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Mouldings & Turned Woodwork of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries: A Collection of Full-Size Sections and DetailsSmall, Tunstall

Mouldings & Turned Woodwork of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries: A Collection of Full-Size Sections and Details


Small, Tunstall

Softcover. US, Linden Pub, 1st, 1987-03-01, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated. Soft cover. Black and white illustrations. 20 plates/14 sheets. Light edgewear and fading to spine of wrappers.

Record # 466777


Price: $23.00 

National Trust Country House Album, TheSykes, Christopher Simon

National Trust Country House Album, The


Sykes, Christopher Simon

Hardcover. Boston, Bulfinch Press, 1st US, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 224 pages. Hardcover. Gilt title on spine. B/w illustrations throughout. Clean inside and out. From the dust jacket front flap: "The National Trust, guardian of the finest country houses in England, has compiled a fascinating visual history of these great properties by drawing from the Trust's extensive archive of early photographs."

Record # 30246


Price: $44.00 

 

New Towns: Antiquity to the Present


Galantay, Ervin Y.

Hardcover. NY, Braziller, 1st, 1975, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 180 pages. Hardcover. Black & white illust throughout. Foxing to edges and dust jacket. All pages clean and legible.

Record # 56272


Price: $15.00 

 

New Vernacular Architecture


Richardson, Vicky

Hardcover. New York, Watson Guptill Publications, First Thus, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 240 pages. Hardcover. Full page, full color & b/w illustrations throughout. Light toning to preliminary page edges. Bright dust jacket now protected with a plastic cover. Bright, clean copy.

Record # 750183


Price: $19.00 

 

New World Architecture, The


Cheney, Sheldon

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.

Record # 405797


Price: $38.00 

 

New York Mid-Century: Post-War Capital of Culture, 1945-1965


Cohen-Solal, Annie and Paul Goldberger and Robert Gottlieb

Hardcover. London, Thames & Hudson, 1st UK, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 399 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. How New York City became the cultural capital of the post-war world in all fields of creative endeavor. With 447 illustrations, 159 in color. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy.

Record # 951921


Price: $63.00 

North Carolina ArchitectureBishir, Catherine W.

North Carolina Architecture


Bishir, Catherine W.

Hardcover. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 532 pages. Oversize hardcover with dust jacket. A clean, unmarked copy with minor wear to dust jacket. 436 black & white and 18 color photographs throughout. A tight copy.

Record # 471626


Price: $88.00 

North Russian ArchitectureCook, Kathleen (trans.)

North Russian Architecture


Cook, Kathleen (trans.)

Hardcover. Moscow, Progress Publishers, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 322 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Spine cocked, slightly faded. Minor wear to edges and corners, otherwise clean copy.

Record # 2230803


Price: $19.00 

 

October 12


Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies

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.

Record # 850845


Price: $25.00 

 

Old and New Architecture: Design Relationship


N/A

Washington DC, Preservation Press: National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. 280 pages. Contains black & white photography and illustrations of architecture. Dust jacket with edgewear.

Record # 508193


Price: $20.00 

 

Old Houses in Holland


Jones, Sydney R.

Hardcover. new, August 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 152 pages, b&w illustrations, 12 color plates. Wrinkling to lamination on dust jacket. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 451700


Price: $30.00 

 

Old Houses of New England


Mixer, Knowlton

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan , 1st, 1927, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 346 pages. Hardcover. Previous owners name on front endpaper. Black & white photographs. Degree of darkening to spine cloth. Clean, unmarked pages.

Record # 613810


Price: $23.00 

On Adam's House in Paradise: The Idea of the Primitive Hut in Architectural HistoryRykwert, Joseph

On Adam's House in Paradise: The Idea of the Primitive Hut in Architectural History


Rykwert, Joseph

Softcover. Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 2nd, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 250 pages. Softcover. Shows wear and fading to covers and spine, creases along bottom of front cover. Slight cocking to upper spine. Otherwise clean copy.

