Philipse Manor Hall at Yonkers, NY: The Site, The Building and Its Occupants
NY: American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society, 1930. Hardcover. Black cloth, gilt design. 264 pp. 1 bw plates. More
NY: American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society, 1930. Hardcover. Black cloth, gilt design. 264 pp. 1 bw plates. More
NY: E. P. Dutton, 1978. Softcover. Black wraps. 133 pp. 140 bw plates. Marvelous photographs and entertainingly informative text help us appreciate with deeper understanding the astounding variety of architectural beauty to be found in this great city. More
New York: Bonanza Books, 1951. Hardcover. Sage cloth, green & illus. dust jacket, 196 pp., BW illus. Visits 50 ante-bellum mansions and one more recent house, "built in the old grand manner." (preface) Fun for architectural browsing ... and a possible road trip. More
New Haven, Connecticut: CIRCA, 1976. Softcover. Tan illus. stapled wraps; 53 pp.; Profusely illustrated with bw photos. Foreword by Richard Sharpe; Lists homes, churches, shops, and other buildings in Norwich with photos and brief descriptions; Part 1 of the CIRCA (Community Identity and Record of Connecticut's Architecture) series. More
NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1897. Hardcover. Gilt-embossed blue cloth. xii, 511 pp. Numeorus bw plates. More
New York: Acanthus Press, 2004. Hardcover. Peach cloth, brown & blue & illus. dust jacket, 352 pp., many BW illus. "Presents a unique history of the nearly 100 elevator stuctures whose amenities, unusual interior spaces, architectural features, and distinctive innovations define the history of Chicago apartment design. ... [This book]..... More
Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1958. Hardcover. Grey-blue cloth. 41 pp. 19 bw plates. More
New York: Routledge, 2008. Hardbound. Black boards with silver lettering and illus. dj; 280 pp., fully illustrated. A complete history of the bridge in art, from the prologue with the Plans to Bridge the East River to the final chapter about the Contemporary Era. More
Portland, Oregon: Timber Press, 1999, 2000. Reprinted. Hardcover. Blue buckram, blue & illus. dust jacket, 591 pp., many BW illus. "Places the development of Portland's residential architecture in the context both of the city's growth and of evolving international design movements. It describes and illustrates more than 300 of Portland's..... More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1982. Softcover. Blue & gold & illus. wraps, 223 pp., myriad BW illus. "Presents the wonderful panorama of East Hampton buildings fromt he seventeenth century to the present, including salt-boxes, houses of the Elizabethan revival style, the stick and shingle styles, and more..... More
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1968. Hardcover. Yellow cloth, yellow pictorial DJ. 158 pp. Profuse bw plates. A celebration of early Texas architecture and buldings' forms, shapes and structures. More
Dover, NH: Arcadia Publishing, 1997. Softcover. Sepia-colored wraps with black title block. 128 pp. with bw images throughout. Part of the Images of America series. Divides Manhattan into sections by streets: The Fifties, E/W Forties, E/W Thirties, The Twenties, Lower Manhattan, Central Park and Above and Manhattan on Vacation. Wonderful..... More
Springfield, VA: U. S. Department of Commerce/National Park Service, February 1966. Softcover. White wraps. Stapled. Unpaginated. Profuse bw ills. Annotated descriptions and histories of historic buildings in St. Croix and St. Thomas regarding studies in preservation. Includes historical and architectural data, photographs and measured drawings. More
Providence: Rhode Island Museum Press, 1939. 1st edition. Hardcover. Grey cloth. 69 pp + 81 bw plates. Covers 4 centuries of Rhode Island architecture. Annotated pictorial survey follows extensive essay. More
Providence: Rhode Island Museum Press, 1939. 1st edition. Hardcover. Grey wraps with paper jacket. . 69 pp + 81 bw plates. Covers 4 centuries of Rhode Island architecture. Annotated pictorial survey follows extensive essay. Original edition. More
Providence: Rhode Island Museum Press, 1939. Softcover. Illustrated dj in mylar; soft grey covers. 69 pp + 81 bw plates. Covers 4 centuries of Rhode Island architecture. Annotated pictorial survey follows extensive essay. More
Richmond, Virginia: Center For Palladian Studies In America, Inc, 2012. Hardcover. dark red cloth w/ gilt emblem & spine printing. 95 pgs w/ color, bw illustrations, figures, plates. glossy maroon dustjacket w/ color illustration, white printing. Illustrated throughout. More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2004. Hardcover. Illustrated boards White color-illustrated dust jacket with blue lettering. 127 pp. Mainly color illustrations. For anyone who has dreamed of living in a Colonial-style home, this showcase of Colonial Williamsburg standouts is an irresistible wish book. And for the home design do-it-yourselfer, it..... More
New York: Architectural Book Publishing Company, Inc., 1965. Hardcover. Blue cloth, navy ill. DJ. 213 pp. 301 bw ills. Introduction by William Lawrence Bottomley. Fully illustrated book detailing architecture from the Portsmouth region. More
Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1984. Hardcover. Black boards with silver stamped illustration. Beige and BW-photographic dust jacket with navy lettering. xiii, 225 pp. BW illustrations. "This book, about the buildings farmers made, traces the historical development of connected farm buildings, as architectural form common in rural New..... More
Knoxville, Tennessee: The University of Tennessee Press, 1997. Softcover. white wraps w/ illustrations & green, grey printing. 280 pgs w/ bw illustrations. content as follows: pt. 1. Communities Shaped by Ideals: 1. Remnants of a Failed Utopia: Reconstructing Runnymede's Agricutlural Landscape / Alan Michelson, Katherine Solomonson -- 2. Homesteads and..... More
Softcover. Bluish wraps with black lettering. Stapled. 52 pp. 4 bw plates. Report resulting from research between Hummel and Jeannette Eckman in 1953. Chapters include a bibliography, works consulted by Miss Eckman, furnishings of the interior of the New Castle Court House circa 1804, evidence relating to the social history..... More
Softcover. Black binder 52 pp. 4 bw plates. Report resulting from research between Hummel and Jeannette Eckman in 1953. Chapters include a bibliography, works consulted by Miss Eckman, furnishings of the interior of the New Castle Court House circa 1804, evidence relating to the social history of the New Castle..... More
Baltimore, MD: Peale Museum, 1957. Softcover. Blue wraps. 48 pp. 80 bw plates. An illustrated guide to buildings designed by the members of the Baltimore chapter of the A.I.A. Includes an index to Baltimore architecture. More
Saint Louis: River City Publishers, 1989. Softcover. Blue wraps. xvii, 226 pp. Profuse. An extensive and lavishly illustrated history of one of St. Louis's most eminent residential street. Featuring exclusive and innovative architectural marvels; includes information on the homes and the notable people who resided in them. More