Los Angeles, CA: Hennesey & Ingalls, Inc., 1973. Cloth Binding on Boards with DJ. Octavo, pp 79. An essential tool for architectural historians, the list includes the locations of the editions, then and now. The introduction by Adolf C. Placzek describes how the information in this list informs us about..... More
University Press of Kansas. Hard Cover w/illustrated DJ. Octavo, pp 296, including index. Extensively illustrated with b/w photographs, drawings and floor plans. A thorough technical and architectural history of the development of balloon frame construction in Midwestern houses. Its innovative features, popularity among settlers and influence on other building types..... More
New York: Thames & Hudson, 1968. First American edition. Glossy Pictorial Wraps. Octavo, pp. 216. Indexed, illustrated with numerous b/w and color photos. A nice copy of this book on modern architecture. More
London: B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1947. First edition. Original Orange Cloth. Octavo, pp. viii, 120, indexed, illustrated by 138 b/w photos and drawings, color frontis. From DJ: "This a book written at first-hand by someone who has made a close study , not only of Regency architecture, but also of the..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1925. Cloth over Boards. Frontis., approx. 125 illus., 295pp., large 4to, original cloth; ex-lib with typical labels, stamps and markings. Standard biography of this famous American architect who designed the State House at Hartford, CT, and the Massachusetts State House. More
London: Seeley and Co., Limited, 1905. First edition. Cloth over Boards, gold-illustrated cover. Quarto, pp. 112, illustrated w/ color and b/w plates. gives wonderful insights into a grand era of architecture and building. More
London: Thames & Hudson, 1995. First paperback edition. Glossy Pictorial Wraps. Small Quarto, pp. 224, with 193 illustrations, 81 in color. A detailed survey of the traditional buildings of England by an authority on English architectural history. 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, 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
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
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
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