Record # 2230973


Price: $15.00 

 

Ontario County Court House - It's History and Restoration


Mendel, Mesick, Cohen, Waite, Hall, Architects

Softcover. Canandaigua, County of Ontario, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 82 pages. Softcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611917


Price: $38.00 

 

Original Copies: Architectural Mimicry in Contemporary China


Bosker, Bianca

Softcover. Honolulu, University of Hawai'i Press, 1st, 2013, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 161 pages. Color and b/w photographs throughout. slight fraying to top spine, bumping to edges and corners of covers. Light scratching to back cover. Clean and bright inside.

Record # 30102


Price: $25.00 

Out on the Porch: An Evocation in Words and PicturesPrice, Reynolds

Out on the Porch: An Evocation in Words and Pictures


Price, Reynolds

Hardcover. Chapel Hill NC, Algonquin Books, 5th pr., 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 122 pages, b&w illustrations. In a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 407381


Price: $10.00 

Palladians, TheHarris, John

Palladians, The


Harris, John

Softcover. US, Trefoil Books, 1st, 1981-01-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 132 pages. Glossy wrappers with clean, unmarked copy. Sticker residue on rear wrapper.

Record # 466531


Price: $15.00 

 

Park Town Estate and the Battersea Tangle, The: A Peculiar Piece of Victorian London Property Development and its Background


Metcalf, Priscilla

Hardcover. London, London Topographical Society, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 61 pages, with illustrations. Tiny stain on front cover, previous owner's signature on front flyleaf. Otherwise, very clean and tight condition.

Record # 852516


Price: $30.00 

 

Pelican History of Art, The: Art and Architecture in France, 1500 to 1700.


Blunt, Anthony

Hardcover. Baltimore, MD, Penguin Books, 1st U.S., 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 311 pages of text. 192 pages of b&w photographs and illustrations. Red cloth cover with gilt lettering and design, minor wear to edges and spine. Dust jacket is frayed on edges and has foxing on inside sleeves. Previous owner's inscription on front flyleaf. Foxing on front and rear endpapers. Otherwise, inside is bright and clean. Edited by Nikolaus Pevsner.

Record # 852614


Price: $25.00 

 

Pelican History of Art, The: The Art and Architecture of India: Buddhist, Hindu, Jain.


Rowland, Benjamin

Hardcover. Baltimore, MD, Penguin Books, 1st U.S., 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 289 pages. Red cloth cover with gilt lettering and design, slight wear to corners and edges. Some foxing on front and rear endpapers. Dust jacket is frayed on edges and corners. Previous owner's inscription on front flyleaf. Inside is bright and clean, with b&w illustrations and photographs throughout.

Record # 852712


Price: $20.00 

 

Pelican History of Art, The: The Art and Architecture of Russia.


Hamilton, George Heard

Hardcover. Baltimore, MD, Penguin Books, 1st U.S., 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 320 pages of text. 180 pages of b&w photographs, plates, and illustrations. Red cloth cover with gilt lettering and design, some bumping and wear of edges and spine. Dust jacket has some minor edgewear. Previous owner's inscription on front flyleaf. Light foxing on dust jacket, rear endpaper. Otherwise, inside is bright and clean. A nice copy. Edited by Nikolaus Pevsner.

Record # 852605


Price: $25.00 

 

Pennsylvania's Architecture


Richman, Irwin

Softcover. University Park, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical Association, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 63 pages. Pennsylvania History Studies: No. 10. White stapled wrappers, small color photographic plate to front cover, profusely illustrated with b&w plates. Very slight wear to wrappers, pages crisp and unmarked; a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 807747


Price: $18.00 

People's Choice, The: A History of Albany County in Art and ArchitectureBennett, Allison P.

People's Choice, The: A History of Albany County in Art and Architecture


Bennett, Allison P.

softcover. Fleischmanns, New York, Purple Mountain Press, Limited, fifth printing, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 152 pages. Softcover. Black and white photographs. Light edgewear to wrappers.

