Italian and international reconstruction-era
study, very well illustrated. Civic design is
especially important and there is much on new
settlements, green spaces, residential areas etc.
There is a good deal of continuity with the
Fascist era, for instance, Sabaudia New Town is
analysed in detail. An interesting work.
Catalogue 185
ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN,
CITY PLANNING
With special chapters on Garden Cities, and
Swedish Modernism
Contents
Architecture, Design, City Planning
1 – 69
Garden Cities
70 – 99
Swedish Modernism
100 – 125
3. BATES & GUILD CO (copyright):
ARCHITECTURAL
REVIEW
Modern
English Country Houses [cover title]
London? 1909 and 1910. [29022] 81 high quality
loose single-sided photographic plates. Original
gilt lettered portfolio with tie, 36x28. Vg. £100.00
Splendid series of plates from the Golden Age of
the modern country house. The examples are all
named and include work by Dawber, Ernest
Newton, Quinnel, Morley Horder, Lutyens, Weir
Schultz, Brierley etc. The Lutyens entries include
several lesser known examples, for instance Little
Thakeham and Berrydown Court. NOTE plates 122 were copyrighted by Bates and Guild, the rest
by the Architectural Review. Nice item.
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1.
ADAM Robert Classical Architecture. A
Complete Handbook.
London, Viking, 1990. [28276] vi, 319pp,
including a great many illustrations, bibliography
Cloth, 29x22. Vg copy, in vg dusty wrapper.
£40.00
A scholarly handbook, with nice drawings.
Robert Adam, born 1948 is an unrepentent
classicist and the present work does indicate his
profound knowledge of the styles. He is one of the
directors of ADAM Architects, which changed its
name from Robert Adam Architects in 2010 and
claims to be the largest traditional architecture
firm in Europe. The firm also carries out
planning projects, for instance they have just
designed the winning scheme for an out-of-town
addition to Dover, based on village clusters.
4. BLOMFIELD Reginald & THOMAS F.
Inigo The Formal Garden in England
London, Macmillan, 1892 2nd ed. [27682] xii,
244pp, incl 67 plates. Bibliography. Gilt lettered
embossed cloth, 20x14. Spine a trifle browned,
occasional light foxing, but still a nice bright
copy.
£55.00
Influential work on this formal approach to
garden design, with fine illustrations by Inigo
Thomas.
Italian Urbanistica – a pre-war classic
5. BOTTONI Piero Urbanistica. Quaderni
della trienale.
Milano, Hoepli, 1938. [30294] 152pp inc photos,
plans, drawings etc. Wraps, 22x21. Spine a little
sun faded else vg. Dust wrapper with faintly
sunned spine and tiniest of chips top of spine,
extremely nice copy and dust wrapper. £495.00
A lovely copy of a very scarce work and a superb
piece of book production, including a brilliant
use of photomontage and images with excellent
graphics and layout throughout. It is also a
penetrating analysis of then contemporary urban
planning. Piero Bottoni, 1903-1973, was an
Italian architect and urbanist. He was one of the
2. ARESI A E Urbanistica: Storia - Pratica Tecnica - Legislazione per professionisti e
pubblici amministratori.
Milano, Ulrico Hoepli, 1949. [30293] xix, 196pp,
217 illustrations, bibliog. Wraps, 28x22. Some
pages little tanned on edges, spine rubbed top and
bottom, nice tight copy, contents bright. Striking
photomontage dust wrapper, rubbed top and
bottom of spine and chipped with small loss top
of spine.
£125.00
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leading figures in the Italian Rationalismo
movement and participated in the Athens Charter.
His plans included ones for the Aosta Valley and
Milan. After the war he worked on many Italian
town plans. He was also a fine designer, as
exemplified by this book. 'Urbanstica' is justly
celebrated as a classic of Italian book design.
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self published, 1979. [29689] 16pp sketches
concertina-folded. Stiff card cover, 13x10. Vg.
£25.00
Casson's father was an Indian civil servant. This
book records a visit Casson made to India.
Charming little book of drawings. Scarce.
9. Chambers. HARRIS John Sir William
Chambers. Knight of the Polar Star.
London, A. Zwemmer, 1970. [28778] 297pp,
incl. 199 half-tone illustrations, 16 figs, catalogue
raisonné. Cloth. 30x23. Vg, dust wrapper. £75.00
The standard work on Chambers.
6. BRADSHAW Lewis Modern Mansions. A
solution of the housing, the servant, and the
drink problems, by a rational, an evolutionary,
and a scientific method of housing reform.
Kettering, author published, 1908. [21581] Foldout frontis (view of a central block), 79pp, incl 5
plans (4 being fold-outs). Foreword by Philip
Snowden. Inscribed by the author on blank front
end paper. Pictorial wraps. 22x14. Tiny chip to
head of spine, discreet name on cover, but a nice
bright copy.
£150.00
A rare and fascinating work, not quoted in the
usual reference works (Ashworth, Hardy etc). The
author, a member of the ILP, advocates cooperative group living, including purpose-built
structures, with communal dining rooms, sports
& play areas etc. These would be attached work
places. Not surprisingly, Godin is quoted as an
influence, also Upton Sinclair.
Plans and
elevations of Bradshaw’s ideas are provided by
Bird & Batley, Architects, of Brentwood &
London.
10. CHATTERTON
Frederick
Houses,
Cottages & Bungalows. A selection of
representative examples designed by architects
and built in various parts of the United
Kingdom.
London, Architectural Press, 1926. [22149] viii,
104pp being photos with plans. Boards, cloth
spine, 31x25. Boards marked at back, small stain
to extreme lower front corner. Still a fair copy.
£40.00
Houses, well built and conservative in style.
‘....the aim has been to limit the examples of
houses to those costing approx £2,000, and to
cottages and bungalows which can be erected for
sums not exceeding £1,500.’ One could get a
substantial house for this. With examples by
Oliver Hill, Barry Parker, Basil Oliver, Guy
Dawber et al.
The BBC- a new headquarters
Cinemas Architecture – three early works
7. BRITISH
BROADCASTING
CORPORATION (pub) Broadcasting House
London, BBC, 1932. [29778] 123pp, 116 plates,
some colour. Cloth. 25x19. Faintly rubbed on
edges, owner's name and paper clip imprint on
fly, else vg bright copy.
£65.00
Excellent study of the architecture and interiors
of this pioneering building, with fine illustrations.
Its architect was G Val Myer. Raymond McGrath
was Decoration Consultant. Others involved
included Gill, Coates, Chermayeff. Printed at the
Curwen Press. Hard to find.
---------------8.
11. Cinemas. MELOY Arthur S Theatres and
Picture Houses: a practical treatise on the
proper planning and construction of such
buildings and containing useful suggestions,
rules and data for the benefit of architects,
prospective owners etc..
NY, Architects' Supply & Publishing Co., 1916.
[30228] Frontis, viii, 120pp + 7 plates and incl.
18 figs. Publisher's green cloth. 26x18. Small
architect's library stamp on front end paper, a
very good copy.
£95.00
This is one of the earliest books on the
architecture of cinemas. There were already
about 25,000 picture houses in the U.S.A. by this
time. The author was an architect and covers the
subject in considerable detail from this viewpoint.
CASSON Hugh Indian Sketchbook
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A fine survey of contemporary and recent model
housing projects, including model villages such
as Port Sunlight and Bournville, block dwellings,
garden village schemes. Architects include
Ashbee, Parker & Unwin, Troup etc. The Cheap
Cottages Exhibition referred to is the one at
Letchworth, 1905.
12. Cinemas. SCHLIEPMANN Hans (text)
Lichtspieltheater. Eine Sammlung Ausgeführter
Kinohäuser in Gross-Berlin.
Berlin, Wasmuth, 1914. [30312] Coloured
frontis, 104pp + colour plate, and including 109
illustrations and 71 full-page high-quality
photographic plates, cinema plans and technical
diagrams. Stiff card. 32x24. Spine professionally
repaired, a very nice copy of a book normally in
poor condition - if found at all.
£250.00
This historic work is possibly the first complete
book on the architecture of cinemas. By this date
the cinema, as a building type, can clearly be
seen moving away from its origins in theatre
design. Very scarce.
“Stumbled across materials”
15. COSIC Bora Mixed Media
Belgrade, Nezavismo Autorsko Izdanje, 1970.
[29996] 104pp inc c36pp illustrations. Signed by
Cosic. c24pp booklet by Cosic loosely inserted.
This latter appears to be a short play, "Uloga
Moje Pordice u Svetskoj Revoluciji". Wraps
covering tie, using coloured string. Original
bookmark attached using same string. 26x26.
Edges of first few pages a little rubbed, generally
very good for fragile item.
£150.00
Bora Cosic was born in Zagreb in 1932. He
studies Philosophy in Belgrade and became a
poet and critic, with a tendency towards
surrealism. He was a dissident figure for both the
Tito and Milosevic regimes. The present very
striking piece of mixed-media book production is
a scarce, relatively early work by this significant
figure, stylistically close to 'Fluxus'. Cosic's work
can be viewed as a 'montage of stumbled across
materials' (Carl Markus Grauss).
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13. Cinemas. ZUCKER Paul Theater und
Lichtspielhäuser.
Berlin, Ernst Wasmuth, 1926. [30428] 179pp incl
168 plates (high-quality photos, measured
drawings etc). Red cloth, 32x24. Very nice copy.
£275.00
A classic early book on the modernist cinema
and theatre, including work by Poelzig, Gropius,
van de Velde, Perret. Paul Zucker (1888-1971)
was equally effective as an architect,
architectural writer and town planner. He played
an active part in the cultural life of Weimar
Berlin, designing elegant shops and offices, as
well as teaching and writing. He was forced to
emigrate to the USA in 1937.
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16. CRESWELL H B The Honeywood File/
The Honeywood Settlement (combined edition).
(London 1929 & 1930) London? Rush &
Tompkins Group, one vol edition, 1980 [30485]
412pp. Gilt patterned and lettered cloth. 21x14.
VG.
£25.00
A valuable combined edition of very amusing
wonderful texts.
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Please enquire.
14. CORNES James Modern Housing in
Town & Country. Illustrated by examples of
municipal and other schemes of block
dwellings, tenement houses, model cottages and
villages. Also plans and descriptions of the
Cheap Cottage Exhibition.
