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1983008366New York: Rizzoli 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition of this monograph on this prestigious firm. Focusing on thirty one major structures. Very good clothbound book in near fine unclipped dustwrapper. 238 pp. <br/><br/> Rizzoli 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
2414New York: The Architectural Book Publishing Co. 1923. First edition Folio 212 pages bound in original blue cloth with gilt spine titles. A most impressive study of the architectural firm of Mellor Meigs & Howe with photographic images as well as architectural drawings of some of their most important commissions. The preface was written by Owen Wister in praise of the mission of the architects of this prestigious concern to allow "life to determine the character of a building". This particular volume is concerned primarily with residential and farm buildings displaying the firm's dedication to standing against the commercialization of art and architecture by applying the deepest philosophical and aesthetic elements of the Arts and Crafts movement. Indeed the influence of the British architectural principles seen in the work of Bailey Scott Philip Webb and others is in keen evidence. The book retains its original dust wrapper exhibiting some light wear but complete and bright. This title has been reprinted but the new version is a sad representative of this substantial handsome work. Quite scarce in this condition. hardcover books
190044207London: George Bell & Sons 1900. Green cloth stamped in black elaborate scrollwork decoration stamped in relief. Moderate wear; spine darkened; light foxing to eps; short closed tear to fore-edge of frontispiece. VG. xii 147 7 pp. B/w frontis intratextual photographic images and floor plan. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 5-1/8" <br/><br/>Bell's Cathedral Series. George Bell & Sons hardcover books
190144208London: George Bell & Sons 1901. Green cloth stamped in black elaborate scrollwork decoration stamped in relief. Worn and lightly soiled; slight bowing to front board; light foxing to eps; gutter break at half-title. Good. 6 91 7 pp. B/w frontis intratextual photographic images floor plan and map. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 5-1/8" <br/><br/>Bell's Cathedral Series. George Bell & Sons 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
1392Lincoln Nebraska: 1927. Oblong folio 14.5" by 10.5" 221 pages bound in a scrap-book style similar to large fabric and wallpaper sample books. Maroon cloth over boards held together with brass screws. Trade catalogs of American furniture are far more difficult to find than house plans. It is most unusual to find one of this size with this range of items. Obviously intended to be used as a sample book by a retail establishment rather than as a promotional mailer to individuals. The book is organized in seven sections each with a heavy card cover sheet listing the category and page numbers of the section with printed tabs for easy reference. One of the tabs lists "Congoleum" but there is no material about the floor covering included and the page number has been left blank indicating that part of the catalog had yet to be printed rather than removed. There are the expected oversuffed chairs and turned spindle table legs.but a substantial portion of the sample book is dedicated to Arts and Crafts and Mission style. Of particular interest relating to bungalow decor are twenty-seven pages of "Fiber Reed Goods" featuring outstanding wickerwork furnishings and lamps for sunporches. The finishes available for these settles chairs swings lamp bases and shades et al are delectable. "Satin Finishes: Natural Fumed Nut Brown and Green" and "Enamel Finishes: Old Ivory Frosted Brown Frosted Mahogany Cafe au Lait Royal Blue Chinese Blue Bronze and Blue Bronze and Green Black and Gold and Verdi Copper." The last section of the book is dedicated primarily to "Baby Cabs" and Toys including wicker carriages and strollers. Fine illustrations of cycles metal cars wagons and scooters. The binding has quite a bit of staining and wear including some fraying of the cloth but both covers are complete and totally sound. The name of the firm is bright and clear against a background of metallic silver. The last reference tab is chipped and the others browned else the contents are fine. The M. H. Tilton Company founded in 1886 sold furniture and floor coverings to the trade from their location at 6th and L Streets Lincoln Nebraska. A rare and fascinating trade catalog with a wide range of appeal! Extra Postage Required 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
12412ARCHITECTURE AND SCULPTURE OF INDIA. N.P.: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting 1956. Small folio. Wrapper Frontispiece vi pages 19 plates. First edition. Photographs showing the sculpture and construction of Indian monuments. Worn. unknown books
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
168828744Paris: Nicolas Langlois 1688. First edition. Illustrated with 11 folding engraved plates and one text engraving. 12mo. Contemporary mottled calf rubbed joints cracked but sound interior fine. First edition. Illustrated with 11 folding engraved plates and one text engraving. 12mo. Surveyer's Handbook. Bullet 1639-1716 "Architecte du Roy" was the author of the often reprinted L'ARCHITECTURE PRATIQUE 1691 which became a standard v. Fowler pp. 69-70 for the next 100 years. Bullet's Traité is similarly written in a spirit of pure practicality treating that branch of surveying known as levelling and illustrated with wonderful engravings. Nicolas Langlois unknown books
1947WRCLIT43500London: Country Life Limited 1947. Quarto. Gilt cloth. Photographs. Preface by Viscount Esher. First edition. Fine in very good lightly used dust jacket with short closed edge tear. Country Life Limited hardcover books
194783226London:: Country Life Limited. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1947. Hardcover. B00243QJZ6 . Black and white photographs throughout. First edition. Very good in a very good moderate edge wear and aging price clipped dust jacket. . Country Life Limited, hardcover books