Record # 468055


Price: $19.00 

Philadelphia Preserved: Catalog of the Historic American Buildings SurveySurvey, Historic American Buildings

Philadelphia Preserved: Catalog of the Historic American Buildings Survey


Survey, Historic American Buildings

Softcover. 2nd, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 445 pages. Wrinkle to spine, else a nice, tight copy.

Record # 450198


Price: $10.00 

 

Philip Johnson Writings.


Stern, Robert A. M., Vincent Sully, Peter Eisenman,

Hardcover. New York , Oxford University Press, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 292 pages. White cloth cover, with very little wear, but has some smudges. Dust jacket has a small tear and general fraying on edges. Previous owner's inscription on front flyleaf. Frontispiece is an Andy Warhol print of Philip Johnson. Inside is bright and clean, with many b&w illustrations and photographs throughout.

Record # 852590


Price: $40.00 

 

Pictorial History of Architecture in America, A


Kidder Smith, G. E., Illust. by: G. E. Kidder Smith

Hardcover. New York, American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc., 1976, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, A set of 2 volumes that strive to create a comprehensive account of American architecture as a whole. Includes buildings from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, all of which the author personally visited. Fully illustrated with hundreds of black/white photographs. Both volumes are in fine condition; hardcover slipcase has very slight wear to the corners and slight rubbing.

Record # 804823


Price: $18.00 

 

Picture History of the Brooklyn Bridge, A


Shapiro, Mary J.

Paperback. NY, Dover, 1st wraps, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 167 black & white illustrations, 122 pages.Paperback.

Record # 175855


Price: $18.00 

Poetics of Gardens, TheMoore, Charles W.

Poetics of Gardens, The


Moore, Charles W.

Hardcover. Cambridge MA , The MIT Press, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 258 pages. Hardcover. Extensive b&w photographs throughout. Includes extensive bibliography. Some edge wear to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 468460


Price: $44.00 

 

Politics of Architecture, The: A Perspective on Nelson A. Rockefeller


Bleecker, Samuel E., Illust. by: Ezra Stoller

Hardcover. New York, The Rutledge Press, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, The relationship between architecture and politics in the life and projects of Nelson A. Rockefeller. 255 pages, illustrated with photographs and drawings (both color and black/white). Very good condition; only wear appears on the dust jacket as light rubbing.

Record # 804816


Price: $16.00 

Preserving the Built Heritage: Tools for ImplementationSchuster, J. Mark

Preserving the Built Heritage: Tools for Implementation


Schuster, J. Mark

Softcover. US, Salzburg, 1st, 1997-05-15, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 231 pages. Light edgewear to wrappers, else clean, tight copy.

Record # 461252


Price: $13.00 

 

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 

Racecourse ArchitectureRoberts, Paul

Racecourse Architecture


Roberts, Paul

hardcover. London, Turnberry Consulting ; New York, NY : Acanthus Press, reprint, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 271 pages. Hardcover. Extensive color and b&w photographs throughout. Silver gilt titles on spine. Includes extensive glossary. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 469603


Price: $50.00 

 

Razing of Romania's Past, The


Giurescu, Dinu C

Softcover. New York , World Monuments Fund , 1st, 1989 , Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 75 pages. Softcover. Photographs and one pull out map with key interspersed throughout. Some creasing around the spine. clean, tight copy.

Record # 857176


Price: $13.00 

 

Recording Historic Buildings


McKee, Harley J.

Hardcover. Washington DC, U. S. Department of the Interior, 1st Edition, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 165 pages. Hardcover. Full page, black & white illustrations throughout, including measured drawings, photographs. Off white canvas boards with light toning. Toning to preliminary pages. Otherwise, clean, unmarked & tight copy.

