Gateway Cities and Other Essays (Great Plains Environmental Design Series).
Ames: Iowa State Press, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. oblong quarto, pp. xvii, 203. Well illustrated and researched. Bibliography. Index. An interesting study. More
Ames: Iowa State Press, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. oblong quarto, pp. xvii, 203. Well illustrated and researched. Bibliography. Index. An interesting study. More
New York: Bonanza, 1966. First edition thus. Cloth over Boards. Oblong quarto, 8x13, pp 255, hundreds of illustrations (porches, cornices, brackets, gables). A very good treatment of the idiosyncratic usage of wood in exterior house decoration. At the same time a wonderful study in vernacular exterior architecture and building. We..... More
New York: Bonanza, 1966. First edition thus. Cloth over Boards. Oblong quarto, 8x13, pp 255, hundreds of illustrations (porches, cornices, brackets, gables). A very good treatment of the idiosyncratic usage of wood in exterior house decoration. At the same time a wonderful study in vernacular exterior architecture and building. We..... More
Yale Univ Pr, 2002. Hardcover. Quarto, pp. 312. Indexed, Bibliography, b/w and color illustrations. An interesting and readable history of the development of architecture in the US, connecting the early buildings with their European sources. From the Old House Journal Reference Library. More
Fayetteville, AR: University of Arkansas Press, 1991. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 105, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. This book offers a condensed history of the technological advancements that resulted in these versatile utensils. With over twenty photos, several recipes, references to earlier works, and observations and recommendations..... More
New York: Ballantine Books, 1964. First paperback edition. Paperback. 12 mo, pp. 108, indexed, with many wonderful illustrations by the author. More
New York: Ballantine Books, 1964. First paperback edition. Paperback. 12 mo, pp. 108, indexed, with many wonderful illustrations by the author. More
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1998. Seventh printing. Hardcover. 4to, cloth. 240 pp, (188 in color, including endpapers), chronology, bibliography, lists of works, index. An in-depth tour of 25 magnificent homes, this book examines the creative evolution of the Arts and Crafts style. More
Delaware: University of Delaware Press, 1959. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 126, index, extensive bibliography and notes. Heavily illustrated. Winterthur Series book, volume 1. Architecture and interior decorations. More
Boston: American Architect and Building New Company, 1898. First edition. Cloth over Boards. folio (14 x 19). 20 magnificent b/w full-page plates. in quite good condition for age and all 20 images still completely intact. great visually-guided tour through the history of American architecture. More
Pittstown, NJ: Arno Press, Inc., 1977. First edition. Original Red Cloth. Octavo, pp.226, indexed, illustrated in b/w photos & drawings. From material originally published as The White Pine Series of Architectural Monographs. More
New York: Vintage, 1975. First edition. Original Wraps. Small Quarto, pp. 153, indexed, profusely illustrated w/ b/w photographs. An excellent overview of this distinctive architectural style that began in Georgian England and spread to the U.S. to eventually become the dominant style of architecture here for nearly a century. More
New York: Abrams, 1995. Reprint. Stiff wraps. Oblong quarto, pp. 144, profusely and lavishly illustrated w/ color and b/w photographs. More
New York: International Publications, Inc., 1932. First edition. Original Wraps. More
New York: Dover Publications, Inc, 1970. Reprint. Oversized Paperback. Octavo, pp. 29 (text) plus 118 b/w plates (a total of 216 illustrations). Scarce! Ex-library noted architectural historian Nancy Halverson Schless. More
Newtown, CT: The Taunton Press, 2005. First edition. Original Cloth. Octavo. Another solid study by one of the design industry's established spokes(wo)men. More
New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1998. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Large Octavo, pp. 300, indexed, richly illustrated w/ b/w drawings and photographs. More
Boston: David R. Godine Publisher, 1989. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Folio (12 X 11), pp. 191, indexed. Profusely illustrated with color and b/w plates. More than 70 structures in full color, from octagonal barns to Cape May cottages, from elegant NY town houses to grand Greek Revivals, paintings and..... More
Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Museum of Art, 1929. Brown stapled card wraps. Unpaginated (30 pages), with 22 photographic figures and 4 architectural line drawings. Some foxing inside. A study and collection of architectural and domestic artifacts of German colonists in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, in the early 1800s. Very nice examples of iron..... More
Boston: Small, Maynard and Company, 1913. First edition. Original Cloth, teal. Octavo, pp. xii, 300, illustrated w/drawings, a collection of articles previously printed in various magazines. More
New York: The Architectural and Building Press, Inc., 1922. First edition. Box with envelope and loose portfolio of plates. Quarto, pp. 19 of description by William Crocker, ed. of The American Architect, plus 56 loose duotone sketches. This set includes 3 additional plates by the same artist (for a total..... More
Paris: la Société Technic-Union, 1972. First edition. Trade Paperback. Octavo, pp. 118, profusely illustrated w/ b/w and color photographs. In French, with English summary. Glossy French journal journal issue presents studies of Alba, Bossard, Safdie, Ahrends/Burton/Koralek, and Venturi/Rauch. More
St. Paul, Minnesota: Brown & Bigelow, 1935. Decorated Wraps, blue. 12 mo. pp 28. richly illustrated. Appears to be a sort of "pseudo" trade catalog of American Outhouses, that indigenous form of American vernacular Architecture. A wonderful farce, beautifully illustrated, this may from be a small run for a client..... More
St. Paul, Minnesota: Brown & Bigelow, 1935. Pamphlet. 12 mo. pp 28. richly illustrated. Appears to be a sort of "pseudo" trade catalog of American Outhouses, that indigenous form of American vernacular Architecture. A wonderful farce, beautifully illustrated, this may from be a small run for a client, as it..... More
Houston, TX: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1976. First printing - only 2500 copies. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. viii, 101. Very rare. More