Trevian Books
Issue 80, January 1989. Process Architecture Pub Co Ltd., 1989. First edition. 4to; 166 pp.; illustrated. A fine copy in original wrappers. ssue devoted to recent work by Yamashita Sekkei in honor of their sixty year history. Text in English and Japanese.
Zeeland: Herman Miller, 1968. Propst was the Head of Herman Miller Research since 1958 and in 1968 developed the Action Office system, "...the world’s first open-plan office system of reconfigurable components." An analysis of contemporary corporate office structure and features is followed by a detailed explanation of the Action system.....
Rutland & Tokyo: Tuttle, (1973). First edition. 4to; 328 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. With the stamp of architect Der Scutt to endpaper. A very good copy or better in original cloth, in a fine dust jacket, in a fine publisher's cardboard slipcase. The autobiography of the Czech-born.....
New Haven: Yale University , (2010). A study of the water infrastructure of Renaissance Rome, showing the technological and scientific developments in aqueducts and fountain architecture which revitalized the city after a thousand years of decline. First edition. 28 cm; 262 pp.; illustrated from photographs, maps, plans, and drawings. A......
Rotterdam: NAi Publishers, 2005. Comprehensive illustrated survey of Team 10 events, project documentation, and chronological documentation of meetings. Also with analyses of their efforts by Frampton, Boyer, and others, and interviews with former members, including De Carlo, Erskine, van Eyck, Hertzberger, and the Smithsons. First edition. 24 cm; 370 pp.;.....
U. Allemandi, 1991, 1991. Catalog raisonne of the work the Florentine portraitist Alessandro Allori (1535-1607). First edition. 30.5 cm; 340 pp.; 16 illustrations in color and 450 in monochrome. A very good copy in boards, in a good dust jacket.
New York: Rizzoli, 1987. A collection of photographs by Sottsass taken between 1972 and 1973. A very autobigraphical collection of photographs and drawings reflecting a turbulent pair of relationships and international professional success. Edited by Barbara Radice. First American edition. 22.5 cm; 61 pp.; illustrated from photographs and drawings by.....
London & New York: Academic Press, 1977. An analysis of the miniatures and manuscript of the 15th century book of hours, copied in Paris c.1420-1425 and illustrated by the workshop of the Bedford Master. With color reproductions of nine miniatures tipped-in and 89 other illustrations of borders and historiated initials.....
New York: William Edmund Rudge, 1931. First Edition. Hard Cover. Col. Starrett supplies a brief discussion of the rapid construction of the building; Bailey's drawings document the process, starting with the demolition of the old Waldorf-Astoria through the new building's completion in May of 1931. First edition. Folio; 68 pp.;.....
New York: Horizon Press, N.d. [1967]. "This is at last the age of the architect." Stone's trade catalog showing recent work and projects, including the Kennedy Center, General Motors Building, colleges, stadiums, civic centers, residences, etc. A mid-century architectural wet dream, much of which never got built, and too much.....
New York: Bowne & Co., 1851. Published as a guide for "cartmen, hackmen, and those employing them...enabling them to determine with accuracy the distance traveled and the corectness of the charges therefore." First edition. 12 cm; pp. [iv], 7, 107, [i] errata. Owner's penciled name to prelims; else a good.....
Weil am Rhine:Vitra-Design-Museum, 1990, 1990. First Edition. A monograph on the work of Erich Dieckmann, modernist German designer of furniture. Text in German. 4to; 182 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. A fine copy in original wrappers. Paperback.
New Haven: Yale /BGC 2013, 2013. Catalogue for the 2013 exhibition on the work of William Kent originating at the Bard Graduate Center for Decorative Arts and then traveling to the V&A Museum. First edition. 31 cm; 688 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. A fine copy in original.....
London/New York: Academy Editions, 1992. Architectural Monographs 22. A collection of 14 recently [1992] designed projects by the visionary architect and teacher, including Zagreb Free Zone, Aerial Paris, and Berlin Free Zone, some accompanied by text, others simply a series of Woods’ distinctive drawings. With Woods’ essay "Anarchitecture". (This is.....
New York: Bachelor, Inc., 1937. Vol. 1, No. 1, April, 1937. Folio; 82 pp.; illustrated from photographs and drawings. Wear to top of spine with old tape repairs; else a good copy in original pictorial wrappers. The first issue issue of this men's magazine with a strong gay bent. Zerbe.....
