Scottish Vernacular Buildings: Bibliography-1.
Edinburgh: Scottish Vernacular Buildings Working Group, 1984. Second revised. Staplebound Wraps. Small Octavo, pp. 21. Very scarce title in a very nice copy. More
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Scottish Vernacular Buildings: Bibliography-2.
Edinburgh: Scottish Vernacular Buildings Working Group, 1987. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Small Octavo, pp. 67. Very scarce title in a very nice copy. More
Scottish Vernacular Buildings: Bibliography-2.
Edinburgh: Scottish Vernacular Buildings Working Group, 1987. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Small Octavo, pp. 79, illustrated w/ b/w photographs, reproductions and diagrams. Very scarce title in a very nice copy. More
Padova: Ritratto di una citta millenaria.
Padua: Programma, 1996. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Large Octavo, pp. 158, profusely illustrated in color and b/w. More
Kapliczki I Krzyze Przydrozne W Polsce (Chapels and Crosses at the Roadsides in Poland).
Pax: Instytut Wydawniczy, 1958. First edition. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. 214, richly illustrated. More
Decorative Design in Mexican Homes.
New York: Architectural Book Publishing Co., 1966/1978. Fifth printing. Original Cloth w/gilt design. Octavo, pp. 249, richly illustrated with 350 b/w photos, drawings & plans, glossary. More
Kauneimmat Kirkkomme; Finland's Most Beautiful Churches; Finnish Church Architecture from the Middle Ages up to the Present Day.
Jyvaskyla, Finland: K. J. Gummerus Osakeyhtio, 1962. First edition. Original Black Cloth w/gilt design on cover, slipcased. Square octavo, pp. 184, illustrated w/color & b/w photos, text in Finnish, English, Danish, and German. More
Portland Stone.
London: South Western Stone Company Ltd, 1941. Third edition. Boards over Linen. Small quarto, pp. 48, illustrated with b/w photographs. Decorated endpapers. The South Western Stone Company acquired 60 acres of quarrying land in Portland on the English Channel in 1931. This history of the quarry includes information on how..... More
Issue 200508 (August 2008), with special focus: "asia's super-tall buildings"
Seoul, Korea: August 2005. original wrappers. sq. quarto. text in English, Korean, Japanese and Chinese. With major feature article "asia's (top 50) super-tall buildings." Very uncommon publication in this market, here in a desirable issue, with its ca 35 page feature article on Asian super-tall buildings. With very feint stamp..... More
Volkstümliche Kunst aus Elsasz-Lothringen; Mit Unterstutzung des Kais. Denkmal - Archivs- In Straszburg I. Els.
Eszlingen: Paul Neff, 1911. First edition. Original Cloth w/gilt title & pastedown photo to front cover. Octavo, pp. xx, plus 112 plates of b/w photos, folk art of the Alsace region, over 500 illustrations. More
Diccionario Enciclopedico del Peru (3 volumes).
Lima, Peru: Editorial Juan Mejia Baca, 1966. First edition. Brown Cloth over Boards. Octavo, vol. I pp. 557, vol. 2 pp. 606, vol. 3 pp. 434. Illustrated with b/w in-text drawings. Text in Spanish. More
English Cathedrals Vol. II; with illustrations by Joseph Pennell
New York: The Century Co., 1892. First edition. Vellum over boards. Folio (11 X 14 1/2), pp. 240, illustrated with 154 drawings by Joseph Pennell. Survey of British cathedrals (Caterbury, Peterborough, Durham, Salisbury, Lichfield, Lincoln, Ely, Wells, Winchester, Gloucester, York & London). More
Large Lot of Dutch Building Trade Advertisements and Catalogs.
Netherlands: Various, nd c. 1940-1980. First edition. Various. More than 25 brochures, catalogs, magazines, and ephemera. A wonderful grab-bag of advertising materials for Bosch, Coburn, Tweha, Versluis, Cordima, Kaether, Fiehl, Laufwerke, and many more. Furniture, flooring, skylights, doors, hardware, and others. Includes three issues of Interieur magazine from the 1960s..... More
Letteratura Italiana (I Contemporanei) - 2 volumes.