Record # 750184


Price: $15.00 

 

Renaissance Architecture (History of World Architecture)


Murray, Peter

Softcover. US, Electa / Rizzoli, rep, 1990-03-15, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 196 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Yellow highlighting in text. Light shelf-wear to wrappers with slight crease to spine, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 463275


Price: $19.00 

 

Robert Todd Lincoln's Hildene and How It Was Saved 1975-1978


Keelan, Donald B. *Author Signed!*

Softcover. Keelan Family Foundation, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 118 pages, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Light wear to wrappers, else a very neat, tight copy.

Record # 453639


Price: $30.00 

Romance of Old New England Rooftrees, TheCrawford, Mary C.

Romance of Old New England Rooftrees, The


Crawford, Mary C.

Hardcover. Boston, L. C. Page & Company, 1st, 1903, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 390 pages. Hardcover. Blue cloth with gilt and red highlights to decoration. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Light wear. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 614148


Price: $63.00 

 

Round about Piccadilly and Pall Mall; or, A Ramble from the Haymarket to Hyde Park, Consisting of the Various Changes that Have Occurred in the Court End of London.


Wheatley, Henry B.

Hardcover. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1st, 1870, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 405 pages. Red cloth cover, light wear to edges. Ex-library copy, rebound. Inside is bright and clean with many b&w illustrations throughout. A nice copy.

Record # 853182


Price: $35.00 

 

Savannah Revisited - History, Architecture, Restoration


Lane, Mills

Hardcover. Savannah, Beehive Press, 3rd, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 214 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on half title page. Illustrated with black & white photographs and reproductions relating to the architecture and history of Savannah, Georgia. Clean, Tight copy.

Record # 603639


Price: $38.00 

 

Second Founding: New York City, Reconstruction, and the Making of American Democracy


Quigley, David

Hardcover. US, Hill and Wang, BC Ed., 2003-01-16, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 238 pages, b&w photos. Light sun-fade to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 465870


Price: $13.00 

 

Seven Lamps of Architecture, The


Ruskin, John

Hardcover. New York, John Wiley, 1st US, 1849, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 186 pages plus 6 pages of publisher's ads in rear. Illustrated with 14 double-page etchings by Ruskin. Embossed green cloth with a gilt window arch on front cover. Covers are very good but the spine cloth is separating and chunks are gone from top and bottom of spine. Internally the book is very good except for moderate foxing throughout.

Record # 405206


Price: $100.00 

 

Seventy Wonders of the Ancient World: The Great Monuments and How They Were Built


Scarre, Chris

Hardcover. US, Thames & Hudson, rep, 1999-10-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 304 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 461148


Price: $19.00 

 

Shakespeare's Second Globe


Hodges, C.Walter

Hardcover. London, 1st, October 11, 1973, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 99 pages, b&w and color illustrations. Light marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf. Light edge wear, creases to price-clipped dust jacket. Else a nice, tight copy.

Record # 452922


Price: $18.00 

 

Shaping the Great City - Modern Architecture in Central Europe 1890 - 1937


Blau, Eve/Monika Platzer (Editors)

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.

Record # 751308


Price: $31.00 

 

Shingle Styles. Innovation and tradition in American architecture, 1874 to 1982


Roth, Leland M

Hardcover. US, Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 1999-11-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 240 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 462263


Price: $38.00 

 

Sir John Vanbrugh - The Playwright as Architect


McCormick, Frank

Hardcover. University Park, PA, Penn State University, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, B&W illustrations, 196 pages dust jacket with tape repaired tears

Record # 1007


Price: $15.00 

 

Skyscrapers: Reaching for the Sky


Wright, Herbert

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.

Record # 32290


Price: $23.00 

 

Small Towns Book, The


Robertson, James/Carolyn Robertson

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.

Record # 609150


Price: $20.00 

 

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 

 

Southern Architecture - 350 Years of Distinctive American Buildings


Severens, Kenneth

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.

Record # 610227


Price: $15.00 

 

Springboard in the Pond, The: An Intimate History of the Swimming Pool


Van Leeuwen, Thomas A.P.

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.

