Toy, Maggie The Architect Women in Contemporary Architecture (
GB: Wiley, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardback. nrFine/nrFine DW. 0471495441 SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES APPLY GB £5. 1500g packed. (Book ref. d129.008) £8.95
Blumenfeld, Hans SELECTED ESSAYS The Modern Metropolis: Its Origins, Growth, Characteristics and Planning
USA: MIT Press Ltd, 1972. Paperback. G++. 0262520281 Reasonable text but edges quite heavily spotted and some cover wear. (Book ref. kb176.004) £4.00
Richards, J.M. AN INTRODUCTION TO MODERN ARCHITECTURE
GB: Penguin Pelican, 1940. 1st Edition. Paperback. VG+/VG+ DW. Paper edges slightly browning. (Book ref. pA0061.1) £6.95
Jennings, (Arthur Seymour) & Rothery, (Guy Cadogan): The Modern Painter and Decorator.
The Caxton Publishing Company, n.d. 3 vols. Illus. with b.w. and cold. plates. Sm. 4to. orig. cl. Edges of bds. very rubbed, contents v.g. (Book ref. 16275) £45.00
Van Arsdale, Jay Shoji: How to Design, Build and Install Japanese Screens
Tokyo, New York, London: Kodansha, 1988. First Edition. Soft Cover. As New/As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 0870118641 96pp. Japanese-style shoji screens are translucent, wooden-lattice panels that subtly transform light and space and add an elegant touch to any interior. (Book ref. 000353) £8.00
FREART, Roland. A Parallel of the Antient Architecture with the Modern, in a Collection of Ten Principal Authors who have Written upon the Five Orders...written in French by Roland Freart, Sieur de Chambray.
Thomas Rycroft, 1644. Full-Leather. Very Good. To which is added, An Account of Architects and Architecture, in an Historical and Etymological Explanation of certain Terms particularly affected by Architects. With Leon Baptista Alberti's Treatise of Statues. By John Evelyn. First edition. Title-page + xvii + 159 + (1)pp., 40 full-page engravings within the pagination, and 6 smaller engraved illustrations in the text. Some old ink marks on two pages, but a very good copy. Full contemporary mottled calf, expertly rejointed, retaining the original gilt panelled spine and red morocco label. folio. printed by Tho. Rycroft. 1644. "It is the first architectural treatise of the seventeenth century to propose a fresh look at earlier architectural treatises." [Millard, 76]. (Book ref. 105453) £1600.00
Brown, Jane: The Modern Garden.
London: Thames & Hudson, 2000 First edition. Signed by the author on title page. HB. Cloth, and dustjacket. 223pp. With 312 illustrations,156 in colour (mostly photographs,some by Sofia Brignone and Alan Ward). Fine in Fine protected jacket. (Book ref. 20227) £24.00
Fyfe, Theodore: ARCHITECTURE IN CAMBRIDGE - EXAMPLES OF ENGLISH ARCHITECTURAL STYLES FROM SAXON TO MODERN TIMES
(CUP 1942) Cr 8vo xiv, 120pp. Grey=green cloth. Bookplate. Bw ills. Good clean sound copy. (Book ref. 7907) £5.00
W.R. Gilbert, ed.: Modern Steelwork: A Review of Current Practice in the Employment of Structural Steelwork in Buildings & Bridges.
London: The British Steelwork Association, 1930. Hardback. 332pp. Good condiiton. Illustrated with lots of b/w photographs and a few architectural drawings. includes chapters on "The New Underground Railway Offices, London" by J.R. Sharman, "The New Tyne Bridge, Newcastle", "The Growth of the Skyscraper", "The Modern Super-Cinema", "Clark's Bridge over the Danube", "The Elizabeth Bridge, Budapest", "The Reconstruction of Wearmouth Bridge" and more. Includes 70 pages of illustrated advertising. (Book ref. 8959) £8.00
DESIGN & INOVATION. Benard Quaritch Catalogue 1301 2002
London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd., 2002. Illustrated Card Covers.. Very Good / Fine. Paperback Attractive, well illustrated catalogue fpr an important catalogue , issued by Bernard Quaritch on books devoted to Design, Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century. 220 books are carefully catalogues and annotated [ priced ] with 65 fine ilustrations in colour and black and white 217 pages [ includes rare books on Ornament, architectural design, Posters and Illustrations. Interiors, Jewellery, Pilkington Glass samples.Design Exhibitions, art deco. jungendstil textiles. books by Alfred Tolmer etc. a fine, frsh copy. (Book ref. 011397) £8.00
W.R. LETHABY FORM IN CIVILIZATIO. ; COLLECTED PAPERS ON ART & LABOUR.
