Architecture
Theaters and Halls: New Concepts in Architecture and Design
Meisei Pubs, 1995. 223 pp. 4to.l text is in Japanese and English.
Nordisk Bygningsdag: Oslo 16.17.18. Juni 1938
Oslo: 1938. [198] + [181] pp, including a number of plates, some folding. includes many floor plans and layouts. 2 vols. 4to. wrappers.
Estrosità nell'Arredamento delle Case e Studi di Artisti
Milano: Görlich, 1968. 4to. 232 pp, including 175 illustrations in color.
Commume: Designed in California
New York: Abrams, 2014. 4to. 256 pages. Lavishly illustrated in color. Pictorial wrappers; slipcase. FIRST EDITION, signed by all four authors on the title-page and inscribed "All four one..." and dated 11.2.14. "Commune was established in Los Angeles in 2004 by four like-minded souls--Roman Alonso, Steven Johanknecht, Pamela Shamshiri, and...
The Personal House: Homes of Artists and Writers written with Ambur Hiken
New York: Whitney Library of Design, 1961. Folio. 80 pp. Profusely illustrated. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards. Worn at ends of spine, small stain and light rubbing to front cover, front joint cracked, but an internally clean and generally fresh copy. FIRST EDITION, showing homes in Westchester, Rockland, Fairfield, and Bucks...
5 Sensors of an Age: Japanese Contemporary Design Series
Japan: Rikuyo-sha, 1985. In Japanese and English. 4to. 381 pages. Lavishly illustrated with color photographs. Pictoral wrappers; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. This weighty volume brings together five artistic leaders of Japan--architect Tadao And , interior designer Takashi Sugimoto, fashion designer Rei Kawakubo, industrial designer Toshiyuki Kita, and product designer Masayuki...
Villa and Cottage Architecture: Select Examples of Country and Suburban Residences Recently Erected. With a Full Descriptive Notice on Each Building
London: Blackie & Son, 1868. Folio (376 x 268 mm; 14 7/8 x 10 1/2 inches). xii, 112, [2] pages. 80 engraved plates. Contemporary brown half morocco, gilt-lettered on spine, marbled edges. Provenance: John Briggs, Rockville, Ont. (inscription dated August 6, 1870 on front flyleaf). FIRST EDITION, a comprehensive work...
Pre Fab
Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith, 2002. First edition, later printing. Oblong 8vo. 159pp. Profusely illustrated with color photographs and diagrams. Original beige cloth; dust jacket.
Skyscrapers of New York
New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1928. Folio (419 x 273 mm; 16½ x 10¾ inches). 5 pages text, 24 full-page plates including frontispiece. Original quarter white patterned muslin, blue boards, gilt-lettered on front cover and spine; portions of dust jacket preserved. A very good copy with light toning to boards...
Aquileia Gli Affreschi nella Cripta della Basilica
Risparmio, 1976. 60 pp + many color plates. 4to.
The Young Carpenter's Assistant; or A System of Architecture, adapted to the Style of Building in the United States
Philadelphia, Richmond, Lexington: Robert and William Care for Johnson and Warner, 1810. 4to (245 x 205 mm). 43 (of 44, lacking the final plate of Christ Church) engraved plates, some folding. Contemporary sheep, gilt-ruled on spine. Covers bowed and stained; characteristic foxing and offsetting. Second edition, following the exceedingly scarce...
Bauten und Landschaft in Hessen und Nassau
Frankfurt: Frankfurter Kunstvereins, 1930. First edition. Folio. Profusely illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Original white-lettered red cloth.
Gyo Obata
Australia: Images Publishing Group, 2010. 8vo. 240 pages. Cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. "Gyo Obata is an internationally recognised architect and one of the founding partners of HOK. This book not only tells the story of the various buildings that Obata designed, but also encourages the belief in good design...
Glasgow Bridge; Railway Bridge over the Fitzroy River at Rockhampton, Queensland; and, The Niagara Falls and Clifton Steel Arch Bridge with an Abstract of the Discussion upon the Papers
London: 1901. 106 pp + 4 large folding plates [numbered 2-5]. wrappers.
The Beautiful Necessity. Seven Essays on Theosophy and Architecture
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1922. Second edition, with a letter by the author laid in. 8vo. 111 pp. Original black cloth. Binding a bit faded and very lightly soiled; some pale spotting throughout. Laid-in is a typed letter signed (in pencil) by Bragdon on his letterhead, 1910, thanking the...
Hus i Norge en Forste Hjelp til Forstaelse av var Byggeskikk.
Oslo: H. Aschehoug, 1944. 117 pp, including a number of illustrations. sm4to. a very good copy in original printed paper wrappers.
Charles Baillairgé Architect & Engineer
Montreal and Kingston: McGill University Press, 1989. 4to. 201pp. Black-and-white illustrations in text. Original cloth; dust jacket. A fine copy. FIRST EDITION of this study of the important Quebec architect and engineer. He designed the Quebec Music Hall, Laval University, Sainte-Marie de Beauce church, and Dufferin Terrace.
Tudor Homes of England with Some Examples from Later Periods
New York: Architectural Book Publishing, 1929. folio.
Casa Sanna: Kazuyo Sejima, Ryue Nishizawa
New York: Actar, 2007. 4to. 192 pages. Pictorial wrappers. FIRST EDITION. "Sanaa's housing projects, both finished (House A, S House, House in a Plum Grove, Small House and Moriyama House), and unfinished projects (Flower House, Garden & House, Seijo Apartments, Ichikawa Apartments, House in China and Eda Apartments). SANAA's architecture...
The Design and Development of Picnic Grounds
Bulletin of the New York State College of Forestry, Vol XIII, No 3-c, 1940. 4to. 69 pp, including a number of photographs.
Granada & the Alhambra Arab & Moorish Monuments of Cordoba, Seville & Granada
Editorial Escudo de Oro S.A, 1999. 4to.
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...
Gaudí the Visionary
New York: The Viking Press, 1982. Revised Edition. Folio. 251pp. Color and black-and-white illustrations. Original orange cloth with gilt lettering on front cover and spine; pictorial dust jacket. First published in 1971. Still the definitive work on Gaudi.
Robert A.M. Stern: Buildings and Projects 1993-1998
New York: The Monacelli Press, 1998. First edition. 4to. 400pp. Color photographs. Original brown cloth with gilt lettering; pictorial dust jacket. A survey of Robert A.M. Stern's distinctive architectural style, committed to the synthesis of tradition and innovation and, above all, to the creation and enhancement of a meaningful sense...