Record # 32300


Price: $25.00 

 

St. Patrick's Cathedral - A Centennial History


Cook, Leland

Paperback. NY, Quick Fox, 1st , 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 160 pgs. Foreword by Terence Cardinal Cooke, Intro by Brendan Gill. Color, black & white illustrations. Slight curling to front cover, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 105010


Price: $15.00 

 

St. Patrick's Cathedral: A Centennial History


Cook, Leland

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.

Record # 607609


Price: $12.00 

 

St. Peter's on the Vatican


McNally, Augustin

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.

Record # 302777


Price: $18.00 

 

Stained Glass in Thirteenth-Century Burgunday


Raguin, Virginia Chieffo

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.

Record # 605439


Price: $22.00 

 

Stone Shelters


Allen, Edward

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.

Record # 63987


Price: $25.00 

 

Stone Villages of Britain


Wright, Geoffrey N.

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.

Record # 455485


Price: $12.00 

 

Story of Architecture in Mexico, The: Including the Work of the Ancient Indian Civilizations and that of the Spanish Colonial Empire


Sanford, Trent Elwood

Hardcover. New York, Norton, 1st, 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 363 pages, 105 b&w illustrations. Dust jacket edgeworn, chipped.

Record # 405455


Price: $25.00 

 

Studies in Italian Art and Architecture: 15th through 18th Centuries


Millon (Editor), Henry A.

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.

Record # 951603


Price: $44.00 

 

Summer City By The Sea, The


Salvini, Emil R.

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.

Record # 951138


Price: $24.00 

Sweetness and Light: The Queen Anne Movement 1860-1900 Girouard, Mark

Sweetness and Light: The Queen Anne Movement 1860-1900


Girouard, Mark

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.

Record # 415215


Price: $31.00 

Temples of ancient EgyptN/A

Temples of ancient Egypt


N/A

Hardcover . Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell University Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 335 pages. Hardcover. Extensive b&w photographs throughout. Some foxing to edges, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 469353


Price: $10.00 

 

Thailand: Seven Days in the Kingdom - Photographed by Fifty of the World's Great Photographers During the Week of March 2-9, 1987


Warren, William/Gore Vidal (Introduction) & Suvit Yodman (Editor)

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.

Record # 751244


Price: $31.00 

 

The Gothic Cathedral


von Simson, Otto

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".

Record # 30069


Price: $25.00 

The Houses We live In: An Identification Guide to the History and Style of American Domestic ArchitectureHowe (ed.), Jeffrey

The Houses We live In: An Identification Guide to the History and Style of American Domestic Architecture


Howe (ed.), Jeffrey

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."

Record # 30204


Price: $38.00 

 

The Marble House in Second Street : Biography of a Town House and its Occupants, 1825-2000.


NA

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.

Record # 500110


Price: $30.00 

 

There's Only One Bridport in the USA


NA

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.

Record # 857272


Price: $25.00 

 

Thomas Archer: Architect of the English Baroque.


Whiffen, Marcus

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.

Record # 852690


Price: $12.00 

 

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 

 

Three Centuries of Notable American Architects


Thorndike, Jr, Joseph J. & Vincent Scully

Hardcover. New York, American Heritage Publishing Company, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 348 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Pictorial black slip case, no dust jacket. Light wear to slip case, book spine slightly sunned, else a very nice, tight, clean copy.

Record # 606349


Price: $70.00 

 

Tidewater Maryland Architecture and Gardens


Forman, Henry Chandlee

Hardcover. New York, Architectural Book Publishing Company, 1st, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 208 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Decorated cover boards, Black quarter cloth, gilt title on spine. Decorated endpapers. Dust jacket price clipped, has some age tanning and wear about the edges. Pages also have a touch of tanning. In great shape for its age. "In a series of concise monographs on Tidewater Maryland's buildings and gardens, classified regionally, Dr. Forman shows the beauty of a time and place which are sadly changed and have very nearly vanished." Illustrated by author.

