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New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1999. First edition. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. 176, indexed, beautiful color photos, explores design, decoration, furnishings, and gardens of both town and country houses. More
New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1999. First edition. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. 176, indexed, beautiful color photos, explores design, decoration, furnishings, and gardens of both town and country houses. More
Oxford & London: John Henry and James Parker, 1859, 1877. Mixed Editions. Stamped Cloth over Boards. Octavo, vol 1. pp. 287, vol. 2 pp. 352, vol. 3 pp. 491 in 2 volumes. Illustrated with numerous b/w images. Indexed. A classic history of English domestic architecture from the Norman Conquest to..... More
Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, 1984, 1986, 1990. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 114 (vol. 1), 150 (vol. 2), 124 (vol. 3). Illustrated with b/w photographs. Signed by a previous owner neatly inside the front covers in ink. These volumes contain the papers delivered at the..... More
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1996/1979. Second edition. Paperback. Oblong quarto, pp. 132, illustrated in b/w, with an introduction by Vincent Scully. An important publication in the official MOMA format. More
New York: Artisan, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Square octavo; pp.184. richly illustrated, well documented, index, various appendices. Much more than its "modest" title might suggest: a wonderful overview of architectural styles throughout the history of America. Packs a lot of architectural "wisdom" into a small package. More
Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books, 2010. Second Printing. Decorated Boards. Small quarto, pp. 295, illustrated with color photographs and b/w architectural drawings. This is a reference catalog to buildings' structural features. In photography and drawings (floors, elevations, cross-sections, axonometrics and sketches), the authors discuss how function meets form to create outstanding..... More
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2008. Second Printing. Perfect Bound. Octavo, pp. 239, indexed. A summary of the ideas and buildings of the period before the French Revolution with particular reference to the roots of modern architecture today. Professor Vidler, who passed away last month, redefines the relationship between architecture and..... More
Paris: V. A. Morel, 1875. Half-Leather (red). Octavo, 10 volumes, pp. ca 510 each volume, richly illustrated, all the volumes are inscribed "Adrian Voisin/Ecole des Beaux-Arts/Paris 1914" His knowledge on French medieval architecure is unique and comprehensive. Scarce in this condition. From the library of a prominent architectural historian... More
New York: Norton, 1976. First edition. Original Cloth. Quarto, pp. 192. Bibliography, illustrated with color & b/w photos. A broad visual survey of early North American mission and pioneer churches, providing a major contribution to American architectural history. Beautifully illustrated and well-researched. More
Zurich: Orell Fössli, 1930. Cloth over Boards, pictorial paper front cover (b/w photograph). 12 Mo, pp. 24, plus 69 b/w plates, photographs of skyscrapers. Text in German. Beautiful layout, in the progressive style for which this Foessli series was famous. More
New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1996. Second edition. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. 607, indexed, with 767 illustrations, 48 in color. We also have the second edition in paperback, please inquire. From the Old House Journal Reference Library. More
New York: 1996. Cloth over Boards. The author reinterprets the American architectural landscape as the manifest expression of our collective conscience. The result is a superbly evocative essay on how Americans think and live, and how these realms are combined in our architecture. From the Old House Journal reference library..... More
New York: Longmans & Green, 1958. First edition, as stated. Pictorial Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 127, richly illustrated w/ b/w photographs. Stated first edition; ownership stamp of prominent architect author makes this a special and uncommon copy. More
London: Lutterworth Press, 1971. Hardcover. More
New York: Reinhold, 1941. Second Printing. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 210, illustrated w/ b/w drawings. The architect is a professional, but the work must also be infused with the elements of good business practice. This book shows the architect how to get a job, and how to make a...... More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1984. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Large Octavo, pp. 245, indexed, richly illustrated w/ b/w and color photographs. A very nice copy of this title. More
New York: Oxford Univ Pr, 1991. Hardcover. quatro. pp xii, 242. illustrated. bibliography. indexed. A solid examination of the first 50 years of the architecture program of the American Academy in Rome, featuring 150 architectural renderings. The predominant notion was that American classical architecture represented the best wave for the..... More
Glasgow: The Architectural Press, 1937. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 199, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. The design of homes in multi-storey buildings produced a building type distinctive to the 1930s, and without precedent in earlier eras. This book was intended to show the developments that..... More
Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2008. First edition. Decorated Boards. Small quarto, pp. 435, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. Historic preservation and adaptive use of buildings are the highest forms of recycling, incorporating principles of science, art, community, and sustainable development. With this text's introduction to the processes and..... More