pocket. Gilt embossed imitation vellum, 35x26.
Gilt lettering a little rubbed, generally a very nice
copy
£75.00
Another copy.
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Catalogue 190
CITY PLANNING
Contents
3. Amsterdam.
DIJKSTRA
IJ
S,
HABRAKEN N J et al (eds) Forum. Special
Issue Stad op Pampus. [1965-3]
Hilversum, Koninklijke, [32316] 44pp inc plans,
maps, models, scale drawings etc. One large foldout plan. English and Dutch texts. Wraps, 28x28.
Vg.
£35.00
An important 1960s extension plan for
Amsterdam by van den Broek and Bakema. New
developments should be linear on a star shaped
plan to incorporate recreation and other rural
areas into the urban fabric. Transportation
systems are especially important. Superb
graphics.
Foreign Plans & Town Studies
1 - 31
British Isles Plans & Town Studies 32 - 128
Contemporary Works
129 – 192
Totalitarian Planning
193 - 203
Garden Cities, New Towns, Utopias 204 - 288
Mass Housing & Slums
289 -342
Modern Commentaries
343 - 379
Photography & planning
380 – 387
Books can be ordered by telephone, e-mail or
via our web-site. Details are at the bottom of
each page.
4. Barcelona. CADAFALCH Josep Puig I
La Plaça de Catalunya. Comparacions (ls. del.
XI al XXXIII). [cover title]
Barcelona, Llibreria Catalònia, 1927. [26901] 22
single-sided sheets (numbered XI - XXXIII),
complete as called for. In publishers original thin
card covers. 17x25. Very good copy.
£35.00
An interesting Barcelona item. The Plaça de
Catalunya had been designed by Ildefonso Cerdá,
as part of his great Barcelona plan. In "La Plaça
de Catalunya", 1927 the famous Catalan
architect, Puig I Cadafalch, analyses the Plaça
and made suggestions for improvements. He
quotes many examples of good urban design from
other countries (eg The Vienna Ringstrasse,
Trafalgar Square, Place de la Concorde) and
pays considerable attention to good street
furniture and well designed pedestrian
underpasses. The version offered here, with
sheets XI-XXXIII only, also issued in 1927,
seemed to have been made to show comparisons
with other famous urban spaces.
FOREIGN PLANS & TOWN
STUDIES
Adelaide – the 1962 Master Plan
1. Adelaide.
TOWN
PLANNING
COMMITTEE Report on the Metropolitan
Area of Adelaide 1962.
Adelaide, 1963. [32259] xvi, 304pp inc photos,
plans, maps etc. Three large folding maps at rear.
Gilt embossed cloth, 35x26. Bump top rh corner
of cover else vg.
£75.00
This was a major report on the city. Chairman of
the Town Planning Committee was S B Hart,
government town planner. The report considered
population, land use, traffic, industry etc. It
concludes with a Development Plan for the
metropolitan area. Part three discusses future
requirements for traffic and transport: mostly
freeways are proposed but there is some
dicussion of suburban railways and express bus
routes. A fine report, very well illustrated.
Uncommon.
5. Barcelona. MACKAY David Modern
Architecture in Barcelona (1854-1939).
NY, Rizzoli, (1985), 1989. [4665] xi, 80pp inc 56
b&w illustrations, bibliog. Wraps. 21x15. Vg.
£15.00
The city went through huge changes in this
period. Includes material on the 1929 Barcelona
2. Adelaide.
TOWN
PLANNING
COMMITTEE Report on the Metropolitan
Area of Adelaide 1962.
Adelaide, 1962. [32278] xvi, 304pp inc photos,
plans, maps etc. Three large folding maps in rear
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Exposition; also Sert's Spanish Republic Pavilion
in Paris, 1937.
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Brasilia: early publicity
10. Brussels. SCHMITZ Marcel Figure de
Bruxelles.
Dilbeek, Art et Technique, 1944. [32507] 112pp
+ several tissue-guarded b&w plates and incl
numerous text figs. Pictorial wraps, 24x18. Fine
copy with pages still uncut. Limited to 1000
copies (this no 447).
£75.00
Detailed plan for the city (still under occupation
at this time), including new streets, gardens,
housing projects etc. The author was an architect
and urbanist.
7. Brasilia. BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT
TRADE BUREAU (issued by) Brasilia.
London, nd c1960 [31356] 40pp, numerous
photos, plans etc. Texts by William Holford, J.
M. Richards, O. H. Koenigsberger and Andrew
Boyd. Pictorial thin card covers. 21x21. Good
copy.
£25.00
An informative early publicity item, celebrating
Brasilia's inauguration in 1960. With interesting
early photographs. Scarce.
11. Florence. FANELLI Giovanni Firenze
Architettura e Citta
Firenze, Vallecchi, 1973. [32192] Pictoral end
papers, 369pp inc drawings, photos, maps, plans
etc. Cloth, 23x28. Vg in dust wrapper.
£35.00
A fine architectural inventory of Florence with
hundreds of valuable old photos and other
images, maps and plans, many showing buildings
now demolished. A valuable record of the city's
history.
8. Brasilia.
DIVISAO
CULTURAL,
MINISTERIO
DAS
RELACOES
EXTERIORES (issued by) Brasilia.
Rio de Janeiro nd c1960 [31358] Unpaginated,
44pp, incl numerous photos, map, plan,. Texts by
J O de Meira Penna, Lucio Costa, Oscar
Niemeyer. Pictorial thin card covers. 21x21.
Good copy.
£25.00
An early booklet, on the beginnings of Brasilia.
With interesting early photographs. [Texts in
French, English and Spanish]. Loosely inserted is
a 4pp exhibition leaflet for an exhibition at the
ICA, London: 'Brasilia the building of a new
capital for Brazil'.
12. HAMBURG. SCHUMACHER Fritz Zum
Wiederaufbau Hamburgs.
Hamburg, Johann Trautmann, 1945. [21983]
34pp. Pamphlet. 21x15. Covers professionally
repaired, with new end-papers, to make a good
copy.
£45.00
Text of a lecture, discussing the rebuilding of
Hamburg, given by Schumacher in the Rathaus,
on 10 October, 1945, close to the end of his life.
The city lay in ruins. Rare.
6. Berlin. GUNTHER Harri und HARKSEN
Sibylle Peter Joseph Lenné. Pläne für Berlin.
Berlin, Staatlichen Sclösser und Gärten PotsdamSanssouci,
1984. [24255] 102pp incl.
illustrations and catalogue. Wraps, 19x20. Spine
slightly rubbed else vg.
£16.00
Exhibition catalogue. Describes Lenné’s various
Berlin projects for new parks and townscapes.
Hannover Reconstruction Plan
13. Hannover.
GUTSCHOW
Konstanty
Stadtmitte
Hannover.
Beiträge
zur
Aufbauplanung der Innenstadt
Hannover,Verlagsgesellschaft Land und Garten,
A Madsack, 1949. [32349] 60pp incl 80 plans,
photos, drawings etc plus fold-out central area
plan and adverts. Wraps, 30x21. Pages a little
browned else vg for fairly fragile item.
£65.00
Hannover had taken a pounding in the war and
the centre needed a huge amount of rebuilding.
Extremely interesting reconstruction plan. There
is a great deal on new streets and traffic,
housing, residential areas etc. Gutschow was a
German architect who had worked through the
9. Brasilia. STÄUBLI Willy Brasilia
Stuttgart, Alexander Koch, 1965. [32158] 200pp
incl a great many photos, maps, plans etc. Short
preface by Le Corbusier. German language
version. Cloth. 30x21. Spine a little faded else
very nice copy.
£75.00
Excellent, well illustrated source on the
conception and early development of Brasilia.
The fine photos and diagrams give a great deal of
information on the ideas behind the new city.
Becoming scarce. This German version appears
to be the original edition.
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nazi period. A fine reconstruction item with
excellent plans and illustrations.
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Sanitary, Commercial and Manufacturing
Purposes, and for The Extinguishment of Fires,
With Legal and Engineering and Other Papers
NY, by the authors, 1888. [31934] ix incl 2
colour maps, 115pp plus 8 single-sided plates and
2pp internal views and sections of the Hudson
River tunnel and fold-out profile of the tunnel
with water conduit, large fold-out colour profile
of pipe lines and tunnels from Great Notch
Reservoir in the Orange Mountains to the Cities
of Jersey City, New York and Brooklyn and very
large coloured map (125x79cm) of the Passiac
and Croton Water-sheds....and sources of water
supply ....within a radius of fifty miles from the
city of New York. J R Bartlett compliments slip
and addendum slip between pages 66 and 67.
Cloth. 30x24. Very nice copy. Owner's signature
on end paper.
£450.00
A outstanding New York item. New York and
Brooklyn urgently needed a new supply of water
in addition to the Croton Water-Shed. The report
proposes a new supply from the Passiac WaterShed west of the Hudson, mainly in New Jersey.
The waters would be brought by pipes or
aqueduct to the Jersey City shore and thence
through a tunnel to the lower part of the City of
New York. The tunnel would be a great feat of
engineering and there are some splendid artist’s
views and cross-sections in the report.
A
beautifully produced plan with exceptionally fine
illustrations
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14. Jerusalem. KENDALL Henry Jerusalem:
The City Plan: Preservation and Development
during the British Mandate 1919-1948.
London, HMSO, 1948. [19670] Frontis, xi,
122pp+ c190 b&w photos, colour illustrations,
fold-out colour plans & maps. Lacks folding plan
of old city in rear pocket (this is often missing).
Gilt lettered cloth, 31x25. Faint sun markings on
edges of cloth, private owner's blind stamp, but a
good copy.
£25.00
A beautifully produced planning study - in the
same style as the British Isles 1940s
reconstruction plans. The Plan seems to imply a
neighbourhood unit approach, as well as some
new roads and open spaces, The Plan is also
useful for the information it gives on earlier
attempts to plan the city (by McLean, Geddes, the
Pro-Jerusalem Society etc).
15. Kingsport. THE ROTARY CLUB
[Kingsport] Kingsport. The Planned Industrial
City.
Kingsport, Tennessee, by the Club, (1937), 1946
2nd ed. [23149] Pictoral end papers, frontis, xv,
350pp incl very many b&w photos, maps etc.
Cloth. 18x11. Vg.
£40.00
A detailed account of this planned city. Kingsport
was incorporated in 1917. Its original City Plan
was by John Nolen and its growth was inspired
by the industrial needs of the two world wars and
the TVA.
18. North East Region. PEPLER George and
MACFARLANE P W North East Area
Development Plan. Interim Confidential
Edition. Volume I and Volume II (tables and
maps)
London, Ministry of Town & Country Planning
(unpublished), 1949. [28641] Vol I; 309
mimeoed pages plus index; vol II: c60pp, many
fold-out plus seven colour fold-out plans in rear
pocket. Wraps with linen spine, 33x23. Ex
ministry library, index pages very ragged round
edges, main body of text and plans in vg
condition.
£50.00
Important post-war reconstruction items. The
region had suffered badly in the depression. This
was the first post-war attempt to revive it. Issues,
such as poor housing, are considered in great
detail. A tipped-in note (dated 1969) by Leonard
Mann states that The Pepler MacFarlane Plan is
of 'no more than purely historical significance (if
16. New Delhi. IRVING Robert Grant Indian
Summer; Lutyens, Baker and Imperial Delhi
New Haven, Yale UP, (1981), 2nd printing 1982.
[32429] x, 406pp, 271 illustrations, some in
colour, bibliog. Wraps, 26x19. Vg.
£25.00
Classic account of the planning of this great
imperial complex.
Securing New York’s Water Supply
17. New York. BARTLETT John R and
ASSOCIATES Outline of Plans (with
illustrations) for Furnishing An Abundant
Supply of Water to The City of New York, from
a Source Independent of the Croton WaterShed, Delivered into the Lower Part of the City
Under Pressure Sufficient for Domestic,
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that)...' We think, however, that these volumes are
now of considerable interest.
Tempe, Arizona State University, 1999 [31767]
ix, 181pp, including text maps, photos etc,
bibliography. Wraps. 23x15. Fine copy. £15.00
Very interesting case study of the relationships
between urban growth and desert environments.
19. Ottawa. COLEMAN Alice The Planning
of the Ottawa Area
Ottawa, Department of Energy Mines and
Resources, 1969. [32106] x, 98pp inc maps,
photos etc plus folding map of the pattern of land
ownership and large folding colour map in rear
pocket. Wraps, 28x21. Pages a little yellowed
round edges else good copy.
£15.00
The national capital was expanding fast. An
attempt to control this growth.
24. Pontiac.
CITY
PLANNING
COMMISSION Planning Pontiac's Future.
Pontiac, Michigan, 1950. [26974] 22pp incl
plans, maps etc plus large folded coloured map
loosely inserted. Wraps, 28x22. Ex ministry
library, vg.
£20.00
Aimed to be user-friendly for the citizens of
Pontiac. Naturally the plan is competely oriented
towards the car. Nice planning study with lovely
coloured master plan. Planning consultant was
Elmer Krieger. The city has now become a
decayed 'Rust Belt' town.
20. Paris. COUPERIE Pierre Paris through
the ages: an illustrated historical atlas of
urbanism and architecture.
(French original, Paris, 1968), London, Barrie &
Jenkins, 1970. [32208] unpaginated, c150pp, incl
48 maps & c300 b&w illustrations, bibliog.
Cloth, 22x25. Good copy, dust wrapper. £30.00
One of the best descriptions of the evolution of
Paris, with sequential maps and associated
illustrations
25. Ruhr. BUCHHOLZ Hanns Jürgen
Formen Städtischen Lebens im Ruhrgebeit.
Untersucht an sechs stadtgeographischen
Beispielen.
Paderborn, Ferdinand Schöningh, 1970. [27489]
87pp incl tables plus 16 plates plus 9 coloured
maps in rear pocket, some fold-out, bibliog.
Library binding, 29x22. Vg thus.
£20.00
Background to the Ruhr planning region. A huge
amount has been done to improve this
industrialised region.
21. Paris. LOUER Francois Paris Nineteenth
Century. Architecture and Urbanism
NY, Abbeville, 1988. [32211] End papers
stylised maps, 478pp inc photos, plans, maps,
bibliog. Cloth, 31x24. Vg in dust wrapper. £40.00
Wonderful photos taking us through the avenues
and boulevards of Paris, but with an analytical
look at the hierachy of buildings, streets and
public spaces. Nearly two-thirds of present-day
Paris was built during the nineteenth century and
the city remains the 'capital' of that century. Vast
and scholarly account.
26. Stamford, Conn. SWAN Herbert S (City
Planner) Plan of a Metropolitan Suburb.
Stamford, Connecticut.
Stamford? Town Planning Commission, 1929
[23083] 127pp, incl. 21 photos, plans (one on a
fold-out). Fold-out Plan of Development at end.
Stiff wraps.27x20. Small nick to spine, two small
glue separation spots on contents page and
opposite, not affecting text, light foxing.
Generally a fair copy.
£50.00
A detailed consultant’s plan. It was accepted by
the Town Plan Commission in 1926, though not
published until 1929. There is much emphasis on
traffic improvements, especially new and
improved parkways, as well as new parks and
other environmental improvements. Swan was a
notable New York City planner.
22. Philadelphia.
COLEMAN
JAMES
(printer) Coleman's Reprint of William Penn's
Original Proposal and Plan for the Founding
and Plan of Philadelphia in Pennsylavania,
America, in 1683
London, 1881. [31863] Fold-out plan, 26pp.
Wraps, 29x20. Cover dusty and browned, map
spotted, covers reattached, old stain top of last
couple of pages, rest of contents good.
£20.00
23. Phoenix. GAMMAGE Jr. Grady Phoenix
in Perspective. Reflections on Developing the
Desert.
27. The Hague. DEPARTMENT OF URBAN
PLANNING AND LAND ALLOCATION
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Zurich, Buchruckerei der Neuen ZuricherZeitung, 1930. [24478] 72pp incl photos, plans,
maps, drawings etc, bibliog. Wraps, 34x24.
Inscription, covers trifle grubby still very good.
£75.00
Study of Zurich and its environs including
planning proposals. There are some fine
illustrations including an artists’ view of a city of
1 million people, mainly in tower blocks. Nice
item.
Masterplan for the Hague Agglomoration
[cover title]
Hague, 1989. [27798] 36pp, incl coloured plans,
maps, photos etc. Wraps, 30x30. Good copy.
£20.00
Popular version of the important 1989 Plan for
the Dutch capital, with good details and fine
plans, graphics etc. Includes a good deal on
mobility and transport issues.
Re-planning Washington D.C.
31. Zurich. MAAG-HONGLER H Das
Moderne Baurecht und der Zurcherische
Quatierplan. Studien uber die rechtliche
Behandlung des Stadterweiterungsgebietes.
1911. [23422] xv, 352pp. Cloth, 23x17.
Discreetly ex office library, bookplate and two
small stamps on fly and title page. Vg, dust
wrapper.
£60.00
A detailed early work on local area planning. The
author was an architect and master-builder.
28. Washington, DC. NATIONAL CAPITAL
PLANNING COMMISSION NATIONAL
CAPITAL
REGIONAL
PLANNING
COUNCIL A Policies Plan for the Year 2000.
The Nation's Capital
Washington, 1961. [27789] x, 114pp incl maps.
plans, photos, drawings etc, many in colour.
Spiral-bound card covers, 26x27. Covers rubbed
on corners and top and bottom of spine, still good
copy.
£25.00
The 1961 plan. It called for a ring of cities
around the capital, much improved mass transit
system, more parks etc.
BRITISH ISLES: PLANS &
TOWN STUDIES
29. Washington DC. NATIONAL CAPITAL
PLANNING COMMISSION. NATIONAL
CAPITAL
REGIONAL
PLANNING
COUNCIL Transportation Plan. National
Capital Region.
The Mass Transportation
Survey Report. 1959.
Washington DC [23213] 85pp + 2pp appendices
+ large fold-out colour map and including many
maps & diagrams, some in colour. Spiral bound
card, 30x48. Bottom five plastic spirals missing,
trifle edgewear , generally vg.
£120.00
A comprehensive plan for the Federal State,
including detailed surveys and recommendations.
The latter consisted of an expanded network of
highways (especially freeways and parkways),
but also new express transit facilities (buses and
modernised rail transit) reaching out to all parts
of the urban area. It was accepted that the
current situation was too auto-dominated.
Chairman of the National Planning Commission
was Harlan Bartholomew. A scarce and
important Plan.
32. Bath. BUCHANAN Colin and Partners
Bath: A Study in Conservation. Report to the
Minister of Housing and Local Government and
Bath City Council
London, HMSO, 1968. [29713] 141pp, many
plans, photos etc + 5 fold-outs at end, 4pp MHLG
press release loosely inserted. Wraps, 30x21.
Small scuff bottom front cover, an excellent
copy.
£40.00
One of the four classic 1968 official conservation
reports on English historic towns. Scarce.
33. Bath. FERGUSSON Adam The Sack of
Bath: a record and an indictment.
Salisbury, Compton Russell, 1973. [32288] 77pp,
84 high quality b&w photo illustrations, 21 by
Lord Snowdon. Introduction by Lord Goodman.
End-paper maps. Introductory rhymes by Sir
John Betjeman. Pictorial boards. 23x18. Nice
copy.
£15.00
Polemical work on threats to the urban fabric of
this Georgian city, with excellent illustrations.
Zurich: an important Plan
30. Zurich.
BICKEL-SCHIRMER
Eingemeindungs-Probleme von Zürich.
O
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38. Cambridge. HOLFORD William &
WRIGHT H. Myles Cambridge Planning
Proposals: A Report to the Town and Country
Planning Committee of the Cambridgeshire
County Council (2 vols).
Cambridge, CUP, 1950. [24475] Vol 1: frontis,
xvi, 102pp, 9 b&w photos, 16 tables, vol 2: 58
illustrations (maps & drawings), some col.
Boards, cloth spine, 32x25. Linen spine faded
and small portion of spiral binding in vol 2 has
rusted, boards trifle marked but a good set of a
plan usually found in poor condition. One map in
rear pocket has crease to top corner.
£25.00
An important two-volume plan for the university
town. Road proposals are given top priority.
A Fine Max Lock Plan
34. Bedford. LOCK Max, GROVE David et
al Bedford by the River. A Town Planning
Report by...
London, John Murray, 1952. [30693] Frontis,
140pp, incl many b&w photos, coloured maps,
diagrams etc. + folding map in rear pocket. End
papers maps. Pictorial boards, cloth spine.
20x28. Edges of cover rubbed and spine a little
sunned, contents in good condition.
£25.00
Beautifully designed, detailed planning report.
Bedford was growing rapidly at this time. A very
nice 1950s item.
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ASLAN N J Outline Plan for the County
Borough of Birkenhead.
Birkenhead, County Borough of Birkenhead,
1947. [24454] Frontis, x, 181pp, xi-xxiv, incl
many colour and b&w artist's views, photos,
maps, plans etc. Folding colour Master Plan in
rear pocket. Cloth. 31x25. A bright copy.. £60.00
A fine reconstruction plan, with lovely
illustrations. Birkenhead had - indeed still has many social and physical problems.
39. Canterbury. JACKSON P Canterbury
Conservation Study 1979.
Canterbury, 1979. [31524] 258pp plus numerous
photos and plans, many folding. Wraps, 30x21.
Owner's stamp inside front cover, label on spine,
vg thus.
£15.00
Very detailed study.
“Traffic in Towns”- Cardiff
40. Cardiff. BUCHANAN and PARTNERS
Cardiff Development and Transportation Study.
1. Probe Study Report
2. Report of the Main Study
London, 1966/8. [32197] Vol 1 x, 91pp inc figs.
Vol 2. ix, 125pp incl figs plus fold-out maps and
plans in both. Land use study map in rear pocket.
Spiral-boundcard, 30x23. Vg.
£60.00
A major Buchanan plan making use of ideas
generated in his famous 'Traffic in Towns'.
Significantly, only cursory attention is paid to
public transport. The 'sensitively' handled motor
car has become king. Probably not formally
published and scarce.
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36. Birmingham. CADBURY BROTHERS
LIMITED (pub) Our Birmingham: The
Birmingham of our Forefathers and the
Birmingham of our Grandsons
Birmingham, (1943), 2nd (corrected) printing
1943. [31850] 55pp, numerous black and white
photos, maps and drawings. Wraps. 17x23. Good
for a fragile item. Pages browned
£20.00
Reconstruction-minded study.
37. Birmingham. CADBURY Paul S
&
WISE M J The Expansion of Birmingham into
the Green Belt Area. 1) Report to the Directors
of
Cadbury
Brothers
Ltd.
2)
The
implications....of proposals to develop land at
Hawkesley Hall....
Bournville, Cadbury Bros, 1968. [32311] 32pp+
fold-out map & incl other maps. Pamphlet.
24x15. Name and number on font cover else good
copy.
£15.00
Very interesting analysis of the green belt
problems of theis area with valuable maps.
41. Cardiff.
CITY
OF
CARDIFF
Development Plan. Town and Country Planning
Act 1947 Part ll.
