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1981. Softcover. Mauve wraps. [9] pp. 12 bw plates. An exhibition regarding the London Guarantee and Accident Company Building, now the Stone Container Building. More
1981. Softcover. Mauve wraps. [9] pp. 12 bw plates. An exhibition regarding the London Guarantee and Accident Company Building, now the Stone Container Building. More
Southport, CT: The Southport Conservancy, 1989. Hardcover. square, maroon boards w/ silver spine printing. 214 pgs w/ bw illustrations, maps & designs. glossy illustrated & maroon dustjacket. Wonderfully illustrated history of Southport. This hand-numbered copy 199 of 1000. More
1973. Softcover. Grey wraps. 47 pp. 22 bw plates. More
New York: J. J. Augustin Publishers, 1946. Hardcover. Red cloth with gilt lettering. xi,132 pp. Profuse bw. ills. Surveys the development of architectural style in Tenessee from 1780 to 1860. Arranged in chronological order. Large section on architect William Strickland. Entries are descriptively annotated and include interior and exterior illustrations..... More
Charleston: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, 1981. Hardcover. Green ill. wraps. xii, 201 pp. Profuse bw ills. Account of the architectural features of various hot springs resorts. More
Dover: University of Delaware, 1990. Softcover. White wraps. xii, 292 pp. Numerous charts, figs. and bw ills. Research and documentation of findings of 18th century structure, which include structural features, trash pits, and postholes. More
Washington, DC: American Association of Museums, 1933. Hardcover. Half blue cloth, tan boards, gilt lettering. 187 pp. Numerous bw plates. More
Ann Arbor, MI: Classical America, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth/color DJ. 231 pp. Numerous bw plates. This volume places special emphasis on the decades from 1890 to 1940. More
Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 1971 (1966). Second Printing. Hardbound. Teal cloth boards with black titles, black and white illustrated dust jacket. A pictorial study, with photos by the author. Chapters cover the countryside, the people and the villages, the archtecture, and the houses. More
Atlanta, GA: Harman Publishing Company, 1931. Hardbound. Green gilt embossed cloth. 287 pp. over 250 photographs and plans. Quite uncommon. More than 250 illustrations and plans of outstanding country and suburban homes in the South as selected by a committee of prominent architects. Some crayon scribbling inside rear cover. My..... More
Amherst, Mass. The University of Massachusetts Press, 1992, 1993. Second Edition. Softcover. Teal wraps, 261 pp., 92 BW illus. An update to a classic history from 1942, issued fifty years later with a new and additional preface by the original author. The city of Lowell remains one of the best..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1920. Hardcover. Green cloth. xix, 248 pp. 95 bw plates. Describes the architectural heritage of colonial Philadelphia with detailed analysis and comparison, with enough historic facts to lend true local color. More
Nantucket, Mass. Tetaukimmo Press, 1953. Softcover. Light yellow wraps. 214 pp. Numerous bw ills. Essays about Nantucket architecture and silver. Articles include "Nantucket's Changing Prosperity Future Probabilities," "The Spoon Primer," "Silversmiths of Old-Time Nantucket," and "Nantucket's Undergound Moon." More
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: Art Gallery of Alberta, 2007. Softcover. Color pictorial wraps; 159 pp.; Profusely illustrated with color and bw photos and illus. Accompanied the exhibition held June 8 - August 26, 2007; Includes essays by Trevor Boddy, Shafraaz Kaba, David Murray and Marianne Fedori, and Troy Smith; Discusses 47..... More
Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 1979. Softcover. Red illustrated wraps. Bw illustrated frontispiece, xiv, 261 pp. Numerous bw plates. First edition. "In a rich blend of architectural and social history, Abbott Lowell Cummings reconstructs some of our nation's first houses. This is a splendid story of innovations, of restless, migratory people..... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1979. Hardcover. bronze cloth boards w/ gilt printing, black cloth spine. 261 pp. 280 bw plates. not dustjacket. Photo is of a previous copy; this copy does not have a dust-jacket. Pages inspected and appear clean, but there may be errant notations, marginalia etc. A...... More
New York: Architectural Book Publishing Co., 1914. Hardbound. Red library buckram. 66 measured drawings of 18 different buildings, including two folding plates. Common in Institutional libraries, very scarce in the trade. More
New York: Architectural Book Publishing Co., Inc, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth. xiii, 68 pp. approx. 118 bw ills. Beautiful examples of numerous gateways and doorways found on an array of buildings throughout the city. Each entry is annotated and includes the building's location. More
Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2007. Softcover. Color glossy glued wraps. 164 pp., profusely illustrated. "With an introductory overview providing the context and issues involved in three distinct periods of French influence, Paris on the Potomac presents case studies on David d'Angers's busts of George Washington and the Marquis de..... More
New York: Architectural Book Publishing Co., Inc, 1947. Original edition. Hardcover. Bluish cloth, blue DJ. 124 pp. Profuse bw plates. Foreword by Joseph Mullen. Includes annotated plates of notable historic buildings. More
New York / London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1980. Hardcover. 4 vols. Dark green cloth, 1491 total pp., many BW illus. and plans, fold-out at rear of first vol. The complete four-volume set presenting views and information on the historic buildings of California. Consists of reproductions of all of the drawings..... More
New York / London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1979. Hardcover. 8 vols. Dark green cloth, 1491 total pp., many BW illus. and plans, fold-out at rear of first vol. The complete eight-volume set presenting views and information on the historic buildings of New York. Consists of reproductions of all of the..... More
New York / London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1979. Hardcover. 2 vols. Dark green cloth, 917 total pp., many BW illus. and plans, fold-out at rear of first vol. The complete two-volume set presenting views and information on the historic buildings of Texas. Consists of reproductions of all of the drawings..... More
Barre, MA: Barre Publishers, 1965. Hardcover. Off-white boards, clear plastic DJ. 85 pp. Numerous bw plates. Examines the neighborhood's history, with particular emphasis on its magnificent architecture. More
Atlanta, GA: Southern Architect and Building News, 1926. Hardcover. Blue cloth. 4 pp + 72 bw plates. More