Record # 31623


Price: $25.00 

 

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 

 

Tools and Technologies - America's Wooden Age


Kebabian, Paul B./William C. Lipke

Softcover. Burlington, Robert Hull Fleming Museum, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 111 pages. Softcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611915


Price: $25.00 

Tour of Kykuit - The House and Gardens of the Rockefeller Family and a Property of the National Trust for Historic PreservationJoyce, Henry

Tour of Kykuit - The House and Gardens of the Rockefeller Family and a Property of the National Trust for Historic Preservation


Joyce, Henry

Softcover. Tarrytown, Historic Hudson Valley Press, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 64 pages. Softcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Light wear. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 613951


Price: $16.00 

 

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 

 

Treasury of Great American Houses, A


Williams, Henry Lional and Ottalie K.

Hardcover. NY, G.P. Putnam, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 400 black & white, 47 color photos. 295 pages. Light foxing to endpapers and on top edge of pages. Dust jacket with tape repaired tears on back of jacket and rubbing/ small tears at top of spine. Otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 69314


Price: $25.00 

Twentieth-Century Houses: EuropeBoissiere, Olivier

Twentieth-Century Houses: Europe


Boissiere, Olivier

Softcover. Italy, Terrail, 1st US, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 208 pages. Softcover. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear. Over 180 color photographs throughout.

Record # 471806


Price: $25.00 

 

Typological Process and Design Theory


Petruccioli (Ed.), Attilio

Softcover. Cambridge MA, Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University and MIT, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 188 pages, illustrated in b&w. Clean, bright copy in illustrated wrappers.

Record # 405101


Price: $63.00 

 

Umbria - The Heart of Italy


Keller, Harald

Hardcover. New York, The Viking Press, First US, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 215 pages. Hardcover. Tweed cloth covered boards with gilt titles to spine. Frontis illustration, Map of Umbria, in bw. Full page, black & white photography by Konrad Helbig throughout. 145 illustrations, with 5 in color. Dust jacket in full color with tape to head & heel, small tears & light toning. Clean & unmarked copy.

Record # 751191


Price: $25.00 

 

Under Live Oaks - The Last Great Houses of the Old South


Seebohm, Caroline/Peter Woloszynski

Hardcover. New York, Clarkson Potter, 2nd Printing, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 304 pages. Illustrated with full color photographs. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 610226


Price: $15.00 

 

Undiscovered France: An Eight-Week Automobile Trip in the Provinces With Special Reference to the Architecture, Archaeology, History, and Scenery


Williams, Emile Frances

Hardcover. Boston, MA, Houghton Mifflin Company, First Edition, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 364 pages. Hardcover with maps to endpapers. Frontis illustration, Chateau of Beynac, on the Dordogne, in black & white, over 190 photographs throughout, beautifully presented to accompany text. Publisher's navy cloth boards with gilt illustration & gilt titles to cover & spine. Gilt is faded to spine edge. Tight copy, clean & unmarked with light, natural toning to edges as would be expected for its age. A nice copy.

Record # 6670146


Price: $31.00 

 

Unreal America, The - Architecture and Illusion


Huxtable, Ada Louise

Softcover. New York, The New Press, 1st Edition, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 188 pages. Softcover. Full color & b/w illustrations throughout. Featured in the New York Times, among other publications, essays on America's preference for invented environments. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 750193


Price: $15.00 

 

Urban Space (Stadtraum)


Krier, Rob

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.

Record # 852937


Price: $30.00 

 

Urban Wilderness, The: A History of the American City (Classics in Urban History)


Warner, Sam Bass

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.

Record # 2230426


Price: $19.00 

 

Vermont Summer Homes


Fisher, Dorothy Canfield

Paperback. Montpelier, VT, Dept. of Conservation & Development, Revised wraps, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 32 pages and wraps. B&W illustrated Paperback.

