Trevian Books
Stuttgart: Koch, 1937. This issue, April 1937, titled "The Comfortable Home", is devoted to the architectural and interior work in two country houses by Alexander Popp of Vienna and Oskar Riedel. Text in German. 32 cm; 50 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. Wear to spine; else a good.....
New York: Karaghuesian Inc., 1953. Color chart with movable sliding insert that provides color combinations recommended by Carole Winslow and the gang at Gulistan. With fields for matching colors of carpet, walls, draperies, upholstery, and accents. A fine example, with four-page booklet and mailing envelope. A very nice DIY sales.....
London: Granta, 2001. First Thus. Hard Cover. A collection of short stories and novellas translated by Michael Hofmann. First edition thus. 22 cm; 291 pp. Owner's name; else a very good copy or better in a fine dust jacket.
N.p.: Otis Elevator Co., 1983, 1983. Cloth. First American edition. Folio; 165 pp.; illustrated from photographs and drawings. Small bookplate to front paste down; else a very good copy or better in a very good dust jacket with a short closed tear to bottom edge of front panel. A not-too-technical.....
New York: Ives Washburn, 1929, 1929. Ferriss's renderings of modern buildings are dark and foreboding; even those washed with sunlight seem somewhat menacing. Although many the drawings have mostly pragmatic origins (zoning studies, etc.), they have become design and cultural icons. First edition. 4to; 144 pp.; sixty monochrome illustrations after.....
Paris: Alain De Gourcuff Editeur, (1998). First edition. Square 4to; 205 pp.; more than 200 color illustrations. A fine copy in pictorial boards, published without dust jacket. A history of the textile manufacturer Braquenie since 1823. Many illustrations of fabric in historical decorative schemes.
New York: Parfums Paloma Picasso, 1984. Promotional booklet to celebrate the launch of Picasso's first scent. With photographs of Paloma Picasso by David Douglas Cuncan, Horst, Helmut Newdon, Avedon, others. No text. Crease to corner and rubbed spot to front wrapper. INSCRIBED by Picasso on the covers.
Clinton: Main Street Press, 1978. Limited/Numbered. Cloth. Cunningham's off-beat look at the history of fashion, and of New York architecture. Featuring fellow photographer Editta Sherman in a variety of costumes and locations. Limited edition, #42 of 250 cloth-bound copies, signed by Cunningham. 8vo; 128 pp.; illustrated from photographs by the.....
Huntington: Chester Hill Graphics, 1983. Souvenir of the Centennial Celebration of the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge. Consists of facsimiles of articles about and full-page illustrations of the bridge from "Harpers Weekly", with facsimile of Opening Program cover and invitation. 42 mm.; 16 pp.; illustrated from wood engravings. Minor folding.....
Tokyo: Akari, N.d. [c. 1990]. Catalog for Noguchi Akari Series lamps. Text in Japanese, but item IDs in English. No date but Noguchi's death in 1988 noted in timeline. No mention of Vitra, etc. 29.5 cm; 8 pp.; illustrated from photographs. A very good copy or better in wrappers.
Marsilio/ Fondazione La Biennale di Venezia, 2004. The Focus volume from the Metamorph 9. International Architecture Exhibition in 2004. With essays by Foster, Maria Warner, others. First edition. 24 cm; 183 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. A fine copy in wrappers.
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.....
New York: Birch Books, 2011. Provides a full inventory of Johnson's collection as well as more than 350 photographs culled from 100 selected books from the library. Introduction by R. A. M. Stern and SIGNED by him. First edition. 25.5 cm; 310 pp.; illustrated from photographs. A fine copy in.....
New York: Howard Greenberg Gallery, 1998. Catalog for the 1998 exhibition at the Greenberg Gallery of work by Anton Bruehl, top advertising photographer whose fashion work was seen in Vogue, etc. First edition. 28 cm; 20 pp.; illustrated from photographs. A fine copy in wrappers.
White Plains: John Rosch, (1902), 1906. First Edition. Soft Cover. Turn-of-the-century photographic survey of the houses, parks, schools and churches of this suburb of New York City. Rosch was a professional photographer in White Plains and he has thoroughly surveyed the houses, churches, schools, parks, and wild areas of the.....
New York: Rizzoli, 2012. A historical survey of the designs of 45 significant golf clubhouses in the US and UK. The clubhouse is often considered a secondary feature of a club or course; Diedrich, an architect, establishes its importance and the notable features that vary from clubhouse to clubhouse. With.....
New York: Rizzoli, (1991), 1991. The only monograph on Schmidt, the renowned society architect who worked almost exclusively in the neo-Georgian style. Hewitt's text analyzes Schmidt's work in the context of American domestic architecture in the first half of the 20th century, offering at the same time a useful and.....
New York: The Jewish Museum, 1990. Catalog for the 1990 exhibition at the Jewish Museum documenting the life of Jewish immigrants to New York. First edition. 28 cm; 110 pp.; illustrated from photographs. A fine copy in wrappers.
New York: Columbia, 1993. Catalog for the 1993 exhibition of the work and lives of the Spewacks. First edition. 23 cm; 49 pp.; illustrated. A fine copy in wrappers.
Norma Editions, 2021. First Edition. Hard Cover. A survey of 30 examples of domestic architecture built in France in the 1960s and 70s, by, among others, Breuer, Johnson, Neutra, Niemeyer, Nouvel, and Parent. With essays discussing influences, new structural developments, and early ecological considerations. Text in French. First edition. 28.5.....
New York: Rizzoli, 2022. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Trade catalog for furniture designed by the Italian architect and designer for different manufacturers. First American edition. 33 cm; 302 pp.; illustrated from photographs. A fine copy in laminated pictorial boards, published without a dust jacket.
Paris: ECART International, N.d. (1978). Early trade catalog for the furniture firm founded by Putman devoted to recreating objects designed in the first half of the 20th century. Featuring work by Eileen Gray, Rob. Mallet Stevens, Fortuny, Jean-Michel Frank, Chareau, others. Text in English and French. First edition. 13 cm;.....
Victoria: Images, 2009. Trade catalog for the Austrialian firm, documenting 105 of the its recent international projects. First edition. 23.5 cm; 415 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. A fine copy in black cloth, in a good dust jacket with wear to bottom tip front panel.
Florence: Studiolo, 1981. A well-illustrated and compact monograph on the architecture and decoration of San Spirito in Florence. First English edition. 24 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. A fine copy in wrappers.
Chicago: Chicago National Bank, 1902. Partly a guidebook to Chicao and environs, and partly a monograph on the recently completed Chicago National Bank building, by William Le Baron Jenney, at 152 Monroe St. Historical section illustrated with color renderings of historical scenes from Fr. Marquette to the Columbian exhibition; the.....
