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New Turkish Paperback. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 125, [23] p., b/w and color plates. Recâî Mehmed Efendi Sibyan Mektebi sebili ve çesmesi.
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 337 pages with graphs, charts, tables, formulae, mechanical drawings. Table of contents include: Materials: Quality, Standards of quality; Non-loadbearing brick masonry: Lateral support; Stuctural design of brick masonry: Allowable stresses in non-reinforced brick masonry (and reinforced, and stresses in reinforcement) Shear on bolt and anchors, Design of walls and columns, Flexural design of reinforced brick masonry; Construction: Placing masonry, placing reinforcement, support of masonry, anchorage of, Bonding of non-reinforced walls, Chases and recesses, Arches and Lintels, Corbelling, Parapet walls, Protection during erection, Design of bearing wall buildings: Diaphragms, Lateral load distribution, Axial load distribution, Floor-wall connections, Intersecting walls, Coupled shear walls, Foundations, Differential movement, Design examples; Geuide specifications for engineered brick masony (with nine sections); Materials, (with seven sections) Workmanship (with eighteen sections); etc.
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.
Features: Big Improvements by Northern Pacific During 1912; Through Service Seattle to Texas; O.-W. R. & N. Enter Vancouver; Will Carl Gray Succeed L.W. Hill? - article with photo of Gray; Dangers Attending Hauling Explosives; New H-H-1 Locomotive Design; Seattle's Greatest Opportunity; Bush Terminal Company to Build on Harbor Land - article with photo of Model Loft buildings at the New York Bush Terminal, similar to those to be built on Harbor Island; Portland's Proposed Harbor Front Development and the Commission of Public Docks - major article; South and Central American Trade; Great Prospects for Vancouver, B.C.; The Official Statement of the [Seattle] Port Commission re: improvements and facilities; Economy of the [Seattle] Municipal Plan (part 4) - major article which includes official map of Grand Trunk Pacific Railway showing proposed extension to Vancouver and Seattle, plus map of new thoroughfare donated to Seattle by Great Northern Railway with franchise for Interbay-Ballard Route; Bogue Plans for Tacoma Harbor Are Impressive - major article with map showing City section of harbor plans; Casualties to Pacific Coast Shipping for Year 1911 - Four full pages of fine print document the voluminous incidents of the year including the vessel and damage it sustained; Photo of Strathalbyn's bow after collision; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Big Company to use Panama Canal - International Mercantile Marine; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
14 pages, illustrated. eng
Top of book is bumped otherwise minor shelfwear to extremities. Dustjacket has a few small nicks and tears along top edge. Dustjacket has shelfwear and rubbing. ; Winchester Studies, 4.III: the Anglo-Saxon Minsters of Winchester; 1.26 x 11.02 x 8.82 Inches; 300 pages; Property and Piety comprises an edition and translation, with extensive commentary, of thirty-three Anglo-Saxon and Norman documents relating to the topography and minsters of early medieval Winchester. These texts record the physical effects on the city of the foundation and expansion of the three neighbouring minsters, and also of the removal of the New Minster to Hyde in about 1110. They record political, religious, and cultural aspects of the tenth-century reform of Benedictine monasticism, of which Winchester was a leading centre. The splendid New Minster refoundation charter, composed by Bishop AEthelwold and granted by King Edgar in 966, is here translated for the first time. A full examination is also made of the old minster confirmation charter, probably fabricated in the reign of AEthelred. The volume also includes all Anglo-Saxon grants of land within Winchester and a reappraisal of the evidence for the beneficial hidation of the surrounding estate of Chilcomb. This volume is part of a three-book study in the Winchester Studies series of the Anglo-Saxon Minsters of Winchester, including 4.i, The Anglo-Saxon Minsters by Martin Biddle and Birthe Kjolbye-Biddle, and 4.ii, The Cult of St Swithun by Michael Lapidge.
Name label inside front board and to rear. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 184pp. Building photography approached from the perspective of the architect, with a brief history of this and a glossary. This is a complete introduction for any aspiring architectural photographer or practising professional needing some extra skill or knowledge. Very well illustrated with examples.
225 pages. Unmarked. Average wear. Includes useful reference and other material. Solid copy. Book
Published around 1964, 12 pages, illustrated. eng
Name inside front board. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage including storage pressure to spine face and no bumping to corners. 127pp. A self-help study for the student of design. Each page-pair consists of a description on the left and the corresponding architectural drawings on the right.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with faint crease to upper rear edge and very minor traces of storage. 224pp. Detailed study of architecture and architects and the crafts, techniques and forms associated with their art. Very well illustrated.
New English Paperback. Pbo. 4to. (30 x 21 cm). In Turkish and English. 135, [1] p. Color and b/w ills. Since time immemorial, the Princes' Islands have had a special place among the other districts of Istanbul. During the Byzantium Era, there were tiny fishing villages along the shores. An indication of the Islands' significance during that period was the number of monasteries where exiles were sent, including emperors, commandants and senior religious leaders whose eyes were blinded with a brand when they lost their authority. In the Ottoman Era, the Islands were no longer used for these purposes and life continued in the fishing villages and monasteries. Today, the best known architectural examples from the past are monasteries and churches. Unfortunately, only a few traces of these buildings stil remain to this day. Although the establishment of the Naval Academy (Mekteb-i Fünûn-i Bahriye-i Sâhâne) on Heybeliada in 1828 brought what is considered the first examples of housing to the.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked white cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 192pp. Architectural and cultural pictorial guide to Prague. Interestingly the Mayor states (in 1985) that the city was saved in 1945 by the illustrious (!) Soviet Army from destruction.. A number of poems in Czech throughout the book. The page-referenced index at the end names each illustration in five languages including English.
