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House style guides and American and English building history are the core of this section. Urban planning, churches and cathedrals, and modern architecture since 1900 are well covered.



 

Cobblestone Landmarks of New York State


Shelgren, Jr., Olaf William; Lattin, Cary; Frasch, Robert W., Illust. by: Gerda Peterich

Hardcover. Syracuse, NY, Syracuse University Press, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 163 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Light wear and soil on dust jacket. Black and white pictures throughout.

Record # 2233710


Price: $25.00 

 

American Buildings and Their Architects - Volume 4 - Progressive and Academic Ideals at the Turn of the Twentieth Century


Jordy, William H.

Softcover. New York, Oxford University Press, 3rd Printing, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 419 pages. Softcover. Black & white photographs and architectural plans throughout. Light shelf wear to cover. Otherwise clean unmarked text.

Record # 3340013


Price: $15.00 

 

American Buildings and Their Architects - Volume 5 - The Impact of European Modernism in the Mid-Twentieth Century


Jordy, William H.

Softcover. New York, Oxford University Press, 3rd Printing, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 469 pages. Softcover. Black & white photographs and architectural plans throughout. Light shelf wear to cover. Clean unmarked copy.

Record # 3340016


Price: $15.00 

 

Daylighting - Performance and Design


Ander, Gregg D.

Hardcover. New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 241 pages. Hardcover. Bright dust jacket with only minor wear. Black & white illustrations, photographs & architectural charts throughout. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 3340024


Price: $23.00 

 

Modern Architecture Since 1900


Curtis, William J. R.

Softcover. Englewood Cliffs, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 2nd printing, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 431 pages. Softcover. Tight copy. Profusely illustrated with black & white photographs & architectural illustrations. One interior section includes full page, full color photographs. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 3340028


Price: $23.00 

 

Architectural Acoustics Design Guide


Cowan, James

Hardcover. New York, McGraw-Hill, reprint, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 271 pages, hardcover. A hands-on manual that allows one to design the acoustics they desire. Mild rubbing and edgewear to boards. Price sticker residue to front panel and rear panel. Black-and-white illustrations throughout. Remainder mark to lower text block edge. A tight copy.

Record # 4450029


Price: $25.00 

 

Modern Movements in Architecture


Jencks, Charles

Softcover. London UK, Penguin, reprint, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 448 pages, paperback. Architectural criticism. Includes a postscript on Late-and Post-Modern architecture. Mild rubbing to wraps. Slight soiling to rear panel. Black-and-white illustrations throughout. A tight copy.

Record # 4450031


Price: $13.00 

 

Chicago's North Michigan Avenue: Planning and Development, 1900-1930


Stamper, John W.

Hardcover. Chicago IL, The University of Chicago Press, reprint, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 318 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. New insight into the history of Chicago. Mild rubbing to dust jacket. Many black-and-white photographs and illustrations throughout. A clean and tight copy.

Record # 4450068


Price: $25.00 

 

Ornamental Carpentry on Nineteenth-Century American Houses


Karp, Ben

Softcover. New York, NY, Dover Publications Inc., 2nd Printing, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 130 pages. Softcover with light wear to edges of illustrated wraps. Illustrated in black & white photography throughout. Light age toning, clean & unmarked pages throughout. Slightly darker toning to edges of endpapers.

Record # 6670009


Price: $13.00 

 

Architecture of the Absurd: How "Genius" Disfigured a Practical Art


Silber, John

Hardcover. New York, NY, The Quantuck Lane Press, 1st Edition, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 97 pages. Hardcover. Blue boards with silver titles to spine. Bright dust jacket in very good condition. Previous owner's signature to half title page. Tight binding, full color illustrations, clean & unmarked pages throughout.

Record # 6670024


Price: $13.00 

 

Frank Lloyd Wright: Architect - An Illustrated Biography


Boulton, Alexander O./Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer

Hardcover. New York, NY, Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1st Edition, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 128 pages. Hardcover profusely illustrated in full color & black & white. Majority of photographs provided by the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. Dust jacket with only light, marginal wear to edges. Clean & unmarked copy.

