Ornament from Carnegie Hill Books

NY: W.W. Norton, 2008. First edition. Oblong octavo. 144 pp; 250 b/w photographs. Cloth with dustjacket. Fine/Fine, a new, unused copy. A delightful collection of quirky faces and figures that appear on New York City buildings, most built during the years between the Civil War and World War I. Designed for entrances, around doorways, on cornices, and in lobbies, they… Saber más sobre este artículo

Munich: Battenberg, 1981. Folio. [4] pp; 48 black & white plates. Text in German. Vellum-backed decorated boards in protective cardboard slipcase. As new, a fine, unmarked copy. Fine reproductions of designs by Bavarian rococo architect and designer Francois Cuvillies (1695-1768).. Hard Cover. Fine.

Leipzig: Seemann, 1893. Folio. Title page and 34 of 38 plates present. Quarter leather. G+ to VG-. All plates with owner stamp on verso. all plates with 2 circular library perf stamps, plates on tabs and have assorted light edgewear, one plate has grid penciled over by original owner. pocket scars on endpaper and overlapping bookplates. Former property of silver… Saber más sobre este artículo

NY: J. Sabin & Sons, 1877. First edition. 15" high x 12" wide. 24 plates illustrating designs by stained glass craftsmen, illustrators and architects, including Charles Booth. Three-post cloth binding (not original) has been re-covered. The plates are on tabs for the binding holes. VG+, Plates are clean; there are some stray pencil marks & smudges in the margins of… Saber más sobre este artículo