New York: Henry Holt, (1997), 1997. First Edition. First edition. Narrow 8vo; 97 pp.; illustrated from photographs by Frieder Blickle; Preface by Luc Sante. Ribbon marker. A mint copy in original pictorial boards without dust jacket, as issued. A collection of selections from Auster's previously published work which deal with.....
New York: Weatherhill, (1970), 1970. Later printing. 4to; 215 pp.; illustrated from photographs and drawings, many in color. A fine copy in original gilt-stamped green cloth, in a vey good dust jacket. Largely a handsome photo essay on the varied functions of bamboo, including its use in the garden, with.....
Moscow: Project Russia, 1996. Catalog for the Russian Pavilion at the VI Venice Bienalle featuring unbuilt architectural plans and drawings from the Soviet era. The storage of the exhibition material is interesting: "Sixteen [flat] 30-file cabinets accommodating graphic sheets are to be arranged at random in the semi-darkness of the.....
St. Petersburg: State Russian Museum, 1992. Catalog for an exhibition of the architect/artist’s works on paper and in three dimensions, mainly staircases and structures heavily influenced by the work of his Constructivist ancestors. Shown in the 1992 St. Petersburg exhibition "Back to the Future, Forward to the Past". Avvakumov is.....
London: Macmillan and Co. 1964, 1964. Second printing. 8vo; 272 pp. Owner's name, else a very good copy in original blue boards, in a good dust jacket.
Milwaukee: The Young Churchman, 1902, 1902. First edition. Folio; 64 pp.; illustrated from photograph. Bookplate; hole to front fly; else a very good copy, clean, bright, tight, in original gilt-stamped and decorated green cloth.
New Haven: Yale, 2003, 2003. All aspects of English domestic interiors are examined. First edition. 4to; 258 pp.; illustrated from photographs and drawings. A few shallow dents to rear board; else a very good copy or better in a very good dust jacket.
New York: B. Altman & Co., 1914. Promotional booklet with a history of the store, a description of the newly expanded building [originally built in 1905] and with views of the interiors and descriptions of the working store and its departments. First edition. 28 cm; 45 pp.; illustrated from perspective.....
Venice: Tatiana Bilbao, et al. 2012. A photographic essay on the Mexican pilgrimage route enlivened with seven new architectural structures providing shelter and services. Designers include Ai Weiwei (Fake Design), Luis Aldrete, Tatiana Bilbao, Christ & Ganenbein, Dellekamp Arquitectos, Alejandro Aravena (Elemental), Godoylab, HHF, and Pereférica. 16 cm; unpaged [approx.....
New York: National Trade Journals, 1931. March 1931 issue featuring "Apartment Interiors: Recent Interpretations to Meet New York Requirements by the Firm of Ely Jacques Kahn, Architects", mostly libraries, dining and living rooms (8 pp.); "French Rugs in Contemporary Patterns (9 pp.) showing designs by Crevel, de Feure, Da Silva.....
London: Lund Humphries, (1984). First edition. Square 4to; 127 pp.; illustrated from photographs and drawings. A fine copy in original pictorial wrappers. catalog for the exhibition commemorating the work of Lethaby at the Central School of Art and Design.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1910. Later printing of original hardcover edition. 8vo; pp. xii, 590; engraved frontispiece and 100 illustrations from photographs and drawings; lacking the folding map. Ex-library with paper label to spine the only indication; else a good copy in original gilt-stamped blue cloth with illustration.....
Later paperback edition. 8vo; 167 pp.;. Crease to corner of front cover; else a good copy in original wrappers. A nice paperback edition of Bacon's classic guide to studying the piano.
Stuttgart: Julius Hoffman Verlag, N.d . [c. 1925]. Later printing. 4to; pp. xvi, 236; 304 illustrations from photographs. Spotting to endpapers; else a very good copy in original gilt-stamped green cloth-backed boards. A survey of rooms and banqueting halls in Germany hrough the early 19th century.
Wiley, 1997, 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dahlem Workshop report on setting public policy for the preservation of architectural heritage, specifically those of stone structure. First edition. 22.5 cm.; 425 pp.; illustrated from photographs and drawings. A fine copy in laminated boards, published without a dust jacket.
New York: Collins Design, (2004). First edition. 12mo; 639 pp.; illustrated in color. A very good copy in original pictorial self-wrappers. A huge collection of images of contemporary residential interiors, categorized by room type.
New York: Macmillan, (1971), 1971. First wrappers edition. 4to; 128 pp.; illustrated from photographs. Owner's stamp to foredge, else a good copy in original pictorial wraps. Photographs of the places where Dietrich Boenhoffer lived, worked, and died, accompanied by quotations from his writings.
New York: Macmillan, 1945, 1945. Later printing. Three volumes. 4to; 3839 pp.; illustrated. A bright, clean set in chipped dust jackets, in a used slipcase. Along with "Hortus", Bailey's most enduring work, and still one of the best horticultural references ever published. With a complete list of American horticultural books.....
New York: Surface Media, 2017. Issue 135 , February 2017: The Builders Issue, with Peter Zumthor on the the cover. With article on Zumthor, the Waldorf, Chicago's Riverwalk, etc. A fine copy in wrappers.
Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird, Industrial Publisher, 1868. First edition. Oblong 8vo; [4] pp.; [Title, klist of plates]; 48 engraved plates. Owner's penciled name; light wear to spine ends; scattered foxing to plates; bookseller's label; water stain to tips of a few leaves of plates, not affecting images; else a good.....
Holland: Baker, 1937. Catalog for the company's furniture reproductions in three grades, Connoisseur, Old World Finish, and Milling Road Shop. Subtitle suggests some modern influence in some items but to Baker, contemporary must mean 1884. 1937 edition. 32.5 cm; 128 pp.; illustrated from photographs. Covers very worn but contents tight.....
New York: Routledge, 2016. First Paperback Edition. Monograph on the work of Stirling and his firm. First paperback edition. 24 cm; 489 pp.; illustrated. Crease to corner front cover; else a very good copy in original wrappers. Paperback.
New Haven: Yale University School of Art and Architecture, 1960, 1960. First edition. 4to; 95 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. A very good copy in original pictorial wrappers. The sixth issue of this important journal. With articles on and/or examples of work by Hitchcock, Charles Moore, Le Corbusier.....
York: York Chamber of Commerce, 1948. First edition. Folio (25 x 35.5 cm); 370 pp.; illustrated from maps, including one color folding map. A fine copy in original gilt-stamped green cloth. A detailed planning study performed the Baker Engineers.
New York: Baker, Smith & Co., n.d. [1943]. Trade catalog for the New York firm supplying interior mechanical installations to New York’s major office buildings, hotels, apartment buildings, hospitals, banks, department stores, etc. Major projects illustrated from photographs, listing architects, engineers, and builders; same information provided for all projects. First.....