Record # 6670030


Price: $15.00 

 

Will They Ever Finish Bruckner Boulevard?


Huxtable, Ada Louise

Hardcover. New York, NY, The MacMillan Company, Second Printing, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 268 pages. Hardcover. Brown cloth boards with light sunfade to edges & gilt titles to spine. Black & white illustrations throughout. Dust jacket with moderate wear to edges, small tears, price-clipped & light age toning. Author received the Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism in 1970, related ephemera laid-in. Light small spots to right edge. Else clean, unmarked.

Record # 6670054


Price: $38.00 

 

Beyond New England Thresholds


Chamberlain, Samuel

Hardcover. New York, Hastings House, 1st, 1937, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 95 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Gilt title on front board still quite bright, spine gilt slightly faded. Decorated endpapers. Agewear to dust jacket, but still intact. Boards just slightly faded with age, but no tears or fraying. Spine broken at page 48, but pages still attached. Considering age, clean inside with only a bit of yellowing. Illustrations of the interiors of New England houses.

Record # 30497


Price: $25.00 

 

Fantasy Worlds


von Schaewen, Deidi, John Maizels

Hardcover. Germany, Taschen, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 335 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket unclipped. Decorative endpapers. Color illustrations throughout. Covers good, clean and bright inside. Dust jacket has slight crease on front, otherwise excellent. In very good condition.

Record # 30867


Price: $30.00 

 

Authentic Decor: The Domestic Interior 1620-1920


Thornton, Peter

Hardcover. New York, Viking, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 408 pages. Hardcover. Color and B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped. Gilt title on spine. Remainder mark on bottom edge. Dust jacket has a touch of rubbing and chipping around edges. Very clean inside and out.

Record # 30918


Price: $38.00 

 

Il Romanico: Atti del Seminario di studi diretto da Piero Sanpaolesi


AA.VV.

Softcover. Milano, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 498 pages. Softcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped. Some age yellowing to dust jacket and text pages. Illustration pages still bright white. Covers/spine show a touch of foxing. In very good condition.

Record # 30947


Price: $25.00 

 

Prefabulous & Sustainable: Building and Customizing an Affordable, Energy-Efficient Home


Koones, Sheri

Hardcover. New York, Abrams, 3rd, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 240 pages. Hardcover. Vivid color illustrations throughout. Very clean copy. Binding tight. In excellent condition. Addresses and dispels the negative myths associated with prefab homes and shows readers how beautiful and remarkably green these homes can be.

Record # 31380


Price: $25.00 

 

Field Guide to Sprawl, A


Hayden, Delores, Jim Wark (Photography)

Hardcover. New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 1st, 2004, 128 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket unclipped. Color illustrations throughout. Cover boards red, gilt title on spine. A touch of foxing to edges, but pages clean. Binding tight. This concise book defines the vocabulary of sprawl from alligator to zoomburb, illustrating fifty-one colorful terms invented by real estate developers and designers to characterize contemporary building patterns.

Record # 31409


Price: $15.00 

 

Renovating Barns: Sheds and Outbuildings


Engler, Nick

Softcover. Pownal, VT, Storey Books, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 247 pages. Softcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Wrapper excellent. Pages clean. Edges have a few smudges. In great shape. How-to guide.

Record # 31945


Price: $13.00 

 

Monks, Nuns, and Monasteries


Sitwell, Sacheverell

Hardcover. New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 205 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Cover boards bound in brown cloth, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped. Some slight tanning to edges and pages, otherwise clean. Binding tight, spine straight. In great condition. The reader is invited to see the varied beauty and special qualities of the art and architecture of the monasteries of England, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Austria, and Eastern Europe by a knowledgeable, urbane, and entertaining guide who has never lost his capacity for wonder.

Record # 32214


Price: $15.00 

 

Faces on Places: About Gargoyles and Other Stone Creatures


Haldane, Suzanne

Hardcover. New York, Viking Press, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 40 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. pages clean and unmarked. Binding tight, spine straight. In beautiful condition, looks nearly new. Mixing history and anecdotes, Suzanne Haldane tells the story of how these fanciful creatures and comic faces are made, step by step.

