Category: Architecture

ARCHITECTURE, CITIES AND THE SYSTEMS APPROACH

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York: George Braziller, (1975). : (1975).

Seller ID: 22528

Condition: Good

New York: George Braziller, (1975).. (1975).. Good. - Small quarto [approximately 10-1/4 inches high by 7-1/2 inches wide], cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is lightly bumped with a very light stain to the top edge of the front cover. A tiny area of the front edge of the rear cover is chipped. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed with the top edge of the rear panel slightly chipped & a chip out of the rear fold. [viii] & 168 pages. Illustrated with black-and-white drawings & diagrams. There is an owner's ink name on the front endpaper & there is very minor soiling to the fore-edge. Good in a ...
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Image for AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY PAUL FRANKL CONCERNING HIS EARLIER STATEMENTS REGARDING PETER HEMMEL AND THE WINDOWS OF WALBOURG IN ALSACE.

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY PAUL FRANKL CONCERNING HIS EARLIER STATEMENTS REGARDING PETER HEMMEL AND THE WINDOWS OF WALBOURG IN ALSACE.

By: Frankl, Paul. (1878-1962). Influential art historian and important architectural analyst

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Princeton, NJ: Dec. 5. 1951. : 1951.

Seller ID: 33894

Condition: Very good

Princeton, NJ: Dec. 5. 1951.. 1951.. Very good. - Quarto. 63 words penned on a sheet of cream stock, approximately 10-1/2 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide, with his address stamped in the top left corner. Signed "Paul Frankl". The top edge of the letter is slightly roughed & there is some light creasing to its bottom edge. Folded 3 times for mailing. Together with the stamped addressed mailing envelope. Very good. Frankl writes to a Mrs. C. W. Mortimer, sending her a reprint of one of his articles. "Reading again what I wrote eight years ago I find that I changed my opinion on one ...
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VILLAGE PLANNING IN THE PRIMITIVE WORLD

By: Fraser, Douglas

Price: $10.00

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

Seller ID: 21902

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. The dust jacket is rubbed. 128 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Very good.

First edition. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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L'AULA MAGNA DELLA FEDERICO II: STORIA E RESTAURO

By: Fratta, Arturo; editor

Price: $20.00

Publisher: (Napoli): Electa Napoli, (1998). : (1998).

Seller ID: 24595

Condition: Very good

(Napoli): Electa Napoli, (1998).. (1998).. Very good. - Quarto [11-1/4 inches high by 10 inches wide], black cloth titled in white on the spine, in a dust wrapper. There are a few score marks to the dust jacket & the rear panel is rubbed. 143 pages plus colophon. Profusely illustrated in black & white & color. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper.

The text is in Italian. Dust jacket present.
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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, 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.

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 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, with a tiny chip to the t...
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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 the very top of the page. Folded f...
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HISTORIA URBANA DEL REINO DE CHILE.

By: Guarda O.S.B., Gabriel.

Price: $395.00

Publisher: Santiago, Chile: Editorial Andres Bello, (1978). : (1978).

Seller ID: 97434

Condition: Very good

- Quarto, 12-1/4 inches high by 9-1/4 inches wide. Natural buff buckram titled in gilt on the front cover & the spine, in a color pictorial blue dust wrapper. The dust jacket is rubbed with wear to the corners and head & tail of the spine. There is some slight foxing and minor staining to the top edge of the book. 509 pages including a 76 page bibliography. Profusely illustrated in black & white throughout. There is a light vertical crease and minor faint foxing to the rear endpaper. Very good. First edition, limited to 2,000 copies. N.B.: The text is in Spanish. Although not indicated in any ...
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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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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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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 generati...
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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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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-13: 9780847802579

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-13: 9780070404038

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 experimentation in archit...
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THE SOCIAL CRISIS IN ENGLAND: A Letter Addressed by Permission to The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Shaftesbury, K.G., &c.,&c. by W. Martin.

By: Martin, William. (1829-1900).

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Manchester, England: Beresford and Havill, Printers, 1872. : 1872.

Seller ID: 36870

Condition: Good

- Octavo, softcover bound in cream-colored printed self-wrappers. 18 pages plus 1-page ad & rear blank. The text block is detached from the wrappers. The page edges are a bit darkened & there is foxing to the title page & rear blank. Good. Martin writes: I do wish through your Lordship, and by your Lordship's name, to call the public attention, and, if possible, to rouse the national conscience to consider the most menacing evil of our time, viz., the over-crowded, ill-lighted, ill-ventilated, and, as it would seem, God-forsaken dwellings of our labouring classes, where drunkeness, pauperism, ...
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LA SCENA VEGETALE A PIACENZA DAL BAROCCO ALL'ETA ROMANTICA.

By: Mastroviti, Anna Coccioli.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: (Piacenza,Italy): Edizioni Tip.le.Co., (1995). : (1995).

Seller ID: 36728

Condition: Very good

- Quarto [11-5/8 inches high by 8-3/8 inches wide], green cloth titled in gilt in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed with a price-sticker on its rear panel. Title & 181 pages plus colophon. Profuse illustrations in color and back & white, including architectural drawings. There is the remnant of a price-sticker on the front endpaper. Very good. Con un saggio di Stefano Fugazza. Published on the occasion of an exhibition of the same title shown at the Galleria Ricci Oddi, Piacenza from April 8 to June 18, 1995. The exhibition was organized by the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di...
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Category: Architecture