Cardiff,
1959.
[32194]
20pp
written
statement.Very large Town Map, large
Programme Map and Designation Maps in
pocket. Cloth folder, 24x24. Folder rubbed and
split on spine. Contents and maps vg.
£15.00
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42. Chelmsford.
MINOPRIO
Anthony
Chelmsford Planning Survey 1945: A Survey
and Plan for Chelmsford Borough and Rural
District. Sponsored by the Chelmsford Area
Planning Group.
Chelmsford? 1945. [24438] Coloured frontis
map, 63pp + 3 colour illustrations, 16 b&w plates
& diagrams. Card wraps with paste-down
picture. 28x22. Covers a trifle marked but a good
copy.
£40.00
Foreword by Patrick Abercrombie.
Nice
reconstruction-era plan for the Essex county
town, with interesting graphics etc.
46. Clyde Valley. WHYTE Sir William W
Report by Advisory Committee to The
Constituent Local Authorities
Clyde Valley Regional Planning Advisory
Committee, 1947. [31576] 19pp. Stapled card,
21x14. Vg.
£18.00
Very interesting background to the Clyde Valley
Plan. Discussions of consultant's report, the
committee's opinions of the plan etc. Clerk to the
committee was Sir William Whyte.
An early Irish Plan
47. Cork. CORK TOWN PLANNING
ASSOCIATION Cork A Civic Survey.
Liverpool/London, U of Liverpool/Hodder & S,
1925. [24530] Frontis fold-out, viii, 30pp+ 18
plates (incl fold-outs) & incl text figs. Stiff
wraps. 33x25. Discreetly ex university library,
small number labels on front and inside cover, vg
copy, hardly used.
£275.00
A significant early Irish city plan, obviously
influenced by Patrick Abercrombie’s Dublin
Plan. A. F. Sharman Crawford was Committee
Chairman. Abercrombie & Sydney Kelly were
Special Advisors. The plan includes sections on
industries & docks, population & health,
communications (including roads, trams &
railways), open spaces etc. Perhaps reflecting
the pioneering approach of the Dublin Plan,
there is also some discussion of regional
considerations. Rare.
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43. Cheshire. CHAPMAN W Dobson County
Palatine: A Plan for Cheshire. Prepared for the
County Council.
London, Country Life, (1946 private circulation),
1948. [30702] Coloured frontis, xvi, 215pp,+ c60
b&w photos, maps etc, & 2 fold-out maps in rear
pocket. Cloth, 32x24. Faint owner's stamp on
front cover and end paper, cover little stained,
contents vg.
£30.00
A very ambitious early post-war county plan, with
excellent maps and plans.
44. Chichester. SHARP Thomas Georgian
City:
a plan for the preservation and
improvement of Chichester.
Chichester, Southern Publishing for Chichester
Corporation, 1949. [32267] 54pp, 11 b&w photos
& drawings, colour fold-out plan, 4 b/w plans.
Card covers, 20x17. Respined, contents good.
£22.00
A scarce and attractive Sharp plan.
48. Coventry.
MCGUIGAN
John,
MACCORMAC Richard and LIVELL Vivien
et al Phoenix. Art Architecture Regeneration
London, Black Dog, 2004. [31523] 108pp inc
photos, further reading list, timeline, list of
Coventry's 26 twin cities. Wraps, 28x23. Fine.
£12.00
Experiment in urban regeneration in a run-down
area in the city. It creates a series of public
spaces from the cathedral to a new Garden of
International Friendship. Joined up thinking in
regeneration and no evidence of penny pinching.
Lovely photos.
45. Clyde Valley Plan. ABERCROMBIE Sir
Patrick and MATTHEW Robert Clyde Valley
Regional Plan 1946. Preliminary Edition
Published by the Committee, 1946. [24822]
697pp incl tables. Wraps, 18x12. Faint pencil
marks in margin, vg.
£45.00
‘This advance and limited edition of the Clyde
Valley Regional Plan is being circulated for
official purposes only. Its purpose is to enable
those most directly concerned to begin their
consideration of the proposals pending the
publication of the full Report, which will include
Appendices, coloured maps, diagrams and
photographs and will be published and put on
sale to the public as soon as possible.’ Scarce.
49. Dublin. WRIGHT Lance and BROWNE
Kenneth A Future for Dublin.
London, AP, 1975. [24279] Reprinted from
“Architectural Review”, November 1974.
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pp268-330 incl very many photos, plans,
drawings etc. Publisher’s pictorial wraps. 30x24.
Vg.
£15.00
A significant Report (originally published as a
special issue of AR, November 1974). Dublin was
probably at the nadir of its fortunes in this period
and the Report contained many valuable ideas.
A great reconstruction Plan
53. Edinburgh. ABERCROMBIE Patrick &
PLUMSTEAD Derek A Civic Survey & Plan
for the City & Royal Burgh of Edinburgh:
Prepared for the Town Council.
Edinburgh, Oliver & Boyd, 1949. [24506] xvi,
115pp + 22 fold-out colour maps, 54 b&w plates,
inc 29 text illustrations & many tables etc. 3
colour plans in rear pocket. Gilt lettered &
embossed cloth, 37x29. An unusually good copy,
in nice dust wrapper.
£85.00
One of the finest of all the British reconstruction
plans. The authors propose elaborate new streets
and squares, but remain sensitive to the City’s
many historic features.
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50. Dudley. MAWSON
E. Prentice The
Priory Estate Dudley. Report on proposals for
its development prepared under the direction of
the Council.
London, Batsford, 1929. [32291] Coloured
frontis, plan, viii, 48pp + 6 plates (plans & artist's
views) and including one illustration in the text.
Gilt patterned publisher's cloth, 31x25. Nice
copy.
£85.00
Dudley Council had recently purchased this
estate on the North West of the town. Dudley was
already quite built up and Prentice Mawson
(Thomas Mawson's son) proposes well planned
housing, "Small Trade Areas", a public park and
other open spaces. Nicely produced plan from the
Mawson office.
54. Edinburgh. YOUNGSON A J The Making
of Classical Edinburgh 1750-1840
Edinburgh, Edinburgh UP, 1966 etc. 1968
reprint. [32184] xviii, 338pp+ 82 b&w photo
plates by Edwin Smith and incl 80 figs, pictorial
end papers. Gilt lettered cloth. 24x19. Very good
copy, in nice dust wrapper.
£25.00
The best book on this key town planning episode.
An entire new settlement was built to the north of
the medieval Old Town. Perhaps only Newcastle
achieved such a comprehensive new ideal plan in
this period.
51. Durham. SHARP Thomas Cathedral City:
A Plan for Durham
London, The Architectural Press for Durham CC,
1944. [30659] 98pp+ attractive fold-out colour
maps and incl many text photos, line illustrations,
plans etc. Pictorial wraps, designed by Henrion.
23x18. Unusually nice copy of a book often
found in poor condition.
£25.00
Sharp's sensitive Durham Plan, a nicely designed
study.
55. Exeter. SHARP Thomas Exeter Phoenix.
A Plan for Rebuilding
London, Architectural Press for Exeter City
Council, 1946. [32205] 154pp, incl 40 maps,
diagrams & drawings (many colour), 100+ b&w
photos & engravings, (some colour), fold-out
planning scheme at end. End papers maps. Cloth.
23x18. Good copy in dust wrapper.
£20.00
Attractive Sharp reconstruction plan for this old
cathedral city, which was badly affected by
bombing.
52. East Suffolk. ABERCROMBIE Patrick &
KELLY Sydney A East Suffolk Regional
Planning Scheme. Prepared for The East
Suffolk Joint Regional Planning Committee.
Liverpool & London, Liverpool UP & Hodder &
Stoughton, 1935. [24443] Frontis, xx, 112pp +
many maps and plans (incl. fold-outs) + photo
plates + coloured fold-out plan of the scheme.
Boards, cloth spine. 31x26. A very nice copy.
£95.00
A detailed plan for this county area. It was still
almost completely rural at this time, though there
were beginning to be outside pressures especially
from the London metropolis.. With fine maps and
illustrations.
56. Glasgow. CORPORATION OF THE
CITY OF GLASGOW Municipal Glasgow: Its
Evolution and Enterprises.
Glasgow, Corp of the City of Glasgow, (1914)
1915 reprint. [31519] 340pp, incl c50 interesting
sepia plates, many tables, maps etc. Cloth.
25x16. Spine trifle faded else good copy. £25.00
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Detailed account of all aspects of municipal
Glasgow and surrounds, with excellent photos &
drawings.
One of the most grandiose of the Wartime
reconstruction plans. Hull had been very badly
bombed. Loosely inserted is a useful evaluation
of the plan by H F Alston, Hull Town Planning
Officer, dd 1959.
57. Hertfordshire. DOUBLEDAY E H
(County Planning Officer) Hertfordshire:
Survey Report and Analysis of County
Development Plan.
Hertford, Herts CC, 1951. [17303] Frontis map,
xii, 192pp+ 20 maps and incl text vignettes and
incl detailed appendices. Cloth. 30x24. Spine
lettering slightly faded, else good.
£40.00
Nicely produced Report & Analysis, prepared
under the 1947 Act. The county, on the northern
edge of London, was developing fast in this
period
61. KENT COUNTY COUNCIL Planning
Basis For Kent: incorporating reports upon the
Country Planning Survey and the County Road
Plan.
Maidstone? Kent CC, 1948. [31260] Frontis, vii,
121pp + 14 maps & diagrams (some colour,
folding), 8 b&w photos & inc list of buildings of
historic or architectural interest. Boards, cloth
spine. 33x21. Good copy. Some sunning to edges.
Inscribed on front end paper by James W Adams,
county planning officer. Owner's signature on
title-page.
£35.00
Comprehensive survey of the county. It was
prepared as background for the new 1947 Act,
but is an attractive work, more in the style of the
earlier 1940s plans. The 1944 GLC Plan is a
major influence. Scarce.
58. Hull. KINGSTON UPON HULL CIVIC
SOCIETY Report and Study of "The Old
Town"
Kingston, nd, c1966. [30666] c16pp inc
illustrations plus fold-out map of the Old Town,
fold-out of proposals and fold-out of roadside
bridge. Card covers, 30x20. Owner's stamp, vg
thus.
£20.00
A pioneering conservation study. The area at this
time was mainly languishing in dereliction but
had potential for conservation with many fine
buildings. These should be sensitively treated and
more housing encouraged in the area. Much of
this has now been achieved. Scarce.
62. Knutsford. NEWS CHRONICLE (publ)
Adventure in Planning: Your Town: A Plan for
Expansion - the Knutsford Example
Knutsford, 1946. [31182] 49pp inc many b&w &
some colour illustrations, maps, etc. Spiral bound
stiff card pamphlet. 23x30. Cover browned else
good copy.
£35.00
One of the most innovative of all the 1940s plans,
with lovely coloured artist's views, photos, plans,
etc. Charles Reilly inspired the plan and the
chief consultant was W Dobson Chapman. Other
august contributors include Osborn, Tubbs,
Gibberd and Jellicoe. A fine reconstruction item.
59. Hull.
LUTYENS
Edwin
&
ABERCROMBIE Patrick A Plan for the City
& County of Kingston upon Hull.
London, A Brown, 1945. [30703] xii, 92pp +
many b&w photos, colour fold-out maps, inc text
illustrations. Cloth. 36x28. Vg.
£70.00
One of the most grandiose of the Wartime
reconstruction plans. Hull had been very badly
bombed.
63. Lake District. MATTOCKS Robert H
The Lake District (South) Regional Planning
Scheme. The Report Prepared for The Joint
Committee of Local Authorities.
Kendal, 1930. [28293] 67pp, incl appendices +
17 single-sided plates. Large folded map of
Planning Scheme in colour in rear pocket. Stiff
wraps, 31x25. Vg.
£65.00
Population is expected to remain static and there
is little prospect of industry. Preservation is of
key importance. The author was a notable Leeds
Town Planning Consultant. (see also Sheffield
entry below).
60. Hull.
LUTYENS
Edwin
&
ABERCROMBIE Patrick A Plan for the City
& County of Kingston upon Hull
London, A Brown, 1945. [31183] xii, 92pp, +
many b&w photos, colour fold-out maps, inc text
illustrations. Gordon Cherry's signature. Gilt
lettered cloth. 36x28. Nice copy, dramatic dust
wrapper by J Harvey, this a little ragged, now
protected.
£85.00
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64. Leicester. PATTERSON A Temple
Radical Leicester: A History of Leicester 17801850
Leicester, U College Leicester, 1954. [30137]
Frontis, x, 405pp + fold-out map & incl bibliog.
Publisher’s cloth. 22x14. Ministry lib. copy, vg
thus in dust wrapper.
£15.00
Scholarly study of this city in the Industrial
Revolution.
Chichester, Wiley, 2009. [32020] 256pp inc
illustrations. Cloth, 25x22. Vg in dust wrapper.
£25.00
Background and delivery of one of the most
complex regeneration projects in the UK. Very
detailed and beautifully illustrated.
69. Liverpool. McBANE Jack The Rebirth of
Liverpool. The Eldonian Way.
Liverpool, University Press, 2008. [31521] xii,
202pp inc illustrations, bibliog. Wraps, 25x19.
Owner's label on half-titl,e else vg.
£15.00
Describes the transformation of a derelict and
polluted piece of land in the north docks area of
Liverpool into the Eldonian Village. A
redevelopment strategy created by its residents,
who did not want their community scattered
across the city. The project aimed to provide
cradle-to-grave community facilities. It was given
a World Habitat Award in 2004.
65. Leicestershire. ALLEN & POTTER
Consultants Leicestershire Regional Town
Planning Joint Advisory Committee: Regional
Planning Report
London, Consultant's Report, 1932. [28064] xxii,
106pp+ 48 b&w photos & many fold-out maps,
some in colour, also very large map in rear
pocket. Cloth, 26x17. Vg.
£55.00
A well produced pre-war plan for this county,
with lovely illustrations, maps etc. The area was
still essentially rural at this time.The authors
were town planning consultants and architects,
based in The Strand in London
70. London - City. LLOYD, David,
FREEMAN Jennifer and FAWCETT Jane et
al Save the City. A Conservation Study of the
City of London
London, SPAB, 1976. [31610] xiv, 191pp inc 77
illustrations, plans etc. Wraps, 30x21. Good copy.
£25.00
Other contributors include Peter Burman,
Nikolaus Pevsner and Roderick Gradidge.
66. Letchworth. FIRST GARDEN CITY
LTD Letchworth. The Well-planned Beautiful
Town. Where Town and Country Meet [cover
title]
Letchworth, 1935. [32532] End papers maps,
121pp inc illustrations. Cover states 128 pages
but this is incorrect. Cloth with gilt crest, 21x16.
Covers a little dusty, generally nice copy. £25.00
Short history of the founding of Letchworth and
good general overview with nice photos.
The City of London Plan
London - City. CORPORATION OF
LONDON Report. Improvements and Town
Planning Committee ....on the Preliminary Draft
Proposals for Post-War Reconstruction in the
City of London.
London, B.T. Batsford for the Corporation, 1944.
[32191] Frontis map, vi, 32pp, xxxiv + many
fold-out coloured maps and plans. Also many
excellent perspective drawings. Gilt lettered twocoloured publisher's cloth. 34x22. Faint spotting
to prelims, good copy.
£40.00
Expensively produced study, which became the
basis for the Holden-Holford Plan.
67. Liverpool. HUGHES Quentin Seaport:
Architecture & Townscape in Liverpool.
London, Lund Humphries, 1964, 1969 reprint.
[31538] xi, 180pp, many high quality photos &
plans, bibliog. Cloth, 27x22. Pages a little
yellowed round edges, in pictorial dust wrapper
(this trifle rubbed on edges, now protected). A
good tight copy.
£25.00
A notable townscape study in the Cullenesque
mould. As time goes on, the late Quentin Hughes’
work looks increasingly perceptive. Nice peice of
1960's design.
68. Liverpool.
LITTLEFIELD
Liverpool One. Remaking a City Centre
71. London - City. HOLDEN C. H. &
HOLFORD W. G. The New Plan for the City of
London. A Summary and explanation of the
interim proposals for reconstruction....
David
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London, Architectural Press, nd 1946. [31611]
12pp, 10 illustrations (maps, photos etc). Loosely
inserted viipp supplement The Times 'Replanning
of London' dd May 17th 1936 (Bressey report),
vpp Press Bureau release from the LCC dd 1961
regarding South Bank Development-New
Concert Hall, Exhibition Gallery and extension of
the Royal Festival Hall. Large format pamphlet.
30x22. Pamphlet creased and Times supplement
very browned and ragged round the edges. £25.00
Sets forth the broad outline of the Plan. Very
scarce.
75. London - City. HOLDEN C H &
HOLFORD W G The City of London: a Record
of Destruction and Survival.
London, Architectural Press (for the Corporation
of London), 1951. [32465] 341pp, including over
360 illustrations & drawings (by Gordon Cullen),
40 being in colour, & fold-out maps (some in
colour), maps on end papers. Gilt lettered &
embossed cloth. 24x19. Very nice copy in vg dust
wrapper.
£60.00
Another copy.
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72. London - City. HOLDEN C. H. &
HOLFORD W. G. The New Plan for the City of
London. A Summary and explanation of the
interim proposals for reconstruction....
London, Architectural Press (reprinted from the
July 18 issue of AJ), nd 1946. [32187] 12pp, 10
illustrations (maps, photos etc). Large format
pamphlet. 30x22. Small tear top of front cover
else vg copy
£25.00
Sets forth the broad outline of the Plan.
76. London. CLUNN Harold London Rebuilt
1897-1927. An attempt to depict the principal
changes which have taken place, with some
suggestions for the further improvement of the
metropolis
London, John Murray, 1927. [32204] Frontis, x,
316pp plus 74pp plates. Cloth, 22x16. Spine
faded and a little dusty, occasional foxing, nice
bright plates.
£40.00
One of the best visual records of London’s
physical development in this period of rapid
expansion. The photographs, many of which are
not found elsewhere, are particularly valuable.
The focus is mainly on central London but there
is also material on the suburbs; the Great West
Road, Dagenham etc
73. London - City. HOLDEN Dr C H &
HOLFORD Professor W G Reconstruction in
the City of London: Final Report to the
Improvements and Town Planning Committee
by the Joint Consultants. (Draft version)
London, Consultants Report, 1947. [30688] 64pp
+ 23 plates and fold-outs (maps, plans, views
etc). Wraps, linen spine. 33x21. Unusually good
copy.
£50.00
Rare draft of the Final Report. Very scarce.
77. London - Docklands. GREEVES Ivan S
London Docks 1800-1980 a civil engineering
history.
London, Thomas Telford, 1980. [31574] End
Papers map and schematic history, frontis, xii,
155pp incl many illustrations, bibliog. Cloth,
24x17. Vg, dust wrapper.
£20.00
First history on the port - from the engineer’s
viewpoint.
74. London - City. HOLDEN C H &
HOLFORD W G The City of London: a Record
of Destruction and Survival.
London, Architectural Press (for the Corporation
of London), 1951. [32290] 341pp, including over
360 illustrations & drawings (by Gordon Cullen),
40 being in colour, & fold-out maps (some in
colour), maps on end papers. Gilt lettered &
embossed cloth. 24x19. Spine trifle faded else
nice copy.
£50.00
Published version of the Consultants' final report
on the building development of the City, wartime
damage, and proposals for reconstruction. A
famous London Plan.
78. London - Docklands. R TRAVERS
MORGAN & PARTNERS (consulting
engineers)
Docklands
Redevelopment
Proposals. Volume One-Main Report
London, Docklands Study Team, 1973. [29615]
266 incl very many colour maps and plans.
Spiral-bound stiff card, 30x23. Bottom spine
trifle rubbed else vg.
£30.00
Historic original master plan for the Docklands
79. London. FOX Celina (ed) London - World
City 1800-1840
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New Haven, Yale UP in assoc with The Museum
of London, 1992 (based on an Exhibition, Villa
Hügel, Essen). [30150] 624pp, hundreds of b&w
and colour illustrations, 705 nos, bibliog. Articles
by Crook, Wainwright, Jarvis etc. Pictorial end
papers. Gilt lettered cloth. 28x24. Fine, dust
wrapper.
£22.00
Vast catalogue of this major Exhibition, "the first
comprehensive study of London during this
period..." Excellent reference.
83. London - Mayfair and Belgravia.
CHAPMAN TAYLOR PARTNERS The
Grosvenor Estate Strategy for Mayfair and
Belgravia
London, 1971. [32183] 210pp inc photos, maps,
artist impressions etc. Slip-case, spiral-bound
card, 43x32. Edges of slip-case trifle rubbed else
vg.
£75.00
The report presents a planning strategy for the
Estate over the next hundred years. The Estate
covered about 300 acres in these two exclusive
areas of London and contained some 4500
properties.
Contains
many
fine
maps,
photographs, drawings etc.
80. London - GLC Plan. ABERCROMBIE
Patrick Greater London Plan 1944.
London, HMSO, 1945. [24686] ix, 220pp + many
text illustrations. Two-section Master Plan etc in
envelope in rear pocket. Patterned gilt lettered
cloth, 32x25. Good copy.
£65.00
Abercrombie's great plan for the London city
region & its satellite settlements (amongst other
things, a basis for the post-war South East New
Towns). Greenbelts, neighbourhoods, transport
network and many other aspects are planned for.
84. London. PATERNOSTER ASSOCIATES
Paternoster Square
London, nd, c1995. [32079] 8pp inc artist
impressions, photos, plans and drawings, map.
Stiff card publicity brochure, 21x30. Vg. £15.00
85. London - Paternoster. PATERNOSTER
ASSOCIATES (pub) Paternoster Square: the
Masterplan.
London, nd c1995? [31424] 68pp, numerous
illustrations (photos, plans, drawings), many
coloured. Cloth, ring binding. 36x26. Vg indeed
in original case.
£60.00
Beautifully presented master plan. Planners were
Farrell, Beeby and John Simpson & Partners.
Architects included Adam, Gibson and Terry.
There are some lovely graphics including fold-out
view by Edwin Venn and drawings by Terry
Farrell and Co.
81. London. GWYNN John London and
Westminster Improved, Illustrated by Plans. To
which is prefixed, a discourse on publick
magnificence.
London, the Author, 1766. [31210] xxvi, 132pp +
4 large colour-tinted engraved maps. Boards.
27x21. Re-cased in boards, two discreet ancient
ministry library stamps, good copy thus, with
excellent bright maps.
£495.00
Gwynnn's enlightened and ambitious plans for
central London, shown in clear coloured maps.
The author proposes a more efficient grid system
of streets and squares, street widening, removal
of crowded markets and new health precautions.
An important work in the history of London
planning. It is said to have influenced John Nash
in his metropolitan projects.
86. London - Piccadilly. MINISTRY OF
HOUSING AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
Piccadilly Circus. Report of the working party.
