Hardcover. Bath, England, Parragon, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 192 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Decorated cover boards, glossy. Decorated endpapers. Binding tight, spine straight. Pages and edges clean and unmarked. In beautiful condition. In this wonderfully illustrated book, Herbert Wright provides a spectacular history of the world's greatest skyscrapers from the eighteenth century to present.
Softcover. Garden City, Anchor Books, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 208 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Some small spots of price sticker residue on upper right corner of front cover. Remainder spray on bottom edge. Clean, tight copy.
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.
Hardcover. New York, E. P. Dutton, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 208 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Dust jacket with short tears along top edge. Clean, tight copy.
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.
Hardcover. Boston, MA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1st Edition, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 321 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Decorated endpapers. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Cover boards bound in teal cloth, gilt title on spine. Binding tight, spine straight. Pages clean and bright. In beautiful condition, looks nearly new and barely read. Van Leeuwen Explores the human relationship to water from a variety of viewpoints: social, religious, artistic, sexual, psychological, technical, and above all, architectural.
Softcover. New York, Quick Fox, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 160 pages, illustrated throughout n color and b&w. Foreword by Terence Cardinal Cooke, introduction by Brendan Gill. Light wear to pictorial stiff wrappers and spine, else a very neat, tight copy.
New York, Strand Press, 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, The first English translation of its origins, and reconstruction with a guide to the exterior and interior. Dust jacket worn, chipped.
Hardcover. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 182 pages, plus b&w plates. Dark mauve cloth cover with gilt titles to spine, color illustrated endpapers, 4 b&w figures throughout text, 4 full page color plates, 161 b&w plates at end of text. Light wear to dust jacket; overall a clean, tight copy.
Paperback. Cambridge, MA, MIT, Rep., 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white photos, illust. 210 pages. Classic study of how architectural forms came into being as a result of geographic, social, political, and economic conditions. Profusely illustrated with photos and diagrams. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Newton Abbot ; North Pomfret, Vt, David & Charles PLC, January 31, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 232 pages, illustrations and photographs throughout. Minor dust jacket edge wear and fade, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.
London, Arden Press, 4th Ed. revised, 1924, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Illustrated with a color frontispiece, line drawings and b&w photographs detailing the architecture and charm of this old Cotswold English Inn. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf, light soil to covers, label on front cover mostly gone. Internally very good.
Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, The MIT Press, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 337 pages, hardcover. No dust jacket. Many black-and-white photographs and illustrations throughout. Fading to spine. Corners lightly bumped. Unmarked. A clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. New Brunswick, NJ, Rutgers University Press, 2nd, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 142 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. An illustrated history of Cape May, New Jersey. Lower fore edge corner bumped. Slight stain to same corner. Minor stain to top fore edge corner. Illustrated with architectural plans, street layouts, and b&w photos throughout. Unmarked. A bright and tight copy.
Softcover. New Haven, Yale University Press, reprint, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 250 pages, b&w, some color illustrations. Clean copy. Describes the 'Queen Anne' movement in all its manifestations, tracing its origin in the 1860s, the spread of its subsequent vogue from London to the provinces, and from England to America, and its fall from grace in the 1890s, when it was taken up by the architects of pubs and waterside villas.
Hardcover. Singapore, Times Editions, First Edition, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 288 pages. Hardcover. Coffee-table sized. Full page, full color & black & white photography throughout. Features introduction by Gore Vidal, stunning photography & brief bios of 50 photographers to appendices. Striking full page, full color illustrations., clean & unmarked pages throughout. Bright dust jacket with only light wear.
Hardcover. New York, Panteon Bollingen Foundation Series, 2nd, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 278 pages. Bollingen Series XLVIII. Tipped-in color plates, b/w images throughout, gilt titles and decoration on spine, gilt decoration on front board. Blue top edge lightly faded. Some wear to dust jacket. Previous owner's bookplate. Dust jacket price clipped. Clean inside. Content: "...von Simson undertakes an interpretation of the Gothic cathedral as an image of supernatural reality".
Hardcover. California, Thunder Bay Press, 3rd, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 448 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Decorated endpapers. Dust Jacket lightly yelowed. Very clean inside and out. From the dust jacket front flap, "...a comprehensive guide to the ways we have designed our living spaces."
Softcover. New York, Rensselaer County Historical Society, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 351 pages. Paperback. With essays by: Douglas G. Boucher, Stacy Pomeroy Draper and Walter Richard Wheeler. Black and white photographs and diagrams of various buildings and styles of architecture.
Softcover. Bridport, VT, Bridport Historical Society , 1st, 1976, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 80 pages. Extensive b&w photography throughout. Includes appendix of tradesmen. 1 of 500 copies. Foxing to spine, otherwise clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.
Hardcover. Los Angeles, CA, Hennessey & Ingalls, Inc., reprint, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 96 pages. Red cloth cover, gilt lettering on spine, and no visible wear. Dust jacket has some fading to corners and edges. Previous owner's inscription on front flyleaf. Inside is bright and clean, with many b&w illustrations, photographs and blueprints throughout.
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.
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