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London: Bruna/Deutsch, (1959). First Edition. First edition. 8vo; 64 pp.; 86 illustrations from photographs by Marc Riboud. A good copy or better in original pictorial wrappers. Paperback.
London: Bruna/Deutsch, (1959). First Edition. First edition. 8vo; 64 pp.; 86 illustrations from photographs by Marc Riboud. A good copy or better in original pictorial wrappers. Paperback.
Northampton: E. H. Banister, N.d. [c. 1895]. Souvenir view book for Northampton, MA with no text, but with 21 tipped-in illustrations from Albertypes. Published by E. H. Banister of 108 Main St. Oblong 8vo; 20 leaves; 21 photographic illustrations by the Albertype process tipped-in to leaves and front cover. A......
London: Koenig Books, 2017. A collection of montages and collages done by Mies between 1910 and 1965. The photomontages and collages provide insight into the architect's design principles and ideas about architectural space. With essays by the editors, Berry Bergdoll, and others. Text in English and German. First edition. 28.....
Cambridge: MIT, 1994. A monograph on the work of Vaudoyer documenting his major commissions and unrealized projects. Along with Felix Duban, Labrouste, and Louis Duc, Vaudoyer challenged both the authority and the philosophy of the French Academy c. 1830, prophets of a historicist point of view. First edtion. 25.5 cm;.....
New York: Sylvan Bien, n.d. [c. 1939]. Five “blueprints” for this late pre-War apartment buildingat 28 E. 73rd St., probably used for promotional purposes and distributed to brokers, potential buyers, and the real estate and architectural press. Five sheets showing cellar plan, first floor plan, second or typical floor plan.....
Busan: Museum of Contemporary Art, 2018. A documentation of the creation and installation of Blanc’s Vertical Garden as the Inaugural Exhibition at the Busan Museum. With essays by Blanc. Text in English, Korean, and French. Signed by Blanc. First edition. 27 cm; 135 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings.....
Boston: Chase Brothers & Co., N.d. [c. 1855]. 8vo; 62 pp.; illustrated. Some stains; foxing to last five leaves; wear to spine; penciling to rear cover; else a good copy in pictorial wrappers. Catalog for the Boston firm showing bedsteads, brackets, umbrella stands, coat trees, tables, piano stools, garden furniture.....
New York: Chrysler Tower Corp., 1930. Promotional brochure for the recently completed building, having just lost the height competition to the Empire State. A brief history of its construction is followed by descriptions and illustrations of the interior and exterior decoration. Designed by William Van Alen. With photographs of lobbies.....
New York: Trustees of the Cathedral, 1921. A collection of articles and illustrations originally published in The Churchman showing Cram's proposed designs for the West Front, the northern facade with spire, and Choir modification. This publication is a result of the 1920 reinvigoration of the building plan stalled since 1916.....
New York: Joseph P. Day, 1916. Large folding mailer advertising available lots at Day’s Manhattan Beach Estates development on Sheepshead Bay. With plat; bird’s eye view, photographs of existing houses, and colored illustration of shore strollers. Day was active in developing residential property in Queens and Brooklyn at the beginning.....
Paris: Publications du Centre, 1929. Limited edition, one of 1,500 copies; this copy out of series and printed on Rives. 4to; 76 pp.; illustrated from drawings by Henriette Delalain. A fine copy, unopened, in original wrappers, with printed dust jacket. Brief essays by Debat describing Jazz Age New York City.....
New York: McGraw-Hill, (1969). Eckbo, a landscape architect, presents an early exploration of the need for environmentally-based design. Later printing. 4to; 223 pp; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. A very good copy in original cloth, with a torn dust jacket.
New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, (2001), 2001. First edition. 8vo; 277 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings.A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
St. Gallen: Tschudy Verlag, 1959. First edition thus. Square 8vo; 71 pp.; illustrated from drawings by Hans Erni. Covers spotted and rubbed; owner's bookplate; else a good copy or better in original laminated boards. Text in German. INSCRIBED by Erni, with a full-page variation on the cover illustration to front.....
New York: NYSID, 2004. First Edition. Based on the catalog for an exhibition of Hadley's drawn work, this edition expanded to include Hadley's own comments on projects, as well as appreciations from colleagues Mark Hampton, Mario Buatta, Thomas Jayne, Bunny Williams, others. First edition. 28 cm; 175 pp; illustrated from.....
London: Batsford, 1942, 1942. Limited edition, one of 100 copies signed by the author and by the illustrator Rex Whistler. 4to; eighty pp.; twenty-two illustrations by Rex Whistler, with two in color. Owner's name, else a very good copy in original quarter leather with gilt backstrip. A country house story.....
New York: Random House, (1961). First Edition. Hard Cover. Jacobs's legendary attack on post-war city planning, urban renewal, and rebuilding. First edition. 8vo; 468 pp.; illustratede. Owner's name; else a very good copy in original gilt-stamped cloth, in a chipped, rubbed, worn but mostly complete dust jacket.
Paris: Julliard, 1965. A monograph on the design and construction of the famous French villa and its attached organically designed and sculpted houses comprising a small Provencal village. Now known as Castellaras le Vieux. With photographs of interiors, exteriors, views, etc. Text in French and English. First edition. 27 cm;.....
Cambridge: MIT Press, 1982. Reproduction of Le Corbusier's pocket sketchbooks used between 1954 and 1957. First edition. Square 4to; pp. 575; illustrated, many in color. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Boulougne: 1948. A hors series issue devoted to Le Corbusier, describing his work since the first such issue in 1934. Designed and written by Le Corbusier and with the theme, Unité, combining art, architecture, and town planning in a new graphic format that became an important feature of Corbusier’s later.....
Brussels: Louis De Waele Societe Anonyme, N.d. [c. 1910]. First edition. 4to; 4 pp.; 20 chromolithographic plates. Minor wear to bottom spine; else a very good copy or better in original wrappers with illustrations affixed to front cover. Trade catalog for Belgian manufacturer; this catalog containing 41chromolithograph designs for parquet.....
New York: Dry Dock Savings Bank, 1972. First Edition. Complete set of five folding streetscapes of the East Side of Manhattan by Loretta Lustig for the Dry Dock Savings Bank in 1972. Showing a Manhattan with street scenes made up of small apartment buildings with vibrant independent shops and businesses.....
Paris: APAAR, 1986. First edition, #107 of 250 copies. Folio; 4 sheets stiff paper, 4 overlaid tissue sheets illustrated. In illustrated folder. Fine copy. Text in French.
Milan: La Rivista Illustrate Del 'Popolo d' Italia', 1937. "The best Italian propaganda photobook from the fascist era...the ultimate guide to the Italy of Benito Mussolini, the Italian equivalent of the great Russian propaganda photographic books." ("The Photobook" Parr & Badger p. 175) Text in Italian. First edition. Folio; 624.....
Padova: Pei Fratelli Gamba, 1832. (Half-title: Descrizione del Caffè di Pedrocchi eretto in Padova ed aperto il di IX giugno MDCCCXXXI. Colophon: Padova: Dalla tipografia e fonderia della Minerva.) A description of the interior and exterior of this legendary Paduan coffee house as designed by Venetian architect Guiseppe Jappelli in.....