Washington DC: Preservation Press/National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1986. Later printing. Glossy Pictorial Wraps. Octavo, pp. 361. Richly illustrated with b/w photos and reproductions. An invaluable guide to identifying Sears kit houses, with nearly 450 house models included. More
New York: Scribner's and Sons, 1925. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 239, richly illustrated w/ b/w drawings and diagrams. More
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1980. First edition. Hard Cover. Oblong quarto, pp. 253, indexed, profusely illustrated with b/w photos. Intro by R. Buckminster Fuller, forward by Moshe Safdie. A fascinating study, one worthy of consideration by all preservationists (who typically see industrialization as anti-traditional). Very thought-provoking. More
Cambridge: MIT Press, 1963. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Octavo, pp. 56, plus 63 b/w plates, decorated endpapers, glossary of architectural terms. Ex-library Franziska Porges Hosken (1919 - 2006), with her ownership stamp and signature (Viennese born, Smith College and Harvard School of Design educated - one of the first women..... More
Warsaw: Budownictwo i Architektura, 1955. First edition. Red Cloth over Boards With Gilt Lettering. Quarto, pp. 388. Illustrated with 287 full-page Plates, 8 double-sided and 3 single-sided folding plates, and b/w photos and drawings, fold-out color map bound in at rear. 589 b/w illustrations total. Text in Polish. A beautiful..... More
Albany: Luther Tucker, 1860. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small Octavo, pp. 332, indexed, profusely illustrated w/ 450 b/w engravings. An interesting document of rural farm and garden management, this volume features information about designing and maintaining a country residence, with numerous house and cottage designs from modest to ambitious;..... More
New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1999. First edition. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. 176, indexed, beautiful color photos, explores design, decoration, furnishings, and gardens of both town and country houses. More
Oxford & London: John Henry and James Parker, 1859, 1877. Mixed Editions. Stamped Cloth over Boards. Octavo, vol 1. pp. 287, vol. 2 pp. 352, vol. 3 pp. 491 in 2 volumes. Illustrated with numerous b/w images. Indexed. A classic history of English domestic architecture from the Norman Conquest to..... More
Cambridge: MIT Press, 1986. First edition. Wraps. Octavo, pp. 306. Well illustrated, indexed. A very competent analysis of the poetics of classical architecture. More
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1996/1979. Second edition. Paperback. Oblong quarto, pp. 132, illustrated in b/w, with an introduction by Vincent Scully. An important publication in the official MOMA format. More
New York: Artisan, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Square octavo; pp.184. richly illustrated, well documented, index, various appendices. Much more than its "modest" title might suggest: a wonderful overview of architectural styles throughout the history of America. Packs a lot of architectural "wisdom" into a small package. More
Paris: V. A. Morel, 1875. Half-Leather (red). Octavo, 10 volumes, pp. ca 510 each volume, richly illustrated, all the volumes are inscribed "Adrian Voisin/Ecole des Beaux-Arts/Paris 1914" His knowledge on French medieval architecure is unique and comprehensive. Scarce in this condition. From the library of a prominent architectural historian... More
New York: Norton, 1976. First edition. Original Cloth. Quarto, pp. 192. Bibliography, illustrated with color & b/w photos. A broad visual survey of early North American mission and pioneer churches, providing a major contribution to American architectural history. Beautifully illustrated and well-researched. More
Zurich: Orell Fössli, 1930. Cloth over Boards, pictorial paper front cover (b/w photograph). 12 Mo, pp. 24, plus 69 b/w plates, photographs of skyscrapers. Text in German. Beautiful layout, in the progressive style for which this Foessli series was famous. More
New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1996. Second edition. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. 607, indexed, with 767 illustrations, 48 in color. We also have the second edition in paperback, please inquire. From the Old House Journal Reference Library. More
New York: Longmans & Green, 1958. First edition, as stated. Pictorial Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 127, richly illustrated w/ b/w photographs. Stated first edition; ownership stamp of prominent architect author makes this a special and uncommon copy. More
London: Lutterworth Press, 1971. Hardcover. More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1984. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Large Octavo, pp. 245, indexed, richly illustrated w/ b/w and color photographs. A very nice copy of this title. More
New York: Oxford Univ Pr, 1991. Hardcover. quatro. pp xii, 242. illustrated. bibliography. indexed. A solid examination of the first 50 years of the architecture program of the American Academy in Rome, featuring 150 architectural renderings. The predominant notion was that American classical architecture represented the best wave for the..... More
London: The Architectural Press, 1924. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. xv, 102 plates (78 b/w photographs, 24 b/w architectural drawings). More
Glasgow: The Architectural Press, 1937. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 199, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. The design of homes in multi-storey buildings produced a building type distinctive to the 1930s, and without precedent in earlier eras. This book was intended to show the developments that..... More
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000. First paperback edition. Paperback. 12 mo (5 3/4 X 9), pp. xiii, 190, indexed, illustrated in b/w. The fascinating study of women architects within a 20th century Canadian framework. More
Bath, UK: Parragon Publishing, 2002. Later printing. Decorated Boards with Dust Jacket. Octavo, pp. 256, glossary, illustrated in color and b/w photographs. Written by a journalist specializing in interior design, this volume shows an unusual collection Mackintosh's projects including actual buildings and interior spaces (photographed), watercolor renderings of his designs..... More
New York: Arno Press, 1977. Reprint. Hard Cover w/DJ. Large format, pp 400. over 400 plates, b/w photographs and plans. More
New York: Braziller, 1984. Third Printing. Original Wraps. Quarto (oblong), pp. 120, indexed, richly illustrated w/ b/w photographs, 8 color plates. An examination of the early career of Frank Lloyd Wright, and the contributions of his colleagues to his style and architectural philosophy. Includes many previously unpublished Wright designs. More
