Natl Gardening Assn., 1986, 1986. A handbook for gardening programs in penal institutions, with sections devoted to organizing and operating the program, the variety of programs available, and a few horticultural suggestions. First edition. 28 cm.; 68 pp.; illustrated. A fine copy in wrappers.
New York: The Authors, 1912. A seven page introduction describing the firm and its work is followed by photographs of country and city houses built in and around New York City by the firm in the previous five years. First edition. 4to; unpaged [186]; illustrated from photographs. First edition. Wear.....
Library of Virginia, 1992, 1992. Definitive monograph on the work of landscape architect Charles F. Gillette, working primarily in Virginia and North Carolina. Specializing primarily in large residential designs, with an occasional institutional or commercial commission, Gillette was active from 1914 to 1970. First edition. 21.5 cm.; 228 pp.; illustrated.....
The MIT Press, 1985, 1996. A collection of essays on "The Idea of the City" from the major architects and planners of the 1980's, including Hejduk, Hadid, Koolhaas, Tschumi, Peter Cook, Eisenman, others. First edition. 18.5 cm.; 238 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. A fine copy in wrappers.....
University of Missouri,1989, 1988. A history of the neighborhood, with an architectural survey, chronology of owners. Second printing. 26 cm.; 219 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. Lacking dust jacket and front fly leaf; else a fair copy in original green cloth.
White Sulpher Springs: Greenbrier, N.d. [c. 1952]. Information booklet for guests at the Greenbrier, perhaps the world's whitest establishment. With information on all seasonal leisure activities and services available to guests. A few pieces of ephemera to rear pocket. 25.5 cm.; 32 pp.; illustrated from maps and drawings. Uneven fading.....
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Compan, (1971). First American Edition. "This book inquires into the quintessence of forms which paper can be given." First American edition. 26 cm.; 168 pp.; illustrated from photographs and drawings. A fine copy in a used dust jacket.
Metropolis Books, 2013, 2013. Monograph on the architect Horace Gifford, active in New York from the early 1960s through the 1980s, specializing in seaside houses. Gifford designed many house for residents of Fire Island and Long Island communities. First edition. 30.5 cm.; 202 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans and drawings.....
The MIT Press, 1974, 1974. A documentation of Kahn's career and practice specializing in large-scale industrial architecture, including factories in Detroit. Paperback edition. 20 cm; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. Fading to covers; owner's name; else a good copy in wrappers.
Princeton Architectural Press, 2006, 2006. An examination of the relocation of industrial facilities from the cities to outlying toxic waste sites. Berger dubs these renovated sites "Drosscapes" and describes their creation and functions. He examines ten cities and their waste sites through aerial photography, maps, charts, and graphs. First edition.....
W. W. Norton & Company, (1997), 1996. A survey of twenty houses designed by Breuer and protegee Herbert Beckhard, from the early 1950s through the 1970s. 25 cm.; 171 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. A fine copy in wrappers.
Watch Hill: Watch Hill Conservancy, 2009, 2009. A monograph on the architectural features of houses and cottages in the Watch Hill RI community, much of it built in the shingle style of the late 19th century. With list of architects and landscape architects, and garden designers. First edition. 23 cm.;.....
Columbia University Press, 2012, 2012. First Edition. The history of the infamous laying-out of the street plan for Manhattan. Illustrated with maps and plans showing the benefits and drawbacks of the plan throughout its 200 year existence. First edition. 22.5 cm; 225 pp.; illustrated from photographs, maps, and plans. Rear.....
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.
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1987. Photographic essays of thirty-six gardens, representing surviving Renaissance gardens as well as more recent creations. With text by Luca Pietromarchi. First English edition. 4to; 222 pp.; illustrated from color photographs. A very good copy in original gilt-stamped green cloth, in a good dust jacket with.....
New York: Oxford University Press 1954. Second printing. 8vo; 384 pp. A very good copy in a lightly used pric e-clipped dust jacket.
New York: Guggenheim Museum Publications, 1964. Catalog for the New York/Paris retrospective exhibition of the work of the artist Alexander Calder, a mid-century phenomenon best known for his hanging mobile sculptures. Text in English. 27.5 cm.; 85 pp.; illustrated. crease to front cover; else a very good copy in wrappers.....
New York: Corcoran, N.d. C. 2010. Real estate promotional booklet with pictures of all the wonderful things on the West Side. 22.5 cm; 28 pp.; illustrated from photographs. A fine copy in wrappers.
Premiere issue of this French magazine devoted to scent, and its role in society, science, art, culture, and perfume. 26 cm.; 143 pp.; illustrated; scent card laid-in. A very good copy in die-cut wrappers.
Boston: Chase & Sanborn, N.d. [c.1898]. 17 recipes for coffee-based treats, and "Rules for Brewing Coffee", using the company's "Seal Brand" product. 7.5 cm; 20 pp.; illustrated from photographs. A very good copy in cup-shaped die-cut wrappers.
Gardner: Heywood-Wakefield, N.d. [c. 1975]. Trade catalog for the company's Heywood Line, an enormous variety of school desks, lecture hall and other fixed-seating applications, tables, chairs, etc. Many gatefolds illustrated with color photographs; some tech specs. No date, and the graphics are minimal--the only visual clue I could find is.....
Madrid: Loewe Fundacion, 2016. Catalog for the 2016 exhibition of 48 of Moholy's photographs taken during the years she and her husband were affiliated with the Bauhaus. Catalog shows tweve images. Text in Spanish. First edition. 25 cm.; 20 pp.; illustrated from photographs. A fine copy in wrappers.
Toledo: The Author, 1938. First edition. Folio (33.5 x 26 cm); unpaged [66 pp. with images recto only] illustrated from photographs. Wear to spine, else a good copy or better in original printed wrappers. A trade catalogue showing Hoke's work, redidential and commercial, in all styles, mostly in and around.....
Verso, 2000, 2000. An examination of the architecture of Los Angeles. First edition. 22 cm.; 239 pp.; illustrated. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
Princeton SoA, 2018, 2018. Catalog for the 2018 exhibition "44 Low-resolution Houses", consisting of paper models of 44 houses that make their construction visible, or draw on vernacular elements, or are composed of basic geometric primitives arranged in a non-compositional or abstract manner. First edition. 33 cm; pp. vi, [150];.....
