Trevian Books
New York: NYLPC, 1981. Two-volume set of the catalogs for the 1981 exhibition at the Met of the landscape and design work of Olmsted and his partners. Vol.1: 23 cm; 169 pp; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. Vol 2: 23 cm; 38 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings.....
New York: Grolier Club, 2013. A catalog of the author's collection of book and pamphlets relating to the design, construction, and building of single-family residential architecture in the U.S. from Independence to the present day. First edition. 32 cm; 286 pp.; illustrated. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.....
Cambridge MIT, 1999. Soft Cover. A fresh reading of meanings vested in the orders that have dominated Western architecture for nearly three centuries. Second printing. 26.5 cm; 598 pp.; illustrated. Owner's name; else a very good copy or better in wrappers.
New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover. A study of the competition for the new Chicago Tribune Tower building which engaged architects from around the world, involving not only design ideals but, on the Tribune's part, promotion of broader social, politial, and economic processes in the early.....
N.p.: N.p., (1955). Edition limited to 500 numbered copies; this copy marked "extra". Folio (38 x 28); thirty-two plates from drawings by Mendelsohn, loose as issued in brown paper wrappers. Plates fine, wrappers with some edgewear, and light chipping to spine ends. A collection of thirty-two of the great architect's.....
New York: Whitney Library of Design, 1979. A collection of Nelson's essays written in the 60's-70's, classified by Objects, Environments, and Statements. First edition. 25 cm; 191 pp.; illustrated from photographs. Owner's embossed stamp to front pastedown, which is also graced with a large brown newsprint offset; else a good.....
Kew Gardens, 1999. A history of the development of the Kew Gardens neighborhood and a survey of architecturally significant houses, apartment buildings. and commercial and public structures. First edition. 17.5 cm; 69 pp.; illustrated. A fine copy in wrappers.
N.P. AR&D, 2019. An attempt to develop a language and structure to talk about architecture, without requiring that it be "interesting". First edition. 23 cm; 229 pp; illustrated from photographs and drawings. A fine copy in wrappers.
Los Angeles, BAM, 2017. Real estate sale prospectus for a house at 924 Bel Air Road, Los Angeles, Perhaps once owned by Shirley Temple, but she never lived in this house. At the time of publication in 2017, called "Billionaire" and offered for sale at $250 Million and later relist.....
Lancaster: Real Estate Board, n.d. (c. 1936). Promotional pamphlet for the Real Estate Board's model house which doesn't "embodies every modern convenience and appointment designed for home use." Furnished by local merchants to make sure nothing in it is actually "moderne". 26 cm; 12 pp.; illustrated from from photographs and.....
London: Architectural Association, (1990). Text 5 in the AA's Lecture series. A collection of Tschumi's essays from 1975 - 1983. First edition. 21 cm; 107 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. A fine copy in silver-stamped black leatherette, published without a dust jacket.
New York: Acanthus, 2007. A survey of 30 summer country houses built on Long Island from 1880-1930. Featuring work by major contemporary American country house architects. First edition. 30.5 cm; 355 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. A fine copy, with ribbon marker, in a fine dust jacket.
N.p.: Marvin Windows, 2017. The results of the window manufacturer's annual competition to showcase the finest examples of residential and commercial architecture featuring the company's windows and doors. First edition. 20 cm; 208 pp.; illustrated from photographs. A very good copy in black cloth.
Terra/Elliman, 2020. Promotional book for the residential tower designed by Arquitectonica and owned and run by Cipriani, scheduled to open in 2023. A giddy portrayal of the luxury life in Miami available to potential buyers. 34 cm; 127 pp; illustrated from photographs and drawings. A very good copy or better.....
London: Spon, 2001. A primer on basic PV concepts, practice, and field examples for the UK and Northern Europe and, by extension, to the rest of the world. First edition. 29.5 cm; 155 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. A very good copy or better in wrappers.
New YorK: Clog, (2013). First Edition. Paperback. First edition. 8vo; 134 pp.; illustrated. A fine copy in original wrappers. CLOG's monograph on Miami architecture.
New York: Wonder City Publishing Company, 1931. A strange little example of published boosterism, exemplified by the subtitle. Not quite a guide book, yet filled with information about prominent New Yorkers, alive and dead, hotels, schools, parks, etc. The second half of the book is virtually a real estate directory.....
New York: Prestel, 2001. A case study of Corbusier's Venice Hospital in light of contemporary fascination with mat building. First edition. 24 cm; 131 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. A fine copy in wrappers.
Munich: Prestel, 1999. A collection of essays on the architecture and planning of central Eurpean cities in the early decades of the 20th century, offering a look at modern architecture in a vast geographical area in a time of social and political change. Concentrating on the cities of Vienna, Prague.....
Seoul: Archiworld & PA, 1999. Issue of PA devoted to the pre-1999 work of Rafael Vignoly. Showing built work in NYC, Argentina, and other locations, as well as projects. Text in English and Korean. First edition. 30 cm; 240 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. A fine copy in.....
Seoul: N.p., N.d. (2016). Monograph on the major works of Korean architect Kim Swoo Geu, active in Seoul from 1960-1986. Early in his career Kim Swoo Geun developed a style that synthesized the fluctuating conditions of contemporary post-war Korea with the largely forgotten Korean "cultural history and primordial spirit." With.....
New York: MOMA, 1984. Press/publicity packet for the opening of the newly renovated MOMA, as designed by Cesar Pelli, in 1984. Consisting of stapled offset-printed sheets containing information on the project, an interview with Pelli, statements from each department, etc., in an illustrated portfolio the rear cover of which offers.....
New York: Home Title Guaranty Co., 1948. Published as a guide for architects, builders, and lending institutions whose activities are affected by the provisions of the Resolution which was revamped in 1940, with subsequent amendments to 1948. First edition. 27 cm; pp. ix, 95; illustrated from plans and drawings. A......
New York: J. G. Wilson Corp., n.d. (c. 1925). Trade catalog for the manufacturer of decorative wooden folding room dividers and partitions. Showing fourteen installations in situ, identifying location and architect. 28 cm; 16 pp.; illustrated from photographs and text figures. A fine copy in string-bound embossed wrappers.
Paris: A. Sinjon, 1928. A collection of 56 photographic plates documenting contemporary French interiors as well as more conventional rustic decoration, the latter mostly in commercial applications. Showing examples of work in apartments, shops, hotels, ocean liners, country houses, restaurants, etc. by Patout, E. Lecompte, G. Raymond, A.Thomas, Guindez, others.....
