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Paris 1971. 31x24. 26 pp. + 11 tipped-in colour plates. 106 full-page reproductions of black ink and pencil drawings. Publisher's cloth, dust jacket. A fine collection of 117 drawings by Giacometti from 1915-1965 (reproduced in colour when called for).

London, Batsford, (1916). 24x19. XVI+36 pp. + 33 plates (2 folding) as well as illustrations in the text. Altogether 34 perspectives, 37 photographs, plans of four houses, and a general town plan. Publisher's decorated, gilt-lettered cloth. A fine copy with former owner's stamp on front free endpaper. An attractively produced and illustrated survey of the famous model village planned and built at the expense of William H. Lever to provide homes for the workers at the Lever Brothers soap factory (the name of the village derived from their most popular brand of cleaning agent). Illustrated with representative housing by John Douglas & Daniel P. Fordham, G.E. Grayson & Edward Ould, William & Segar Owen, J.J. Talbot, and other architects.

London, Allen / Griggs, 1880. 26x18. VIII+162 pp. + 15 plates (including two chromolithographic and six folding) with ca 170 drawings and 14 colour rendering + folding coloured map. 35 drawings in the text. Near contemporary green boards, spine ends and corners lightly worn. Binding slightly weakened, strengthened with strip at beginning of the book.

Erlenbach-Zürich & Stuttgart 1957. 27x22. 188 p. + 8 colour plates. 316 photos. Publisher's cloth. Pictorial dust jacket preserved but worn and repaired with some loss. Excellent photographic survey of furniture by leading designers in Europe and the USA in the 1950s. Trilingual introduction and captions.

København 1979. 27x14. 352; + 353-688 pp. Portrait photos, marks and monograms and ca 380 photos of objects, furniture, posters, etc. Publisher's printed linen cloth, as new in the original sliopcase The standard general dictionary of Danish decorative artists and designers 1925-1979.

New York 1980. 27x29. 192 pp. including two foldout plates. Ca 120 colour reproductions (90 full-page) and 10 photos, plus 45 drawings made by Appel to illustrate the Appel-Towarnicki conversation. Publisher's cloth, dust jacket. Signed by Appel on half-title page. Includes essay by Frankenstein, text by Appel on Appel (translated), a conversation between Appel and Frederic de Towarnicki, biographical data, and index of ilustrations.

Basel / Boston / Berlin, Birkhäuser, 1998. 24x28. 392 pp. Ca 440 photos (60 full-page, 68 in colour including ten full-page) and 330 drawings and plans, plus ca 135 photos and designs in chronological catalogue of works. Publisher's cloth, dust jacket. a fine copy. Signed by Calatrava with a drawing (in blue crayon) on the title page and facing blank page..

(London 1852) Facsimile reprint, London: Victoria and Albert Museum / HMSO (1971). 29x20. VI+IV+46 pp. text + 28 folding plates numbered 1-20, 20a, 21-27. Pictorial wrappers. Facsimile edition of "a rare volume containing reduced plans, elevations and sections of the 1851 building, set out by Charles Downes from the contractors' working drawings and published by John Weale, 59 High Holborn, with an accompanying description by Charles Cowper. It is the only surviving reference of the physical structure of the building, and will surely be of great interest to architects and historians." (from new foreword by Charles H. Gibbs-Smith).

Oslo 1958. 37x27. 152 pp + 10 plates with full-page colour photos. 129 photos and reproductions in the text. Pictorial wrappers, lightly worn with a few closed tears. (Kunstindustrimuseet i Oslo: Fortids Kunst i Norges Bygder, Serie II, Publikasjon 6). History and study of Norwegian tapestry double-weaving with scientific catalogue of the coverlets discussed in the work; Bibliography; summary and list of illustrations in English.

Porvoo / Helsinki / Juva, Söderström, 1988. 25x22. 312 pp. + 16 leaves with 95 colour photos. Ca 540 b/w photos including 36 full-page, Publisher's cloth, dust jacket, as new. Profusely illustrated monograph on the Finnish designer of interiors, glass ware and jewellery.