Record # 32294


Price: $15.00 

 

Executive Escapes: Weekend


Kunz, Martin Nicholas (Editor)

Hardcover. Augsburg, Deutschland, teNeues/Manager Magazine, 1st Multilingual edition, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 220 pages. Hardcover. Vivid color illustrations. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Decorated cover boards (same as dust jacket), pristine. Pages and edges clean and unmarked. Binding tight, spine straight. Executive Escapes contains numerous vacation spots, globally, to escape the stresses of everyday life that are also within easy reach. Beautiful photography that puts you in the suites, themselves.

Record # 32295


Price: $25.00 

 

Pump and Circumstance: Glory days of the Gas Station


Margolies, John

Hardcover. Boston, MA, Little, Brown and Company, 5th printing, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 128 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Decorated endpapers. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent, wrapped in protective clear, plastic brodart. Cover boards bound in red cloth, gilt title on spine. Binding tight, spine straight. Pages and edges clean and unmarked. In beautiful condition. A rich and lively celebration of that icon of American roadside culture: the gas station. Margolies traces the entertaining and significant tradition of gas station design, history, and lore.

Record # 32297


Price: $25.00 

 

Thomas Jefferson's Monticello


Malone, Dumas (Foreword), Robert Llewellyn (Photography), Charles Granquist (Commentary)

Hardcover. Charlottesville, VA, Thomasson-Grant, Inc, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 112 pages. Hardcover. Cover boards bound in dark blue cloth, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Vivid color illustrations throughout. Binding tight, pages clean. Spine straight. An intimate look at Thomas Jefferson's home and final resting place, complete with floor plan.

Record # 32324


Price: $15.00 

 

Times Square Roulette: Remaking the City Icon


Sagalyn, Lynne B.

Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1st edition, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 620 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Binding tight. Spine straight. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Red endpapers. Cover boards bound in black cloth, red title on spine. Pages and edges clean and bright. In beautiful condition, looks nearly new. Sagalyn debunks the myth of an overnight urban miracle performed by Disney and Mayor Giuliani, to tell the far more complex and commanding tale of a twenty-year process of public controversy, nonstop litigation, and seemingly interminable delay.

Record # 32328


Price: $23.00 

 

At the Water's Edge: Muskoka's Boathouses


de Visser, John, Judy Ross

Hardcover. Erin, Ontario, Boston Mills Press, Reprint, 1993, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 144 pages. Hardcover. Color illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Previous bookstore price tag on back cover. Cover boards bound in green cloth, gilt title on spine, a touch of chipping to top and bottom of spine. Binding tight, spine straight. Pages and edges clean. In beautiful condition. with 180 exceptional color photographs, At Water's Edge offers a privileged and exclusive look at boathouse life and style in incomparable Muskoka.

Record # 32379


Price: $23.00 

 

Sacred Spring: The Arts in Vienna 1898-1918


Powell, Nicolas

Hardcover. New York, New York Graphic Society, 1st Edition, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 224 pages. Hardcover. B/w and color illustrations throughout. Dust cover unclipped, has some agewear. Yellow cloth Decorated endpapers. Pages and edges have a touch of tanning, but clean: no highlighting or writing. Binding good. With an introduction to the cultural background by Adolf Opel.

Record # 33418


Price: $23.00 

 

Ancient Engineers, The


Sprague De Camp, L.

Hardcover. New York, Doubleday & Company. Inc., Reprint, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 408 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Tan cover boards two color design on the spine. Deckled foreedge. Light foxing to top edge. Binding tight. Spine straight. Very good condition.

Record # 33438


Price: $23.00 

 

George Washngton's Mount Vernon - At Home in Revolutionary America


Dalzell, Jr., Robert F. and Lee Baldwin Dazell

Hardcover. NY, Oxford Univ. Press, 1st , 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 300 pages. Hardcover Color frontis, black & white illust. Illustrated end papers and paste downs. Gilt titles on spine. Clean, tight copy on spine.

Record # 53464


Price: $20.00 

 

Art and Architecture in France 1500-1700


Blunt, Anthony

Hardcover. Baltimore, Penguin Books, 1st US, 1934, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Bound with English sheets. 192 black & white plates, 312 pages.

