Softcover. New York, Schocken Books, 1st pb, 1970, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 222 pages, numerous b&w illustrations. Red pictorial wrappers with a few wrinkles to covers and light wear to edges and spine, previous owner's inscription in front, else a nice, tight, clean copy. Record # 605746
Hardcover. Suffolk, U.K, Garden Art Press, Reprint, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 272 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, green cloth covers with gilt text, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and full-color photography and illustrations throughout. This book is a practical handbook, invaluable in garden restoration for its insights into craftsmanship and garden design. This is a large-format volume, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34447
Hardcover. Athens, Georgia, University of Georgia Press, Reprint, 1966, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Good, 452 pages illustrated with over 4000 plates in b&w. Folio. Black cloth spine with gilt title and blue boards. White pictorial dust jacket with red and blue titles, with light wear to edges and spine and slight soiling to covers. Overall a very nice, tight copy. Record # 605865
Softcover. New York , Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 92 pages. Color and B/W reproduction of paintings from October-November 1980 exhibition. Includes works by Ault, Billings, Spencer, O'Keefe, etc. Light soil on edge of front cover otherwise clean. Remnant of sticker on back cover. Record # 802230
Hardcover. Florence, Italy, Marchi & Bertolli, Reprint, 1972, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 258 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some chipping and edge wear, with a few closed tears. Cover boards are significantly bowed. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains both French and Italian text, with B&W photography and illustrations throughout. This book is about the Divine Proportion, also known as the Golden Number, a numerical ratio that is found in the works of nature and that man must use in the construction of works of art. Few treatises on painting are as visionary. Piero Pacini inscribed this copy in Italian on the first front end page. This is a heavy book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Previous owner's paste-in is present on the inside front cover, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34081
Softcover. Buffalo, NEW YORK, Burchfield Center, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Stapled wrappers. Minor wear to back cover, otherwise, nice, clean copy. 40 text pages, w/b&w illustrations. Limited edition of 3000. Record # 805914
Softcover. NY, Shelter Harbor Press, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 223 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains full-color photography and illustrations throughout. This book is a definitive look at how geometry changed the world of art forever. It follows the artists of the renaissance, whose search for perspective and visual depth led them to the study of geometry. This compelling volume uses engaging text, compelling historical accounts and beautiful illustrations to immerse readers in the fundamental renaissance forms which, although conceived over five-hundred years ago, still have the capacity to awe and inspire us with their beauty. Clean copy. Record # 34337
Hardcover. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 17 pages of text, followed by an unpaginated section with over 150 illustrations, hardcover. Dust jacket, orange cloth covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and some full-color photography throughout. This book focuses on the Gates of Paradise in Florence, detailing how Ghiberti revolutionized Renaissance art through deep perspective, 10-panel Old Testament narratives, gilded bronze casting, and workshop collaboration. Clean copy. Record # 34405
Softcover. Washington, D.C., AIA Foundation, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 45 pages. Bright green stapled covers with black title and white die-cut stapled overlay of architectural skyline, profusely illustrated with b&w photographic plates, introduction by Jeanne Butler Hodges. Light rubbing to covers, tear to right corner of architectural die-cut overlay; otherwise a clean, tight copy. Record # 806303
Softcover. Paris, Henri Laurens, Editeur, 1st (?), 1925, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: Poor, Guidebook about "L'Eglise de Brou" a famous church in France. 40 gravures, 1 plan of the church and artwork within. Cover nearly detached. Internally Very Good. Previous owner's note (neatly 1 1/2 lines) on half title. 2 contemporary sepia postcards of paintings of historical figures associated with De Brou (the duke and duchess of Savoie, Philibert Le Beau and Marguerite d'Autriche laid-in. Frontis is a floorplan of the chruch. Part of series, "Petites Monographies des Grands Edifices de la France. French language. Record # 125619
Hardcover. NY, Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 512 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some small closed tears with bumping along the top edge. Red cloth cover boards with gilt text are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and full-color photography throughout. This book examines the history of Christian art, discusses Byzantine, Romanesque, and Gothic art, and considers the historical backgrounds of all of it. This is a large-format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34308
