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1987286750Tokyo: AU Publishing 1987. hardcover. very good/very good-. Text in English and Japanese. 325 pages. 4to edge-worn pictorial wrappers. Tokyo: AU Publishing 1975. A very good copy in a very good- wrapper.<br/><br/> With essays by Kahn Vincent Scully Stanford Anderson B.V. Doshi Fumihiko Maki Peter Smithson and Uttam C. Jain.<br/><br/> A+U Publishing unknown books
192714278Barcelona 1927. 1st of this part. Housed in the original portfolio: green cloth spine with grey printed boards. Green cloth tie. Overall VG rear board sunned/Plt 84 has some edgewear. 16 pp of text 2 pp index to illustrations. 84 plates some color. Folio. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1668Devonport England. Staplebound. Tan illustrated lettered wraps. Very good. c. 1900. 24 pages. 22 x 14 cm. A hark back to the golden days of shipbuilding this fully illustrated pamphlet includes prices and dimensions of their entire inventory. J Gould & Son were one of the many industries/workshops located in the Royal Navy Yard specializing in supplying both small crafts yachts and steamships. The business was most likely situated in what was known as the Quadrangle housing foundries forges pattern shops boilermakers and all manner of specialized workshops. Covers toned. Interior lightly toned but crisp and clear. Staples holding nicely. <br/><br/> paperback books
1927007959Berllin: Im Propyläen-Verlag 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to original binding decorated cloth spine over paperbacked boards profusely iullustrated incl 9 tipped in color plates w/ tissue guard. Important 20thC German survey of international architecture largely Geman including modernist work of Max Bromme Le Corbusier Walter Gropius Wassilij Kandinsky Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe Otto Wagner and Frank Lloyd Wright. Boards sl worn at corners internals appear unused. Im Propyläen-Verlag hardcover books
1926856961926. PREWAR ARCHITECTURE Kenchiku Shashin Ruishû. BEIKOKU TOSHOKAN KENCHIKU. Tokyo: Kyoyosha Showa 3 1928 2nd printing. Originally published in 1926. Small portfolio in tied covers 19 x 13 cm. enclosing a preliminary sheet and 50 numbered photographic plates illustrating "American Library Architecture". Interesting display of contemporary design. Very good condition overall. unknown books
1902040734London: B.T. Batsford 1902. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Original red cloth with some rubbing and spotting. Internally unmarked but occasionally loose as is typical. Text pages are completely loose from the binding small tear to the edge of the title page. 50 plates. Size: Folio. Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: Architecture; Inventory No: 040734. <br/><br/> B.T. Batsford hardcover books
196924999No Place: Droste 1969. First German Edition. Paperback. Near Fine/none. 8vo. Unpaginated. Introductions by Higgins and Vostell plus contributions by Joseph Beuys Claes Oldenburg Lawrence Weiner Hans Hollein and numerous other fluxus and conceptual artists. Profusely illustrated in black and white. A near fine copy in bound collage decorated wrappers. First German edition. Published in the US by Something Else Press. Text in German. A fascinating book. Droste paperback books
1936872161936. PREWAR ARCHITECTURE. TEIKOKU GIKAI GIJIDÔ KENCHIKU NO GAIYÔ. Tokyo Showa 11 1936. Large 8vo. wrappers 120pp. Interesting summary of the design and construction of the the new National Diet building Heavily illustrated throughout. The Diet building of course was spared in the air raids at the end of the war and is still being used as the seat of government today. In very good condition. unknown books
1922857311922. PREWAR ARCHITECTURE KOJIMA Eikichi editor. JÛTAKU. Tokyo Taisho 11 1922. Small portfolio 22.5 x 16 cm of 45 plates one in color enclosed in a cardboard publisher's case. An epitome of contemporary housing styles mostly from Europe and the USA. Interesting view of world architectural trends from a Japanese perspective. Case is edgeworn contents very good. unknown books
1924886891924. PREWAR ARCHITECTURE Kôyôsha. Kenchiku Shashin Ruishû KINDAI SÔSHOKU ISHÔ ZUAN Tokyo Taisho 12 1923. An interesting small 19.1 x 13.3 cm portfolio from the Illustrated Architecture series this one on design motives and decorative elements with a heavy Deco influence. The ties of the little portfolio are missing else about good. unknown books
1922856751922. PREWAR ARCHITECTURE Kôyôsha publisher. Kenchiku Shashin Ruishû BESSÔ KENCHIKU Maki Ichi. Tokyo: Taisho 11 1922. 1st printing. Small 19.3 x 13.2 cm portfolio tied with weak hinges. 50 numbered plates of photos and floor plans of "country houses" from abroad. Very good and complete copy of this the first collection in the series. unknown books
1937WRCLIT83088New York etc: George A. Fuller Company 1937. 322pp. Small quarto. Cloth and boards t.e.g. others rough-trimmed. Heavily illustrated with gravure photographs. Some darkening to the backstrip otherwise very good without slipcase. First edition of this testament to the firm's decades of involvement in the construction of some of the best-known buildings and monuments of their generation. One of 1000 numbered copies printed for "gratuitous" distribution signed by the President Lou R. Crandall with the recipient's name inserted in this case Boston architect G. Henri Desmond. Laid in is a copy of William S. Beinecke's eulogy for Crandall 1978 printed in pamphlet format. George A. Fuller Company hardcover books