London, HMSO, 1965. [30597] 79pp inc maps,
photo of model of the Holford scheme. Card
covers, 24x19. Ex library, small stamp on cover
and end paper, owner's stamp, vg thus.
£18.00
This report mainly looks at traffic and pedestrian
circulation around the Circus "probably the
busiest place in London."
82. London - LCC Plan. FORSHAW J. H. &
ABERCROMBIE Patrick County of London
Plan. Prepared for the London County Council.
London, Macmillan, 1943. [2640] Frontis, xii,
188pp, + 12 colour and 58 b&w plates and incl
many fold-outs and maps in colour. Coloured end
paper maps. Cloth. 32x25. Spine a little spotted
else unusually nice bright copy.
£45.00
The famous LCC Plan, a landmark in London
planning.
87. London. REDDAWAY T F The
Rebuilding of London After the Great Fire
London, Cape, 1940. [31233] 333pp, 32
illustrations, bibliog. Cloth. 23x15. Good copy.
Cover rubbed on bottom edge.
£25.00
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First edition of this standard work; includes
much on the rebuilding of St Paul's. Describes the
various reconstruction plans, including Wren's
great scheme. Still one of the best works on the
subject.
The famous LCC Plan, a landmark in London
planning. Unusual to find such a nice copy in a
good dust wrapper.
92. London - GLC Plan. ABERCROMBIE
Patrick Greater London Plan 1944.
London, HMSO, 1945. [32202] ix, 220pp + many
text illustrations. Two-section Master Plan etc in
envelope in rear pocket. Original map envelope
loosely inserted. Patterned gilt lettered cloth,
32x25. Good copy, in the unusual white dust
wrapper.
£65.00
Abercrombie's great plan for the London city
region & its satellite settlements (amongst other
things, a basis for the post-war South East New
Towns). Greenbelts, neighbourhoods, transport
network and many other aspects are planned for.
88. London. ROYAL INSTITUTE OF
BRITISH ARCHITECTS Greater London.
Towards a Master Plan: The Second Interim
Report of the London Regional Reconstruction
Committee of.....
London, 1943. [31856] 52pp, plans, short bibliog.
Exhibition guide for the plan held at RIBA
loosely inserted, 8pp, folded with illustrations.
Nice item. Wraps. 24x15. Covers a little dusty
and browned, staples rusty, contents vg. £25.00
Scarce and important Report.
Committee
included Holden, Hiorns, Lanchester etc. The
committee took a more Beax Art approach than
Abercrombie and his plans
93. London - 1951 LCC Plan. Administrative
County of London: Development Plan 1951:
Analysis
London, LCC, 1951. [31264] End papers plan,
map, xvii, 325pp inc c100 b&w photos & many
maps etc.
Cloth, 31x25. Vg in the scarce
pictorial dust wrapper (this a little creased and
chipped but now protected).
£60.00
This ambitious Plan, required by the 1947 Act,
was a substantial advance on the 1943 LCC Plan.
89. London - Thames. BUNGE J H O Tideless
Thames in Future London.
London, Thames Barrage Assoc, 1944. [31120]
End papers maps, frontis, 122pp, photos, plans,
articles by W Butler, Charles Bressey. Cloth,
25x19. Cover sunfaded, especially towards spine,
which is also a little marked (not too bad).
generally a fair copy, with contents good. £12.00
On the need for a Thames Barrage. A thorough
analysis - and prophetic.
94. Manchester.
MANCHESTER
AND
DISTRICT JOINT TOWN PLANNING
ADVISORY COMMITTEE Report upon the
Regional Scheme. Map (Scale 2 and a half to
one mile) in 12 Sections, referred to in Report
upon the Regional Scheme.
Manchester, nd c1931? [30333] 170pp+ many
fold-out maps (some in colour) inc photos, plans
etc. 12 large Section folding maps, showing
zoning proposals Wraps, 29x23. Vol 1 good
condition, vol 2 (maps) ex reference library, with
tatty cover but maps in very good condition, as
though they have never been used.
£120.00
A significant plan, under the 1925 Act, for this
great industrial city. Reginald Bruce was Chief
Surveyor. Volume 2 is particularly scarce.
90. London - West End. BROWNE Kenneth
West End: renewal of a metropolitan centre.
London, The Architectural Press, 1971. [6429]
111pp, many photos, colour drawings by the
author. Cloth. 28x22. Fine, dust wrapper. £20.00
Sensitive analysis of planning problems in this
central area, with nice drawings etc. Interesting
approach, somewhat similar to Gordon Cullen's.
Also a nice piece of 1970s book design.
91. London - LCC Plan. FORSHAW J. H. &
ABERCROMBIE Patrick County of London
Plan. Prepared for the London County Council.
London, Macmillan, 1943. [32203] Frontis, xii,
188pp, + 12 colour and 58 b&w plates and incl
many fold-outs and maps in colour. Coloured end
paper maps. Cloth. 32x25. Nice copy in dust
wrapper, this with very minor chips round edges.
£60.00
‘Reconstructing’ Manchester – the three
Nicholas Plans
95. Manchester.
NICHOLAS R City of
Manchester Plan: Prepared for the City
Council.
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Norwich, Jarrold, 1945, 1947 reprint. [32200]
Coloured frontis, xii, 274pp, + a great many
coloured fold-out maps and plans, b&w plates,
text diagrams etc. Striking colour end papers.
Cloth. 31x25. Spine rubbed top and bottom else
good copy in partial dust wrapper.
£50.00
A beautifully presented Plan, but its proposals for
the old city would have been highly destructive,
even though the city had suffered relatively little
damage in the War.
99. Middlesbrough. LOCK Max (Director)
The County Borough of Middlesbrough. Survey
and Plan.
Middlesbrough, Middlesbrough Corporation,
1946. [31276] 483pp, incl. hundreds of maps,
photos, plans etc + folding maps, Land Use and
Master Plan, in front & rear pockets. 20pp
booklet of the proposals in outline by Max Lock.
Cloth. 25x31. Hinges slack (as always), top of
spine pulled and prelims and maps browned, but
still a better copy than usually found.
£80.00
Monumental reconstruction plan, which showed
much greater stress on social aspects of
reconstruction than most other plans of this
period.
96. Manchester. NICHOLAS R. Manchester
and District Regional Planning Committee:
Report on the Tentative Regional Planning
Proposals.
Norwich, Jarrold, 1945. [22699] Frontis, x,
126pp, + many b&w photos & fold-out maps
(some in colour). Cloth. 31x25. Bookplate and
one library stamp, cover bumped on top corner
and edge of spine a trifle rubbed but still a good
tight copy.
£50.00
Companion volume to the Manchester Plan, in
the same format, dealing with hinterland
developments.
100. Newark. NOTTINGHAM COUNTY
PLANNING DEPT Newark. Action for
Conservation
Nottingham, County Council, 1968. [31586]
89pp incl photos, plans, drawings etc. Gerald
Dix's copy. Cloth, 26x40. Vg.
£25.00
Sensitive conservation study. Donald Insall acted
as adviser and his influence can be seen in the
report
97. Manchester. NICHOLAS R & HELLER
M J South Lancashire and North Cheshire
Advisory Planning Committee. An Advisory
Plan.
Manchester, Richard Bates for the Committee,
1947. [30372] xiii, 154pp + 15 fold-out maps +
many plates & incl diagrams, b&w photos etc..
Folding coloured Outline Plan in rear pocket.
Gilt lettered blue cloth. 34x21. A very good copy.
£40.00
This important Plan, for the furthest areas of
Manchester's influence, completed in an
outwards direction the trilogy of Nicholas Plans.
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101. North-East Sussex. DAVIDGE W R (town
planning consultant) Northern Area East
Sussex Region. Report of the Joint Town
Planning Advisory Committee.
1931. [32292] 75pp incl plans plus plates.
Boards with paste-on label, linen spine, 31x25.
Fair copy only with foxing and no map in rear
pocket.
£15.00
A nicely produced plan covering the Wealden
districts of East Grinstead, Cuckfield, Chailey
and Uckfield. The area was still essentially rural,
with only small historic towns, such as Burgess
Hill, Haywards Heath and East Grinstead. The
plan's main focus is on the preservation of
amenities and there is a good deal on
communications, including, oddly enough,
possible future aerodromes. Davidge, however,
seems to ignore any potential influence from
London.
98. Merseyside. THOMPSON F Longstreth
Merseyside Plan 1944
London, HMSO, 1945. [28638] 73pp, incl 5 figs
+ folding plan in rear pocket. Wraps, 31x25.
Spine professionally repaired to make a good
copy of a fragile plan.
£40.00
Major
reconstruction plan for the whole
Merseyside area. NOTE there was also a report
on recent industrial development. This was issued
after the war as a second volume ( not present
here)
102. Oxford. NORTON & ALLWORTH City
of Oxford. Proposed Extension of Boundaries
Oxford, 1927. [32253] Large fold-out colour map
of proposals, 14pp. Card covers, 34x22. Split on
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spine of cover and some foxing on the maps,
generally good condition for its age.
£30.00
A scarce Oxford planning item, the first copy we
have seen. Norton & Allworth were Boundary
Advisors to Local Authorities. Extensions to
Oxford would mean an increase in population of
at least 14,000.
Important planning study. The valley had been
devastated by the industrial revolution but still
had much to offer, not least because of its fine
landscape setting.
107. Rhondda Valleys. BUILDING DESIGN
PARTNERSHIP Rhondda Valley Development
Plan. A Future for a former mining community
[cover title]
nd, c1969. [27703] 121pp incl plans, maps,
photos etc, some tipped-in plus appendices,
bibliog. Cloth, 30x22. Owner's stamp, dust
wrapper, vg.
£40.00
A very interesting and beautifully designed BDP
plan for this linear mining settlement. The area
had suffered greatly from industrial dereliction
but had considerable landscape potential. Scarce
103. Pontpridd. KEEBLE AND TREVENA
(Consultants) Pontypridd Town Centre Plan
Pontypridd, nd, c1969. [32212] unpaginated, c54
pp incl full page maps, artist's views, rather in the
Cullen style, etc. Photo of a large model of the
town centre proposals. Stiff ring-bound card,
43x28. Vg.
£30.00
A scarce Consultant's Plan for this South Wales
mining town. The plan considered traffic
(presenting some rather ghastly road proposals),
building conditions, town centre improvements
and other matters.
108. Ryedale. DUNCOMBE Colonel C.W.E.
(ed) Ryedale: A Report on the District by the
Ryedale Branch of the Council for the
Preservation of Rural England.
Appleton-le-Moors, York, (1934) 1951, revised
edition, edited by R. W. CROSLAND. [20210]
Frontis, 79pp+ 29 b&w photo plates. Front end
paper map. Texts by Crosland, Slingsby,
Abercrombie & Vincent, Lascelles etc. Card
wraps, with paste-down image. 28x22. Very
good.
£20.00
Nicely produced Report (though nothing is added
to the pre-war edition). Preservation of rural
amenities are seen as the key issue.
104. Port Talbot. BLAND E A Port Talbot
Town Centre. Report of Survey and Town
Centre Map
Glamorgan County Council, 1968. [32180] 49pp
inc maps etc plus 32pp appendices inc map and
artist impressions. Spiral-bound card, 34x44.
Minor marks on cover else vg.
£20.00
The centre was threatened with congestion and
obsolescence. Nicely made plan with attractive
maps.
105. Port Talbot. POWELL E John Port
Talbot Town Centre
Glamorgan, 1965. [32181] 80pp inc maps,
sketches by Hugh Casson, bibliog. Spiral-bound
card, 34x43. Owner's label and few marks on
front cover, generally vg.
£30.00
The town was threatened with obsolescene. A new
civic centre is proposed and a new traffic
gyratory system. Some fine sketches by himself.
Scarce.
109. Salisbury. SHARP Thomas Newer Sarum:
a Plan for Salisbury
London, Architectural Press for Salisbury City
Council, 1949. [30657] 84pp, incl photos, colour
maps,
fold-out map of outline planning
proposals, diagrams etc. Cloth, 23x18. Owner's
stamp on end paper, label on spine of dust
wrapper, vg thus.
£18.00
Lovely example of Sharp's small town plans.
110. SHEFFIELD
TOWN
PLANNING
COMMITTEE Sheffield Replanned.
Sheffield, Sheffield City Council? 1945. [30695]
74pp + many plates (colour artist's impressions of
the new Sheffield, b&w photos, plans etc).
Wraps.
28x22. Faint foxing front cover
otherwise unusually nice copy.
£45.00
Scarce reconstruction plan. J. M. Collie was City
Engineer & Planning Officer.
106. Rhondda. CIVIC TRUST The Rhondda
Valleys. Proposals for the transformation of an
environment
Civic Trust, 1965. [32196] 64pp inc fold-out
plates of photos, maps, plans etc, artist
impressions. Spiral-bound card covers, 30x22.
Owner's signature on title page and name on front
cover else vg.
£18.00
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Unique original typescript of this plan from the
Ministry library. Photographs & plans called for
- not present (these were circulated separately).
Contains a few hand written amendments and
marginal comments.
111. South
East
Sussex.
ADAMS,
THOMPSON & FRY (Town Planning
Consultants) South East Sussex Regional
Planning Scheme. Report Prepared for the
South East Sussex Joint Town Planning
Committee
London, 1931. [32317] 75pp+ 22 figs on plates,
large folding coloured map of Scheme in rear
pocket. Some tables. Pictorial boards, cloth
spine. 30x25. Top and bottom of spine rubbed
else nice copy.
£70.00
Scarce. The area included Hastings, Bexhill, Rye,
Battle etc. Much if it was rural, so amenity values
are very important in the plan as well as
communications, open spaces and zoning.
115. SOUTH-WEST LANCASHIRE JOINT
TOWN
PLANNING
ADVISORY
COMMITTEE The Future Development of
South-West Lancashire:
Liverpool, London, Liverpool UP: Hodder &
Stoughton, 1930. [21138] Frontis, xvi, 166pp +
24 plates (colour maps, b&w photos etc) and incl
32 diagrams, 6 drawings. Uniform gilt lettered &
patterned cloth. 32x26. An excellent copy, still in
the scarce dust wrapper.
£85.00
Important Plan for this industrial area. It was
drafted by Thomas Sharp and this was, in a
sense, his first book. Patrick Abercrombie was a
co-opted member.
112. South Gwent. GOSS Anthony South
Gwent: Its development potential and
relationship to the Valleys and the Severn
Valley
Gwent County Council, 1976. [32198] 230pp
plus fold-out maps. Card covers, cloth spine,
29x21. Some underlining else good copy. £15.00
Plan for the important industrial littoral between
Newport and Chepstow.
116. Southampton. FORD P (ed) Southampton
A Civic Survey: Being a Report of the Civic
Survey Committee of the Southampton Civic
Society under the Chairmanship of Brigadier E
M Jack.
London, OUP for the Society, 1931. [24442]
Frontis plate, ix, 99pp + 25 plates (several being
fold-out maps & plans) and incl text illustrations.
Boards, cloth spine. 35x27. Vg, dust wrapper.
£50.00
Important beaux art-style planning report,
including plans for new civic buildings.
However,
the
Survey
also
covers
communications, land use, slums etc.
113. South Wales. LLOYD Alwyn and
JACKSON Herbert South Wales Plan for the
South Wales & Monmouthshire Development
Area (excluding the Borough of Pembroke).
Prepared for the Minister of Town & Country
Planning. Explanatory Report
Place unstated, unpublished report, 1947. [28636]
84 mimeoed pages plus c42 pages appendices,
incl short bibliog. Boards, linen spine, 32x2o. Ex
ministry library, boards trifle faded, small stain
on back cover, spine rubbed at bottom but still a
good tight copy.
£25.00
The scarce unpublished provisional version
117. Tay Valley. LYLE Robert & PAYNE
Gordon The Tay Valley Plan: A Physical,
Social and Economic Survey and Plan for the
Future Development of East Central Scotland.
Dundee? East Central (Scotland) Regional
Planning Advisory Committee, 1950. [22837]
xvi, 433pp, + 26 colour maps + 54 other plates
(photos etc) and incl text figs. End paper maps.
Cloth. 29x23. Two discreet old local authority
stamps, very good copy.
£40.00
Major Plan for this area. Gordon Payne was a
Gloucester Town Planning Consultant and Lyle
was Clerk to the Council.
114. South Wales. LLOYD T Alwyn, &
JACKSON Herbert South Wales Plan: for the
South Wales & Monmouthshire Development
Area (excluding the Borough of Pembroke).
Explanatory report.
Prepared for the Minister of Town & Country
Planning, 1947. [3744] 169pp plus various
appendices. Ring bound folder with pasted-on
title, 35x23. Ministry library copy (‘gift of Mr
Sheare’).
£60.00
118. Tay Valley. LYLE Robert & PAYNE
Gordon The Tay Valley Plan: A Physical,
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such as Becontree were being developed for LCC
housing estates. A scarce inter-war Adshead
Plan.
Social and Economic Survey and Plan for the
Future Development of East Central Scotland
Dundee? East Central (Scotland) Regional
Planning Advisory Committee, 1950. [24832]
xvi, 433pp, + 26 colour maps + 54 other plates
(photos etc) and incl text figs. End papers maps.
Cloth, 29x23. Top and bottom of spine slightly
pulled, else good copy. In the scarce dust wrapper
(This a trifle rubbed and with shelf number on
spine, now glassine protected).
£45.00
Another copy.
122. West Sussex. SCHOFIELD Arthur H
(Town Planning Consultant) The West Sussex
Coast and Downs: Report of the Arundel,
Littlehampton, East Preston and District Joint
Town Planning Advisory Committee
Arundel, Mitchell and Co, 1929. [21687] 148pp
inc 35 b&w illustrations. End paper maps. Cloth
spine, boards, 25x19. Very slight sun-fading to
front end paper, very good copy, dust wrapper.
£40.00
Interesting 1920s plan for this fast-growing
coastal area.
119. Thames Valley. MAYO The Earl of,
ADSHEAD S D & ABERCROMBIE Patrick
The Thames Valley: from Cricklade to Staines.
A Survey of its Existing State and some
Suggestions for its Future Preservation.......for
the Thames Valley Branch of the Council for
the Preservation of Rural England.
London, U of London, 1929. [3652] Colour
frontis, xvi, 106pp + 32 plates + 6 colour fold-out
maps. Preface by John Buchan. Cloth. 32x26.
Nice copy, in the scarce dust wrapper (this a bit
chipped).
£40.00
A major CPRE plan, covering the whole upper
Thames area.
123. Wolverhampton
BRENNAN
Tom
Midland City: Wolverhampton Social and
Industrial Survey.
London, Dennis Dobson, 1948. [28642] 178pp, +
8 b&w plates, inc 34 figs, some in colour. Cloth.
25x16. Fair copy in dust wrapper. Gordon
Cherry's copy, with his signature.
£25.00
The town had many social problems. Uncommon.
124. Worcester.
GLAISYER
Janet,
BRENNAN T, RITCHIE W County Town. A
Civic Survey for the Planning of Worcester
London, John Murray, 1946. [22690] xii, 320pp
incl maps, plans, tables, fold-out map at rear etc.
Signed by Patrick Abercrombie. Cloth, 25x16.
Good copy, dust wrapper.
£25.00
Unlike most other reconstruction plans, this work
pays a good deal of attention to social questions,
as well as covering housing, transport, industry
etc.
120. West Cumberland. ALLEN J S
&
MATTOCKS R H West Cumberland 1946. An
Outline Plan and Report prepared at the request
of the Minister of Town & Country Planning.
Place unstated, unpublished Report, marked
"confidential". [28635] 125pp mimeoed + c30pp
appendices + 16 maps. Boards, linen spine.
32x20. Ex ministry library, boards little faded and
rubbed round edges else good copy.
£40.00
Detailed Consultant's Plan and Report. The area
had suffered greatly in the pre-war depression.
125. Wye Valley Plan. THE WELSH
HOUSING
&
DEVELOPMENT
ASSOCIATION (publ) The Welsh Housing
and Development Year Book, 1935. Containing
Full Report of The Wye Valley Regional
Planning Scheme.
Cardiff, 1935. [24568] 140pp, incl. map,
interesting adverts. Ex. lib. withdrawn, in (handy)
library cloth (ancient U of Cape Town label the
only other library indication). 24x18. Vg thus.
£45.00
Almost the whole of this, the twentieth and last
Welsh Housing Year Book, is the “Full Report of
the Wye Valley Regional Planning Scheme” by
121. West Essex. ADSHEAD S D The West
Essex Regional Planning Scheme 1933. The
Report Prepared for the Advisory Joint Town
Planning Committee.
London, J Alexander, 1933. [27916] 120pp,
including coloured frontispiece, 19 sketches,
tables etc + 7 fold-out maps. Boards, cloth spine.
25x16. Thin information label pasted on front
cover under title, very faint rubbing to edges of
cover. An unusually nice bright copy.
£75.00
Covers the Epping Ridge, the Lea Valley and
adjoining valleys and uplands. London suburban
pressures were affecting the area, and settlements
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Patrick Abercrombie and Sydney A Kelly. Much
of the region was rural, with poor
communications. There were also some depressed
mining areas in the south. Very scarce.
London, Methuen, 1923. [31599] Frontis plate,
xvi, 204pp+ 16 plates and incl 18 diagrams.
Cloth. 23x15. Good copy in partial dust wrapper.
£45.00
Important 1920s survey of British developments.
The author was one of the most important prewar planners. He produced many schemes, both
in Britain and the Empire. He was also a notable
architect. Uncommon in dust wrapper.
126. York. ADSHEAD Professor S D,
MINTER C J et al York: A Plan for Progress
and Preservation.
York, York City Council? 1948. [22710] Colour
frontis, c48pp incl b&w photos, colour plates,
artist's impressions etc.. Decorated card covers.
30x22. Good.
£15.00
Attractively produced reconstruction plan. York,
which had been badly damaged by German
bombing, would have acquired several (rather
unsuitable) axial routes & beaux arts vistas.
The best early British planning manual?
131. ALDRIDGE Henry R The Case for
Town Planning: A practical manual for the use
of councillors, officers, and others engaged in
the preparation of town planning schemes.
London, National Housing & Town Planning
Council, nd c1915. [31170] 678pp, incl c70
plates and plans.
Publisher’s gilt lettered,
patterned cloth. 25x20. Ex ministry library,
labels, stamps etc on prelims and title only, vg
thus. Nice looking copy.
£75.00
One of the best and most detailed sources on
early modern Town Planning (the 1909 Act,
Model Schemes etc). Has very good information
on the various model settlement schemes. Scarce.
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127. York. ESHER Viscount York: A Study in
Conservation. Report to the Minister of Housing
and Local Government and York City Council.
London, HMSO, 1968. [27562] 249pp, 206
illustrations (maps, plans, photos etc) + folding
map at end. Wraps, 30x21 Good copy. Dc8
written twice on front cover.
£40.00
Last of the four classic conservation reports
128. York. ROWNTREE B Seebohm Poverty:
A Study of Town Life.
London, Thomas Nelson, 2nd ed, no date.
c1910?[31158] xx, pp21-496, incl charts, tables.
