Urban Studies
Boston Citizen Seminars: Fiscal, Economic and Political Problems of Boston and the Metropolitan Community.
Chestnut Hill, MA: Boston College, 1964. First edition. Original Wraps. Large Octavo. Ex-library Franziska Porges Hosken (1919 - 2006), author of a number of important works on architecture and urban history and planning, with her ownership stamp. More
First Edition volume of works on architecture and urban studies from the library of Franziska P. Hosken.
First edition. Original Wraps. Octavo. Ex-library Franziska Porges Hosken (1919 - 2006), author of a number of important works on architecture and urban history and planning, with her ownership stamp. More
Cities on Stone; Nineteenth Century Lithograph Images of the Urban West
Fort Worth, TX: Amon Carter Museum, 1979. Second Printing. Paperback. Oblong quarto, pp. 99. Introductory essay, bibliography, 50 color plates. Interesting exhibition catalog of 50 panoramic Western U.S. city views from 19th century lithographs. Provides an unusual visual historic record of many major cities when they were still young and..... More
I.C.S. 22B: Textbook On Construction and Equipment of Electric Tramways and Railways, and Electric Signalling on Railways. ; Tramway Systems, Tramway Tracks, Tramway Overhead Work, Tramway Cars and Equipment, Brakes and Brake Rigging, ...Electric Signalling on Railroads.
Scranton, PA: International Textbook Company, ca. 1900. First edition. Half-Leather. Octavo, pp. approx. 400 (each section has its own numbering), extensively illustrated w/ b/w diagrams and drawings. Numerous appendices, index, study questions at end of text. An amazing "work in progress" for the emerging light rail and railroad industries. Multiple..... More
The First Hundred Families; Community facilities for first arrivals in expanding towns.
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1965. First edition. Original Wraps. Octavo, pp. 18, excellent bibliography. Very scarce document.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 and PhD degrees at the Harvard School of..... More
The Genesis of Modern British Town Planning: A Study in Economic and Social History of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.
London: Routledge, 1965. Reprint. Boards. Octavo, pp. 259, plus catalog of the International Library of Sociology and Social Reconstruction bound in. More
Historic Rittenhouse; A Philadelphia Neighborhood
Univ of Pennsylvania Pr, 1985. Paperback. More
Urban Design Case Studies; Second Awards Program.
Washington DC: RC Publications, Inc., 1977. First printing. Original Brown Cloth. Octavo, pp.111, illustrated with b/w photos, presents 50 case studies. 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 and PhD degrees at..... More
City Signs and Lights.
Boston: Boston Redevelopment Authority, 1971. First edition. Original Wraps, decorated endpapers. Quarto, pp. 272, illustrated in b/w & color, bibliography. Impressive policy study by Signs/Works/Boston, a project of Ashley/Meyer/Smith, Architects and Planners. Uncommon Boston study is a first attempt to develop guidelines to replace the arbitrary, chaotic methods from earlier..... More
The Architecture of Fantasy; Utopian Building and Planning in Modern Times
New York: Praeger, 1962. First American edition. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. 187, indexed, richly illustrated in b/w photos. Scarce. 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 to do..... More
Color in Townscape; for Architects, Designers and Contractors, for City-Dwellers and Other Observant People
San Francisco, CA: W. H. Freeman and Company, 1981. First American edition. Oversized Paperback. Oblong small quarto, pp. 191, illustrated with color photographs. This book shows how theories of color and form have been brought to life in modern architecture. Illustrated with examples from throughout the 20th century and around..... More
Space, Time and Achitecture; The Growth of a New Tradition.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1941/1963. Fourth edition, 14th printing. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. xlvii, 778, indexed, illustrated in b/w. An important book. Ex-library Franziska Porges Hosken (1919 - 2006), with her ownership stamp (Viennese born, Smith College and Harvard School of Design educated - one of the first women to..... More
Man, Society and Environment: The Historical Basis of Planning (The Science of Planning Series, Volume Two).
London: Percival Marshall, 1950. First edition. Boards. Octavo, pp. 316. Index, illustrated with 36 b/w figures. More
The Language of Cities; A visual introduction to the form and function of the city
Cambridge: Schenkman Publishing Co., 1972. Second edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo (9 1/4 x 8 1/2), pp. 127, richly illustrated w b/w photos. Life's work of noted urban planner, Gropius student Fran Hosken. Author's own reference library is currently in our stock and displayed on this website. More
Dark Age Ahead.
New York: Random House, 2004. Third Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, pp. 241. Indexed. An incisive critique of the American lifestyle, in which noted author Jacobs argues that the U.S. is facing its own impending Dark Age. More
The Nature of Economies (Modern Library).
Modern Library, 2000. Hardcover. More
Modern Architecture Through Case Studies.
Oxford: Architectural Press, 2002. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 255, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. Peter Blundell Jones details the inadequacy of the first histories of the Modern Movement by revealing the existence of suppressed alternative traditions within the movement and shows their great diversity..... More
Progress or Poverty: The US at the Crossroads.
Washington DC: Conference on Economic Progress, 1964. First edition. Original Wraps. Octavo. Ex-library Franziska Porges Hosken (1919 - 2006), author of a number of important works on architecture and urban history and planning, with her ownership stamp. More
The Military-Industrial Complex.
Philadelphia: Pilgrim Press, 1970. Second Printing. Original Wraps. Octavo. Ex-library Franziska Porges Hosken (1919 - 2006), author of a number of important works on architecture and urban history and planning, with her ownership stamp. More
The Political Cultures of Massachusetts.
Cambridge: MIT, 1965. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo. Ex-library Franziska Porges Hosken (1919 - 2006), author of a number of important works on architecture and urban history and planning, with her ownership stamp. More
Intentions in Architecture.
Cambridge: MIT Press, 1968. First MIT paperback edition. Original Wraps. Octavo, pp. 242 (text), indexed with 102 b/w illustrations. An important reprint, rather uncommon. More
The Metropolitan Transportation Problem.
Washington DC: Brookings Institution, 1966. revised edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo. Ex-library Franziska Porges Hosken (1919 - 2006), author of a number of important works on architecture and urban history and planning, with her ownership stamp. More
Cities in Trouble: An Agenda for Urban Research .
Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation, 1968. First edition. Original Wraps. Small Quarto. Ex-library Franziska Porges Hosken (1919 - 2006), author of a number of important works on architecture and urban history and planning, with her ownership stamp. More