Record # 55281


Price: $18.00 

 

New Towns, The - The Answer to Megalopolis


Osborn, Frederic J. and Arnold Whittick

Hardcover. Cambridge, MIT Press, Revised Ed., 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Intro. by Lewis Mumford. 95 illust. 72 black & white photos. 456 pages. Dj spine faded otherwise

Record # 55980


Price: $26.00 

 

Espana Castillos Y Alcazares


Echague, Jose Ortiz

Madrid, Publicacions Ortiz - Echague, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 388 black & white photos. 24 pages in color. 312 pages. Spanish text. Some rubbing, light fraying to bottom edge of cloth covers. Dust jacket with edgewear, chips. Huge, oversize book. Previous owner's inscription front fly leaf.

Record # 66127


Price: $50.00 

 

Charm of the Chapel


Marsh, Daniel L.

Boston, Boston Univ. Press, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, A collection of essays, color photos on stained glass window art located in various chapels. 207 pages.

Record # 67934


Price: $20.00 

 

Baroque, The - Principles, Styles, Modes, Themes


Bazin, Germain

Paperback. NY, Norton, reprint wraps, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 368 pgs. Paperback. Extensive b&w illustrations and photographs throughout. Includes index of illustrations. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 108364


Price: $25.00 

 

An Architect's Eye: Selections from the Collection of Graham Gund


Yard, Sally

Paperback. South Hadley, Mass, 1st wraps, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black and White illustrations and color photos. paperback.

Record # 200787


Price: $30.00 

 

Baroque and Rococo


Sitwell, Sacheverell

NY, G. P. Putnams, 1st US, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 307 pages. Color, B&W photos.

Record # 300934


Price: $35.00 

 

House As a Mirror of Self - Exploring the Deeper Meaning of Home


Marcus, Clare Cooper

Berkeley, CA, Conan Press, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 307 pages. Color, B&W illustrations.

Record # 303098


Price: $20.00 

 

Book of Crowns and Cottages


Coffin, Robert P. Tristram

Hardcover. New Haven, Yale University Press , 1st, 1925, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 186 pages, 10 b&w illustrations by the author. Red cloth covers with spine label with light rubbing. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf, cover soil.

Record # 407064


Price: $13.00 

 

Outrageous L.A.


Landau, Robert and John Pashdag

Softcover. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, 90 pages, paperback. Includes a conversation with Edward Ruscha. A collection of colorful photos of uncommon & eccentric sights of the city. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 407743


Price: $13.00 

 

Country House Book, The.


Phillips, Barty

Hardcover. Topsfield, Mass., Salem House Pub, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 304 pages. Blue cloth cover, very little wear. Dust jacket has light wear to edges. Many beautiful color photographs throughout. A nice, bright copy.

Record # 455881


Price: $20.00 

 

Farmhouse, The


Irvine, Chippy

Hardcover. Toronto ; New York, Bantam, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 242 pages. Blue cloth cover, very little wear. Dust jacket has light wear to edges and corners. Many color photographs by Dennis Krukowski throughout. A clean, tight copy.

Record # 455883


Price: $15.00 

 

Peter Walker Minimalist Gardens


Levy, Leah

Softcover. Spacemaker Press, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 207 pages, illustrated throughout. Minor edge wear and rubbing, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 455974


Price: $60.00 

 

American fireplace: chimneys, mantelpieces, fireplaces & accessories


Kauffman, Henry J

Hardcover. Nashville, T. Nelson, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 352 pages, illustrated throughout. Minor dust jacket edge wear and rub, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 456403


Price: $25.00 

 

Building of Manhattan, The


Mackay, Donald A

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Row, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 150 pages, illustrated throughout. Dust jacket edge wear and fade, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 456456


Price: $35.00 

 

Invented Cities: The Creation of Landscape in Nineteenth-Century New York and Boston


Domosh, Professor Mona

Hardcover. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 185 pages, with b&w illustrations. Spotless and tight copy.