London, B. T. Batsford, 1905. [30469] xviii,
196pp, many high-quality photos, plans,
architects views etc, also list of architects and
municipal bodies. Library binding, 31x25. Ex
library, evidence of removed labels. not too bad,
half title little browned and inexpertly repaired,
library stamp reverse of title and two other
stamps only, last page little browned on edges.
Binding is tight and contents in very good
condition.
£95.00
17. Czechoslovakia. ADLEROVA Alena
(text) Cesky Funkcionalismus 1920-1940.
Architektura Bytove Zarizena Uzita Grafika.
[cover title]
Prague & Brno, UP Museum & Moravska
Galerie, 1978. [30463] 80pp text inc bibliog and
12 pages illustrations, with further 48pp of
illustrations numbered 111-229 plus 14 pages of
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description. Wraps, 24x23. Bottom corner trifle
bumped, else vg in dust wrapper.
£45.00
Catalogue for an exhibition of modernist
decorative arts in this period, including furniture,
textiles, lighting, ceramics etc.
London, Victorian Society, 1991. [28769]
Coloured frontis, xx, 289pp, including numerous
illustrations, many in colour, copy of
correspondence from Cecil Thomas Parker about
the building of The Paddocks, Eccleston,
catalogue of works. Pictorial end papers. Cloth,
26x18. Fine, dust wrapper.
£80.00
Douglas (1830-1911) practised in north-west
England, mainly in Chester, and was one of the
most highly regarded provincial architects of his
time.
18. DARLEY Gillian Villages of Vision
London, Architectural Press, 1975 [29010]
152pp, very many b&w illustrations, bibliog.
Detailed gazetteer. Publisher’s cloth. 30x22. Vg
copy, in vg dust wrapper.
£45.00
Surveys the various kinds of model villages in
Britain since the early 18th century. A useful
reference. The superior hardback version.
22. FREEMAN Albert C. Hints on the
Planning of Poor Law Buildings and
Mortuaries.
London, St Bride's, nd. c1900. [12521] Frontis,
72pp, incl. many plans, some coloured + 8pp
interesting adverts. Publisher’s cloth, buckram
spine. 30x23. Ex lib, spine slightly rubbed at
extremities, generally a good copy.
£150.00
The author, an architect, provides plans and
details of housing and accommodation for the
"aged and infirm", also "married couples",
"cottage homes for children, imbeciles and shortterm lunatics" and so on. A scarce work and
detailed architectural study.
19. Deane
&
Woodward.
O'DWYER
Frederick The Architecture of Deane and
Woodward.
Cork, University Press, 1997. [26943] Frontis,
xxx, 649pp including illustrations, catalogue of
smaller commissions, long, scholarly notes,
bibliography. Cloth. 26x19. Fine, in fine dust
wrapper.
£55.00
A major study, based on much new research.
Over sixty buildings are described, with three
major projects analysed in detail: the Oxford
Museum, (1845-60), Queen's College, Cork
(1845-49) and the Killarney Asylum (1847-52).
Illustrations include previously unpublished
views of Trinity College, and the Oxford Museum
under construction.
German Apartment Blocks
23. GESSNER Albert Das Deutsche Miethaus.
Ein Betrag Zur Stadtekultur der Gegenwart
Munich, F Bruckmann, 1909. [30357] iii, 149pp,
mostly photos, plans, drawings. Lovely patterned
cloth, 29x22. Corners very slightly bumped and
top and bottom of spine little rubbed else vg.
Owner's signature on front end paper.
£185.00
Probably the best account of this building type at
the turn of the twentieth century. The ‘Miethaus’
were great blocks of rented apartments of the
better type. There are some splendid examples
here, many of them on a huge scale and the work
is beautifully illustrated with fine photographs
and detailed plans. Gessner himself designed
many of the blocks. Other architects include
Poelzig, von Seidl, Kolbe and Helbig.
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The English House – a Muthesius precursor
20. DOHME R Das englische Haus. Eine
kultur-und baugeschichtliche Skizze.
Braunschweig, George Westermann, 1888.
[30460] 64pp, incl drawings, plans, photos.
Publisher’s lettered boards, linen spine. 27x18. A
nice bright copy.
£95.00
A very interesting work. The approach (and title)
pre-dates Muthesius’ great work. The author
writes approvingly of contemporary English
architect’s work, particularly Norman Shaw, but
also Croft, Graves, Devey etc (there is also
material on their historical antecedants).
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24. GUT Dr-Ing Albert Der Wohnungsbau in
Deutschland nach dem Weltkriege. Seine
Entwicklung unter der unmittelbaren und
21. Douglas. HUBBARD Edward The Work
of John Douglas
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mittelbaren Forderung durch die deutschen
Gemeindeverwaltungen.
Munchen, F Bruckmann, 1928. [30365] 568pp,
184 text illustrations, with drawings, plans, tables
etc; remaining pages are plates, some in colour.
Errata slip. Lettered cloth, 30x24. Vg.
£350.00
A quite outstanding work, giving vast amounts of
information on German housing, particularly for
the working classes, in the decade following the
Great War. Many model projects are described
eg there is a good deal on the Weissenhof
Frankfurt and on the famous Berlin schemes by
Taut, May, Siedler et al. Gut was chief planner of
Munich at this time. This great work is a good
example of the incomparable city planning
literature being produced in Germany in the early
twentieth century.
into neglect, to be re-discovered only in the last
two or three decades.
-----------------------26. Hotels. AMSTUTZ Dr Walter Neue Wege
im Hotelbau. Hotel Alpina und Hotel Edelweiss,
Mürren. Projekt und Bauleitung: Arnold Jtten,
Dipl. Architekt, Thun
Zürich, Orell Füssli, Schalbücher 9, 1929.
[30305] 16pp text inc ground floor plan for the
hotel Edelweiss plus 48pp with 57 plates. Boards,
cloth spine, 19x13. Edges rubbed, contents vg.
£65.00
Lovely photos giving names of suppliers eg
carpenters, sanitary ware, furniture designers,
fitters etc where appropriate. A very nice item in
the Schalbücher series describing two modern
movement hotels in the Alps. As well as some fine
exterior views there are some excellent details
and interiors. Also a very nice photographic item.
A Magisterial work
25. HEGEMANN Werner & PEETS Elbert
The American Vitruvius: The Architect's
Handbook of Civic Art.
NY, The Architectural Book Publ Co, 1922.
[30367] Frontis, 298pp, with 1203 figs (highquality photos, line illustrations, plans, maps etc),
bibliography. Gilt lettered cloth. 41x31. Folio.
Professionally re-spined to make a very nice
copy.
£450.00
The original edition of this magisterial study of
urban design and its roots. Christiane Collins
says that, by the time the work was published,
Hegemann had returned to Berlin and Peets had
established himself as an independent landscape
planner. Despite the book’s title, the scope is
international. Camillo Sitte is a major influence
and something of a springboard for the work,
though Sitte’s approach is widened here: “Civic
Art” is a broader concept and more sympathetic
to modern urbanism than the “City Beautiful”
idea and the authors include material on
skyscrapers and garden villages. This great work
is also very notable for its fine illustrations. As
well as the many original drawings by Peets,
Hegemann organised a superb collection of
photos and plans, carefully positioned on each
page and juxtaposing different places and epochs.
This book was also a milestone in city planning
book design and was greeted with something like
awe at the time. Subsequently, however, it fell
27. Italy. NATIONAL FASCIST PARTY
(issued by), ALFIERI Dino & FREDDI Luigi
(Eds) Exhibition of the Fascist Revolution. 1st
Decennial of the March on Rome.
Rome, 1933. [30322] Frontispiece facsimile of
Mussolini letter, 263pp + several colour plates
and including a great many text photos. English
language version. Pictorial boards, with striking
photomontaged image, linen spine, 24x17. End
papers a little browned, spine a bit faded, some
waviness or cockling to pages - caused by the
binding? Generally a nice bright copy. £350.00
English language version of a justly celebrated
piece of book design. This is despite its quite
reactionary subject matter- an exhibition
celebrating the 10th anniversary of Mussolini’s
March on Rome. The illustrations, with their
copious use of photomontage and futurist-style
display, are outstanding.
28. Japan. BLASER Werner Wohnen und
Bauen in Japan
Teufen, Arthur Niggli, 1958. [30424] 78pp,
mostly illustrations (excellent photos and scale
drawings), short bibliography. German text Stiff
card, 17x13. Nice copy in the transparent dust
wrapper, this with sunning on spine and edges of
spine.
£45.00
Presents, in a concise, form, the essential
elements of Japanese domestic building and
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culture. Nice piece of
Uncommon.
'50s book design.
contribute
protypes
to
the
Stuttgart
Weissenhofsiedlung model housing exhibition in
1927. This work describes both their houses with
plans, photographs and sketches. It also includes
as well as writings by Le Corbusier, including his
influential text, 'Cinque points d'une architecture
moderne', specially written for the occasion.
Le Corbusier – some scarce titles
29. LE CORBUSIER Kommende Baukunst.
Stuttgart, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1926.
[30344] xv, including new introduction, 254pp
incl photos, plans, drawings etc.. Translated and
introduced by Hans Hildebrandt. Cloth, 25x19.
Very nice copy.
£100.00
Influential first German edition, translated from
the second edition of the French original, “Vers
une Architecture”, 1925. This was the first
translation from French of Corbusier's seminal
work, pre-dating the English version.
Reconstructing Leningrad
32. Leningrad. KENNETT Audrey (text),
KENNETT Victor (photos) Les Palais de
Leningrad
Fribourg, Office du Livre, 1975 French ed.
[28367] 288pp incl 205 photos, plans, drawings,
some in colour, bibliog, family tree of the
Romanovs, list of architects. Cloth, 31x25. Vg,
dust wrapper.
£30.00
Beatifully produced study and informative, with
good architectural detail.
30. LE CORBUSIER La Ville Radieuse:
Eléments d'une doctrine d'urbanisme pour
l'équipment de la civilisation machiniste.
Paris, Editions de l'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui,
1933 [30429] 347pp, with hundreds of
illustrations (photos, drawings by the author) a
few in colour. Original boards, cloth spine,
possibly professionally re-spined. 23x30. Edges
of boards trifle rubbed, page creasing to sides of
lower gutter. Generally a good copy of a book
more often than not in poor condition - if found at
all.
