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New York & London: Garland Publishing, Inc, 1983. Fine condition. NOT a library discard. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. 1983. First Edition. Includes an introductory essay CONDUCTING ARCHITECTURAL RESEARCH IN GREATER BOSTON. Glossary. Index. Bound in the original gilt-stamped green cloth.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/No jacket, as issued. 8vo. xxxviii, 286pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: Crescent Books, 1984. 9" wide by 11.75" tall. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped (originally 40.00). No remainder mark. No owner's name or bookplate. Illustrated with architectural drawings and over 400 photos, many in full color. Edited and with an introduction by Michael Raeburn. From the Dust Jacket: "This history of western architecture extends well beyond merely surveying major buildings and styles: it introduces the reader to new ways of seeing and understanding them. The expert contributors look at the buildings of each era from ancient Greece to the present day, tracing the development of architecture within each period in turn. For example they examine the masterpieces of Chartres Cathedral in the light of advances in medieval technology, and the houses of Frank Lloyd Wright in the context of the social and aesthetic upheavals of the early twentieth century. Attention is also paid to… Leer más

Takoma Park, Washington D. C.: National Association of Ornamental Metal Manufacturers, 1947. Good+ condition. Light cover wear. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 1947. First Edition (so stated). A handbook intended to be a guide for the designer and builder as well as a standards handbook for the Architectural Metal industry. Profusely illustrated with line drawings of 1940s gates, entryways, fences, grilles, furniture, lamps, stairs, railings, store fronts, awnings, fire escapes, floor plates, thresholds, truss fittings, beams, columns, door frames, wire work, lobby and vertibule products, park and lawn equipment, etc. Also details specifications, paints and finishes, tables of materials data, and more. Glossary. Index. Bound in the original gilt-stamped green leatherette (imitation leather). 8.5" wide by 11" tall.. First Edition (so stated). Hardcover. Good+ condition/No dust jacket. (viii), 319pp.… Leer más

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1983. Very Good condition but for rubbed spots on rear board along spine. Bright, clean, square and tight. 8.5" wide by 11" tall. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated throughout with diagrams and figures. Index. Bound in the original gray pictorial boards with a red spine, stamped in black, red, and white. First printing with complete number row (123456789 10) on the copyright page. . First Printing of the First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket, probably as issued. (iv), 252pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York:: Icon Editions / Harper & Row, Publishers, 1974. 8.5" wide by 10.25" tall. A clean, square, tight copy. Sharp corners. The Dust Jacket is bright and shiny although it is price clipped and has 3 short closed tears at the edge. Protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Endpaper maps of Manhattan, with locations of Art Deco buildings pinpointed. Includes 2 appendices that list Deco buildings by style and by location. Bibliographical references. Index. From the Dust Jacket: "Here in text and 184 photographs of buildings, details of buildings, exteriors and interiors is the extraordinary dimension of this style… Don Vlack traces the origins of Art Deco architecture in New York historically from Art Nouveau through Cubism, Futurism, Expressionism, and the International Style indicating the influence of Antonio Sant' Elia, Eric… Leer más

London: Rivington, Percival, & Co., 1897. This is the original 1897 hardcover first edition -- not a cheaply-made modern reprint. Very Good EX-LIBRARY. Withdrawn stamp and a few other library markings. A sound, reasonably tight copy. Corners are NOT bumped. Pages are creamy white and unmarked. NO foxing. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 5.25" wide by 7.75" tall. Contains a brief prefatory note and five lectures delivered at the fifth Exhibition of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society in 1896. Among the lectures are OF ART AND LIFE by T. J. Cobden-Sanderson (in part a tribute to William Morris, a former president of the society) and OF THE DECORATION OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS by Walter Crane. Bound in the original dark red cloth, stamped in shiny gold on the front cover, and with the original printed paper label (rubbed) on the spine. This book is from the library of, and bears the ink signature of Dr. Arthur Frank Payne (1876-1939) of Newton, New Jersey. Dr.… Leer más

New York: Design Press, 1991. 8.75" wide by 11.25" tall. A clean, square, tight copy. Dust Jacket is NOT price clipped (39.95). No chips. No tears. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Pages are fresh and crisp. No remainder mark. Bound in the original blue boards. Sharp corners. Selected bibliography. Index. From the Dust Jacket: "The new capabilities in the model-building industry allow model builders to recreate with often astonishing authenticity... In this survey of the best in architectural models, Akiko Busch has gathered examples from the work of the world's most talented model makers for top architectural firms. Busch documents the changes that have taken place and records the current state of the art. Among the subjects covered are: model material, model illumination, the interior model, model building and photography, the landscape of the model. Richly illustrated with color photographs by outstanding… Leer más

