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POSILLIPO MODERNA: Racconto fotografico di Peppe Maisto

By: Gambardella, Cherubino

Price: $35.00

Publisher: (Napoli: Edizioni CLEAN, 1999).: 1999).

Seller ID: 22827

Condition: Very good

(Napoli: Edizioni CLEAN, 1999).. 1999).. Very good. - Small oblong quarto [8-5/8 inches high by 9-1/4 inches wide], gray cloth in a pictorial dust wrapper. There are 2 price-stickers on the rear panel of the dust jacket & the bottom edge of the panel is slightly creased. 135 & [8] pages plus colophon. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Near fine.

The text is in Italian. Dust jacket present.
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200 YEARS OF AMERICAN ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING.

By: Gebhard, David; and Nevins, Deborah.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: NY: Watson-Guptill Publications, (1977).: (1977).

Seller ID: 35098

Condition: Very good

- Quarto, blue cloth titled in silver on spine & front cover, in dw. The covers are lightly bumped with the top & bottom edges very slightly faded. There is a light stain to the dw front panel. 301 & [5] pp. Profuse B&W illustrations. Very good.

First edition.

"Drawings and Intent in American Architecture" by David Gebhard. Commentaries on the Drawings by Deborah Nevins.

Published for The Architectural of League of New York and The American Federation of Arts. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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Image for TYPED LETTER SIGNED by the prominent American architect CASS GILBERT, designer of the Woolworth Building, in reply to an invitation by James B. Pond to join his reception committee for Maeterlinck's first American lecture.

TYPED LETTER SIGNED by the prominent American architect CASS GILBERT, designer of the Woolworth Building, in reply to an invitation by James B. Pond to join his reception committee for Maeterlinck's first American lecture.

By: Gilbert, Cass (1859-1934). Prominent American architect who was an early proponent of skyscrapers and designed the Woolworth Building, which had the distinction of being the tallest building at the time.

Price: $375.00

Publisher: New York, December 10, 1919.: 1919.

Seller ID: 36905

Condition: Very good

- Over 65 words typed on 8-1/2 inch high by 5-1/8 inch wide "244 Madison Avenue" stationery. Cass Gilbert is pleased to accept American impresario and lecture agent James B. Pond's invitation to join as a member of the reception committee welcoming Maurice Maeterlinck to America. Gilbert writes "...it gives me pleasure to advise you of my acceptance and I will endeavor to be present at Carnegie Hall on the evening of the lecture...." Signed "Cass Gilbert". James Pond has penciled "Ans." next to the architect's signature and affixed his dated response stamp at th...
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Image for TYPED LETTER SIGNED by the prominent American architect CASS GILBERT, designer of the Woolworth Building, accepting James B. Pond's invitation to join his reception committee for Maeterlinck's first American lecture and to meet Maeterlinck in the green room prior to the lecture.

TYPED LETTER SIGNED by the prominent American architect CASS GILBERT, designer of the Woolworth Building, accepting James B. Pond's invitation to join his reception committee for Maeterlinck's first American lecture and to meet Maeterlinck in the green room prior to the lecture.

Price: $375.00

Publisher: New York, December 29, 1919.: 1919.

Seller ID: 36906

Condition: Very good

- Over 50 words typed on 8-1/2 inch high by 5-1/8 inch wide "244 Madison Avenue" stationery with an attached blank leaf. Having accepted American impresario and lecture agent James B. Pond's invitation to serve on the committee welcoming Maurice Maeterlinck to America, Cass Gilbert is further pleased to accept his invitation to meet Maeterlinck in the green room prior to the lecture. Gilbert writes "...I am pleased to accept your invitation to meet Mr. Maeterlinck in the Green Room and to sit on the stage during the lecture." Signed "Cass Gilbert". Folded for mailing, w...
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THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF HERBERT B. TURNER.

By: Gosney, Michael.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Cardiff-by-the-sea, CA: Waterside Press, (2008).: (2008).

Seller ID: 95630

Condition: Fine

- Quarto, 11 inches high by 9 inches wide. Green cloth titled in white on the spine with a device in blind on the front cover, in a color pictorial dust wrapper. xiii, [i] & 234 pages, with profuse textual as well as full-page and double page color illustrations throughout. Fine. First edition. Born in Mt. Vernon, NY and raised in the Adirondack township of Saranac Lake, the architect Herbert Turner attended West Point Military Academy. Moving to Del Mar, California, he apprenticed under Frank Lloyd Wright's son John. His early "green" architectural style was known as "terramonics&...
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ARCHITECTURE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

By: Gossel, Peter; and Leuthauser, Gabriele

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Koln: Benedikt Taschen, (1991).: (1991).