£650.00
Original edition of this seminal work,
comprehensively illustrated. Le Corbusier
presents his ideal rational city, with its
separation of functions, and applies these
concepts to existing cities including Moscow,
Paris, Algiers etc. This copy has a small neat
owner stamp on title: "Architect Sam Barkai. Tel
Aviv". Barkai was an important modernist
architect in Tel-Aviv and much influenced by Le
Corbusier.
33. Leningrad. VITMAN V.A. (Otvetstvennie
Redaktor) Leningrad Planirovka i Zastroika
1945-1957. Leningrad Amenagement et
Construction 1945-1957.
Leningrad, Gos.izd-vo lit-ry po Stroitel'stvu i
Arkhitekture, 1958 [30456] 176pp + 9 tipped-in
coloured plates (1 folded) and including many
maps, plans and photos (some some tipped-in
coloured ones). Pictorial cloth, with stylised city
map. 35x27 An excellent, near fine copy, in
pictorial dust wrapper (this chipped at back and
with some pencil scribbles).
£250.00
Master Plan for the reconstruction of Leningrad
after wartime destruction, and an account of
achievements to 1957. Much care had been taken
to faithfully restore the city centre district and
some other historic buildings. Many new districts
with broad avenues and endless flat blocks,
served by trams, were also being added to the
city. A beautifully produced work. Very scarce.
[Russian text, with French captions to plates].
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31. Le Corbusier. ROTH Alfred Zwei
Wohnhäuser von Le Corbusier und Pierre
Jeanneret.
Stuttgart, Wedekind, 1928. [30310] 49pp, inc
many illustrations. Two large folding plans at
end. Geleitwort von Dr. Hans Hildebrandt.
Decorated wraps, 30x21. Covers a trifle
browned, but a good copy of a fragile item.
£300.00
A rare early Le Corbusier item. The architects
joined 10 other key modern architects to
34. Lifts. OGDEN Willm. Sharp Mercantile
Architecture. Illustrated by upwards of 60
studies in construction for Warehouses, Shops
and Offices, including showing the application
of Hydraulic Elevators and Lifts
London, Batsford, (1876), 1892, 3rd ed. [27869]
Lovely decorated title-page by the author
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showing Read's Buildings, Peter St, Manchester,
preface + 55 single-sided plates + 8pp on
hydraulic lifts and hoists, with 12 figs + 6 singlesided plates. Publisher's embossed cloth, gilt
lettered spine, 34x26. Ex library, very nice
ancient bookplate reverse title-page and blind
stamps only, vg thus.
£300.00
Most of the very nice plates are scale drawings of
elevations in various styles, Gothic, Tudor etc.
The designs were all intended to obtain the
maximum amount of window lighting. This third
edition was enlarged and was the only one to
contain the very interesting appendix on lifts and
hoists. William Ogden was a notable Manchester
architect, working from the Cheetham based
practice, Ogden & Charlton.
nice folding map in rear pocket. Cloth. 25x16.
Very nice copy.
£95.00
Probably the best account of the LCC's
achievements in this epic period - including the
great estates at Dagenham, Becontree, model
block dwellings, cottage estates etc. It is highly
impressive and rather shames today's efforts.
With excellent plans, photos etc. Scarce and
important work.
---------------38. Lutyens. HOPKINS Andrew & STAMP
Gavin (eds) Lutyens Abroad: The Work of Sir
Edwin Lutyens Outside the British Isles.
London, The British School at Rome, 2002
[30149] 243pp, 100 figs, 2 maps, bibliography,
list of works etc. Stiff pictorial wraps. 28x22.
£35.00
Scholarly and revealing essays, based on a
British School at Rome Conference. Lutyens’
work abroad was substantial.
Mass Housing for London
35. LONDON
COUNTY
COUNCIL
Housing: With particular reference to PostWar Housing Schemes.
London, LCC, 1928. [30392] Frontis photo,
193pp+ many good quality b/w photos, maps,
fold-out plans. Map in front. End papers tanned
else very nice copy indeed. Spine faded and some
bad scuff marks on edged front cover, front end
papers tanned, contents vg.
£95.00
Outstanding source for early interwar LCC
housing, including the great new estates at
Dagenham, St Helier, etc; also new garden
estates, block dwellings, etc.
39. Mexico.
HEYER
Paul
Mexican
Architecture:
the
work
of
Abraham
Zabludovsky and Teodoro González de León
NY, Walker, 1978. [27586] xiii, 141pp,
numerous b&w photos & plans. Boards. 29x22.
Vg.
£20.00
Detailed monograph on these elegant new-wave
architects (English, Spanish text)
40. Mexico. SANCHEZ Enrique Cervantes,
MARTINEZ Vicente Medel et al Boletin 2
Sociedad Mexicana de Urbanismo, 1962. [30101]
70pp incl plans, maps, drawings etc and 22pp
English summary. Wraps, 21x21. Covers a little
dusty else vg.
£30.00
Useful survey. Includes sections on 'new cities'
and Brasilia.
36. LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL Housing,
1928-30.
London, LCC, 1931. [30291] Frontis, vi, 118pp,
63 b &w illustrations (photos & plans, some on
fold-outs), some tables. Cloth. 25x15. A very
good copy.
£75.00
A fine account, with excellent illustrations, giving
extensive information about the various new
block dwellings (Clapham Park, Loughborough
etc), cottage estates (Castlenau, Becontree etc)
and slum clearance schemes. LCC housing was
being provided on a very large scale in this
period.
Reconstructing Moscow
41. Moscow.
SHKVARIKOV
V.
(Otvetstvennie Redaktor) Moskva: Planirovka i
Zastroika
Goroda
1945-1957.
Moscou:
Amenagement et Implantation de la Ville 19451957.
Moskva, Gos.izd-vo lit-ry po Stroitel'stvu i
Arkhitekture i Stroitel'nym Materialam, 1958
[30458] 211pp + 23 plates (some folded and in
colour) and including many maps, plans and
37. LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL London
Housing
London, LCC, 1937. [30393] Frontis, xiii, 273pp,
a great many b&w photos & plans, chronology,
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photos (some being tipped-in or coloured).
Patterned end-papers. Pictorial cloth, with
embossed city map. 35x27 An excellent, near fine
copy, in pictorial dust wrapper (minor chips to
this).
£250.00
The post-war Moscow Master Plan and an
account of achievements to 1957. There had been
a good deal of wartime destruction. Much of the
central city, around the Kremlin, was being
reconstructed, with a ring of huge new ministry
'wedding cake' skyscrapers and the great
University tower. Many new districts with broad
avenues, served by trams and metro lines, and
endless housing blocks were also being added to
the city, as well as new wide ring roads. A
beautifully produced work. Very scarce. [Russian
text, with French captions to illustrations].
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44. PLATZ Gustav Adolf Die Baukunst der
Neuesten Zeit.
Berlin, Propyläen, 1927. [26546] 608pp, copious
b&w photo illustrations and figs + 25 tissuecovered tipped-in colour plates. Bibliography.
Gilt decorated boards, gilt decorated leather
spine with gilt lettered red leather paste-on spine
label and leather corners, 27x20. Front board
partially sun-marked, a good copy.
£250.00
This under-rated and beautifully designed work is
an outstanding 1920s international survey of
modern architecture. It remains one of the most
complete accounts of the early period and has
exceptionally fine illustrations. Included are
works by Behrens, Taut, Dudok, Mendelsohn,
Mies, Oud, Wright etc etc.. Gustav Platz (18811947) was himself a significant architect. He
worked with Fritz Schumacher in Hamburg, and
was Chief Architect of Mannheim, 1923-32.
42. PACEY Arnold Medieval Architectural
Drawing. English Craftsmen's Methods and
their Later Persistence (c.1200-1700).
Stroud, Tempus, 2007. [29486] 256pp incl
illustrations plus 18 b&w plates and 22 colour
plates. Cloth, 24x16. Fine, in fine dust wrapper.
£22.00
Comprehensive view of craftsmen's drawing
techniques and builder's drawings. A fine
techincal account.
45. PLATZ Gustav Adolf Wohnräume der
Gegenwart.
Berlin, Propyläen, 1933. [30371] 517pp, copious
b&w photo illustrations and figs + 15 tissuecovered tipped-in colour plates. Bibliog. Gilt
decorated boards, gilt decorated leather spine
with gilt lettered red leather paste-on spine label
and leather corners. 27x20. Edges a little rubbed
else vg. Lovely bright plates, especially the
tipped-in coloured ones.
£350.00
Another superb Platz book,in the same format as
the previous item, but now concentrating on
modernist interiors and furnishings. As such it is
a thorough account, with examples by Behrens,
Lurçat, Loos, Tessenow, Chermayeff, Le
Corbusier, Markelius, Hilberseimer, Breuer, Lilly
Reich etc etc. The illustrations are again very
fine. Given the work's date (the author's preface
is given as March, 1933), this survey must have
been about the last gasp of design
cosmopolitanism in Germany before the curtain
came down.
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1920s Mass Housing – US and International
43. PINK Louis H and SMITH Alfred E The
New Day In Housing
NY, John Day, 1928. [30432] Frontis, xiv, 208pp
inc plans plus 51 plates on 23 pages. Cloth,
24x17. Some pencil marks on two pages, else vg
in partial dust wrapper.
£95.00
An enlightened American study. Pink was a
member of the New York State Housing Board
and active in American social reform. His study
covers
European
Modernist
housing
(Weissenhofsiedlung etc, the LCC estates, Garden
City housing). The second half of his study
discusses American housing achievements, model
tenements, Radburn and other garden suburbs,
housing co-operatives etc.
46. Pompeii. GELL Sir William and GANDY
John P Pompeiana. The Topography, Edifices,
and Ornaments of Pompeii.
London, Henry G Bohn, 1852. [29670] Marbled
end papers, frontis, xix, 208pp plus 77 plates, two
in colour, 2 double-page maps. Marbled boards,
leather spine and corners, 26x17. Leather rubbed
Gustav Platz – two seminal works
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on corners and spine, some off-setting, vg. Four
contemporary newspaper clippings neatly pasted
to front end paper.
£195.00
Gell was assisted by Gandy in the Pompeii
excavations which began in 1819. This account is
valuable, not least because many of the ruins and
artefacts have since been lost from exposure to
the elements. A pioneering, carefully researched
study. The engraved plates are from Gell's
careful drawings: most of the commentaries are
by Gandy. Lovely Victorian item.
features. These structures can be seen as
responses to urban poverty. Scarce.
