Representative British Architects Illustrated 1931 First Edition by C. H. Reilly

Published 1931 by B. T. Batsford Ltd., London
First edition in book form, printed by Unwin Brothers Ltd., Woking, for B. T. Batsford Ltd.
 
Physical Description & Condition
 
Bound in green cloth over boards and spine. Black lettering on front board; black lettering on spine over a pasted paper plate.
Photo frontispiece of Britannic House, London; numerous black-and-white photo/illustrated plates throughout.
Size: approx. 23.8 × 16.4 × 1.9 cm; Weight: approx. 635 g.
 
Exterior condition:
 
Cover intact and robust.
Cosmetic wear: several marks/stains; small creasing on back board; slight lean to the spine.
 
Interior condition:
 
Pages tanned; light foxing on pastedowns and endpapers.
Overall clean and uncreased; occasional light mark not affecting text or images.
No rips; a small sticker on front free endpaper: “R. J. Steffens B. Sc. 3 South Riding, Bricket Wood, St. Albans, Hertfordshire.”
Very light crack in gutter between pages 80-81; rest of pages secure. All 172 pages present.
 
Author & Context
 
C. Herbert Reilly (1874–1948) was a prominent British architect and educator, particularly associated with architectural teaching at the University of Liverpool. Representative British Architects of the Present Day (1931) sketches profiles and works of the leading architects of that period, bridging traditional architecture and modern movements.
 
Provenance & Local Interest
 
“Inscribed ownership by R. J. Steffens, B.Sc. of Bricket Wood, St Albans adds local Hertfordshire provenance and is possibly the same Raymond John Daniel Steffens who later authored technical reports on structural vibration at the Building Research Establishment.”