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1918857171918. PREWAR ARCHITECTURE Kenchiku Shashin Ruishû. KAIDAN Tokyo: Kyoyosha Taisho 10 1918. The first printing "hors commerce". Small portfolio in tied covers 19 x 13 cm. enclosing a preliminary sheet and 50 photographic plates illustrating staircases. The first series. Interesting display of interior design. Very good condition overall. unknown books
1921857181921. PREWAR ARCHITECTURE Kenchiku Shashin Ruishû. KAIDAN I Tokyo: Koyosha Taisho 10 1921 the fifth printing. First published in 1918. Small portfolio in tied covers 19 x 13 cm. enclosing a preliminary sheet and 50 photographic plates illustrating staircases the first series. Interesting display of interior design. Portfolio is split but contents in Very good condition. unknown books
1916000792Chicago: Frederick J Drake & Co 1916. Later Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine -/No Jacket. Stamped pictorial front panel. Slight staining ffe. Contains over 250 black and white drawings and diagrams. 196pp 58pp of house plans and designs. Frederick J Drake & Co unknown books
1985009008Easley: Southern Historical Press 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Scarce volume on Robert Mills. Prior ownership name of P. F. Norton former Professor of Architecture at the University of Massachusetts else a fine clothbound volume issued without dustwrapper. Contains 124 illustrations. <br/><br/> Southern Historical Press hardcover books
199215402Japan: Toto 1992. First edition. Paperback. Fine/near fine. Wide quarto in slipcase. 173 pp. Text in English and Japanese. With separate booklet of text in Japanese laid in. One very small blemish to top of spine else a fine copy in wide bound photographic wrappers with wide French folds. Comes in printed cardboard slipcover. Scarce book of photographs by Inakoshi of buildings designed by Kurokawa. Art Direction by Shin Matsunaga. A large and heavy volume. <br/><br/> Toto paperback books
1983008371Cambridge: MIT Press 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine first edition in cloth of this monograph. Fine unclipped dustwrapper. 297 pp. <br/><br/> MIT Press hardcover books
1992009961Berlin: Wasmuth 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. 158 pp. Text in German and English. A near fine copy in oblong photographic boards in near fine opaque printed and illustrated dustwrapper. Scarce title. Profusely illustrated. <br/><br/> Wasmuth hardcover books
197528631New York: G.P. Putnam's Son 1975. First American Edition. Photographs by Klaus Beyer. 1 vols. 4to. Cloth. Fine in fine slipcase. First American Edition. Photographs by Klaus Beyer. 1 vols. 4to. G.P. Putnam's Son unknown books
1904039830Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates 1904. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. January-December 1904 bound up in two volumes in half red leather over red cloth. Modest wear at the edges and rubbing to the hinges and spine darkened but still an attractively bound pair. A few minor marks and smudges to pages but generally bright and unmarked. Lovely photos throughout many on tipped in plates. Size: Quarto 4to. Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Architecture; Gardening. Inventory No: 039830. <br/><br/> Henry T. Coates hardcover books
194829135New York: Columbia University Press 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Tall hardbound quartos. Two volume set. 332 and 360 pp respectively. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Very handsome set of books marred only by a neat handwritten name/date on the inside front pastedowns of each volume. No slipcase with this set. Very large and heavy books. Columbia University Press hardcover books
1978008344Paris: Editions Du Centre National De Recherche Scientique 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 2 Volumes 1978 and 1983 uniiform. Unused copies each in cardboard slipcase as issued by publisher in dw one with a tiny chip top of spine. 275p illustrated; 333p illustrated. Editions Du Centre National De Recherche Scientique hardcover books
1934886711934. PREWAR ARCHITECTURE Kenchiku Shashin Ruishu. SHINKÔ NIHON NO JÛTAKU. Tokyo Koyosha Showa 9 1934 1st printing. Spiral bound 19.2 x 15.9 cm 50 plates of "MODERN JAPANESE DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE". Mostly interior details in an internationalist-influenced style. Very good condition complete in the original slipcase. Quite unusual. unknown books
191923808Boston Massachusetts: Thomas Ellison 1919. Group of 16 images of imposing New England coastal homes 12 exteriors pillared porch-ways terracotta-tiled roofs inner courtyards garden walks and paths grape arbors & plantings tennis court viewing area & coastline 4 interiors showing furniture and décor; mostly black and white silver gelatin prints a few in sepia; all with the studio back-stamp of Thomas Ellison Architectural Photographer 52 Kilby Street Boston active 1905 - 1923 acting as photographer for the John Calvin Stevens architectural firm; not dated circa 1919 from internal evidence; not identified and the views probably of a couple of the many Maine Stevens-designed homes; approximately 7 1/2" x 9 1/2" size; bit of curl to the edges a little oxidizing; 2 with creases; old pencil numbers on backs; with a 3 1/2" x 5 3/4" snapshot of one of the same residences with a couple of cars & people in front of the main entrance corners and margins worn; overall the group in very good condition. Photography. Not Bound. Very Good. Thomas Ellison Paperback books
199619512Milano: Skira 1996. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Paperbound quarto. Text in Italian by Giovanni Pozzi Emilio Pizzi Virginia Baradel and others. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Monograph on Botta. A very good copy in stiff illustrated wrappers with wide French flaps. This copy has been INSCRIBED by Botta to Terence Riley and dated in 1996. Riley is a noted writer and author of numerous monographs of famous architects including Mies Van DDer Rohe among many others. <br/><br/> Skira paperback books
