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2151As published in a later edition of Antiquae Urbis Splendor orig. 1612-1628. Pl. 37. Engraving. Image: 7 X 9 ¼. Margins: 9 ¼ x 13 ½. Includes the legend below. In fine condition. Giacomo Lauro was a printmaker active in the map and view industry of mid-sixteenth to mid-seventeenth century Rome. unknown books
2148As published in a later edition of Antiquae Urbis Splendor orig. 1612-1628. Pl. 32. Engraving. Image: 7 X 9 ¼. Margins: 9 ¼ x 13 ½. Includes the legend below. In fine condition. Giacomo Lauro was a printmaker active in the map and view industry of mid-sixteenth to mid-seventeenth century Rome. unknown 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
30243PRINCETON UNIVERSITY. SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE. ARCHITECTURE AND THE UNIVERSITY. Princeton: School of Architecture 1954. 8vo. Cloth spine boards. vi 72 pages. First and only edition. Scarce item. "Proceedings of a conference held at Princeton University Decem eleventh and twelfth nineteen hundred fifty-three." A series of reports presented on the state of architecture as a profession and study by leading architects and professors in the field. Front cover partially sunned else v good. unknown books
188225318Sergiyev Posad Russia: I. Efimova 1882. 186 4 pages. Including a double-page color tinted lithograph view of the monastery grounds and architecture; at back is a double-page map-plan giving the geographical position of the monastery and the layout of the grounds within the wider community; a number key with description is on the following pages. Text entirely in Cyrillic describing in a chronology the history of the monastery established by one of the most important Russian Orthodox patron saints of Russia the monk Sergius of Radonezh Saint Vartholomei Kirilovich. With the occasional marginal pencil comment and mark. Approx. 5 3/4" x 8 1/2" size; bound in the original finely pebble-textured dark teal cloth. Edge-wear tips wear-through; spine cloth fraying and loosening at bottom. Remains of old label old sticker with number on front board; no blank free endpapers; a couple of pencil numbers and a pen number and with the stamp of a church library with a central illustration of the same & another rectangular stamp that is partially incomplete throughout. Text generally clean and very good; lithographed plate & the map also in very good condition. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. I. Efimova hardcover 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
1896040280Chicago: Rand McNally & Co. 1896. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 48pp; frontispiece and 17 other illustrations from photographs map 7"x7". Bound in pictorial cream wrappers cover picture red lettering. Small dampmark at foot of spine otherwise in fine condition. 7" x 4.5" With Andrew McNally as President and E.D. Neff as Manager the La Mirada Land Company sought to promote their 2300-acre La Mirada town site and orchard tract 17 miles southeast of Los Angeles. This booklet covers the climate of coastal California the 1895 Tournament of Roses at Pasadena the impressions of Dr. Chauncey Depew Southern California colonies access by rail olive and lemon orchards the surf at Long Beach Lake Windermere irrigation olive oil production uses and profits etc. The topographical map shows the locations and acreages of various crops on the property of the La Mirada Land Company and Windermere Ranch. <br/><br/> [Rand, McNally & Co.] 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
189522206Italy: No Photographer Noted 1895. A series of loose plates with tipped-on photographs on paper in black and white; about 1/2 of the plates with 2 images; sizes vary with the largest approx. 10" x 13" and ranging to 3" x 6" for those having 2 plates per page; especially well-taken with gravure quality and fine detail; views of the upper cupolas; ornate frieze-work; many of the column-tops and detailed ornamentation; no photographer or studio indicated; some with numbers on the plates which correspond to numbers found in the impress margins and with an additional sequence of numbers found at the edge of the stiff-paper matte-surround; the mounts make these 12 1/4" x 15 1/2" approx.; small rubber stamp of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts on the backs of the mounts which is the only marking; occasional spotting on the mounts some with some darkening towards the margins and edge-chipping wear a little rippling too; imagery generally very good and clean; a good collection and a detailed reference for this Venetian architectural masterpiece. . Art. Not Bound. Very Good. No Photographer Noted Paperback 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