------------------50. REILLY C. H. Some Liverpool Streets and
Buildings in 1921.
Liverpool, The Liverpool Daily Post and
Mercury, 1921. [30332] 83pp. Boards, linen
spine. 22x14. A good copy.
£45.00
A scarce Charles Reilly title. It was reprinted
from newspaper articles he had written. Reilly
produced a similar volume for Manchester.
47. Port Sunlight. LEVER BROTHERS
LIMITED Employees Handbook
Port Sunlight, 1930. [21393] Frontis portrait,
72pp, interesting photo illustrations. Cloth.
15x10. Lettering a little faded, else a nice copy.
£12.50
Information, rules and regulations for employees,
giving a very good picture of life at the works and
in the village.
Electricity for Skyscrapers etc
51. S. BERGMANN & C., ACTIENGESELLSCHAFT Den Deutschen Architekten
gewidmet von................. Fabrik für IsolirLeitungsrohre und Special-Installations für
elektrische Anlagen.
Berlin, 1900. [30303] Patterned end papers,
160pp including numerous photos and other
illustrations. Striking monogrammed and
decorated red cloth covers, 29x23. Faint mark
front cover and rubbing top and bottom of spine,
generally vg.
£165.00
The Bergman insulating electrical system was
applied in many important buildings, including
casinos, hotels, railway stations, spas,
synagogues, skyscrapers etc. This fine trade
publicity item shows a great many of the
buildings this firm had fitted out by 1900,
together with some technical data. Numereous
examples from Germany, as well as Scandinavia,
Holland, Belgium, USA etc are illustrated. The
American ones mainly of skyscrapers, have
named architects; these include Sullivan, Post,
McKim, Mead & White, Kimball & Thompson etc.
A beautiful item and very informative.
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48. PROCTOR J M East Anglian Cottages
Ely, Providence, (1979), 1981 reprint with
ammendments. [30089] 60pp inc illustrations.
Card covers, 21x15. Small nick, no loss, on back
cover, vg.
£10.00
Useful study of this interesting vernacular. The
author had been collecting material for 30 years.
Designing Baths and Comfort Stations
49. Public Baths. HAMILTON Gaston,
MORRIS Moreau, TOLMAN Wm Howe
Report on Public Baths and Public Comfort
Stations by The Mayor's Committee of New
York City.
NY, 1897. [27870] ix, 195pp, including very
useful bibliog + 35 fascinating photo-illustrations
and drawings. Tipped-in signed compliments slip
from Wm. Howe Tolman, Member of the
Mayor's Committee. Top edge gilt. Cloth, 25x17.
Lovely bright copy. Bottom of spine trifle pulled.
£110.00
A detailed and fascinating early study. Packed
with architectural information on these
institutions, including plans, views, detailed
statistics etc. Much new work was being done at
this time. British and European achievements are
described with approval. Also includes material
on washing places, public lavatories and similar
52. SCOTT George Gilbert Remarks on
Secular & Domestic Architecture, Present and
Future.
London, John Murray (1857) 1858, 2nd ed.
[16849] x, 290pp, publisher’s adverts. Gilt
lettered, embossed cloth, 23x16. Shelf number on
spine, corners a little bumped, new end papers,
generally a nice copy.
£100.00
Scott says that pointed Gothic should be utilized
for secular architecture, as well as religious. The
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book was influential and helped to bring Scott to
public notice.
Bruno Taut – two rare works
53. SCOTT Sir George Gilbert Personal and
Professional Recollections. A Facsimile of the
Original Edition with New Material and a
Critical Introduction by Gavin STAMP
Stamford, Paul Watkins facsimile ed, 1995
(originally pub London, 1879). [26436] Frontis
portrait, 17pp new material, xx, 565pp+ 23 new
plates. Cloth, 24x16. Vg, dust wrapper.
£35.00
Excellent new edition of this notable work,
including material removed from the original
edition as libelous, a new index, biographical
notes etc. NEW. Order from Inch's Books:
57. TAUT Bruno Bauen: der neue Wohnbau.
Leipzig, Von Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1927 (1.
bis 5. Tausend), 1st ed. [30306] iv, 75pp, with
166 photo illustrations & plans. Decorative cloth,
designed by Johannes Molzahn. 27x19. Faint
crockling to end papers, as usual, very, very faint
rubbing to corners else nice copy and unusually in
the dust wrapper, although this is very fragile
with small pieces missing on edges and spine.
£300.00
Taut explores the potential of new mass-produced
housing methods, then beginning to be employed
by Le Corbusier, Oud, May etc (as well as in his
own work). A one of the main proponent of Das
Neue Bauen, he strongly criticises contemporary
orthodox German housing. An influential 1920s
work, also notable for its modernist book design.
Scarce, particularly as here in the striking dust
wrapper.
54. SEARLES-WOOD H D & ADAMS
Henry (eds) Modern Building (5 volumes)
London, Gresham, 1921. [27099] c150pp per
volume+ 51 plates (a few coloured) and incl a
great many text figs. Cloth. 28x22. Cup mark on
cover of vol. 2 (not too bad), else good set. £95.00
Nice 1920s survey, covering every aspect of
building, including texts by Williams-Ellis (on
cob & pisé), W. Davidge and Pepler (on town
planning), Manning Robertson etc..
58. TAUT Bruno Ruf Zum Bauen. Zweite
Publikation des Arbeiterrats für Kunst.
Berlin, Wasmuth, 1920. [30302] 48pp, including
43 text illustrations, bibliog + 2 single-sided
colour plates. Introduction by Adolf Behne. This
copy with the neat signature of Mogens Voltelen,
designer of the Copenhagen Chair. Card, cloth
spine, 23x16. Cover little sunned, Voltelen's
name also written on front, contents vg and
binding tight. New cloth spine. Pictoral dust
wrapper a little rubbed and worn on edges, no
loss. Contents vg.
£850.00
The Arbeiterrats für Kunst were a revolutionary
group of architects, founded by Bruno Taut in
1918. Other members included the Luckhardt
Brothers, Scharoun, Max Taut, Hablich,
Finsterlin etc. This work was published in
conjunction with an exhibition of the group in
1920. The poet and 'phantastischer' Paul
Scheerbart, with his astral fantasies of glass
architecture, had a profound effect on the group
and this influence shows itself in the illustrations
and text. Indeed, this beautiful publication can be
regarded as a posthumus celebration of
Scheerbart's ideas on utopian architecture. A
rare and beautiful item.
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55. Sliding Doors. GEO. W. KING LTD. King
Sliding Doors & Fittings. Catalogue S.D. 35
Hitchin, c1938. [30401] 72pp inc illustrations.
4pp leaflet 'Silent Ball Bearing and Fibre Sliding
Door Gear' and receipt for fittings dd 1938
loosely inserted. Boards, cloth spine, 28x21.
Foxing inside cover else vg.
£45.00
Illustrations include sizes and prices where
applicable. Uses illustrated are for garages, a
bandstand, wardrobes, poultry house etc.
Includes good techincal information about the
products. Nice trade catalogue.
56. Smithson. VIDOTTO Marco A+P
Smithson. Pensieri, progetti e frammenti fino al
1990 con un intervento di Augusto Mazzini
rassegna bibliografica di Annalaura Spalla.
Genova, Sagep, 1991. [30451] 126pp incl
illustrations. Wraps, 28x21. Vg.
£55.00
A scarce Italian study. It includes one of the best
bibliographies of the Smithsons with many
obscure journal articles etc and many unusual
illustrations. Obviously a labour of love and very
useful. Scarce.
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59. Terry. ASLET Clive Quinlan Terry. The
Revival of Architecture.
Middlesex, Viking, 1986. [28244] xi, 223pp, incl
199 illustrations, photos, drawings etc, one being
large fold-out from Richmond Riverside, list of
works since 1973, list of publications by Terry.
Cloth, 29x22. Fine, dust wrapper.
£95.00
Important early work on this leading light of the
Classical revival. Very scarce.
62. UNWIN Raymond Grundlagen des
Städtebaues: Eine Anleitung zum Entwerfen
Städtebaulicher Anlagen.
Berlin, Otto Baumgärtel, German edition
(translated by L. MacLean) 1910. [30427]
Frontis, xiv, 275pp incl 342 plans, drawings,
photos, many hors-texte plus seven fold-out plans
of Köln, Hampstead Garden Suburb, Letchworth,
Rothenburg, Karlsruhe and Nürnberg. Cloth,
25x19. Owner's signature, dated 1918, top spine
little pulled else very nice copy. Small stains to
four sheets towards the end.
£135.00
Unwin’s famous work was translated very quickly
into German. (“Town Planning in Practice” had
first appeared only in 1909). The book, which is
beautifully produced, naturally included many
examples of good townscape practice from
Germany, and this translation was in turn
influential amongst German planners. The
translator, L McLean, was Regierungsbaumeister
of Berlin. The superior hardback edition.
Tessenow’s First Book
60. TESSENOW Heinrich Der Wohnhausbau
von Architekt Heinrich Tessenow. Mit 21
Abbildungen im Text und 45 teils farbigen
Tafeln.
München, Callwey, 1909. [30443] 32pp inc
drawings, three in colour, plans plus 45 loose
plates of drawings, plans, photos Cloth folder,
31x24. Vg.
£495.00
The first edition of Tessenow's first book.
Tessenow (1876-1950) was a leading Arts &
Crafts architect. The movement in Germany
tended more towards functionalism and the
classical style than it did in Britain. In this work,
Tessenow depicts his conception of the ideal
house, “always on a small scale, with a hip roof
with eaves close to the ground. The over-all
volumes are squat and awkward, but the
construction is fastidiously exact. The unique
beauty of these houses derives from this
juxtaposition of the uncouth and the sublime.”
(James Ward). A very nice bright copy of a rare
and important work.
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Soviet Architecture
63. USSR. MIKHAILOV V. P. Arkhektura
Metallicheskikh Sooruzhenij.
Moskva, Izdatelstvo...Akademii Arkhitektury.
1938. [30473] 168pp, 180 illustrations (mostly
photos, also some plans, diagrams etc), Cloth.
26x18. Vg copy.
