Garden City, NJ: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1920. First edition. Original Color Wraps. Large Quarto (10.25" x 14.25"), pp. 140. Illustrated with b/w and color photos, drawings, and advertisements. A scarce periodical showcasing properties, supplies, and livestock for the country homeowner and small farmer. Includes some spectacular ads, several in..... More
New York: Dover Publications, 1970/1864. Republication of the 2nd Revised Edition. Pictorial Wraps, grey. Octavo, pp 348. 370 illustrationss including b/w renderings and floor plans, for 39 house designs. A collection of this English-born architect's American domestic architecture. Calvert Vaux was also the co-designer with F.L. Olmstead of Central Park..... More
New York: Charles Scribner, 1855. First edition (third thousand). Original Brown Embossed Cloth. 12 mo (5 1/2 X 8), pp. x, 443, illustrated w/drawings, frontspiece, Hitchcock 1367. Signed by original owner on front endpaper. One of the earliest books to describe balloon framing. The author emigrated to America from England..... More
South Brunswick, New York: A. S. Barnes, 1962. First edition. Original Cloth. octavo (8.5 x 11). pp 168. indexed.illustrated with house plans and b/w photographs. Although not particularly scarce, still a very good study by the Williams. Well documented with floor plans of some unlikely candidates, many of which are..... More
Watkins Glen, NY: Published by the American Life Foundation for the Grand Opera House, 1976. Limited edition of 2000. Original Green Cloth w/gilt title. Octavo, pp. 206, illustrated in b/w. More
Watkins Glen, NY: Published by the American Life Foundation for the Grand Opera House, 1976. Limited edition of 2000. Oversized Paperback. Octavo, pp. 206, illustrated in b/w. More
London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1950. Third revised. Leatherette. octavo. pp 424. indexed. glossary included. over 300 illustrations, plates, and figures. More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1972. Later printing. Rebound in library buckram, includes original wraps. Octavo, pp. 200, illustrated w/ b/w foldout tables and drawings. More
New York: New York Graphic Society, 1976. Hardcover. quarto. pp. 211. Index, bibliography, site lists. richly illustrated. comprehensive, ambitious and well done. More
New York: American Institute of Architects, Inc., 1926. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 47 plus approx. 100 b/w and color plates of sketches and photos of Brunner's designs and executed projects. Bookplate "Ex Libris Otis Skinner" glued to inside front cover, Gift sheet "From Mrs. Brunner" laid in..... More
Palm Beach, FL: Alexandra Fatio, 1992. Limited Edition, 1500 copies. Perfect Bound. Quarto, pp. 277, illustrated with b/w photographs. The too-brief career of Maurice Fatio is traced from his letters to his parents in 1920 to his final commissions in the 1940s. He died in 1943. A detailed introduction by..... More
San Antonio, Texas: Trinity University Press, 2006. First edition. Cloth over Boards w/illustrated DJ. Square quarto, pp 155. Color and b/w photographs throughout. An architect who emigrated from England, Alfred Giles designed mansions, courthouses and other buildings in Texas and northern Mexico in the late 1800's until 1920. Many of..... More
Australia: Images Publishing Group, 2004. First edition. Hard Cover. Octavo, pp 298, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. Perfect condition. An international pictorial directory of leading architectural firms. These volumes feature over 550 practices and represent well over one thousand individual architects. More
Chicago. IL: Lumen, Inc. Pictorial Wraps, b/w. Quarto, pp 53. b/w photographs and drawings on every page. A portfolio of articles about Louis Sullivan's Bayard Building, his thoughts on skyscrapers, and other subjects related to architecture and building. Also included is an article about American terra cotta. More
New York: Smithmark, 1996. First edition. Glossy Pictorial Cover. Quarto, pp. 80. Indexed, illustrated with color photos. A very nice coffee table book collects 70 color photos exploring Wright's career and some of his most famous work. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. Limited edition, #537 of 750 copies. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. xiv, 242, index of illustrations, bibliography, illustrated with b/w photographs. Inscription by the Division of Archives and History, Historic Sites inside front cover, dated 1950. Philip Hooker (1766-1836) was an important Greek Revival..... More
Palm Beach, FL: Davies Publishing Co., Inc., 1932. First edition. Perfect Bound. Folio, pp. 117, plus pp. 30 of period advertisements, illustrated with b/w photographs. An architectural drawing matted on cardboard is laid in. Maurice Fatio was a Swiss architect who came to NYC in 1920 and established a partnership..... More
Stocksfield, England: Oriel Press Ltd, 1980. First edition. Original Maroon Cloth. Octavo, pp. 128, illustrated in b/w. From DJ: "John Dobson (1787 - 1865) was one of the most important architects of the first half of the 19th century, and his work in Newcastle and Northumberland is said to be..... More
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall Press, 1985. First edition. Decorated Boards. Quarto, pp. 171, indexed, illustrated with b/w architectural specification drawings. This book was developed to show working drawing details of a wide scope of architectural details, to prepare aspiring architects with hands-on knowledge of how to combine theory, design..... More
Cambridge: The Mit Press, 1986-10. First edition. Paperback. Large octavo, pp 306. Includes index and richly detailed diagrams. A visually-stunning assemblage of classical architecture-related visuals. More
Munich: Schirmer/Mosel, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong Quarto, pp. 347. Indexed, profusely illustrated with color photos. Text in German. A beautiful look at the architectural trends of the period immediately following the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. Comprehensive, covering a range of styles from individual dwellings to the onset of institutionalized..... More
Washington DC: American Institute of Architects, 1958. Eighth edition. Mylar Covered Original Red Cloth w/ gilt titles. Octavo, pp. x, ca 200, blank uniform contract laid in. Ex-library Walter Gropius' firm. More
Washington DC: American Institute of Architects, 1953/1954. Seventh edition, second printing. Original Blue Wraps. Octavo, pp. x, 255, blank uniform contract laid in. More
Washington DC: American Institute of Architects, 1943. First edition. Blue Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 204. A well organized snapshot of architectural practice before the post-war boom. More
Boston: Boston Architectural Club, 1908. First printing. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. 213, numerous b/w photographs and drawings of buildings, lots of ads for building trades and others, representing current architectural and related projects, primarily by Boston area architects and designers. Catalogue of exhibits, with list of members. Wonderful early Boston..... More