Lübeck, Nöhring, 1906. 25x18. XII + 122-448 pp. + pp. 499-512 (Personen-Verzeichnis) + 32 photo plates + publisher's printed red slip. More than 200 photos, plans and drawings in the text. Neat light grey cloth binding with gilt-lettered leather label on spine; printed front wrapper bound. From the library of the Swedish architect Erik Fant, with his name in ink on first page. (Die Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler der Freien und Hansestadt Lübeck, II. Band, 2. Teil). The text on the red slip reads: "Notiz. Dieser zuerst erschienene Band des Werkes "Die Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler der Freien und Hansestadt Lübeck" ist bezeichnet mit Bd. II, der folgende Band wird die Bezeichnung Bd. III tragen, und der zuletzt erschienende Band wird mit Band I bezeichnet ..."

London 1865. 21x14. XX+228 pp. Ca 35 engraved illustrations besides marks and monograms and vignettes. Publisher's decorated cloth, top edge gilt. First edition..

Stuttgart (1953). 29x21. 34 leaves ("japanese" binding with 17 double leaves) + loosely inserted folding colour lithograph signed by Wagner (42x59 unfolded). 8 near full-page reproductions (framed by a variety of colours) and 32 small-size reproductions. Pictorial foldout card covers, light external wear. Enclosed: 4-page invitation folder to a Rolf Wagner exhibition at Galerie Samlaren in Stockholm (1954) with text by the artist The first monograph on Rolf Wagner including catalogue of 31 paintings which were exhibited at Galerie Lutz und Meyer in 1953.

Paris, Éditions de la Belle Page, 1927. 18x14. VI+58 pp. 5 original woodcuts by Vlaminck. Half red leather, top edge gilt. No. 287 of an edition limited to 775 copies.

Stockholm 1937. 32x27. 292 pp. + 6 tipped-in colour plates. Ca 370 illustrations. Cloth, gilt monogram on front cover. No. 385 of 550 copies. Grand monograph on the Royal Court Theatres at the Drottningholm and Gripsholm Palaces (built to the designs of Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz and Erik Palmstedt respectively) and their historical background. The volume comprises 145 pages text with ca 180 illustrations, mainly 18th-century renderings, and 134 pages with ca 120 photos and 70 architectural drawings - by the original architects as well as plans, elevations and sections based upon new measurings. Although designated "Förra delen" (First part) on the title leaf, this is the complete published work.

Uppsala 1983. 32x24. X+138 pp. 185 reproductions, mostly in colour. Publisher's gilt-lettered cloth with colour plate. Descriptive, fully illustrated catalogue of the Alphonse Mucha postcards, trilingual in French, English and German.

Jönköping, R.F. Lundström, 1838. 11x9. 144 s. Oskuret exemplar i tryckta omslag med ornamentbårder. Omslag och rygg något nötta med viss pappersförlust, två par textblad med avrivet hörn utan textförlust, lätt brunfläckad. Samtida bläckanteckningar på omslagets insida och namnteckning I.G. (?) Rohndahl. "Andra Upplagan".

Mainz am Rhein, Philipp von Zabern, 1983. 29x22. 148 pp. text + 136 pp. with ca 300 photos including 26 full-page + 8 leaves with 16 full-page colour photos. 32 additional photos and reproductions in the text. Publisher's blind-lettered cloth. Authoritative and well-illustrated study and catalogue of silver and gold mounted coconut cups and vessels from 1250-1850.

Baltimore & London 1972. 26x22. XXX+592 pp. 268 photos, reproductions and plans. Publisher's pictorial three-quarter cloth (i.e. cloth covered boards with an affixed paper illustration of an Arts and Crafts tapestry depicting swans floating upon a tree-lined body of water), dust jacket. (The John Hopkins Studies in Nineteenth-Century Architecture). The classic monograph on Baillie Scott and his circle, including List of Works 1889-1938, bibliography, and indices of works and persons. Apart from houses the illustrations include designs for and photos of executed interiors and furniture.

Wiesbaden ..., Heimkultur, (ca 1912). 25x20. VIII+488 pp. 784 illustrations comprising elaborate perspectives and elevations, plans, and ca 360 photos. Publisher's gilt-lettered cloth. An extensive survey of recent German and Swiss domestic architecture and designs mainly in the vernacular-based Heimat style, including examples from Krupp housing and other Siedlungen and garden villages. Index of architects.