£120.00
A study, with good technical date, of metal in
architecture, from wrought & cast iron to steel.
With many examples, mostly from the USSR, of
bridges, factories, gas holders, stations, auditoria
etc. Interesting work from the Stalinist era. Very
scarce; the first copy we have seen.
61. TSCHUMI Bernard Cinegramme Folie.
Le Parc de la Villette.
Princeton, Architectural Press (“ New Designs”
series), 1987. [30313] viii, 56pp incl very many
plans, drawings, photos, short bibliog. Wraps,
34x23. Crease on front cover and slightly sunned
on top else good copy.
£60.00
Nice piece of book design, describing Tschumi's
designs for buildings in the Parc. The whole work
is conceived and organised by the architect. The
designs come across as something of an epic of
deconstruction.
64. USSR. POLIANSKII A Arkhitekturnoe
Tvorchestvo Standartizia Stroitel'stva.
Moskva, Stroiizdat, 1971 [30472] 324pp, 290
illustrations (high-quality photos, to-scale plans
elevations etc, some in colour). Cloth. 27x26. Vg,
pictorial dust wrapper.
£50.00
On the architecture of Soviet workers holiday
complexes and sanitoria. Includes many highly
ambitious examples.
65. USSR.
RIBANDIERE Marcel (text)
U.R.S.S. 1933. Impressions Politiques et
Economiques.
Raymond Unwin in German
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Paris, Théo Brugière, 1933. [30470] 83pp, photo
illustrations, including many photomontages in
blue-toned gravure. Stylised pictoral fold-out map
at rear of the European part of the USSR.
Pictorial wraps, with photomontaged covers.
28x22. A little rubbing and creasing to card edges
(not too bad)
£120.00
A documentary report on new developments in
the USSR. The striking images of the new
industrial sites: Magnitogorsk, Sverdlovsk,
Kuznetsk etc, also make this a fine photo-image
book.
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Leipzig, Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1919. [30311]
xvi, 224pp, inc 194 figs-photos, plans etc.
Pictorial end papers. Attractive pictorial boards.
27x20. Pages browned, spine professionally
repaired to make a good copy.
£125.00
A scarce and important Town Planning work,
concentrating on townscape issues, somewhat in
the style of Unwin and Sitte, with examples from
Britain, Paris, Finland etc, as well as Germany
and Austria. The author (1879-1957) was a
notable German city planner and architect,
working in Berlin, Hanover and, especially,
Dresden.
66. VALENTIEN
Otto
Der
Friedhof.
Gärtnerische Gestaltung Bauten Grabmale.
München, Bayerischer Landwirtschaftsverlag,
1953. [30044] iii, 156pp, incl over 400
illustrations (photos, cemetery plans, drawings
etc). Boards, cloth spine, 30x21. Vg.
£40.00
Valentien (1897-1987) was an influential German
garden designer, naturalistic in his approach. He
wrote extensively on the design of cemeteries,
including the present influential book. Designs
for civil and military cemeteries are given, as
well as individual memorials, cemetery buildings
etc.
GARDEN CITIES: an
international movement
70. BAER
C.H.
(Zusammengestellt)
Kleinbauten und Siedlungen.
Stuttgart, Julius Hoffmann, nd c1918. [22925]
Coloured frontis, v, 194pp, mostly being 164
plates (high-quality photos, detailed plans) + 7
colour plates. Boards, cloth spine. 30x24. A nice
copy.
£150.00
Extremely interesting study of 12 early model
workers’ settlements throughout Germany. There
were schemes in Kattowitz, Friedrichshafen
(Bonatz' ‘Zeppelindorf’), Reutlingen etc - as well
as the well-known Krupp colonies. Very scarce.
67. WILLIAMS-ELLIS Amabel Women in
War Factories.
London, Victor Gollancz, 1943. [30471] 95pp,
foreword by Isobel Cripps.
Wraps. 18x12.
Staples rusty, minor mark on back, generally a
good copy of for a fragile item.
£15.00
First hand account. Amabel was the wife of
Clough Williams-Ellis. Uncommon.
71. Belgium.
ARCHIVES
D’ARCHITECTURE MODERNE (publ)
Cités-Jardins 1920-1940 en Belgique.
Bruxelles, 1994. [21574] 109pp inc many
illustrations, some in colour (photos, maps,
publicity material etc), biographies. Texts by
Maurice CULOT, René SCHOONBRODT et al.
Pictoral wraps, 21x19. Fine.
£30.00
Excellent survey, including 10 case studies of
Belgian model communities (in various styles)
from this period.
68. WILLIAMS-ELLIS Clough Portmeirion:
The Place and its Meaning.
London, Faber and Faber, 1963 [29011] Colour
frontis, 95pp + 32 photo plates by Edwin Smith,
and including decorative headpieces. Prologue by
Christopher Hussey, Epilogue by Lewis
Mumford. Cloth. 25x19. Vg in vg dust wrapper.
£35.00
First edition of this notable work, the best
account of this model village, founded by the
author in 1926.
Benoit-Levy: garden city advocate
72. BENOIT-LEVY Georges La Cité-Jardin
Paris, Henri Jouve, 1904. [30296] vii, 285pp plus
33 figs mostly on single-sided plates. Preface by
Charles Gide. Marbled boards with matching end
papers, cloth spine and corners, 23x17. Pages
little tanned, owner's stamp on fly, small old
69. WOLF Paul Städtebau: das Formproblem
der Stadt in Vergangenheit und Zukunft.
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water stain top of couple of pages, good tight
binding and nice plates.
£300.00
This volume contains much on Port Sunlight,
Bournville and similar model settlements, also a
chapter on Garden Cities round the world.
Benoit-Levy (1880-1971) was very active in the
Association of Garden Cities of France, founded
in 1903. He himself designed a number of
industrial villages. He was also an advocate of
Soria-y-Mata's Spanish Linear City ideas. Note,
this is a different volume from the author's 1911
volume with a somewhat similar title (see below),
which is more about Letchworth. All BenoitLevy's books are now very scarce.
stamp and discreet stamps on backs of plates,
edges of leather spine rubbed, pages a little
browned, nevertheless a very good tight copy.
£145.00
The author gives a good account of Garden City
achievements up to this date. Naturally, there is a
good deal on Great Britain (New Earswick, Glyn
Cory, Ruislip, Knebworth etc) and other postLetchworth settlements. This is followed by
material on other countries: Sweden, France,
Germany etc. The French material is particularly
detailed and interesting.
---------------76. BERLEPSCH-VALENDAS H. E. Die
Gartenstadtbewegung
in
England,
ihre
Entwicklung und ihr jetziger Stand. Die Kultur
des modernen England in Einzeldarstellungen.
Munich and Berlin, R. Oldenbourg, 1912.
[30390] xii, 190pp (+ 2pp publisher’s adverts) +
19 illustrations (photos, drawings and plans some folding), and incl. 10 text figs,
bibliography. Flecked boards, gilt decorative
paste-on titles on upper front and spine, 21x15.
Bottom corners little bumped else a near fine
copy.
£125.00
Important study of the English garden city
movement, indicating that these ideas had spread
to Germany by this early date.
73. BENOIT-LEVY Georges Citiés-Jardins
d'Amerique.
Paris, Henri Jouve, 1905. [30298] iii, 462pp, 20
figs. Preface by Emile Cheysson. Marbled boards
with matching end papers, cloth spine and
corners, 23x17. Pages little tanned, owner's stamp
on fly, good tight binding and nice plates. £300.00
A particularly scarce Benoit-Levy title. He
discusses the topic in great detail with some case
studies eg Dayton, Leclaire, Ludlow, Aurora.
There is also a section on the rise and fall of the
Pullman model settlement.
74. BENOIT-LEVY Georges La Cité-Jardin.
Premier Volume Garden City.
Paris, Editions des Cités-Jardins de France, 1911.
[30297] Marbled end papers, 290pp, 47 figs,
some on single-sided plates, plans, maps. Preface
by Charles Gide. Marbled boards, leather spine,
23x18. Leather scuffed on top and edges of spine,
pages browned ex Forbes library, good thus in
good tight binding. Small closed tear to end paper
and first prelim. Plates good.
£145.00
An exhaustive account of Letchworth and the
British Garden City idea. Benoit-Levy was a
great admirer of the British achievement. His
own annotated maps and diagrams, reproduced
here, are an especially interesting feature.
77. GURLITT Cornelius Handbuch des
Städtebaues
Berlin, Der Zirkel, 1920. [30396] viii, 464pp inc
566 figs. Marbled boards with cloth spine, 29x20.
Front inner hinge weak but generally good tight
binding. Paper used not of the best quality and
has therefore browned. Neat ownership stamp on
title (Sven Gratz, Stadsarkitekt Halmstad)£250.00
Gurlitt (1850-1938) was an important German
architect and art historian, although he always
regarded himself mainly as an architect. He was
a nephew of the composer Cornelius Gurlitt. He
was co-founder and president of Bund Deutschen
Architekten and principal of the Dresden
Technical University, an expert on the baroque
and a pioneer of scientific building conservation
in Saxony. The present work is one of the finest
German city planning textbooks of the Weimar
era. Gurlitt's design ideas owe a great deal to
Beaux Art planning and Camillo Sitte, but they
also display a high level of technical competence.
75. BENOIT-LEVY Georges La Cité-Jardin.
Troisième Volume. Art et Coopération dans les
Cités-Jardins.
Paris, Cités-Jardins de France, 1911. [28395]
226pp with plans, drawings, 24 plates, some
single-sided. Marbled boards, leather spine,
21x17. Ex Forbes, Mass, library label and blind
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Most of the work covers contemporary problems
in the city: road systems, designing on steep
slopes, traffic circulation etc. The valuable
historical material is used to shape these ideas. A
fine detailed work with many excellent
illustrations.
Original edition of this important early work on
Howard and good source on the development of
the Garden City Movement.
81. HUGHES W R (ed) New Town. A
Proposal
in
Agricultural,
Industrial,
Educational, Civic and Social Reconstruction
London, J M Dent & Sons, 1919. [19415] 141pp
+ 4pp on the Pioneer Trust Ltd. Limp linen
wraps, with curious cover design by W Raffé.
18x12. Early bookplate, good.
£95.00
Proposal for a garden city by The New Town
Council. Committee members included the
architect and planner, T. Alwyn Lloyd.
