Inch's Books

King's Views of New York

KING Moses (publisher) · 1922

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

1922. 80pp of photos, with captions naming the building and its construction details. Cloth, 37x27. Cloth rubbed on corners, piece of cloth cover missing bottom left hand corner (board still intact), 2 holes on spine where staples have rusted through, edge tears to first 10 p...

Architect Errant

WILLIAMS-ELLIS Clough · 1971

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Constable and Company 1971 291pp, 16pp plates, list of buildings. 21x14, cloth, illustrated dw Good in good dw. Colourful autobiography of the architect, with much on Portmeirion.

Local Style in English Architecture: an enquiry into its origin and development

ATKINSON Thomas Dinham · 1947

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, B T Batsford, 1947. Col fp, viii, 183pp, 126 b/w ills & incl many text figs, appendices of building types etc. 22x14, red cloth, illustrated dw. Good, dw slightly worn. Useful source on the vernacular of English architecture. Atkinson's expertise is ecclesiastical ar...

The Pleasures of Architecture

WILLIAMS-ELLIS C & A · 1924

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Jonathan Cape (1924) 1955 (Readers Union) 275pp, incl 16 b/w plates, text ills, bibliography. 20x14, cloth, illustrated dw Good in slightly worn dw. Attractive Williams-Ellis book.

Architecture Here and Now

WILLIAMS-ELLIS Clough & SUMMERSON John · 1934

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Thomas Nelson, 1934. ix, 74pp, many illustrations (photos & drawings), bibliog. 28x21, red cloth, illustrated dw. Good copy, cloth slightly faded, dw chipped and faded, now protected. Affectionate look at modern architecture. An often underrated and neglected book wit...

Architektur des 10. Jahrhunderts

MIGNOT Claude · 1983

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Cologne, Evergreen, (Fribourg, 1983), 1994. 322pp, 500+ illustrations, some colour, bibliog. Cloth. 31x25. Fine in dust wrapper. Wide-ranging study in a beautifully produced volume

Der Hotelbau von Heute im In- und Ausland: Organisation, Technik und Gestaltung des modernen Hotelbaues.

KUNZ Fritz · 1930

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Stuttgart, Julius Hoffmann, 1930. viii, 110pp (+ 2pp adverts), 193 illustrations (photos & plans), bibliog. Stiff wraps. 29x23. Very good copy. Excellent study of the then latest in hotel design, German and international.

Intelligent Spaces: architecture for the information age

RIEWOLDT Otto · 1997

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London, Lawrence King, 1997. 240pp, 354 illustrations including over 100 plans and drawings, 226 in colour, biographies of architects. Cloth. 29x24. Fine copy in dust wrapper. Is the form and function of architecture being transformed by the electronic age? Beautifully illust...

Structural Concrete - Office Blocks

JOINT COMMITTEE ON STRUCTURAL CONCRETE (pub) · 1961

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

?London, 1961. 21pp, 36 photos. Pamphlet. 25x18. Ex ministry lib, good copy. Examples from around the world

Die Museumsbauten der neuen Generation: The Museums of the Last Generation

MONTANER Josep M & OLIVERAS Jordi · 1986

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Stuttgart, Karl Krämer, 1986. 144pp, copious photos (some in colour) & plans, bibliog. Boards. 26x23. Good in slightly grubby dust wrapper. Selection of the most interesting museums and museum projects of the previous decade.

Building the New Museum: The annotated proceedings of "Art Against the Wall", a three-part symposium on the architecture of art museums, sponsored by The Architectural League of New York...

STEPHENS Suzanne (ed) · 1985

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

NY, Architectural League, 1985. 95pp, very many photos & figs. Pictorial wraps. 28x22. Very good copy.

Concepts and Responses: International Architectural Design Competition for the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi

INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL CENTRE FOR THE ARTS (pub) · 1992

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Delhi, Indira Gandhi Centre for the Arts; Mapin Publishing, 1992. 184pp, 40 colour & 57 b&w photos, 267 drawings, glossary, list of competitors. Cloth. 34x26. Very good copy in faintly edge-rubbed dust wrapper, now protected. Original edition. First prize went to Ralph Lerner...

Berovende Arkitektur: En oplevelsesanalyse af Arkitekturmuseet i Frankfurt am Main

NAGBOL Soren · 1994

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Copenhagen? Arkitektens, 1994. 120pp, many b&w photos, bibliog. Cloth. 18x25. Good in chipped dust wrapper. Architectural study, very well illustrated. (Danish text).

Städtisches Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach: Führer durch zehn Ausgewählte Räume von.....

KIMPEL-FEHLEMANN Sabine · 1985

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Munich, SMAM, nd, ?c 1985. 20pp, 10 colour photos, 3 plans. Pamphlet. 24x17. Good copy. Brief account of this new museum, especially its layout.

The Inland Resorts and Spas of Britain

ALDERSON Frederick · 1973

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Newton Abbot, David & Charles, 1973. 192pp, 14 plates, 17 text illusterations, gazetteer, bibliog. Cloth. 22x14. Vg in dust wrapper. Background to the life and manners of fashionable society in 'takin the waters'. Looks at well known and lesser known resorts.Useful gazatteer.

A Cornucopia of Fascination and Delight celebrating One Hundred and Twenty Five Years of Crieff Hydro Hotel

WILTON Brian · 1993

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Crieff, Crieff Hydro Hotel, 1993. Frontis, 30pp, very many illustrations, marbled end papers. Cloth. 27x22. Fine. Lovely publicity piece for the hydro with photos, original advertising material, bills etc. Nice attractive item.

Crieff Hydro

CHRISTIE Guy · 1967

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Crieff, Crieff Hydro, (1967), rev 1986. Colour frontis, xiii, 200pp, 8 plates, 3 text figs. Wraps. 22x14. Fine. History of Crieff Hydro from 1968-1986.

Spas and Health Resorts of the British Isles: Their Mineral Waters, Climate, and the Treatment to be Obtained with a section on Curative Institutions

LUKE Thomas Davy · 1919

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London, A & C Black, 1919. xii, 318pp + 40pp adverts & inc 32 illustrations, map. Cloth. 20x13. Good, contents vg. Thorough survey, giving a general sketch of why people use spas and health resorts and what they find when they get there. Lovely bright plates.

The Journal of The Society of Architects, 1924-25 Vol. 18. No. 1 to 12; November MCMXXII to April MCMXXIII; Volume III of Fifth Series

BARMAN Christian (ed) · 1925

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Jonathan Cape 1925 iv, 328pp, several ills and figures 26x20, vellum spine with pasted label, decorated boards Slight bumping to corners of boards, slight foxing on paper, good thus. The final Series of the Journal was published from 1922 up to the merging of the So...

The Journal of The Society of Architects, 1923-24 Vol. 17. No. 1 to 12; November MCMXXII to October MCMXXIII; Volume II of Fifth Series

BARMAN Christian (ed) · 1924

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Jonathan Cape 1924 iv, 630pp, numerous ills and figures 26x20, vellum spine with pasted label, decorated boards Very good The final Series of the Journal was published from 1922 up to the merging of the Society of Architects with RIBA, marking the final success of th...