Seller ID: 30188

ISBN: 3822805505

Condition: Fine

Koln: Benedikt Taschen, (1991).. (1991).. Fine. - Quarto, 12-3/4 inches high by 9-3/4 inches wide. Light blue-gray cloth titled in red on the front cover and the spine, in a color pictorial dust wrapper. 432 pages, profusely illustrated in color and black & white throughout. Near fine. Dust jacket present.
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PHILADELPHIA'S ARCHITECTURE. Written for the City History Society of Philadelphia and read at the meeting of Wednesday, February 9th, 1910

By: Gray, William F

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Philadelphia: City History Society, 1915.: 1915.

Seller ID: 15038

Condition: Good

Philadelphia: City History Society, 1915.. 1915.. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed gray wraps. The wraps are rubbed & soiled with small stains & the bottom inch of each wrap is detached. The top corner of the rear wrap is creased. The front wrap is chipped with a tear at the tail of the spine. Pages [317]-326. 55 black-and-white illustrations. The title page is lightly soiled & the top page corners are bumped. Good.

City History Society of Philadelphia Publication No. 12.
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TRICIA GUILD IN TOWN: Contemporary design for urban living. Photography - Giles de Chabaneix. Text - Elspeth Thompson

By: Guild, Tricia

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York: Rizzoli, [c.1996].: [c.1996].

Seller ID: 1380

Condition: Fine

New York: Rizzoli, [c.1996].. [c.1996].. Fine. - Quarto, tan boards titled in purple on the spine in color pictorial dust wrapper. 208 pages with profuse color and black & white illustrations. Near fine. Dust jacket present.
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SYSTEMS APPROACH TO ARCHITECTURE

By: Handler, A. Benjamin

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York: American Elsevier Publishing Company, Inc., 1970.: 1970.

Seller ID: 22073

Condition: Good

New York: American Elsevier Publishing Company, Inc., 1970.. 1970.. Good. - Octavo, cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is bumped & the extremities are slightly faded. The dust jacket is rubbed with creasing to the top corners. The top corner of the rear panel is lightly chipped. 184 pages. Illustrated with diagrams. There is an owner's ink name on the front endpaper. Good.

Architecture examined in terms of technical, environmental, human, symbolic and economic performance. Dust jacket present.
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URBAN PLANNING IN PRE-COLUMBIAN AMERICA

By: Hardoy, Jorge

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, NY: George Braziller, (1968).: (1968).

Seller ID: 21899

Condition: Very good

New York, NY: George Braziller, (1968).. (1968).. Very good. - Octavo, tan boards backed with a black cloth spine titled in gilt, in a dust jacket. There is minor offsetting to the endpapers. The dust jacket is rubbed with a short tear to the rear panel. 128 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Very good in a good dust jacket.

First edition. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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WHITE TOWERS.

By: Hirshorn, Paul; and Izenour, Steven.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Cambridge, MA and London, U.K.: MIT Press, (2007).: (2007).

Seller ID: 35293

Condition: Very good

- Small quarto [9-1/4 inches high by 8-3/8 inches wide], black cloth in a dust wrapper. There is a small area of light rubbing to the rear cover. There is minor soiling to the spine of the dust jacket. x, [1] leaf, 189 & [1] pages. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Near fine.

With a new preface by Paul Hirshorn.

"The photographs in this classic book not only trace the evolution of a restaurant chain, they record an iconography of a part of the American built environment that no longer exists." [From the dust wrapper copy]. Dust jacket present.
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Image for VIENNA: DREAM AND REALITY. A Celebration of the Hollein Installations for the Exhibition "Traum und Wirklichkeit" Wien 1870-1930 in the Kunstlerhaus Vienna.

VIENNA: DREAM AND REALITY. A Celebration of the Hollein Installations for the Exhibition "Traum und Wirklichkeit" Wien 1870-1930 in the Kunstlerhaus Vienna.

By: Hollein, Hans; and Cooke, Catherine; guest editors.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London: Architectural Design, 1986.: 1986.

Seller ID: 37027

Condition: Very good

- Quarto [approximately 10-3/4 inches high by 8-5/8 inches wide], softcover bound in decorative maroon & tan wrappers. 80 pages. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Near fine. Architectural Design Profile 61, Architectural Design Vol. 55, No. 11/12.
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vysehrad pohlEDEm veku

By: Kasicka, Frantisek; Nechvatal, Borivoj

Price: $15.00

Publisher: (Praha: Vytiskly Tiskarske Zavody), (1985).: (1985).

