Beijing: Cultural Object Press, 1959. Hardcover. Chinese language text. Tan cloth boards with red Chinese lettering on front cover and spine. Dj with b/w illustration. 39 pgs. Illustrations (some color). Contains English language insert with introduction and table of contents for illustrations. More
Tokyo: The Otsuka Kogeisha, 1932. Published between 1932 and 1935. Hardcover. All volumes: 11x14 inches, natural linen/boards. Silver-grey embossed Buddhist design on cover; Japanese lettering on spine. Top edges gilt. The primary volume about each temple contains a map of the temple area. All plates in Vols. 1-27 are b/w..... More
Tokyo: Kinry zan Sens ji, 2018. Paperback. Off white wraps with gilt and black illustrations and lettering; each volume is individually paginated; richly illustrated. Text in Japanese. VOLUME III IS NOT PICTURED. Volume 1: Sculptures; Volume 2: Pictures; Volume 3: Sculptures. More
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Hardcover. Green library buckram. Approx 59 bw plates. Preforatory material in Japanese with Japanese and English descriptions on tissue guards. Copyright and publisher information in Japanese. Includes photographs of gardens at temples including Rokuon-ji, Jisho-ji, Hongan-ji, Hoshun-in, Tenryu-ji, Saiho-ji, Ryoan-ji, Seiren-in, Shuon-an, Myochi-in, Shin-nyo-in, Taizo-in, Enryo-in, Sanbo-in, Koho-an, Konchi-in, Reito-in..... More
Academy Editions / St. Martin's Press, 1992. Hardcover. Blue cloth, gilt letters on spine, 311 pp., BW and color illus. and drawings. Presents selected work of Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa (1934-2007). Highly illustrated. Uncommon. More
no date. Softbound. Folder with 2 postcards, one sheet of text in Japanese and English, and 8 large color photographs. Cover title is spelled piuctres, not pictures. More
Philadelphia: The Japanese House, n.d. Softcover. Tri-fold pamphlet. Black covers with white lettering and BW illustration. 6 total BW photographs. "Shofu-so (Pine Breeze Villa) is one of the most notable and unusual attractions in Philadelphia. This authentic re-creation of a 16th to 17th century shoin-zukuri (desk style) house is located..... More
Mumbai: Marg Publications, 1997. Hardcover. Forest green cloth boards with yellow stamped lettering. Color-illustrated dust jacket with white lettering. vii, 119 pp. Color illustrations. Maps. "This volume explores the transformations that shape the physical environment in South Asia. The nature of architecture and city form is established as an expression..... More
Bombay: Marg Publications, 1969. Paperback. White and BW-illustrated wraps; white spine with red lettering. 35 + [29] pp. 2 color + many BW + a handful of red duotone plates and illustrations, 1 fold-out. A March 1969 publication of Marg: A Magazine of the Arts, Volume XXII Number 2. A...... More
Paris: Librarie Renouard, H. Laurens, Editeur, 1912. Hardbound. Gray cloth boards with red and dark green lettering and designs, [iv] 543pp, 337 BW figures. Text in French. Detailed book on Oriental architecture from Medieval times to Moden (roughly 1900). More
Ahmedabad: Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd., 1990. Hardbound. Brown cloth with gold lettering; illus. dj with white lettering; 221 pp. numerous color illustrations and architectural drawings. Text in English; with more than 40 buildings featured, including essays, several photos and plans for each. Includes a map of India; with a discussion..... More
New York: Architectural Book Publishing Co., Inc., 1974. Hardcover. Black cloth. White & BW-illustrated dust jacket, blue lettering. 192 pp. Many BW illustrations. Text is in German and English. Divides the topic into three groups: "the religious and secular building in Hangchow, the Imperial Palace and Summer Garden in Peking..... More
Ann Arbor: UMI Dissertation Services, 1996. Softcover. A blue softcover book. xlvii, 619 pages; contains several black-and-white illustrations. More
Koln: Taschen, 2011. Hardcover. Color-illustrated boards with the title in white lettering down a red spine. The free and pasted end pages are illustrated with a red design. Pages: (6), 7-312. Profusely illustrated with color images. Contents are as follows: Foreword / Paul Smith -- Introduction : Cosmic communist constructions..... More
Seoul, Korea: National Museum of Korea, 2020. Hardcover. black & grey illustrated boards w/ reflective black, blind-stamped printing. 295 pgs w/ bw & color illustrations. Remains tightly bound; appears unread. "A newly adapted and edited version of the Korean catalog for the special exhibition Five Hundred Arhats of Changnyeongsa Temple..... More
London: Phaidon Press Limited, 1995. 1997, 2000. Reprinted in paperback, 1997, 2000. Softcover. Tan wraps, French flaps, 524 pp., profusely illus., mostly in BW; weighs 4 lbs. Considers the life and work of Japanese architect Tadao Ando (b. 1941). Examines in detail more than 100 of his buildings and projects;..... More
Boston: Bates and Gild, 1898. Hardbound. 3/4 red cloth portfolio with three cloth ties. More
New York, New York: The Baker & Taylor Company, 1905. Hardcover. Maroon cloth over boards, with gilt titling and decoration; Top edges gilt; 227 pp.; 52 bw plates. A compilation of 10 papers the author wrote about temples and shrines, temple gardens, domestic interiors, sculpture, and more, five of which..... More
Mumbai: The Marg Foundation, 2014. Hardcover. Gray and color-illustrated paper on boards, white spine with black lettering. Matching dust jacket. 144 pp. Numerous illustrations, mostly color. Volume 66, No. 1, published September 2014. Photographs by Surendra Kumar. More
Boston: Heliotype Printing Co. (Photo Printers), 1885. Hardbound. Folio of 25 duotone photographs, a preface, and a list of plates, tied together with light string, placed in a cardboard folio with green cloth spine. Photographs are of homes in India, with several close-up shots of decorative lattice-work and other ornamental..... More
Boston: Heliotype Printing Co. (Photo Printers), 1885. Hardbound. 25 duotone photographs, a preface, and a list of plates, tied together with light string, placed in a cardboard folio with green cloth spine. Photographs are of homes in India, with several close-up shots of decorative lattice-work and other ornamental design. Included..... More
Boston: Heliotype Printing Co. (Photo Printers), 1885. Hardbound. 25 duotone photographs, an introduction, and a list of plates, along with title page and copyright. Un-bound, covered with two separated cardboard covers formerly bound with red cloth spine, of which torn remnants remain. Oversized. Photographs are of homes in India, with..... More
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1972. Hardcover. Bright orange cloth with gilt lettering on spine. White and rust dust jacket, white spine with orangeish lettering. 240 pp. Approx 90 BW plates. Part of the Studies in Ancient Art and Archaeology series, with general editor Donald Strong. "Along the coastal reaches near..... More
Beijing: New World Press, 1991. Hardbound. Brown boards with illus., dj; 119 pp. with sepia-like photos. In four parts with numerous supporting photos and designs. Includes a survey and analysis of the Qing Dynasty Imperial Gardens in Beijing and of the Summer Palace. Origins of Chinese garden design, gardens designed..... More
Stuggart, Germany: Edition Axel Menges, 1996. Hardcover. grey cloth boards w/ black printing. 208 pgs w/ bw & color illustrations. glossy pictorial dustjacket. Pages free of notations & marginalia. More
