New York: Dewitt & Davenport, 1849. First edition. Original half brown calf. Folio, pp. 86, illustrated with 60 litho plates of which 20 are in tint. A very nice copy of this volume of William Ranlett's book of house and landscape designs. "Ranlett's designs typify the mid-nineteenth-century approach to categorized..... More
New York: Doubleday, 1970/1959. Norton Library Paperback Edition. Black Cloth over Boards With Gilt Lettering. Octavo, pp. 160. Indexed, illustrated with b/w photos. Insribed in pen on FFEP: "To Matt Jacobowski who is working in preparing our classical era" Reed's most famous book, and a major text in the current..... More
University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xi, 412 pp. New copy. red cloth with new dustjacket. 734 Ill. 8 Appendices, notes, extensive bibliography and index. The life's work of noted architectural historian Professor Daniel Reiff, this study is both highly readable and very informative..... More
London: Parker and Co., 1881. Seventh Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Cloth over Boards, Gilr borders and lettering. Octavo, pp. 344, indexed, richly illustrated w/ b/w engravings and plans. A wonderfully illustrated book, attractive despite flaws. Very scarce in the US. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1979. First edition. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. 272, indexed, mild ex-library copy, illustrated w/numerous drawings. The numerous drawings illustrate the text very nicely. A wonderful overview. More
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1997. Revised. Oversized Paperback. Octavo, pp. 304, indexed, illustrated with drawings. Starts with history and social forces rather than aesthetics. Interesting study. More
New York: Viking Press, 1936. First edition. Boards. Octavo, pp. 240. Indexed, illustrated with 180 pencil drawings. The story of American domestic architecture, written for a general audience. A nice reading copy. More
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1968. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 389, indexed. More
Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1987. First edition. Boards. Quarto, pp. 237. Indexed, illustrated with b/w photos and drawings. A historical inventory of the residences on the numerous privately-owned and -maintained streets of St. Louis, MO. Richly illustrated and thoroughly documented. From the Old House Journal Reference Library. More
Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth, 1921. First edition. Half cloth over boards. Octavo, pp. 329, plus 12 foldout plans. More
Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1990. First edition. Original Pictorial Wraps. Oblong quarto; pp. 261. Richly illustrated. Index, notes, glossary and various appendices (kit house publications, etc.). A wonderful treatment on a fascinating chapter of American architectural and building history covering the companies which catalogs and analysis of the styles..... More
New York: St Martin's Press, 1991. First edition. Cloth over Boards, w/gold embossed decoration, Dust Jacket. Quarto, pp 388. 500+ color and b/w architectural photographs on every page. Laid in with the original Dec. 29, 1991, New York Times book review and Mr. Wards notes on the newspaper. A "comprehensive..... More
New York: George Braziller, 1974(96). Later printing. Paperback. Octavo. pp 118. 134 Illustrations. Indexed. Based on a lecture which Scully delivered at Columbia University, this study endeavors to show how the Shingle Style of the 1880s has influenced a great number of Yale-educated contemporary architects. Beautifully illustrated. This copy from..... More
W W Norton & Co Inc, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. quarto, 336 pp. A wonderful publication, as visually stunning as it is ambitious. For traditional builders, architects and urban planners. Called by preservation pioneer Clem Labine "The most important new book on Urban Architecture." (see his book review in the..... More
New York: George Wittenborn, 1967. First edition. Original Wraps. Octavo, pp. 56 indexed, illustrated w/ b/w photos. In its own modest way, a very important and successful checklist on the development of architectural modernism (and internationalism). As with all Wittenborn publications, very solid work. More
New York: Viking Press, 1980. Original edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 144. Indexed, illustrated with b/w photos, drawings, and plans. A history of this beautiful Roman Renaissance style mansion designed by McKim, Mead & White and filled with sculptured ornamentation by Saint-Gaudens, La Farge, and Tiffany. A gem of..... More
New York: New York Public Library, 1960. First edition, limited. Pamphlet. Octavo, pp. 33. Limited edition of 1,000 copies. Illustrated with b/w drawings. 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
New York: 1976. Cloth over Boards. The book describes and shows plans of buildings and monuments, that were planned but never built, throughout the first two centuries of the history of the United States. Projects featured in book include rejects entries for building competitions like the New York Crystal Palace..... More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1942. First edition, later printing. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 822, indexed. More
London: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1940(55). First edition, later printing. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 822, indexed. A monumental specifying workbook, very detailed and comprehensive. More
Watkins Glen, NY: American Life Foundation, 1938/1968. Reprint. Oversized Paperback. Octavo, pp. 264, indexed, profusely illustrated w/drawings. An important reprint of a classic. This reprint edition is itself very scarce. , here in "as-new" condition. More
Watkins Glen, NY: American Life Foundation, 1978. Reprint. Original Wraps. Octavo, pp. 125, plus 42 plates, a facsimile of Oliver P. Smith's The Domestic Architect : a Victorian stylebook of 1854 featuring rural and ornamental cottages in Grecian and Cottage Styles. Scarce. More
New York: Reinhold, 1956. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 216, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. This is a pictorial selection of designs from the United States, South America, England, France, Germany, Sweden, and Italy. Almost all the examples shown, apartments, motels, shops, showrooms, banks, clinics, theatres..... More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 1968. First edition. Decorated Boards. Octavo, pp.350, indexed, richly illustrated w/ b/w photographs and reproductions. More
