The American Planner: Biographies and Recollections
Florence, Kentucky, U.S.A. New York: Methuen, (1983), 1983. FIRST EDITION HARDCOVER IN DUST JACKET F/F.
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CAC Hadid Studio Yale
New York, New York, U.S.A. Monacelli Pr, 2002. First edition. Illustrated. VG.
The Confectioners Art: American Craft Museum, November 11, 1988-January 8, 1989
Amer Crafts Council, 1988. First edition. Square 8vo; 91 pp; illustrated. Fine copy in original wrappers. Catalog for a 1989 exhibition of decoration at the American Craft Museum.
Critical Productive: A Journal of Architecture Urbanism and Cultural Theory : V1.1 Theoretic Action (Autumn 2011)
First edition. Oblong 4to; 135 pp.; illustrated. Justin Doro on Washington DC; branding the 1968 olympics; Selma; etc.
Designed Landscape Forum I
Lakewood, New Jersey, U.S.A. Whitney Library of Design, 1998. First edition. Sqaure 4to; 213 pp.; illustrated. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Fountain Pen Hospital: the Annual 2003
Newe York: Fountain Pen Hospital, 2003. First edition. 4to; illustrated,. Fine copy in original wrappers. Price list laid-in.
Glass '78 in Japan
Tokyo: Japan Glass Artcrafts Association, (1978). First edition. UNMARKED. Square 8vo; unpaged [approx. 200] illustrated from photographs and drawings. Closed tear to rear wrapper; else a VG copy in original pictorial wrappers. Paperback. Catalog for 1978 Japanese exhibition of contemporary glassware. Text in Japanese; some English names in captions...
RES 34 Autumn 1998: Architecture
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Peabody Museum of Archaeology &, 1998. Fine copy. Inlcudes articles by or about Jospeh Rykwert, renaissance architectural literature, serlio's military city, etc.
Some of the Latest Models of the Finnish Rugs
1938, 1938. Illustrated catalogue of Finnish rugs of contemporary as well as traditional designs. Illustrated in color. Text in Finnish.
Jade 16 West 19th Street
Brooklyn: 16 West 19th LLC, N.d [2010]. Finally. I thought it would never happen but there is now a building in New York named for Jade Jagger. But the real star here is Andy Warhol. He'd been dead for about 80 years by the time this thing was published, but.....
Cultural References
Copenhagen: 3XN A/S, n.d. [2012]. Catalog for the Danish firm showing recent completed works and projects. Works include museums, entertainment venues, and commercial spaces, mostly in Scandinavia and the Netherlands. First edition. 29.5 cm; 96 pp.; illustrated from photographs and drawings. Creasing to rear cover; else a very good copy.....
Mind Your Behaviour: How Architecture Shapes Behaviour
Copenhagen: Danish Architecture Center, 2010. Catalog of work by 3xn, shown initially at the 2010 exhibition "Mind Your Behaviour" at DAC. Focuses on the architectural practice of 3XN and its influence on contemporary Danish and international architecture. First edition. 8vo (24 cm); 261 pp.; illustrated from photographs and drawings. A......
The Residences at Worldwide Plaza: Amended and Restated Condominium Offering Plan
New York: 49/50 Plaza Partners, L. P., 2003. Condominium offering plan for the sale of 281 residential units and 15 storage room units at Worldwide Plaza. the SOM/David childs building at 350 W. 50th Street in New York City. With floor plans for all units. 27.5 cm; 630 pp.; illustrated.....
Wall Papers
Philadelphia: A. L. Diament & Co., N.d. [c. 1900]. "[S]uggestions as to the treatment of rooms [and] very inviting and attractive showing of Wall Papers that we are offering this season." Showing typical rooms of a house, many in color, decorated with wall papers. Rooms decorated with paper panels, borders.....
Projects and Final Buildings Volume III /Projets et Dernieres Oeuvres / Projekte Und Letzte Bauten
Zürich: Artemis, (1978). First edition. Oblong 4to; 240 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. Owner's embossed stamp to endpaper; else a very good copy or better in original cloth in a verygood dust jacket with light wear to top of spine. The third and final volume of the collected.....
Villa Mairea - Noormarkku, 1938-1939 Architecture by Alvar Aalto No. 5
Jyväskylä: Alvar Aalto Museum, 2002. Pamphlet monograph published by the Aalto museum, with text by Aalto describing the Private House for Marie and Harry Gullichsen. Updated to document repair and maintenance through 2001. Text in English. 3rd revised edition. 21 cm; 32 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. A......
Alvar Aalto Collected Works Volume 1
Zurich: Girsberger, 1963. The first volume of the collected works of Finnish modernist Alvar Aalto to 1963, featuring architectural work and furniture designs. Text in English, German, and French. First edition. 23 cm; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. A very good copy or better in original gray cloth, in.....
Synopsis; Painting, Architecture, Sculpture: Malerei, Architektur, Skulptur Peinture, Architecture, Sculpture
Birkhauser Verlag,1970, 1970. First edition. Oblong 4to; 240 pp.; illusrated from phoographs, plans, and drawings. Owner's name; spotting to top edge; else a very good copy in original black boards in a good, slightly worn and rolled dust jacket. A survey of Aalto's writings,achitecture, painting, sculpture, and other graphic arts.....
The Marvelous Creations of Joseffy
Chicago: Open Court, 1908. First edition. 8vo; 24 pp.; illustrated from photographs. Binding copy only; wrappers separated at spine and detached; title page loose but present; else a clean copy in original damaged wrappers.
Civil Engineering:History, Heritage, and the Humanities /Commemorating the Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Robert Maillart
Princeton: Princeton University, 1972. Background papers for the Second National Conference devoted to the work of the Swiss engineer and bridge designer. With contributions from David Billington and Robert Mark.First edition. 4to; 102 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. A very good copy in original wrappers.
Stratford-upon-Avon: Report on Future Development
Lodon: Hodder & Stoughton, 1923. Report commissioned by the Stratford-upon-Avon Preservation Committee to provide a survey of its present condition, and the role of imminent industrialization. Abercrombie suggests a policy of self-interest which avoids inconsiderate development and inconsiderate conservatism, a system in which local interests serve the interests of national.....
George Nelson: The Design of Modern Design
Cambridge MIT, 1995. Classic monograph on Nelson's work in product and furniture design, packaging, graphics, office and exhibition design, etc. With bibliographies and biographical information. First edition. 25.5 cm; 353 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket with faded spine.
Aberthaw Engineering - Construction Service
Boston: Aberthaw Co., (1925). First edition. 4to; 32 pp.; illustrated from photographs. A fine copy in original string-bound wrappers with illustration affixed to front cover. Trade catalog for the Boston-based construction/engineering company, showing examples of factory and office buildings, dams, drydocks, etc. built around the country.
Hugo P. Herdeg: Photographe / Photographer / Photograph -- 1909-1953
Metz: Ecoles des Beaux Arts de Metz, (1993), 1993. First edition. 4to; 127 pp.; illustrated from photographs by Herdeg. Bump to bottom corner; else a Very good copy or better in original stiff wraps, in a dust jacket. Text in English, French, and German.
The Berte Fashion Studio: Costume Design Fashion Illustration
Philadelphia: Berte, N.d. [c. 1930]. Catalog for the Berte Fashion Studio in Philadelphia, offering instruction in fashion illustration and costume design. With a description of the school, curriculum, examples of students' work, fees, testimonials from graduates, photograph of building on Locust St., etc. 23 cm; 16 pp.; tipped-in illustrations from.....