Books - Architecture from Yesterday's Books & Paper

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District. Softcover, Very Good +. 1997, revised edition, (6),73 pages, 8 1/2" x 11"; with numerous B&W historical photos, Bibliography. (Packed with cardboard backing to prevent bending.)

MD: Town of Bel Air, Maryland & The Maryland Historical Trust. Hardcover/DJ, Near Fine/Near Fine, 1995, 1st Edition, vi,298 pages, 8 1/2"x10 1/4", with numerous B&W photos, plus several pages of architectural diagrams; Glossary; Index. For Contents see photo 3.

NY: Bramhall House. Hardcover/DJ; Near Fine (Bookplate; NO fold-out map)/DJ-VG+; Revised Ed; xvi,526pp; tall 8vo; "As a showcase of American architecture, Newport, Rhode Island, is without peer or parallel...(and) the volume's impressive scholarship and numerous photographs make it a feast of detail and history"; with over 500 illustrations, including B&W photos, drawings, & diagrams; 35pp Appendix; Notes. ISBN: 0-517-097192.

Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation, 1985. Probable 1st Ed; xiii,354pp; 4to; comprehensive history of the architecture of Allegheny County & Pittsburgh from the development of local architecture in the 1750's to the present; profusely illustrated with 20 color & 175 B&W photographs (with 150 in the Allegheny county Industrial Region, many reflecting the "Lost Allegheny County"; gold-stamped… Saber más sobre este artículo

Da Capo Press. Hardcover/No DJ; X-library with minimal markings, light edgewear, o/w VG; 1967, Reprint of two of Isham's works originally published by The Walpole Society: (1) Early American Houses published in 1928 in an edition of 75 copies; & (2) A Glossary of Architecture Terms published in 1939 in an edition of 250 copies; profusely illustrated with photos… Saber más sobre este artículo

Harry N. Abrams. Hardcover (gold-stamped cloth)/DJ; Near Fine (small remainder dot top edge)/DJ-Near Fine; 1985, 1st Edition, 312 pages; illustrated with numerous B&W photos & sepia-toned drawings. "Each section of the book is devoted to a single architectural element, and these span all times and all places. Fascinating relevant quotations, aphorisms, and verses by great architectural writers ... introduce the… Saber más sobre este artículo

Van Nostrand Reinhold. Hardcover/DJ; Near Fine/Very Good+ (light wear top spine area; 1/2" tear rear bottom fold; price clipped); 1983, 1st Edition/1st Printing; 393 pages; profusely illustrated with color & B&W photos, drawings, site plans, floor plans, etc; text in English & German.