Seller ID: 30030

Condition: Fine

(Praha: Vytiskly Tiskarske Zavody), (1985).. (1985).. Fine. - Quarto [12 inches high by 9 inches wide] decorative cloth in a dust wrapper. 305 & [1] pages plus colophon. Profusely illustrated in black & white and color with photographic illustrations and reproductions of paintings, drawings & architectural plans. Near fine.

"Vysehrad through the Ages" is a largely pictorial history of a renowned monument and symbol of the Czech nation. An ancient hill-fort above the Vltava River, it went through periods of striking architectural activity followed by depredation and decay. Each gener...
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GRAPHIC DETAILS FOR ARCHITECTS

By: Kemmerich, Carl

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York & Washington: Frederick A. Praeger, (1968).: (1968).

Seller ID: 21894

Condition: Very good

New York & Washington: Frederick A. Praeger, (1968).. (1968).. Very good. - Quarto, 11-1/4 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide. White boards backed with a black cloth spine, titled in white on the spine and titled and illustrated in black & green on the front cover. The edges of the covers are rubbed. A substantial, unpaginated book illustrated with more than 170 vignettes of graphic art with which architects can add detail to their architectural plans. Very good.

First edition. First Edition.
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A HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE

By: Kimball, Fiske; and Edgell, George Harold

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, (1918).: (1918).

Seller ID: 17561

Condition: Very good

New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, (1918).. (1918).. Very good. - Octavo, maroon cloth. The covers are bumped & lightly rubbed with a tiny white mark to the front cover. The spine is faded with the head & tail lightly chipped. xxiii, [1] leaf & 621 pages. Illustrated with full-page & textual black-and-white photographic illustrations & with architectural plans. There is an owner's ink name & address on the front endpaper & there is occasional very light foxing. The contents are very good.
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NEW DIRECTIONS IN AFRICAN ARCHITECTURE

By: Kultermann, Udo

Price: $20.00

Publisher: NY: George Braziller, (1969).: (1969).

Seller ID: 2474

Condition: Very good

NY: George Braziller, (1969).. (1969).. Very good. - Tall octavo, cloth backed boards, in a price-clipped dw. The boards are very lightly bumped with the top edges slightly faded; the dw is rubbed with creases to the flaps. 128 pp. Profuse B&W illustrations. Very good.

First edition. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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ADOLF LOOS: A Private Portrait.

By: Loos, Claire Beck.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA: DoppelHouse Press, (2011).: (2011).

Seller ID: 35946

Condition: Fine

- Octavo, gray cloth titled in gilt in a dust wrapper. The top corner of the front cover is lightly creased. 200 pages, Black-and-white illustrations. Near fine.

First edition in English, edited by Carrie Paterson.

Claire Beck Loos, a Czechoslovak writer and photographer, was the last wife of Adolf Loos. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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SAN NICOLA IN GUGLIONESI: Il ritrovamento della Cripta e il restauro

By: Mancini, Renzo

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Roma: De Luca Editore, 1975.: 1975.

Seller ID: 10404

Condition: Fine

Roma: De Luca Editore, 1975.. 1975.. Fine. - Quarto [12 inches high by 9-3/4 inches wide], light tan buckram titled in brown on the front cover & spine, in a dust wrapper. The dust wrapper is rubbed & very lightly chipped. 105 & [2] pages plus colophon. Illustrated in black & white and color. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper.

First edition.

The text is in Italian. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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VIENNESE ARCHITECTURE 1860-1930 IN DRAWINGS

By: Mang, Karl and Eva

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York: Rizzoli, (1979).: (1979).

Seller ID: 30986

ISBN: 0847802574

Condition: Very good

New York: Rizzoli, (1979).. (1979).. Very good. - Quarto [approximately 11-1/4 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide], cloth in a dust wrapper. The edges of the dust jacket's flaps & rear panel are darkened. 128 pages. Profusely illustrated with architectural drawings in black & white with a few in color. There is some very light foxing to the fore-edge & to the top & bottom edges. Very good.

The book was published simultaneously with an exihbition that was touring Europe and the United States. Dust jacket present.
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LIGHT, WIND, AND STRUCTURE

By: Mark, Robert

Price: $17.50

Publisher: New York: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, (1990).: (1990).

Seller ID: 22074

ISBN: 0070404038

Condition: Very good

New York: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, (1990).. (1990).. Very good. - Large octavo [11 inches high by 7-1/2 inches wide], cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is slightly bumped. The dust jacket is lightly chipped with a stamp on the rear panel, "Examination Copy / Not for Sale". There is light offsetting from the stamp to the rear cover. xvii & 209 pages. Illustrated with black-and-white photographic illustrations & drawings. There is an owner's ink name on the front endpaper. Very good.

The Mystery of the Master Builders. An examination of the role of technological experimentat...
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