Record # 301717


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 

Victorian Country House, The Girouard, Mark

Victorian Country House, The


Girouard, Mark

Hardcover. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1st, July 1, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 467 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light shelf-wear, rubbing to dust jacket, previous owner's signature on front end paper, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 458398


Price: $63.00 

 

Victorian Country House, The


Girouard, Mark

Hardcover. US, Yale University Press, revised, 1979-07-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 466 pages, photos in b&w and color. Light edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 463592


Price: $44.00 

 

Victorian Traveler's Companion


Chamberlain, Holly

Softcover. Philadelphia, The Victorian Society in America, 2nd, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 127 pages, b&w illustrations throughout. A pocket guide to 19th century museums, inns, restaurants, tours and historic sites. Blue pictorial stiff paper wrappers. Light wear, and slight rubbing to spine, else clean, tight copy.

Record # 605626


Price: $11.00 

 

View from the Veranda: The History and Architecture of the Summer Cottages on Mackinac Island


Porter, Phil

Softcover. USA, Mackinac Island State Park Commission, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 70 pages. Reports in Mackinac History and Archaeology, No. 8. White stapled wrappers with color illustration, profusely illustrated with sepia and b&w plates. Top edge of front cover discolored, otherwise covers very clean, pages crisp and unmarked; a very neat, tight copy.

Record # 807942


Price: $12.00 

 

Villard Houses, The


Shopsin, William C.

Hardcover. New York, Studio, 1st, November 5, 1980, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 144 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Light edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket. Faint foxing to top edge. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 457986


Price: $19.00 

 

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 

 

Washington the National Capital


Caemmerer, H. Paul

Hardcover. Washington DC, GPO, 1st, 1932, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, An architectural history of Washington D.C. Many black & white illustrations. 736 pages. Blue cloth, gilt lettering and decorations to front and spine. Rear cover scratched and slightly soiled, corner lightly bumped. Faint foxing to edges and first and last pages.

Record # 108128


Price: $50.00 

 

White House, The: An Historic Guide


n/a

Softcover. Washington, D.C., White House Historical Association, 3rd, 1962, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 129 pages. Color illustrations throughout. Some wear, rubbing to cover.

Record # 851700


Price: $12.00 

 

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 

Windmills in England: A Study of their Origin, Development and Future (SIGNED)Wailes, Rex

Windmills in England: A Study of their Origin, Development and Future (SIGNED)


Wailes, Rex

Hardcover. London, The Architectural Press, 1st, 1948, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 47 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Cover shows considerable foxing and staining to edges and covers. Some separation to front and back hinges, but covers still holding. Signed with inscription by author "Rex" in front end papers, 1948. Small "Library of George Murphy" impressed in upper corner of front end papers.

Record # 2230914


Price: $23.00 

WindmillsBrooks, Laura

Windmills


Brooks, Laura

Hardcover. New York, MetroBooks, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 120 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 459947


Price: $31.00 

 

Wings Over Hellas


Schoder, Raymond V.

Hardcover. New York, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 256 pages, color photographs. Edgewear to dust jacket. Else clean and tight.

Record # 454802


Price: $12.00 

 

Wish You Were Here: A Tour of America's Great Hotels During the Golden Age of the Picture Post Card


Zaid, Barry

Hardcover. New York, Crown, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 95 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Light wear to dust jacket, clean, tight copy.

Record # 453209


Price: $15.00 

 

World Architecture: An Illustrated History


Copplestone (Ed), Trewin and others

London, Paul Hamlyn , 2nd ed, revised, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. 348 pages. Oversize book. Contains numerous color, black & white photography of architecture. Plastic protective covering taped to dust jacket, endpapers. Minor edgewear to dust jacket. Previous owner's inscription front end paper.

Record # 503829


Price: $13.00 

 

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 

 

Yard, Street, Park: The Design of Suburban Open Space


Girling, Cynthia L. and Kenneth I. Helphand

Paperback. New York, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., reprint, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 245 pages, paperback. Insightful analysis of the history of suburban planning. Black-and-white illustrations throughout. Light bumping to lower spine. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy.

Record # 951245


Price: $19.00 


  

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