New York: The Little Bookroom, 2001. Bright, clean, square, and tight. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh, crisp, and unmarked - apparently never read. A beautifully illustrated guide to the Paris homes and studios of Van Gogh, Monet, Delacroix, Courbet, Moreau, Bonheur, Millet and Daubigny. Includes travel and tourist information, info on Left Bank accommodations, portraits of the painters, full-color reproductions of their paintings, a selected bibliography, etc. From the rear cover: "Step into the lives and times of eight celebrated painters whose homes and studios, open to the public, provide intimate insights into their work and personalities.". First Printing, April, 2001 (so stated). Soft Cover in pictorial box. Fine condition/No jacket / Fine slipcase. Illus. by Faust, Marina (photographs). 8vo. 143pp.

Boston & London: Shambhala, 1979. Near Fine condition. 9.25" wide by 10" tall. A bright, shiny, clean, tight copy. The spine is uncreased -- square and flat. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are fresh, and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. First printing with complete number row (987654321) on the copyright page. Illustrated with photographs and floor plan drawings throughout. Two biographical sketches (Kahn and Lobell). Bibliographical references. From the rear cover: "In the development of contemporary architecture, no one has had a greater influence than Louis I. Kahn, whose many buildings include the Salk Institute, the Yale Study Center, and the Exeter Library... Kahn searched for beginnings: the origin of joy and wonder, of intelligence, and intuition. He sought the basic principles of being, which he called Silence and Light. He spoke of these qualities with a tremendous yet gentle power. Reading his words, we feel that we are… Leer más

Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1959. Appears unread. Fine condition in a Near Fine glassine dust jacket. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked - apparently never read. 1959. First Edition. Edited by Frederick Doveton Nichols. Architecture and Thomas Jefferson historian. Bound in the original green paper-covered boards with a blue cloth spine stamped in bright gold. Complete with dust jacket.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 75pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

San Francisco, California:: Robert A. Reid, 1915. Oblong. 12.25" wide by 8.75" tall. Minor soil on a couple pages. Unlike most copies we have seen, this one is reasonably tight with sound inner hinges -- SELDOM FOUND THUS, due to the book's exceptionally heavy pages. NO foxing. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. The original green patterned endpapers have one tiny edge chip. Bound in the original blue cloth, with beveled edges. Gilt stamped decorations on the spine are still shiny. Gold lettering on the spine and front cover are bright -- distinct and perfectly legible. Uncommon first printing, with 1901 on the title page, copyright 1901, and no other printings indicated. Illustrated with a few full color plates, and hundreds of b/w photographs on glossy coated paper -- buildings, pavilions, exhibits, crowd scenes, portraits, art reproductions, etc. An additional double-page color plate is laid-in (perhaps completed too late to be bound-in). Every… Leer más

New York: Hastings House, 1964. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Illustrated throughout with maps, old engravings and prints. Photos by Samuel Chamberlain. Map endpapers. Original blue cloth. . First Printing of the First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine condition/VG+ DJ (price clipped). Illus. by Chamberlain, Samuel (photography). 8vo. 166pp .

New York:: Hastings House Publishers, 1961. A square, tight copy. Sharp corners. The Dust Jacket is NOT price clipped (4.50). No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. From the Dust Jacket: "The book is profusely illustrated with Samuel Chamberlain's beautiful photographs and with many rare prints and portraits." Map of 25 Historic Sites of Federal Boston. Index. Bound in the original gray cloth, lettered in bright blue on the spine and front cover. . First Edition (No Additional Printings). Hard Cover. Very Good condition./VG DJ (foxing on blank side). Illus. by Samuel Chamberlain photographs. 8vo. 176pp..