78. Hampstead G. S. SHANKLAND COX &
ASSOCIATES Hampstead Garden Suburb:
Plan for Conservation. Consultants' report to
The New Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust Ltd.
London, New Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust
Ltd, 1971. [11402] xi, 146pp,73 illustrations
(photos & plans, some folding), 41 tables,
bibliog. Laminated wraps. 29x21. Vg.
£55.00
This was the most significant attempt to create a
systematic conservation strategy for the Garden
Suburb.
82. Italy. DOGLIO Carlo La Città Giardino.
(originally publ. in issues of the journal ‘Volontà’
[nos 1/2-6/7, 1953], Napoli), Roma, Gangemi,
book version, 1983 [21505] 128pp, many photos,
plans etc, brief bibliography. Introduction by
Marcello Fabbri. Pictorial wraps. 24x17. Fine.
£40.00
Doglio, a notable Italian writer on social and
environmental issues, analyses the contribution of
Howard and other garden city pioneers and
makes links to 1950s Italian new settlements and
housing estates. Uncommon.
79. HECKER Hermann (text) Der Krupp'sche
Kleinwohnungsbau. Mit 150 Bildertafeln und
vielen Texabbildungen. Herausgegeben von der
Gesellschaft für Heimatkultur E. D. in
Wiesbaden. Mit begleitendem Text der
Bauberatungsstelle.....
Wiesbaden,
Heimkultur-Verlagsgessellschaft,
2nd ed, c1916. [30441] 32pp continuous
pagination in two volumes with photos, plans etc.
30x23. Pages should be sewn but thread has gone.
Pages also browned and part two has split on
spine of cover. Good for fragile items.
£95.00
A rare study of Krupps' considerable
achievements in the creation of model villages for
their workers with useful plans and views. The
first colonies, mainly of cottage dwellings, were
designed in the 1870s (Echederhof and
Alfredshof). Several other villages followed,
culminating in the impressive Friedrichshof
Colony (1899-1906) with its elaborate stone-built
blocks with central gardens etc. Very informative
plans and photos.
A German Garden City Advocate
83. KAMPFFMEYER Dr Hans Wohnungen
Siedlungen und Gartenstädte in Holland und
England.
Berlin, Deutscher Kommunal, 1926. [29125]
96pp incl photos, plans. Wraps, 31x23. Cover has
been professionally repaired to make a good
copy. Edges of front cover a little rubbed. £250.00
An exceptionally rare, almost unique publication.
Each country is awarded about half of the book.
Kampffmeyer had already written extensively on
British Garden cities. In this further work he is
now able to add Welwyn Garden City (which had
just been opened) to his British examples
(Letchworth; and the model villages and suburbs
at Bournville, Hampstead, Roehampton etc.).The
British experience influenced Dutch practice a
good deal, but unlike Britain, there was much
modernist design in the Netherlands. A fine work,
with hundreds of valuable illustrations.
80. Howard.
MACFADYEN
Dugald
(Compiled and Written by) Sir Ebenezer
Howard and the Town Planning Movement.
Manchester, Manchester UP, 1933. [5755]
Frontis portrait, x, 166pp + 31 plates + 2 maps
fold-outs. Gilt lettered cloth. 23x15. Very good
copy.
£45.00
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immature with little landscaping. There are also
some town centre views. The adverts include
details of how to become a resident in the Garden
City and how to become a shareholder. Industry
was beginning to move to the settlement,
including the Lacre motor car factory. A nice
item, printed at the Arden Press, Letchworth. This
publication should not be confused with the later
'Letchworth Garden City in 55 Pictures', 1911.
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84. KAMPFFMEYER Hans Seidlung und
Kleingarten.
Wien, Julius Springer, 1926. [30389] vi, 155pp,
100 illustrations, 4pp publisher's adverts.
Marbled boards, linen spine with red leather
label and gilt lettering, 21x15. Very nice, fairly
modern recasing with new end papers. A good
looking item.
£195.00
Kampffmeyer (1876-1932) began his career as a
painter. He became very involved with housing
problems and the Garden City movement and
wrote extensively on the subject. He founded the
garden city of Karlsruhe Rüppurr and was in
close contact with Ernst May, who had designed
similar settlements around Franfurt. Ebenezer
Howard was an early influence but
Kampffmeyer's later preference was for garden
city- like settlements to be constituent parts of
existing cities. His design for Karlsruhe Rüppurr
was along these lines. This is a particularly
scarce Kampffmeyer title. It analyses in detail the
role of small gardens in worker's housing
including the way these connect with interior
spaces in the home. Rare.
-----------------------Letchworth – early view books
87. Letchworth.
MILLER
Mervyn
Letchworth: The First Garden City.
Chichester, Phillimore (1989) 2002. [28866] xiii,
250pp + 34 colour plates, and incl. 150 b&w
illustrations, bibliography. Pictorial end papers.
Cloth. 28x21. Fine, dust wrapper
£30.00
Detailed history of Howard’s famous settlement
(begun 1903) Excellent illustrations. This edition
has much new information and is re-designed.
88. MEACHAM
Standish
Regaining
Paradise: Englishness and the Early Garden
City Movement.
New Haven & London, Yale UP, 1999. [12418]
viii, 210pp + 58 b&w plates & inc bibliog.
Boards. 24x16. Fine in pictorial dust wrapper.
£25.00
The Garden Cities are seen here, not as radical
innovations, but as an establishment adaptation
to changing circumstances. They were essentially
conservative in their purpose and design features.
85. Letchworth. FIRST GARDEN CITY
LIMITED Letchworth Garden City in FiftyFive Pictures.
1911. [30403] 88pp, mostly photos. Boards with
paste-on label, 19x26. Vg. Neat name inside front
cover, dd1912.
£120.00
Fine collection of early photographic images,
showing the houses, public buildings and the first
factories, as well as some views of life in the
settlement.
Alfred Messel – a rare work
89. Messel. ALBRECHT H und MESSEL A
Das Arbeiterwohnhaus. Gesammelte Pläne von
Arbeiterwohnhäusern und Ratschläge zum
Entwerfern von solchen auf Grund praktischer
Erfahrungen. Mit Entwürfen von Prof A Messel
Berlin, Robert Oppenheim, 1896. [30452] 66pp
text with 4 figs, 12 double-page loose plates.
Cloth folder, 31x21. A very good copy. Inside of
folder and pages a little tanned, but lovely bright
contents. The plates are highly detailed. Owner's
stamp inside front cover and at front of text
pages.
£495.00
An extremely interesting early workers' housing
study. Includes block dwellings, terraces and
small detached houses. Examples have plans and
artist elevations, all named. There are also plans
86. Letchworth. FIRST GARDEN CITY
LIMITED Letchworth Garden City in Pictures.
Letchworth, nd, c1908. [30295] Map, 8pp text,
48 pages of plates, some printed and some tippedin, each with description on facing page. 12pp on
services, railway, builders etc, how to become a
resident etc. Boards, linen spine, 13x18. Apart
from a crack on the front boards, very good
condition.
£175.00
A fine early view book, issued as publicity. Many
of the photos describe new houses on the site. As
well as some general views, there are
streetscapes, which still look quite barren and
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of workers' villages with associated allotments
and gardens eg Friedrichsort, Marienthal and
Krupp villages. Alfred Messel (1853-1909) was a
key architect in the transition from German
historicism to modernism. As well as designing
department stores, museums etc., he was involved
with social housing, which he thought should be
seen as part of good architecture. His most
famous works were in Berlin: the Wertheim
department store in Leipziger Platz and the
Pergamon museum. A wonderful item. Rare.
'The Garden City' of 1913, taking account of the
building of Welwyn, the second Garden City.
--------------------------93. SCHUMACHER Fritz Die Kleinwohnung.
Studien zur Wohnungsfrage.
Leipzig, Quelle & Meyer, (1917), 1919 2nd ed.
[26304] 117pp incl text illustrations plus 48pp
plates. Stiff card cover, 18x13. Spine trifle faded
and with small splits, but still a good copy. £95.00
An uncommon Schumacher title. He gives a good
account of German model workers’ housing and
garden colony projects; there are also English
examples, eg Letchworth, Hampstead. Architects
include Muthesius, Schmitthenner, Metzendorf
etc. A scarce and valuable work with good
illustrations.
C.B. Purdom and the Garden City Movement
90. PURDOM C. B. Life Over Again
London, Dent, 1951. [30410] xi, 302pp, 14
illustrations and figs. Cloth. 22x14. Vg, in
slightly rubbed dust wrapper.
£75.00
Purdom's autobiography, with much on town
planning at Letchworth. Scarce, especially in
dust wrapper.
94. SENNETT A.R. Garden Cities in Theory
and Practice being an Amplification of a Paper
on the Potential of applied Science in a Garden
City. (2 vols).
London, Bemrose, 1905 [19943] 1404pp,
continuous pagination, extensive illustrations
with graphs, photographic plates and plans. Gilt
lettered publisher’s cloth, 22x15 each. Ex lib,
front labels only, a good set,
£250.00
An outstanding and detailed source on garden
cities
and
suburbs-their
origins
and
achievements. The fine illustrations include many
not found elsewhere.
91. PURDOM C. B. The Garden City: A Study
in the Development of a Modern Town.
London, J M Dent, 1913. [30415] xii, 330pp + 4
colour plates by T Friedenson + 85 half-tones and
incl. many text figs. Appendices by Unwin,
Howard, Warren and others. Top edge gilt. Gilt
lettered publisher’s cloth, with image of
Letchworth, 23x18. Edges and title-page foxed,
end papers tanned else nice copy in lovely bright
cloth.
£120.00
The first detailed account of Letchworth, at this
time only ten years old, but already well
established. Packed with detail on the settlement,
its
historical
background,
architecture,
industries, social activities etc. A rare and
important work.
South African Garden Cities
95. South Africa. GARDEN CITIES (publ)
Fifty Years of Housing 1922-1972. The Story of
Garden Cities. Commemorating a Half-Century
of Town-Planning and Housing in South
Africa.
Pinelands, Garden Cities, 1972. [30420] 73pp inc
map, photos. Intro by R B Stuttaford. Boards,
25x19. Spine edge of front cover faintly faded,
else very nice copy.
