Softcover. Cambridge, MA, MIT Press/Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 128 pages. Art journal published quarterly by MIT Press, on behalf of the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, Spring 1980. White wrappers, perfect binding, b&w illustration throughout. Slight rubbing to covers, pages crisp and unmarked; overall, a very clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 222 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in good condition due to bumping along the top edge and corners. Black cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography and illustrations throughout. This book examines the development of twentieth-century Russian architecture as it relates to the transformation of imperial Russia into an industrialized Soviet empire, and shows how Western notions of style and technology were assimilated on a massive scale into a uniquely Russian vision. Reshaping Russian Architecture will also appeal to those interested in modern architecture and urban planning in general. Clean copy. Record # 33973
Softcover. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 1st paperback, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear.
Hardcover. New Haven, Connecticut, Yale University Press, 1st , 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 277 pages. Color and black and white photographs throughout. Published in connection with exhibit at Philadelphia Museum of Art. Offers biographical information along with critical analysis. Shrinkwrapped.
Hardcover. New Haven, Connecticut, Yale University Press, 1st , 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 277 pages. Color and black and white photographs throughout. Published in connection with exhibit at Philadelphia Museum of Art. Offers biographical information along with critical analysis. Shrinkwrapped.
Hardcover. NY, McGraw-Hill, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 359 pages, soft cover. Paper covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and full-color photography and illustrations throughout, as well as a CD with examples and practical methods in a protective case. This book is a comprehensive manual for the planning and architectural professional. Covers the rehabilitation and preservation not only of buildings, but of entire neighborhoods and cities. Clean copy. Record # 34694
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.
New York , Rizzoli, 1st U.S., 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 174 pages. Slightly oversized gray cloth cover with colored design, minor wear to corners and edges of spine. Previous owner's inscription on front flyleaf, half-title page and title page. Otherwise, inside is bright and clean with many b&w photographs and illustrations throughout. A nice copy.
Hardcover. New York, Whitney Library of Design, 1st US, 1978, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 256 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Dust jacket edge wear, fade, and rubbing. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Otherwise, clean and tight copy.
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.
Softcover. New York, Metropolis, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 235 pages. Softcover, soft cardboard with unclipped dust jacket. Vibrant color illustrations throughout. Small bit of moisture damage to spine of dust jacket but doesn't show much from outside and doesn't affect covers or pages. In very good condition. Clean and bright inside.
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.
Hardcover. New York , Longmans, Green and Co., 1st, 1930, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 404 pages, 389 b&w illustrations, black cloth spine over brown cloth with gilt design. The gilt has faded on spine and covers. Internally clean, some related news clippings laid in, causing some light tanning to prelim pages.
Softcover. Munich, Prestel/Art Institute of Chicago, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 480 pages, b&w and color illustrations. Published in association with the Art Institute of Chicago and in conjunction with an exhibition presented there in the summer of 1988, as well as in Paris and Frankfurt-am-Main in 1987-88. Contributors to the text include Robert Bruegmann, Sally Chappell, Meredith L. Clausen, Joan E. Draper and others.
Hardcover. New York, George Braziller, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 127 pages. Hardcover. Black & white photographs and drawings. Light wear. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Woodstock, Overlook Press, 1st Edition, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 256 pages. Hardcover. Extensive full page, full color and b/w illustrations detailing mansions, towers, pavilions, campuses, urban complexes and residencies. Bright dust jacket with only minor shelf wear. Clean, unmarked copy.
Softcover. Munich, Germany, Prestel Verlag, First Edition, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 271 pages. Softcover. Illustrated wraps with toning to edges. Illustrated in full color & bw throughout. Faint tone to edges & some spots of foxing to margins of flyleaf & last page. Otherwise, clean & unmarked copy.
Hardcover. New York, Museum of Modern Art, 1st, 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 128 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Some fading to spine and to edges of covers. Spine slightly cocked. Foxing and fading inside front end papers.
Hardcover. New York, McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 243 pages. Hardcover. Gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped. B/w illustrations throughout. Very clean and bright inside and out. In excellent condition. Original bookstore price tag on back cover.
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.
Softcover. Chicago , Planners Press American Planning Association, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 210 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book argues for a return to traditional development patterns that produce more compact cities and towns. Highlighting widespread trends in contemporary land development--from fragmentation to separation--the authors offer examples of communities that have succeeded in curbing those trends. Clean copy. Record # 33672