ENGLISH CHURCH MONUMENTS A.D. 1150-1550:
London: B.T. Batsford, (1921). First edition. Quarto. x, 274p. Illustrated from photos and drawings. Green cloth with gilt titles on spine and upper cover, central ornament on upper cover in blind. More
Architecture
FRANK O. GEHRY, THE COMPLETE WORKS.
New York: The Monacelli Press, (1998). First edition in English. SIGNED by GEHRY. Large quarto. (iv), 614p. Illustrated throughout from color photos and schematics. Bound in black cloth with silver spine title and Gehry's name in blind on the upper cover. Building descriptions by Hadley Arnold. Vanity Fair labeled Gehry as..... More
LA SCULPTURE FRANCAISE AU MOYEN AGE ET A LA RENAISSANCE.
Paris: Librairie Centrale D'Architecture, 1884. Second edition. Folio (18.75" tall). Title page, list of plates, and 120 plates, all loose in portfolio as issued. Apparently lacking the brief preface or introduction. The portfolio has been professionally rebuilt retaining the printed paper covers. More
L'ARCHITECTURE & LA DECORATION FRANCAISES AUX XVIIIe & XIXe SIECLES.
Paris: Editions Albert Morance, Librairie Centrale D'Art et A'Architecture, (c.1913-14). Three series in three portfolios. Tall folio (20 1/2" tall). Each portfolio with half-title and title page and introductory text. I: 80 plates; II: 80 plates; III: 78 plates. Plates from photos. Complete. Portfolios of titled tan boards with gilt-titled..... More
LES CONCOURS d'ARCHITECTURE DE l'ANNEE SCOLAIRE 1924-1925:
Paris: Auguste Vinvent, (1924). First edition. Quarto. 35p in stapled wraps with 161 plates laid in. In portfolio with cloth spine and marbled boards with cloth ties. More
BLACK TOURNAI FONTS IN ENGLAND:
London: Elliot Stock, 1909. First edition. Quarto. 32p. Illustrated with 16 plates from photos (not figured in the pagination). Blue cloth spine over blue printed boards. More
HOME OWNERS' CATLOGS.
New York: Dodge, (c. 1949). 4to. Gilt-titled blue cloth. Group of catalogues bound together, introduced by Kenneth K. Stowell with a Guide To Home Planning. More
THE TUILERIES BROCHURES. Vol. I-IV.
n.p. Ludowici-Celadon Company, 1929-1932. Quarto. In stapled printed wrappers. 24 issues in all. Illustrated from photos and measured drawings. More
MILLENNIUM PARK, CREATING A CHICAGO LANDMARK.
Chicago AND London: University of Chicago Press, (2006). First edition. Quarto. xiv, 442p. Illustrated in color. Gilt-titled black cloth. From the series Historical Studies of Urban America. More
ENGLISH DOMESTIC METALWORK.
London: F. Lewis (Publishers) Limited, (1937). First edition. Large quarto. viii, 101p. Illustrated with 139 plates (plates not figured in the pagination). Tan cloth with gilt titles on spine and upper cover. Includes grates, doors, handles, lighting devices, railings, fittings, etc. More
THE SALMANTINE LANTERNS
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1937. First edition. 4to. xiv, 238p. Illustrated from photos. Gilt-titled red cloth. More
HOBB'S ARCHITECTURE:
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1873. First edition. 189p. Illustrated with 84 full-page engraved plates. Original publisher's green cloth over beveled boards with stylized gilt spine titles and gilt vignette on upper cover, blind rules around the covers. Hitchcock 595. More
COMMON-SENSE HANDRAILING.
Chicago: Frederick J. Drake, (1903). First edition. 117p + ads. Illustrated. Bound in quarter leather with cloth sides. More
THE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE OF THE PISCATAQUA.
New York: Architectural Book Publishing Company, (1937). First edition. Unpaged. 301 plates. Illustrated. Folio. Gilt-titled blue cloth. More
MOSCOW, MONUMENTS OF ARCHITECTURE. 18TH - THE FIRST THIRD OF THE 19TH CENTURY.
Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1975. First edition. Two volumes. Illustrated essay in Russian and English, the larger volume is mostly photos. 4to. Tan cloth with titles in black and gold. More
BAROQUE GARDENS OF AUSTRIA.
London: Ernest Benn, 1932. First edition. Folio. [viii], 45p. + 40 pages of plates from photos, text illustrated with line drawings. Gilt-titled blue over brown cloth. More
ARCHITECTURE SINCE 1945, SOURCES AND DIRECTIONS.
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, (1969). First edition. Quarto. 179p. Printed on coated stock and fully illustrated from photos and drawings. Bound in publisher's gray fabric with titles in black on spine and upper cover. More
THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF MODERN FRAMED STRUCTURES.
New York: John WIley, 1893. First edition. 4to. xi, 527p. Illustrated, including many fold-out plates. Gilt-titled brown cloth. More
SKETCH BOOK OF STORE FRONT IDEAS.
Niles, MI (also Lexington, KY, Berkeley, CA, and Toronto, Canada): Kawneer, 1954. Oblong quarto with plastic spiral binding. Printed on heavier paper stock, the illustrations in black and white with the legends on blue or brown grounds or color frames. Quite scarce. More
INNEN-DEKORATION DIE GESAMTE WOHNUNGSKUNST IN BILD UND WORT
Darmstadt: Alexander Koch, 1925-1929. Five volumes. Tall quarto. Printed on coated stock and extensively illustrated, mostly from photos, and with some color plates. White cloth bindings over beveled boards with titles and designs in black. More
NEW JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE.
New York: Praeger, (1960). First edition. 180p. 4to. Black-titled orange cloth. More
OLD GERMAN ARCHITECTURE. DEUTSCHE BAUKUNST DES MITTELALTERS UND DER RENAISSANCE.
Taunus and Leipzig: Karl Robert Langewiesche, [1922]. xvi, 192p. Illustrated. 4to. Black-titled tan cloth. Captions in German, English, and French. More
THE CHATEAUX OF TOURAINE.
New York: The Century Company, 1906. First edition. Quarto. xviii, 363p. Illustrated from photos and color plates by Jules Guerin. Bound by Erbe, Crombie & Lamothe in half dusty blue crushed morocco with cloth sides and marbled endpapers, t.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and panel ornaments of fleur-de-lis... More
COUNTRY RESIDENCES IN EUROPE AND AMERICA.
New York: Doubleday, Page, 1908. First edition (but with Putnam's imprint on spine). vii, 459p. Illustrated from photos. Folio. Gilt-titled green cloth. A lovely book divided into four sections: Italian Villas, French Chateaux, English Places, and American Places. More
THE DECORATION AND FURNITURE OF ENGLISH MANSIONS DURING THE SEVENTEENTH & EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES.
London: T. Werner Laurie, 1909. First edition. Tall quarto. xiv, 215p. Illustrated with photos and many mounted plates. Bound by Bayntun Riviere in half green morocco with cloth sides and marbled endpapers, t.e.g., the spine with lovely gilt panel ornaments. More