Softcover. New Haven, Yale University Art Gallery, 1st, 1983, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog of various furniture and decorative pieces in Manhattan from 1925 up until the Depression. Text by Karen Davies; 124 pages; photographs of pieces in black & white (2 are in color). Cover in color; design based on a rug by Ruth Reeves called "Electric." In near fine condition.
Hardcover. Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art, 1st Edition, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 336 pages. Hardcover. Printed to accompany the exhibition "At the End of the Century - One Hundred Years of Architecture," Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Black cloth covers, yellow titles. 316 illustrations including 148 in full color. Essays by architecture historians, Zeynep Celik, Jean-Louis Cohen, Beatriz Colomina, Jorge Francisco Liernur, Elizabeth A. T. Smith, Anthony Vidler & Hajime Yatsuka. Dust jacket with small tear to rear. Otherwise, clean and bright copy.
Hardcover. North Pomfret, Vermont, Trafalgar Square Publishing, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 128 pages. Hardcover. Forward by Robert Redford. Vivid color illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, very good, a touch of chipping at top of spine. Covers brown, excellent, gilt title on spine. Binding tight, pages clean and bright. In great shape. A tour of 26 working farm buildings that have been converted into private homes.
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.
Hardcover. New Delhi, Lalit Kala Akademi, 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 52 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Dust jacket with tape repaired tears along edges, areas of fading. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Architectural Book Publishing Co./Wenzel and Krakow, 1st, 1919, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 29 pages of text and drawings followed by large section of black & white photographs and drawings of architectural details and houses. Hardcover. Previous owners bookplate on inside front cover, gift inscription on preliminary page. Front and rear interior hinges are tender. Spine with fraying to cloth, repair to cloth at some point. Due to weight of book, and previous use - binding is weakened. All pages present. Good reference copy.
Hardcover. NY, The Viking Press, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 328 pages. B&W photography throughout. pictorial dust jacket with slight wear to cover, edges, and spine. Some water stains on inside of jacket. Black boards with gilt title to spine. Overall, a clean, tight copy.
Softcover. New York, National Building Museum, 1st, 1985, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, 228 pages. 91 b&w reproductions and over 100 color plates. Oblong folio. Brand new copy, still in original shrink wrapping. In mint condition.
Softcover. New York, Rizzoli, 1st paperback edition, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 303 pages. Softcover. Previous owners name on front flyleaf. Color and B/w illustrations throughout. Wrapper very good, has some fading to spine and scratching to back cover. Pages clean and unmarked. Graves work presented with hundreds of illustrations.
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.
Softcover. Santa Barbara & Salt Lake City, Peregrine Smith, Inc, reprint, 1980, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Reprint of original 1974 edition. Includes paintings, pottery, ceramics, metalwork, household furnishings, and architecture. 144 pages illustrated in b&w. A clean, unmarked copy. The top layer of paper has been scraped away on front bottom right corner on cover (the size of a dime).
Hardcover. Italy, Opera Della Primaziale Pisana, 1st, 1960, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 143 pages + numerous illustrations/plates in color and b/w, fold. map. ITALIAN TEXT. Covers show some wear/fading from age. Gilt title on spine and front cover. Bound in red fabric. Some foxing to edges/ but pages/illustrations clean, does not affect text. Still a quite tight binding.
Hardcover. London, George Bell, 1st, 1897, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 96 pages plus ads. B&W photos, illustrations. Green cloth with ornate art nouveau decoration in black. Previous owner's signature in pencil on front fly leaf.
Softcover. Washington, D.C., American Institute of Architects Foundation, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog with silver covers; minor rubbing and scratching. Staple wrappers tight. Pages clean and crisp, though very slightly bent in corner. 44 b/w plates of chairs from a century of design, shown in chronological order. Introduction discusses form versus function and chairs as art versus architecture.
Softcover. New York, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 160 pages, b&w and color illustrations. Light rubbing to covers, small bend to front cover. A clean, tight copy.
Softcover. Portland, ME, Portland Museum of Art, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Catalog commemorating the opening of the Charles Shipman Payson Building; white covers with b/w plate on front, minor rubbing and foxing. Paper wrappers tight, pages clean and crisp. 31 plates, 22 in color, of various paintings and sculptures included in the new building. Brief introductory text on the opening of the building, works housed there, and supporters of the building's construction.
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.
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. Chicago, IL, Chicago Historical Society, 1st, 1979, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, History of the art of glass and ceramics in Chicago. Focuses on both small-scale, decorative works and larger, architectural pieces. Illustrated with 221 photographs (mostly black/white, few color). Dust jacket in very good condition, shows slight rubbing on the back, but cloth bound book in near fine condition with virtually no flaws.
Hardcover. Savannah, Georgia, Golden Coast Publishing Co, 4th, 1991, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 144 pages. 150 photographs, including 124 in color. Color maps, bibliography, and index. Photography by Van Jones Martin. Beige cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. Like new.
Softcover. Rochester, Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog of the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum; includes biography of the museum and photographs of decorative arts, furniture, arts and crafts, and other collectibles. 66 pages; in both color and black & white. In very good condition.