174828557N.p. Paris 1748. Avec des Notes de M. Goupy Architecte Expert Bourgeois. 1 vols. 8vo. In very attractive contemporary mottled calf head chipped joints cracked but holding soundly marbled endpapers; interior slightly toned and title a little soiled else very good. Avec des Notes de M. Goupy Architecte Expert Bourgeois. 1 vols. 8vo. Building Code Paris 1748. unknown 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
192829368London: Ernest Benn Limited 1928. FIRST EDITION. Cloth a little soiled and rubbed at spine else a very good copy in a poor dust jacket missing the top two inches of the spine panel. Of the 31 architects represented there are 12 plates of works by Le Corbusier and four by Mallet-Stevens. Uncommon. <br/><br/> Ernest Benn Limited hardcover books
1852573Worcester: Published by Edward Livermore 1852. Large 4to. 280 x 215 mm. 11 x 8 ½ inches. 148 pp. Illustrated with 200 plates of plans elevations details and practical stair-building on 54 plates and in the text. Contemporary sheep Black leather label with title in gilt on spine; some rubbing to binding; text block clean and bright; six examples of dried leaves inserted and now removed causing browning to paper stock on verso and recto of the page.  Ownership inscription in pencil of "Harvey Bricknell Barnard Vt." on front free endpaper. With faults a very good sound copy in original binding. Fifth edition revised and enlarged with new plates and a chapter on rural architecture. Original issued in 1848 Brown's work became a standard manual for carpenters and builders and went through at least six editions the final one being printed in 1854. Brown was a practicing Lowell Ma. architect whose goal was to produce a manual written in simple terms which explains the techniques of construction without the complexity of a treatise on architecture.  Interesting text which places some focus on existing home built in Worcester and surrounding area with details of construction and design patterns. Hitchcock American Architectural Books 217 for 1851 edition. . Published by Edward Livermore unknown books
195915061London: Batesford 1959. 1st edition. Black cloth binding. Color pictorial dust jacket. NF pos on title page/VG avg wear. xxiii 200 pp. Frontis color 200 full-page images from photographs in b&w. Sm 4to. <br/><br/>From the 'Buildings of Europe' Series. Batesford hardcover books
199831870New York: The Vendome Press 1998. 1st US edition. Black cloth binding with green stamped title lettering to spine. Dust jacket. Slight lean. A Nr Fine copy in a similar jacket. 200 pp. Color photography 250 images by Christine Bastin & Jacques Evrard. Folio. 12-1/2" x 9-3/4" <br/><br/> The Vendome Press hardcover books
192715797New York: Robert M. McBride & Co 1927. 1st edition. Green cloth lettered in gilt. No dust jacket. VG spine dull. xv 1 464 pp. Illustrated. 4to. <br/><br/> Robert M. McBride & Co hardcover 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
199031129Washington DC: The American Institute of Architects Press 1990. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. A Fine copy in a similar jacket. 246 2 pp. Profusely illustrated with much in color. Folio. <br/><br/> The American Institute of Architects Press hardcover books
200331149New York: Rizzoli 2003. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. A Fine copy in a similar jacket. 223 1 blank pp including Index. Color photography by Paul Rocheleau. 12-3/8" x 10-3/8" <br/><br/> Rizzoli hardcover books
1836574Boston & Philadelphia: Benjamin B. Mussey & Deliver Thomas & Co. 1836. Large 4to. 275 x 215 mm. 10 ¾ x 8 ½ inches. viii-116 pp. 60 engraved plates. Contemporary sheepskin binding worn at edges and spine joints cracked and expertly repaired; some foxing to the margins and plates; generally a good sound copy. Third edition with alterations and improvements originally published in 1833 followed by a second edition in 1835. This was Benjamin's fifth of seven publication on the history and practice of architecture and building construction. His taste and technique in the field had enormous impact on the design of homes and communities in the North East before the Civil War. The Practice of Architecture built on the design and techniques that appeared in his The Architect or Practical House Carpenter which he published in 1830. In his new book he included more complex drawings and sophisticated designs and contributed a 'sixth' order which he entitled Column and Entablature. This was based on best construction practices of the day and but from Benjamin's point a view it needed rules that would both classify the order and also give instruction on how to accomplish its construction. Hitchcock American Architecture Books 136 for the first edition. Juliette Tomlinson "Asher Benjamin -- Connecticut Architect" Connecticut Antiquarian 6 1954. A Bibliography of Writings by and about Asher Benjamin Authors: Asher Benjamin and Jack Quinan Source: Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians Oct. 1979 Vol. 38 No. 3 Oct. 1979 pp. 254-256. Benjamin B. Mussey & Deliver, Thomas & Co. unknown books
1737123537Two vols. Paris: C.A. Jombert 1737-8. Two vols. 4to title page in red and black vi Dedication a Monsieur Turgot Avis au relieur Approbation xvi 198 pp.; vii i Avis au relieur 180 pp. Numerous head- and tail-pieces. Vol. 1 with engraved frontispiece by Cochin and 44 plates 42 folding; Vol. 2 with 111 plates 15 folding. Most of the plates drawn and engraved by Blondel. All text-pages printed within a borderline. Original cats-paw calf rather worn joints repaired vol. 1 with new labels internally some browning and soiling a good solid set for reference not in "collector's condition". § First edition second issue without half titles errata slips and with Jombert's address as "Rue Dauphine". A handsomely illustrated work of the 18th century French architect and writer Jacques-François Blondel 1705-1774. The plates in Vol. I includes many architectural designs for houses and those in Vol. II depict both interior and exterior ornaments as well as garden plans. See Weinreb: "Arts Applied" #326 £240!: "an important source book of rococo designs of the mid eighteenth century surveys most aspects of the country house in an effort to point out the rights and wrongs of proportion composition and interior planning." Fowler 49. Berlin Cat. 2400. Graesse 1:441. Brunet 9800. C.A. Jombert unknown books