Cloth, top edge gilt, 16x11. End papers little
browned, generally a nice bright copy.
£20.00
This edition, published somewhat later, gives a
very detailed account of York at the turn of the
twentieth century.
132. ARCHITECTURAL
PRESS
(publ)
Planning for Reconstruction
Cheam, AP, nd c1943, [31849] 98pp inc
illustrations. Wraps, with nice Churchill image.
15x10. Spine rubbed with small split at top but
good condition for a fragile item.
£15.00
Very interesting attempt to present reconstruction
to the general public. Scarce.
SOME SIGNIFICANT
CONTEMPORARY TEXTS
Ashbee’s ideal city
133. ASHBEE C.R. Where the Great City
Stands: A Study in the New Civics.
London, The Essex House Press & B.T. Batsford,
1917. [32377] xii, 165pp, 121 illustrations, many
being hors-texte b&w plates + list of Essex
House publications. Erratum slip.
Original
decorated patterned boards, cream cloth spine.
29cm x 23cm. Spine and rear cover a little sunned
and with linear scuff also on rear cover else a vg
copy.
£325.00
Ashbee's philosophy of architecture and urban
form, influenced by Morris and Ruskin’s ideas
and his own pioneering work on conservation.
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129. ABERCROMBIE Patrick Town &
Country Planning
London, Thornton Butterworth, (1933), 1943 2nd
ed 2nd reptint. [32206] 256pp inc maps, plans
etc. Original publisher's wrap round. Cloth,
17x11. Some spotting on cover else vg.
£15.00
Abercrombie's popular introduction, still
readable.
130. ADSHEAD S D Town Planning and Town
Development.
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and amenities organizations and members of the
Town & Country Planning Association 1943
London, Faber & Faber, 1944. [30514] 140pp,
intro by Sir Eric Macfadyen, bibliog & list of
delegates. Cloth. 22x14. Spine faded, few marks
inside front cover else good copy.
£10.00
Papers from this important reconstruction
conference.
134. 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.
£175.00
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.
Reconstructing Belgium
138. Belgium. LEONARD Edward Voor's
Lands Wederopbouw. Korte Opstellen over
Bouwkunst
Amsterdam, Vlaamsche Bibliotheek, 1916.
[32502] 190pp inc 24 photos, plans. Dutch text.
Wraps, 19x12. Pages browned else vg.
£40.00
Work on Belgian reconstruction after WW1.
Parts of the country had been comprehensively
destroyed. The author identifies examples of
building types and urban design layouts which
could profitably be copied . Includes case studies
of Ypres, Leuven etc. Interesting work.
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An outstanding French text
135. BARDET Gaston Le Nouvel Urbanisme
Paris, Editions Vincent, Freal, 1948. [32508] ix,
335pp inc maps, plans, photos, aerial views etc
plus two fold-out colour plans. Wraps, 28x23.
Pages edges a little tanned, generally a very nice
copy.
£125.00
One of the best 20th century accounts of town
planning in any language. The author had been a
practising planner and academic. In 1948, when
this book was published, he was professor at the
Institute of Urbanism at the University of Algiers.
Unlike a number of other French studies, his
work is international in scope: as well as studies
from France, Pontoise, Clermont-Ferrand, Paris
region, the theories of Corbusier etc, there are
also examples of British reconstruction plans,
Stalingrad, Rome etc. He also says a good deal
regarding Garden Cities and other utopian
experiment -, one of them being the Pentagon
building in Washington DC! Lovely item.
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139. BOARD OF TRADE JOURNAL The
Development Areas To-day: a series of articles
reprinted from....
London, HMSO, 1947. [32110] 32pp inc many
fascinating photos, lists of completed factories.
Card covers. 33x20. Rather dog-eared cover and
contents dusty.
£12.00
Interesting and attractive item, with fine
photographs. There are sections on South Wales,
the North East, Scotland and West Cumberland.
140. BONDFIELD Rt. Hon Margaret (preface)
Our Towns. A Close-up. A Study made during
1939-1942 with certain recommendations by the
Hygiene Committee of the Women's Group on
Public Welfare
Oxford, OUP, 1943. [31588] xx, 145pp. Wraps.
22x14. Minor creasing, good
£15.00
Important wartime study of urban slum housing
conditions. Good copy of a book usually found in
poor condition.
136. Barlow Report. ROYAL COMMISSION
ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE
INDUSTRIAL
POPULATION
Report
presented to Parliament by command of His
Majesty January 1940.
London, HMSO, (Cmd.6153) 1940. [32217] x,
320pp. Cloth library binding, 24x15. Ex library,
first page escaped from bottom staple else good
copy.
£15.00
The famous Barlow Report on the problems of the
distressed areas.
141. BOR Walter The Making of Cities
London, Leonard Hill, 1972. [31572] xiii, 256pp,
many b&w illustrations & figs, bibliog. Cloth.
25x19. Good copy, dust wrapper. Owner's name
on fep
£20.00
137. BARON Stanley (editor) Country Towns
in the Future England - a report of the
conference representing local authorities, arts
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Important study, with much on historical aspects,
both British and foreign, by this well-known
planner.
Investigates the work of over 30 urban design and
architecture groups (Archigram, Superstudio
etc). Very '70s book.
142. BRINCKMANN Dr A. E. Stadtbaukunst:
Geschichtliche Querschnitte und Neuzeitliche
Ziele.
Berlin-Neubabelsberg, Athenaion, 1920. [27001]
viii, 138pp, 153 illustrations + 2 tipped-in plates.
Attractive gilt patterned & lettered boards, gilt
lettered cloth spine. 29x23. A lovely bright copy.
£95.00
Important German survey of town design from
the bastides to early 20th century extension plans
and garden cities. Includes many international
examples, Wren's London, New Delhi etc With
very good photos and plans.
147. BURTON W K The Water Supply of
Towns and the Construction of Waterworks. A
Practical Treatise for the use of Engineers and
Students of Engineering
London, Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1907, 3rd
revised by Allan Greenwell. [31645] Frontis of
Lake Vyrnwy Reservoir, xvi, 318pp inc 259 figs
plus 45 plates, many folding. Owner's name and
dates, Mosul, Iraq, 1921 on front end paper and
two Mosul stamps. Cloth, 27x19. Pages browned,
spine dull, rest of cover in good condition and
binding tight. Little edge foxing.
£45.00
An outstanding Australian study which covers all
aspects of the subject. As well as problems of
local distribution in the cities, by this date now
mainly solved, great new elaborate reservoirs
were being built in Wales, the Lake District etc
with masonry dams, aqueducts etc to supply the
great industrial cities. A very well illustrated
account of these developments.
143. BROCKHAUS
Heinrich
Deutsche
Städtische Kunst und ihr Sinn.
Leipzig, Brockhaus, 1916. [30246] 222pp inc 108
illustrations. Boards, linen spine, 23x15. Boards
rubbed on edges else good copy of attractive
book.
£25.00
Interesting study of historic public art in German
cities including sculptures, heraldic symbols,
town hall interiors etc. An unusual work.
148. COLVIN Brenda & TYRWHITT
Jaqueline (prepared by) Trees for Town and
Country: A selection of sixty trees suitable for
general cultivation in England. (Prepared for
the Association for Planning and Regionl
Construction)
London, Lund Humphries, (1947), 1961 revised
ed. [32500] 134pp, inc photos, c200 drawings by
S R Badmin, short bibliog. Pictorial boards,
cloth spine, 29x23. Vg in dust wrapper.
£20.00
3rd edition of this useful book.
144. Buchanan Report. BRITISH ROAD
FEDERATION (pub) Buchanan and After A
Summary of the Buchanan Report.
London, British Road Federation, 1964. [28016]
ii, 29pp, 48 b&w illustrations (photos & plans).
Pictorial wraps. 21x30. Vg.
£15.00
Buchanan is sensible and should be implemented
as soon as possible. Typical BRF propoganda.
The problem of the Special Areas
145. BULLOCK E H Planning To-Morrow's
Britain
London, Frederick Muller, 1944. [31848] xvi,
77pp. Foreword by Abercrombie. Cloth, 19x12.
Pages a little browned else vg in dust wrapper.
Edges slightly foxed.
£15.00
Analysis and background to the Scott, Uthwatt
and Barlow reports.
149. COMMISSIONER FOR THE SPECIAL
AREAS 1. First Report of the Commissioner for
Special Areas (England and Wales) 2. Second
Report of the Commissioner for the Special
Areas (England and Wales) February 1936.
3. Third report of the Commissioner for the
Special Areas (England and Wales) November
1936.
4. Report of the Commissioner for the Special
Areas in England and Wales for the year ended
30th September 1937.
5. Report of the Commissioner of the Special
Areas in England and Wales for the year ended
30th September 1938.
146. BURNS Jim Arthropods: New Design
Futures.
London, Academy, (Phaidon 1971), 1st English
ed 1972. [31506] 167pp, copious illustrations.
Laminated wraps. 30x21. Previous owner's
signature on fep, good else.
£12.00
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London, HMSO, 1935-38. [31891] viii, 106pp;
vi, 120pp; xii, 210pp; xii, 209pp; vii, 120pp.
Heavy library binding with gilt bands on spine,
24x16. Ex Ministry of Health library in very good
binding.
£60.00
Full set of these very important reports, a product
of the inter-war depression. The Barlow report
emerged from the material. The main author of
the first three reports was Sir Malcolm Stewart,
who then resigned. Although he felt the work was
by then running smoothly, it had caused him
much strain and anxiety and he needed a rest.
The last two reports were written by George M
Gillett. Very good set.
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153. DOXIADIS Constantinos A Architecture
in Transition
London, Hutchinson, 1963. [30896] 199pp, 99
figs. Cloth, 23x15. Vg in chipped dust wrapper,
now protected.
£20.00
Important Doxiadis work, with much on his urban
design theories.
154. EHLGÖTZ Hermann Städtebaukunst.
Leipzig, Quelle & Meyer, 1921. [23156] 163pp
incl many maps, plans, photos. Pictorial cloth.
18x13. Vg copy.
£35.00
Interesting German account of town planning
history, paticularly urban design aspects. About
half the book is on the 20th century, especially
in Germany.
The author was a notable
practitioner (Chief Planner of Essen etc) and
wrote a good deal on the subject.
150. Crichel
Down.
MINISTRY
OF
AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES Public
Inquiry ordered by the Ministry of Agriculture
into the disposal of land at Crichel Down.
London, HMSO, 1954. [32312] 34pp. Pamphlet,
25x16. Stamp on front cover, couple of ink
marks.
£10.00
Report on this celebrated case
155. GEDDES Patrick Cities in Evolution: An
Introduction to the Town Planning Movement
and to the Study of Civics.
(London, 1915) London, Ernest Benn, 1968
edition. [32495] Frontis, xxxv (including 20pp
new intro. by Percy Johnson-Marshall), 409pp,
incl 58 b/w ills. Cloth, 22x15. Vg in dust
wrapper.
£25.00
Identical to the 1915 first edition (plus the new
introduction).
German reconstruction – an important text
151. DENEKE
Albert
Renaissance
im
Städtebau. Gedanken und Anregungen für die
Erneurung der Stadtbaukunst.
Münster, Regensbergsche Verlags,
1946.
[22380] 246pp, incl 111 figs (maps, plans etc), 7
plans at end. Stiff card wraps. 25x20. Printed on
economy paper, this a little browned. but an
excellent copy, in dust wrapper (this lacking
piece at back)
£60.00
An important reconstruction-era survey, laying
down good principles of urban planning and
development.
Many historical examples,
especially medieval and renaissance, are quoted,
as well as layout schemes by the author.
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156. Green Belts. MINISTRY OF HOUSING
AND L.G. The Green Belts
London, HMSO, 1962. [31803] 30pp, 27 figs +
folding map of London Green Belt in rear pocket.
Card covers. 24x19. Splash marks on cover, else
good.
£8.00
Informative popular account. British Green Belts
around cities were mainly established in the
reconstruction period.
157. H.M.S.O. (publ) Royal Commission on
Population. Report (Cmd 7695)
London, 1949. [32216] xii, 259pp, 59 tables, 3
charts. Wraps. 25x15. Cover little mottled with
small chip on back else good copy.
£12.00
Major report. The Government was concerned
about a declining population. Chairman was
Viscount Simon
152. DOXIADIS C A Building Entopia
NY, W W Norton, 1975. [31666] xxi, 331pp,
293plans, maps, photos diagrams etc, glossary,
bibliog. Cloth, 24x16. Vg, dust wrapper. £25.00
The third of Doxiadis' books on human settlement
and a difficult Doxiadis title. Entopia is the city
which is both desirable and realistic. We must
properly conceive it and set it as our goal.
158. HAVERFIELD F. Ancient Town-Planning
London, Oxford UP, 1913. [31275] 152pp, +
photos & fold-out maps, incl text illustrations.
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Boards. 23x15. Spine faded, inscription in Greek
inside front cover, good copy.
£20.00
Based on lectures given at the University of
London, 1910, and also submitted, in part, to the
great London Conference on Town-planning in
the same year. The author saw a link between
these historical examples and the needs of
modern town planning.
Italian city
principles
planning
–
early
post-war
162. Italy. 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.
Photomontage dust wrapper, rubbed top and
bottom of spine and chipped with small loss top
of spine.
£125.00
Italian and international reconstruction-era
study, with excellent illustrations. Civic design is
especially important and there are extensive
discussions of new settlements, green spaces,
residential areas etc. There is a good deal of
continuity with the Fascist era. For instance,
Sabaudia is analysed. Interesting work.
159. HEILIG Wilhelm Wende im Städtebau.
Erster Band: Altstadt und Neuzeit
Zweiter Band: Wirtschaft und Soziologie
Braunschweig, Friedr. Vieweg, 1947, 1948.
[32344] Vol 1: 82pp plus 34 plans, two being
fold-out.
Vol 2: 133pp inc plans. Scholarly notes in both
volumes. Wraps, 24x17. Pages browned else
good condition for books printed at this time on
not very good quality paper.
£50.00
Significant items for early post-war German
reconstruction. The author stresses historic
townscape values. Very interesting works.
163. LE CORBUSIER Concerning Town
Planning.
London, The Architectural Press, (1947), 1947
[31487] 127pp incl many text line illustrations
by the author. Cloth, 21x14. Nice copy, in
pictorial dust wrapper (this with minor chips,
now glassine protected).
£25.00
Influential English version (including a new
intro. by Clive Entwistle, the translator) of
"Propos d'Urbanisme", Paris, 1946.
160. HOLFORD Sir William (chair) et al The
Living Town. Report of a symposium on
replanning and renewal held at RIBA 1959
London, RIBA, 1959. [32213] 32pp incl c10
illustrations. Wraps. 30x21. Little tanned round
the edges else vg copy.
£15.00
Incl contributions by A. Ling, H. Casson, B.
Spence, Robert Matthew, Colin Buchanan et al.
Summing up by Lionel Brett.
164. LE CORBUSIER & DE PIERREFEU
François The Home of Man
(Paris, 1948), London, The Architectural Press,
1st English ed, 1948, [28676] 156pp, many line
illustrations, a few in colour. With 4pp intro to
English edition by Clive Entwistle. Cloth, 21x15.
Neat name on front end paper, a very good copy,
in nice pictorial dust wrapper.
£35.00
On the role of architects and town planners in
reconstruction. Attractive book, mainly of striking
illustrations by Le Corbusier.
161. INTERNATIONAL
RAILWAY
CONGRESS International Railway Congress.
Miscellaneous Bulletins 1897 1898 1909 [spine
title].
[31904] c275pp plus many plates. Englih text.
Cloth with punched strip on spine with title,
24x19. Vg.
£150.00
Bound up set of papers by J C Inglis, C Peter
Clark and many others. Really is an interesting
mix of topics including: Great Town Tunnels in
Great Britiain; Luminous repeating signals for
fog on the Brussels-Antwerp line; British
locomotives in 1908; the resistance of railway
trains; on the question of junctions and swing
bridges; strengthening the track and the bridges
with a view to increasing the speed of trains; the
Vierendeel Bridge etc. Lovely illustrations and
photos including a collection of drawings and
photographic views of Rumanian railway bridges.
165. Legislation - 1947 Act. BROWN Harold
JJ Planning Appeals. The Principles, Practice
and Procedure relating to Appeals to the
Minister of Local Government and Planning
under the Town and Country Planning Act,
1947.
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London, Sweet & Maxwell, 1951. [26954] xv,
95pp. Embossed cloth, 22x14. Nice copy. £15.00
German study attempting to establish good
planning principles. Many foreign examples are
illustrated, including Welwyn, Cumbernauld,
Tapiola, Chandigarh etc..
166. Legislation - 1947 Act. HMSO Town and
Country Planning Act, 1947.
London, 1947. [19024] 205pp. Stapled pamphlet.
25x15. Covers worn with small loss back cover,
pages tanned else good copy.
£15.00
Full text of this seminal Act, the key to the British
post-war planning system.
171. MINISTRY OF TOWN AND COUNTRY
PLANNING et al 1. Advisory Handbook on the
Redevelopment of Central Areas 1947. 2.
Housing Manual 1949.
3. Design & Layout of Roads in Built-Up Areas
1946.
London, HMSO, [30518] Various paginations,
photos, maps, scale plans etc. Wraps, 25x19.
Corner missing from front cover and covers
dusty, some underlinings. Housing Manual in
very nice bright condition.
£15.00
Three important late 40s official studies.
167. LYNCH Kevin Managing the Sense of a
Region
Camb, Mass, MIT Press, 1976. [30776] xi,
221pp, 56 illustrations, bibliogs. Cloth, 21x15.
Owner's stamp inside front cover and label on
front end paper else good copy. Dust wrapper
with label on spine.
£15.00
Application of Lynch’s perceptive ideas at the
regional scale. Lynch develops the ideas first
articulated in 'The Image of the City' to
encompass entire regions
172. MINISTRY OF TOWN AND COUNTRY
PLANNING (publ) Town and Country
Planning 1943-1951. Progress Report by the
Minister of Local Government and Planning on
the work of the Ministry of Town and Country
Planning
London, HMSO, 1951. [32313] vii, 215pp + 2
small fold-out maps. Wraps. 24x15. Spine
rubbed and with small split at top, bottom corner
of front cover missing and some rubbing at
edges, contents with some pencil notes else good.
£12.00
Invaluable detailed report on developments in
this key period.
168. McALLISTER Gilbert & Elizabeth (eds)
Homes, Towns and Countryside. A Practical
Plan for Britain.
London, B T Batsford. 1945. [30533] Frontis
plate, xxx, 170pp+ 62 b&w plates & incl bibliog.
Nicely inscribed by Gilbert McAllister on front
end paper. Publisher's cloth. 22x14. Covers a
little dusty, good tight binding.
£15.00
Important reconstruction survey, including texts
by Abercrombie, Osborn, Stamp etc.
173. NAIRN Ian Counter-Attack against
Subtopia.
London, AP, nd, c1957. [32260] ii, 353-436pp,
copious illustrations & figs. Pictorial boards.
31x25. Generally a good copy in slightly chipped
dust wrapper.
£75.00
Book reprint of December 1956 Special Number
of “Architectural Review”, uniform with, and
sequel to "Outrage". Solutions are proposed.
169. McCALLUM Ian (ed) Physical Planning:
The ground work of a new technique.
London, The Architectural Press, nd c1944.
[31602] xvi, 296pp, + many b&w plates & incl
text illustrations, bibliog. Open-weave cloth.
22x14. Discreet local authority stamp, else nice
bright copy.
£15.00
Important
Modern
Movement-orientated
reconstruction book, with texts by Gutkind, Ling,
Roskill, Misha Black etc.
174. Netherlands Randstadt. BURKE Gerald
Greenheart Metropolis: Planning the Western
Netherlands.
London, Macmillan, 1966. [27795] xvi, 172pp +
4 fold-out maps in colour and incl 57
illustrations, 9 tables, foreword by Lord Holford.
Inscribed to Lewis Keeble by the author. Cloth.
25x19. Excellent copy, dust wrapper.
£18.00
170. MAUSBACH Hans Städtebaukunde der
Gegenwart. Grunlagen heutiger Planung.
Düsseldorf, Werner-Verlag, 1965. [19037] vii,
151pp, 133 illustrations, very good bibliog.
Lettered cloth, 25x18. Paperclip mark to two
pages, else good, dust wrapper, this worn but
complete.
£25.00
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Describes intensive land reclamation etc since
the War.
wraps with Leonard Manasseh design. 15x10. A
little dusty but generally good condition £15.00
Attractive reconstruction item, advocating good
design in new architecture and planning.
175. NEWBOLD H Bryant (ed) Industry and
Rural Life: being a summarized report of the
Cambridge Conference of the Town and
Country Planning Association Spring, 1942
London, Faber & Faber, 1942. [31915] viii,
182pp. Cloth. 22x15. Owner's stamp on front end
paper, good, dust wrapper.
£15.00
Important wartime Conference.
Speakers
included Osborn, Sargent Florence, Orwin, Th.
Sharp, Abercrombie etc.
179. SANDERS S. E. & RABUCK A. J. New
City Patterns: the analysis of and a technique
for urban reintegration.
NY, Reinhold, 1946. [12298] v, 205pp inc 149
b&w illustrations (photos & figs), some folding,
11 tables. Cloth. 29x22. Local authority stamps,
otherwise good in slightly torn dust wrapper.
£60.00
Includes discussion of parks, greenbelts,
shopping and parking, "non-stop highways",
subways & streetcars etc. Both authors worked
for City Planning Research in Washington DC.
Includes some interesting foreign examples: prewar Stalingrad, the 1930 Frankfurt plan,
Amsterdam, the 1944 London GLC plan. With
excellent illustrations.
176. NIEMEYER R et al Urbanisme et Trafic
Local. Town Planning and Local Traffic.
Städtebau und Nahverkehr. XVII International
Housing and Town Planning Congress
Stockholm, 1939. [31859] c150pp inc maps.
German, English and French texts. Wraps, 30x21.
Covers and edges of pages browned, spine a bit
rubbed at base, else good copy.
£30.00
Important publication from the Congress. Reports
from 11 countries, mostly European but including
Australia and the USA. Contributors include
Frank Pick from London and a report by John
Eccles from Welwyn Garden City. Eastern
countries incude Poland, Bohemia and Moravia,
Latvia and Hungary.
180. SCHWARTZ G L (text) and DERRICK
Thomas (drawings) Why Planning?
London, Signpost Press, 1944. [31858] 40pp,
including illustrations. Pamphlet, with nice cover
drawing by Derrick. 21x13. Little dusty and
pages browned, but good for fragile item. £10.00
Interesting anti-planning pamphlet. The author
attacks its whole ethos. "Free enterprise is
planned enterprise".
The Peckham Experiment
177. Peckham Experiment. PEARSE Innes H
& CROCKER Lucy H The Peckham
Experiment: a study of the living structure of
society
London, George Allen and Unwin, 1943. [31877]
Frontis, 333pp, 46 b&w photos. Cloth, 22x14.
