London Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Company Limited, 1916

66pp Red paper boards, titles in black lettering. Worn and dusty binding.

London. T Fisher Unwin Ltd 1918

315pp. Cloth. Slightly faded on the spine. Arranged in four sections. I First Principles of Reconstruction 2 Reconstruction and Education 3 Social and Industrial Reconstruction 4 Arts and Crafts in relation to Reconstruction. Contributors included many luminaries of the day including J H B Masterman, Henrietta Barnett, Sidney Webb, Henry Clausen, C A Voysey, May Morris and many others. Fascinating assembly of liberal minds of the day. Faint stamp of Guildford Labour Party Bookshop probably contemporary with issue of the book.

London Published by the author 1925

57pp, 14 plates and diagrams and a fold out plan. Large 4to. Wrappers. A little worn on spine else good copy. Aimed at improving housing conditions and facilities for the large mining population of Consett. Hard to find. Useful inter-war planning approach for the area revealled.

Chapel Hill The University of Carolina Press 1944

Frontis portrait of Patrick Geddes, xv + 504pp, b/w illustrations and figures including fold out plan. Large 8vo. Boards. Foreword by Lewis Mumford. A thorough and insightful biography and study of Patrick Geddes (1854-1932) life as well as his innovative ideas and action which have shaped town planning and urban sociology ever since. Ownership stamp on front end paper. Hard to find.

Letchworth Garden City Press undated [1990]

Facsimile reprint. 33pp illustrated with b/w plates + [c8]pp period ads. Decorated wrappers. Includes colour and folded map of Brentham Garden Suburb. This garden suburb, near Pitshanger in Ealing, was the first garden suburb in London to be built in cooperative principles, predating the larger and better-known Hampstead Garden Suburb by some years. It was mostly built between 1901 and 1915. Reprint of original documentaion.

London, Macmillan. 1988

xii + 206pp illustrated with b/w grainy photographs and illustrations. Very good copy with dust wrapper.

London J. M. Dent, 1925.

368pp, 63 b/w plates plus diagrams. 4to. Vg copy in orig. green cloth. 4to. ' A Contribution to the Study of Town Development and Regional Planning'. A discussion on the possibilities of building satellite towns, using Welwyn and Letchworth as examples, around large cities in an attempt to counter the suburban growth. First edition

London Studio Vista, 1967.

96pp, illustrated throughout with b/w photographs and drawings. Small 4to. Decorated wrappers. Thes are slightly browned else very good. Catalogue showing the town planning and architectural design practices of Alison and Peter Smithson.

Newcastle City and Council of Newcastle Upon Tyne 24th March 1961

46pp. B/w photographs, maps, diagrams and line drawings throughout. 4to Cloth-backed laminate boards. Very slight wear at spine edges else very good. Detailed report of redevelopment proposals for the Newcastle Central Area, supported by fold-out maps and diagrams. Brief introduction and background to history and character of the area. Written by then-City Planning Officer.

London, His Majesty's Stationery Office 1944

67pp. 8vo. Pamphlet with contrasting paper covers. Very good copy of this report.

London, His Majesty's Stationary Office 1947

[TANSLEY REPORT] v + 139pp. 8vo. Pamphlet. Previous owner's name, date and location in ink on front cover. Pocket on back cover missing items and reverse cover stained with rust marks from staples. Good copy otherwise of this important report.

London, His Majesty's Stationary Office 1948

12pp with 3 loose folded pages (252 x 432mm) and 3 loose pages (140 x 210mm) offering notations to maps slotted into place at back of pamphlet. 8vo. Very Good.

HMSO 1951

43pp, illustrated with bw photographs and detailed miniature floor plans. Paper wrappers. Very good. Reports on student housing, hostels, housing for the elderly and disabled, and the housing needs of district nurses.