190320404Boston: Rogers & Manson. Good. 1903-1904. Vols. 12-13. Hardcover. NOISBN . no dust jacket solid binding but much external wear including fraying at several corners spotting on front cover etc.; internally quite clean and firmly bound with the exception of one loose page. B&W photographs plates diagrams plans etc. Bound volume of 24 monthly issues of this large-format architectural trade periodical approx. 13" x 10-1/2" containing about 550 pages altogether "devoted to the interests of architecture in materials of clay." The publication contains a wealth of information regarding architectural and construction practices of the period primarily in the U.S. although there are a number of features focusing on British architecture and occasional coverage of notable structures in Spain Germany and elsewhere. Designs are presented and discussed for nearly every type of private and public building: single-family homes hotels department stores train stations apartment houses office buildlings clubhouses hospitals churches including Westminster Cathedral in London etc. Many topics are treated in-depth in multi-part articles: "The Planning of Apartment Houses"; "The Business Side of an Architect's Office"; "Hospital Planning" there's a LOT about hospitals; "Interesting Brick and Terra-Cotta Architecture in St. Louis"; "Brickwork on the Pacific Slope" mostly dealing with San Francisco -- before the 1906 earthquake of course; etc. An article on "Brick Architecture in and about Chicago" in the September 1903 issue features photos of several Frank Lloyd Wright houses. As one might imagine there is a great deal of attention paid to "fireproof" construction including several articles of the "lessons learned" variety in the wake of various notable urban fires e.g. the Iroquois Theatre fire in Chicago in December 1903. Especially notable in this regard is an extensive 52-page report on the Great Baltimore Fire of February 1904 issued as a special supplement to the March 1904 issue; it describes and discusses the fire's causes and effects in great detail and is illustrated with numerous "aftermath" photos of various buildings. This is considered the third most destructive urban fire in American history surpassed only by Chicago's 1871 blaze and the San Francisco earthquake and fire in 1906. Indexes to both volumes are bound in at the front. . Rogers & Manson hardcover books
184554067Dublin: Hodges and Smith 1845. Second edition. 256 illustrations. xix 525 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Blind-stamped cloth. Faded and lightly worn joints starting hinges cracking bookseller's receipts and presentation slip tipped onto rear endpapers else very good. Second edition. 256 illustrations. xix 525 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Hodges and Smith unknown books
195839265Venice: Neri Pozza Editore 1958. Hardcover. Preface by Giuseppe Fiocco. Folio. Green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration buff cloth and pictorial paper over boards slipcase. xii 202pp ca. 200pp. Tipped-in frontispiece numerous illustrations. Near fine/very good. Minor slipcase wear. A sharp and tight first edition of this gigantic study entirely in Italian of the Italian architect's work. Uncommon. Neri Pozza Editore hardcover books
1818WRCLIT69871Leipzig: Johann Friedrich Gleditsch 1818. viii68pp. plus 34 engraved plates made more accessible by blank extensions from the inner gutter. Quarto. Frontis. Old calf-backed boards spine perished and boards detached. Some creasing and overfolds to folded plates scattered dusting and light foxing plate XXV detached from its extension and a trifle frayed at the fore-edge; just a good copy suitable for rebinding. Second edition first published in 1805. As the title suggests this is a practical manual rather than a treatment of history or aesthetics. The visual component is comprised largely of schematics and renderings of column designs with some attention to decorative detailing and stairways including precise measurements. The plates bear captions in French and German and many bear cutlines attributing them to "Champion sc." While the 1805 edition is well- represented in OCLC/Worldcat representation of the second edition is very slight. Johann Friedrich Gleditsch hardcover books
19391509Buenos Aires 1939. Very good. 22 leaves with twenty-one original photographs each 7 x 9 inches plus interleaved plastic guards. Oblong folio. Spiral wire bound plastic and synthetic boards with decorative wire edges. Light wear and soiling at boards edges. Occasional light soiling internally. Photos crisp and clean mounted directly to leaves. An attractive presentation album promoting the opening in 1939 of Falcon & Cia. the Argentinian distributor of Myrurgia a Spanish perfumer and cosmetics manufacturer. Falcon & Cia.'s offices were located at 743 Juncal in the same block with the iconic Palacio Estrugamou a monumental and elaborate example of Parisian residential architecture in Buenos Aires. By contrast the modernized headquarters of Falcon & Cia. are somewhat more functional but still reflect a sleek Art Deco style. The present album mostly showcases the renovated interior with modern open offices and architectural details with Deco furniture and design elements. The lack of ornamentation on the columns windows and floors reflect the contemporary international style and perhaps also the economics of this period at the end of the Depression just prior to the outbreak of World War II. This was also a time during which Spanish companies like Myrurgia expanded into South America in order to develop new markets and to manufacture their products locally thereby avoiding the chaos of their Civil War. A neat and scarce photographic document of architectural style in Argentina in the late 1930s. Not in OCLC. books
