The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1920. Hardcover. Green cloth. xix, 248 pp. 95 bw plates. spine title label. top edge gilt. deckled edges. This Is Copy 5 of 975. More
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1920. Hardcover. Green cloth. xix, 248 pp. 95 bw plates. spine title label. top edge gilt. deckled edges. This Is Copy 5 of 975. More
New York: The Museum Of Modern Art / The International Council / Art Association of the Philippines, Council of Filipino Architects, 1964. Softcover. black portfolio w/ red & purple printing illustration, white printing. approx 60 unpaginated pgs w/ bw illustrations printed on cream tissue paper. Opening essay by Arthur Drexler..... More
Boston: George H. Polley & Co., 1896. Hardcover. Tan buckram/boards with gilt lettering on spine; introductory page, list of plates, and 66 single-sided bw plates. Oversize and heavy and will require extra postage. Illustrated survey of colonial furnishings as they appeared in their colonial interiors. Photographs selected from mansions in..... More
Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1985. Hardcover. Blue and navy boards with silver lettering. xii, 57 pp, 80 unnumbered pages of plates. BW illustrations. Includes bibliographical references. More
New York: Rizzoli, 2003. Hardcover. grey boards w/ gilt spine printing. 303 pgs w/ bw, color illustrations; opening section of 66 color plates. pictorial & grey dustjacket w/ red spine printing. "...The book is comprehensive, examining the history of New York's changing neighborhoods and the history of the various row..... More
New York: W. A. Townsend & Company, 1859. Hardcover. Textured red cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on both covers and spine, 376 pp., 139 BW illustrations. Title on front cover: Washington and Mount Vernon. Published about the time when the Washington home passed from the possession of George Washington's..... More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1996. Hardcover. black cloth boards w/ reflective, lime green printing to spine. book xviii, 598 pgs w/ bw illustration. black, green & red illustrated dustjacket. Remains a nice, bright copy. "Joseph Rykwert is one of the major architectural historians of this century, whose full humanistic understanding..... More
Lima: Ediciones San Julián, 1970. Hardcover. Cream boards with brown lettering; 193 pp. with bw images throughout. Text in Spanish. Peru and its art, and this volume specifically covers Lima - its cathedral and numerous churches, private homes, the palace, university, Museo Osma and more. With essay material and explanations..... More
Charlottesville, Virginia: The University of Virginia Press, 1984. Hardbound. Tan cloth with maroon spine and gold lettering; 114 pp. with several bw illustrations. With topics of Palladio, Palladianism and Palladianists 1570-1730; Palladio in Southside Virginia: Brandon and Battersea; Pattern Books in American Architecture 1730-1930; and Palladio in Tidewater Virginia: Mount..... More
New York: Architectural Book Publishing Co., 1930. Hardcover. Brown cloth spine with no title, printed lighter brown paper covered boards with printed title; bw illustrated title page, preface, list of the drawings included, 41 plates. Volume 3 of a 3 volume set. Measured drawings with exterior details, floor plans, framing..... More
2002. Slipcased. Black wraps with photograph. Black cloth slipcase. 72 pages : illustrations, plans. Signed by Architect. concept and design by Oscar Riera Ojeda ; introduction by Brenda Ware Jones ; edited by Mark Pasnik and James McCown. More
La Paz, Bolivia: Jaime Cisneros & Hugh Richter, 1998. Second. Hardcover. Black boards with color illus and orange spine lettering. Black french fold dj with same. 111 pp. Many color illus. Text in Spanish and English. Beautifully illustrated volume which discusses the exterior and interiors of Jesuit missions. More
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1940. Paperback. Spiral-bound blue illustrated wraps with white lettering, 127 pp., BW illus. A guidebook of 297 buildings in Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. They typified "modern"..... More
Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1984. Hardcover. Tan cloth boards with brown lettering; brown dj with white and black lettering and illustration, mylar cover; 186 pp; illustrated in bw. Volume 2 only of a 2 volume set. Illustrated with 560 floor plans, drawings, and photographs. More
Amherst & Boston: University of Massachusetts Press, 2007. Hardcover. green boards w/ gilt spine printing. 224 pgs w/ bw illustrations. light peach dustjacket w/ bw illustration; plastic cover. Pages inspected and appear clean, but, may have instances of marginalia, notations, etc. Due date slip on back endpaper has no removal..... More
Knoxville, Tennessee: The University of Tennessee Press, 2015. Hardcover. burgundy cloth boards w/ gilt spine printing. 215 pgs w/ bw illustrations. burgundy & yellow illustrated dustjacket. "In this innovative study, Pamela H. Simpson examines the architectural materials that proliferated between 1870 and 1930. Produced by new technology, promoted by new..... More
Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, 1983. Cuarta edicion (Fourth edition). Hardcover. Gray cloth, black title and decorative blocks with gilt letters and decorations, tan-gray paper dust jacket, 303 text pp. plus 449 BW plates on pages, soime color plates within text. Text is in Spanish..... More
New York: Avery Architectural And Fine Arts Library, 2014. Hardcover. blue cloth boards w/ silver printing. decorative endpapers & pastedowns. 158 pgs w/ color, bw illustrations. pictorial dustjacket w/ blue printing. Remains a nice, sharp and bright copy. "...Highlights the renowned architects, artists, artisans and landscape designers whose work has..... More
New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 2010. Hardcover. Coral-colored cloth, red & color illus. dust jacket, 251 pp., many BW & color illus. "Explores all aspects of, and approaches to, museum architecture -- the aesthetic, the practical, the innovative, and the functional. ... Delves into the archives of some..... More
New York: The American Architect, 1915. Hardcover. Blue library buckram. 80 pp, followed by 169 full-page plates, followed by three pages ads. Very scarce. More
New York: Kalkhoff Press, 1916. Hardbound. Gray-brown paper boards. 284 pp., profusely illustrated in BW. Represents the work of architect and designer members of the league. Includes vintage photos of various buildings, interiors and exteriors, as well as select paintings and sculptures. Fun for browsing. Uncommon. More
New York: The Architectural History Foundation / MIT Press, 1922. Softbound. Paper printed wraps. 288 pp., profusely illustrated in BW. Architectural League of New York, 1922. Represents the work of architect and designer members of the league. Includes vintage photos of various buildings, interiors and exteriors, as well as select..... More
New York: Harper & Row / Icon Books, 1984. Softcover. white wraps w/ color illustrations, grey printing. 295 pgs w/ bw & color illustrations. A nice, bright copy. Illustrated throughout with interiors, exteriors and floorplans. More
Rockville Centre, NY: Donald J. Berg, 2000. Softcover. White wraps with illustration. 96 pages : illustrations, plans. Includes bibliographical references and index. More
New York: The Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture, Columbia University, 2014. Hardcover. Gray stamped cloth, 336 pp., BW illus. "In a series of three symposia at Columbia University in the 1960s, leading scholars and critics gathered to re-examine the architecture of the 1910s, 1920s, and..... More