ANDREWS W P

Construction of Concrete Roads

London, Cement and Concrete Association, 1952. 56pp in 47 figs. Card covers, 25x19. Owner's signature on front cover, very good copy. Scarce. Informative booklet summarising current ideas and practices.

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Book number: 33139

Catalogue: CITY PLANNING

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ANDREWS WILLIAM (ED)

Ecclesiastical Curiosities

London, William Andrews and Co. 1899 246pp, publishers' notices 22x15, brown cloth. Edges of cloth a bit rubbed, foxing and browning to ffep, ex library with single stamp on ffep together with owner's name in copperplate text, binding slightly cracked. Series of essays and anecdotes about churches. Possibly not as appealing, even to a contemporary reader, as the publisher's volume on 'bygone punishments', advertised at the back of this book wih glowing reviews...

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Book number: 36185

Catalogue: VARIA

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ANDRUSZ GREGORY D.

Housing & Urban Development in the USSR

Albany, State University of NY, 1984. xix, 354pp, 46 tables, glossary, bibliog. Laminated boards. Fine. Excellent overview, with good historical information.

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Book number: 20018

Catalogue: CITY PLANNING

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ANGERER FRED

Surface Structures in Building

London, Alec Tiranti 1961 vi, 142pp with 202 illustrations 21x14, illustrated wraps. Binding loose, slight fading to cover, owner's name to ffep, otherwise good. Translation of Bauen mit tragenden Flachen, published in Munich in 1960, looking at the new 'dimension' of surface available for contemporary architects to explore. Very nice piece of book design.

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Book number: 33888

Catalogue: ARCHITECTURE

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ANIKST MIKHAIL AND CHERNEVICH ELENA

Soviet Commercial Design of the Twenties

NY, Abbeville, 1987. 144pp incl 323 illustrations, 211 in colour, index of artists. Wraps, 29x23. Very good copy. Hundreds of designs which had previously not been seen outside the USSR. Artists include Lissitzky, Stepanova, Stenbergs, Rodchenko et al. Posters produced pre Stalin to encourage commercialism and regenerate the county in the 1920s. The wonderful imaginative use of typefaces is streets ahead of its European and American contermporaries.

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Book number: 28860

Catalogue: DESIGN

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ANON

Modern Typescript Report on the Moravian Settlement at Fairfield, Lancashire.

Unpublished (Preston, Lancashire County Council), nd c1980. Unpaginated, c22pp, many illustrations. Stapled typescript. 30x21. Very good. Stapled conservation study. Though unpublished, it is included here for its hard-to-find information on this important Moravian settlement in Greater Manchester. Fairfield, well preserved today, was founded 1785 and laid out on an attractive formal plan.

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Book number: 20762

Catalogue: NEW COMMUNITIES & GARDEN CITIES

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ANSTIS GORDON

Redditch: Success in the Heart of England. The History of Redditch New Town 1964-1985.

Stevenage, Publications for Companies, 1985. Frontis, xvi, 264pp + 7 col plates and incl 165 b/w ills (photos, maps etc). Laminated publisher's wraps. 23x20. Good copy. Well illustrated study of this New Town. Author was a Board member for 20 years.

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Book number: 33305

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ANTHONY HUGH

Houses: Permanence and Prefabrication.

London, Pleiades, 1945. 64pp, inc 54 b&w plates Cloth. 25x18. Very goodcopy in dust wrapper. Interesting early reconstruction item: social, technical & financial aspects of mass housing.

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Book number: 33195

Catalogue: MASS HOUSING

Keywords: MASS HOUSING Prefabrication.

ANTHONY D'OFFAY GALLERY (PUB)

The Omega Workshops: Alliance and Enmity in English Art 1911-1920.

London, 1984. 23pp + 57pp & 25 colour plates & inc 8 b&w photos, chron. Pictorial wraps. 26x21. Covers a little grubby else very good copy. Informative catalogue, well illustrated.

