New York, New York: How the Apartment House Transformed the Life of the City, 1869 - 1930
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Hardcover. Light blue/grey boards, cloth spine, and white ill. DJ. xv, 285 pp. 65 bw ills., drawings, floor plans. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Hardcover. Light blue/grey boards, cloth spine, and white ill. DJ. xv, 285 pp. 65 bw ills., drawings, floor plans. More
Venezia: Marsilio, 2011. Softcover. Pictorial stiff wraps. xv, 179 pages. Profusely illustrated in bw and color. Issued in connection with an exhibition held Apr. 2-Aug. 1, 2010, Morgan Library & Museum, New York, Jan. 27-May 1, 2011, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI, and Sept. 29-Dec. 31, 2011, Heinz Architectural Center..... More
Chicago: Frederick J. Drake and Company, 1905. Hardbound. Red library buckram. Unpaginated, 5 pp ads at rear. An engaging compilation of plans and views, along with estimates on what it would cost to erect the illustrated dwelling. More
Baltimore: Henry Powell Hopkins, 1963. Softcover. Tan stapled wraps. 14 pp. 25 bw figs. Describes the details and characteristics typical of Maryland's Colonial homes. Focuses on the Chase House, the Hammond-Harwood House, the Jonas Green House, the Peggy Stewart House, the Ridout House, the Brice House, and Reynolds Tavern. More
New York: McBride, Nast and Company, 1912. Hardcover. Grey cloth. xviii, 115 pp. Numerous bw plates. Guides the home builder on building a half timber house. Features fine examples from the United States and England. More
Washington, DC: The Commission of Fine Arts, 1975. Softcover. BW pictorial wraps; 271 pp.; Profusely illustrated with bw photos and drawings, 28 bw plates. A collection of buildings in the Beaux Arts style of architecture, complete with annotations detailing the residents, architects, chain of title, recorded deeds, building permits, wills..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1929. Hardbound. Brownish tan corse wovewn cloth cover with black printed square containing the title. 278 pp., profusely illustrated. Over 240 houses are shown by means of photographs, perspective drawings, outline floor plans and descriptive text.... The designs shown are from three to six rooms..... More
Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1964. Softbound. Printed wraps. 349 pp. with 81 plates and folding tables (well, how about fold-out tables instead?). Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections Vol 147 No 1. More
Lancaster, PA: Henry J. Kauffman, 1992. Softcover. Spring green and color illus. wraps. xi, 153 pp. , many BW illus. "An excellent overview of the English, German, and Swiss architectural designs found in southeastern Pennsylvania. Here you will enjoy readinbg about their houses, barns, furniture, smokehouses, icehouses, springhouses, summerhouses, privies..... More
NY: Viking Penguin, 1987. Hardcover. Mint green cloth/color DJ. 256 pp. 225 color illustrations. This book comprehensively catalogues-region by region-the distinctive styles native to American architecture and design. Lavishly illustrated. More
New York: The Outing Publishinb Company, 1908. Hardcover. Evergreen cloth/boards with thinnest wood veneer laid on and faux book hinge image. x + 155 pp. with bw frontis, additional bw photographs and architectural drawings throughout. New end papers. Chapters include: Making Plans, The Fireplace, The Ax and the Tree, Building..... More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1973. Hardcover. grey cloth boards w/ gilt printing. 613 pgs w/ illustrations. A nice copy. Wonderfully illustrated survey American architects. More
NY: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1989. Hardcover. Burgundy cloth, bw DJ. 456 pp. Numerous color and bw plates. A stunning copy. An essential reference on American Architecture and Decorative Arts of this period. "A National Trust for Historic Preservation book." Photographs by John M. Hall, Jack Kotz, Robert Lautman, and..... More
Cambridge, Mass. The MIT Press, 1999. Hardcover. Black cloth, black & white dust jacket, 283 pp., BW illus. "Shows that the fame of the Bauhaus in America was the result not only of the inherent qualities of its concepts and products, but also of a unique congruence of cultural supply..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. Hardcover. Red library buckram. xix + 301 pp. Profuse bw plates. "There is no art in which this country has made more rapid strides than architecture, and our institutions of learning should embody this national progress, especially since it so effectively ministers to all..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. Hardcover. Original blue cloth, gilt letters on spine & front cover, xix + 301 pp. Profuse bw plates. "There is no art in which this country has made more rapid strides than architecture, and our institutions of learning should embody this national progress, especially..... More
New York: Da Capo Press, 1968. Hardcover. Brownish cloth, gilt lettering. xii, 139 pp. 48 bw plates. 1835 volume reproduced, with introduction by Denys Peter Myers. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996. Softcover. Color-illustrated card wraps with white spine. 478 pp. with bw images throughout, numbered by chapter. Chronicles the history of NY's first skyscrapers, their function, technology, form, symbolism and how they were received by the citizens of New York. History, architecture and fascination all..... More
NY: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1933. Hardcover. Black cloth. 181 pp. Numerous bw illus. Gives an account of recent developments (for the time period) in college architecture with special reference to the liberal arts college. More
New York: A&W Visual Library, 1979. Softcover. Glossy, white card wraps with color illustration; green and black lettering. 96 pp. with color photos throughout. Really cool book of buses and trucks, large and small, turned into houses for one person or entire families, with pets. Includes information on costs and..... More
New York: Rizzoli, 2004. Hardcover. brown boards w/ blind-stamped printing & gilt spine printing. illustrated pastedowns & endpapers. 256 pgs w/ color illustrations. pictorial dustjacket. Remains bright and tightly bound. Wonderfully illustrated. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. Hardcover. grey cloth boards w/ emerald spine printing. book xiv, 430 pages w/ bw illustrations. glossy green illustrated dustjacket w/ black printing. More
Watkins Glen, New York: American Life Foundation, 1975. Hardcover. Brown pictorial boards with matching dj; 10 pp. plus 80 bw plates. A brief introductory essay by Maass, a list of the plates, and the plates themselves, all full-page. More
Toronto: Clarke, Irwin and Company, Ltd, 1963. Hardcover. Pale yellow cloth, yellow ill. DJ. 258 pp. 203 bw plates. Topics address Georgian, Loyalist, Regency, Classical Revival and Romantic Picturesque architecture. Lavishly illustrated with impressive architectural examples. More
New Orleans: Gallier House, 1975. Softcover. Olive green stapled wraps with bw line drawing and black lettering. 53 pp. with bw photos and line drawings throughout. Catalogue from the exhibition at New Orleans's Gallier House museum, September 1975 through March 1976. It was the second in a series of architectural..... More