Record # 456527


Price: $18.00 

 

Japanese Style


Slesin, Suzanne

Hardcover. New York, Clarkson Potter, reprint, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 287 pages, illustrated throughout in full color. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 456861


Price: $30.00 

 

Newlyweds' Guide to Setting Up Home


Abbott, Gail

Hardcover. Cico, 1st, August 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 160 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 457371


Price: $12.00 

 

New Solar Home, The


Snyder, Stephen

Softcover. Layton, Utah, Gibbs Smith, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 160 pages, INSCRIBED BY AUTHORS on half-title page, photographs throughout. Minor edge wear, otherwise, very clean and bright copy.

Record # 457755


Price: $38.00 

 

Lost Diners and Roadside Restaurants of New England and New York: A Tribute to over 100 of the Northeast's Old Time Best


Anderson, Will

Softcover. Bath, Maine, North Country Books, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 184 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear and scratching to wrappers.

Record # 458831


Price: $15.00 

 

Decorating Master Class


Cullman, Ellie

Hardcover. New York, Abrams, 2nd printing, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 221 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 459497


Price: $31.00 

 

Out of Harm's Way : Moving America's Lighthouse


Booher, Mike

Hardcover. US, Eastwind Pub, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 123 pages, photos in b&w. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 460736


Price: $15.00 

 

Prague: Art and History


Dolezal, Jiri

Hardcover. US, Pragensia Publishing House, 1st, 2000-01-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 158 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 462880


Price: $23.00 

 

Country Life, 1897-1997


Strong, Roy C.

Hardcover. US, Boxtree, Limited, 1st, 1997-06-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 224 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w and color. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 463014


Price: $31.00 

 

Houses of Life: Jewish Cemeteries of Europe


Jacobs, Joachim

Hardcover. US, Frances Lincoln, 1st, 2008-11-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 199 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light edgewear to dust jacket, light tape residue to front end paper, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 463531


Price: $25.00 

 

Gardens of Revelation: Environments by Visionary Artists


Beardsley, John

Hardcover. US, Abbeville Press, 1st, 1995-04-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 223 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Minor edgewear and slight tape-repair to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 463611


Price: $19.00 

 

Transformation of the Avant-Garde, The: The New York Art World, 1940-1985


Crane, Diana

hardcover. Chicago, University Of Chicago Press, reprint, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 194 pages. Hardcover. B&w photographs throughout. Includes extensive bibliography. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Small stain to back dust jacket cover, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 469474


Price: $15.00 

 

Living in Ireland


Stoeltie, Rene (Photographer)

Hardcover. Germany, Taschen, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 200 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with some minor wear to dust jacket edges. Color photographs throughout.

Record # 471247


Price: $31.00 

 

Age of Grandeur,The - Baroque Art and Architecture


Tapie, Victor-L.

Softcover. New York, Praeger, 1st US, 1960, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 305 pages. Paperback. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Two light creases along spine. Foxing to edges. Cover shows wear to edges.

Record # 510213


Price: $13.00 

 

Pennsylvania Avenue


President's Council on Pennsylvania Avenue

Washington DC, Government Printing Office, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 56 pages, b&w illustrations, fold-out map.

Record # 512054


Price: $20.00 

 

l'Italstat


Baietti (Ed.), Stefano

Rome, Societa Italiana per le Infrastrutture e l'Assetto del Territorio, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 383 pages, color illustrations. Text in Italian and Russian.No dust jacket issued. Like new in a slipcase.

Record # 602625


Price: $60.00 

 

Foodservice Facilities Planning


Kazarian, Edward A.

Hardcover. New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 2nd, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 308 pages, hardcover. Illustrated in b&w. Light sun fading to top and bottom of spine.

Record # 602889


Price: $15.00 

 

Urban Oasis - Guideways and Greenways in the Human Environment, The


Warren, Roxanne

Hardcover. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 196 pages. Illustrated with full color and black & white photographs and drawings. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 606815


Price: $30.00 

 

Nineteenth Century Modern - The Functional Tradition in Victorian Design


Schaefer, Herwin

Hardcover. New York, Praeger, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 211 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Dust jacket shows wear with tape repaired tear at top edge. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 606843


Price: $25.00 

 

Moffatt-Ladd House at Portsmouth, New Hampshire - Part 1 & 2, The


Griffen (Giffen), Jane C.