End papers little spotted else good copy of
wartime publication. Browned dust wrapper with
chips, now protected.
£25.00
Story of eighteen years' work by a group of
scientists into the health of a society. Interesting
photos of this pioneering health centre and great
socialist experiment in working-class London.
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A Thomas Sharp classic
181. SHARP Thomas The Anatomy of the
Village.
Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1946. [29158] 72pp,
many b&w photos, plans. Pictorial wraps. 18x22.
Spine rubbed, covers a bit used, else good copy.
£20.00
This book has become something of a classic.
The author analyses the various types and
elements of the English village - which he sees as
fine sensitive extensions of the landscape. He
includes good material on model villages
(Blanchland, Lowther, Harewood etc). Sharp
himself designed several new village settlements,
especially for the Forestry Commission.
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178. ROYAL
INST.
OF
BRITISH
ARCHITECTS (publ) Towards a New Britain
London, Architectural Press for RIBA, nd c1944.
[31847] 144pp, many illustrations. Pictorial
182. SHARP Thomas English Panorama
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London, J.M. Dent, (1936), 1950, revised, new
illustrated and entirely reset. [30508] 152pp inc
41 b&w plates and some text illustrations. Cloth,
22x14. Nice copy in Gordon Cullen dust wrapper,
this lightly chipped at top but now protected.
£20.00
Historical survey of the good and bad in British
townscape and countryside. Entirely redisgned
post-war edition of this influential study.
187. TANDY
Cliff
(consultant
ed),
ARCHITECTS' JOURNAL TECHNICAL
SECTION Handbook of Urban Landscape
London, AP, first pub in book form 1972, 3rd
imp 1975, 1984 reprint. [27162] 275pp,
numerous figs. Wraps, 30x21. Crease on back
cover, else vg.
£20.00
Originally a series of articles in the Architects'
Journal.
183. SHARP Thomas Town and Countryside:
some aspects of urban and rural development
London, OUP, 1932 [31931] Frontis, xii, 228pp+
48 b&w plates and incl 33 text figs. Inscribed by
Thomas Sharp. Cloth. 24x18. Good copy. £30.00
Influential early Sharp volume, which did much
to heighten awareness of threats to British towns
and countryside.
188. TAYLOR Nicholas The Village in the City
London, Maurice Temple Smith in association
with New Society, 1973. [31779] Frontis, 240pp
inc 10 b&w photos. Laminated wraps. 21x14.
Very good copy.
£15.00
Innovative work, proposing a new approach to
urban settlements.
189. TOWN PLANNING INSTITUTE Year
Book of the Town Planning Institute 1943-44
London, [31860] 54pp. Card, 28x21. Pages a
little yellowed, generally vg.
£15.00
An invaluable reconstruction source book
including register of members with their
addresses, competition regulations, examination
syllabi etc.
184. SHARP Thomas, GIBBERD Frederick &
HOLFORD W G Design in Town and Village.
London, HMSO, 1953. [27903] Frontis, vi,
120pp, many plans, photos. Wraps. 25x18. Spine
rubbed, generally good condition.
£15.00
Important (and attractive) early post-war design
guide. Sharp covers village planning, Gibberd,
residential areas and Holford the city centres.
The ideas seem just as valid today.
190. TOWN PLANNING INSTITUTE Year
Book of the Town Planning Institute 1947-48
London, [31865] 116pp plus adverts. Wraps,
21x14. Browned else good tight copy.
£10.00
Reconstruction era.
185. SIMON E D and FITZGERALD Marion
The Smokeless City
London, Longmans, Green 1922. [32209]
Frontis, ix, 82pp inc 7 figs. Stiff card cover,
21x14. Scuff top of cover and end papers
browned else good copy.
£15.00
Mostly a plea for, and the benefits of, the use of
gas and electricity in the home and thereby
greatly reduce the amount of coal smoke in towns
and cities.
191. TROEDSSON Earl B The city, the
automobile, and man
Los Angeles, by the author, 1957. [31570] 50pp
inc plans, maps, photos etc. Short bibliog. Wraps,
28x22. Cover faintly grubby else vg.
£30.00
A scarce and interesting analysis. The author, a
Swedish specialist, tries to create an ideal urban
form adapted to the needs of modern traffic. He
mainly utilizes Los Angeles as a rather difficult
case study. Uncommon and nicely designed item.
186. STEPHENSON Flora & POOL Phoebe A
Plan for Town and Country
London, Pilot Press ("Target for Tomorrow"
series, no II), 1944, [31237] 60pp, many
interesting b&w photos, maps etc. Foreword by
Julian Huxley. Cloth. 25x19. Good copy in
chipped and marked dust wrapper designed by
Abram Games, now protected.
£20.00
Influential reconstruction item.
192. WARD Pamela (ed) Conservation and
Development in Historic Towns and Cities.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Oriel, 1968. [30717] x,
275pp, many illustrations, mostly photos. Cloth,
30x22. Owner's stamp inside front cover and
label bottom of dust wrapper spine else gppd
copy.
£20.00
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Proceedings from the pioneering York Historic
Towns and Cities Conference, 1968 and also
incorporating much new material. Progress can
continue without destroying our cultural and
aesthetic heritage.
A thorough account of the construction and
subsequent uses of this famous Nazi building,
constructed for the 1936 Olympics. Includes
many previously unpublished photos, plans etc.
Chief architect was Werner March.
196. DURTH Werner DUWELL Jörn &
GUTSCHOW Niels Architektur und Stadtebau
der DDR. Die frühen Jahre.
Berlin, Jovis, 2007 [32167] 576pp, hundreds of
illustrations (photos, plans, drawings etc),
scholarly notes. Stiff wraps. 27x21. Fine copy.
£45.00
The best survey to date of DDR architecture and
planning and excellent reference. New planning
projects (Eisenhuttenstadt, Hoyeswerda etc) are
described as well as the regieme's approach to
reconstruction and preservation of historic towns
and cities.
TOTALITARIAN
PLANNING
193. AMT FUR INFORMATION DER
REGIERUNG
DER
DEUTSCHEN
DEMOKRATISCHEN
REPUBLIK
Das
nationale Aufbauwerk und die Aufgaben der
deutschen Architektur
Berlin, 1951. [32164] 47pp inc sepia photos etc.
Stapled card covers, 30x21. Spine rubbed at
bottom and bottom corners clipped on some
pages, no loss.
£35.00
Very interesting early DDR publication laying
down principles for modern architecture and
planning. Soviet socialist realism is naturally
approved of, also Schinkel and other neoclassicists. Also some discussion of industrial
architecture. Interestingly, includes some
examples from West Germany, 'financed by
American dollars'. The photographs are
particulalry interesting. Uncommon.
197. KIM N. N. Industriearchitecktur. Deutsche
Bearbeitung: o. Prof. Dr.-Ing habil G
Hutschenreuther.
(Moscow, 1980), Berlin, VEB, 1985. [32163]
152pp incl photos, drawings, elevations,
measured drawings etc, extensive bibliog (still in
Russian!). German language. Boards, 23x16.
Spine rubbed else vg.
£25.00
Possibly the best Soviet block account. Very well
illustrated, most of the examples are from the
USSR. They look ahead of their time. This is
probably deceptive as much Soviet industy is
becoming dated.
A DDR landmark – built to impress
194. Berlin.
BRANDENBERG
Ingrid,
HARNISCH Rudolf, KUBIZIEL Alfred
Fernsehturm Berlin
Berlin, VEB, 1970. [32166] Pictoral end papers,
141pp inc photos, sections. Cloth with
Fernsehturm motif, 29x21. Vg in dust wrapper.
£50.00
Amazing construction photos. Possibly the best
book on this iconic East Berlin building, taller
than the Eiffel Tower. The regime regarded it as
a key element in the urban design of their new
socialist Berlin, overlooking West Berlin.
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198. Moscow. ILIN M Moscow has a Plan. A
Soviet Primer Translated by G S Counts & N P
Lodge with illustrations drawn by William
Kermode
London, Jonathan Cape, 1931, 1931 reprint.
[31589] 213pp inc illustrations. Cloth, 20x16.
Cover very dusty and browned on spine with split
at the top. Contents good. Owner's signature.
£20.00
Popular guide to the Soviet 5 year plan. With
striking drawings by Kermode. Nice piece of book
production.
195. Berlin. SCHACHE Wolfgang and
SZYMANSKI Norbert Das Reichssportfeld.
Architektur im Spannungsfeld von Sport und
Macht
Berlin, Be. Bra, 2001. [30697] 176pp incl
illustrations, bibliog. Boards, 26x23. Fine, dust
wrapper.
£30.00
199. Poland.
MINISTRY
OF
RECONSTRUCTION Physical Planning and
Housing in Poland 1946, including Polish
reports for the congress of the International
Federation for Housing and Town Planning in
Hastings, October 7th to 12th, 1946
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Warsaw, Trzaska, Evert & Michalski and E.
Kuthan, 1946. [27278] 163pp, 10 figs (2 folding),
7 tables (1 folding). Contents stapled in stiff card
wraps. 21x15. Local authority stamps, front cover
& spine detached, but good for a fragile item.
£35.00
An informative study, including as it does,
information on the reconstruction of Warsaw and
other cities, new housing policy, open space
planning etc. Scarce.
German language version of the famous Warsaw
Reconstruction Plan.
The city had been
deliberately razed late in the War. Careful
recreation of many old features of the pre-war
city was a notable feature of the Plan. Bierut, the
nominal author, was President of Poland. The
1955 realisations were typical grand communistera architecture-actually quite impressive and
nicely drawn. The Plan was actually prepared by
Stanislaw JANKOWSKI.
200. SAVARENSKAYA
T
F,
SHVIDHOVSKY D O, et al Istoriia gradostroiitelnogo iiskusstva. Pozdnii feodaliizm i
kapitaliizm. (History of Town-Planning Art.
Late Feudalism and Capitalism).
Moscow, Stoiizdat, 1989. [32037] 390pp,
including many b&w illustrations and maps.
Cloth. 24x17. VG.
£25.00
History of city planning with about half the book
on Russian cities, the other part international.
[Russian text, English summary].
DDR City Planning principles explained
203. ZEUCHNER
Gerd
Stadtgestaltung.
Herausgegeben vom Institut für Städtebau und
Architektur der Bauakademie der DDR
Berlin, VEB, 1989. [32527] 224pp inc photos,
artist impressions, maps, plans etc, extensive
bibliog. Boards, 27x25. Vg in dust wrapper.
£40.00
One of the best works on East German socialist
planning: grandiose vistas and streets, huge
blocks of flats combine with many historic towns
not destroyed in the war. Interestingly the historic
sections has examples from around the world.
Fine photos, maps, diagrams etc. Lovely book,
which despite everything seems optimistic.
201. SPEER Albert (Hgbn), WOLTERS
Rudolf (Dargestellt) Neue Deutsche Baukunst
Prag, Volk und Reich Verlag, 1943 Czech
edition. [30684] 96pp, incl 80 b&w plates.
Boards, cloth spine. 31x23. Vg. Interesting
inscription, dated 1944, on half-title.
£60.00
Visually informative wartime Nazi architectural
survey: including Nürnberg Zeppelinfeldes,
Berlin Soldatenhalle, Munich Haus der deutschen
Kunst etc. Much by Kreis and Speer. Unusually
bright copy. [German text].
GARDEN CITIES, NEW
TOWNS, UTOPIAS etc
204. ALDRIDGE Meryl The British New
Towns: A programme without a policy
London, R&KP, 1979. [19054] xiv, 219pp, 16pp
adverts, 17 b&w illustrations, chron, bibliog.
Cloth, 22x14. Ex local authority library, vg thus.
Dust wrapper.
£18.00
Background study, quite critical. The author
claims that "the notion that there has been a
systematic and unified approach to new towns is
largely illusory."
202. Warsaw.
BIERUT
Boleslaw
Der
Sechsjahrplan
des
Wiederaufbaus
von
Warschau:
Graphische
Ausstattung,
Diagramme, Pläne und Perspektiven Bearbeitet
nach Angaben und Entwürfen des Warschauer
Amtes für Städtebau. [Referat auf der
Warschauer
Konferenz
der
Vereingten
Polnischen Arbeitpartei (PZPR) am 3. Juli
1949]
Warsaw, Ksiazka i Wiedza, 1951. [29444] 367pp,
copious b&w illustrations, colour maps, 25 foldouts with photos of areas in 1949 and drawing of
the hoped for final reult in 1955; end papers
maps. Gilt lettered decorated cloth, 33x25.
Portrait of Bierut has small part of surface rubbed
off and spine lettering also rubbed. A nice bright
copy.
£95.00
205. ALLEN Gordon The Cheap Cottage and
Small House. A Manual of Economic Building.
London, B.T. Batsford, 1919, 6th edition revised.
[28680] xii, 144pp, 107 figs (many being on
hors-texte plates). Cloth with attractive pictorial
design, 23x16. Good copy, in the scarce dust
wrapper (minor edge wear to this).
£45.00
Excellent study. Most of the examples are taken
from garden villages and other model schemes
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(at Hampstead Garden Suburb, Gretna, Crayford
etc).
London, Town & Country Planning Association,
1964. [8375] 60pp, 4 text figs, 6 tables.
Pamphlet. 22x14. Cover little grubby else vg
copy. Owner's name inside front cover.
£10.00
206. ALTENRATH
Dr
JUR
and
VORMBROD
H
Praktische
Wohnungsfürsorge. Mit beitragen von Prof. Dr.
Albrecht-Berlin,
Landesrat
Dr.
AlthofMünster.........
Münster, Johannes Bredt, 1914. [24850] iii,
399pp incl many plans, photos, maps etc. Gothic
script. Open-weave cloth, 28x20. Front board
slightly bowed with old water stain on rear,
contents vg.
£60.00
Describes mass housing projects throughout
Germany, with texts by various local officials.
Excellent source book for the various schemes.
211. Blaise Hamlet. TEMPLE Nigel John Nash
& The Village Picturesque: with special
reference to the Reptons and Nash at the Blaise
Castle Estate, Bristol.
Gloucester, Alan Sutton, 1979. [31683] xx,
176pp + 104 plates & inc text illustrations,
bibliog, pictorial end papers. Addenda and
corrigenda slip. Cloth 25x18. Vg in price-clipped
dust wrapper.
£30.00
Scholarly study of this highly influential estate
model village in the picturesque style, designed
by John Nash in 1810. The superior hardback
edition.
207. BASILDON
URBAN
DISTRICT
COUNCIL New Town Assets: The Case for
Municipal Ownership
Billericay, 1957. [32530] 10pp. Pamphlet. 25x18.
Two library stamps on cover, faint ink lines in
margins page 6 else vg.
£15.00
The local authority thought the New Towns
should be under their jurisdiction and not remain
as a New Town Corporation. Their demand was
rejected.
212. BOURNVILLE VILLAGE TRUST Sixty
Years of Planning: The Bournville Experiment.
Bournville? nd, c1940. [31634] 48pp, inc many
b&w photos, also maps, plans. 4to pamphlet,
with pictorial card covers. 25x19. Good copy.
£25.00
Very
well-illustrated
pamphlet
on
the
development of Bournville and its model houses.
Attractive item.
208. Bedford Park. BOLSTERLI Margaret
Jones The Early Community at Bedford Park:
The Pursuit of "Corporate Happiness" in the
First Garden Suburb.
London and Henley, Routledge & KP, 1977.
[32431] xii, 136pp, incl 25 illustrations. Cloth.
26x18. Vg in very good dust wrapper.
£20.00
Still perhaps the best source on this influential
London model suburb (started 1876).
209. Bedford Park. GREEVES T Affleck
Bedford Park: the first garden suburb.
London, Anne Bingley, 1975. [31810] No
pagination, 117 annotated b&w illustrations,
map, bibliog.
Board. 25x19. Vg. Loosely
inserted is an article about Bedford Park (from
'Country Life' Nov. 27, 1975): "London's First
Garden City" also by T Affleck Greeve. £35.00
Informative account, well illustrated.
213. BOURNVILLE
VILLAGE
TRUST
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS When We
Build Again: A Study Based on Research into
Conditions of Living and Working in
Birmingham
London, George Allen & Unwin, 1941. [31853]
Colour frontis, xii, 138pp + 42 fascinating b&w
photo illustrations + several colour maps and
charts and incl many text illustrations. End papers
maps. Cloth. 26x20. Front end papers little
browned and edges spotted, edges of pages
yellowed but good in dust wrapper.
£20.00
A most interesting World War II reconstruction
item, with fine illustrations. The Trust
acknowledges the contribution of Bournville
Village, the COPEC Trust, and Birmingham’s
inter-war Town Planning model schemes in
formulating their ideas.
210. BEST Robin H Land for New Towns: A
study of land use densities and agricultural
displacement
214. BRACKNELL
DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION Bracknell Town Centre. A
Plan
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1963. [27592] 16pp incl plans, photos plus
tipped-in photos of model of plan reverse rear
cover. Pamphlet, 20x33. A trifle curled else good.
£20.00
Architect, planner for the Town Centre Proposal
was G Rhys
A classic work – not yet superceded
220. CREESE Walter L The Search for
Environment: The Garden City: Before and
After
New Haven, Yale, 1966. [32498] xx, 360pp, 130
figs (photos, plans etc). Publisher’s cloth. 27x19.
Vg in dust wrapper.
£20.00
Outstanding book on this subject, as it developed
in Britain. Includes chapters on most of the model
housing schemes (Saltaire, Port Sunlight etc).
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215. Bracknell. OGILVY Audrey A Bracknell
and its migrants: twenty-one years of new town
growth
London, Dept of the Environment, HMSO (BRE
Report), 1975. [32109] 119pp inc many graphs,
maps, tables, etc, + 20 b&w photos. Wraps.
30x21. Covers a little dusty else vg.
£15.00
221. CULLINGWORTH J B New Towns For
Old: the problem of urban renewal
London, Fabian Society, 1962. [8387] 41pp,some
tables. Pamphlet. 21x14. Owner's signature inside
front cover else good copy.
£10.00
Overview of all kinds of urban renewal, including
New Towns.
216. BUDER Stanley Visionaries & Planners:
The Garden City Movement and the Modern
Community.
New York, OUP, 1990. [31231] xiv, 260pp+ 19
b&w illustrations. Boards, cloth spine. 24x16.
Fine, dust wrapper
£25.00
Important critical evaluation of the whole Garden
City movement.
222. CULLINGWORTH J B & KARN V A
The Ownership and Management of Housing in
the New Towns: report submitted to the Minister
of Housing and Local Government by...
London, HMSO, 1968. [26363] x, 199pp, several
tables. Wraps. 24x15. Owner's name, good.
£15.00
Highly detailed account.
217. CENTRAL
OFFICE
OF
INFORMATION (publ) The New Towns of
Britain.
London, HMSO, 1964. [9991] ii, 20pp+ b&w
plates, map. Pamphlet. 24x15. Cover a little
grubby else vg.
£10.00
Official account with good illustrations.
223. DALTON Charles New Towns For
Britian. A Summary of the New Towns Act,
1946, and of the Reports of the New Towns
Committee
nd, c1947. [32097] 16pp, list of books on
planning. Pamphlet, 21x14. Price on front and
crease top rh corner else nice copy.
£8.00
Early pamphlet.
218. CENTRAL
OFFICE
OF
INFORMATION (publ) The New Towns:
What to See. How to Get There.
London, HMSO. nd, c1960. [9096] 16pp, map, 2
illustrations. Pamphlets. 20x13. Good copy.
£10.00
England, Scotland and Wales.
224. DARLEY Gillian Villages of Vision
London, Architectural Press, 1975. [32456]
152pp, very many b&w illustrations, bibliog.
Detailed gazetteer. Publisher’s cloth. 30x22. Vg.
£30.00
Surveys the various kinds of model villages in
Britain since the early 18th century. A useful
reference. The superior hardback version.
219. Crawley. TAYLOR G Brooke Crawley: A
Study of Amenities in a Town
London, Commisison for New Towns, 1966.
[31888] 36pp plus 6 appendices, very nice large
folding map of Crawley New Town. Card covers,
cloth spine, 33x21. Owner's signature and small
red ink stain on front cover else vg. Some
underlinings
£18.00
Good information on current and proposed
ameneties, with insights into the social life of the
New Town. The author had previously been
public relations officer at three other New Towns.
225. EVANS Hazel (ed) New Towns Come of
Age:
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London, Town & Country Planning, 1968.
[11150] 136pp, numerous b&w illustrations
(photos, drawings, maps), bibliog. Laminated
wraps. 22x14. Good in faded covers.
£10.00
Good source. Special issue of 'Town and Country
Planning', Jan-Feb, 1968.
Papers by academics and practitioners, covering
all aspects of the subject, especially in North
America.
230. Hampstead G. S.
IKIN C.W., with
GREEN Brigid Grafton Hampstead Garden
Suburb: Dreams and Realities.
London, HGS Trust/ & HGSRA, 1990. [32295]
176pp, many photos, plans etc.. Laminated
wraps. 25x19. Vg.
£20.00
History of the Garden Suburb, especially good
for the legal and political intricacies of its origins
and development.
German Garden Cities – a fine original work
226. German Garden Cities. SIMONS Gustav
Die deutsche Gartenstadt. Ihr Vesen und ihre
heutigen Topen.
Wittenberg, Ziemen, 1912. [28397] iv, 65pp,
many illustrations, mostly hors-texts, including
photos, plans, fold-out panorama, bibliography.
Cloth. 25x17. Ancient German stamp of the
Leipzig council on title, nice copy.
£85.00
A detailed survey of German Garden City
progress. The author was involved in the Kolonie
“Eden” at Oranienburg, described here in detail.
The sections on Hellerau and Fronau are
particularly informative and well illustrated. An
attractive book with nice illustrations. (German
text in Gothic script)
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231. HARDY Dennis Alternative Communities
in Nineteenth Century England
London, Longman, 1979. [31996] 268pp, inc.
many b&w illustrations, bibliog. Wraps. 22x14.
Vg.
£15.00
Excellent account, with much new information.
Many little-known experiments are described in
detail: the Hodsonian Community, The Cokelers,
Purleigh etc.
232. HARLOW
D C& HARLOW UDC
Harlow Guide: Official Handbook and Guide
Harlow, Shenval Press, 1958, 2nd ed. [32101]
148pp inc many adverts, & loose map. Pictorial
wraps. 20x14. Cover a little rubbed else good
copy.
£10.00
227. GIDE Charles Communist and Cooperative Colonies
(French ed, Paris? 1928), London. George G.
Harrap, 1930. [18016] 223pp. Cloth. 21x14.
Excellent copy, in bright dust wrapper.
£15.00
Wide-ranging consideration of the subject. With
material on Robert Owen, Morris etc.
233. Harlow. GIBBERD Frederick Harlow
New Town: A Plan prepared for the Harlow
Development Corporation.
London, HMSO (1947) 2nd edition, 1952.
[32108] 28pp, incl many plans, maps, photos.
Large folding coloured Master Plan in rear
pocket. Card wraps. 33x20. Good copy. £50.00
The historic Master Plan. Harlow was one of the
most successful "Mark 1" New Towns.
