Historic Furnishings Report / HFC, Clara Barton House, Clara Barton National Historic Site, Maryland
1983. Softbound. White Illustrated wraps, 523pp, 57 bw illustrations. Report on the interiors of the Clara Barton House in Glen Echo, MD. More
1983. Softbound. White Illustrated wraps, 523pp, 57 bw illustrations. Report on the interiors of the Clara Barton House in Glen Echo, MD. More
Washington, DC: Mcgill & Witherow Printers and Stereotypers, 1866. First Edition. Hardbound. Green cloth boards with stamped design, gilt title on cover. 99 pp., frontis., and 7 other engraved illustrations, plus fold-out map. A small book. More
Charlottesville, VA: Howell Press, 2001. Hardcover. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering on front cover and spine, sepia illustrated dust jacket with white and red lettering, xxv, 222 pp, profusely illustrated throughout in bw. Published to coincide with a spring 2001 exhibition at the Virginia Historical Society featuring the images..... More
NY: T. A. Cawthra & Co., Inc., 1923. Hardcover. Blue paper over boards with tan cloth at spine. Unpaginated. A brief foreword followed by bw photographic plates. More
Los Angeles: Balcony Press, 1997. Hardcover. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering. DJ with color photograph. 136 pages : illustrations (some color). Abstract: "One hundred vivid color images by architectural photographers Robert Berger and Anne Conser record in lavish detail the spectacular, sumptuous, and often whimsical interiors of 16 of..... More
New York: Rizzoli, 1995. Hardcover. Green cloth with blind stamping on front cover, gilt lettering on spine, color illustrated dust jacket, 276 pp, richly illustrated in mostly color. Photo is of a previous copy. "A man of passionate vision and drive, Frederick Law Olmsted defined and named the profession of..... More
London, England: Victor Gollancz LTD, 1960. Hardcover. blue cloth boards w/ gilt spine printing. 306 pgs w/ bw plates. red dustjacket w/ white printing. Pages tanning. Remains nice, sturdy reading copy. More
London, England: Phaidon, 2000. Hardcover. blue, striped cloth boards w/ black printing & black spine printing. illustrated pastedowns & endpapers. 240 pgs w/ bw & color illustrations. grey pictorial dustjacket w/ white & green printing. Remains a nice, bright copy. Wonderfully illustrated. "Following the lead of the chronology of their..... More
New York: Rizzoli, 2003. Softcover. Grey cloth, navy ill. DJ. 368 pp. Profuse color plates. Presents exquisite residential, cultural and corporate buildings. Includes the US Mission to the United Nations, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, the International Center for Photography, the DAvid Geffen Foundation Building, and the Morgan..... More
New York: Architectural Book Pub. 2000. Hardcover. Purple cloth boards with gilt lettering. Illustrated dj. [12], 212 pages : illustrations, plans. Reprint. Originally published: New York : Architectural Book Pub. Co., 1923./ Subtitle on book jacket: Country estates, suburban homes & other structures. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. Hardcover. Salmon cloth. gilt lettering; photo frontispiece. xiv, 190 pp. 124 bw plates. First edition of this very important study and documentation. More
Washington, DC: White House Historical Association, 1977. Thirteenth. Hardcover. Red cloth over boards; Red pictorial dj.; 150 pp.; Profusely illustrated in bw and color. Inscribed at the title page by Rosalynn Carter; A guide to the White House interiors, as well as its grounds. More
Chicago, Illinois: The University of Chicago Press / The Art Institute of Chicago, 1915. Hardcover. Brown cloth, gilt letters on spine & front cover, 172 pp. with 45 bw illus. The lectures in this volume comprise the 11th series delivered at the Art Institute of Chicago on the Scammon Foundation..... More
Basel/Boston: Birkhäuser, 2001. Hardcover. Tan cloth boards, Tan/gray dust jacket, white spine with black and tan lettering, 231 pp, illustrated in bw and color. Contents include: Building landscape -- Relative objects -- Sectional topographies -- Program effect -- Episodic monumentality -- Additions interventions. More
Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2005. First Edition. Softcover. Plastic file folder with clasp, color image on flap. Inside contents include: 1) one postcard, blue with white image; 2) a sealed pack of two magnets, one blue/one white with image; 3) a CD encased in cardboard; 4) book entitled Building..... More
Rockport, MA: Rockport Publishers, 1995. Hardcover. Gray-blue cloth boards with stamped spine lettering. Color-illustrated dust jacket with yellow lettering. 208 pp. Mainly color illustrations. "The ideal of building community informs all of Zimmer Gunsul Frasca's architecture. Over the past three decades, ZGF has quietly amassed an impressived portfolio of diverse..... More
New York: William T. Comstock, 1904. Hardcover. Green cloth with gilt lettering; bw illustrated frontispiece; 182 pp. 96 bw plates;. The author seeks to define and characterize an American style of architecture resulting from available materials, climate and taste, among other variables. Wheeler discusses many houses throughout New England and..... More
Cambridge, Mass. The MIT Press, 1997. Hardcover. Navy blue cloth, gilt letters on spine, gold & illus. dust jacket, 154 pp., few BW illus. "In the first century B.C., Vitruvius Pollio narrated a myth of the origins of dwelling. In a forest clearing, previously isolated and savage people gathered about..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1947. Hardcover. Black and white illustrated boards, x, 246 pp; profusely illustrated throughout in bw. Includes a preface, table of contents, and an index. More
Arlington, Texas: The University of Texas at Arlington, 2008. Softcover. White wraps with sky blue lettering on spine and French front flap; 300 pp. with color and bw images throughout. A volume covering the work of students at the School of Architecture, information about the visiting professors, the degree programs..... More
Sao Paulo: Romiti and Lanzara, 1940. Softcover. Off white printed stiff wraps, glued. 36 pp. of text, 508 full-page photographic illustrations. A lengthy and substantial photographic record of the many architectural and cultural treasures which Brazil possesses. A sumptuous volume, and one of the first attempts at documenting these many..... More
New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2004. Hardcover. Black boards with debossed illustration and silver lettering on the spine; grey DJ with color-photo illustration and blue and white lettering; ix, 241 pp.; richly illustrated. "From maps to mosaics, benches to bridges. Subway Style takes the reader on a visual journey..... More
New York, N.Y. Monacelli Press, 1995. Hardcover. Pictorial dj; red cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine. 276 pages : color illustrations. The American colonial design period moves from the late twilight of medievalism through traditional building methods to the sophisticated pattern-book formality of the Age of Enlightenment, with its rules..... More
Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1980. Hardcover. Brown cloth with red cloth spine, gilt lettering on spine. White and BW-illustrated dust jacket, red lettering; mylar cover. xv; 350 pp. Filled with BW illustrations. English edition. Translated by Patricia J. Lyon, foreword by John V. Murra. "Separate chapters are devoted to..... More
New York: Abrams, 2008. Hardcover. blue boards w/ white printing. illustrated pastedowns & endpapers. 256 pgs w/ color illustrations. pictorial dustjacket w/ white printing. Wonderfully illustrated. "Dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day and scattered across the state from the East Texas town of Jefferson to El Paso..... More