New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1967. First edition. Original Cloth. Rectangular Quarto, pp. nn ca 100, illustrations by the author in pen & ink line drawings. Throughout the book is a selection of 8 of Sloane's works in full color, which are preceded by their individual captions. This book takes..... More
New York: George Braziller, 1974. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 178, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. Eclecticism is the movement in American architecture that gave us so many neo-Georgian houses, Gothic churches, Byzantine synagogues, Roman banks, and so on between about 1880 and 1920. Questioned..... More
Doylestown, PA: The Bucks County Historical Society, 1976. Reissue. Staplebound Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 31, illustrated with b/w photographs. The author presents the case that the art of log construction was introduced into North America not in the Delaware Valley, but either in New York or Virginia or new England..... More
New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1954. First edition, as stated. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 144, indexed, illustrated with color photographs. Here are more than 250 full-color photographs of exteriors and interiors, page after page of beautiful. glowing color, showing the finest historic homes in the nation. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1980. First edition, as stated. Cloth over Boards. Square octavo, pp. 299, indexed, illustrated with over 300 detailed drawings. Forward by James Marston Fitch. If you love American architecture, this has just about every type of American style home sketched with precision, each architectural detail..... More
New York: Hodder and Stoughton, nd c. 1909. Original edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. xii, 580, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs, architectural drawings, and folded specifications on tissue paper. Ex-library markings. Written by two of the most eminent Anatolian experts of the day, this book on church history..... More
New York: Doubleday, 1964. Eleventh printing. Original Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 143, illustrated with b/w photographs. In this book, the author steps outside the narrowly defined discipline that has governed our sense of architectural history, and discusses the art of building as a universal phenomenon. By avoiding the geographical and..... More
New York: The Pencil Points Press, Inc., 1932. First edition. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. ~80 each issue, illustrated with b/w photographs, drawings and trade advertisements. The series was a bible for architects in the 1920's and 1930's and the predecessor for publications such as Progressive Architecture. Each issue features line..... 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
New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Small quarto, pp 176. Beautifully illustrated, includes bibliography. This book is a monograph on the highly successful urban design and architecture firm started by Andrés Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk in 1980 and is now known simply as DPZ. Credited with popularizing..... More
Salt Lake City, UT: Gibbs Smith, 2007. First edition. Glossy Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp. 160. Indexed, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. A survey of the work of Southern California architect McAllister, famous for his Sands Hotel (home base of the Rat Pack), as well as other popular hotels, diners..... More
New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1953. First edition. Perfect Bound. Quarto, pp. 240, illustrated with b/w photographs, specification drawings, and period advertising, some in color. This issue corresponded with the AIA convention that took place in Seattle that month, so the issue was devoted to architecture of the Pacific Northwest..... More
Paris: Gide, 1858. First edition. Half-Leather with Marbled Boards. Folio (13.5" x 19"), 43 full-page plates, some in color, some fold out. Text in French. Withdrawn from the Museum of Fine Arts collection, with two book plates from the MFA affixed inside the front cover. Ex-library markings on the back..... More
New York: George Braziller, 1975. First American edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 111, illustrated with b/w architectural drawings. When Steingruber's book was originally published more than 200 years ago, it was intended for "those learned in architecture and curious readers." Anyone in either of these categories today will be..... More
Newbury: Countryside Books, 2022. Reprint. Perfect Bound. Octavo, pp. 63, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. This illustrated and easy reference guide is packed with hundreds of photos and key information to help you date buildings and bring their history to life. With this book's help, the buildings you notice need..... More
Brighton: QueenSpark Books, 1981. First edition. Paperback. Octavo, pp. 136, illustrated with b/w photographs. Brightonian Albert Paul left school at the age of 14 and began work as a carpenter, rising from the position of apprentice to that of master craftsman. Albert remained in his job throughout his life, in..... More
New York: F.W. Dodge Corp. 1948. First printing. Original Illustrated Cloth. Octavo, pp. approx. 250, with postcards bound in for mailing to the individual manufacturers for more information. Illustrated with b/w and color drawings and photographs. A Sweet's trade catalog for residential owners, to help guide them in the selection..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1983. Second Printing. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 353, illustrated with b/w line drawings. A treasury of information for professionals, hobbyists, and educators throughout the United States and Canada. Compiled by one of the foremost authorities in the field, in contains thousands of entries and..... More
Livonia, MI: Sharpshooter Productions, Inc., 2000. First edition. Glossy Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp. 166, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. Riverview Park was Chicago's largest and best known amusement park. Although Riverview closed at the end of the 1967 season, it is still lovingly remembered by the citizens of Chicago..... More
London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1891. Revised. Cloth over Boards. 12mo, pp. viii, 192, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and 6 color plates. The author, a British chemist and a talented artist, presents many of the chief facts connected with the origin, the phenomena, and the employment of colour. Chapters..... More
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1999. First paperback printing. Perfect Bound. Quarto, pp. 335, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. Color is fundamental to life and art yet so diverse that it has seldom been studied in a comprehensive way. This ground-breaking analysis of color in Western culture..... More
New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1962. First American edition. Cloth over Boards. 12mo, pp. 224, indexed, illustrated with 30 two-page plates of color samples. A color memory in pocket form, it contains 1,266 color swatches systematically organized and identified for easy reference. Practically designed and easy to use, this atlas..... More
Bound Brook, NJ: American Cyanamid Company, 1953. First edition. Embossed Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 111, indexed, illustrated in b/w. This book is a practical guide in the important art of color matching. It presents a brief technical review of the numerous factors which influence so greatly the reliable..... More
Boston, MA: L. Prang and Company, 1876. First American edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. xxxiii, 274, indexed, illustrated with chromolithographic plates and woodcuts. Ex-library markings. This book was intended to make artists and persons engaged in industrial artistic pursuits familiar with the results of investigation into the physical and..... More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1915. First edition (of 6,000). Cloth over Boards. Oblong octavo, pp. vi, 73, indexed, illustrated with 340 b/w drawings. Ex-library markings. The author was instructor in decorative design at the College of the City of New York and at the Woman's Art School..... More
