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
New York: Columbia University Press, 1998. Original edition. Pictorial Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 505. Indexed, illustrated with b/w photos. The announcement during the final years of the 19th century that the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Columbia College, St. Luke's Hospital, Teachers College, and Barnard College would construct new..... More
New York: Praeger, 1963. Third edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 244, indexed, illustrated with over 500 b/w photographs. This book provides a comprehensive survey of the creative efforts of the previous fifty years to weld a new architecture from changing concepts of form, from new construction methods, and from..... More
New York: Architectural Book Publishing Co., 1945. First edition. Cloth over Boards, library binding. Quarto, pp. 192, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs of all manner of store fronts and interiors. Previous owner's bookplate inside front cover, dated 1945. A careful presentation of dozens of shops, large and small, handling a...... More
New York: New York Public Library, 1965. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Folio, unpag., 50 theatres each with a photo or two plus plans, bibliography with 1700+ entries covering 1946-1964. This book contains a comprehensive bibliography of theatre architecture, 1946-1964, with over 1700 entries, compiled by Ned Bowman of the..... More
London: Architectural Press, 1962. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Square octavo, pp. 159. Indexed, illustrated with b/w photos. From the library of Franziska Porges Hosken, an American designer, writer, feminist, and social activist. In most countries, modern buildings now form an appreciable part of the backdrop to everyday life. This..... More
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1968. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 42, illustrated with b/w photographs. This issue of their monthly bulletin was devoted to architecture and environment, a theme suggested by the exhibition "Visionary Architects" which was on view at the Museum at the time the..... More
Woodstock, VT: The Countryman Press, 1995. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 175, indexed, illustrated with color photographs. The Shakers conducted 19th-century America's most successful experiment in utopian living. From Maine to Kentucky, they established communal villages and worked to build a heaven on earth. Designed to accommodate hundreds..... More
Chicago, IL: nd c. 1920s. Custom made. Architectural Wooden Model. Architectural model, 30" x 44" x 30", new acrylic case included. Genuine 100-year-old scale model of a house sold by Sears Roebuck in the early 1920s. Homeowners could shop for a house as a kit of parts, delivered by Sears..... 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. Signed neatly on the front endpaper and front cover by a previous owner in 1904. The instruction given in this book is intended..... 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
Manchester, NH: Currier Museum of Art, 2011. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp. 56, illustrated with color photographs. Jon Brooks is firmly rooted in his native state of New Hampshire. He took his first art classes at the Currier Museum Art Center as a boy. While studying at Rochester..... 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
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
Troy, NY: Behr-Manning, 1933. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. 16mo (3.5" x 6"), pp. 28, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. This company created several different kinds of abrasive papers and cloths (aka sandpaper), using three natural minerals (quartz, garnet, and emery) and two manufactured minerals (silicon carbide and aluminum oxide)..... More
New York: F.W. Dodge Corp. 1945. 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: F.W. Dodge Corp. 1934, 1939, 1940, 1947. First printing. Original Illustrated Cloth. Octavo, pp. approx. 250, index of firms and of products. A sample of DuPont Tontine washable window shade material laid in. A Sweet's trade catalog for residential owners. The subtitle says it all--it's full of period..... More
New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2010. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp. 255, Index, Notes, and Selected Bibliography. Richly illustrated with b/w and color photos, drawings, and details. This beautiful hardcover volume explores the structural tile vaulting system brought to the U.S. by Rafael Guastavino, tracing its Mediterranean roots..... More
London: Caxton, n.d. (1920s). First edition. Embossed cloth over boards; gilt lettering. Quarto, pp. 224, 232. Richly illustrated in color and b/w. Index. The original edition, not a reprint, and in good working order, for such large volumes that are often frequently referenced in the field. A monumental set on..... More
Chicago: Chicago Technical College, nd c. 1925. Original edition. Boards. Small octavo, pp. 260, illustrated with b/w drawings. The Chicago Technical College compiled this data in book form for the use of its advanced students and graduates in building construction. It provides a practical and simplified method that the ordinary..... More
Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 1975. First edition. Paperback Original. Octavo, pp. 192, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. The architecture of the Santa Clara Valley, as put so magnificently on record in this charming book, virtually recapitulates the entire architectural history of greater California. The author has give us..... More
Los Angeles, CA: Hennessey & Ingalls, Inc., 1989. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 185, indexed, illustrated with 225 b/w photographs. Speed, mobility, freedom: these governed the aesthetics of the "city of the future" as it spread its arterials across the Southern California landscape. If ever..... More
Sacramento, CA: California Council, American Institute of Architects, 1991. First edition. Paperback Original. Octavo, pp. 64, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. This issue focuses on growth in California. Growth in California is predominantly a problem of urbanization, and strategies for its management require innovation in the design of..... More
New York: Hennessey + Ingalls, 1977. Second edition. Original Wraps. Oblong small quarto, pp 218, Illustrated with b/w photographs, architectural plans and drawings. This volume of modern Californian homes begins at the end of World War II. John Entenza, the editor of "Arts & Architecture" commissioned a group of architects..... More
New York: David Williams, 1893 (1911). Later printing. Cloth over Boards, gilt lettering. 12mo (5" x 7"), pp. 166, indexed, illustrated w/ b/w drawings. This title enjoyed a large and sustained popularity in its day. The 1911 edition presented a number of necessary revisions and changes, with particular attention to..... More
