BOR Walter The Making of Cities
London, Leonard Hill, xiii, 256pp, many b/w ills & figs, bibliog. Gt lttd cloth. 25x19. Good copy, dw.1972. [7601] £25.00
Important study, with much on historical aspects, British and foreign, by this well-known planner. GEDDES Patrick Cities in Evolution: An Introduction to the Town Planning Movement and to the Study of Civics
London, Ernest Benn (1915) Fp, xxxv (incl 20pp new intro), 409pp, incl 58 b/w ills. Cloth. 22x15. Vg, dw.1968. [12871] £45.00
Identical to the 1915 first edition (plus new intro by Percy Johnson-Marshall). Gordon Cherry's copy, with his signature on f.e.p. GIROUARD Mark Cities & People: A Social and Architectural History
New Haven, Yale UP, x, 398pp, 300+ ills, some in col. Gt lttd cloth. 27x22. Vg in pictorial dw.1985. [7367] £25.00
Historical worldwide survey. GIROUARD Mark The English Town
New Haven & London, Yale, 330pp, incl hundreds of col & b/w ills. Pictorial eps. Gt lttd cloth. 28x22. Vg in dw.1990. [5196] £22.00
Well-illustrated history of the English town. Good for architectural details. HIBBERT Arthur (intro) Old European Cities Twenty-four 16th century city maps and texts from the "Civitates Orbis Terrarum" of Georg Braun & Franz Hogenberg with an interpretation by Ruthardt Oehme of early map-making techniques
London, T&H, 144pp, full colour maps and pictures of each city. Glt lttd, decorated cloth, 21x15. Good1959 [16061] £15.00
Cities include Budapest, Constantinople, Cologne etc. HOUGHTON-EVANS William Planning Cities: Legacy and Portent
London, Lawrence & Wishart, 203pp, inc 208 text ills. Boards. 22x30. Vg, dw.1975. [2483] £25.00
Important urban history study, stressing design aspects, with many foreign examples. MORRIS A.E.J. History of Urban Form: Prehistory to the Renaissance
London, George Godwin, x, 268pp,over 300 ills (incl especially drawn plans), bibliog. Gt lttd cloth. 25x19. Vg, dw.1972. [16398] £35.00
History of urban design, especially useful for its excellent illustrations. WILKES Lyall & DODDS Gordon Tyneside Classical: The Newcastle of Grainger, Dobson & Clayton
London, John Murray, xii, 159pp, + 22 b/w ills and incl 2 maps. Gt lttd cloth. 22x15. Vg, dw.1964. [3533] £25.00
Useful account. Central Newcastle was replanned on Renaissance classical lines in the early 19th century. Gordon Cherry's copy. NUTTGENS Patrick The Landscape of Ideas
London, Faber & Faber, 116pp + 45 b/w photo plates, inc 4 text ills. Gt lttd cloth. 26x20. Vg, dw.1972. [2536] £15.00
Describes the historical influence of cultural ideas on the physical environment. OSTROWSKI Waclaw Contemporary town planning. From the origins to the Athens charter
The Hague, Int. Fed. for Housing and Planning/Centre de Recherche d'Urbanisme, 180pp, 68 ills. Wraps. 20x14. Small scuff to tail of spine, o/w nice bright copy.1970 [2488] £25.00
Good source for international trends c1880-1935. Uncommon. Inscribed by the author to Gordon Cherry CRANZ Galen The Politics of Park Design: The History of Park Design in America
Cambridge, Mass, MIT, xvi, 347pp, text ills, detailed bibliog. Cloth. 24x16. Fine.1982. [16107] £50.00
Important book, the first comprehensive overview. Social and political factors are considered, as well as design aspects. Very scarce. Typescript of Cherry's review in "Urban Studies" loosely inserted SAARINEN Eliel The City: Its Growth Its Decay Its Future
NY, Reinhold, xviii, 380pp, incl 50 figs, 2 being hors-texte fold-out diagrams. Cloth. 23x16. Good copy.1943 (the first edition). [16502] £45.00
Important summary of Saarinen's ideas on cities and urban spaces.. POLLAK Martha D Turin 1564-1680: Urban Design, Military Culture, and the Creation of the Absolute Capital
Chicago, U of Chicago, xxii, + 145 b/w plates. Ep maps. Gt lttd, pttnd cloth. 24x17. Fine copy, dw.1991. [2215] £25.00
Scholarly study of the city - during a period of intensive formal planning. WATERHOUSE Alan Boundaries of the City: The Architecture of Western Urbanism
Toronto, UTP, xxiii, 342pp, 98 b/w ills. Cloth. 27x19. Vg in dw.1993. [15122] £30.00
On the roots of Western architecture and city building, articulated through urban boundaries. Influential study, well illustrated. WILLIAMS-ELLIS Clough (ed) Britain & the Beast
London, J. M.. Dent, xx, 332pp + c40 sepia ills + 2 maps. Photo eps. Gt lttd cloth. 23x15. Nice copy.1937. [5707] £30.00
Scarce original edition of this notable work. Pressures on the English landscape are becoming intense. With contributions by Abercrombie, Sharp, Gloag, Williams-Ellis, J. M. Keynes etc.
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