£50.00
The founder of the South African Garden City
movement was Richard Stuttaford (father of the
1972 chairman, R. B. Stuttaford). He became
aware of Howard's ideas in 1907 and avidly
supported them. By 1909 the first South African
garden city was begun at Pinelands. (There had
been consultations with Raymond Unwin.) The
design was prepared by Albert J Thompson, who
92. PURDOM C. B. The Building of Satellite
Towns: A Contribution to the Study of Town
Development and Regional Planning
London, J. M. Dent, 1925. [30414] Frontis, xv,
368pp + 58 b&w photo plates, and incl many text
illustrations.
Gilt lettered, patterned cloth.
25x20. End papers browned, vg copy in chipped
dust wrapper. Owner's signature on end paper.
£95.00
A classic work and excellent source for
developments at Letchworth and Welwyn Garden
Cities. In some senses this is a sequel to Purdom's
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had already designed Swanpool Garden Suburb,
near Lincoln, England. A second garden city was
instigated at Meadowridge, opening 1955. This
publication contains good information and
photos, describing these and other developments
by Garden City including 'Homes for the
Coloured community'. Scarce and interesting.
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(including London tenements) and ending with
workers' colonies and Garden Cities. These last
naturally include German examples, such as
Darmstadt and Reutligen, also Letchworth,
Welwyn and New Earswick from England. The
illustrations are particularly bright and very
informative.
98. Welwyn. FILLER Roger A History of
Welwyn Garden City.
Chichester, Phillimore, 1986. [28984] xiipp incl
map, 179pp, including 98 illustrations, short
bibliography. Cloth, 25x19. Vg, dust wrapper.
£20.00
Complete history of Welwyn Garden City and the
company of men who built it.
96. “THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN AND
LAND AND WATER , LTD” (publ for the
Committee by) The Book of the Cheap Cottages
Exhibition, Containing a Complete Catalogue,
with Plans, and articles on the origin of the
Exhibition and Garden City, and cottage
building problems.
London, 1905. [30399] Frontis of the Duke of
Devonshire, 176pp (pp1-38 being general texts)
the rest being a catalogue of the Exhibition), incl.
a great many illustrations (photos, plans etc),
interesting adverts + fold-out plan of the
Exhibition site. Texts by H.M. Baillie Scott, P.
Morley Horder et al. Original pictoral wraps,
24x19. Owner's name and date on front (1905),
little sunned on spine and spine edge, 8cm split
on bottom spine, pages tanned and map at the
back in fragile state but complete. Binding is tight
and generally this copy is in good condition for
its age.
£225.00
Invaluable work. The Exhibition was held at
Letchworth, then only three years old and did a
great deal to promote the model cottage idea.
Rare, especially the wraps version. An
outstanding Garden Cities item.
99. Welwyn G. C. DE SOISSONS Louis &
KENYON Arthur Wm Site Planning in
Practice at Welwyn Garden City. Illustrated by
complete plans of the general lay-out and
numerous sectional plans with descriptive
photographs...
London, Ernest Benn, 1927. [30370] Frontis map,
7pp intro. by C. B. Purdom, 102 single-sided
plates, mostly high-quality b&w photos, also
several plans. Cloth. 28x22. Spine and front cover
little sun-faded else vg. Nice bright plates.
£175.00
The best early account of the second Garden City,
which was then only eight years old.
SWEDISH MODERNISM
(including some other Nordic items)
97. WEISSBACH Karl und MACKOWSKY
Walter (hsg) Das Arbeiterwohnhaus. Anlage,
innere
Einrichtung
und
künstlerische
Ausgestaltung.
Arbeiterkolonien
und
Gartenstädte.
Berlin, Wasmuth, 1910, 2nd ed. [30394] Marbled
end papers, xii, 295pp inc 439 plans, drawings,
elevations, photos. Marbled boards with cloth
spine and corners, 25x20. Boards a little rubbed
else very good condition with contents near fine.
£250.00
A rare and outstanding item. Traces the
development of early industrial workers’ housing,
beginning with single-family housing through
model villages, including English examples, to
the great rental blocks of Berlin and other cities
100. "acceptera". ASPLUND,
Gunnar,
GAHN, Wolter et al acceptera
(1931) facsimile edition Arlöv, Berlings, 1980.
[30368] 208pp incl many photos, also plans and
other illustration. New post-script by Anders
Aman. Pictorial wraps, 26x19. Fine.
£25.00
A very useful facsimile reprint of this milestone
theoretical manifesto of Swedish modern
architecture and associated design. It also
includes material on machine production, design,
handcrafts etc.. The illustrations are also very
interesting. Other authors were Sven Markelius,
Gregor Paulsson, Eskil Sundahl and Uno Ahren.
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was employed for a short time in Erskine's office.
Beautifully made book.
101. Ahrén. RUDBERG Eva Uno Ahrén. En
Föregangsman inom 1900-Talets Arkitektur
och Samhällsplanering.
Byggforskningsradet, 1981. [30467] 291pp,
including photos, plans, drawings etc, chron,
lengthy notes, bibliog. Wraps, 21x21. Cover a
trifle sunned on edges, else vg.
£75.00
Ahren (1897-1977) was a leading architect and
city planner and proponent of Swedish
functionalism. His Villa Dahl (1929) was one of
the earliest examples of modern architecture in
the country. He was a key figure in the 1930
Stockholm Housing Exhibition and one of the
authors of the modernist "acceptera!" manifesto
(1933, see separate entry). Ahren was also very
influential in Swedish social housing policy
before and after the War. A detailed and
informative monograph on a highly significant
figure. Scarce. [Swedish text, with English
summary].
104. Farsta. AB FARSTA CENTRUM (issued
by) Farsta-samhälle och centrum i hjärtat av
Söderort [cover title].
Farsta, 1959. [30465] 16pp, inc plans, photos,
drawings. Pictorial card covers, designed with
fold-outs at front and back. 21x15. Vg.
£30.00
Scarce and attractive early publicity book for this
new satellite settlement south of Stockholm. Like
Vallingby (see separate entry) it would have
carefully planned apartment blocks, a fine town
centre and mass transit links into Stockholm .
105. Helsinki. BRUNILA Birger (intro) SuurHelsingin
Asemakaavakysymyksia.
Stadsplanefragor I Stor-Helsingfors.
Helsingfors Stads Fasrighetnamnds Publikationer
2, 1945. [30450] 54pp inc many maps, plans.
Large colour folding master plan. Finnish and
Swedish text. Wraps, 30x21. Vg.
£95.00
The very scarce 1945 Helsinki plan, with
proposals for new land uses, traffic systems,
housing layouts etc. Includes valuable material
on previous plans for Helsinki (Ehrenströmin's
1812 plan, Saarinen's 1918 plan etc).
102. BRUNNBERG Hans and NEUMULLER
Hans-Fredrik (eds) Trettiotalets Byggnadskonst
I Sverige. Frän Akademiska Opponenter Till
Oakademisk Arkitektur.
Stockholm, 1943. [30356] 183pp inc maps, plans,
drawings, photos. Boards, cloth spine, 30x22. Vg.
£95.00
An important account of 1930s Swedish
architecture, issued by the National Association
of Swedish Architects. Various building types are
discussed: houses, factories, department stores
etc. Architects include Markelius, Asplund,
Lewerentz, Tengbom etc.
106. Helsinki. SAARINEN Eliel MunksnäsHaga och Stor-Helsingfors. Stadsplannsstudier
och Förslag.
Helsingfors, 1915. [25388] viii, 164pp including
illustrations plus 10 folding, coloured town plans
and maps. Boards, cloth spine. 32x25. Corners a
little bumped and bottom edge a bit rubbed, but a
good copy.
£395.00
Saarinen's famous scheme for Munksnäs-Haga in essence a plan to extend Helsinki by means of a
satellite town. This was Saarinen’s most
ambitious town planning project. As well as a
carefully drawn plan, it contains a very detailed
study of townscape with birds-eye view and
models and designs for a variety of buildings.
Unfortunately, changes in the economy meant
only small parts were actually built. This harback
version is even scarcer than the wraps one
normally found.
103. Erskine. EGELIUS Mats Ralph Erskine
Architect.
Stockholm, Byggförlaget, 1990. [30300] Frontis,
portrait, 220pp, hundreds of b&w and colour
illustrations (plans, drawings, photographs etc),
list of works, bibliography. English language
version. Pictorial cloth. 35x23. Vg copy, dust
wrapper (minor wear to this).
£50.00
The English language version of this fine survey
of the architect's work in Scandinavia, Britain
and elsewhere. Erskine (1914-2005) was a
pioneer of energy conservation and has designed
some of the most significant public housing of the
1980s, the famous Byker Wall being a notable, if
rather controversial, example. Probably his best
work was actually done in Sweden. The author
Swedish Functionalism – a key text
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Winge and Curt Ivarsson. The plan provided for
the expansion of the city, including new railways
and traffic routes. There is also useful material
from the history of the city, including earlier
plans. The master plan applied only to the city
area itself but its position as the principal city of
Skania meant rapid growth was likely. In 1955
the poplulation was 209,000, likely to increase to
about 250,000 by 1970. Vehicle estimate for this
latter year, 75,000, looks a serious
underestimate. The plan already anticipates a
bridge across the sound to Copenhagen. Fine
plan with lovely maps, plans and other
illustrations.
107. JOHANSSON Gotthard Funktionalismen
I Verkligheten
Stockholm, Albert Bonnier, 1931. [30366] iii,
318pp inc photos, plans etc. Wraps, 27x20.
Wraps, rubbed on edges and spine with crease on
back cover, contents very good with lovely bright
illustrations.
£120.00
A study of functionalism, partly viewed as a
Swedish manifestation by connecting it with the
wider International Style. The author includes
many examples from Germany, France America
etc. Good deal on Asplund, Gahn, Tengbom,
Markelius et al. Also material at the end on
modern Swedish furniture. Probably the best
Swedish account of the international Modern
Movement. The work was originally published as
articles against local opposition to the 1930
Stockholm exhibition.(See also Stockholm entries
below)
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110.
NASSTROM
Gustaf
Svensk
Funtionalism.
Stockholm, Natur och Kultur, 1930. [30353]
154pp, incl. photos, plans, elevations,
perspectives etc. Boards, with interesting
photomontaged design. 29x23. Edges a trifle
rubbed, end papers lightly tanned, but a good
tight copy with nice bright contents.
