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Park Forest, Illinois: A Prairie School Press Reissue, 1967. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Big, tall, folio-sized reissue of an important homage to the so-called Chicago School of drafting and architectural drawing, with a special focus on the works of W.R. Hasbrouckm Thomas Tallmadge, Louis H. Sullivan, Jens Jensen, Frank Lloyd… Ler mais sobre este item

New York and London: Rizzoli International Publications, 1992. First Edition. Softcover. As New. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Sterling condition softcover copy in tall trade paperback format, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy pictorial wraps. Stuffed with full-color and black-and-white illustrations, printed on high-gloss paper.… Ler mais sobre este item

Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press, 1973. First Edition. Fine/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. Bound quite handsomely in maroon colored cloth, with black lettering to spine. Table of Contents shows Note on Documentation of Ruskin's Works; 1 The State of… Ler mais sobre este item

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Cambridge University Press, 1999. First U.S. Edition. Softcover. Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Vitruvius. In its original form (published in Latin), this treatise was considered the most important work of architecture in the Western World. Sterling condition softcover copy in tall trade paperback format, stated First U.S. Printing, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and… Ler mais sobre este item

Vercelli, Italy: Whitestar Publishers, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Another fine contribution to the series Art & Architecture, this being focused on the imperative to develop sustainable forms of habitation and architecture. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Big, tall, black cloth over boards, sharp… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. Plentiful full-page, full-color photographs of America's National Trust houses, quite fine. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography.… Ler mais sobre este item

Paris: Charles Massin et Cie, Editeur. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Elephant Folio 23" tall. Hector D'Espouy. Scarce in the trade, there being currently no additional sets, complete in two volumes, available on-line. Another fine, collectible set by the same author as of Fragments D'Architecture Antique. Collated as complete in two massively heavy, oversized folio-format volumes. They… Ler mais sobre este item

Sante Fe, New Mexico: Ancient City Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Dealer stamp, neatly affixed inside front flap at bottom. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. Stated First Edition, First Printing. Double-column texts, sharp and distinct photographs of… Ler mais sobre este item

Barcelona, Spain: El Masnou, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. New/New. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Manel Padura. Brand-new, still in shrink-wrap, neither shelf- nor edge-worn, neither sunned nor marked as a remainder. Massively heavy, oversized item, two volumes housed in a slipcase. Special focus on Spanish architects and the housing projects they designed and built. This is… Ler mais sobre este item

Stuttgart, Germany: J. Engelhorn. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Two exceedingly large and heavy items in portfolio, publisher's illustrated paper over boards, red linen cloth-backed, accession number under tape at spines, complete in two volumes. Bound in overlarge folio format, 18" x 13" tall and wide, respectively. Erste Abteilung: Fruh- und… Ler mais sobre este item

Leipzig: Chr. Herm. Tachnitz, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Alfred Heubach. A perfectly serviceable set of 59 of 60 finely drawn black-and-white illustrations of monumental architectural forms. Housed in a moderately battered exterior but with a remarkably attractive set of 59 plates interior. Illustrated paper over boards measuring 15 3/4" by… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Contemporary Jewish Museum / Rizzoli International / Skira Editions, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Daniel Libeskind . Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. Fine and due homage to the Jewish architect Daniel Libeskind, edited by Connie Young, and… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Design Press, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked of interior, with a bit of discoloration along edges, at tips. Bound in an oblong format, in blue cloth, silver lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn,… Ler mais sobre este item

University Park, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Author of plentiful plays including The Relapse… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Roloff Beny. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, very slight sunning along top interior edge, else, not price-clipped, now protected by a plastic coat. Stated First Edition, First Printing. Bound… Ler mais sobre este item

Helsinki, Finland: The Alvar Aalto Foundation, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to 11" - 13" tall. The Seventh Annual Alvar Aalto Foundation Conference, and with contributions by Juan Navarro Baldeweg, Vittorio Gregotti, Karsten Harries, Juha Leiviskè, John Patkau, Kaija Saariaho, GÃœran Schildt, Kazuyo Sejima, Wilfried Wang, Gert Wingîrdh and Alejandro Zaera-Polo. Foreword by Simo Paavilainen. Superior… Ler mais sobre este item

Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 2008. First Edition. Softcover. As New. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Very few student-written and -published academic journals are this finely and handsomely produced. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Bright-red card stock wraps, with a pasted-on Inuit couple on… Ler mais sobre este item

New Haven, Connecticut: Yale School of Architecture, by Yale University Press, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Stated First Edition, with "1" in number line present. Foreword by Robert A.M. Stern, Introduction by Kurt W. Forster, Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very… Ler mais sobre este item

Iowa City, Iowa: University of Iowa, 1980. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, staple-bound, of an artist exhibit catalog for an exhibition that ran from December 7, 1979 - January 20, 1980, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear and only a… Ler mais sobre este item

Basel, Germany: Birkhauser Verlag, 1998. First English Edition. Hardcover. As New. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Bound in orange buckram cloth, with white and black titles and details, no jacket, but protected in stiff Mylar.… Ler mais sobre este item