228. GOLANY Gideon New-Town Planning:
Principles and Practice
NY, John Wiley, 1976. [19313] xxi, 389pp, many
illustrations, figs & tables, long bibliog, detailed
list of new settlements. Cloth, 29x22. Good, dust
wrapper
£30.00
Detailed theoretical and practical study, mainly
based on North America.
234. HEMEL HEMPSTEAD D C Hemel
Hempstead: New Town from Old.
Hemel Hempstead, nd, c1957 [32099] 16pp text+
32pp b&w plates. Wraps. 23x17. Front cover
little scratched, owner's name inside front cover
and pencil notes in text.
£10.00
Story of the development of the town from 20,000
to 60,000 people. Informative brochure. Excellent
photos.
229. GOLANY Gideon & WALDEN Daniel
(eds) The Contemporary New Communities
Movement in the United States.
Urbana, University of Illinois, 1947. [11222] xiv,
154pp, many photos & tables, bibliogs. Cloth.
29x22. Ex DOE lib, good in worn dust wrapper.
£30.00
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235. HEMEL
HEMPSTEAD
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION Report
on the New Master Plan for Hemel Hempstead.
Submitted to the Minister of Housing and Local
Government by the Hemel Hempstead
Development Corporation.
1960. [32107] 11pp, maps, figs. With large
coloured map of master plan loosely inserted.
Card, 33x21. Plan is a little worn at creases else
vg.
£35.00
It was proposed to expand the town to 80,000
people.
239. 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
tipped-in, each with description on facing page.
12pp on services, railway, builders etc, how to
become a resident etc. Boards, linen spine,
13x18. Crack on the front boards, which are also
a bit marked. Contents pages have minor marks.
A fair copy of a very scarce item.
£85.00
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
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.
Post-World War I Model Schemes
236. JAMES C H & YERBURY F R Small
Houses for the Community.
London, Crosby Lockwood & Son, 1924.
[27089] xi, 32pp text + 140 photo illustrations &
plans, 6 fold-out plans, 60pp specifications, bills
of quantities, 24pp trade adverts. Cloth. 32x26.
Vg.
£75.00
Foreword by Raymond Unwin. Scarce and
important work. A very good source for the
various model estates of the period (Ruislip,
Dormanstown, Welwyn etc).
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240. Letchworth. FIRST GARDEN CITY
LIMITED (published by) Letchworth in
Pictures.
Letchworth, nd c1950. [31963] Unpaginated
c84pp, including many full-page photos, local
adverts. Pictorial card covers. Clasp spine.
17x25. A good copy.
£25.00
An excellent record, with many fascinating
contemporary photographs. Unlike most of the
view books these images are mainly of life and
work in the Garden City. Letchworth seems to
have matured nicely.
237. Krupp Colonies. KLAPHECK Richard
Siedlungswerk Krupp
Berlin, Wasmuth, nd, c1930. [31659] 167pp,
photos, plans. Lettered boards. 30x22. End
papers a little foxed else an unusually nice bright
copy.
£120.00
Outstanding book. A thorough account of Krupp
model housing schemes and associated buildings,
with excellent maps, plans and photos. Krupps’
model projects spanned several decades, from the
early 1870s until the 1920s; they were much more
extensive than anything attempted by British
companies. Klapheck was a German art and
architecture historian
241. Letchworth. FIRST GARDEN CITY
LTD (publ) Letchworth in Pictures
Letchworth, 1939. [30406] 120pp, many photo
illustrations, interesting adverts, detailed text.
End papers maps. Stiff card wraps. 21x15, Very
nice copy.
£20.00
Gives a good impression of Letchworth after 36
years. The Garden City had matured
considerably.
238. Legislation - HMSO New Towns Act 1965.
Chapter 59
London, 1976 reprint. [26992] 80pp. Wraps,
24x15. Owner's name on front, vg.
£12.00
Full text of the act.
242. Letchworth. LETCHWORTH URBAN
DISTRICTCOUNCIL Tenants Handbook
Letchworth, nd c1955? [31962] 40pp, photo
illustrations, adverts. Pamphlet format, pictorial
card covers. 22x14. Vg copy.
£6.00
Letchworth – early publicity
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Gives good information: social services,
libraries, care of dwellings, gardens etc.
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.
243. Letchworth. M and L NATIONAL
SERIES (published) Ten Real Photo Snapshots
of Letchworth.
Place of publication unstated. nd c1930? [31964]
Ten single-sided original photos. In ring-bound
card covers. 7x9. Good.
£10.00
Nice minature view book of the main buildings,
residential streets etc.
248. Letchworth.
NORTH
HERTFORDSHIRE D.C. & LETCHWORTH
GARDEN
CITY
CORPORATION
Letchworth. The World's First Garden City.
Letchworth? nd c1993 [31965] 12pp, incl.
photos, maps, brief bibliography + very nice
large folding map of the settlement in rear pocket.
Card covers. 21x30 Vg copy.
£8.00
Useful account of the Garden City and its
significance.
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244. Letchworth. MILLER Mervyn The
Archive Photograph Series: Letchworth Garden
City
Stroud, Chalford, 1995. [7922] 128pp + 8pp
adverts inc 113pp photos. Laminated wraps.
23x16. Fine.
£12.00
Interesting photo history of the Garden City.
[Similar work to Lancaster item, above]
249. Llantrisant. BLAND E A Llantrisant New
Town. County Map. Report of Survey
Glamorgan County Council, 1966. [32178] 5pp
text plus coloured map of the area with 3
transparent overlays. Card with cloth spine,
34x43. Covers faintly marked else vg.
£15.00
245. Letchworth.
MILLER
Mervyn
Letchworth: The First Garden City.
Chichester, Phillimore, 1989. [30404] xiii, 244pp
+ 16 colour plates, and incl. 119 b&w
illustrations, bibliography. Signed on title page
by the author. Cloth. 28x21. Fine, dust wrapper
£25.00
Detailed history of Howard’s famous settlement
(begun 1903). Excellent illustrations.
250. Llantrisant. EDWARDS J Arwel (ed)
Llantrisant New Town: The Case Against. A
summary of the evidence presented to the public
inquiry on behalf of the Heads of the Valleys
Authorities Standing Conference
Cardiff, by the Conference, 1974. [26356] 140
single-sided pages incl figs and tables. Spiralbound wraps, 30x24. Ex ministry library, good
thus.
£18.00
Llantrisant was one new town that was never
built
246. Letchworth. MILLER Mervyn Principal
Architects of Letchworth Garden City.
Architects of Letchworth Garden City - Parts 16 complete.
Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation,
1999-2000. [30535] 6 booklets 4-6pp each incl
photos and chronologies of their principal
buildings in Letchworth. Stiff card, 30x21. Vg.
£30.00
Architects are: Parker & Unwin; Crickmer;
Hignett, Bennet & Bidwell; Baillie Scott; and
Lucas. Nice little set of booklets by Dr Miller
about the architects who significantly contributed
to the built environment at Letchworth and who
set a standard for enlightened town planning and
housing. Uncommon.
251. MACKENZIE Norman The New Towns.
The Success of Social Planning
London, Fabian Society, 1955. [26347] 29pp.
Pamphlet, 21x14. Small split top of spine else vg.
£10.00
Useful pamphlet. The New Towns are seen from a
left wing point of view.
“An Imperial Obligation”
252. MAWSON
Thomas
An
Imperial
Obligation. Industrial Villages for Partially
Disabled Soldiers and Sailors.
London, Grant Richards, 1917. [31187] 124pp,
with coloured frontis and other illustrations. With
247. Letchworth. MILLER Mervyn B.
Letchworth: The First Garden City.
Chichester, Phillimore (1989) 2002. [28866] xiii,
250pp + 34 colour plates, and incl. 150 b&w
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an introduction by Sir Douglas Haig. Decorated
cloth, linen spine, 25x16 Spine sunned and pulled
at top, foxing to first and last few pages, title
page browned, rest of contents alright. Fair copy
£45.00
Mawson's proposals for model villages for
disabled Great War veterans. They look like
Beaux Art versions of Garden Cities. A very
poignant book with interesting illustrations. A
scheme along these lines was built by the British
Legion at Maidstone, in Kent.
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Another copy.
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WOMERSLEY Lewis Northampton, Bedford
and North Bucks study: An assessment of interrelated growth
London, HMSO, 1965. [31895] Frontis map, x,
86pp, inc many diagrams, tables, etc. Wraps,
30x21. Spine rubbed else vg.
£25.00
Something of an historic document, being
strategic thinking for the area, which was to
include Northampton and Milton Keynes New
Towns. Massive growth was proposed for the
area.
253. MEACHAM
Standish
Regaining
Paradise: Englishness and the Early Garden
City Movement.
New Haven & London, Yale UP, 1999. [31592]
viii, 210pp + 58 b&w plates & inc bibliog.
Boards. 24x16. Fine, in pictorial dust wrapper.
£20.00
The Garden Cities are seen here, not as radical
innovations, but as an establishment adaptating
to changing circumstances. They were essentially
conservative in their purpose and design features.
A post-war new village
257. New
Ash
Green.
UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE LONDON New Ash Green Until
September 1967
unpublished draft, 1969. [31897] c175 singlesided sheets. Spiral bound card, slightly marked
on back, 30x23. Owner's name on front else vg.
£55.00
An extremely valuable document for this model
village, highly detailed, with information on the
historical context, Span, the village plan, social
life etc.
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Model Settlements – a significant early work
254. MEAKIN Budgett Model Factories &
Villages: Ideal Conditions of Labour and
Housing.
London, Fisher Unwin, 1905. [31175] 480pp, incl
209 fascinating photographic plates, many by the
author Publisher's cloth. 21x17. Spine sunned
and slightly faded and front cover little marked
but still a very good copy.
£225.00
A highly important study with much out-of-theway information, particularly on social &
housing aspects of the 19th century model
communities. These include Port Sunlight,
Bournville, Aintree, Pullman, Zion City, Le
Creusot, the Krupp Colonies etc.. Author was an
American writer.
258. New Earswick. VERNON Anne A Quaker
Business Man. The Life of Joseph Rowntree
1836-1925
London, George Allen & Unwin, 1958. [19945]
Portrait frontis, 207pp plus 8 plates. Cloth,
22x15. Owner’s stamp on front end paper else vg,
dust wrapper.
£25.00
Rowntree was the founder of New Earswick
Model Village. This is the best account of his life
and work.
259. NICHOLSON J H New Communities in
Britain: Achievements and Problems
London, National Council of Social Service,
1961. [32098] 191pp, photos, bibliog. Wraps.
21x14. Vg copy.
£15.00
Excellent comparative survey, incl New Towns,
Expanded Towns, redevelopment areas.
255. MEAKIN Budgett Model Factories &
Villages: Ideal Conditions of Labour and
Housing.
London, Fisher Unwin, 1905. [31580] 480pp, incl
209 fascinating photographic plates, many by the
author. Signature of JFL Brunner. Publisher's
cloth. 21x17. Spine sunned and faded and a little
rubbed at top, small indentations on foredge,
good tight copy and clean inside.
£195.00
260. Northamptom New Town. WILSON
Hugh, & WOMERSLEY Lewis Expansion of
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Northampton: Consultant's proposals for
designation
London, HMSO, 1966. [31896] 28pp+ 13 foldout maps. Spiral bound, card covers. 30x22. Vg.
£25.00
Northampton was first proposed as a new town in
1965. Unlike many of the other new towns, there
was already a large settlement on the site.
264. Port Sunlight. LEVER BROS. (issued by)
Lever Brothers Limited and Some of their
Associated Companies.
nd c1922? [31822] 48pp, mostly fascinating
b&w photos, inc many at Port Sunlight. Plain
card covers. 20x26. Good copy, with contents
vg.
£25.00
Fascinating publicity book, mainly photographs:
the garden village, works, West African
enterprises etc.
261. PENTY Arthur J. Old Worlds for New: A
Study of the Post-Industrial State.
London, George Allen & Unwin, (1917),
reprinted 1918. [31768] 186pp + 6pp book
adverts. Cloth. 19x13. Vg.
£25.00
Penty (1875-1937) was a notable York architect.
He was very involved with the Guild Socialist
movement. Here he advocates a guild-based
system of industry and settlement, somewhat
along the lines of William Morris. Penty was
influential in Garden City circles. Uncommon.
265. Port Sunlight. LEVER BROTHERS
LIMITED Souvenir Issued by Lever Brothers
Limited Port Sunlight
1926. [31900] 48pp inc numerous photos and
plans for Port Sunlight cottages. Cord tied stiff
card, 21x26. Vg. Date neatly written on the front
cover.
£30.00
Gives a very good view of the whole Lever setup.
Includes very good views of Port Sunlight and its
buildings, social life, the village and the factory,
overseas enterprises including model factories
and worker settlements in the Congo.
Fascinating.
A miners’ New Town: two historic documents
262. Peterlee. CLARKE C W (Prepared by)
"Farewell - Squalor" A design for a New Town
and proposals for the Re-development of the
Easington Rural District.
Easington, Easington RDC, (1946), 2nd ed 1947.
[27279] 87pp, inc 7 plans & c24 b&w photos (of
sub-standard housing etc.). Foreword by George
Pepler, intro by Arthur Bates. Gilt lettered library
cloth. 25x20. Ministry lib copy in very handy
library binding, good thus.
£65.00
An historic document. Peterlee New Town was set
in a depressed mining area. The far-sighted local
authority pressured for it as a way of
rejuvenating the district. Some of the early
housing was designed by Berthold Lubetkin.
266. Port Sunlight. LEVER BROTHERS
(publ) The Story of Port Sunlight
Port Sunlight, 1953. [31608] 95pp, incl a great
many interesting photos. Boards. 29x23.
Unusually nice bright copy.
£15.00
Well illustrated 1950s record of the factory and
model village.
267. Port Sunlight. ROYAL ACADEMY OF
ARTS (publ) Lord Leverhulme: Founder of the
Lady Lever Art Gallery and Port Sunlight on
Merseyside. A Great Edwardian Collector and
Builder.
Paintings
Ceramics
Furniture
Architecture.
London, 1980. [32189] 200pp, 491 nos + 8
colour plates and incl many illustrations,
chronology, essays. Pictorial end papers of Port
Sunlight. Wraps. 27x21. Good.
£15.00
Excellent source on Lever's achievements,
including a detailed section on planning &
architecture by Edward Hubbard and Michael
Shippobottom.
263. PETERLEE DEV CORP Peterlee:
Analysis of Planning Problems. Report of the
Architect Planner.
Peterlee? unpublished working document, 1950.
[17182] 76 mimeoed pages + 41 illustrations,
mostly maps. Card binder. 24x29. Covers a bit
worn & very slightly damp-marked, else good.
£50.00
An historic document for Peterlee, marked
"confidential". This report analyses alternative
layout schemes, presents results of various
surveys etc. Excellent source on the origins of
this New Town.
Letchworth – the first serious work
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268. PURDOM C. B. The Garden City: A Study
in the Development of a Modern Town.
London, J M Dent, 1913. [31929] 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. End paper browned, tissue
guard and title foxed else good copy with very
attractive pictorial binding. Owner's signature on
front end paper.
£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.
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Reading, Spire Books, 2010 [30234] 258pp, 149
colour illustrations, 15 plans. Cloth. 26x21. NEW
order from Inch's Books.
£25.00
A ground-breaking new study, concentrating on
architectural and design aspects. There is a good
deal on other factory towns and Victorian
architecture generally.
Garden Cities – a veritable magnum opus
273. 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 [31966] 1404pp,
continuous pagination, extensive illustrations
with graphs, photographic plates and plans. Gilt
lettered publisher’s cloth, 22x15 each. Ex lib, as
usual, withneat shelf numbers and labels at front
only, no stamps. Spine heads a trifle pulled and
rubbed, else good copies and contents vg. £250.00
An unique and detailed source on garden cities
and suburbs - their origins and achievements.
Sennett was a civil engineer and wrote
extensively on traffic and roads, as well as some
travel books. He approaches the topic from
various directions and includes a great deal on
historical antecedents- Nash terraces, Victorian
model villages, the Crystal palace etc. Many
foreign connections are also explored, Pullman’s
City, Agneta Park in Holland etc. Although some
of his material seems extraneous eg the
‘disadvantages of slate roofs’, Turkish baths etc,
this is an outstanding work that no scholar can
ignore. The fine illustrations include many not
found elsewhere.
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269. RIGBY Andrew Alternative Realities: A
study of communes and their members.
London, Routledge & Keegan Paul, 1974.
[31997] ix, 341pp, bibliog. Cloth, 22x14. Owner's
stamp and small stain on foredge else vg in dust
wrapper.
£12.00
In depth look at the commune movement.
270. RODWIN Lloyd The British New Towns
Policy: Problems and Implications
Cambridge, Mass, Harvard UP, 1956. [11261]
252pp, c40 b&w illustrations. Cloth. 25x17. Vg,
dust wrapper.
£25.00
Excellent early study by this American writer on
planning issues. Although obviously dated in
many ways, it still one of the most useful works,
on the first wave of British New Towns.
271. Runcorn. BERTHOUD Richard, &
JOWELL Roger Creating a Community: A
Study of Runcorn Residents: 1972
London, Social & Community Planning
Research, 1973. [31894] 90pp, + c100
appendices+ 25 b&w photo plates, bibliog. Spiral
bound, pictorial card covers. 30x21. Vg. £15.00
This was a very thorough study, one of the most
detailed for a British New Town.
274. SORIA Y MATA Arturo Filosofia Barata
Apuntes Sociologico-Cientificos.
Madrid, Imprenta de la Ciudad Lineal, 1926.
[23119] Portrait frontis, 287pp. Introduction by
Mario Roso de Luna. Wraps, 19x13. Vg. Pages
uncut.
£60.00
Soria Y Mata, creator of the 'ciudad lineal' urban
idea, had died in 1920. Posthumus collected
writings
mainly
on
sociological
and
philosophical questions. Scarce
272. Saltaire. JACKSON Neil, LINTONBON
Jo & STAPLES Bryony Saltaire. The Making
of a Model Town.
275. Stevenage. MULLAN Bob Stevenage Ltd:
Aspects of the planning and politics of
Stevenage New Town, 1945-78
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London, R&KP, 1980. [31892] xviii, 420pp incl
10 tables, 6 figs, 6 maps, bibliog. Cloth. 22x14.
Vg, dust wrapper.
£20.00
Important case study. Stevenage was a Mark One
New Town; it grew rapidly and there were major
planned extensions.
1962. [31598] c31 single-sided typed sheets.
33x20. Bit dog-eared.
£15.00
Typescript report on what was to become Fidler's
plan for Telford New Town. The author was city
architect of Birmingham during this period.
280. THOMAS Ray Aycliffe to Cumbernauld: a
study of seven new towns in their regions
London, PEP (Broadsheet 516), 1969. [20409]
viii, pp801-962, 9 text figs, many tables. Intro by
Peter Hall. Boards, 20x15. Label on spine and
office library stamps on title and reverse of title
else vg.
£18.00
Study of seven of the older New Towns
((Cwmbran, Corby, Newton Aycliffe, Peterlee,
East Kilbride, Cumbernauld and Glenrothes).
Scarce.
276. Stevenage. VINCENT Leonard G
Stevenage Master Plan 1966. A summarised
report of the Stevenage Master Plan Proposals
prepared by.........
1966. [31893] 6 single-sided mimeoed sheets
plus large map. Stapled card, 30x21. Vg. £15.00
Stevenage was one of the most successful Mark 1
New Towns. The original master plan, 1950, was
not ambitious enough. This new master plan
proposed expansion to allow for growth to
105,000 by about 2000, especially to the north
eas,t with a new railway station, town centre etc.
281. THOMAS Ray London's New Towns: a
study of self-contained and balanced
communities
London, PEP (Broadsheet 510), 1969. [19467] vi,
pp373-473, 15 figs. Publisher's wraps. 21x15. Ex
planning library copy, good thus.
£16.50
Mainly historical evaluation of the eight regional
New Towns in the London Region (Crawley,
Harlow etc). Scarce.
277. SWINDON EXPANSION PROJECT
Swindon. A Study for Further Expansion
Swindon, 1968. [27612] 160pp incl maps, plans,
photos etc. Ring-bound stiff card, 21x31. Ex
ministry library, top and bottom of spine torn,
still generally good copy.
£25.00
Swindon should be the basis of 'A New City',
increasing in population from 90-100,000 in
1961 to over 400,000 by the end of the century.
Much of the growth would be because of London
overspill. Many of these proposals were
implemented
282. TOWN & COUNTRY PLANNING
ASSOCIATION New Towns: An Exhibition
arranged by the Town and Country Planning
Association and the fifteen New Town
Development Corporations
London, Royal Academy Galleries, 1959.
[32100] 64pp, many text illustrations & tables,
adverts. Thin card covers. 25x19. Vg.
£20.00
Attractively illustrated Catalogue, including
descriptions of each New Town. Exhibition
Chairman was Frederic Osborn. (Exhibition book
ed by Hazel EVANS). An important exhibition
which ultimately gave the New Towns
respectability.
278. TECHNICAL JOURNALS LTD Garden
City Houses and Domestic Interior Details.
London, AA 1913 4th ed [29816] 104pp + viii pp
adverts, c7pp text, the rest b&w diagrams, plans,
details & photos. Cloth spine, boards. 32x23.
Edges of boards mottled, contents vg, binding
tight.
£65.00
One of the best source books for garden suburb
housing. It was one of the first publications to
describe Hampstead Garden Suburb, only
recently completed, and Gidea Park. (Despite this
work's title, Letchworth is not included.) There
are also entries for various individual houses,
including examples by Abercrombie, Alwyn
Lloyd, Edwin Gunn, Clough Williams-Ellis et al,
and some interior details.
283. Unwin. CREESE Walter (ed and
introduced by) The Legacy of Raymond Unwin:
A Human Pattern for Planning.
Cambridge, Mass, MIT, 1967. [2743] xiv, 234pp,
61 figs, chronology. Publisher's cloth. 24x16.
Discreetly ex lib copy, in dust wrapper. £30.00
Mainly texts by Unwin (some not previously
published), with long introduction by Creese.
279. Telford. FIDLER A G Sheppard Report
on the Posibility of a New Town at Dawley
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284. WARD Colin Utopia
Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1974. [32000] 128pp
inc illustrations.Inscribed to David Rock from
Colin Ward. Wraps, 21x15. Little rubbed round
edges else good copy.
£10.00
Quirky look at Utopias.
288. WILLIAMSON David B with LOEBL
Fred (drawings) New Beginnings and New
Towns: A paper based on addresses given in
London, Stevenage, and Crawley in November,
1946
London, Town & Country Planning Association,
1947. [32096] 22pp, 4 amusing cartoons.
Pamphlet. 22x14. Good copy.
£12.00
Scarce early paper, favourable to the New Town
ideal.
285. Washington. McCLELLAND Grigor
Washington: Over and Out.
The Story of
Washington New Town 1983-1988.