195810683Cambridge: MIT Press 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. First edition. Small quarto. 198 pp. Illustrated with photographs. Excellent monograph on Rietveld. Prior ownership name of P. F. Norton to front endpaper else a fine hardbound copy in very good dustwrapper with a small chip to top of spine area. Uncommon and beautiful volume. <br/><br/> MIT Press hardcover books
1927008256London: John Murray 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition. London architecture book heavily illustrated with photographs. The book attempts to depict the principal changes which have taken place with some suggestions for the further improvement of the Metropolis. Scattered foxing else a very good clothbound copy in bright near fine unclipped dustwrapper. <br/><br/> John Murray hardcover books
197921738Santa Monica: Arts Architecture Press 1979. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Simultaneous first paperbound edition. 155 pp. Foreword by Harwell Hamilton Harris. With some black and white illustrations. A very good copy. Paperbound square quarto. INSCRIBED by McCoy and dated in 1981. Collects and analyzes letters between Louis Sullivan and R. M. Schindler and then Schindler and Richard Neutra. <br/><br/> Arts + Architecture Press paperback books
199523999New York: Peter Blum Edition 1995. Second edition. Cloth. Near Fine/very good. Stated second edition of this oversized volume of photographs by Ruff with texts by Steven Holl Hans Kollhoff Rem Koolhaas Eduardo Souto de Moura and Theodora Vischer. Introduction by Terence Riley. Mostly black and white photos with a few tipped on color plates. Bookplate to inside front pastedown else a near fine clothbound copy in very good dustwrapper. A large and heavy volume. Additional shipping charges may apply. Peter Blum Edition unknown books
1930857381930. PREWAR ARCHITECTURE. DAI-ICHI GINKÔ. Tokyo: Showa 5 1930. Western-style binding in wrappers. Includes 9 tipped-in photos of the new Dai-Ichi Bank building in Tokyo. There are 17 plates as well and text describing the history of the bank. In addition there is a small wrappered pamphlet describing the new building itself with floor plans etc. and a laid-in photo of the building. Some foxing and a few of the tipped in photos have edgewear. Overall good condition. unknown books
19401749Pennsylvania c. 1940's. Cream linen blue embroidery some fraying. Four linen strips 42 x 8.25 inches. These decorative hand embroidered pieces feature a poem for housewives - striving to perform in a thrifty manner. Pennsylvanian German. The second stanza ‘mite’ likely refers to the biblical currency. Cream linen blue embroidered some fraying. <br />Roughly translated: <br />Auj jedem Schrank in jedum Haus <br />“From every cupboard in every house” <br />Siehl alle mal die Frau heraus <br />“The wife always sees everything” <br />Aus einem Hellur zehne machl” <br />“Every mite makes ten” <br />Eigner Herd isl Goldes werl <br />“The owners hearth is worth gold” <br /> <br/><br/> unknown books
193010389New York: Architectural Catalog Company 1930. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. First edition. Small folio. Selections from the work of the New York architectural firm of Barnet Phillips Company. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Typical wear to yapped edges of covers else a tight clean copy. <br/><br/> Architectural Catalog Company paperback books
199828949Madrid: El Croquis Books 1998. Revised. Cloth. Very Good /very good. Folio size hardbound volume in dustwrapper over 13" tall. 431 pp. Massive retrospective put on in Madrid circa 1998. Text in Spanish and English by Alejandro Zaera and others. This is the revised omnibus edition. Profusely illustrated. Very small indentation to cover at spine else a sound very good to near fine clothbound book in dustwrapper. Wrapper has some creasing at top of front panel area and a small gouge in same place at spine previously mentioned. A very large and heavy book. Additional shipping charges may apply. El Croquis Books unknown books
198726846Japan: Studio Kenzo Kange 1987. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Three paperbound quartos housed in a hard printed slipcase. Published by the distinguished Japanese architectural firm. With text in Japanese and English. 190 202 and 208 pp respectively. Very handsome near fine copy in slipcase which has some tears at edges. Tiny nick to spine of Volume 1. Profusely illustrated with photos and architectural diagrams of dozens of major building projects handled by this firm. A large and heavy item. Additoonal shipping charges may apply. Studio Kenzo Kange paperback books
196332437New York: Doubleday 1963. First Edition. Near fine in original pictorial boards and very good pictorial dust jacket with some of Jonathan Williams' ubiquitous senseless internal mends. Narrow quarto. 7.25 x 10.5 in. 236 pp. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of black & white drawings. Serge Chermayeff and Christopher Alexander's first book inscribed by Chermayeff to Jonathan Williams in year of publication. <br/><br/> Doubleday hardcover books
191024820Paris: Auguste Vincent Editeur 1910. First edition. 29 Planches d'après les dessins et relevés de G. Gromort Complete. Heliotype A Paul Vigier. 1 vols. Folio. Cloth and boards Portfolio plates loose with ties. Portfolio with minor wear else fine. Leavitt bookplate. First edition. 29 Planches d'après les dessins et relevés de G. Gromort Complete. Heliotype A Paul Vigier. 1 vols. Folio. Here you get the plans for the Acropolis the Forum Versailles etc. Auguste Vincent, Editeur unknown books