376p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition, birthday card tipped to half-title From the library of artist Eleanor Parke Custis and signed by her of the half-title
Oblong, 222pp. 24 x 32 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
New English Original bdg. HC. Oblong large 8vo. (22 x 25 cm). In English and Bulgarian. 180 p., fully b/w and color ills., 1 folding b/w panoramic photograph with huge size (21 x 105 cm). "Plovdiv (Filibe) was one of the most significant Ottoman settlements on the Balkans. It was conquered in 1364 by an army commanded by Lala Sahin Pasha. During the next decade the infrastructure and architecture of the city were changed in accordance with the Ottoman urban tradition. New trade - economic center was created and monumental public buildings were built. Evliya Çelebi who visited the city in 1652 described it in the following way; 'Among the cities in the Rumelia region. first comes Edirne. followed by Thessaloniki. then comes Serres, Larissa, Sofia, the city resembling the Paradise Belgrade, the Muslim defensive fortress of Buda, the rich city of Sarajevo, the wonderful forttified city of Skopje, and finally comes Plovdiv, which is the most beautiful one. it has nine bluish and steep tepes (hills).; Chanla (Çanli) Tepe, Boz Tepe, Cambaz (Dzhambaz) Tepe, Saray Tepe, Nobet Tepe, Saat Tepe, Pinarcik Tepe, Gözcü Tepe and Valeli Tepe. Among the ravines and hills with bluish stone, as well as on their tops one can see beautiful one and two - story palaces and houses covered with red tiles, vineyards and gardens. [The city] has twenty three Muslim, and seven Latin, Serbian, Bulgarian, Jewish and reek [neighborhoods]. there are approximately 8000 palaces and other houses. There are f,fty-three mosques and masjids. The Ulu Mosque located at the market.". BALKANS Bulgaria Plovdiv Filibe Ottoman culture Architecture Social life Travel Urban history.
188 pages. Index. "... Step-by-step it details office landscaping methods and techniques, and describes the differences between planning for small, medium, and large organizations." - from dust jacket. Prior owner's details atop front free endpaper and initials atop subsequent two pages else book clean and unmarked with light wear. Average wear to dust jacket which is pric-clipped. Quality copy. Book
24 pages, illustrated, with contributions by William Arbuckle and C.D. Waterson. eng
New New Turkish Original bdg. Dust wrapper. Folio. (32 x 25 cm). In Turkish. 297 p., color and b/w ills. Piyale Pasa Camii 2005-2007 restorasyonu. Restoration of the Piyale Pasa Mosque in Istanbul. "Piyale Pasha Moque and its Social Complex were construction cluster constructed by Architect Sinan upon the request of Kaptan-i Derya Piyale Pasa in 1573. It was constructed as a social complex consisting of mosque, education center, lodge, mausoleum, special part, ottoman elementary-primary school, market and Ottoman bath; however, only the mosque and mausoleum reached to today. The mosque in the 30,5x19,5 sizes and with rectangular plan is located on two big granite columns and arches and covered with six domes each of which has a diameter for 9 meters. Even if it is considered within Pre-Ottoman Grand Mosque in Anatolia with its six domes, Piyale Pasha Mosque is thought to be an example which was developed and made thinner through the new method of Sinan. One of the very rare tile mihrabs of classical period takes place in the marble minbar mosque. The sole minaret of the mosque which does not comply with the architectural traditions of the period with its domes, arches, entrance portico takes place right on the entrance and it has a single balcony. The mosque was ruined because of the surrounding dense structuring activities, omissions, and natural disasters such as fires and earthquakes in time. All cement-based joints and plasters were rasped and therefore, original hand-drawn works were found out and protected within the scope of the restoration works. Upon the removal of the screed layers on the top cover, the original dome figures were revealed. The work was reached to its original identity and unlicensed constructions in the parcel were demolished and environmental planning was realized at the end of the restoration.".
128p. Illustrated with numerous photographs and architectural plans. Small 4to. Original full cloth backed binding. The Masters of World Architecture Series. ARCH 2
Pictorial boards, 128 pages, b&w pictures and captions, advertisements. Oblong format: 10 1/8"w x 7 3/4"h.
np. Photographs with locations. Oblong 12mo. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Original pictorial wraps bound in tablet form. Crisp Copy. PA PAMPH 20_7 BX3 x 3c Crisp
Attractive 39.25" x 29" panoramic color map of Rome. Back side includes street map and list of principal buildings. Text in Italian. Undated, circa 1960? Stored in 8" x 5.5" yellow and red illustrated card cover. Moderate wear. A lovely memento of Rome. Map
As New English Original bdg. HC. Mint. 4to. 231 p. In English and Turkish. Fully b/w ills. Photographs of Diyarbakir and its cultural assets 1928.= Fotograflarla Diyarbakir ve kültür varliklari 1928. Foreword: Enver Yücel.
12 pages, illustrated, plan, genealogical table, list of owners, previous owner name on front cover. eng