Cambridge, Publications for Companies, 1988.
[5621] 24pp, including 29 b&w photos & 10 figs.
Pamphlet. 30x21. Vg.
£15.00
Describes this British New Town's progress. The
author was Chairman of the Development
Corporation, 1977 to 1988. Uncommon.
MASS HOUSING/ SLUMS
286. Washington New Town. HOLE W. V.,
ADDERSON I.M. et al Washington New Town:
the early years
London, DoE Building Research Est, HMSO,
1979. [32111] Frontis map, 150pp+ 35 b&w
photo illustrations and incl 56 tables, 39 figs,
references. Wraps. 29x21. Top of spine a little
rubbed else good copy.
£15.00
Detailed study, based on a long-term research
project. The design departed from the original
Mark 1 New Towns, especially in the road layout
289. ALLAN Charles E., assisted by ALLAN
Francis J. The Housing of the Working Classes
Acts, 1890-1909.
London, Butterworth, Shaw, 3rd ed, 1911.
[21967] lxiv, 372pp. Gilt lettered cloth. 22x14.
Top of spine slightly pulled, else vg.
£65.00
Excellent source for these key decades. This
edition was the first to describe the Housing of
the Working Classes, 1903, and Part 1. of the
Housing, Town Planning, &c. Act, 1909-the first
British Town Planning Act, covered here in detail
Welwyn Garden City: 1949 Expansion Plan.
287. WELWYN
GARDEN
CITY
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION Report of
the Welwyn Garden City Development
Corporation: as submitted to the Minister of
Town and Country Planning: upon the Outline
Plan prepared by Louis de Soissons...
Welwyn, Welwyn Garden City Development
Corp, 1949. [5822] 42pp,+ 5 plans inc one
coloured and one hors texte, maps, inc 4 b&w
aerial photos. Large folding coloured master plan
map in rear pocket. Wraps. 33x21. Vg.
£60.00
The original Welwyn Garden City, 1919, had
been inspired by the ideals of Ebenezer Howard.
It was decided to incorporate the settlement,
which had developed well over the previous 30
years, into the New Town system. Lionel Brett
was appointed to prepare the master plan. De
Soissons was appointed consultant town planner
to the scheme. Welwyn was developed in
conjunction with Hatfield.
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290. BOURNVILLE
VILLAGE
TRUST
Reconditioning Slum Properties. An account of
work carried out by the Bournville Village Trust
Architect's Department for the Birmingham
Copec House Improvement Society Ltd.
Birmingham, Bournville Village Publication
Dept, 1937. [31633] 32pp with photographs.
Pamphlet with interesting photomontage cover,
22x14 Ex ministry library, good.
£20.00
Tipped-in is a typed letter from the secretary and
manager of the Bournville Village Trust outlining
the purpose of the book. Very interesting and
enlightened study. Reconditioning seems to be
preferred to wholesale clearance.
291. BOWLEY Marian Housing and the State
1919-1944
London, George Allen & Unwin, 1945. [32222]
viii, 283pp, some text figs. Cloth. 22x14. Ex
library with rather nice bookplate, good thus.
£25.00
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Scarce and important study.
296. CENTRAL
HOUSING
ADVISORY
COMMITTEE The Appearance of Housing
Estates. Report of the sub-committee on the
means of improving the appearance of local
authority housing estates.
London, HMSO, 1948. [29897] 27pp. Pamphlet,
24x15. Cover a little dusty else good copy. £15.00
Members included Colin Campbell and Louis de
Soissons and the Rev Jenkinson. Uncommon.
292. Bristol. JEVONS Rosamond & MADGE
John Housing Estates: A Study of Bristol
Corporation Policy and Practice Between the
Wars
Bristol, Arrowsmith for U of Bristol, 1946.
[31777] End papers maps and plans 104pp + 8
interesting b&w photo plates + 2 diagrams and
incl. tables, brief bibliography. Cloth. 21x17. Vg,
dust wrapper, this a little ragged round the edges
£16.00
Reconstruction-orientated
study,
including
detailed account of the Knowle and Bedminster
Estates in the city.
297. CHAPMAN Dennis Wartime Social
Survey. The Location of Dwellings in Scottish
Towns. An inquiry into some of the factors
relevant to the planning of new urban
communities made for the Department of
Health for Scotland
Scottish Housing Advisory Committee, 1943.
[31868] 88pp inc the questionnaire. Card, 33x20.
A little dusty else in good condition.
£20.00
A very detailed study.
293. BUILDING CENTRE COMMITTEE
Housing. A European Survey by the Building
Centre Committee, vol 1 (all published).
England, France, Holland, Sweden, Denmark,
Spain.
London, The Building Centre, 1936. [31568]
435pp inc photos, site plans, maps etc. Cloth.
29x22. Occasional light foxing otherwise good
tight copy in dust wrapper with chips, two large
ones on front and top of spine.
£95.00
British section describes in detail schemes in
London (LCC and others), Birmingham,
Liverpool (Speke etc), and Leeds (Quarry Hill).
This is the first copy we have seen with a dust
wrapper in any condition.
298. COUNCIL FOR RESEARCH ON
HOUSING CONSTRUCTION (publ) Slum
Clearance and Rehousing. The First Report of
the Council for Research on Housing
Construction.
London, P.S. King, 1934. [31837] 139pp, 20 figs
(some colour) + 23 photos. Gilt lettered cloth.
29x22. An unusually nice copy. Loosly inserted
is an article, 28pp, from the Journal of RIBA, 22
Feb, 1936 by Robert H Matthew, "Slum
Clearance..Winning Design and Report" (two
schemes submitted for the Bossom Travelling
Studentship, 1935-36).
£85.00
This was an excellent survey, with revealing
illustrations, of model tenement housing in
Britain, Germany & Austria. A major study.
294. Building Societies. THE TIMES British
Homes. The Building Society Movement
London, 1938. [32287] Portrait frontis of the Earl
of Harewood, 110pp plus 15 single-sided plates.
Cloth, 25x16. Spine sunned and end papers little
foxed else good copy.
£20.00
Good source on pre-war housing, especially
suburban estates, garden cities, developments
along the Great West Road etc. Uncommon.
299. COX Alfred Landlord's and Tennant's
Guide. A compendium of Information upon the
Procuring, Occupying and Disposing of Estates
and Houses.
London, Simpkin and Marshall 1853. [14036]
400pp with hand-coloured map on frontis.
Patterned cloth. 22x14. Good.
£30.00
A detailed legal guide. With pp 204-392 being a
topographical guide.
295. Bungalows. KING Anthony D The
Bungalow: The Production of a Global Culture.
London, RKP, 1984. [31622] Frontis, xvii,
310pp, a great many photos, plans etc,
bibliography. Gilt lettered cloth, 25x20. Vg, dust
wrapper.
£25.00
Pioneering study of this house type and its
complex history worldwide.
Model dwellings- an Edwardian pattern book
300. CRANFIELD Sydney White & POTTER
Henry Ingle Houses for the Working Classes.
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with various model estates around London.
Assessors were Guy Dawber and Louis de
Soissons.
Comprising 52 typical and improved plans
arranged in groups, with elevations, etc. Also
introductory and descriptive text, general notes
on planning, tables giving sizes of rooms, cubic
contents, cost etc....
London, B.T. Batsford 1904, 2nd ed revised and
enlarged. [20593] Frontis perspective view, vi,
34pp + 25 fine single-sided plates (showing
plans, worked-up elevations). With appendix of
model bye-laws. Top edge gilt. Gilt lettered
cloth. 38x28. Folio. Top and bottom of spine
trifle frayed else vg.
£150.00
High-quality pattern book for groups of model
two and three-storey dwellings. Authors were
notable contemporary architects.
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Elizabeth Denby: housing pioneer
303. DENBY Elizabeth Europe Re-housed.
London, George Allen & Unwin, 1938. [31579]
284pp+ 32 b&w photo plates, inc many plans.
Foreword by Lord Horder. Cloth. 22x15. Spine a
little faded and cover dusty, pages browned,
binding tight.
£40.00
An influential work, well-illustrated. The author
worked on slum clearance and re-housing in
London and had visited the various European
countries discussed.
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301. Daily
Mail.
ASSOCIATED
NEWSPAPERS LTD
Daily Mail Ideal
(Workers’) Homes. Midlands Industrial Area.
Reproductions of the best plans entered in the
Daily Mail’s £2,000 Architects’ Competition,
1919.
London, nd1919? [32376] xxxvi (fascinating
period adverts for ‘ideal homes’), 54pp, mainly
details of entries, with plans, elevations, artist’s
views etc.. Pictorial boards, linen spine. 24x31.
Cover marked and rubbed on corners, first and
last pages browned and hinges a little shaky, but
generally a reasonable copy of a book, more often
than not found in poor condition.
£40.00
Model housing designs. Winning entry was by
Simmons & Glencross of London. Assessors
included Adshead, Dawber, Crickmer, S.
Rowntree and Reiss.
304. DEWSNUP Ernest Ritson The Housing
Problem in England: Its Statistics, Legislation
and Policy.
Manchester, Manchester UP (Economic Series
No VII), 1907. [22972] vii, 321pp, incl. 32 tables
(one on fold-out) + 8pp book adverts. bibliog.
Gilt lettered publisher’s cloth. 23x16 Ex library
copy with stamps on fly and reverse of fold-out
tables, inside front cover and fly evidence of
removed label, leaving small hole, corners a trifle
bent, nevertheless quite a good copy.
£70.00
Invaluable turn-of-the-century work on this
subject, with much on municipal model schemes,
legislation, voluntary sector etc..
305. ELSAS M J Housing Before the War and
After
London, P S King & Staples, 1942. [31861] ix,
69pp incmany tables, bibliog. Cloth. 22x14.
Occasional faint foxing else vg.
£15.00
Scarce war-time study.
302. Daily
Mail.
ASSOCIATED
NEWSPAPERS LTD (publ) Ideal Houses
Book. Reproductions of the Best Designs
entered in the ‘Daily Mail’ Ideal Houses
Competition for Architects, 1927, together with
Designs of Houses and a Bungalow exhibited at
the Ideal Homes Exhibition at Olympia, 1927
London, 1927. [32207] 66pp houses plus plans
interleaved with 80pp relevant and interesting
adverts. Card with large paste-on picture. 31x21.
Covers rubbed round edges and tape used to
attach covers to contents. Contents themselves in
good condition.
£65.00
Each plate is an example with plans, elevations,
sections and artist’s view. The first prize went to
Gordon Allen. Interesting 1920’s item - the
adverts are almost as valuable as the examples -
306. ENGLANDER David Landlord and
Tenant in Urban Britain 1838-1918.
Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1983. [31876] xvii,
342pp, bibliog. Cloth, 22x14. Ex library, vg thus
in dust wrapper.
£20.00
Interesting study of the power of tenants, mostly
urban working class, and their success as a
pressure group on state housing policy. Perhaps
becoming more relevant in the light of today's
housing and rents crisis.
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307. FIDLER A G Sheppard Housing to High
Density (paper given at the Public Works and
Municipal Services Congress)
London, City & Borough Architects' Society,
1954. [31637] 13pp inc 4 b&w illustrations.
Pamphlet. 23x15. Ex Ministry Lib, good. £10.00
Interesting pamphlet. The tower block boom was
getting under way at this time. Scarce. Author
was City Architect of Birmingham.
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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Citizenship: a study of low-cost housing.
NY, Reinhold, 1946. [9339] xiv, 254pp, 47
plates, 13 graphs, bibliog. Foreword by C.E.A.
Winslow Publisher's cloth. 29x22. Ex library,
covers faintly mottled, contents vg.
£45.00
Invaluable account, packed with information on
the development of low cost housing in the USA,
as well as other countries (England, Holland,
Denmark, Germany, Russia etc). Scarce and
important study.
308. FREMANTLE Lieut.-Colonel F.E. The
Housing of the Nation.
London, Philip Allen, 1927. [14061] xiv, incl.
foreword. by Neville Chamberlain, 193pp. Brief
bibliography. Cloth. 20x13. Very good. 4pp
publisher’s flier for the book loosely inserted.
£20.00
An excellent overview. Freemantle is particularly
good on the effects of the Great War on housing.
He describes the various Housing Acts during
and after the War, housing schemes (eg the
Addison Scheme), the work of the Improvement
Societies, the influence of the garden cities etc.
Scarce.
312. HMSO (pub) Living in Flats: Report of the
Flats Sub-Committee of the Central Housing
Advisory Committee
London, HMSO for the Ministry of Housing and
Local Government, 1952. [32228] iv, 40pp inc 3
tables. Pamphlet. 24x15. Ex library, two file
holes, fair. Owner's signature on cover.
£10.00
Examines 'the social needs and problems of
families living in... high-density development on
flatted estates'.
309. GALE Stanley Modern Housing Estates:
A Practical Guide to their Planning, Design and
Development for the use of Town Planners,
Architects, Surveyors, Engineers, Municipal
Officials, Buildings and others interested in the
technical and legal aspects of the subject.
London, Batsford, 1949. [30405] xii, 275pp +
colour fold-out plan at front & 17 fold-out plans,
some also in colour, inc 168 b&w photos, plans
etc. Cloth. 25x18. Ex Glenrothes Development
Corporation copy, good.
£20.00
A well-illustrated and comprehensive survey,
including good historical section and much
material on pre-war British housing schemes
One of the best books on this subject.
313. Lancaster.
WHITE
Andrew
and
WINSTANLEY Michael Victorian Terraced
Houses in Lancaster
London, Centre for North-West Regional Studies,
1996. [31594] 76pp inc photos, plans etc, short
bibliog. Wraps, 24x17. Vg.
£10.00
Interesting survey and history. Includes much on
the builders and backers, the various building
types etc. Nice item
Great apartment blocks
314. Liverpool. DAVIS Arthur S (preface) A
Report on the Need for the Provision of Juvenile
Social Centres. A social survey of Liverpool's
New Housing Estates undertaken by the
Liverpool New Estates' Allied Council of Social
Welfare
Liverpool, Liverpool Juvenile Organisation'
Committee, 1937. [32214] 96pp inc photos,
maps, plans, bibliog plus fold-out colour map.
Wraps with paste-on photo, 25x19. Cover rather
310. GESSNER Albert Das Deutsche Miethaus.
Ein Beitrag 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’
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grubby with hole in the back and labels on spine,
contents in vg condition.
£15.00
catalogue. Cloth, 17x12. Occasional foxing, vg.
£20.00
An interesting handbook. The estates, which are
designed for purchase, are terraced; detached
layouts are yet to come. Nice item
A Jewish housing block
315. London - Spitalfields. WHITE Jerry
Rothschild Buildings. Life in an East End
Tenement Block 1887-1920.
London, Pimlico (1980), 2003. [31930] xviii (incl
foreword by Raphael Samuel), 301pp + 28 b&w
plates and incl 3 maps, 3 figs. Wraps, 23x15. Vg.
£15.00
The Rothschild Buildings were typical of the
‘model dwellings for the working classes’ of late
Victorian London, in this case built for Jewish
immigrants from Eastern Europe.
319. MARGIS Hildegard & MAHLER Dr
Karl (eds) Teilung und Umbau von
Wohnungen.
Stuttgart/Berlin, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1932.
[26813] 156pp incl numerous plans. Cloth,
25x19. Cloth a little discoloured round edges,
faint foxing to prelims, but a nice copy. £65.00
A detailed technical study of multi-dwelling
houses. Eleven essays by various architects,
including Hans Altmann, Hans Rottmeyer and
Paul Zucker.
A 1930s LCC housing scheme
The 1944 Housing Manual
316. London - White City. LCC A Town Is
Born
London, British Commercial Gas Assoc, nd,
c1939. [31867] 23pp inc double-page plan and
many photos. Pamphlet, 27x22. A little dusty but
good condition for fragile item.
£20.00
Reprinted from A Thousand and One Uses For
Gas no 302-3 Vol xxvii. A fascinating brochure.
The new LCC White City Housing Estate was
built on a 45 acre site formerly occupied by the
White City exhibition area. There are some
interesting photos of this being demolished. The
images show the new blocks and interiors with
gas cookers and fires. Lovely item.
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320. MINISTRY OF HEALTH & MINISTRY
OF WORKS (publ) Housing Manual 1944.
TOGETHER WITH Housing Manual 1944.
Technical Appendices.
London, HMSO, 1944. [31834] 104pp, a great
many illustrations (photos, diagrams, plans, etc);
92pp, incl. a few figs. Uniform wraps. 25x15.
Wear to base of spine on main volume, generally
good copies of items usually in poor condition, if
found at all.
£30.00
This manual was very significant in laying down
post-war house standards. Uncommon, the
technical volume being especially scarce.
The 1958 Manual
317. LOWE Stuart and HUGHES David (eds)
A New Century of Social Housing.
Leicester, University Press, 1991. [31778] ix,
201pp. Pictorial boards. 23x15. Fine copy.£25.00
Essays on aspects of state housing in Britain.
Uncommon.
321. MINISTRY OF HOUSING & LOCAL
GOVERNMENT Flats and Houses 1958.
London, HMSO, 1958. [30583] Fp, vi, 154pp, inc
112 b&w photos, plans, etc. Wraps. 25x18. Spine
a trifle rubbed, else good. Lewis Keeble's copy
with his signature.
£16.50
A very important late 1950s Ministry guide to
public housing provision, including densities,
internal plans, etc. Tower blocks are much in
evidence.
--------------------322. MUSEUM BOYMANS (publ) Bouwen
voor een open samenleving
Rotterdam, 1962. [32282] c76pp inc photos,
plans etc. Card covers, 25x19. Vg.
£18.00
318. MAITLAND Fowler Building Estates. A
rudimentary treatise on the development, sale,
purchase, and general management of building
land including the formation of streets and
sewers, and the requirements of sanitary
authorities
London, Crosby, Lockwood (Weale's series),
1887 2nd ed revised. [27837] vi, 114pp incl 23
figs plus 3 folding plates plus 40pp publisher's
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On the work of Brinckman, van der Blugt, van
den Broek and Bakema, especially housing. Nice
exhibition catalogue.
cover, stamp on title page, new end papers, vg
thus.
£85.00
A very interesting and detailed review. Howitt
(1889-1968) was a notable regional architect
who deserves to be better known. He was
Housing Architect for Nottingham City Council,
where he designed some of the best municipal
housing estates in the country. Approximately
6000 municipal houses for rent in the city were
built between 1919-1930. This admirable man
also designed public buildings such as The
Council House, Nottingham, Newport Civic
Centre, Odeon Cinemas etc. The present work
includes building costs and rents. Uncommon.
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J.S. Nettlefold – Birmingham Pioneer
323. NETTLEFOLD J S Practical Housing
Letchworth, Garden City Press, 1908. [27554] xi,
frontis, 200pp + many b&w photos, fold-out
maps, plans etc + 28pp adverts. Cloth. 22x15.
Corners trifle bumped, else good.
£50.00
An important Nettlefold study. It concentrates on
mass housing, including model municipal
schemes, garden cities, garden suburbs and
similar. The author was a planning pioneer and
housing reformer in the Black Country.
327. Prefabrication. CASSON Hugh Homes by
the Million: An account of the housing
achievement in the U.S.A. 1940-1945
Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1946. [29157] 48pp,
copious b&w photos & plans. Wraps. 17x22.
Good copy. Back cover browned.
£12.00
There was a huge emergency housing programme
in the US during the war - mainly utilizing
prefabrication. An interesting, well illustrated
account.
324. NETTLEFOLD J S Practical Housing
Letchworth, Garden City Press, 1908. [30412] xi,
frontis, 200pp + many b&w photos, fold-out
maps, plans etc + 28pp adverts. Cloth. 22x15.
Good copy.
£45.00
Another copy.
325. NETTLEFOLD J S Practical Housing
Letchworth, Garden City Press, (1908), 2nd,
popular ed, 1910. [31381] xxviii of interesting
adverts by Co-Partnership housing groups - at
Hampstead, Ealing etc, xivpp prelims, 198pp +
many b&w photos, fold-out maps, plans etc.
Cloth with attractive paste-down artist view,
22x14. Light foxing on end papers, otherwise a
good copy.
£45.00
This second edition, which is scarcer than the
original, takes into account the 1909 Town
Planning Act and has other new material.
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328. PUBLIC
WORKS,
ROADS
&
TRANSPORT CONGRESS Rural Housing. A
Selection from the Exhibition of Photographs of
Rural Housing Schemes and of Houses
Reconditioned under the Housing and Rural
Workers Act 1926.
London, The Congress Organising Committee,
1931. [14233] 169pp, with many photographic
illustrations. Foreword by Neville Chamberlain.
Card. 24x18. Blank front end paper a bit creased,
neat name on cover, a nice bright copy.
£40.00
Outstanding source, with excellent photos of
local authority model housing schemes up and
down the country.
Cecil Howitt & Nottingham housing
326. Nottingham. HOWITT T Cecil Review of
Progress of the Housing Schemes in
Nottingham Under The Various Housing and
Town-Planning Acts July, 1919, to December,
1928.
for Nottingham CC, nd, c1929. [31662] ix,
120pp, extensively illustrated with photos, scale
plans, maps. Introduction by Raymond Unwin.
Boards, with paste-on circular label, cloth spine,
23x19. Ex ministry library, two labels on front
329. ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH
ARCHITECTS Cottage Designs: awarded
Premiums in the Competitions conducted by the
Royal Institute of British Architects with the
concurrence of the Local Government Board
London, 1918. [31265] 119pp, incl 98 pp designs
with plans, elevations, finished impressions etc.
Boards, linen spine. 28x22. Crease on boards,
inner hinge going, otherwise a fair copy of a book
usually in poor condition.
£35.00
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Important model housing pattern book, prepared
with the post-World War I “Homes for Heroes”
in mind.
The assessors included Adshead,
Dawber, Aston Webb, Harvey etc..
Report on housing, complete in itself.
Swiss workers’ houses
335. Switzerland. EBERLÉ H (Bearbeitet)
Kleinhäuser. Petites Maisons familiales.
Zürich, Neuland, 1927. [26999] 122pp (+
adverts), incl many illustrations (plans,
elevations, architect’s views). Nice patterned
wraps, 23x16. Vg indeed.
£40.00
Attractive account of workers’ housing types,
constructed under the initiative of the Swiss
Union for House Improvement. [German and
French texts].
Housing refugees from the East
330. SCHNELL Eric and HAAKE Ulrich
Kleinsiedlung von Morgen.
Lüneburg, Metta Kinau 1946. [26260] 111pp incl
11 illustrations and tables. Wraps, 21x15. Bottom
corner creased and spine edges a little rubbed,
pages browned but still a good tight copy. £30.00
Very early post-war German work. Many new
houses were needed and refugees from the East
had to be housed. The authors make detailed
proposals for new small houses and associated
gardens. Self-sufficiency is covered in detail. An
interesting work, relevant today. Scarce.
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336. Switzerland.
RUF
Walter
Das
Gemeinnützige Baugennossenschaftswesen des
Schweiz.
