Albany: New York State Department of Public Works, 1949. The results of a study showing the economic impact of improved highways on every county in New York state. Offering specific examples of usage, it develops the economic justification of the highway rehabilitation program, in which the early construction of the.....
Nantucket,1900. Hand bill announcing the late 19-th century Cattle Show and Fair, the 45th for the Society. Very good, with penciled donation note to rear.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1993, 1993. First Edition. A study of the Japanese influences on the early work of Wright. First edition, 29.5 cm; 244 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001, 2001. First Thus. A one-volume abridged edition of the German writer's 5-volume "Theory of Garden Art", in the first English translation. Hirschfeld was one of the "most important writers on gardens and landscape in 18th century Germany...with a significant effect on the development of European.....
New York: Reporter Publication, 1953. With an early article on Buckminster Fuller, "Journey into Tomorrow: The Dymaxion World of Buckminster Fuller" by Robert Marks, eventually expanded and published in book form in 1960, here showing the car, the house, the dome, and the map. Also photographs by Munkasci, the Art.....
Cambridge: GSD, 1999. First Edition. First edition. 4to; 108 pp.; illustrated. A very good copy or better in original wrappers. With articles by von Moos, Rebecca Solnit, Robert Harbison, others.
Actar,2011. Monograph on the design and construction of the Media ICT building in Barcelona. Text in English. A fine copy. With DVD.
Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museums, 1996. Catalog for the 1996 exhibition assessing Pre-Raphaelite and aesthetic dress, demonstrating that it played a crucial role in the development of fashion. Erratum slip laid-in.First edition.29.5 cm; 64 pp.; illustrated from photographs and drawings. Highlighting in the first 15 pages, mostly in the Introduction;.....
London: Architectural Review, 2018. Catalog for the British firm of architectural restorers/preservationists. 28 cm; 31 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. A fine copy in wrappers.
New York:Shepherd W & K Galleries, 2017. Monograph on the rediscovered maquette. First edition. 28 cm; 12 pp.; illustrated from photographs and drawings, with overlay. A fine copy in wrappers.
Paris: Catalogue Generale, 2018. A catalog for the 2017 exhibition "Olt", showing the influence of the trademarked red circle from Elf stations on the artists' work, with documentation on the artists' research and scouting, and archives on the launch of the Elf Brand. First edition thus, expanded version, 1/580 copies.....
Tsinghua University, 2016. Periodical published by the urban design studio at Tsinghua University in Beijing. This issue with projects for Chicago, Beijing, San Francisco, others.26 cm; 112 pp.; illustrated. A very good copy in wrappers.
Chicago: Archeworks, 2007. The fourth volume of essays from Tigerman’s design school, this with essays by Annie Pedert, Eva Maddox, and Sarah Whiting. First edition. 14.5 cm; 45 pp. A fine copy in embossed wrappers.
Minskoff Equities, 2014. Two-volume slipcased prospectus for converted loft building on E. 12th Street in New York City. Originally designed by Cleverdon & Patzel in 1896; renovated for residences by CS Architects in 2014. One volume describes apartments and amenities; the other contains floor plans. Two cloth-bound volumes in slipase.....
Napoli: 1873. A facsimile edition of Palmieri's illustrated eye-witness account of the eruption of Vesuvius in 1872. The copy used for the facsimile is from the Naples library, and shows the library's plates and stamps, etc.; the original is ex-library but this 2005 facsimile is not. 28 cm; 64 pp.;.....
New York: Cushman-Wakefield, N.d. [1982]. Rental prospectus for the 32-story building in New York City. Glossy folder with 2 loose floor plans in pocket; 3rd to 18th Floor Plan and 21st to 29th Floor Plan. With colored perspective drawing of proposed building. 27.5 cm; folder with two loose sheets; a......
Boston: National Park Service, 1992. A documentation of the historic appearance of the Vanderbilt estate landscape during four discreet ownership regimes and as it exists today. The first publication in the National Park Service’s Cultural Landscape Series. Personal copy of one of the authors. First edition. 28 cm; 419 pp.;.....
New York: 1927. Folded plat showing properties for sale at the Sunnyside Yards in Long Island City. Showing only original street names. 61 x 44 cm; short tears to margins; folded; else a very good copy.
Cleveland: H. A. Stahl Co., n.d. [c. 1925]. . Large folding mailer advertising available lots in this Cleveland Heights subdivision, suitable for modest family homes. Brochure is illustrated with photos of mansions "...on Cedar Road near Cedar-Coventry Subdivision." 55 x 40.5 cm (opened); illustrated from plat, map, and photographs. Tears.....
Piermont: Friends of the Piermont Public Library, 1996. A history of the town of Piermont, located on the West shore of the Hudson River just south of the Tappan Zee Bridge. A combined effort of local historians and collected oral histories traces the town's history from it's pre-Revolutionary settlement. First.....
Chicago: Rota-Ray Map Systems, 1921. An example of a road map system for early motorists. A map of New York state is sectionalized and formed into a long strip 3.25 inches wide, attached at each end to rollers, and enclosed in a case with a window revealing the maps as.....
Chicago: Pappageorge Haymes Partners, 1999. Elaborate rental prospectus for residential tower, part of the redevelopment of the former Milwaukee Railroad property near the Loop. Designed by hyperactive Chicago firm Pappageorge Haymes Partners. With folding floor plans for Designs C, D, and H Tower Condominiums; fake work blueprints Plaza Residences; fake.....
Detroit: Chrysler Corp., 1952. Promotional monograph for the Chrysler Corp.'s Department of Styling, led by Virgil M. Exner. Presented virtually as a fashion spread by photographer John Rawlings, with Chryslers instead of models, but with models, too. Showing De Sotos, Imperials, C-200, and D'Elegance models. Folio (35.5 x 40 cm);.....
New York: Otis Elevator Co., 1901. Catalog for the electric elevator "particularly well adapted for private residence service...with our improved push-button system of operation a regular attendant is unnecessary." With an illustration of a child operating said elevator, and an illustration of the car and machinery. With a list of.....
Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, (2018. Mid-century American suburban interiors, and how they got that way. First edition. 20 cm; 320 pp.; illustrated. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