Softcover. London, Phaidon , 3rd pr., 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 736 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Mix of B&W and full color photography and illustrations throughout. Purple markings are present on the top edge. Since its first publication in 1982, Modern Architecture Since 1900 has become established as a contemporary classic. Worldwide in scope, it combines a clear historical outline with masterly analysis and interpretation. Technical, economic, social and intellectual developments are brought together in a comprehensive narrative which provides a setting for the detailed examination of buildings. Throughout the book the author's focus is on the individual architect, and on the qualities that give outstanding buildings their lasting value. Oversize book available for domestic shipping only. Clean copy. Record # 33821
Hardcover. NY, Newsweek, Inc., 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 172 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some very minor discoloration on the rear. Covers and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and full-color photography and illustrations throughout. This book is an illustrated history of the famous Gothic cathedral in Paris, which has been a center for important events and a masterpiece of architecture for more than eight hundred years. One of the "Wonders of Man" series, published by Newsweek. This is a large-form book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 33964
Softcover. Washington, D.C., Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation, National Park Service, U. S. Department of Interior, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 38 pages. Gray stapled covers with black titles and b&w illustrated plates, 29 b&w illustrated figures and diagrams. Mild rubbing to covers; a clean, tight copy in great condition. Record # 806662
Paperback. Rome, Edizioni A. Longo, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 48 pages. Illustrated with color and black & white photographs. Beautiful reproductions of Mosaic work from Italian mausoleums. Light foxing to edges. Record # 511745
Softcover. Santa Barbara, CA, UCSB Art Museum, 2nd print, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 105 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This volume thoroughly details the Victorian architectural style of Samuel and Joseph Newsom in California, with B&W photographs throughout. It is one of only 500 printed. Clean copy. Record # 33756
Softcover. New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 60 pages, b & w photos, exhibition catalogue, very clean, tight copy. Record # 800678
Softcover. New York, New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 60 pages. Exhibition catalog. Dark blue stapled covers with white titles, profusely illustrated with b&w plates, introduction by Lisa Phillips with 23 b&w figures. Slight rubbing to covers; a very clean, tight copy. Record # 806290
Hardcover. NY, Visual Profile Books, 1st, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 311 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some minor stains on the front, but is otherwise in good condition. Blue cloth covers are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and full-color photography throughout. This book celebrates the significant work of one of history's most prolific and versatile international architectural firms. Discover how Kahn mirrored the industrious spirit of the time, creating architecture that advanced their client's work across all markets. This copy has been signed by the authors on the title page, and also includes a loose-leaf sheet with a personalized inscription to the previous owner by Caitlin Wunderlich. Clean copy. Record # 34089
Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. NY, Architectural Book Publishing, 1st thus, 1979, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 296 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has price sticker residue on the bottom of the spine, but is otherwise clean and bright, as are black cloth covers and interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography and illustrations throughout. This book is devoted to a particular area of the art of wrought metalwork, presenting a rich source of ideas and inspirations which can be put to use. This is a large-format volume, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Previous owner's paste-in is present on the inside front cover, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34523
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
Softcover. London, Bloomsbury Visual Arts, Reprint, 2024, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 278 pages, soft cover. Covers are in good condition, despite some minor edge wear. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. B&W photography throughout. This intellectual biography of outspoken public activist, professor, and architectural historian and critic Vincent Scully's life and career traces the formative moments in his thinking, mapping his relationships with a constellation of architects, artists, and cultural personalities of the past one hundred years. Previous owner's signature on front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33883
Hardcover. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 169 pages, hardcover. Cloth covers have a few very minor stains on the rear, interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Full color illustrations throughout. This beautifully illustrated catalogue celebrates Homer's legacy at Prouts Neck, and documents the Portland Museum of Art's six-year conservation project to preserve the Winslow Homer Studio, the former carriage house in which Homer lived and worked. Photographs of the studio and site, never before open to the public, highlight views that are recognizable as the subjects of many of Homer's paintings. Essays by leading scholars examine his iconic masterpieces; his artistic development in Prouts Neck; the architecture of his studio; his relationship to French painting; and the full range of his marine paintings. Clean copy. Record # 33797
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