La Casa Rotonda
Italy: Edizioni L'Erba Voglio, 1982. 8.25 x 8.25 inches. 111 pages. Wrappers. In Italian and English.
Architecture
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Hus i Norge en Forste Hjelp til Forstaelse av var Byggeskikk
Oslo: H. Aschehoug, 1944. 4to. 117 pages, including a number of illustrations. A very good copy in original printed paper wrappers.
Dentro lo Spazio
Lugano: Banca della Svizzera Italiana, 1985. Text in Italian and English. Folio (12.5 x 11 inches). Illustrated in black-and-white and color. Cloth; dust jacket. Limited edition, number 84 of 198 numbered copies from an edition of 1200. A monograph on the architect Claudio F. Pellegrini's work in Lugano, lavishly printed.....
Peter Cook: Six Conversations (Architectural Monographs (Hardcover) #28)
John Wiley & Sons, 1995. 12.25 x 10.5 inches. 144 pages. Cloth; dust jacket.
Trophées contenant divers attributs d'Eglise
Paris: Daumont, circa 1770. 6 parts in one volume, folio (458 x 305 mm). 30 engraved plates including 6 titles and 12 engraved plates by Voisord after Delafosse of trophies from various other countries; 10 engraved plates after Delafosse of mantelpieces laid in. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards. Some wear at extremities.....
Architectura privata: das ist: Gründtliche Beschreibung ... inn was Form ... ein ... Bürgerliches Wohnhauss ... erbawet ... worden
Augsburg: Johann Schultes and Mathias Rembold, 1641. Folio (300 x 203 mm). Letterpress title printed in red and black (torn and repaired), 15 double-page or folding engraved plates or plans by Matthäus Rembold (1629–1657), on guards. Contemporary vellum. Some plates trimmed closely. Provenance: purchased from Ars Libri, 1990. FIRST EDITION.....
Towers: A Historial Survey
New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1989. 11.75 x 9.5 inches. 343 pages. Cloth; dust jacket. "Looks at natural towers, famous towers of the past, church towers, cathedrals, Islamic towers, pagodas, bell towers, communications towers, and skyscrapers."
The International Style: Architecture Since 1922
New York: W. W. Norton, 1932. 4to. 240 pages. 82 full-page photographs of contemporary buildings, accompanied by plans. Cloth; dust jacket. Provenance: Samuel M. Nickerson (pencil inscription dated Sept. 11 1934 on front free endpaper), possibly a descendent of Samuel M. Nickerson (1830-1914) of Chicago, banker and owner of the.....
Andrew Holmes: Addition (Folio IX)
London: Architecture Association, 1986. Square folio. 28-page pamphlet in wrappers; 20 silkscreens; together in black cloth clamshell box. FIRST EDITION, number 29 of 1000 copies signed by Holmes on the cover of the box.
Toyo Ito
New York: Phaidon Press Inc., 2009. First edition. Folio. 231pp. Profusely illustrated. Original pictorial boards; die-cut dust jacket.
Plus Minus Box
London: Architectural Association, 1985. Square cloth folding case (12 x 12 in.) containing: nine plates, three on board, including the use of silkscreen, relief sculpture, embossed paper, and printed acrylic. And 28-page illustrated text in glazed paper portfolio. FIRST EDITION of this scarce work on the Japanese architect and artist.....
Londres et les Anglais
Paris: Gustave Barba, [nd]. 4to. 380 pages. Frontispiece with 25 engraved plates throughout. Marbled paper over boards with gilt-stamped spine. FIRST EDITION. Text in French.
Ornati e graffiti di varie facciate e sfondi che si ritrovano in antichi palazzi e chiese
[Circa 1788]. 29 plates (of 40) including title, plates 345 x 220 mm, sheets 495 x 330 mm. Some printed on tinted blue paper. Contemporary half vellum, marbled boards. Plates 26-28 with some pale staining. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, a rare proof copy before changes to the title. A CHARMING.....
The Historic Houses of Presidio Terrace (and the people who built them)
(Friends of the) Presidio Terrace Association, 1995. 11.25 x 14.25 inches. 96 pages. Cloth; dust jacket. Inscribed by the architect on the title-page and with a typed letter signed by the architect laid in. First Edition. A collection of photographs by Patrick McGrew of the Presidio Terrace.
Life and Shape
New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1962. 8vo. 372 pp. Plates. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket. A near-fine copy with light wear to jacket, a few minor spots to sheet edges. FIRST EDITION. A fine association copy, inscribed by Richard Neutra to the photographer Barbara Morgan on the half-title: “To Barbara Morgan and.....
Rapports au Conseil Général des Hospices, sur Les Hopitaux et Hospices; Les Secours a Domacile; La Direction des Nourrices
Paris: Imprimerie des Hospices Civils, an XI [1802-1803]. Three parts in one volume, 4to (250 x 197 mm). viii, 200; [2], 67; [2], 16 pp. Half-title. Folding table at end. Late 19th-/early 20th-century boards. Provenance: Bibliothèque Imperiale (inkstamp on some text leaves and table, duplicate stamp). FIRST EDITION. Contains a......
Cesar Pell. Buildings and Projects 1963-1990
New York: Rizzoli, 1990. 4to. 288 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED by Pelli on the half-title, and with the recipient's address label affixed to title. A fine monograph on the Argentinian-born American architect, including a study of the World Financial Center in Battery Park.....
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Kingswalden Notes [Pentagram Papers 16]
London, New York, San Francisco: Pentagram Design, 1970. Oblong (7 x 9.5 inches). Original printed wrappers. The Kingswalden Notes are Quinlan Terry's journal recording the deign and building of Kings Walden Bury, a new country house in Hertfordshire, which was completed in 1971.
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Kingswalden Notes [Pentagram Papers 16]
London, New York, San Francisco: Pentagram Design, 1970. Oblong (7 x 9.5 inches). Original printed wrappers. The Kingswalden Notes are Quinlan Terry's journal recording the deign and building of Kings Walden Bury, a new country house in Hertfordshire, which was completed in 1971.
Mexican Churches
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1987. 10.5 x 9.5 inches. 20 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original orange cloth; dust jacket. First edition. "These churches have never before been photographed so thoroughly, with such meticulous attention to their exuberant detail and splendor, providing a glimpse of the setting.....
Louis Kahn
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2001. First edition. Folio. Profusely illustrated in color. Original grey boards; dust jacket. New photography by Roberto Schezen. 185 illustrations, including 100 plates in full color.
Case Study Houses: The Complete CSH Program 1945 - 1966
Cologne, Germany: Taschen, 2002. 18 x 13.25 inches. 440 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original illustrated boards; printed acetate covering. First edition. "Modernist experimental homes. Prototypes for everyone The Case Study House program (1945-66) was an exceptional, innovative event in the history of American architecture and remains to this day.....
The Architecture of I.M. Pei: With an Illustrated Catalogue of the Buildings and Projects
London: Thames and Hudson, 2001. 11.25 x 9.25 inches. 340 pages. Profusely illustrated in black-and-white and color. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket. First edition, with 356 illustrations included.
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