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Historic Streets and Squares: The Secrets on Your Doorstep By Melanie Backe-Hansen The History Press (Nov 2013) This is a book that makes you want to set out on a tour of England, not only to view some of the architectural and historical gems of streets of England, but also to reexamine the ones that you thought you already knew. …

The New Architecture and the Bauhaus Walter Gropius Faber & Faber, 1935 JULY IS A quiet time of year for the appearance of that fragile commodity, a new book. Titles launched in the summer may be liable to being appraised by second string reviewers; the book-buying public is apt to be on holiday. Nevertheless, in July 1935 Faber issued The …