure in the revitalisation of monasticism in Scotland and the establishment of Iona. He was of interest to the circle of Patrick Geddes because of his association with Celtic culture. Originally printed in Utopian papers, 1908;

Edinburgh William Hodge & Co Ltd for the Scottish Women's Group on Public Welfare 1944

45pp. Wrappers slightly worn else good.

London Sociological Publications Ltd, Edinburgh Patrick Geddes and Colleagues Bombay, The Modern Publishing Company 1923

6th edition. 198pp Paper decorated wrappers. Very good although small tear at base of the spine. Printed at the Huxley Press, Madras.

London University of London 1932

xx, + 144pp. Frontispiece, 6 folding maps, 44 plates, 3 text plans. Large 4to. Cloth. In unclipped and fine dust wrapper.

London, Faber and Faber Ltd 1945

54pp. Wrappers. 8vo. Edited with an introduction and comments by R. L. Reiss. Drawn from work related to Rowntrees' studies first published in Poverty and Town Life and other publications, which Reiss suggests were not well enough circulated because of the outbreak of World War II. Hard to find.

Port Sunlight Printed by Lever Brothers Ltd., no date

24pp. Paper wrappers. Very good. Considers the nature of co-partnership or profit sharing. June 1912 The Hon. H.A. Stanhope residing. Lecture stating the principles of co-partnership by Lever who was a commitment advocate of this approach to business at Port Sunlight. Ownership stamp of D Burpee on upper wrapper.

London, published by the organisation 1946

234pp. Stiff card wraps. Small 4to. Very good copy. Congress held 7-12 October 1946. Focus was on post war reconstruction. Papers were read relating to Exeter, London, Rotterdam,Liege, Warsaw and France in general. Contributors included Patrick Abercrombie, Thomas Sharp, Sir George Pepler,Catherine Bauer, Baston Bardet, Uno Ahren,H G van Beusekom, Netherlands and many others. The findings represent a great gathering of minds in the immediate post-war period where post war reconstruction and planning issues were discussed. A major group of papers were given over to the approaches to implementation.

Hendon Borough Council 1958

16pp including 6 b/w photographs of the scheme, a portrait of Elizabeth the Wueen Mother and map of the estate. Card wrappers, ribbon tie. Very good. The booklet records events of the day and a description of the estate. The estate included 119 houses, as well as 352 flats in six 11 storey point blocks, 5 four storey blocks and 1 two storey block. Built by Wimpey using no fines concrete. Hailed as a great success when first occupied, the scheme, like many similar ones, suffered from poor maintenance, was demolished in 2018 and the site had been redeveloped.

Architectural Press nd c1941

Unpaginated c80pp. Small 8vo. Decorated wrappers. Detached and a little faded. Also advertises a competition (1940) run by the Housing Centre for ideas on improving the state of the environment in Britain. Attractive item from the authors of the Architectural Review although none are named directly. The subject of the uncomic strip is a piece of land.