KEY MONUMENTS OF THE HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE.
New York: Abrams, N.D. [c.1965]. 536p. Profusely illustrated from photos and floor plans. Brown cloth with silver titles on spine and upper cover. Essays by Alfred Frazer. More
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DANIEL H. BURNHAM, ARCHITECT, PLANNER OF CITIES.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1921. Two volumes. xviii, 260p; ix, 238p. Illustrated. Small 4to. Green cloth with architectural ornaments in gilt on the upper covers, t.e.g. Burnham (1846-1912) was a major Chicago architect and planner - and the chief architect for the World's Columbian Exposition, as well as..... More
JEFFERSON'S FINE ARTS LIBRARY:
Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, (1976). First edition. Quarto. xviii, (iv), 409p. Illustrated. Gilt-titled blue cloth. 130+ entries, indexed. More
L'ARCHITETTURA DAI PRIMITIVI AL NEOCLASSICO:
Rome: Edizioni Universitarie, (1950). 144 loose plates in fabricoid portfolio. More
A LIST OF ARCHITECTURAL BOOKS AVAILABLE IN AMERICA BEFORE THE REVOLUTION.
Los Angeles: Hennessey & Ingalls, 1973. New edition, revised and enlarged with a forward by Adolf K. Placzek. xv, 79p. Illustrated. Gilt-titled green cloth. 119 entries. More
MASTER OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE.
New York: Braziller, 1958. First edition. 230p. Illustrated from photos. 4to. Gray cloth with titles in black and white. Includes work of Wright, Van Der Rohe, Gropius, Le Corbusier, Breuer, Neutra, Aalto, Eames, Pei and many others. More
KENZO TANGE.
London: Hamlyn, (1970). 96p. Illustrated in color. 4to. Black cloth with silver titles. "Kenzo Tange is counted as one of the greatest architects of the century. His highly individual work, completely in the modern idiom, has brought an exhilarating creative talent to the urban aspect of Japan... Tange has avoided..... More
GESCHMIEDETE GITTER DES XVI.-XVIII. JAHRHUNDERTS AUS SUDDEUTSCHLAND.
Leipzig: A. Schumann's Verlag, n.p. [c. 1029]. Dritte Neudurchgesehene auflage. Folio. Portfolio with 3 page of text and 50 laid-in plates. Portfolio with leather spine and corners over printed boards with string tie (part of tie missing). More
COTTAGES, FARMHOUSES AND OTHER MINOR BUILDINGS IN ENGLAND OF THE 16TH 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES.
New York: Architectural Book Publishing Company, (1930). New edition. xx, 102p. 1p ad. Folio. Gilt-titled blue cloth. Illustrated from photos and drawings. More
COTTAGES, FARMHOUSES AND OTHER MINOR BUILDINGS IN ENGLAND OF THE 16TH 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES.
New York: Architectural Book Publishing Company, 1923. First edition. xx, 102 plates from photos and drawings, 1p ad. Folio. Gilt-titled blue cloth. Illustrated from photos and drawings. More
SOURCES OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE, A CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Westfield, NJ: Eastview Editions, (1981). First American edition, second edition, revised. 192p. Illustrated. Black cloth with white titles. More
THE ENGLISH INTERIOR:
London: B.T. Batsford, (1920). First edition. Folio (15" tall). [vi], xiv, subscribers, v-xxviii, 86p. Illustrated text and 115 plates from photos and measured drawings. Gilt-titled white over blue cloth. More
PAGEANT OF JAPANESE ART. Volume 6. ARCHITECTURE AND GARDENS.
Tokyo: Toto Bunka CO., (1952). First edition. 50 plates, 127p. Tall 4to. Gray-green cloth with titles and designs in brown, white, and orange. More
THE BOOK OF BUILDING AND INTERIOR DECORATING.
Garden City: Doubleday, Page, 1923. [viii], 104p. Illustrated from photos of exteriors, interiors, furniture, and drawings of floor plans. Tall, thin 4to. Green cloth spine with green paper boards with color plate mounted on upper cover. More
HOME AND ARCHITECTURAL TRENDS.
N.P. Trends Publishing, n.d. Ten issues of this beautifully produced magazine-style publication on architecture and design. Volume 15, no. 6 Volume16, no. 4 and no. 6 Volume 17, no. 4 and no. 8 Volume 18, no. 2 and no. 6 Volume 20, no. 1 and no. 5 Volume16 22, no. 1. More
KITCHEN TRENDS. Four issues.
N.P. Trends Publishing, n.d. Two issues of this beautifully produced magazine-style publication on kitchen architecture and design. Volume 16, no. 1A Volume16, no. 5 Volume 17, no. 5 Volume 18, no. 5. More
RENAISSANCE INTARSIA, MASTERPIECES OF WOOD INLAY.
New York: Abbeville Press, (2012). First edition in English. Folio. 256p. Profusely illustrated in color photography by Luca Sassi. In publisher's binding of gilt-titled tan cloth with illustrated endpapers. More
SPECIMENS OF ANCIENT WOOD-WORK.
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1859. Tall folio (22"). 13 plates drawn by Twopeny and etched by W.S. Wilkinson. Gilt-titled brown cloth over boards. INSCRIBED & SIGNED by Author. More
EUPALINOS OU L'ARCHITECTE.
Paris: Javal et Bordeaux, 1926. 1 of 300 (of a total edition of 500). Quarto. [x], 123p. Illustrated with beautiful wood engravings by Camille Beltrand, printed in colors. Each page with architectural borders in color. Bound by Flammarion in half dark blue crushed morocco with marbled sides and endpapers, t.e.g...... More
HABITATIONS MODERNES.
Paris: Morel, 1875. First edition. Two volumes. Large folio. [iv], 28p. Illustrated with 200 engraved plates of facades and floor plans. Volume I bound in quarter maroon morocco with marbled sides and endpapers, t.e.g., brown spine labels, gilt; volume II with the plates laid loose in fascicules in a red..... More
DAS WERK DES WIENER ARCHITEKTEN 1841-1918.
Darmstadt: Hessisches Landesmuseum, 1964. Unpaged catalog with 72 entries. Illustrated. Square 8vo. Printed wrappers. More
COLONIAL CHURCHES AND MEETING HOUSES, PENNSYLVANIA, NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE.
New York: Architectural Book Publishing Company, (1931). First edition. xii, 291 p. Large 4to. Illustrated from photos and floor plans. Gilt-titled blue cloth. Measured Drawings by William Allen Dunn. Introduction by Horace Wells Sellers. More
PLANNING THE LITTLE HOUSE.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1939. First edition. xiv, 267p. Illustrated. Tan cloth with titles in brown. More
BERTRAM GROSVENOR GOODHUE - ARCHITECT AND MASTER OF MANY ARTS.
New York: American Institute of Architects, 1925. First edition. 50p. with 5 inserted color plates, and 273 plates in b&w. Folio. Gilt-titled tan over blue cloth, illustrated endpapers. Provenance: Bookplate of George A. Beltemacchi, Associate Architect, University of Chicago 1914-1991. Increasingly difficult to find in good condition. More
HOMES OF OUR FOREFATHERS IN BOSTON, OLD ENGLAND AND BOSTON, NEW ENGLAND.
Boston: E. Whitefield, 1889. Tall 8vo. 84 pages of text printed on one side only. Illustrated with 38 plates printed in color. (The plates are not figured in the pagination.) Plate of the Old State House printed in Helio-Chrome by Heliotype Printing Co., Boston. There is an additional title page..... More