Australia: Images Publishing Group, 2004. First edition. Hard Cover. Octavo, pp 298, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. Perfect condition. An international pictorial directory of leading architectural firms. These volumes feature over 550 practices and represent well over one thousand individual architects. More
Washington, D.C. Urban Land Institute, 1984. First edition. Paperback. Quarto, pp. xi, 212, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. Innkeeping has changed dramatically since 1948, when the lodging industry consisted almost entirely of independently owned and operated properties Hotels with fewer than 50 rooms dominated the market. Today, the hotel industry..... More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1939. Original edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 291, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. Stamped by a previous owner on front endpaper. This book was conceived and written largely as a result of a long experience in teaching both housing and community..... More
Amesbury, MA: Powwow River Books, 2018. Third edition, greatly expanded. Paperback. Octavo, pp. 232. Illustrated with b/w photos and drawings. A field guide and survey of different types of root cellars, pits, trenches, root houses, and others that were used for centuries to preserve root crops and vegetables before the..... 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
London: John Weale, 1841. First edition. Cloth over Boards, Gilt decoration. Small quarto, pp. 68 plus 10 plates on heavy card stock including frontispiece. Frontispiece is a print of an engraving with colored text, title page is colored, decorated and illustrated, leaves have a decorative border and full gilt edges..... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1930. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. xxi, 243, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. Book plate by author Stephen Winsor Reed inside front cover. Nine out of ten Americans firmly believe that all Colonial pioneers lived in log cabins. As a matter..... More
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Berlin: Gebr. Mann, 1983. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 1282, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. Text in German. Walter Gropius was a German architect and founder of the Bauhaus School and widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modernist architecture. He was also a leading..... More
New York: Russell F. Whitehead, 1928. Original edition. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. [267-288], numerous b/w photographs, with many b/w photographs and several architectural drawings of historic doorways. Library stamp on front cover. One of the most cherished series in its day, interesting both for its subject matters (cornices, porches, doorways..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. First edition. Perfect Bound. Quarto, pp. 122, illustrated with b/w photographs, specification drawings, and period advertising, some in color. Articles include the McKinlock campus buildings for Northwestern University, Chicago; a portfolio of brickwork textures; landscape gardening; woodcuts by Julius Lankes; an elevator car design..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. First edition. Perfect Bound. Quarto, pp. 130, illustrated with b/w photographs, specification drawings, and period advertising, some in color. Articles include the Federal Reserve Bank of NY by architects York and Sawyer; school building details from architects Guilbert and Betelle; country homes in Birmingham..... More
New York: Russell F. Whitehead, 1921. Original edition. Original Wraps. Quarto, 1 volume, pp. 16, numerous b/w photographs, Part II is subtitled "Porches" and is one of the first to treat this architectural feature. Library stamp on front cover. This porches issue is quite scarce and has beautiful photographs of..... More
New York: Russell F. Whitehead, 1924. Original edition. Original Stock Wraps. Quarto, pp. 16, pp 16. numerous b/w photographs. Ex-library stamps on front cover of both issues. One of the scarcest studies in this illustrious set, this comparative study of a group of early American ornamental cornices features wonderful period..... More
New York: Russell F. Whitehead, 1921. Original edition. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. 16, Detailed b/w photographs of Colonial architecture. Library stamp on front cover. The author conducted a study of entrances to Colonial houses, located primarily in New England. The subjects resolved themselves into two categories: those which are mere..... More
New York: Russell F. Whitehead, 1925. Original edition. Original Stock Wraps. Quarto, pp. 20, numerous b/w photographs, wood advertisements at back. with many interior photographs and the scaled architectural drawings. Library stamp on front cover. Signed by a previous owner inside front cover in pencil. This particular issue is very..... More
New York: New York School of Interior Design, 1954. Revised. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto. Approx. pp 50, illustrated with b/w architectural specification drawings. Signed by a previous owner on the front cover in pen. Details of everything from mouldings to wall panels and fireplaces. A very useful guide for creating authentic..... More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1948. Third edition, Fourteenth printing. Trade Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 344, indexed, illustrated with hundreds of b/w architectural specification drawings. The ultimate in standard references, a "must" for any architect. It remains indispensable for architects and builders/tradesmen who work in more traditional, older..... More
London: Cassell Petter & Galpin, nd c. 1900. Original edition. Embossed cloth over boards with gilt lettering. Oblong small quarto, pp. 33, illustrated with 24 sepia plates, includes 4 pages of publisher's catalog. Signed in pencil by a previous owner on the title page. The study of painting as an..... More
New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1950. Second Printing. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. xxi, 354, illustrated with b/w photographs. As director of The Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan, it has been the author's responsibility as well as his natural inclination to reflect upon the nature of Art as..... More
Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1993. Third edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 318, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. Original and passionate in all he turned his hand to - whether it was art, architecture, literature, calligraphy, book design, furniture design, interior decoration, or politics - William Morris did..... More
New York: MacMillan Company, 1931. Reissue. Cloth over Boards, gilt illustration. Octavo, pp. 278, illustrated with b/w photographs. Book plate and signature by a previous owner on the front endpapers in 1932. Log cabin sketch and typed poem laid in. Preparation and construction of a log cabin, from selecting the..... More
Lebanon, NH: Brandeis, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto, pp. 226, indexed, richly illustrated w/ b/w and color photographs, drawings, and plans (nearly 200 historical photographs.). The author interprets the 18th century synagogue in a small Ukrainian town, historically, architecturally, and in relation to the community of its time. Built by..... More
Menlo Park, CA: Lane Books, 1973. Fifth printing. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 176, illustrated w/ b/w drawings, floor plans, and photographs. Here is the most comprehensive study ever published on the many ways to plan, evaluate, and construct a beautiful home based upon a skillful blending of contemporary features..... More
New York: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1986. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp 445, indexed. b/w photographs and detailed drawings throughout. A handbook and design guide using case studies of 19 significant buildings to explain this systematic approach to building construction. The Kimbell Art Museum, The Atlanta International..... More
Washington DC: American Institute of Architects, n.d. (ca. 1917?). First edition. Text has string binding; text and plates are loose in cloth over boards portfolio. Folio (17" x 24"), pp. 25 (last page detached) plus 30 Plates, and 22 in-text halftones. Frontis. labeled Plate 1 and Title page labeled Plate..... More
