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FLUR F (Bauinspektor) & KAHM PH (Architekt) (Intro) Wie Jede Familie im Eigenhause Billiger als zur Miete Wohnen Kann.Wie beschafft Man sich Baukapital und Hypothek. Praktische Winke für Baulustige der Hausgarten. 156pp, 160 plans, elevations, sketches etc. Also interesting period adverts. Wraps, with paste-down image. 22x15. Covers professionally repaired. A fair copy of a fragile item Wiesbaden, Heimkulturverlag/ Westdeuteche Verlag, nd c1912 (91-100. Tausend). Extremely interesting hand book for those wishing to build family houses. Stylistically the designs are like British Arts & Crafts housing of the period, with similar careful attention to detailing, fixtures & fittings, heating, garden features etc. Includes designs by Gebhardt & Eberhard, Schultze-Naumburg etc.. Scarce. [Ref:22350]	£65
"Across Architecture". VANNAS Dimitri (ed) Across Architecture. Issues 1&2 (all published?) Vol 1: 78pp, many illustrations. Vol 2: 54pp incl illustrations. Card covers. 30x21. VG. London, Architectural Assoc. School of Architecture, nd c1983. Well produced journal, published by dissatisfied students in the School. [Ref:29108]	£40
"Plan". ARCHITECTURAL STUDENT'S ASSOCIATION (publ) Plan nos 1-9 c34pp per volume plus adverts. Spiral-bound wraps, 20x17. Overall good set. London/Birmingham, 1948-51. Packed with fascinating articles: CIAM, MARS, the Marseilles Block, The Modulor etc. All with delightful modernist covers. [Ref:29034]	£100
"Plan". ARCHITECTURAL STUDENT'S ASSOCIATION (publ) Plan.1943-vols 2,3,4. 1944-vols 2, 3. 1945-vol 1. 22-34pp per volume. Thin card covers, 22x16. Staples rusty but all copies except the first, which has a detached cover, still bound together. London/Birmingham, 1948-51. Very interesting wartime journals with texts on all kinds of out-of-the-way subjects: Reconstructing Stalingrad, Ethiopian churches, the New London Plan etc. 1994 no 2 has the MARS block on cover. Nice items, very period. [Ref:29035]	£40
ABERCROMBIE Patrick (ed) The Book of the Modern House: A Panoramic Survey of Contemporary Domestic Design. Colour frontis, xlii, 378pp+ 5 colour plates and incl 244 b/w illustrations and figs. Cloth. 28x20. Nice bright copy, still in its pictorial dust wrapper. London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1939. Excellent and revealing 1930s survey, including contributions by Williams-Ellis, Jellicoe, Hill, Gloag etc. An unusually good copy. [Ref:29040]	£140
AERNI Georg Slopes & Houses 48pp incl coloured photo illustrations. German and English text. Wraps, 21x28. Vg. Wien, Eikon, 2002. Urban scenes in Hong Kong. High quality photos. [Ref:26952]	£15
Alderney. DAVENPORT Trevor Festung Alderney.The German Defences of Alderney. 196pp, incl 10 maps, over 50 plans, 250 photos, 90 in colour, bibliography. Wraps, 30x21. Fine copy. Alderney, Alderney Society, 2003. Alderney, although smaller than Jersey and Guernsey, was more heavily fortified by the occupying German forces and became an integral part of the Altantic Wall. It constitutes a very interesting case study in 20th century military architecture. A well researched study, using the Alderney archives. Uncommon [Ref:29200]	£40
ALOI Giampiero Architture Industriali Contemporanee (Seconda Serie)Con la Presentazione di Carlo Bassi test e didascalie in Italiano e Inglese xxxiv intro, 315pp incl photos, plans. English and Italian text. Boards, dust wrapper, 28x23. Vg. Milano, Ulrico Hoepli, 1966. Examples from around the world by architects such as Aalto, Garnier, Berlage, Saarinen, Mies, Le Corbusier et al. [Ref:25091]	£30
Architectural Illustration. GREEN W. Curtis The Drawings of W. Curtis Green R.A. Colour frontis, 96pp, mostly colour and b/w illustrations, also autobiographical intro. Fwd by A. E. Richardson. Cloth. 29x23. Very good copy. London, B.T. Batsford, 1949. Attractive book on this architectural artist. [Ref:23047]	£35
ARCHITECTURE CLUB (selected by the) Recent English Architecture 1920-1940 65pp b/w photo ills + 8pp adverts. Preface by Lord Esher. Cloth. 25x19. Vg, in striking pictorial dust wrapper (priced clipped, o/w vg). London, Country Life, 1947. Interesting survey, with very useful photo illustrations. Architects include Voysey, Gilbert Scott, Tecton, Holden, Herbert Baker, Maxwell Fry et al. Nice book. [Ref:28250]	£18