The Villa: Form and Ideology of Country Houses.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton Bollingen, 1990. First edition. Original Wraps. More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton Bollingen, 1990. First edition. Original Wraps. More
New York: Abrams, 1991. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Oblong Octavo, pp. 192. Richly illustrated with color and b/w photos and reproductions. A thorough history of the American billboard as a genre of advertising and a reflection of the history of American graphic design. While today's roadsides are dotted with..... More
New York: Abrams, 1991. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Oblong Octavo, pp. 192. Richly illustrated with color and b/w photos and reproductions. A thorough history of the American billboard as a genre of advertising and a reflection of the history of American graphic design. While today's roadsides are dotted with..... More
New York: Penguin Studio, 1996. First printing. Original Cloth. Square quarto, pp. viii, 262, indexed, beautifully illustrated in color photos. Looks at broad trends in domestic building from the first days of European settlement on the American continent through the Great Depression and beyond - from saltboxes to split-levels. Of..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1970. First revised edition, as stated. Original Wraps. Octavo, pp. 83. More
New York: Atheneum, 1978. Stated First Edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 182. More
New York: Atheneum, 1980. First edition, as stated. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 235. More
Philadelphia: Published for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts by the University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986. First edition. Oversized Paperback. Quarto, pp. xvi, 295, indexed, richly illustrated in b/w & color, catalog of an exhibition on Oct 9, 1986 to Jan. 4, 1987 at the Pennsylvania Academy of the..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1947/1966. Second revised and enlarged edition. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. xii, 350, indexed, profusely illustrated in b/w. We also have Vol II - "American Building - The Environmental Forces That Shaped It" Ex-library Franziska Porges Hosken (1919 - 2006), with her ownership stamp (Viennese born, Smith College..... More
Boston: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1982. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. xii, 433, indexed, profusely illustrated in b/w. Mild ex-library. Written by one of the US's leading authorities on historic preservation, this book focuses on a wide spectrum of strategies available for the adaptation or renovation of..... More
New York: The Architectural Record, April, 1932. Original Reprint from 1932. Original wraps, b/w. Quarto, pp 22. b/w photographs on each page. A photographic portfolio of prize winning homes designed by American architects. They include a two-story colonial, a Spanish style stucco home in Santa Barbara, a cottage in Palos..... More
Amesbury, MA: Powwow River Books, 2012. Revised First edition, in 100 copies. Glossy B/W Pictorial Cover. Octavo, pp. 302. Illustrated with b/w photos and drawings. A useful field guide to identifying Native American and agricultural stone structures one may encounter on hikes throughout the forest and conservation lands in New..... More
Amesbury, MA: Powwow River Books, 2021. Ninth printing. Glossy B/W Pictorial Cover. Octavo, pp. 316. Illustrated with b/w photos and drawings. A useful field guide to identifying Native American and agricultural stone structures one may encounter on hikes throughout the forest and conservation lands in New England. These include cairns..... More
Boston: Historic New England, 2010. First edition. Boards. Square Quarto(12" x 12"), pp. 239. With extensive end notes and index. Richly illustrated in color and b/w. An impressive and attractive publications! With a list of contributors that reads like a who's who of New England architectural historians, it draws on..... More
Philadelphia: University of Philadelphia Press, 1989. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Square Octavo, pp. 148. Indexed, b/w and color illustrations. Exhibition catalog of a show of the same name at the Wellesley College Museum in 1989. An interesting collection of architectural drawings, and a glimpse at the working architects who..... More
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1980. First edition. Hard Cover. Oblong quarto, pp. 253, indexed, profusely illustrated with b/w photos. Intro by R. Buckminster Fuller, forward by Moshe Safdie. A fascinating study, one worthy of consideration by all preservationists (who typically see industrialization as anti-traditional). Very thought-provoking. More
Gloucestershire, UK: Sutton, 2002. Revised, first thus. Black cloth on boards. Octavo, pp. 414, indexed, profusely illustrated w/ b/w photographs, plans, and maps. More
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1992. First edition. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. 204, indexed, illustrated with b/w architectural drawings and floor plans. This study presents a comprehensive overview of Wright's work in a comparative analytical format. Wright's major building types have been identified to enable the reader to pursue a...... More
London: Batsford, 1947. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 184, indexed, More
Philadelphia, PA: 1973. Glossy Pictorial Wraps. Frank Furness was an American architect of the Victorian era. He designed more than 600 buildings, most in the Philadelphia area, and is remembered for his diverse, muscular, often unordinarily scaled buildings, and for his influence on the Chicago architect Louis Sullivan. More
New York: Time, Inc., 1966. First edition. Original Wraps. Folio, pp. 240, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. This is an absolutely beautiful magazine in very remarkable condition. On page 151, there's an article by Walter McQuade entitled "The Architects: A Chance for Greatness." "Suddenly the nation wants an architecture..... More
New York: Goethe House, 1984. First edition. Original Wraps. Octavo, pp. 87, w/ Name Index. Illustrated with b/w drawings, photos, and sketches. Exhibition catalog on the work of the Malik-Verlag, one of the major German publishing houses of the Weimar era, known for left-wing political and avant-garde art. Includes essays..... More
Fireside, 1986. Paperback. we also have the hardcover issue, at $25. both copies from the OHJ library. More
Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University, (n.d., ca 1995). First printing. Wraps. Octavo, pp. 50, numerous color illustrations, preface by James Howard Fraser, overview article by Blanka Stehlikova. Cataloguing 89 scarce titles, all illustrated. Scarce reference work, documenting a period of intense creativity. The Czech avant-garde has been compared to the..... More
Portsmouth, NH: Peter E. Randall Publisher, 1999. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Oblong Octavo, pp. 85, richly illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. A jewel of a treatise on the predecessors of our American "first period architecture." Available as-new at a wonderful price; belongs in every builder's and architect's library!..... More