In the early 1980s, searching for out-of-print books to resurrect, publisher John Steel walked into the library of the Royal Institute of British Architects in London and asked, “What is the most requested rare book from your collection?” The librarian quickly shot back, “The Architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens.”

Today, first-edition copies of this three-volume memorial monograph from 1950 can fetch well over a thousand dollars, and the 1984 and ’89 reprints from Steel’s publishing house, ACC Art Books, have also become increasingly difficult to obtain. The Institute of Classical Architecture & Art (ICAA) recently teamed up with ACC to reissue the series once again, making newly accessible the work of the accomplished British architect and 1925 AIA Gold Medal winner.