Paris, France: Vincent, Freal & Cie. 1930. Hardcover. marbled board portfolio w/ half-leather spine w/ gilt printing & ribbon ties. 46 pg stapled. pamphlet. 137 b&w loose plates. A very nice, complete set of plates from various architectural projects. National School of Fine Arts, Paris. More
[London]: [Foster Associates], [1996]. Softcover. Orange wraps, 146 pp., BW and color illus. Showcases major projects this architectural firm has undertaken from 1964-1995. Includes photographs and some plans and/or elevations. More
Firenze: Electa, 1946. Limited to 1000 sets, this being No. 273. Hardcover. Three cloth volumes contained in a custom designed publishers clamshell box original cloth-backed with compartments with folding edge for ease of book removal. 2 volumes illustrations, plates, facsimiles 36 cm + atlas (63 leaves of plates ; 50..... More
New York: Mezzanine Gallery, 1945. Ephemera. Blue paper sheet folded in half with white/orange lettering. Blank on one side. The exhibition was organized by the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis and the American Federation of Arts. The opening reception was on September 20, 1945, and the exhibition ran from September..... More
Paris, France: Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, n/d. Reproduction of 1775 edition. Hardcover. Blue library buckram; Approx. 150 pp.; 60 bw plates. Text in French; Drawings of decorative interiors designed by Juste-Francois Boucher, son of the French painter Francois Boucher. Alcoves, doorways, libraries, buffets, commodes, retables, wall panels and more. More
1980s. Softcover. White glossy wraps; Spiralbound; 26 pp.; No illustrations. Includes a brief biography of architect Ricardo Brofill and the formation of Taller de Arquitectura, a team of architects, engineers, philosophers, and other professionals; Lists the team's projects between 1962 and 1986; No author or publication information--probably compiled by a...... More
Dornach, Schweiz: Door Het Goetheanum, Freie Hochschule fur Geisteswissenschaft, 1961. Softcover. Purple illustrated wraps. 50 pp plus 30 BW plates. Text in Dutch. Biography of Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner (1861 – 1925), Austrian philosopher, social reformer, architect, and esotericist, featuring photos of the Goetheanum. More
London: John Tiranti & Co., 1931. Tiranti's complete edition, The Scopas Series. Hardcover. Brownish paper boards with cloth over spine. 105 bw plates, plus indexes, preface, and frontispiece. Lesser known edition. More
Helsinki: Museum of Finnish Architecture, 1978. Softcover. White wraps. 168 pp. 236 color and bw plates. Text in English. Survey of renowned Finnish architect Alvar Aalto's buildings that incorporates his writings on the subject. Also illustrates some of his paintings and drawings. With essays by 4 additional authors. More
London: B. T. Batsford, 1901 (1880). Second. Softcover. Large folio, black buckram, [vii] 30 bw plates. Includes a preface by the publisher and a list of plates. "Designs from the brothers who, in the 1700s, influenced the development of Western architecture, both in Europe and in North America. Not content..... More
New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1991. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with black stamped lettering. Glossy color-illustrated dust jacket with black lettering. A vivid and timely survey.... Rossi's work is distinguished by depth of feeling and stark simplicity, neither disallowing gaiety. -- Adele Freedman, Toronto Globe and Mail. More
Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1987. Hardcover. Ochre cloth, gilt letters on spine, white & illus. dust jacket, 208 pp., 181BW illus. One of the most important architects practicing in Britain during the eyars 1820-1880, Anthony Salvin had a long and successful career as a builder of country houses and..... More
Los Angeles, California: Pritzker Architecture Prize / The Hyatt Foundation, 1998. Softcover. Grey pictorial stapled wraps; 56 pp.; Profusely illustrated in bw and color. Includes an essay by Amery, as well as Piano's award acceptance speech, other ceremony speakers' comments, and photos of some of his buildings and a chronology..... More
Rîmnicu Vîlcea: The Bishopric, 1990. Hardcover. White paper boards with gray lettering on spine, decorative end pages, 331 pp, richly illustrated in color and bw. "Published on the initiative, with the blessings and a foreword of His Holiness Gherasim, Bishop of Rîmnic and Arges." More
New Haven, Connecticut / London: Yale University Press (for the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, New York), 1995. Softcover. Color illus. wraps; 415 pp.; Well over 100 bw and color figures. Features 100+ items, including design drawings as well as actual pieces of furniture, vases, and..... More
London: Lund Humphries, 1984. Softcover. Brown & color illus. wraps, 127 pp., many BW illus. Issued in conjunction with several 1984-1985 exhibitions that considered the life and work of English architect and art historian William Richard Lethaby. With essays by Theresa Gronberg, John Brandon-Jones, Peter Fuller, Gillian Naylor, Godfrey Rubens..... More
Sant Lluis, Menorca: Triangle Postals, [2007]. Softcover. Color illus. wraps, French flaps, 128 pp., profusely illustrated in color. Text is in French. Showcases the work of Spanish Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi (1852-1926). Includes a biographical essay and a chronology. 16 specific buildings are presented (in Barcelona, Comillas, Leon, and Astorga)..... More
London: Bloomsbury Books, 1987. fourth impression. Hardbound. Navy blue cloth, gold lettering, illus. dj; 244 pp. with 181 bw plates and 60 color plates. Contains examples of portraits, buildings, furnishings, ornamentation; with chronology and maps locating buildings and monuments designed by Robert Adams, "unquestionably Scotland's most famous architect and one..... More
New York: Musuem of Modern Art, 2012. Hardcover. Brown cloth boards, color-photographic dust jacket with red and white lettering. 270 pp. Mainly color illustrations. Plans. Henri Labrouste is one of the few nineteenth-century architects consistently lionized as a precursor of modern architecture throughout the twentieth century and into our own..... More
Paris: Gallimard / Electa, 1996. Softcover. Color illus. wraps; 258 pp.; 199 color and bw plates and figures. Text in French; Accompanied an exhibition at the Chateau du Blois; Contains 52 writings about the architect by various authors; Beautifully illustrated with drawings and photos. More
New York: Rizzoli, 1988. Softcover. Beige paper wraps with color illustration; matching dj with cut-out showing illustration on front cover; 334 pp. with color and bw illustrations throughout. Essays by the four authors about Ambasz the man and architect, followed by illustrations and extensive descriptions of several of Ambasz's designs..... More
New York: Architectural Record / Museum of Modern Art, 1949. Hardcover. Navy cloth boards with gilt lettering on front cover and spine, white dust jacket with red lettering, bw illustration on front cover, 128 pp, includes 196 bw illustrations, portraits and plans. "An Architectural Record book published in collaboration with..... More
Basel/Boston: Birkhäuser, 1999. Hardcover. Black textured boards with white lettering on spine. Black textured dust jacket with white lettering. 191 pp, profusely illustrated in large, bw illustrations. Text in English and German. Werner Blaser introduces the reader in this book to Werner Sobek's work and his professional career. He describes..... More
London: Batsford, 1912. Reimpression with Corrections. Hardcover. Burgundy cloth boards with gilt lettering on front cover and spine, bw frontispiece of Lichfield Cathedral, top edge gilt, burgundy silk ribbon page marker, xxii, 782 pp. in two volumes, bw illustrations, plates, plans, diagrams. "First Published November 1905. Reprinted 1906. Reimpression with..... More
Milan: Electa, 1986. Softcover. Plain grey wraps; Grey illus. dj.; 283 pp.; 279 bw figures. Text in Italian; An in-depth look at the life and work of Leon Battista Alberti; Part of the "Documenti di architettura" series. More
