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ALDRIDGE Meryl The British New Towns:A programme without a policy xiv, 219pp, 16pp adverts, 17 b/w illustrations, chron, bibliog. Cloth, 22x14. Ex local authority library, vg thus. Dust wrapper. London, R&KP, 1979. Background study, quite critical. The author claims that "the notion that there has been a systematic and unified approach to new towns is largely illusory." [Ref:19054]	£18
Antrim. NORTHERN IRELAND MINISTRY OF DEVELOPMENT Antrim New Town: Outline Plan 52pp inc many b/w photos & plans + fold-out col plan. Wraps. 28x22. Ex Min Lib, good. Belfast, HMSO, 1965. Outline Master Plan. [Ref:11853]	£20
AUSTIN-SMITH/SALMON/LORD PARTNERSHIP Expansion of Warrington: Consultants' Proposals for Designation.A Report to the Minister of Housing & Local Government 64pp inc 10 b/w maps & 11 tables, + 2 fold-out maps at rear. Spiral bound, laminated wraps. 30x21. Ex ministry library, vg. London, HMSO, 1966. New town master plan. Warrington, like Northampton and Peterborough, became a new town through expansion of the existing settlement. Sylvia Crowe was the landscape architect [Ref:5615]	£25
BASINGSTOKE DEVELOPMENT GROUP Basingstoke town with a future 24pp incl illustrations. Card covers, 21x28. Ex ministry library, good. nd,c1967. Publicity brochure, rather utopian. The population will need to increase by more than 50,000 by 1976. [Ref:26285]	£12
BASINGSTOKE DEVELOPMENT GROUP Basingstoke Town Development.Provisional master plan Large colour folded plan. Loosely inserted large colour folding map of actual plan., 2 versions on the master plan. Card covers, 21x30. Ex ministry library, good. nd, c1962. The historic master plan for Basingstoke's expansion under the Town Development Act, 1952, from a population of 26,000 to about 75,000 by 1976. [Ref:26291]	£20
Basingstoke. STEEL Robert Basingstoke. Six Years of town development 46pp incl tables, maps. Pamphlet, 30x21. Ex ministry library, good 1967. Detailed account. There had been notable achievements including 3,600 new houses, new factories etc. [Ref:26290]	£15
BORLASE Lt-Col A New Town Development 25pp, 3 illustrations, 4 figs. Pamphlet. 23x15. Ex ministry lib copy, good. London, Institution of Civil Engineers, 1956. Paper presented to Public Works and Municipal Services congress, mainly on technical and engineering aspects. [Ref:11178]	£8
BRACKNELL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION Bracknell: the new town in Berkshire.(Inside title: Bracknell a new town) 36pp+13 b/w photos and incl 12 maps. Fold-out colour Master Plan in rear pocket, suitable for framing. Card covers. 25x18. Vg. List of members of the development corporation taped reverse of title. Bracknell, nd, c1956. Excellent early account, very well illustrated. [Ref:26276]	£20
BUNBURY Sir Henry New Towns 19pp, 7 text ills, short bibliog. Pamphlet. 23x16. Creased, about good for a fragile item. London, Bureau of Current Affairs, 1946. Pro-New Town pamphlet, written just after the New Towns Act was passed. Scarce. [Ref:26387]	£10
COMMISSION FOR THE NEW TOWNS Hemel Hempstead 16pp inc several b/w photos, + data sheet in rear pocket. Pamphlet. 21x15. Ex Min Lib, good London, 1968. Booklet briefly describing development of Hemel Hempstead, well illustrated. The town was thriveing. Nicely produced publicity brochure with good photos. [Ref:26342]	£10