New York: Wm. Helburn, 1890, circa. Hardcover. Blue marbled boards (each cover a different shade and pattern), green cloth spines. 50 bw plates. All plates are in VG condition. Complete, as issued, in two volumes containing 25 loose plates in each portfolio. Both volumes have separate title pages and tables..... More
Chicago: The American Face Brick Association, 1920. Hardcover. Red cloth, library binding; 70 pp.; Profusely illustrated. Approximately fifty home designs incorporating face brick, selected from over four hundred submitted in a contest. More
Boston, MA: Rogers and Manson, Publishers, 1900, circa. Hardbound. Tan boards with green cloth spine and 1/2 cover, with gilt embossed title. 52 pp., appx. 50 bw plates. No text to speak of, and a non-traditional title-page. More
New York: National Terra Cotta Society, 1925. Hardcover. Brown paper over boards; Black cloth with gilt titling at spine; Approx. 210 pp.; 200 bw plates. Includes a short introduction, "Terra Cotta Precedent in Italy: Its Adaptability to Modern Design." The rest of the book is plates with captions, some only..... More
New Haven / London: Barbican Art Gallery / Yale University Press, 2010. Hardcover. grey boards w/ illustration & silver quarter cloth; black printing. blue & illustrated pastedowns & flyleafs. 347 pgs w/ color & bw illustrations. Through a unique blend of art, photography, film, and architecture, The Surreal House presents..... More
Milano: Hoepli, 1960. Hardcover. Quarter-bound blue cloth boards with white cloth spine; white lettering on boards and blue lettering on spine; (xxii) 339 pp; profusely illustrated (some in color). Text in Italian. More
Paris, France: Editions A. et J. Picard et Cie. 1964. Softcover. light tan wrappers w/ bw illustrations; red & black printing. 270 pgs w/ bw illustrations, plates & figures; fold-out map to back cover. Text in French. Errata slip laid-in. Pages bright; appear clean. Nicely detailed black and white illustrations..... More
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1967. Hardcover. tan & grey linen boards w/ black printing. 200 pgs w/ bw illustrations, fold-out chart. no dustjacket. From a college library. Due date card has two removal stamps. A nice, clean copy. Text in English; building sections in parallel English and German... More
Barcelona: Atrium, 1991. Hardcover. Green and white illustrated boards issued in matching cardboard slipcase, 255 pp, profusely illustrated in bw and color. Volume 10 of a ten volume set, Industrial Design. More
Paris: Picard, 1929. Paperback. Off-white wraps with black illustration and black and red lettering; glassine DJ; x, 855 pp.; richly illustrated. Text in French. More
New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press (for the Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art), 1998. Hardcover. Orange cloth; Color illus. dj.; Illus. endpapers; 280 pp.; 343 bw and color figures. An excellent book detailing the rise of Georgian architecture after the Great Fire of London in 1666; Discusses the..... More
Cleveland: J.H. Jansen, 1912. Hardcover. Brown cloth boards with black title block on front cover. Green spine. 120 color plates. Baer, C.H. (Casimir Hermann), 1870-1942.; 120 interiors in colours, designed by modern artists. More
New York: Rizzoli, 1996. Hardcover. Gray cloth with black lettering on spine, color illustrated dust jacket with black lettering, 228 pp, profusely illustrated in bw and color. "This fascinating book reveals the intricate legacy of art-nouveau-style architecture and design in Istanbul, its Islamic roots in that city, and the European..... More
Mainz am Rhein, Germany: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 2004. Hardcover. Blue boards, white & color illus. dust jacket, 178 pp., 129 color illus., 77 BW illus. Text is in German. Series: Geschichte der Wasserversorgung, 6. Chronicles the use of water and the water supply as a design element in the..... More
Munich, Germany: F. Bruckmann, 1912. Hardcover. brown boards w/ illustration & printing; white cloth spine w/ brown printing. book xiii, 817 pgs w/ bw illustrations. fold-out map on back cover pastedown. all edges blue. Text in German. Pages bright. Wonderfully illustrated with the beautiful, historical buildings of Munich Germany. Includes..... More
New York: Architectural Book Publishing Company, 1984. Softcover. Bw pictorial wraps. 157 pp. with bw images throughout. Drawn from five large volumes published between 1825 and 1882, this student's edition showcases the architectural splendor of Renaissance Rome for a new generation. Paul Letarouilly's original work constitutes the standard reference, presenting..... More
London: Viking, 1990. First. Hardcover. Black cloth over boards; Color illus. dj.; 308 pp.; Profusely illustrated in bw. Discusses floor plans, the uses of rooms, and the various styles of staircases, windows, doors, chimneypieces, floors, and more in English homes from 1500 - 1900; Nicely illustrated. More
Vicenza, Italy: Centro internazionale di studi di architetttura Andrea Palladio, 2015. Softcover. oblong glossy wraps w/ blue & white illustration, black printing. 175 pgs w/ bw & color illustrations, floorplans, designs. Text in English. A nice, bright copy; illustrated throughout. More
Roma (Rome), Italy: Editori Laterza, 1993. Softcover. Black wraps with color illustration; 349 pp. with 512 bw figures;. Text in Italian; an overview of city architecture in Asian, Islamic, and some European styles; well-documented and illustrated. Part of the "Le Citta nella Storia d'Italia" series. More
Darmstadt, Germany: Wissenschaftliche, 2000. Hardcover. grey blue boards w/ color illustration, blue printing. 304 pgs w/ color & bw illustrations. A nice bright copy. More
Leipzig, Germany: T.O. Weigel, 1864. Hardcover. blue marbled boards w/ quarter blue cloth spine, gilt printing. blue wraps w/ 56 pgs, 16 bw plates. Opens with four black/white plates. Hinges splitting with joint firm and intact. Ex-libris to front pastedown; pastedowns and endpapers have various pencil notations/price from previous booksellers..... More
Munich: Die Kunst dem Volke, 1931. Softbound. Stiff dark green wraps with black cloth spine, 64pp, 142 BW illustrations. Text is in German. Baroque and Rococo Architecture in Germany. More
London: Pelham Richardson, 1857. Hardbound. Red library buckram. vii, (5), 118 pp. followed by 51 lithographed plate pages in three sections. Title-page states volume 2. Preface (vii) followed by a four page list of subscribers, followed by the 118 pp. of text, which include an index to the plates in..... More
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1915. Hardcover. Brown illustrated cloth with gold spine lettering; 415 pp. with 36 color and 36 bw illustrations. Divided into five chapters: On the Study of Bridges and Roads, Man as the Mimic of Nature (primitive types of bridges), A Few Words on the..... More
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1829, 1835. Hardbound. Two books in one binding. Black library buckram. viii + 18 + 90 pp + xxxii + 18 +32 pp. Plus 34 of 39 black and white plates. Includes index at back. Details of history and architecture of these cathedrals..... More