£165.00
A highly important contemporary study of this
movement. As well as presenting the latest
developments, the author traces the nationalhistorical sources of Funktionalism: vernacular
house designs, early industrial processes etc. A
high water mark in Swedish modernism. Scarce.
108. LILIENBERG Albert Stadsbilsningar
Och Stadsplaner. I Götaälvs Mynningsomrade.
Frän Aldsta Tider Till Omkring Adertonhundra
1928. [30361] i, 312pp inc 199 figs, some foldout. Inscribed to E G Asplund. Some pages uncut.
Wraps, 28x21. Pages 216-217 have a splash mark
and cover little sunned else vg.
£150.00
A history of urban form from the medieval period
to the end of the 18th century, beautifully
illustrated. Many of Lilienberg's examples are
from Scandinavia but include also developments
in Europe generally. A superb piece of work. The
author, Stockholm planning director in the 1930s
(see Stockholm entries below), can alsobe seen to
be seeking historical references for modern
planning ideas in Sweden. Scarce
Swedish Modernism - an early work
111. PAULSSON
Gregor
Den
Nya
Arkitekturen.
Stockholm, P. A. Norstedt, 1916 [30461] Tissueguarded frontis, ix, 159pp + 37 b&w photos on
plates, and includes a few text figs. Boards, linen
spine and corners. 26x18. Vg copy.
£125.00
This was a pioneering Swedish work on modern
architecture. Paulsson was a prominent early
Swedish advocate of the Modern Movement and
this work includes examples by Behrens,
Tessenow, Bruno Taut, Tengbom etc, as well as
references to functionalism in traditional Swedish
architecture. A scarce and significant study.
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109. Malmö. LINDMAN Gunnar, WINGE
Gabriel and IVARSSON Curt Generalplan
För Malmö 1956-70
Stadsingenjörskontoret i Malmö, 1959. [30350]
207pp inc photos, many coloured fold-out maps
and plans plus 2 large maps in rear pocket, one of
Malmö and one of the plan itself. 12pp English
summary loosely inserted. Boards, linen spine,
26x19. Very nice condition. Edges of pages little
tanned.
£100.00
An important Swedish master plan. Work on it
was begun under the chief town planner, Gunnar
Lindman and after 1956, continued Gabriel
112. RABERG Per G Funktionalistiskt
Genombrott. Radikal miljö och miljöbatt i
Sverige 1925-1931
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Stockholm, P A Norstedt, 1972. [30343] 384pp
inc photos, plans, maps etc, bibliog. Long English
summary. Boards, 25x17. Vg.
£75.00
Study of Functionalism in Sweden, particularly
from the time of the Stockholm Exhibition of
1930. Outstanding modern work, probably the
best account, with fine illustrations
116. Stockholm - 1928 Plan. LILIENBERG
Albert 1928 Års Förslag till Generalplan för
Stockholms Tätare Bebyggda Delar.
Stockholm, K L Beckmans Boktryckeri, 1929.
[30319] 151pp incl figs, tables and 15 plans,
many on fold-outs. This edition has an added 5pp
summary dated 1932 (and with subsequent
developments described) bound in at the front.
Wraps, 28x20. Spine a little rubbed top and
bottom, front cover has couple of tiny nicks (no
loss) and 'summary' tag extending out from the
cover a little ragged. A bright copy, with tight
binding and contents vg.
£150.00
“General Plan for Stockholm’s More Densely
Populated Areas”. Lilienberg had become Head
of the City Planning Department in 1927. This
radical Master Plan (which also has good
material on the history of planning in the city)
proposes new streets and mass transit routes,
industrial areas etc.. It set in train a planning
processes which culminated in the complete reshaping of central Stockholm, 1951-1981[see
below].
113. RINGBOM Sixten Stone, Style & Truth.
The Vogue for Natural Stone in Nordic
Architecture 1880-1910.
Helsinki, 1987. [30347] 269pp, inc 302
illustrations, lengthy notes, detailed bibliog.
Wraps, 30x21. Vg in dust wrapper.
£45.00
A thorough study of an unusual subject. Saarinen,
and many other architects made much use of the
material.
114. SMITH G E Kidder Sweden Builds: Its
modern architecture and land policy,
background, development and contribution.
London, Architectural Press, 1950. [29274]
Frontis, 280pp, 683 b&w 5 colour illustrations,
bibliog. With a chapter on land policy by Sven
Markelius. Cloth. 29x23. Good copy, dust
wrapper designed by Paul Rand.
£35.00
An excellent early post-war source. With many
fine photographs by the author, now being
recognised as a significant architectural
photographer.
117. Stockholm: 1930 Exhibition. ALMQUIST
&
WIKSELLS
(publ)
StockholmsUtställningen
1930.
AV
Konstindustri,
Konsthantverk
och
Hemslöjd.
Officiell
Vägvisare.
Uppsala, 1930. [30388] 43pp inc illustrations,
adverts, map plus original novelty bookmark,
fold-out map of Stockholm and fold-out plan of
the exhibition. Card covers, 19x14. Splits on
spine cover to staples, but very good for fragile
item.
£85.00
Official catalogue of this seminal exhibition. It
was an important episode for the beginnings of
modernism in Sweden. Nice artist impressions of
the pavilions. Lovely item. Rare
115. STAVENOW-HIDEMARK
Elisabet
Villabebyggelse i Sverige 1900-1925. Inflytande
fran utlandet ideer förverkligande.
Stockholm, Nordiska museete Handlingar, 1971.
[30426] 390pp, inc many plans, drawings, photos
etc, bibliography. Pictorial wraps, 21x19. Small
bump on bottom rear cover, else vg.
£75.00
A detailed study of the development of Swedish
villa architecture in this period. English sources
were important, especially the Arts and Crafts
style (particularly via 'The Studio') and the
Garden City idea. There were also German
influences (Olbricht, Hoffmann, Hellerau etc). An
interesting and well illustrated study. [Swedish
text, with long German summary]. Scarce.
118. Stockholm - 1952 Plan. CITY OF
STOCKHOLM A General Plan for Stockholm
1952: Generalplan for Stockholm 1952.
Stockholm, by the Town Planning Office of the
City, 1952. [30362] 472pp incl many photos,
plan, tables etc plus 6 large fold-out maps.
Swedish text with some in English. Foreword by
John Bergvall. Boards. 31x23. Edges a little
rubbed else vg and, unusually, in the dust
Planning Stockholm
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wrapper, this with small chip top corner else in
good condition.
£150.00
The great Stockholm masterplan, including new
transport systems, plans for new settlements etc..
122. Täby. LINDSTROM Sune and HULTEN
Bertil (foreword) Förslag Till Generalplan För
Täby. Upprättat av Vattenbyggnadsbyrans
stadsplane-och arkitektavdeling ar 1947.
Stockholm, 1948. [30369] 30pp inc maps plus
colour aeriel perspective and large colour plan.
Wraps, 30x21. Spine rubbed with little loss,
colour perspective loose, small split on one fold
of plan, still a good copy. Owner's signature on
end paper.
£65.00
Nicely made plan for this community to the north
of Stockholm. It was rapidly becoming absorbed
into the metropolis and careful planning was seen
as urgent. Includes new residential districts,
transportation links etc. Scarce.
119. Stockholm.
JOHANSSON
Cyrillus
Byggnaden och Staden ur en Arkitekts
Verksahmet: The Building and the Town from a
Swedish Architect’s Practice.
Stockholm, Nordisk Rotogravyr, 1936. [30301]
vii, 273pp incl photos, drawings, plans etc, some
in colour, these tipped-in. Errata slip. Wraps,
26x21. Top of spine little pulled, label inside
front cover, dedication on free end paper,
generally vg with lovely bright plates.
£145.00
Interesting account of this Swedish architectplanner’s practice, up to this date. Johansson
produced a number of plans for Stockholm and
other Swedish cities. [All texts in Swedish and
English].
Vallingby a New Town for Stockholm
123 Vällingby. ANON Ett bildsvep fran
Vällingby. Utgiven av Absvenska Bostäder
[cover title].
Vällingby? Publisher unstated (local authority?)
nd, c1955? [30466] 14pp, mostly photos. Stapled
pictorial card covers. 24x14. Vg.
£30.00
Informative early publicity booklet for this wellknown Stockholm satellite. A good deal of
development had taken place and there are some
informative, rather idyllic, photos of life there.
120. Stockholm. LILIENBERG Albert Nedre
Norrmalm. En stadsplanstudie
Lindfors Bokförlag, 1951. [30314] 88pp inc 21
text illustrations, plans, views etc, plus 2 fold-out
plans attached to front and rear covers and large
folded plan in sleeve inside back cover. Wraps,
28x22. Very nice copy.
£85.00
Nedre Norrmalm is the central city district of
Stockholm. Lilienberg had produced a plan for
the area in 1943, just before Sven Markelius took
over as head of Stockholm's City Planning
Department. Lilienberg did not approve of
Markelius' plans for the area and issued this
revised version of his own 1943 plan. It is an
ambitious scheme, including a two level street
system. Nice plan with good maps.
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124. Vällingby.
STOCKHOLMS
STADS
FASTIGHETSNÄMND
(pub)
Racksta
Vällingby: ett Arbeta-Bo Centrum.
Stockholm, 1952. [30317] 16pp, many drawings,
centre-fold photo of a model of the town, fold-out
plan. Pictoral stiff card covers. 12x15. Vg. £30.00
Historic, and attractive, advanced publicity
pamphlet for Vallingby, the most famous
Stockholm satellite town.
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121 Sweden. HULTEN Bertil Building
Modern Sweden
Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1951. [28911] 64pp,
many photos, plans etc. Foreword by Patrick
Abercrombie. Wraps. 18x22. Spine edges trifle
rubbed, else vg.
£20.00
Reconstruction era study. Sweden was seen as a
possible model for new housing and improved
lifestyle in Britain. Nice illustrations. The author
was a notable Swedish architect and planner.
125. ZIMDAHL Helge Bo i Rad Hus. Svenska
Slöjdföreningens utställning i Högdalen 1958.
Stockholm, 1958. [30340] 56pp, inc photos,
plans, adverts. Pictorial card covers, with
attractive design. 21x14. Vg.
£30.00
Informative and well illustrated catalogue to an
exhibition of furnished terraced houses, arranged
by the Swedish Industrial Arts Association.
Scarce.
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