New Brunswick, New Jersey: Center for Urban Policy Research/ Rutgers University, 1993. 8.75" wide by 11.25" tall. A clean, square, tight copy. Sharp corners. Inner hinges are perfect. The Dust Jacket is bright and shiny. No chips. No tears. No creases. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Describes 6 award-winning experiments in urban revitalization: in New York; Boston; Portland, Oregon; Lincoln, Nebraska; Cabrillo, California; and Stowe, Vermont. Illustrated with drawings and photographs. Index. From the Dust Jacket: "In vivid, colorful, often provocative prose, nationally syndicated authors Neal Peirce and Robert Guskind describe six innovative experiments in urban revitalization, winners of the Rudy Bruner Award for Excellence in Urban Environment… Peirce and Guskind describe the premises underlying each project, the barriers that were overcome, and the substantial… Leer más

Mansfield Centre, Connecticut: Martino Publishing, 2000. BRAND NEW HARDCOVER in perfect condition (just removed from the publisher's shrinkwrap so we could write this description). NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. 2000 reprint of the 1990 Cambridge University Press original. This book is a quality production with sewn pages, not glued, and clear, easily legible printing -- even for old geezers such as myself. Covered here are the works of 220 authors with full bibliographical details for over 1000 architectural books. From the publisher: "The emergence around 1960 of a new interest in collecting early architectural book and the publication in 1961 of THE FOWLER ARCHITECTURAL COLLECTION made it apparent that some attempt at providing collations and editions would be welcomed for English architectural books as well. Harris & Savage have proceeded… Leer más

Mansfield Centre, Connecticut: Martino Publishing, 2000. BRAND NEW HARDCOVER in perfect condition. STILL SEALED in the publisher's clear plastic SHRINKWRAP. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. 2000 reprint of the 1990 Cambridge University Press original. This book is a quality production with sewn pages, not glued, and clear, easily legible printing -- even for old geezers such as myself. Covered here are the works of 220 authors with full bibliographical details for over 1000 architectural books. From the publisher: "The emergence around 1960 of a new interest in collecting early architectural book and the publication in 1961 of THE FOWLER ARCHITECTURAL COLLECTION made it apparent that some attempt at providing collations and editions would be welcomed for English architectural books as well. Harris & Savage have proceeded to do just that. They… Leer más

School of Architecture & Urban Planning, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, 1985. The cover is in Very Good condition with only one small closed edge tear. Flat, uncreased spine. FINE inside. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. Published by The School of Architecture & Urban Planning, The University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. Bound in the original eggshell white pictorial wraps, Oversize Softcover. Oblong. 10.75" wide by 8.5" tall. This large book may require SUBSTANTIAL extra postage for International shipments, but only the standard charge for priority or media mail. Abstract: "Results of a two-year post-occupancy evaluation of four elementary schools in Columbus, Indiana, all designed by nationally prominent architects. Two of the schools contained traditional classrooms and two utilized open plan concepts. The report evaluates a wide range of technical and functional factors.". Reprint of… Leer más

Roma [Italy]: Romana Societa Editrice, 1984. Fine condition. A bright, shiny, clean, square, tight copy. Sharp corners. Inner hinges are perfect. No owner's name or bookplate. Pages are fresh and unmarked. Text in Italian. A history and survey of the architecture, art, and artifacts of the Castle St. Angelo (Hadrian's Mausoleum) located on the shore of the Tiber River. Castel S. Angelo was Rome's most important fortified area. In the Middle Ages, it was a strategically positioned fortress that defended the northern entrance of the city. It was where Benvenuto Cellini, Cagliostro, and Giordano Bruno were imprisoned before they were burnt at the stake. The book is beautifully illustrated with 137 photos of which 110 are in stunning full color. Bound in the original maroon cloth, lettered in bright white. The front cover features a full-color photo of the castle and a river view.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/No jacket. 128 pages.

New York: C. Harrison Conroy Co., Inc., 1977. 5.75" wide by 12" tall. Bright, clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. No creases. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. No year of publication is indicated (but circa 1977). No printing or edition statement. Photos throughout, many in full-color. Includes a history and architectural description of the church, and the story of its various construction phases since 1892. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed). Softcover. Near Fine condition. 60pp.

Chicago and London:: The University of Chicago Press, 1973. 7" wide by 9.75" tall. Bright, shiny, clean, square, and tight. Sharp corners. The Dust Jacket is NOT price clipped (12.50). No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated throughout with 59 photographs, maps, and architectural plans/drawings. List of chapter notes/sources. Six Tables. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original brown cloth, lettered in shiny copper. From the Dust Jacket: "In this thoroughly illustrated study, Carl W. Condit introduces a new kind of urban history: a unique approach to commercial building that may be regarded as a technical biography of the American city. Professor Condit describes those human activities that together provide the basis of organized community existence -- including the development of the entire range of urban technology as well as the processes of growth and decline in… Leer más