Le Corbusier Last Works.
New York: Praeger, 19641970. First edition. Boards. Oblong Small Quarto, pp. 208. Illustrated with numerous color and b/w photos, drawings, plans, and elevations. Text in English, German, and French. More
New York: Praeger, 19641970. First edition. Boards. Oblong Small Quarto, pp. 208. Illustrated with numerous color and b/w photos, drawings, plans, and elevations. Text in English, German, and French. More
Pasadena: Univ. of Southern California, 2003. First paperback edition. Decorated Wraps. Quarto, pp. 240, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. The collaboration of Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene at the turn of the last century produced some of the most sensuous and beautifully crafted architecture in America..... More
Pasadena: Univ. of Southern California, 1998. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Square Octavo, pp. 28, illustrated w/ b/w and color photographs. More
New York: George Braziller, 1965. Second Printing. Black Stiff Wraps. Quarto, pp. 125. With over 100 b/w photos, plans and drawings. Part of Braziller's series, the Great Ages of World Architecture. A useful reference and educational survey on the subject. More
Washington DC: The American Institute of Architects, 1907-1910. First printing. Staplebound Wraps. Octavo, pp. ca 100, illustrated with photos & drawings, numerous pub ads. Indispensable documents about the AIA in its infancy. More
London: 1982. Perfect Bound. The author examines the changing role of these traditional buildings. He shows the farmhouse at the centre of the economic, social and farming life of the community, and the many buildings which have lost their lands and have since been modified for other uses. More
Jamestown, NY: International Casement, 1927. First edition. Original Wraps. Octavo, pp. 29. Indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings. An interesting, illustrated guide book produced in response to requests from North American architectural students. The book includes 17 tours, with route maps and drawings of notable buildings on the tours. Published by..... More
New York: Forbes Publishing Co., 1930. First printing. Original Wraps. Octavo, pp. ca 100, illustrated in b/w. Wonderful period ads, virtually a 1930's trade catalog. More
New York: Praeger, 1968. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 207, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. This book presents 100 approaches to the design of exhibitions of all kinds. The author has divided the examples according to particular design problems. World's fairs, with specially constructed pavilions, present..... More
New York: William Comstock, 1897. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 11 plus 18 pp. advertisements, richly illustrated w/ b/w photographs anddrawings. More
Chicago: Society of Architectural Historians, 1960. First edition. Pamphlet. Quarto, pp. 10, illustrated w b/w photographs and drawings. Reprint of an article on the history and development of the Cape Cod house from the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. From the Old House Journal Reference Library. More
London: International Texbook Co., N.D. circa 1920. First edition. Original Cloth. Octavo. pp vi, xxi, 678 profusely illustrated w/ b/w and color photographs, drawings, and plans. As with all the international textbook technical series for building tradesmen, solid, trustworthy, and practical studies, wonderfully illustrated. A scarce series. Great on learning..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1985. First edition. Glossy Pictorial Wraps. Octavo, pp. 374. Indexed, illustrated with b/w photos and drawings. A still useful textbook on architectural history in Europe and the US, from ancient to modern times. More
Eugene, OR: School of Architecture and Allied Arts, University of Oregon, Eugene, 1998. First edition. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. 95. Illustrated with b/w photos. A publication honoring the 55th anniversary of the Society of Architectural Historians, recounting its founding and early years, its development and achievements. More
Berlin: Taschen, 1990. First edition. Original Illustrated Wraps. Quarto, pp. 256. Beautifully illustrated. Bibliography. Text in English. Ex-library markings. A definitive and comprehensive publication by the Bauhaus Archive of East Germany, released in the first year after the fall of the wall. Quite an attractive and authoritative treatment on one..... More
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1926. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Sm. Quarto, pp. 277, indexed, well illustrated with b/w photos, maps and drawings. More
Bolinas, CA: Shelter Publications, 1978. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps, brown/white. Quarto, pp 224. b/w photographs and/or construction details on every page. An extensive and in-depth study of indigenous and native housing movements around the world. Everything from Mongolian Yurts, English Cottages, and North American Barns are covered in terms..... More
New York: Whitney Library of Design, 1981. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 144, indexed, illustrated with over 200 color and 47 b/w photographs and drawings. Enticing a customer to enter and then buy is the primary function of the design of commercial spaces. Achieving such a successfully designed..... More
New York: Appleton, 1890. First edition. Cloth over Boards, gilt lettering. 12 Mo, pp. 286, engraved b/w frontis. by Sidney L. Smith. More
New York: William Helburn Inc., n.d. ca. 1920. First edition. Boards w/cloth spine, brown. Quarto,, pp. 21 plus 76 engraved plates. A fine book on the five Classical Orders of Architecture, illustrated with 76 engraved plates by author Esquié, a noted French architect who won the Grand Prix de Rome..... More
Leipzig: J.J. Arndt, 1912. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 75, richly illustrated in b/w. Special issue on work of architect Martin Elsasser. More
Burlington, MA: Architectural Press, 2003. Third edition. Glossy Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp. xiv, 388, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. Since its first publication in 1982, this book has become the standard text for architects and others involved in the conservation of historic structures. For over 20 years, the..... More
Downer's Grove, IL: SERMAC Surface Maintenance Systems, 1977. First edition. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. 44. Illustrated with 90 b/w photos and drawings. A useful photographic survey of American architectural styles and their European influences, listing the distinguishing characteristics of each style and the period of their emergence and prominence in..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1947/1966. Second revised and enlarged edition. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. xii, 350, indexed, profusely illustrated in b/w. We also have Vol II - "American Building - The Environmental Forces That Shaped It" Ex-library Franziska Porges Hosken (1919 - 2006), with her ownership stamp (Viennese born, Smith College..... More
Boston: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1982. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. xii, 433, indexed, profusely illustrated in b/w. Mild ex-library. Written by one of the US's leading authorities on historic preservation, this book focuses on a wide spectrum of strategies available for the adaptation or renovation of..... More