Oxford: Oxford University Press. / Humphrey Milford, 1922. First Edition. Cloth / Boards. Very Good. Hard Back FIRST EDITION. viii + 242 pages. 22 Papers / Essays by W. R. Lethaby. [ includes Town Tidying / Towns to live in. Design and Industry. Modern German Architecture and what we may learn from it. Architecture and Modern Life. Housing and Furnishing, The need for beauty. Ruskin, defeat and victory. Art and workmanship..etc ] corners of front boards very slightly worn, with a light stain / mark on front board. spine slightly worn / aged, internally, firm, clean and fresh - generally a very good copy of this classic vol. (Book ref. 010867) £18.00
TONI WOOD & ANN SLEGMAN. BOLD EXPANSION. THE NELSON - ATKINS MUSEUM OF ART . BLOCH BUILDING
London: Scala Publishers, 2007. Illustrated Card Wrappers. Fine. Paperback 64 page, extensively illustrated volume devoted to the design and construction of the Bloch Building , designed by the architect Steven Holl, as part of the extension to the neoclassical, Nelson - Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City. an attractive book - a fine copy. (Book ref. 010611) £4.70
THE CHICAGO ARCHITECTURAL JOURNAL . VOLUME 1 - 1981
Chicago: Chicago Architectural Club, 1981. Illustrated Card Wrappers. Good. Paperback The first issue of The Chicago Architectural Journal 1981.94 pages with well illustrated essays / articles by various authors including Allan Greenberg. Anders Nereim. Judith Wolin. etc on The russian Architecture School the Vkhutemas, and on ' Significant Modern Buildings ' and on George Fred Keck 1895 - 1980. Owners name penned on 1/2 title, The covers are slightly creased, but generally a very good clean copy. (Book ref. 009053) £6.00
MEL GOODING et al. PUBLIC : ART : SPACE : A DECADE OF PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS AGENCY 1987 - 1997.
London: Merrell Holberton. Illustrated Card Wrappers. Fine. 1858940486 Paperback A fine copy of this 112 page, well illustrated record of the rich diversity of public art undertaken over the period 1987 - 1997. by Artists and Achitects, such as Antony Gormley, David Ward , Wendy Ramshaw, Patrick Heron, Jochen Gerz, Julian Feary, Nicholas Grishaw, etc. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. An introduction by Mel Gooding, and detailed, notes texts on each project. A fine, copy. (Book ref. 008486) £20.00
SOPHIE WATSON and KATHERINE GIBSON [ Editors ] POSTMODERN CITIES AND SPACES.
Oxford: Blackwell, 1995. Illustrated Card Wrappers. Very Good. 0631194045 Paperback viii + 269 pages, A collection of 17 Essays on Cities and Postmodern Architecture by various authors, there are small neat pen notes on two page margins, and a penned name on front endpaper , otherwise a very good, fresh copy . (Book ref. 008368) £14.50
KENNETH FRAMPTON MODERN ARCHITECTURE AND THE CRITICAL PRESENT
London: Architectural Design, 1982. Illustrated Card Wrappers. Very Good. 0312536313 Paperback 122 pages with 4 Essyas on aspects of Modern Architecture by Kenneth Frampton + other essays by various authors. Well illustrated throughout in colour and b/w. A very good, bright copy. (Book ref. 008338) £8.50
ELIZABETH DEIGHTON, REYNER BANHAM, NORBERT LYNTON, PAINTING TOWARDS ENVIRONMENT 1.
Oxfoed and Cambridge.: Arts Council., 1963. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback This exhibtion was assembled by the artists themselves for showing at Bera Lane Gallery, Oxford, and the Arts Council gave it further showings at their Cambridge Gallery snd at the University of Sussex. The texts were by Reyner Banham [ writing about University architecture, and Norbert Lynton and Elazabeth Deighton. The Artists represented were Malcolm Hughes, Tess Jarray, Michael Kidner, and Michael Tyzack. The page size is 11" X 12" and consists of 8 pages including outer covers, [ newspaper / broadshett format, folded in half horizontally ] 14 illustrations. A good copy of this very scarce item. (Book ref. 008070) £8.50
RISCHARD ROGERS ARCHITECTURE , A MODERN VIEW
London: Thames and Hudson., 1990. Cloth. Fine/ Mint/Fine. 0500550220 Hard Back The 22nd Wlalter Neurath Memorial Lecture 1990 given by Richard Rogers.64 pages with 74 b/w plates, Clothbound in d/w , Fine. (Book ref. 006758) £4.00
MAGAGNATO, LICISCO, & CELANT. GERMANO. ET AL. ULO SISSA. [ 1913 - 1980 ]
Mantova: Publi - Paolini., 1984. Illustrated Card Covers. Fine. Paperback. 71pp Catalogue of an Exhibition of the Architecture, Design, Paintings and Photographs of Ugo Sissa. The Exhibition took place in Mantova, and Venice in 1984.With several Texts in Italian by various Authors,, and well illustrated with 82 Plates and illustrations, 8 in Colour. A fine copy of this scarce Sissa item. (Book ref. 000904) £11.35
MILLER. JOHN. 10 TWENTIETH CENTURY HOUSES.
London: Arts Council of Great Britain., 1980. Card Wrappers. Good. 0 72287 0236 3 Paperback Small oblong booklet to accompany an Exhibition, with short Introduction, and Notes by John Miller. With 26 b/w Illustrations. The 10 Houses are:-Stoclet House. Falling Water. the Schroder House. The Lovell House. The Villa Stein. The Villa Mairea. Maison De Verre. E- 1027 House at Roquebrune. and The Eames House. The lower corner of the spine is slighltly "bumped" otherwise a Good copy. (Book ref. 000535) £5.00