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Brentham: a history of the pioneer garden suburb 1901-2001
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.
Stock ID: 13887More details Price: £38.00 -
The House Beautiful: in a Setting Designed By Frank Lloyd Wright and Printed By Hand at the Auvergne Press in River Forest By William Herman Winslow and Frank Lloyd Wright During the Winter Months of the Year Eighteen Hundred Ninety Six and Seven
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.
Stock ID: 13883More details Price: £160.00 -
The Search for Environment: The Garden City before and after
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.
Stock ID: 13477More details Price: £70.00