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Book number: 21102

Catalogue: DESIGN

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ANTHONY MOULD LTD (ISSUED BY)

Quinlan Terry Neoclassic Drawings.

London, nd c1985. Unpaginated, c40pp, including 20 plates with facing details of each. Pamphlet format, with stiff pictorial covers. 21x15. Fine copy. Catalogue to an exhibition of these characteristic Terry drawings. An extract from the Prince of Wales' "Carbuncle" speech is reproduced on title page. Uncommon.

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Book number: 32033

Catalogue: MODERN ARCHITECTS

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ANTONIOU JIM

Environmental Management

Maidenhead, McGraw Hill 1971 171pp, copious bw illustrations. 31x22, cloth, dw. Good in slightly chipped dw. Study by a follower of Doxiadis.

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Book number: 35562

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APRR (ED)

Town and Country Planning Textbook. An indispensable book for town planners, architects, and students.

London, Architectural Press, 1950. xxpp, 613pp inc maps, plans, drawings etc. 22x15, red cloth, in dw. Jacket rather grubby and chipped, now protected, cloth and contents good. List of contributors includes Holford, George Pepler, Jaqueline Tyrwhitt et al.

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Book number: 34221

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APTER DAVID (SUPERVISOR), LEWIN MOLLY (ED)

The City of Los Angeles. The First 100 Years 1850-1950 [cover title]

Los Angeles, 1950. 99pp incl illustrations. Pictoral card, 25x18. Tiny piece missing from corners of front cover, staples rusting but still good for fairly fragile item. Includes chapters on Municipal Development and Housing and Redevelopment

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Book number: 22828

Catalogue: CITY PLANNING

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ARCHITECTS' JOURNAL

Fifty-Four Public Houses (Supplement to the Architect's Journal for 24th November 1938).

London, Architects' Journal 1938 70pp (pages 821 to 890), many bw photographs. 33x24, offprint carefully bound into protective card covers. Edges of covers rubbed and worn, contents very good indeed. Interiors and exteriors of contemporary inns and public houses, including wonderful examples such as Oliver Hill's Prospect Inn at Minster in Kent (photographs of the original floors are especially good), Musman's Comet at Hatfield and many more. Excellent.

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Book number: 34976

Catalogue: ARCHITECTURE

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ARCHITECTS JOURNAL

Masters of Building: De Carlo in Urbino (13 February 2003 Issue)

London, 2003 60pp, colour ills throughout. 30x21, magazine. Very good Special feature on De Carlo's Il Magistero in Urbino, lovely photographs and useful diagrams and text.

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Book number: 35839

Catalogue: ARCHITECTS

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ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW

AR '30s: A Special Issue (Vol 166, Number 993)

London. 1979 64pp, many bw photographs. 30x24, illustrated wraps. Good, with slight bumping to corners. Review of AR's coverage of modern architecture (and occasionally other themes) during the 1930s. Includes contemporary photographs as comparisons. Chermayeff, Wells Coates etc, as well as lesser known designers. Interesting article on industrial design and bathing facilities at pit-heads.

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Book number: 34697

Catalogue: MODERN ARCHITECTURE

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ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW

Architectural Review: A Magazine of Architecture and Decoration (Vol XCI, No 546, June 1942) Incorporating the Reconstruction Supplement

Cheam, Architectural Press 1942 liii adverts etc, pagination 129-154 of this volume, many bw photos etc. 36x28, wraps. Wraps a bit grubby and creased, contents good for war-time item. Nicely illustrated article about railway rusticity, with detailed assessment of the patterns on roofs, but the main interest here is a major article by KORN and SAMUELY - 'A Master Plan for London' based on research by the Town-Planning Committee of the MARS Group. The MARS Plan proposed a London of huge linear districts linked by transport arteries - slightly resembling a boned fish.