Softcover. London, NSCDA, 1st Thus, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two reprinted articles from the UK based magazine "The Connoisseur". Non-paginated. Illustrated with mostly black & white photographs. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 607517


Price: $20.00 

 

Moffatt-Ladd House - Its Garden and Its Period 1763 - Portsmouth, New Hampshire, The


Orcutt, Philip Dana

Hardcover. Portsmouth, NHSCDA, 2nd, 1935, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 48 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Previous owners inscription on front endpaper. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 607564


Price: $15.00 

 

History of Farm Buildings in England and Wales, A


Harvey, Nigel

Hardcover. Devon, David & Charles, 1st, 1970, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 277 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs and drawings. Foxing to top edge. Price clipped dust jacket shows wear. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 608399


Price: $25.00 

 

Envisioning Information


Tufte, Edward R.

Softcover. Cheshire, Graphics Press, 2nd Revised Edition, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 126 pages. Light foxing to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 609412


Price: $40.00 

 

Wayne County: The Aesthetic Heritage of a Rural Area


Jacobs, Stephen W./David Plowden

Softcover. Albany, NYSCA, 1st, 1979, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 287 pages. Softcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs by David Plowden. Previous owners name on front endpaper. Color map of Wayne County in rear pocket. Curling to cover corners, interior pages with minimal/light wear. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 612568


Price: $75.00 

 

Richmondtown Restoration Staten Island City of New York


Staten Island Historical Society

Softcover. Staten Island, Staten Island Historical Society, 1st, 1956, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 32 pages. Softcover. Ex-museum library copy with the letter "S" written twice at top of front cover. Slight darkening to cover edges. Illustrated with black & white photographs and drawings. Related pamphlet laid-in. Clean, unmarked pages.

Record # 613926


Price: $63.00 

 

Fantasy Worlds


Taschen, Angelika/Deidi von Schaewen/John Maizels

Hardcover. Koln, Taschen, 1st Thus, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 240 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with full color photographs. Light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 614237


Price: $25.00 

 

La Prospettiva di Federico Commando (Domus Perspectivae) (Italian Text)


Sinisgalli, Rocco

Hardcover. Firenze, Edizioni Cadmo, 1st Edition, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 158 pages. Hardcover in Italian text. Green cloth boards with gilt titles to cover & spine. Illustrated with black & white mathematical diagrams throughout. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 750242


Price: $23.00 

 

Wood Reference Handbook - A Guide to the Architectural Use of Wood in Building Construction


McCloskey (Editor), Kelly R.

Softcover. Ottowa, Canadian Wood Council, Third Edition, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 562 pages. Softcover. Full page, full color & b/w illustrations throughout, including architectural drawings, tables, charts. Bright covers with only minor wear. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 750380


Price: $19.00 

 

Hideaways - Cabins, Huts and Tree House Escapes


Faure, Sonya

Hardcover. Paris, France, Flammarion, First Thus, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 144 pages. Hardcover with Illustrated boards & black titles to spine. Profusely illustrated in full color throughout. Dust jacket with only light marginal wear. Tight binding, sharp corners, clean & unmarked pages throughout.

Record # 751351


Price: $15.00 

 

Colonial Williamsburg


Kopper, Philip

Hardcover. New York , Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 1986, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 320 pages with 328 plates, 168 in color. Like new in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 804930


Price: $19.00 

 

Gaslights and Gingerbread: Colorado's Historic Homes


Dallas, Sandra

Softcover. Chicago, IL, Swallow Press, Revised, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 164, illustrated throughout with b&w photographs. Yellow pictorial stiff wrappers. Paper clip marks to pages 3-6, else like new.

Record # 805679


Price: $13.00 

 

Moffatt-Ladd House: Its Garden and Its Period:1763, The


Orcutt, Phiilip Dana

Softcover. Portsmouth, NH, The New Hampshire Society of Colonial Dames of America, 1st, 1935, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 48 pages. Blue-cloth backed boards with black spine, laid in pamphlet on the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, numerous b&w plates. Wear to cover edges and spine, discoloration along cover edges due to age, light chipping to some pages; a tight, clean copy.

