Historic Travellers' Rest: Nashville, Tennessee
Travellers' Rest, 1976. Softcover. Pictorial stapled wraps. 36 pp. Numerous color and bw plates. Inserted white stapled brochure. Highlights from the John Overton 18th-century home in Tennessee. More
Travellers' Rest, 1976. Softcover. Pictorial stapled wraps. 36 pp. Numerous color and bw plates. Inserted white stapled brochure. Highlights from the John Overton 18th-century home in Tennessee. More
Charlottesville: Thomasson-Grant Publishing, Inc., 1982. Hardcover. Salmon cloth, cream ill. DJ. 80 pp. Profuse color plates. Photography by Robert Llewellyn. More
Sarasota: John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 2004. Softcover. Color-illustrated softcover with black and white lettering. 66 pp. Mainly color illustrations. This book presents an inside look at home of John and Mable Ringling, of the Ringling Bros. Circus. More
New York: Pell-Mell Press, 2004. First. Softbound. White with BW photographic wraps, unpaginated; approx. 56pp, profuse BW photographs. Published for the 100th anniversary of the Ansonia Hotel, includes numerous interviews from current residents and beautiful pictures by photographer Tom Wolff. Covers the building, the people, and some artifacts from it's..... More
Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Museum of Art, 1929. Softcover. Brown stapled wraps. Unpaginated. 26 bw plates. More
Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Museum of Art, 1929. Softcover. Brown stapled wraps. Unpaginated. 26 bw plates. More
Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Museum of Art, 1929. Softcover. Brown stapled wraps. Unpaginated. 26 bw plates. More
New York, NY: Assouline Publishing, 2008. Hardcover. White boards with title imprinted on spine and front cover; Color pictorial dj.; 80 pp.; Profusely illustrated with color and bw photos, many full-page. A virtual tour of the home and grounds at Philip Johnson and David Whitney's 47-acre plot in New Canaan..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2001. Hardcover. Light blue & illus. paper boards, color illus. dust jacket, maps on flyleaves, 208 pp., 250 color illus. Billed as the most comprehensive book on the subject. "The great estates of the Hudson River Valley offer some of the finest examples of grand-scale..... More
Boston: Geo. . Polley & Co., Publishers, 1896. First. Hardbound. Deep purple cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, unpaginated; approx. 54pp, 25 BW photographs. A very scarce book. Includes a one page brief history and is elsewise all black and white photographs. Each plate is titled where in the..... More
Boston, Mass. National Park Service, 1993. Softcover. Green & white & illus. wraps, 138 pp., 61 BW illus. incl. maps. A detailed and illustrated report on the history of the home of American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Built by John Vassall in 1759, the house also..... More
New York: Rizzoli, 2011. Hardcover. Crimson cloth, gilt letters on spine, cream & color illus. dust jacket, 248 pp., many color illus.; weighs 6.5 lbs. "Showcases the exquisite residential architecture of Ferguson & Shamamian, a firm distinguished by its commitment to the continuity of traditional design and unparalleled craftsmanship. ....... More
Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1992. Softcover. Black ill. wraps. 66 pp. Numerous bw ills. More
Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Franklin and Marshall College, 1938. Softcover. Brown textured stapled wraps, 40 pp., embossed college seal on first page, 12 BW plates plus floor plans. The program of the 1938 dedication ceremony for this library at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Includes BW portraits of B. F...... More
Tokyo: A. D. A. Edita, 1985. Softcover. White & color illus. wraps, [40 pp.], BW and color illus. Main text is in Japanese and English. A profile of the famous residence, "Fallingwater," designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for the Kaufmann family of Pittsburgh. With text by Paul Rudolph and photographs..... More
Hartford: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 2007. Blue cloth binding with stamped lettering on boards and gilt lettering on spine. Color illustrated dust jacket. 128 pp. Profusely illustrated in B&W and color. "In 1930 twenty-nine-year-old Chick Austin and his wife, Helen Goodwin built a house on one of the grandest..... More
Boston: Ticknor & Company, 1888. Hardcover. Green library buckram with gilt lettering. 23 heliotype plates, one of them in color. Oversize and heavy and will require extra postage. Photographs of Trinity church before later modifications by Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge. Very nice, large bw photographic plates. More
Cambridge: Harvard University, 1960. Hardcover. Maroon cloth, blue DJ. xviii, 100 pp. 29 bw ills. Preface by Reuben A. Brower and an introduction by Walter Muir Whitehill. A complete architectural and social study of the oldest house in Harvard's Adams House complex. More
New York: Monacelli Press, 1998. Hardbound. Blue cloth with glossy color dustjacket. New York. 263 pp., A breathtaking presentation of the outside and inside, beautifully photographed and accompanied by insightful and pleasant text. A joy to read. More
Rancho Santa Fe, California: Rancho Santa Fe Historical Society, 2001. Fourth. Hardcover. Orange cloth with gilt titling and decoration; BW pictorial dj.; 160 pp.; Profusely illustrated with bw photos. Traces the history of Rancho Santa Fe, California, one of California's first planned communities; Includes several essays and many photographs, both..... More
Philadelphia: The Art Alliance Press / Associated University Presses, 1982. Hardcover. Black cloth, gilt letters on spine, burgundy & white & color illus. dust jacket, 195 pp., many BW illus. Showcases the estate known as Georgian Court in Lakewood Township, New Jersey; once the home of financier and railroad magnate..... More
Bogota, Colombia: Colcultura, Instituto Colombiano de Cultura, 1987. Paperback. Oblong, red wraps with color illustration, yellow lettering. 209 pp. At least 106 illustrations, some in color. Text in Spanish. 2000 copies printed. More
Newark, DE: University of Delaware, 2002. Hardcover. Black cloth. 217 pp (single sided). 58 bw illustrations. M.A. thesis exploring the construction of John Penn's late Georgian villa along the Schuylkill River outside of Philadelphia. The house, according to the author, was influential in the spread of neo-classical styles to American..... More
NY: American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society, 1912. Hardcover. Dark olive cloth, gilt design. 255 pp. 14 illustrations and bw plates. More
Tübingen, Germany: Ernst Wasmuth Verlag, 1993. Hardcover. White stamped cloth, white & color illus. dust jacket, 60 pp., many BW & color illus. "Henry Hobson Richardson designed the Glessner House (1885-87) in Chicago for an industrialist and his family. The house was built in an elite residential neighborhood on the..... More