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196422513Antwerpen: N.p. c. 1964-1969. Some of the tipped in photographs loose from their glue backings and lightly curled appears a final photograph might have been removed else near fine in vinyl album cover with embossing tape lettered labels affixed to front. Album of twenty architectural photographs. Quarto sheets in plastic comb binding. Consists of 9 color and 11 black and white photographs tipped in some now loose from glue. Various sizes ranging from 10 X 8 1/4 inches to 8 1/4 X 6 1/2 inches. Some with pen notations including year either to margin of photograph or directly to page. On the final page in pencil is written "Fans Claeys / Luchbac Antwerpen"; possibly this is the name of the photographer. The images document various mid-century buildings apparently in Belgium. Buildings include two views of an art deco style B.T.M.C. building at night Bell Telephone Manufacturing Company; others appear to be postwar glass and steel curtain wall structures as well as several images of underground highways and industrial warehouses and hangers. Overall a striking collection of Northern European techno-modernism; evokes the Trans-Europ-Express of both Robbe-Grillet and Kraftwerk alike. [Antwerpen: N.p. unknown books
1925000882Paris: Auguste Vincent 1925. Presumed First Edition. Unbound. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 34 page pamphlet stapled spine followed by 161 plates of designs plans and diagrams. In hinged twp panel case cloth spine marbleized boards cloth ties. Auguste Vincent unknown books
200541509NY:: Rizzoli. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 0847826600 . Color photographs throughout. Second printing. Brief gift inscription on front free endpaper else fine in a fine dust jacket. . Rizzoli, hardcover books
1965231909Ottawa: National Research Council Canada Division of Building Research 1965. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. Illustrations; Previous owner's name written on front paste-down. No pencil or ink markings evident in text. Red cloth binding with gilt lettering. Light to moderate edgewear to boards with heaviest wear at head and tail of spine. Creasing at top corner area of front board; NOT Ex-Library. near Very Good binding. National Research Council Canada, Division of Building Research unknown books
1988257676London: Institute of Contemporary Arts 1988. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Previous owner stamp on title page otherwise no markings of any kind; very light bumping to extremities of binding. Digital images available upon request. Very Good binding. Institute of Contemporary Arts unknown 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
1723044453London: James Cole 1723. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Original paneled calf recently and neatly rebacked and recornered endpapers refreshed. Scattered light foxing browning to a few pages and plates worming to the bottom corner of a few pages in volume 1; generally quite clean and with fine impressions of the plates. 2 engraved frontispieces 1 folding; mezzotint portrait of John Dart; 7 plates of subscribers' coats of arms; 126 engraved plate including images numbered 1-142 many with multiple images per plate. Size: Folio. 2-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: Architecture; Religion & Theology. Inventory No: 044453. James Cole hardcover books
1978104202MIT Press 1978. Softbound. VG. Color illustrated wraps. 580 pp. over 900 illustrations. "If we are what we build then this book with its nine hundred photographs and drawings is not only a major pictorial resource for the architectural historian but a sort of American album a scrapbook of a special aspect of our cultural history. MIT Press unknown 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
196427924Warehouse Point CT: De Vito Enterprises 1964. First edition. Cloth. Very Good /very good . Clothbound quarto. 71 pp. Illustrated with photographs and with a fold-out map of Connecticut showing the locations of the various timbered crossings in the state. Erratum slip laid in. A handsome very good copy in unclipped dustwrapper. De Vito Enterprises unknown books
1992215588London and New York: Routledge 1992. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Black Cloth. Very Good binding. Routledge 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
195150813Vienne: Syndicat D'Initiative 1951. First Edition. Octavo 25.5 cm. Printed thick paper wrappers; 87pp 6 leaves of plates. Tight clean and unmarked - Near Fine. Text in French. Guidebook to the cathedral & cloisters. Syndicat D'Initiative unknown books
185315992Great Dartmouth: Great Dartmouth 1853. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo. Printed on rectos only. 33 pp of text. A sound very good copy in rough cloth binding. Bookplate to inside front pastedown. <br/><br/> Great Dartmouth hardcover 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
258346Hard Cover. Very Good binding. No marks of any kind. Some very light foxing to the edge of the first two preliminary pages only. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. Very Good binding. unknown books
1774042251London: The Authors 1774. First Edition. Hardcover Half Leather. Very Good Condition. 2 volumes in contemporary half calf rubbed and worn at corners hinges cracked but bindings intact. Tear to the corner of the title page scattered foxing and offsetting but generally quite clean. Old ownership marks a few marginal notes in an early hand possible Charles Davies whose ownership inscription on front pastedown notes that he bought the book at "the Sale of Mr. Lloyd Williams Esqr." in 1838. Pencil marks to pastedown. Volume 2 endpaper detached with 185 plates dated 1774-1778 it was originally issued in parts from 1774-1778 1 colored numerous folding depicting a wide variety of design elements houses inns libraries etc. The first volume forms a Builder's Dictionary A-Z. 345pp 98pp plus 185 plates. Size: Quarto 4to. 2-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: Architecture; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 042251. <br/><br/> The Authors hardcover books
198932201NY: Abbeville. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 1558590064 . With 306 illustrations 50 in color. First American edition. About fine in a fine dust jacket. . Abbeville hardcover 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
192829376Welland Canada: The Baskerville Press 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarter cloth over boards. Hardbound quarto. 60 pp. With illustrations. Published as A Baskerville Press Quarto No. V. A clean very good copy lacking the rare dustwrapper. This copy has been INSCRIBED by the author and dated in 1931. The Baskerville Press hardcover books
2007257230Budapest: Fekete Sas Konyvkiado 2007. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Small closed tear to dust jacket; dust jacket protected in a new mylar cover. Previous owner stamp on front free endpaper otherwise no markings of any kind. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket. Fekete Sas Konyvkiado unknown books
188763McGraw Hill. Hard Cover. Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Water has rippled pages; No Marks of Any Kind; DJ protected with Mylar Cover. Good binding / Very Good dust jacket. McGraw Hill unknown books
1970005931London: Hamlyn 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/VG. Firm clean copy no owner names in very presenatbel dw chipped here and there about edges. Hamlyn hardcover books
1957000892NY: Reinhold/Progressive Architecture Library 1957. Second Printing. Cloth. Near Fine -/Almost Very Good. iv 265pp. Index. Hundreds of b&w plans photos diagrams. Reinhold/Progressive Architecture Library unknown books
200122441Cambridge: MIT Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 0262024799 . Illustrated. First edition. As new in like dust jacket. . MIT Press hardcover books
