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
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: 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 Includes many previously unpublished Wright designs.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
Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1989. First edition. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. xxvi, 201, indexed, illustrated in color & b/w, beautiful decorated endpapers. Biography of architect who designed Quebec Music Hall, Laval University, Sainte-Marie de Beauce Church, and Dufferin Terrace in Canada. More
London: Mayflower, 1960. First edition. Original Cloth w/purple design on cover. Octavo, pp. 125, indexed, illustrated with over 80 pages of b/w photos & drawings. From the professional library of Dr. David Parry, British educated architect who came to the United States to work for/with Buckminster Fuller. He finished MA..... More
New York: Thames and Hudson, 1995. First American edition. Original Wraps. Octavo, pp. 216, indexed, w/ 167 illustrations, 25 in color, photographs and plans. Very scarce in the US. More
Gloucestershire, UK: Sutton, 2002. Revised, first thus. Black cloth on boards. Octavo, pp. 414, indexed, profusely illustrated w/ b/w photographs, plans, and maps. More
New York: Hearst Books, 2000. First edition. Hardcover w/Dust Jacket. Quarto, pp 176. Beautifully illustrated with color photographs throughout. (From the Old House Journal Reference Library). A book which features Frank Lloyd Wrights most well known forms; open plans, overhanging eaves, natural materials, and geometric patterns. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1955. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 240, illustrated with margin drawings and b/w photographs. Henry Dreyfuss was one of America's formost industrial designers. At the peak of his career, he flew about 100,000 miles a year, mostly in planes he designed himself..... More
North Easton, MA: Oakes Ames Memorial Hall Association and Easton historical Society, 1969. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Oblong Octavo, pp. 26, richly illustrated w/ b/w photographs and plans. More
Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. sq. 4to; pp. 216. Richly illustrated, documented and indexed. A series of beautiful case studies showing the Sun Valley style(s). A beautiful collaboration. Lists at $50. More
Salt Lake City, UT: Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 2006. First edition. Gold cloth binding w/DJ. Square octavo; pp 192. Beautiful color illustrated front and back free end papers.Extensive color and b/w photographs throughout. Printed and bound in Hong Kong. A wonderful and comprehensive treatment on this extraordinary firm which practiced Prairie..... More
Philadelphia: The Athenaeum, 1979. First edition. Oversized Paperback. Quatro, pp 253, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. Foreword by Roger Moss. Biographical essay. The catalog of an exhibition at the Athenaeum in Philadelphia in 1978-1979. Born in Edinburgh, Notman emigrated early to the US and integrated his British neo-classicism..... More
Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth Verlag, 1993. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 60, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. The Glessner House is significant because it was created toward the end of the life and career of Richarson, who was the most important American architect of the 19th century. It..... More
London: B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1946. Second edition. Cloth over Boards, orange w/Dust Jacket designed by author. Octavo, pp 86. Color plate facing title page. b/w photographs throughout. A "scholarly," beautifully illustrated book about a great medieval English architect of the "Perpendicular" style, gathered together from prints, manuscripts and drawings... More
Great Britain: Academy Press, 1996-9. First edition. Paperback. 12 mo, over 200 illustrations in each volume, Field Guide No. 1: Upper Great Lakes, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan (1996). Field Guide Vol. 2: Metrochicago (1997). Field Guide Vol. 3 West (1999). The first comprehensive visitor's guide to all of Wright's buildings in..... More
New York: De Capo, 1975. Second Printing of unabridged paperback republication of 1942 hardcover edition. Paperback. square octavo (8.5 x 8.5). pp 143. indexed. 400 building plans, photographs, and other drawings in b/w. with new foreward and bibliography by author not included in earlier edition. A great overview on the..... More
New York: Ives Washburn, 1929. First edition. Cloth over Boards, red embossed lettering. Quarto, pp 140. b/w architectural renderings throughout. Dust Jacket front and flaps cut out and preserved by previous owner. A visionary compilation of the author's ideas about urban architectural design, divided into 3 sections. The first: "Cities..... More
New York: Lawrence Hill & Co., 1972. First edition. Original Red Cloth w/Dust Jacket. Octavo, pp. 224, indexed, illustrated with b/w photos & drawings. Very early study on the 20th century master. From the professional library of Dr. David Parry, British educated architect who came to the United States to..... More
Boston: Boston Athenaeum, 1985. First edition. Original Wraps. Octavo, pp. 48, plus 8 color plates, richly illustrated in color and b/w. More
Watson Glen, NY: American Life Foundation, 1979. Reprint. Original Wraps. Small Quarto, pp. 197, illustrated w/ b/w photographs. More
Racin, WI: The Johnson Foundation, 1981. First edition. Original Wraps. Oblong Quarto, pp. 32, lavishly illustrated w/ b/w and color photographs. More
Chicago, IL: Art Institute of Chicago, 1981. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp. 108, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. Wight is one of many Chicago architects who, while influential within his own lifetime, has been neglected by recent historians who have stressed Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, and..... More