Milan: Marzorati - Editore, 1963. First edition. Boards. Octavo, vol. 1 pp. 867; vol. 2 pp. 1701. Indexed. More
A View from the Campidoglio: Selected Essays, 1953-1984.
New York: Harper& Row Publishers, 1984. First edition, as stated. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. 154, bibliography, with 184 illustrations. We also have one copy in paperback. More
Maquinaria Moderna [Modern Machinery for the Manufacture of Modern Materials for Construction].
Barcelona, Spain: J. F. Villalta, nd c. 1906. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Oblong octavo, pp. 25, illustrated with b/w photographs. Text in Spanish. An advertising brochure for this Spanish construction company, featuring building materials and decoration, hollow blocks of concrete, baluster columns, and more. Includes photographs of completed buildings and..... More
Architectural Remains of Richmond, Twickenham, Kew, Petersham, and Mortlake.
London: John Lane, 1900. Limited First edition, #113 of 400. Original Green Decorated Cloth. Tall octavo, pp. viii, 125, illustrated w/24 plates with tissue guards, #113 of 400 numbered copies initialled by the artist, Thomas Way. The print collophon is initialed by none other than Thomas Way, noted printer of..... More
Hotels: An International Survey.
New York: Praeger, 1968. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 212, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. This book presents 44 international examples of successful solutions to the modern hotel problem. Traditional large hotels and resort hotels, some influenced by the American conception of an international hotel and..... More
Homes in Alberta: Building, Trends, and Design 1870-1967.
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: University of Alberta Press, 1991. First edition. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. xix, 363, indexed, illustrated in b/w. More
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Bauhaus-Archiv Museum fur Gestaltung [Bauhaus Archive Museum for Design]; Architektur, Design, Malerei, Graphik, Kunstpaedagogik [Architecture, Design, Painting, Graphics, Art Education]
Berlin: Sammlungs-Katalog, 1984. Second edition. Oversized Paperback. Octavo, pp. 308, illustrated with b/w and color photos, text in German. Edited by noted Bauhaus expert Hans Wingler, in his capacity as Bauhaus curator. Uncommon and important source book; wonderfully documented. More
Landhaeuser.
Tuebingen, Germany: Verlag Ernst Wasmuth, 1951. First edition. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. 175, indexed, text in German, illustrated in halftones with floor plans. Examples by Breuer & Gropius, Johnson, Kahn, Neutra, etc. A fascinating study in residential modernism. More
Sink Design Contest; Results of a competition for a design for a kitchen sink to be manufactured of Monel Metal as announced and conducted by the Art Alliance of America
New York, NY: The International Nickel Company, Inc., 1929. First edition. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. 31, illustrated with b/w drawings and specification plans. Signed on the front cover by the original owner in 1930. New and pleasing plans for the kitchens of the American home have resulted from the contest..... More
Modern Service Station Floodlighting; A.I.A. File No. 31F24
New York: Westinghouse Electric Co., ca 1925. Original edition. Pamphlet. Quarto, pamphlet pp 26. b/w photographs, plans and electrical drawings. Several nice photographs of Art Deco service stations, island lighting configurations and interior display lighting make this publication useful and interesting. More
Sterling Homes.
Bay City, Michigan: International Timber Company, ca. 1944. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 39, profusely illustrated w/ color drawings and plans. Sterling homes offered an economical home of high quality by doing all their milling off site, and shipping the precut framing to the construction site for assembly..... More
Window Dressers' Pocketbook; A Useful Manual for All Person Interested in the Displaying of Merchandise of All kinds in Shop Windows, Show Cases, and Shop Interiors
London: International Correspondence Schools, Ltd., 1912. First edition. Cloth Dark Brownover Boards. 24 mo (3 1/2" x 5 3/8") pp 304 b/w drawings and renderings throughout. A delightful and very handy manual for designers of retail store windows, describing fixtures, methods, dress forms, backgrounds and decorations of the early 1900's..... More