Holford William Myles Wright (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Printing. Oversized red cloth with gilt lettering. Minor edgewear, light rub to head and heel of spine and tips of corners with a thin line of sun to head and heel of spine. Previous owner notation to front endpaper from the University of Liverpool. Text is otherwise clean and bright, no marks. Illustrated throughout with charts, diagrams and maps. Unclipped DJ with 35s. price shows heavy wear, rubbing to all edges, loss to heel of spine and upper corners, spine darkened, moderate general soiling, but intact and still doing its job. "The editors and authors of this book believe that the causes of the major failings in the working of town planning are political, and affect the whole country. Their remedy would require, first of all, an appraisal of the big so9cial and technological changes and migrations since the war, in the light of their influence on the location and form of all building developments; and then a recasting of central policies to form a clear and workable framework for local plans." (from the jacket).…

Condition: VG NO dj. 1st. 4to. unpp. 3 large maps in pocket at rear (one is 30x38"). Boards over metal comb. binding. Pencil gift insc., bumped corners.

Ein Bericht an den Ausschuß für Stadt- und Landesplanung beim Grafschaftsrat der Grafschaft Cambridge. Materialien zur Landesplanung I. Inhalt u.a.: Vorschläge für den Ausbau der Straßen. Verbsserungen in der Nähe des Bahnhofs. Verkehrsfluß im Stadtzentrum. Bevölkerung. Wohnungsbedarf. Die Universität und die Colleges. Die vorhandene Verteilung der Gebäude. Verwendung der nutzbaren Fläche in der Nähe des Stadtzentrums. XVII. 176 S. Quart. mit zahlreichen Abbildungen. Institut für Raumforschung. Bonn. Bad Godesberg. 1956. Mit Gebrauchsspuren/Used condition. geheftet/Softcover. Einband lichtrandig,untere Einbandecke geknickt, Sprache: deutsch/german.…

XVI, 102 pp.; VIII, 58 numbered maps, partly colored and fold out, 3 of the 58 maps in rear pocket. Cover and preliminary pages slightly foxed, a few maps in the edge slightly foxed, else a fine copy. Sprache: Englisch 4°, original half cloth binding and spiral binding [vol. 2].

Vol 1: fp, xvi, 102pp, 9 b/w photos, 16 tables, vol 2: 58 ills (maps & drwgs), some coloured, additional article on rural planning analysis of Cambridgeshire loosely inserted. Boards, cloth spine, 32x25. Boards and cloth rather rubbed and worn, fep of volume 1 splitting, contents good. An important 2 volume plan for the university town. Road proposals are given top priority.…

Hardback. Condition: VG-. No DW. 1st Edition. Boards, cloth spine. Volume 2 has maps and plans. Some spotting mostly to early and late leaves and text edges (and also to covers - heavy on front cover of v2). Else set is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES MAY APPLY Packed weight 1900g.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. ] First Edition. Hardbacks, 4to, red titles on light gray paper covered boards with blue cloth backstrips, each volume About VG without dustjacket. Interiors generally very nice. Boards have a little added character (light surface wear, a few tiny droplets, one lower board surface scrape). Backstrips lightly rubbed at ends. Light corner bumps + lower corners of each lower board chipped. Volume I (casebound, pp xvi + 102) illustrated with photos, indexed. Volume II (encased spiral binding) has 58 numbered maps (a large portion of which fold out and are printed in at least 2 and 3-color) with 3 of the 58 maps in pocket at rear. SIGNED Presentation Inscription to FFEP of Vol. I: "To Xxx Zzz with best wishes & gratitude for all he contributed to the Department of Civic Design during the years 1955-57 - also to Yyy Zzz for helping him. From Myles Wright, July 1957." Laid-in is a small armorial gift sheet stating: "From The University of Liverpool With the Compliments of The Professor of Civic Design." RWR5 Architecture City Planning Urban Design Maps Signed.…