Ann Graeme (5 results)

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Cloth Boards. Condition: Very Good to Near Fine. No Jacket. Ann Keys (illustrator). First Edition. White hardback. Pp 92; a square, tight, clean copy; all within is in fine condition; no previous names or inscriptions. A very sound example of a scarce title. Please contact seller if image/further info. required. [We welcome enquiries by e-mail - click on 'Ask Bookseller a Question'; or by 'phone - click on 'More Books from this Seller'].

Condition: Very Good. Original wire stitched souvenir theatre brochure programme. Landscape 6½'' x 8''. Contains 16 pages with inset photographs of the leading cast members. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. THEATRE PROGRAMMES.

Leather. Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. A very scarce copy of this collection of Fergusson family letters. A very scarce copy of Family Letters between the years 1745-1793. The explanatory notes are supplied by Eliza Graeme Fergusson. There are letters from Ann Graeme's father Thomas Graeme when she was a young girl and her mother.With a bookplate for J. Maxtone Graham. In half morocco binding with marbled covered boards. Externally, smart with some marks to the boards. With a bookplate for J. Maxtone Graham to the reverse of the front free endpaper. There is a small hole through the bottom of the first twenty pages. Internally, firmly bound with generally bright and clean pages. Very Good. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. [1st edition, 1st printing] ; vi, 374 pages illustrations, maps, plans 31 cm ; LCCN: 64-21388 ; LC: NA9031; Dewey: 711.409 ; OCLC: 313757 ; 'Compendium and analysis of the achievements of city planning from 1593 to the present." ; textured grey cloth in pictorial dustjacket ; covers and includes Medieval nuclei to 20th century sprawl, physical, economic and social factors in planning the changing nature of components of cities, incorporating elements from different periods in a single visual scheme, analysis of planning schemes from Indian and Greek visionaries to the present. Legislative and administrative changes needed for successful planning, massive redevelopment in London and after World War II, the civic nucleus, urban decoration, the Charter of urban design, work in progress throughout the world" ; Contents: Introduction by Lewis Mumford -- The historical background of growth -- The components of planning -- Visions and designs -- New planning legislation and techniques -- Comprehensive development in London -- Covertry -- Rotterdam -- The city in the twenty-first century -- Work in prgress ; "Unique in the literature of planners, architects, and urban officials, Rebuilding Cities is a compendium and analysis of the achievements of city planning from the "Ideal City" of Palmanova in 1593 to the innovative achievements of planners and designers of the twentieth century. As such, it is vital reading for anyone concerned with the problem of rebuilding and revitaliing cities after disasters either of a human or physical decimation." ; Percy Johnson-Marshall (1915-1993), was professor of Urban Design and Regional Planning at the University of Edinburgh served as Group Planning Officer of the London County Council, North London, and is the author of numerous works including Introduction to Planning and numerous articles on the planning and rebuilding of cities. He was an associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects and received their Award of Distinction in Town Planning ; hundreds of photographs, drawings, civic artwork and sculptures, plans and aerial views ; FINE/FINE. Book.