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Book number: 35565

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ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW

The Architectural Review (Vol CXXV, No 748, May 1959) Incorporating the Reconstruction Supplement

London, Architectural Press 1959 cxxii adverts (some in colour), pagination 299-358 of this volume, many bw photos etc. 31x25, wraps. Wraps chipped with some loss on spine, corners of adverts pages clipped (deliberately by printer?), contents very good. Main article on the new Plymouth Civic Centre; also coverage of new schools in London in Dulwich and Wandsworth.

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Book number: 35568

Catalogue: ARCHITECTURE

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ARCHITECTURAL STUDENTS ASSOCIATION JOURNAL (PUBL)

PLAN. Issue 6

London, Arch. SA 1949 33pp, trade ads, many b/w ills, plans etc. 20x16, comb bound card wraps. Comb binding cracked, otherwise very good. This edition is an extended critique of architecture, building and education, prefacing the transformative debates about architectural education of the 1950s and 1960s. The authorial committee quote and recommend Geddes, Read, Blake, Marx and Kropotkin.

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Book number: 33360

Catalogue: ARCHITECTURE

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ARCHITECTURAL STUDENTS ASSOCIATION JOURNAL (PUBL)

PLAN. Issue 8

London, Arch. SA 1950 29pp, + trade ads, many b/w ills, plans etc. Spiral bound card wraps. 20x16. Front cover slightly faded and discoloured. Owners name on cover in pencil. Final issue of Plan produced by the original Architectural Assocation based ASA. This issue's theme is flight, and lightness of construction materials inspired by aircraft. Also includes article on planning the Stevenage New Town.

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Book number: 33362

Catalogue: ARCHITECTURE

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ARCHITECTURAL STUDENTS ASSOCIATION JOURNAL (PUBL)

PLAN. Issue 4

London, Arch. SA 1949 33pp, + trade ads, many b/w ills, plans etc. Spiral bound card wraps. 20x16. Wraps faded and discoloured. Powell and Moya firm stamp inside front cover. Very interesting 1940s journal (Unité d'Habitation etc), attractively produced.

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Book number: 33357

Catalogue: ARCHITECTURE

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ARCHITECTURAL STUDENTS ASSOCIATION JOURNAL (PUBL)

PLAN. Issue 4

London, Arch. SA 1949 33pp, + trade ads, many b/w ills, plans etc. Spiral bound card wraps. 20x16. Vg. Very interesting 1940s journal (Unité d'Habitation etc), attractively produced.

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Book number: 33358

Catalogue: ARCHITECTURE

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ARCHITECTURAL STUDENTS ASSOCIATION JOURNAL (PUBL)

PLAN. Issue 7

London, Arch. SA 1950 29pp, + trade ads, many b/w ills, plans etc. Spiral bound card wraps. 20x16. Front cover slightly faded and discoloured. Owners name on cover in pencil. Continued debate over nature and future of architecture and architectural education.

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Book number: 33361

Catalogue: ARCHITECTURE

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ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW

A Programme for the City of London (Vol XCVII, No 582, June 1945) Incorporating the Reconstruction Supplement

Cheam, Architectural Press 1945 adverts etc, pagination 157-196 of this volume, many bw photos, drawings etc. 36x28, wraps. Wraps splitting on the spine, most of the adverts have been removed, loosening the binding, contents good. Focus on the new challenge of post-war reconstruction, with a focus on London, particularly the City where war damage was worst. Attractive drawings by Hugh Casson illustrate an article about the vexed issue of St Paul's churchyward and Paternoster Square, which rumbled on for decades afterwards.

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Book number: 35975

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ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW

Roads

London, 1937. 24pp incl illustrations. Text by CD Buchanan et al. 35x28, card covers. Light foxing and small library stamp on covers else good copy. Reprinted from Architectural Review at the request of the British Road Federation. Nice period piece promulgating an almost utopian future of well designed roads. The BRF call for motorways to be built, but also segregated cycle lanes (still waiting for those), and highlight the clutter around new roads that Iain Nairn was to rail against twenty years later. Includes some interesting German examples.

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Book number: 34668

Catalogue: CITY PLANNING

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