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Köln, DuMont, 1983. 34x25. 344 pp. + loosely inserted errata slip. 376 reproductions and photos, 60 full-page, 65 in colour including 47 full-page). Publisher's pictorial linen cloth, in pictorial slipcase, an excellent copy. The standard work on Walden and his circle, the avantgarde magazines, exhibitions, and other activities. Includes a catalogue of artists listing their Sturm exhibitions and works reproduced in the magazine; bibliographies of contributions to the periodicals Der Sturm, Der neue Wege, Das Theater, and Sturmbühne; Futurist and Expressionist manifestoes etc., and index of names.

Leipzig 1913. 41x30. VI+60 pp. + folding plan + 27 heliogravure plates with 24 photographs and 8 renderings. 40 drawings and photos in the text. Publisher's vellum-paper backed boards, top edge gilt. A fine documentation of the Benrath Palace, the principle work of Nicolas de Pigage, erected 1755-70 near Düsseldorf for the Elector Paladine Karl Theodor von der Pfalz and his wife Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste of Sulzbach. Includes exterior and interior photos as well as reproductions of the architect's original drawings.

Darmstadt, Koch, 1910. 31x25. 4 pp. + portrait plate + 51 leaves with 4 plans, 54 photos (2 coloured), and a brief essay. Publisher's gilt-lettered boards, in the original printed slipcase. A photographic survey of the country house Seidl designed for himself 1901-02 including interiors and garden.

Tirana: The State University of Tirana, Institute of History and Linguistics, Ethographical Section, (ca 1968). 35x23. II+12+12+12 pp. + 54 leaves with 56 colour renderings, with captions on reverse. Printed cloth-backed ring-binder, pictorial dust jacket. A very fine copy with insignificant wear to extreme corners of the jacket. Trilingual text and captions, in Albanian, French and English.

Istanbul, Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul, 2019. 32x28. (1) 240 pp. including 20 pages on five folding leaves. Ca 170 reproductions, all but a few in colour including 36 full- or double-page. (2) Two loosely inserted leporello-folded plates with coloured panoramas (32x312 and 32x196 cms when unfolded), and one folding coloured map, 54x60 cms (plus margins) when unfolded. Publisher's pictorial boards and printed board box, kept in a slipcase; as new.

Berlin, Jovis, 2016. 27x22. 248 pp. Ca 185 photos, 160 in colour including 50 full-page, and 50 plans and drawings. Pictorial wrappers and pictorial dust jacket, as new.

New York, Comstock, 1919. 28x22. 132 pp. Ca 50 photos (six full-page), 25 elevations and perspective renderings, and more than 65 plans. Publisher's pictorial cloth. A very good copy with minor, unobtrusive wear to extreme corner tips and spine ends.

Tokyo, A.D.A. Edita, 1988. 30x31. 180 pp. Ca 110 photos, nearly 100 full- or double-page including 40 in colour, and 47 mostly full-page drawings. Publisher's pictorial boards. Excellent survey of the glass/steel house built in Paris 1928-33 to the design of Pierre Chareau. Introductory text trilingual in French, English and Japanese; captions in English.

Malmö 1972. 28x21. 216+56+217-368 s. + 50 planscher + 6 brevfaksimil. Ca 370 reproduktioner och foton, 40 i färg. Förlagsklotband, skyddsomslag. Dedikation från författaren.

(Paris) 1961. 20x20. 168 pp. + 24 pp. text in German. Ca 100 photos (75 full-page) and 20 drawings and plans. Publisher's decorated cloth, near fine dust jacket. (Forces Vives, 14).

Leningrad 1957. 34x25. 72 pp. + 3 folding lates + one colour plate. 71 scale drawings and plans, reproductions of Thomon's renderings, and photos. Publisher's printed cloth. Edition: 3000 copies. (Pamyatniki Russkoi arkhitektury. Obnery i issledovaniya). Well illustrated study and survey of the Exchange building in Saint Petersburg designed by Thomas de Thomon 1805-16.

Milano, Edizioni del Milione, 1948. 29x22. 40 pp. text including 11 colour reproductions of drawings (five full-page) + 100 pages with 87 photos of sculptures (83 full-page) and four full-page colour reproductions of drawings + 8 pp. with index. (Monografie di artisti Italiani contemporanei, 3). Publisher's printed cloth-backed boards, fine in pictorial dust jacket with minor edgewear.

Stockholm 1930. 30x21. 56+92 s. + 2 annonsblad på ljusblått papper. Ca 90 foton och 75 planer och ritningar. Tryckta omslag med illustration, ryggen obetydligt nött. Specialnummer om Stockholmsutställningen 1930. De första 56 sidorna innehåller diskussionsinlägg och synpunkter på utställningen och funktionalismen, av svenska och utländska kritiker och arkitekter, samt annonser från byggbranschen. Följande 54 sidor med ny paginering inleds av Uno Åhréns text 'Stockholmsutställningen och framtiden' (med nio vyer från utställningen), därefter en omfattande artikel om Bostadsavdelningen författad av Wolter Gahn, med ca 70 foton av hus och möblerade interiörer samt 75 planer och ritningar. De sista 38 sidorna inehåller diverse texter och notiser samt ytterligare relevanta annonser.

München, Bruckmann, 1912. 29x21. VIII+192 pp. + 4 coloured plates. Ca 300 photos and plans. Publisher's gilt-lettered cloth. Twenty-three country houses designed by Muthesius, with text by the architect.

London 1982. 27x24. 372 pp. 445 reproductions and photos including 84 in colour. Publisher's decorated cloth.

Wien 2008. 28x24. 120 pp. Ca 125 photos, the majority in colour including 20 full-page, and 45 small detail drawings. Pictorial wrappers. A few markings in the text on three pages. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of old picture frames held at the Lichtenstein Museum in Vienna.

Moskva 1963. 26x20. 628; + 748 pp. 427 reproductions, 372 full-page including 43 tipped-in colour plates. Publisher's printed cloth. Former owner's bookplates inside front covers. (Gosudarstennaya Tret'yakovskaya Gallereya. Katalog Drevnerusskoï Zhivopisi XI - nachala XVIII v.v. v dvykh tomach). A descriptive critical catalogue of old Russian paintings from the early 11th to the beginning of the 18th centuries, arranged chronologically by schools. Includes a historical summary of Russian icon painting and an overview of the Tretyakov Gallery's holdings; bibliographical notes and bibliography. Arnten/Rainwater M444.

New York 1948. 25x19. XVI+88 pp. + two colour plates + tipped-in portrait photo. 49 photos of paintings and sculptures. Presentation copy inscribed by Vantongerloo, who also has written his name and adress in Paris on the last page. Black card covers printed in grey and green, designed by Paul Rand; one corner very lightly scuffed, otherwise a very fine copy. (Problems of Contemporary Art, 5). First edition of the first book by Vantongerloo to appear since he published his 'L'Art et son avenir' in 1924.

Moskva 1955. 34x26. 160 pp. Ca 225 drawings, renderings, plans and photos including 35 full-page. Publisher's decorated cloth A monograph on the Russian and Soviet architect Ivan Vladislavovich Zholtovskii (1867-1959).