185630787New York: D. Appleton and Company 1856. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo. Stamped brown decorated cloth printed in gilt. 189 pp. Illustrated with over 100 engravings. Covers are somewhat worn. With age spotting to some pages. Still remarkably sturdy and well-bound. Tissue guard present. D. Appleton and Company unknown books
196930920New York: Phaidon Press 1969. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Oversized two volume clothbound set of essays. Both book in very good condition. Some spotting to page edges. In very good dustwrappers. The volume on Art has a clip to inside front flap. Illustrated. 421 and 381 pp respectively. From the library of P. F. Norton former professor of architecture at UMASS with his name to front endpapers. Phaidon Press hardcover books
198816494Japan: Wacoal Art Center 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 4to. 161 pp. Text in Japanese. Illustrated in color and black and white. Book design by Shin Yoshida R. Monograph on the architectrural and design output of Fuhmihiko Maki who received the 1987 R. S. Reynolds Memorial Award for his significant contribution to design using aluminum. A fine hardbound book in fine acetate wrapper. Housed in a cardboard slipcase with large red printed obi. Obi has some tears and creases but is still present. A large and heavy volume. <br/><br/> Wacoal Art Center hardcover books
199011036New York: Rizzoli 1990. First edition. Cloth. Fine/near fine. First edition. Quarto in dustwrapper. A 288 pp illustrated monograph on Pelli. Introduced by Paul Goldberger. This copy INSCRIBED by the architect on the half-title page. Fine clothbound book in near fine unclipped dustwrapper. <br/><br/> Rizzoli hardcover books
193327919Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company 1933. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. Clothbound 4to. 71 pp. Illustrated with photographs and architectural drawings. A very good copy. Binding a little fragile and should be handled with care. This copy has been nicely INSCRIBED by the author and dated in year of publication. J. B. Lippincott Company unknown books
201527402New York: Princeton Architectural Press 2015. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good . Large thick hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. 299 pp. Introduction by design journalist Pilar Viladas. Terrific monograph on this Seattle-based architect. A fine copy in dustwrapper which has a small closed tear at the top of the rear panel. Nice copy overall. INSCRIBED by Kundig and dated in 2018. Books signed or inscribed by Kundig are uncommon to be sure. A very large and heavy volume. Princeton Architectural Press hardcover books
197010347New York: Praeger Publishers 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/fine. First American edition of this monograph on Frei Otto with text by Conrad Roland. Oblong quarto. 172 pp. Tiniest of wear to board edges else a fine hardbound copy in fine unclipped dustwrapper. Prior ownership name of P. F. Norton to front endpaper. Superb copy. <br/><br/> Praeger Publishers hardcover books
1912009594New Haven: Yale University 1912. Early Edition. Hardcover. Good. Early printings of this massive scholarly work. Volume One 482 pp; Volume Two 499 pp. Includes a list of monuments and bibliographies. Illustrated with glossy black and white photographs. Red cloth bindings with gilt design. Volume one in very good condition. Volume two has some soiling to front cover and a chip missing from the edge of the front board. Despite these flaws a very acceptable and useful copy. Books still tightly bound. Prior ownership name of P. F. Norton former professor of architecture at UMASS. <br/><br/> Yale University hardcover books
1963009625Manchester: Manchester University Press 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. 309 pp plus numerous pages of photographs at rear. A fine hardbound copy with prior ownership name of P. F. Norton to front endpaper. Fine unclipped dustwrapper. Uncommon scholarly work. <br/><br/> Manchester University Press hardcover books
63168ARCHITECTURE AND SCULPTURE. Musee de Sculpture Comparee Palais de Trocadero. LES CHEFS-D'OEVRE D'ARCHITECTURE ET SCULPTURE DU XIIe AU XIXe SIECLE. Paris: Librarie Generale de L'Architecture et Des Arts Decoratifs n.d. 4to. 120 black & white photographic plates complete housed in a grey cloth-covered string-tied portfolio. Some soil slight pencilling bumps to portfolio; very good internally with a touch of age-browning to very edges. unknown books
184987130London: John Henry Parker 1849. hardcover. very good. Engraved frontispiece and numerous engravings and floor plans throughout rubricated chapter headings 283pp. thick 8vo original blind stamped red cloth; hinges weak floor plan on p.124 lightly water-stained. London: John Henry Parker 1849. Very good.<br/><br/> John Henry Parker unknown books
199634293New York: McGraw-Hill 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. New York: McGraw-Hill 1996. First edition. Copious full color illustrations plans drawings and elevations. 432 pp. Hardcover. 4to. Dark blue paper covered boards. A nice copy. Very good/Very good. Oversized - extra shipping charges apply McGraw-Hill hardcover books
1909039831Philadelphia: John C. Winston 1909. Hardcover. Good Condition. January-December 1909 bound up in half red leather over red cloth. Modest wear at the edges and rubbing to the hinges heavy in spots - spine darkened but still an attractively bound volume. A few minor marks and smudges to pages but generally bright and unmarked. Lovely photos throughout. Size: Quarto 4to. Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Architecture; Gardening. Inventory No: 039831. <br/><br/> John C. Winston hardcover books
