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.....
New York: Whitney Library of Design, 1961. Folio. 80 pp. Profusely illustrated. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards. FIRST EDITION, showing homes in Westchester, Rockland, Fairfield, and Bucks counties, as well as The Hamptons and Woodstock.
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.....
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.....
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1975. 4to. 224 pages. 550 black-and-white illustrations. Original printed wrappers. First paperback edition, after the first of 1938 that was published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art.
Philadelphia, Richmond, Lexington: Robert and William Care for Johnson and Warner. 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 first.....
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.....
Oslo: H. Aschehoug, 1944. 117 pp, including a number of illustrations. Small 4to. A very good copy in original printed paper wrappers.
London: Wolfgang Buttress Studios, 2015. Square 4to (12 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches). 127 pages. Original wrappers. In original gilt-decorated wooden slipcase with: Three LP-sleeves, each signed by the artist in pencil and containing 1) debossed monochromatic print, signed and numbered 5/1000 in pencil. 2) LP on transparent vinyl. 3).....
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.....
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2015. 4to. 401 pages. Color and black & white photographs. FIRST EDITION. Signed and inscribed by Arcana Books: "'Take your pleasures seriously.' [Charles Eames] DO Arcana Books July 2015." "An Eames Anthology collects for the first time the writings of teh esteemed American architects and.....
Madrid: Ivory Press / Carré d’Art, 2013. 4to. In French and English. 420 pages. Decorated cloth. FIRST EDITION. "To mark the 20th anniversary of the Carré d’Art Musée d’art contemporain, in Nîmes, Norman Foster has been invited to curate the exhibition Moving. Norman Foster on Art, which will open on.....
Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith, 2005. 4to. 160 pages. Color photographs. Printed boards; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. "More than 125 gorgeous photographs showcase the beauty of award-winning stonemason Lew French's work in eight different homes, illustrating how rounded fieldstone, gray slate, rough granite, and even curvy driftwood can be incorporated.....
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.....
Tehran: National Land and Housing Organization, 1975. Folio. 229pp. Text in Arabic and English. Illustrated in color. Original white boards; pictorial dust jacket. A very good copy with modest wear to the jacket, internally clean and bright. FIRST EDITION. One of 5000 copies.
New York: Phaidon, 2016. 4to. 239 pages. Pictorial boards. FIRST EDITION. "Dubbed 'The Leather Daddy of Luxury' by New York Magazine, Peter Marino is the go-to architect for the highest echelons of luxury design worldwide, perhaps best known for his work on luxury brand spaces, including for Chanel, Dior, and.....
Jaap Rietman, 1977. 4to. Loose sheets in a cardboard portfolio.
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1989. 4to. 142 pages. Color photographs and illustrations. Pictorial wrappers. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Takes an in-depth look at how unique and creative Japanese architecture can be.
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.....
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.
New York: Phaidon Press Inc., 2009. First edition. Folio. 231pp. Profusely illustrated. Original pictorial boards; die-cut dust jacket.
Berlin: Museum Wiesbaden & Cantz Verlag, 1993. 4to. 160 pp. Profusely illustrated in color and black-and-white. Text in English and German. Original self wrappers, as-new in original shrink wrap, unopened and unread. FIRST EDITION, published on the occasion of Judd's selection for the Stankowski Foundation Prize in 1993. The catalogue.....
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.....
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.
[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.....