Record # 806052


Price: $20.00 

 

Wadsworth-Longfellow House, The


Goold, Nathan

Softcover. Portland, Maine Historical Society, Reprint, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, The Wadsworth-Longfellow House was the childhood home of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. In 1963, it was designated as a National Historic Landmark. 44 pages, black and white photographs of the home. Originally published in 1908. Included are 6 color postcards. Very good condition.

Record # 806130


Price: $25.00 

 

Vezelay


Vogade, Francois

Softcover. Germany, Photographies Auguste, reprint, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Red covers with white titles and color illustration, b&w frontispiece of drawing of Vezelay Abbey dated 1810, 145 b&w plates, 7 full color photographic plates, full page b&w map. Mild rubbing to covers, slight wear to corners and edges; overall a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 806215


Price: $15.00 

 

Housing: Symbol, Structure, Site


Taylor (ed.), Lisa

Softcover. Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 176 pages. Color illustrated covers with black titles, dozens of essays by various authors, profusely illustrated with b&w plates. Light rubbing to covers; a clean, tight copy.

Record # 806268


Price: $12.00 

 

Old Barn Plans


Rawson, Richard

Softcover. New York, Main Street Press, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 159 pages. Color illustrated covers, perfect binding, profusely illustrated with plans for barns. Very slight wear to covers; a clean, tight copy.

Record # 806269


Price: $20.00 

 

Architecture + Media: Visual Communication in Environmental Design


Johnson, Herbert F.

Softcover. Ithaca, New York, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Stapled covers with full color illustration, foreword by Thomas W. Leavitt, profusely illustrated with b&w plates. Slight rubbing to covers; otherwise a tight, clean copy.

Record # 806291


Price: $19.00 

 

Some Historic Houses: Their Builders and Their Places in History


Fitzpatrick (ed.), John C.

Hardcover. New York, The Macmillan Company, 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 160 pages. Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering, color dust jacket, upwards of 50 b&w plates. Light foxing to dust jacket, light chipping and wear to dust jacket edges, previous owner's inscription to endpaper; overall a tight, clean copy.

Record # 806351


Price: $18.00 

 

Charles Shipman Payson Building, The


Thorn, Megan

Softcover. Portland, ME, The Portland Museum of Art, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, White covers with illustration are in good condition, with a few minor scratches and spotting. Paper binding in good condition. Corners of cover are slightly bent. Pages clean and crisp, with 30 plates mostly in color.

Record # 807022


Price: $13.00 

 

Granger Homestead


Granger Homestead Society, Inc.

Softcover. Canadaigua, New York, Granger Homestead Society, Inc., 1st, unknown, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 16 pages. Text by Mrs. Byron H. Delavan. White stapled wrappers with color illustration, profusely illustrated with color and b&w plates. Slight wear to wrappers, pages crisp and ummarked.

Record # 807930


Price: $13.00 

 

Covered Bridges of Pennsylvania Dutchland


Horst, Mel and Elmer L. Smith

Softcover. Lebanon, PA, Applied Arts Publishers, 8th printing, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 42 pages. Text by Elmer Smith, photographs by Mel Horst. Stapled wrappers completely illustrated in color, profusely illustrated with b&w plates. Clean wrappers, pages crisp and clean; a very neat, tight copy.

Record # 807940


Price: $12.00 

 

Homes of American Authors


n/a

Hardcover. New York, G. P. Putnam, 1st, 1853, Book: Good, 366 pages. Leather cover with raised bands and ornate decoration. Gilt all edges and marled endpapers. B&w frontispiece with tissue-guard and b&w and color illustrations with tissue guards throughout. Color illustrations on tipped-in plates. Rubbing and wear to cover edges and some light foxing throughout. Else a clean, good copy.