Zürich, Neuland-Verlag, nd, c1948. [27022]
Frontis, 127pp incl bibliog plus 8pp plates.
Wraps, 22x15. Pages lightly browned else vg,
dust wrapper.
£35.00
A interesting account of Swiss workers housing
colonies in the first two decades of the 20th
century.
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331. Scotland. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
FOR SCOTLAND Choosing Council Tenants.
A report by the Scottish Housing Dvisory
Committee on Local Authorities' Methods of
Allocating Tenancies
Edinburgh, HMSO, 1950. [31910] 52pp plus 4pp
plates. Card covers, 24x18. Owner's name on
front cover else good copy.
£10.00
An invaluable Edwardian source book
337. THOMPSON W The Housing Handbook:
A practical manual for the use of officers,
members, and committees of Local Authorities,
Ministers of Religion, Members of Parliament,
and all social or municipal reformers interested
in the housing of the working classes.
London, National Housing Reform Council,
1903. [2393] xvi, 270pp + many b&w photos,
plans, maps etc + 101pp Appendix on legislation,
mortality rates, cheap building at Liverpool. Gilt
lettered cloth. 21x14. Spine and covers sun
marked, not too bad, else good copy.
£90.00
Invaluable survey, packed with information on
topics such as block dwellings, co-operative
housing, model villages, legislation etc etc. Very
scarce.
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332. SIMON E D How to Abolish the Slums.
London, Longmans, Green, 1929. [14058]
Frontis, xii, 146pp+ 2 plates and incl 18 tables.
Cloth. 22x15. Very good copy.
£25.00
Important 1920s survey of the problem and its
possible solutions.Gordon Cherry's copy
333. SIMPSON M A & LLOYD T H (eds)
Middle Class Housing in Britain
Newton Abbot, David & Charles, 1977. [27756]
217pp + 16 b&w plates and incl 12 figs. Cloth.
22x14. Vg, dust wrapper.
£20.00
Pioneering study of a neglected subject. Has
good material on model layouts, eg Park Estate
in Nottingham, and the West End in Glasgow.
334. Southampton. FORD Professor P. &
THOMAS C. J. Housing Targets: The Third
Report of the Southampton Survey
Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1953. [32229] 56pp inc
14 tables. Pamphlet. 21x14. Cover dusty,
contents good.
£10.00
338. Vienna Flats. BRAMHAS Erich Der
Wiener Gemeindebau. Vom Karl Marx-Hof zum
Hundertwasserhaus.
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Basel, Birkhäuser, 1987. [22953] 185pp, a great
many plans, elevations, photos etc. Stiff pictorial
wraps. 24x20. Fine copy.
£30.00
Detailed account of mass housing in Vienna, from
the great “Red Flats” of the early inter-war
period to the 1980s. Excellent source book, well
illustrated.
343. AMBROSE Peter The Quiet Revolution.
Social change in a Sussex village 1871-1971
London, Chatto & Wundus for Sussex
University, 1974. [32219] xv, 239pp inc 2 maps
plus 8pp plates, notes and references. Publisher's
cloth, 24x17. Ex library, vg thus in dust wrapper.
£8.00
Particularly concerned with planning, housing
and development. Village in question is Ringmer,
just outside Lewes, which was rapidly becoming a
commuter village.
339. West Yorkshire. CAFFYN Lucy Workers'
Housing in West Yorkshire, 1750-1920
London, HMSO (West Yorkshire MCC &
RCHME), 1986. [31466] xviii, 160pp inc 175
b&w plates, bibliog. Wraps. 28x22 Vg.
£40.00
A very thorough modern analysis, with excellent
illustrations, including architectural details of
house types. An indispensable regional study.
Has good material on various model settlements,
including Ackroydon, Saltaire, Wilshaw etc..
344. Ashbee. CRAWFORD Alan C.R. Ashbee:
Architect, Designer & Romantic Socialist.
New Haven, Yale, 1985. [28150] Frontis, x,
499pp, 203 illustrations, list of works, writings,
Essex House publications etc. Open weave cloth.
27x21. Very nice copy, dust wrapper.
£85.00
Major monograph. First full-scale biography of
Ashbee and destined to be the standard work.
Ashbee's contributions to city planning were
considerable: Jerusalem after the Great War, his
Chipping Cotswolds model community etc.
340. WHITE L.E. Community or Chaos. New
Housing Estates and their Social Problems
London, National Council of Social Services,
1950. [32218] 48pp, brief bibliog. Pamphlet.
18x12. Spine faded else good copy.
£12.00
Interesting critique of inter-war tenement
developments, how they fared in the War etc..
Uncommon.
345. Cerda. ESTAPE Fabian Vida y Obra de
Ildefonso Cerdá.
Barcelona, Peninsula, 2001. [26843] 340pp incl
extensive bibliog. Spanish text. Laminated wraps.
22x15. Fine copy
£35.00
Detailed recent Spanish account of the great
Catalan city planner, Ildefonso Cerda.
341. WOLFE Lawrence The Reilly Plan - A
New Way of Life London, Nicholson & Watson, 1945. [31184]
156pp, 6 illustrations. End paper maps. Intro by
Sir Charles Reilly. Cloth. 19x12. Nice copy in
slightly ragged dust wrapper, now protected.
£20.00
New housing layout concepts, in actual fact based
on a Reilly-planned dormitory satellite scheme in
Birkenhead. Becoming scarce.
346. CHERRY Gordon E The Evolution of
British Town Planning: A history of town
planning in the United Kingdom during the
20th century and of the Royal Town Planning
Institute, 1914-74.
London, Leonard Hill, 1974. [32499] xii, 275pp,
incl many photos, plans etc, list of RTPI
Presidents. Cloth. 25x19. Vg, dust wrapper.
£25.00
A detailed account, seen through the activities of
the RTPI. Includes a great deal on the
development of the Garden city idea and its
relationship to the development of the profession.
Excellent source book.
342. YELLING J A Slums and Redevelopment.
Policy and practice in England, 1918-45, with
particular reference to London.
London, UCL, 1992. [28693] x, 210pp + 8 plates
and incl. 7 figs, 20 tables. Cloth. 24x16. Fine
copy, in good dust wrapper.
£40.00
Scholarly modern study. Uncommon.
347. CHERRY Gordon E Urban Change and
Planning: A history of urban development in
Britain since 1750
Henley-on-Thames, G.T. Foulis, 1972. [30148]
viii, 254pp, incl a great many illustrations
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(photos, artist's views etc). Cloth. 25x19. Ex
library, dust wrapper.
£10.00
Difficult to find early Cherry title.
353. Erskine. COLLYMORE Peter The
Architecture of Ralph Erskine.
London, Academy (1982) revised 1994. [31649]
224pp incl a great many illustrations throughout.
Chronology of buildings, projects & designs,
bibliog. Cloth. 24x23. Very good, in nice dust
wrapper.
£45.00
In the twelve years since the publication of the
first edition, Erskine had produced a lot of new
work, including some ambitious town planning
projects.
348. COLEMAN B I (ed) The Idea of the City
in Nineteenth-Century Britain
London, Routledge & Kegan Paul (Birth of
Modern Britain series), 1973. [19411] xiv, 241pp,
bibliog. Cloth. 23x14. Departmental stamp, and
previously was H. J. Dyos’ copy, with his
signature. Vg, dust wrapper.
£15.00
Contemporary writings, reports and speeches,
1785-1909, by admirers and critics of city life.
Has a good deal on model housing projects,
slums and garden cities.
354. FALYS
Dominique-Anne,
HOMEZ
Roger et al Questions 4. Le jardin dans la cité.
Bruxelles, 1983. [29881] 108pp incl very many
plans, drawings, photos etc, short bibliog.
Folding map loosely inserted. Wraps, 20x20. Vg.
£12.00
On the role of gardens in modern cities.
349. Cornish. GILBERT Edmund W Vaughan
Cornish 1862-1948 and the advancement of
knowledge relating to the beauty of scenery in
town and country.
Oxford Preservation Trust, 1965. [31635] 20pp
inc 2 maps, short bibliog. Stapled card, 25x18.
Vg.
£15.00
One of the few sources for this important figure.
355. HOEG Carsten, RIIS P J et al (Editorial
Board) The Classical Pattern of Modern
European Civilisation: Urbanism and TownPlanning
Copenhagen, Ejnar Munksgaard (Proceedings of
Second Congress of Classical Studies, IV), 1958.
[12541] 129pp, plans. Texts by J. Lauffray,
A.Kriesis, J. Ward Perkins. Pictorial wraps.
26x18. Minor wear, good.
£20.00
350. Correa.
CANTACUZINO
Sherban
(essay) Charles Correa
Singapore, Mimar, 1984. [31658] 126pp incl 112
plates in colour & over 180 b&w drawings &
photos, chronology, biography, bibliography.
Cloth. 27x24. Vg in dust wrapper.
£20.00
Well illustrated survey of this influential architect
& planner's work, mainly in India, 1958-1983.
356. India. EVENSON Norma The Indian
Metropolis: A View Toward the West
New Haven, Yale, 1989. [10299] x, 294pp, 258
illustrations, some in colour, bibliog. Cloth.
26x20. Fine, dust wrapper.
£20.00
On the growth of Madras, Calcutta, Bombay and
New Delhi, including the important British
planning contribution.".. a book that represents a
significant step..it ought to be as welcome to
architects and planners in India as to the growing
number of informed planners."--Derek Linstrum.
351. CULLINGWORTH J B Reconstruction
and Land Use Planning 1939-1947 (Vol I of
"Environmental Planning 1939-1969" series)
London, HMSO, 1975. [31898] xv, 283pp. Cloth.
25x17. Ex library, good thus in dust wrapper.
£20.00
This volume, complete in itself, gives a good
overview of official policy and action in this key
period.
357. JAEGER Falk (ed) Der Schrei nach dem
Turmhaus. Beiträge im Rahmen des Seminars
"Der Schrei nach dem Turmhaus"
Dresden, TU Univerität, 1996. [32165] 201
single-sided sheets inc photos, drawings, plans
etc, bibliogs. Card covers, cloth spine, 30x21.
Two small marks bottom front cover else vg.
£20.00
Results of a seminar on towers in modern
architecture. Includes material on the Mies'
352. DAVIS Colin J Improving Design in the
High Street. An RFAC guide....
London, Architectural Press, 1997. [30986] 81pp
inc photos, diagrams. Wraps, 22x24. Vg. £12.00
Tweny-five examples of 'successful' improvements
to high streets
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Chicago Tribune tower, Russian constructivism,
'Delirious New York', La Défense, etc. Very
interesting.
363. London. WILLIAMS Guy R. London in
the Country: the growth of suburbia.
London, Hamish Hamilton, 1975. [31590] ix,
191pp+ 31 b&w illustrations & inc map, bibliog.
Cloth. 22x14. Good copy in dust wrapper. £15.00
Interesting account, particularly useful for the
early outward growth if Lodon ie pre-dating the
20th century explosion of the metropolis.Well
illustrated.
358. KOSTOF Spiro The City Shaped. Urban
Patterns and Meanings through History.
Boston, Bullfinch Press 1991. [31537] 352pp
with 352 illustrations (39 in colour) incl original
drawings by Richard Tobias, bibliography. Cloth.
26x24. Vg in dust wrapper
£18.00
First edition of this famous work. Of great value,
particularly for its urban design ideas.
364. MELLER Helen (Ed and introduced by)
The Ideal City: "The Ideal City" by Canon
Barnett: "Civics: as Applied Sociology" by
Patrick Geddes.
Leicester, Leicester UP, 1979. [31569] 183pp, inc
long introductions by the Editor. (pp55-66 being
Barnett text [1893-4]; pp 67-183 being Geddes
text [1905-6]). Gordon Cherry's copy. Cloth,
22x14. Vg in slightly sunned dust wrapper. £20.00
Useful reprints of these elusive texts. Geddes’
papers were read before the Sociological Society,
LSE, July, 1904 and January, 1905 (See separate
entries above for originals of these).
359. KRIER Rob Rob Krier on Architecture
London, Academy, 1982 [28899] 96pp, 156
illustrations, incl 93 beautiful colour ones. Cloth.
25x22. Vg, dust wrapper.
£20.00
Most of Krier's designs are elaborate townscape
schemes, more often than not in the classical
style. Good introduction to this architect and
urban designer's theory and practice.
360. KRIER Rob Urban Space (Stadtraum).
(German edition 1975) London, Academy, 1979
first English ed. [31714] 174pp incl many
photographs and drawings, bibliog. Foreword by
Colin Rowe. Wraps. 24x22. Vg.
£25.00
Urban design study. The author is much
influenced by Camillo Sitte.
365. National Parks. CHERRY Gordon E
National Parks and Recreation in the
Countryside (Vol II, complete in itself, of the
"Environmental Planning 1939-1969" series)
London, HMSO, 1975. [31899] vii, 173pp. Cloth,
25x17. Vg in dust wrapper.
£25.00
Excellent source for the founding of the National
Parks etc.
361. LARKHAM Peter J & LILLEY Keith D
Planning the 'City of Tomorrow'. British
reconstruction planning, 1939-1952: an
annotated bibliography.
Pickering, Inch's Books, 2001. [15100] iii, 65pp,
11 illustrations. Wraps. 21x15. Fine.
£10.00
Pioneering bibliography. Excellent reference,
covering both official and unofficial plans and
related material. Order direct from Inch's Books.
366. NOVAK, Jr. Frank G Lewis Mumford and
Patrick Geddes: The Correspondence.
London, Routledge, 1995. [31923] xviii, 383pp,
text illustrations, chronologies, essay by the
editor. Cloth, 25x18. Fine, dust wrapper. £25.00
An important publication, including all the letters
as well as other material.
362. London. OLSEN Donald J Town Planning
in London: The eighteenth & nineteenth
centuries.
New Haven, Yale, 1964. [32186] xxiv, 247pp+
83 b&w illustrations & figs, bibliog. Cloth.
27x19. Vg, dust wrapper.
£25.00
First edition of Olsen’s innovative study of
Georgian and Victorian London. This pioneering
work is especially useful for the role of the great
developers and land owners in creating enclaves
of planned estates in the capital.
367. PORTEOUS J Douglas Canal Ports: The
Urban Achievement of the Canal Age
London, Academic Press, 1977. [31671] xvii,
249pp inc maps, photos etc. Cloth, 23x15. Vg.
£20.00
Possibly the best book on this specialist urban
form, with very good maps and other
illustrations.
368. POWERS Alan and HARWOOD Elain
The Heroic Period of Conservation.
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London, Twentieth Century Society, 2004.
[31525] 160pp incl many illustrations. Wraps,
26x20. Vg.
£16.00
Collections of essays looking at Nairn, Lionel
Esher, SAVE et al and the significance of
conservation in last fifty years, particularly the
1960s and 1970s. Includes a chapter about Nairn
by Gavin Stamp.
he gave in Vienna in 1976 is published here for
the first time [English and German texts]
372. SCHAFER Robert (ed) Plätze Urban
Spaces. Plätze und städtische Freieräume von
1993 bis heute. Recent European promenades,
squares and city centres.
München, Callwey, Edition Topos, 2002. [31790]
128pp inc illustrations, notes on authors. German
and English text. Wraps, 30x24. Vg. Label on
spine.
£20.00
An interesting work, with 16 European examples
and an essay, emphasising the importance of
public spaces to cities. Nice photos and plans.
369. Prachensky PFAUNDLER Wolfgang
Bauten und Pläne des Architeckten Hubert
Prachensky
Innsbruck,
Wagner'schen
Univeritatsbuchhandlung, nd, c1966. [32157]
129pp inc photos, drawings, maps, plans, chron.
Boards, 25x25. Couple of minor scuffs on edges
else vg.
£20.00
The architect, planner, Hubert Prachensky, 1916Eric2009, worked in the Innsbruck area
producing many private and public buildings,
some in the modern style, eg ski lifts and hotels.
These are very sensitive to their Alpine
background. He also produced plans for
Innsbruck, Seefeld, and other settlements in the
area. Nice book.
Eric Lyons and Span Housing
373. Span. SIMMS Barbara (ed) Eric Lyons &
Span
London, RIBA, 2006. [31955] Pictoral end
papers, frontis, xv, 240pp incl numerous photos,
many in colour. Boards, 24x23. Fine.
£200.00
Lyons (1912-1980) was famously known for his
high quality, post-war housing. Contributors
include Alan Powers, Jan Woudstra, Elain
Harwood. Well researched collection and
lavishly illustrated. Extremely scarce.
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370. REPS John W. The Making of Urban
America. A History of City Planning in the
United States.
Princeton, Princeton UP, (1965) 3rd printing
1992. [15941] xv, 574pp, incl 300+ illustrations,
bibliog. Cloth, 22x27. Fine, dust wrapper. £60.00
Reps' famous and pioneering work on the
urbanisation of the continent.
NOTE: other Reps titles in stock. Please
enquire.
374. STAMP Gavin The Great Perspectivists
London, Trefoil & RIBA, 1982. [30797]
144pp,178 illustrations, some in colour, bibliog.
Wraps. 24x24. Bottom corner creased else good
copy.
£20.00
First full length study of this subject in British
architecture, including many urban scenes:
fascinating illustrations.
371. Scarpa. NOEVER Richard Carlo Scarpa.
The Other City. Die Andere Stadt. The
Architect's working method as shown by the
Brion Cemetery in San Vito D'Altivole. Die
Arbeitsweise des Architekten am beispiel der
grabanlage Brion in San Vito D'Altivole.
Berlin, Ernst & Sohn, 1989. [31346] 396pp,
mostly illustrations. Cloth, 28x22. Vg, dust
wrapper.
£125.00
An exhaustive account of this Scarpa project,
with 600 of the more than 1000 working drawings
he did for the project, photos of details etc. The
cemetery is near Treviso, at the foot of the Asolo
hills. Scarpa is buried there. The text of a lecture
375. SUDJIC Deyan (text) SAYER Phil
(photos) The 100 Mile City
London, André Deutsch, 1992. [31560] v, 313pp,
many b&w photos, bibliog. Cloth. 25x19. Vg in
dust wrapper.
£12.00
Sudjic was one of the first writers to draw
attention to this huge new phenomena. His five
case studies are all from the developed world,
however.
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376. SUMMERS Dorothy The Great Level. A
History of Drainage and Land Reclaimation in
the Fens
Newton Abbot, David & Charles, 1976. [31625]
295pp inc maps plus plates, lengthy notes. Cloth,
22x14. Vg in dust wrapper.
£15.00
address on front end paper and spine edges trifle
rubbed but a very nice bright copy.
£75.00
Wonderful photos, all named and with architects
attributed where relevant. It can also be seen as a
record of manufacturing in this country: docks,
warehouses,
public
buildings,
factories,
reservoirs, water towers, schools etc. Includes the
Anthrax Disinfecting Station, Liverpool. Mostly
in the UK, but also Valparaiso, Calcutta,
Melbourne, Gold Coast, Victoria etc.
377. TIMMS Duncan The Urban Mosaic.
Towards a Theory of Residential Differentiation
Cambridge, CUP, 1971. [26681] viii, 277pp,
extensive bibliog. Cloth, 24x16. Cellotape marks
on end papers else vg, dust wrapper.
£12.00
Analyses the concept of the city as a mosaic of
social worlds. An important geographical text
381. Dresden. WEIDAUER Walter Inferno
Dresden. Uber Lügen und Legenden um die
Aktion "Donnerschlag"
Berlin, Dietz, 1965, 3rd ed. [32161] 258pp plus
40pp plates. Boards, 20x13. Pages a little
browned else vg.
£18.00
Harrowing account of the destruction of this
great city with material on reconstruction under
the DDR. Remarkable photos.
378. TUNNARD Christopher The City of Man
NY, Charles Scribner, 1953. [31981] Pictoral end
papers, xiv, 424pp + 57 b&w illustrations and
incl many text illustrations, bibliography. Cloth,
24x16. Vg copy in grubby dust wrapper with
small chip on top edge.
£25.00
Major study of townscape through the ages, with
modern ideas. First edition of the superior
hardback version.
382. Hiroshima.
BARNETT
Erin
and
MARIANI Philomena Hiroshima Ground Zero
1945.
NY, International Center for Photography, 2011.
[31761] 247pp in portfolio of reference materials.
Wraps, 30x25. Near Fine.
£45.00
Published for an exhibition. With essays by John
W Dower, Adam Harrison Levy and David
Monteyne. A remarkable photographic record,
with intelligent explanatory notes and essays.
379. Urban Villages Forum. ALDOUS Tony,
LUNTS David and GREENLEAF Nicola
(texts) Urban Villages. A concept for creating
mixed-use urban developments on a sustainable
scale
London, Urban Villages Group, (1992), 1997 2nd
ed. [32112] 112pp inc photos, plans, drawings,
maps etc. Boards, 28x23. Owner's name on end
paper, vg.
£15.00
Utopian vision of how it could be. Tone is set by
quoting the architectural graveyard of
Poundbury as a good example. Nevertheless,
interesting read.
383. Moscow. FILETICI Luigi and ZANETTI
Umberto (eds) MockbaXXI
Barcelona, Actar, 2005. [32531] c110pp, mostly
full-page photos, biography of Filetici. Italian and
English text. Boards with gilt lettering, 21x30
Vg.
£40.00
Exhibition held in the State Museum of
Architecture in Moscow. A photographic image
book on the new Moscow. Huge blocks of flats
and ugly commercial buildings have almost
completely replaced the old wooden Moscow.
Striking images
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380. BRITISH REINFORCED CONCRETE
ENGINEERING CO LTD B.R.C. Structures. A
photographic record describing the uses of
reinforced Concrete in modern Building
Construction.
Manchester, 1923. [31490] 8pp text, 360pp
photos. Boards, 22x17. Owner's name and
384. MÜLLER-WULCKOW Walter Bauten
der Arbeit und des Verkehrs aus Deutscher
Gegenwart.
Taunus & Leipzig, Langewiesche (Blauenbucher
series), 1926, 21bis 36 tausend. [32366] 80pp inc
78 b&w photos. Stiff card wraps, 26x19. Nice
copy. Last page a little spotted.
£18.00
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Modernist hospitals, schools and other public
buildings. A fine photographic survey.
385. Paris. BIDERMANAS Izis Paris Des
Reves. 75 photographies d’Izis Bidermanas.
Lausanne, La Guilde du Livre, 1950. [23753]
159pp. Cloth, 28x22. V, dust wrapper.
£40.00
75 full-page photos with captions on facing page.
Famous photo image book evoking the spirit of
early post-war Paris
386. Paris. BRASSAI Camera in Paris
London, Focal Press, 1949. [22078] 95pp, incl 62
photographs and fold-out of technical data.
Lettered boards. 25x18. Good, in dust wrapper
(this chipped and worn with approx 8x3cm piece
missing from front left hand corner).
£50.00
387. USSR.
RIBANDIERE Marcel (text)
U.R.S.S. 1933. Impressions Politiques et
Economiques.
Paris, Théo Brugière, 1933. [30470] 83pp, photo
illustrationss, 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)
£75.00
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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