14301London: Ward Lock & Co n. d. Deep maroon cloth decorated in black green blue & gilt. Beveled edges. VG bpt/hinges professionally repaired. Ex-Lib with small circular spine stickers removed from base of spine. 3 volumes xii 240; xii 295; xii 292 pp including indices. Profusely illustrated with color lithographs of the churches described herein. Royal 8vo. <br/><br/> Ward Lock & Co hardcover books
1720006730Paris: Jean Mariette 1720. 3/4 Morroco Marbleized Board. VG. Two volumes in original mottled calf: the end of the rear board of volume 1 has been expertly recovered with dyed calf to match corners polished to blend in. Some reveal to hinge volume 1 and wear to the raised bands gilt compartments on both volumes cords partially revealed and holding. Internals unfoxed clean crisp plates and text. In volume 1 there is a shaved edge to rear leaves resulting in shallow loss to last bundle of chairs at midsection outer margins not affecting text block or plate. A very nice unspohisticated copy. Volume 1: frontispiece title 4 3 13 6 8 40 4 w/ double plate xii w/ 3 plates 355 w/ 103 plates some double page or foldout . Volume 2: frontispeice title 357 - 920p. Jean Mariette unknown books
190738575Paris: Auguste Vincent 1907. Illustrated with 11 16 & 12 plates respectively. 3 vols. Folio. All with green cloth spines and marbled boards portfolios. Fine. Illustrated with 11 16 & 12 plates respectively. 3 vols. Folio. Auguste Vincent unknown books
199524775Oslo: Aventura Forlag 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Small hardbound quarto. Issued without dustwrapper. An extraordinary volume that seamlessly combines architecture poetry and photography. 91 pp. Text in English with translation into Norwegian by Astri Than. Gorgeous black and white photographs provided by Helene Binet and with text and a poem by Hujdek plus a poem by David Shapiro. Shapiro has INSCRIBED this copy on the title page and dated it in 1997. Boards splayed open slightly. Some scuffing to covers. Very good condition of this scarce title with no copies currently offered for sale in traditional commerce and with only six copies shown in WorldCat. Aventura Forlag hardcover books
191322646Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin 1913. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine. Small quarto. Green pictorial cloth. 122 pp plus plates at rear. Tissue guards present. A lovely copy of the first edition. This is number 36 of five hundred thirty-five numbered copies printed at the Riverside Press in Cambridge Massachusetts. Light offsetting to endpapers. With a handsome bookplate of Walter J. Mitchell Jr. afixed to the inside front pastedown. Neatly printed date from 1971 on the copyright page. Easily a near fine copy of htis attractive edition. <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
1820<p>Oxhey Watford England: Lott's Bricks Ltd. 1911. A rare complete set of English building blocksin the original box. "They are made of artificial stone; the solid substance the heavy weight and the clean squareness of each block combine to make admirable building material." Astonishingly nothing is missing from this set including the original brochures. The box contains the elements to construct six different structures: A country house tower cottages garage library and parish hall. In short representatives of the most familiar buildings in an English village may be made. Anyone that has had the good fortune of wandering through the British country side will certainly appreciate the seriousness with which architectural form is taken in order to preserve the heritage of taste and simplicity. The makers of these sets of which this is Series "B" Box Two was dedicated to leading children to an understanding of "sound building lines." "The general effect is charming and picturesque to a degree far beyond the general run of children's toys." The sets are widely known and collected in Britain. To find an example outside of the UK and in such fine state of preservation is delightfully elusive. For any devotee of the Arts and Crafts period of design this set provides a most unusual treasure for architect and home owner alike. Please request postage quote.extremely heavy item!</p> books