JOSEPH ROWNTREE MEMORIAL TRUST

Report of the Joseph Rowntree Memorial Trust and the Joseph Rowntree Memorial Housing Trust 1970-72

Birmingham 1972 viii, 54pp, 7 colour photographs. 24x18, illustrated wraps. Handwritten label on cover, otherwise very good. Much material on New Earswick.

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LANE Mills (text)

Savannah Revisited: A Pictorial History

Savannah, Beehive, (1969), 3rd ed 1977. 216pp, plans and drawings, many photos. Cloth. 27x29. Good. Excellent visual source on Oglethorpe's planned town, founded 1734-6. Savannah, with its unrivalled series of squares, had considerable influence on early 19th century model community ideas in Britain. For instance J. S. Buckingham visited it and utilized its basic layout pattern in his "Victoria" scheme (see next section).

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LEVER BROS. (issued by)

Lever Brothers Limited and Some of their Associated Companies 1923.

Port Sunlight? 1923. 48pp, mostly fascinating b&w photos, inc many at Port Sunlight. Pictorial card covers. 20x26. Covers a little water-marked (not too bad), covers split along spine, contents very good. A revealing publicity book, mainly very interesting photographs of the village, soap works etc.

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LEVER BROS (publ)

Port Sunlight News. Carry On! Vol 9 No 10

1931. pp167-180 incl illustrations. Pamphlet, 24x18. Fairly fragile, staples rusted but still tight. Newsletter with local news for the model community's residents.

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LINDSAY Ian G. & COSH Mary

Inveraray and the Dukes of Argyll

Edinburgh, Edinburgh UP, 1973. xvii, 486pp, 48 b/w photographic plates, 114 text illustrations, 1 map, glossary, bibliographical notes, index of artists & craftsmen, fold-out genealogical table. 30x22, wraps. Very good. Small bookplate, ex libris Gavin Stamp. History and architectural description of this mid-18th century model planned town in the Scottish Highlands. Beautifully produced book.

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MAZE Jean

L'Aventure du Vaudreuil: Histoire d'une ville nouvelle.

Paris, Dominique Vincent, 1977. 233pp, inc 18 text illustrations. Wraps. 24x16. Good. Inscribed by author. Detailed account of this new town, between Rouen and Paris. All texts in French.

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MEAKIN Budgett

Model Factories & Villages: Ideal Conditions of Labour and Housing.

London, Fisher Unwin, 1905. 480pp, incl 209 fascinating photographic plates, many by the author. Signature of JFL Brunner. Publisher's cloth. 21x17. Spine sunned and faded and a little rubbed at top, small indentations on foredge, good tight copy and clean inside. A highly important study with much out-of-the-way information, particularly on social & housing aspects of the 19th century model communities. These include Port Sunlight, Bournville, Aintree, Pullman, Zion City, Le Creusot, the Krupp Colonies etc.. Author was an American writer.

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NEW LANARK CONSERVATION TRUST (publ)

New Lanark Heritage Trail

1988. 18pp, incl. b/w illustrations. Pamphlet, with pictorial stiff card covers. 21x15. Very good. Booklet to guide visitors around the village. Useful illustrations.

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OSBORN Frederick J

Genesis of Welwyn Garden City: Some Jubilee memories

London, Town & Country Planning Assoc, nd, c1975? 28pp, + 4 plates. Pamphlet 22x14. Fine copy.

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REYNOLDS Jack

Saltaire: An Introduction to the Village of Sir Titus Salt.

Bradford, Bradford Art Galleries and Museums 1976. 32pp, 14 illustrations, plan, brief bibliog. Pamphlet. 21x15. Good. Excellent short study, in the form of a "Town Trail". Gordon Cherry's copy.

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RODRIGUEZ-LORES Juan & FEHL Gerhard (Hrsg.)

Die Kleinwohnungsfrage: zu den Ursprüngen des sozialen Wohnungsbaus in Europa.

Hamburg, Hans Christians, 1988. 450pp, incl many text illustrations. Pictorial wraps. 24x17. Fine. Scholarly texts on the history of mass housing in six European countries. Includes article by Nick Bullock on English working class housing and its influence in Germany.

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ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS (publ)

Lord Leverhulme: Founder of the Lady Lever Art Gallery and Port Sunlight on Merseyside. A Great Edwardian Collector and Builder. Paintings Ceramics Furniture Architecture.

London, 1980. 200pp, 491 nos + 8 colour plates and incl many illustrations, chronology, essays. Pictorial end papers of Port Sunlight. Wraps. 27x21. Good copy. Excellent source on Lever's achievements, including a detailed section on planning & architecture by Edward Hubbard and Michael Shippobottom.

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SCHRANK Gilbert

An Orkney Estate. Improvement at Graemeshall 1827-1888

East Lothian, Tuckwell Press, 1995. xii incl map, 131pp plus 8pp plates, bibliog. Pictoral wraps, 21x14. Fine. Based largely upon estate papers previously unpublished. Details of the planned village of St Mary's, begun 1829, and various estate improvements

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SORIA Y MATA Arturo

Filosofia Barata Apuntes Sociologico-Cientificos.

Madrid, Imprenta de la Ciudad Lineal, 1926. Portrait frontis, 287pp. Introduction by Mario Roso de Luna. Wraps, 19x13. Good copy. Pages uncut. Slightly rubbed on spine and edges. Soria y Mata, creator of the 'ciudad lineal' urban idea, had died in 1920. Posthumous collected writings mainly on sociological and philosophical questions. Scarce.

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UML Ltd (publ)

Port Sunlight Village

Bebbington, nd c1979. 16pp, incl 11 photo illustrations, map. Pamphlet. 21x15. VG. Short guide, well illustrated. Leaflet, 4pp, on Port Sunlight Church, 1904, which was gifted by W. Lever, loosely inserted.

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