Record # 851595


Price: $200.00 

 

Airports: Design, Construction and Management


Glidden, Horace K., Hervey F. Law, John E. Cowles

Hardcover. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1st, 1946, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, With charts, photographs, and illustrations. Very minor cover edge wear and spotting on book edges. Otherwise, a tight and clean copy.

Record # 852344


Price: $50.00 

 

Writings on Early American Architecture: An Annotated List of Books and Articles on Architecture Constructed before 1860 in the Eastern Half of the United States.


Roos, Jr.,, Frank J.

Hardcover. Columbus, Ohio, The Ohio State University Press, 1st, 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 271 pages. Blue cloth cover with gilt lettering, lettering is faded on spine, bumped edges and fraying along spine, smudge on back cover. Previous owner's inscription on front flyleaf. Inside is bright and clean. A nice copy.

Record # 852592


Price: $30.00 

 

Art in European Architecture


Damaz, Paul

Hardcover. New York, Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1st US, 1956, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 228 pages, illustrated throughout. Minor dust jacket edge wear, fading and small tear on front cover. Previous owner's signature on front flyleaf. Minor foxing on rear flyleaf. Otherwise, clean and tight copy.

Record # 852645


Price: $20.00 

 

Jersey Diners


Genovese, Peter

Hardcover. New Brunswick, NJ, Rutgers University Press , 2nd printing, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 242 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light edgewear, scuffing to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 854805


Price: $15.00 

 

Last of the Covered Bridge Builders, The


Graton, Milton S

Hardcover. Plymouth, Mass , Clifford Nicol , reprint, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 173 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR B&w photographs and diagrams throughout. 7 color photographs on dust jacket cover and flaps. Related articles laid-in. One of 2000. Foxing to top edge, else clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 857258


Price: $31.00 

 

Vision of Passage, A


Moss , Ben Frank

Softcover. Hannover NH , Dartmouth College , 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 20 pages. Softcover. Extensive color and b&w illustrations throughout. Includes appendix detailing author's career. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 857469


Price: $19.00 

 

Paris Along The Nile


Myntti, Cynthia

Hardcover. Cario , American University In Cairo Press , 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 112 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Extensive b&w photography throughout. Illustrated chapter headings. Silver gilt titles on spine. Previous owner's inscription on title page. Shelf wear to dust jacket covers, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 857509


Price: $25.00 

 

Ornaments of the Metropolis: Siegfried Kracauer and Modern Urban Culture


Reeh, Henrik

Softcover. Cambridge MA, The MIT Press, reprint, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 248 pages, paperback. Study on themes of the ornament in Kracouer's writings on urbanism. Translated by John Irons. Mild rubbing and edgewear to wraps. Slight bumping to corners. Black-and-white photographs throughout. Unmarked. A clean and tight copy.

Record # 952091


Price: $13.00 

 

Timber Frames: Designing Your Custom Home


Bonin, Jeremy; Sandiford, Rebecca

Softcover. Canada, Heliconia Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 121 pages. Softcover with minor wear to paper wrappers. Clean, tight copy. Color photos throughout. Light creasing to front corner.

Record # 2233316


Price: $19.00 

 

Timber Frames: Designing Your Custom Home


Bonin, Jeremy; Sandiford, Rebecca

Softcover. Canada, Heliconia Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 121 pages. Softcover with minor wear to paper wrappers. Clean, tight copy. Color photos throughout. Light creasing to front corner.

Record # 2233317


Price: $19.00 

 

Designing a Home with Wood


Adams, Heather E.

Hardcover. New York, Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 192 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy with color photos throughout. Light wear to edges of dust jacket.

Record # 2233318


Price: $23.00 

 

Sprawl: A Compact History


Bruegmann, Robert

Hardcover. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 301 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy with black and white photos throughout. Crease on page 214, 222.

Record # 2233399


Price: $19.00 

 

Victorian and Edwardian Decor - From the Gothic Revival to Art Nouveau


Cooper, Jeremy

Hardcover. New York, Abbeville Press, 1st , 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 256 pages. Hardcover. Coffee table sized, full page, full color & b/w illustrations throughout. Black cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Dust jacket with minor wear, sun faded, & protected with plastic cover. Clean & bright copy.

Record # 3340003


Price: $25.00