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Published by London: Architectural Press 1946., 1946
Seller: Redux Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover with POOR dust jacket. ORIGINAL 1946 PRINTING. Dust jacket shows significant edge wear, small tears. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show minor shelf wear, rubbing to corners. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!.
Published by London, Architectural Press for Exeter City Council, 1946., 1946
Seller: Inch's Books, Oxford, United Kingdom
154pp, incl 40 maps, digrams & drwgs (many col), 100+ b/w photos & engravings, (some col), fold-out planning scheme at end. Ep maps. 23x18, Gt lttd, pttnd cloth, with pictorial wrapper. Cloth a bit faded, wrapper clipped and somewhat tatty. Contents clear and bright. Attractive Sharp reconstruction plan for this old cathedral city, badly affected by bombing.
Published by London, Architectural Press, nd 1946., 1946
Seller: Inch's Books, Oxford, United Kingdom
12pp, 10 ills (maps, photos etc). 30x22, large format pamphlet. Ex ministry library, with discreet stamps and marks, good thus. Sets forth the broad outline of the Plan. Scarce.
Published by London, Architectural Press, nd 1946., 1946
Seller: Inch's Books, Oxford, United Kingdom
12pp, 10 ills (maps, photos etc). 30x22, large format pamphlet. Very good. Sets forth the broad outline of the Plan.
Published by London, Architectural Press 1946, 1946
Seller: Inch's Books, Oxford, United Kingdom
lxxx adverts etc, 22pp, many bw and colour photos etc. 36x28, wraps. Spine a bit chipped, with some small loss, good thus. Nicely illustrated survey of wartime poster design, study of Lauritzen's Copenhagen Broadcasting Building, and article on the vernacular architecture of Swaziland.
Published by London, Architectural Press, 1946., 1946
Seller: Inch's Books, Oxford, United Kingdom
xiv (incl fwd by Sir Patrick Abercrombie), 128pp, 14 figs. 22x14, blue lettered cloth Couple of neat pencil margin annotations, very good thus. Influential reconstruction-orientated study of this key topic.
Published by London, ?published for the Exeter City Council by the Architectural Press? 1946., 1946
Seller: Hugh Pagan Limited, Brockenhurst, HANTS, United Kingdom
Ambitious proposals for rebuilding the city of Exeter, much of which had been devastated by bombing in May 1942. Thomas Sharp, the volume?s author, produced similar plans for the reconstruction of other English cities, and wrote extensively on town planning issues. The present book is also an excellent example of immediate post-war book design. 4to. 153 + (1)pp, many photo ills, folding maps. Publisher?s cloth, slightly faded. Prof.Gerald Smart?s copy, with his ownership inscription.
Published by London, Architectural Press for Exeter City Council, 1946., 1946
Seller: Inch's Books, Oxford, United Kingdom
154pp, incl 40 maps, digrams & drwgs (many col), 100+ b/w photos & engravings, (some col), fold-out planning scheme at end. Ep maps. 23x18, Gt lttd, pttnd cloth, with pictorial wrapper. Cloth faded with clear bump to top front board, wrapper somewhat tatty. Contents clear and bright. Attractive Sharp reconstruction plan for this old cathedral city, badly affected by bombing.
Published by London, Architectural Press (1927, 1st English) new edition, 1946., 1946
Seller: Inch's Books, Oxford, United Kingdom
269pp, incl new publisher's preface, copious illustrations & figs. 21x15, cloth, illustrated dw. Very good in chipped and clipped dw. Le Corbusier's famous work, originally published in French, 1923, took on a new lease of life in Britain after World War II and had considerable influence on reconstruction design, high rise building etc.
1st edition.Brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine under Piper illustrated dustwrapper. 8.5ins x 5.75ins, 86pp plus frontis and 7pp plates. (all by John Piper). Previous owners name to top of front free endpaper. Dw has loss to top & bottom of spine and is generally rather rubbed and worn. VG / G.
Published by Architectural Press 1946, London, 1946
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Piper, John (illustrator). First Edition. 86 pp. Brown cloth in an illustrated dust jacket. Wear and some fading to jacket. A couple of small closed tears and one more notable tear on front panel, some discolouration and foxing to rear panel of jacket, some wear and creasing to the spine. Book in very good condition with just small amount of fading to cloth at the top. 8 two tone lithographs by John Piper depicting British suburban housing of the period in a beautifully muted and gloomy fashion. Jacket illustration also by Piper. 8vo.
Published by Architectural Press 1946, London, 1946
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Piper, John (illustrator). First Edition. 86 pp. Brown cloth in a colour illustrated jacket. Minor wear to jacket spine ends and spots to rear panel. Minimal spotting to endpapers, otherwise clean and fresh internally. 8 two tone lithographs by John Piper depicting British suburban housing of the period in a beautifully muted and gloomy fashion. Jacket illustration also by Piper. 8vo.
Published by London: Architectural Press, 1946., 1946
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
8vo. pp. 153. numerous illus. (some colour, some fold-out). index. cloth (previous owners name on half title). dw (edges rubbed & worn with short tears). Second Impression.
86pp + 8 full pg lithographs by John Piper. Cloth boards. Piper illus d/w, little foxed, soiled and scuffed. Outer pages little foxed. 22x14cms.
Published by Architectural Press 1946, London, 1946
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Piper, John (illustrator). First Edition. 86 pp., 8 two tone lithographs by John Piper depicting British suburban housing of the period in a beautifully muted and gloomy fashion. Jacket illustration also by Piper. Minor fading and wear to edges of jacket. A couple of small closed tears, light foxing to inner flaps and slight discolouration to rear panel of jacket. Light foxing to pastedown and endpapers. Ownership sig on ffep. 8vo.
First edition. 8vo; 86 pp.; illustrated with 8 color lithographs by John Piper. Owner's name to front pastedown; else a very good copy or better in original gilt-stamped brown cloth, in a Piper-designed lithographic dust jacket with chipping to bottom of spine. The first and best edition of Richards's essay on the English suburban villa. Beautiful lithographs by Piper, replaced with cheap offset versions in subsequent editions.
Published by London The Architectural Press 1946, 1946
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
A first edition, first printing published by The Architectural Press in London in 1946. A near fine book without inscriptions, with a little spotting to the endpapers and edges. In a very good unclipped wrapper with just a little light soiling to the rear panel and some light chipping to the head of the spine. A lovely copy including 8 lithographs by John Piper.