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Book is in excellent condition in black cloth with embossed lettering at cover and spine. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 352 pages with color photos and mechanical drawings throughout. Text is in Japanese and English. Sectons on Structural engineering, construtional technology, intelligent buildings, miniature cities, green buildingsm, poetic space, tale-of-gengi museum , konami nasu corporate seminar house, Keyence Corporation head office and laboratory building, Museum of Ehime History and culture
Ex reference library book with usual (minimal) marks and stamps. Slight finger marking to a few pages, small piece missing from upper corner of half-title page and rubbing to spine ends. No creasing to covers or to spine. All edges gilt. Covers and spine embossed with gilt and green. Rubbing/scratching to rear board. 405-556pp.
20 pages, illustrated, plan, list of rectors, select bibliography, front and back cover drawing by John Piper. eng
A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 174 pages. Full grey cloth boards. 11 3/8"w x 11 1/2"h. Many b&w photos. Edge wear and tears on dust jacket. A bit musty smelling. Black and white photographs of rural Ontario with two essays on the social and architectural history of southern Ontario.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 174 pages. Full grey cloth boards. 11 3/8"w x 11 1/2"h. Many b&w photos. Edge wear and tears on dust jacket. Black and white photographs of rural Ontario with two essays on the social and architectural history of southern Ontario.
(iv), 164 pages. Bibliography. Tables. Many black and white reproductions of archival black and white photos. Two fold-out maps. Author discovered the remains of Blakeburn while on vacation and, after finding a dearth of relevant history, decided to write a history of the town, located northwest of Princeton, B.C. First fold-out map shows the major buildings in Blakeburn and the underground workings of her three major mines in 1935. Second map shows No. 4 mine after the August 13, 1930 explosion. (Hale & Barman 84) Book
20 pages. eng
160 pages, illustrated, appendices, index. eng
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn with very light creasing to upper edge. 256pp. A study of the contribution of the railways to our industrial heritage - stations, engine sheds, bridges, viaducts and the towns and villages built by the companies for their railway staff. Vey well illustrated.
pp. [9], 94-144. Features: Painters in Water Colour - A Silver Jubilee Exhibition; Academies by any other Name - Some Provoking Observations; Creative Craftsmanship in Jewellery; Georgian Bay Legacy; Aleksandre Bercovitch, 1893-1951; Jack Shadbolt Explores a World of Roots and Seeds; reflections on Canadian Ballet, 1950; architectural Competitions - Can They Help Us to Obtain Better Public Buildings?; The Water Colours of Fred Amess; and more. Writing on several pages. Pastedown illustration missing from front cover. Average wear. A sound reference copy of this informative issue. Book
Reprint of the 1980 revised edition, 32 pages, illustrated, plan, family tree. eng
Book shows very light scuffing only. Gilt lettering on spine. Text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. First English Edition. Translated from the Russian by Kathleen Cook. Fascinating account of buildings, secular and sacred, in Northern Russia. Chapters include Transonega, the White Sea Coast, Rivers Svid and Onega, Vologda and Lower Vychegda, the Northern Dvina and Pinega and along the River Mezen. The ubiquitous use of timber is especially interesting. Profusely and beautifully illustrated with full page photographs in colour and b/w. Gold endpapers printed with mediaeval images of builders. Very clean book. 322 pages with table of contents at back. Previous owner's inscription on title page.
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean crisp tight copy with bright laminated boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn with very light creasing to top edge. 127pp. The author, with the help of BBC local radio listeners, has picked thirty of the nation's favourite churches in this beautifully illustrated book, and he captures the lives of those who built, developed and shaped them, as well as offering fascinating human interest stories about people who worship in them today.
40 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Features: Discovery - Gold Town in the Atlin District of B.C.; The Collector's Page; Edward Dossetter's Queen Charlottes - he was a photographer who travelled the northwest coast in the late 1870s; The 1913 Liberty Nickel; Billy Ballou - The Forgotten Expressman; Canadiana - spitoons/cuspidors; The Cliff Dweller; Letters from the North-West - Part II - A.R. Dyre was a young North West Mounted Police Constable from 1882 to 1885; Our Vanishing Heritage - false front buildings; Gagnon and His Flying Machine - was he the first to make a vertical free (helicopter) flight in 1907?. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Very Good French Original b/w map. Oblong folio. (25 x 37 cm). In French. Jean-Denis Barbié, dit Barbié du Bocage , né le 28 avril 1760 à Paris et mort dans cette ville le 28 décembre 1825, est un géographe et cartographe français, doyen de la Faculté de lettres de Paris, membre de l'Institut. It shows Black Sea and its shores with their old toponyms very detailed.
64p. Illustrated with numerous photographs and drawings. Signed by a few of the contributors. 4to. Original printed wraps. PA26
8vo., Second Edition; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy. Revised version of the original edition of 1976.
1st edition. VG in blue cloth with gilt decoration and lettering. (Rheinisches Bilderbuch). Text in German. 11429. eng
34 pages, illustrated, plans. eng
56 pages. Index. Printed upon glossy stock. Dozens of wonderful archival photos supported by text document the prominent businesses, people and buildings of the day in these Elk County, Pennsylvania communities. Includes original envelope in which this issue was mailed. Surprisingly light wear. Clean and unmarked. Binding tight. A quality vintage copy of this special local history item. Magazine
68 pages. A collection of uncommon historical pictures and their descriptions. Chapters include: First Peoples; Mining; Other Industries; Transportation; People; Buildings and Services; Recreation; Local Government; Military; Development. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Illustrated brown card covers. An excellent overview of the history of this dynamic city. Book
16 pages. 13" x 10.5" oblong. Wonderful full-page black and white photos of: Seven Dials, London; Eaton Hall, near Chester, England; Royal Library in Berlin; The Interior of St. Mark's Church, Venice; Panorama of Naples, Italy; St. Gothard Tunnel, Switzerland; Lady Kazan Cathedral, St. Petersburg; Private Mosque of the Turkish Sultan, Constantinople; Queen Street, Auckland, New Zealand; Yale College; The Parliament Buildings, Ottawa, Canada; Railroad Station, Santiago, Chili (Chile); Church and Convent of San Francisco, Lima, Peru; The Holy Family, by Murillo; The Lion of Lucerne; Street Scene in Melbourne. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
16 pages. 13" x 10.5" oblong. Wonderful full-page black and white photos of: Poet's Corner, Westminster Abby; The Municipal Buildings, Aberdeen; City of Munich, Germany; Lake Maggiore, Italy; The Hotel De Ville, or, City Hall, Paris; Trollhattan Falls, Sweden; Water Carriers in Cairo; The City of Damascus; Tea Plantation in China; City of Calcutta, India; The State, War and Navy Departments, Washington, D.C.; City Hall Square, New York; The City of Zacatecas, Mexico; Hyde Park, London - a busy street scene; Royal Museum, Berlin; The Ghiberti bronze doors in Florence. Moderate wear. Tears/chips to fore-edge of first three pages. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
