Guide to Research and Reference Works on Sub-Saharan Africa. [Hoover Institution Bibliographical Series 46].
Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, 1971. First edition. Boards. Quarto, pp. 1102. More
Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, 1971. First edition. Boards. Quarto, pp. 1102. More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto, pp. 224, indexed, bibliography, richly illustrated in b/w & color, foreward by Robert A.M. Stern. Examines 20 buildings by one of America's leading architectural firms of the early 20th century. Scarce title. More
Oxford: BAR, 1978. First edition. Blue Cardboard Covers. Quarto, pp. 428. Illustrated with b/w photos, maps, charts and drawings. Very scarce two-part publication edited by an expert in the field. Good ex-library copy. More
Dorset, UK: Donhead, 2004. Second edition. Decorated Boards. Small quarto, pp. 244, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. A previous owner signed inside the front cover neatly in 2007. This book provides a practical guide to preparing measured surveys of historic buildings, with special emphasis on recording the fabric..... More
New York: Abrams, 1998. First American edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 320, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. Of the indisputably great figures in 20th-century architecture, Alvar Aalto is in many ways the most humane, the least rigid, the most relevant to our contemporary sensibility and the emerging..... More
New York: Architectural Record, 1949. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 128. Index, illustrated with b/w photos, drawings and plans. A look at the career and impact of modern architect Breuer, who was involved with the Bauhaus movement in Germany and worked with Walter Gropius in New England. More
London: J. Barfield, 1809. Second edition, with additions; revised and corrected. Full Leather. Octavo (5.5" x 8.5"); volume 1 pp. xxxiii, 263; volume 2 pp. xvi, 81; volume 3 pp. xix, 113; 216 engraved plates between all volumes. All plates are present in all volumes. Volume I is devoted to..... More
Louisville, KY: Reynolds Metals Company, 1956. First edition. Decorated Album Sleeve. 33 1/3 vinyl record album, ex-library, appears to be in good playing condition, but untested. This recording was compiled from informal conversations tape recorded over the period of a year in the offices and homes of seven US architects..... More
New York: Russell F. Whitehead, 1920. Original Wraps. Octavo, pp. 16, numerous b/w photographs. One of the most cherished series in its day, interesting both for its subject matters (cornices, porches, doorways, etc) as well as its regional focal points. More
New York: Russell F. Whitehead, 1931. Original Stapled Wraps. Octavo, pp. ca 16, numerous b/w photographs. One of the most cherished series in its day, interesting both for its subject matters (cornices, porches, doorways, etc) as well as its regional focal points. More
New York: Russell F. Whitehead, 1923. First edition. Original Wraps. Octavo, pp. 16, numerous b/w photographs, many of period doorways and entrances. One of the most cherished series in its day, interesting both for its subject matters (cornices, porches, doorways, etc) as well as its regional focal points. More
New York: Russell F. Whitehead, 1923. First edition. Original Wraps. Octavo, pp. 16, numerous b/w photographs, many of period doorways and entrances. One of the most cherished series in its day, interesting both for its subject matters (cornices, porches, doorways, etc) as well as its regional focal points. More
Leicester, England: The Barracuda Press, 1969. First edition. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. 42, indexed, illustrated, part of The Collis Collections: I, with an introduction by Professor D. V. Glass. Rare. More
Amsterdam: Architectural Press/Elsevier, 2006. First edition. Glossy Pictorial Wraps. Square Octavo, pp. 183. Indexed, richly illustrated with b/w photos. Inscribed by William McLean to friends on title page. A thorough and well-researched guide to a wide variety of material fabrication techniques, intended as an introduction for designers and architects looking..... More
Island Pr, 2010. Hardcover /. More
New Haven, CT: Yale Center for British Art, 2011. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Oblong quarto, pp. 200, indexed, illustrated with color photographs. The standing of the Yale Center for British Art as one of the world's great museums and study centers finds expression in its remarkable building, designed by..... More
Boston, MA: David R. Godine Publisher, 2013. Stated First Edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 179, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. Woodworking, handicrafts -the rewards of creative practice, bringing something new and meaningful into the world through one’s own vision, make us fully alive. How does the..... More
Lancaster, England: Medical and Technical Publishing Co., 1973. First edition. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. 223, includes bibliography. Very scarce technical study of building structure issues (strength of concrete, shear strength of glue joints, developments in structural masonry). Written by acknowledged experts in their respective fields. More
New York: Peter Henderson & Company, 1925. Original edition. Perfect Bound. Small quarto, pp. 208, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color drawings. Order blanks and reply envelope bound in. Some slight foxing to the cover, but text block is unusually clean and bright for an ephemeral piece. This is in..... More
London: Oxford University Press, Usa, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto, pp. xxiv, 246, 50 plates, 13 in color. Quite an impressive piece of stained glass research. More
Boulder, CO: Paladin Press, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. 12 mo (5 1/2 X 8 3/4), pp. viii, 296, illustrated in b/w photos. Uncommon title. More
Boston: Little, Brown, 1980. First edition, as stated. Paperback. Square Octavo, pp. 171, illustrated w/ b/w photographs and diagrams. More
New York: Viking Adult, October 1, 1987. First edition. Cloth over Boards, brown, w/gilt lettering & DJ. Oblong quarto, pp 408. Extensive color illustrations and photographs. A description and history of interior decoration of houses in Europe and America, covering the tastes of the middle-class, artists, and aristocrats. Particulars of..... More
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2002. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 287, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. Built around snatches of discussion overheard in a Beijing design studio, this book explores attitudes toward architecture in China since the opening of the Treaty Ports in the 1840s. Central to..... More
Berlin: Aufbau-Verlag, 1985. First edition. Cloth over Boards. 12 Mo (5 x 7 3/4), pp. 116. More