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rif. 1406288Norwalk Bath: Easton Press Parragon n.p. Easton Press Edition. Hardcover. Quarto 240 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher's maroon red leather with photographs to front board. Boards have light bumping to fore corners and light scuff marks to rear surface. Textblock has silk moiré end papers a silk page ribbon gilt edges and light shelf wear. Shelved in Room A. Oversized. 1406288. Special Collections. Easton Press [Parragon] hardcover books
1910rif. 97511910. Letters. Collectible; Very Good. 1910 HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM LEGENDARY AUSTRIAN ARCHITECT JOSEF HOFFMANN Vienna Secessionist and co-founder of the Wiener Werkstatte TO EDUARD JOSEF WIMMER-WISGRILL the first Artistic Director of the fashion department of the Wiener Werkstatte. Clean and bright and very well-preserved. Written on the stationary with lavish letterhead of The Hotel Hassler in Rome. In a strong clear hand in fountain pen and on a single sheet folded into quarters -- with very minor crease folds. A translation into English from the original German on another sheet of paper is includeds as well. 8" x 10 1/2". Also includes the original envelope handwritten by Josef Hoffmann. unknown books
1937rif. 187971937. Mixed media on paper. Exquisite drawing of a 1930s concept car. The old established Willoughby firm of Utica New York had a reputation for conservative quality coachwork in 1930 when Viennese born Hoffmann was hired as draghtsman/designer. He quickly moved the company's design philosophy to the forefront of the streamline school translating traditional luxury car body types such as this touring car into the modern idiom. Willoughby designed bodies for all the major luxury car firms. We have attributed this drawing to Hoffman on the basis of a very similar drawing of the period that was acquired in 1985 from Hoffmann's widow clearly done by the same hand and exhibiting the same exquisite touch and sense of proportion. unknown books
1940rif. 2316154New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company 1940. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 0x0x0. Gay Zhenya. Signed by author. Second printing. Signed by author without inscription. Very good in fair jacket. Splits along front jacket fore edge and rear jacket joint 1 inch chip from rear jacket edge and some loss from other corners light stain along top page edges of first few pages. 1940 Hard Cover. ix 145 pp. "From kitttenhood Thom knew what he wanted and wasn't afraid to try to get it. Indeed he is a cat of rare character and resource whose acquaintance will be thoroughly enjoyed by every child and every cat-lover of any age - particularly those who love Siamese."--jacket Frederick A. Stokes Company hardcover books
1990rif. 616461New York: Donald I. Fine 1990. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. xii 322pp. Illustrated with black and white photographic plates. Fine in an about fine dust jacket with a few nicks along the edges. "The bizarre true account of the husband-and-wife serial killers who terrorized the California countryside. Donald I. Fine hardcover books
1987rif. 263763Troy Alabame: Troy State University 1987. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Illustrated from black and white photographs by Charles Orlofsky and Orlando Menes. Pictorial white and black wrappers. 77pp. Wrappers modestly soiled near fine. Contributions by Michael Orlofsky Roald Hoffmann Elise Sanguinetti Paul Grant Eve Shelnutt Larry McLeod Phillip Parotti Lynne Butler Ramona Kelley Stamm Alan T. Belsches John Canfield Warren St. John James David Rose and Jana Adams. Troy State University unknown books
2005rif. 34054Berlin: Hentrich & Hentrich / Stiftung Neue Synagogue Berlin Centrum Judaicum 2005. First Edition. 12mo 15.5cm.; publisher's stiff red pictorial card wrappers 120pp.; illus. Minor wear gift inscription possibly by one of the authors in English and German on title page else Near Fine. Forms part of the series Jüdischen Miniaturen. Hentrich & Hentrich / Stiftung Neue Synagogue Berlin Centrum Judaicum unknown books
1979rif. 134295Princeton: Princeton University Press 1979. hardcover. very good. Frontis. 167pp. 12mo cloth d.w. Princeton University Press 1979. Very good. 140pp. 8vo boards. Princeton University Press 1979. Very good copy in a very good price-clipped dust wrapper. Princeton University Press unknown books
1981rif. 007465Princeton N.J.: Princeton Univ Press 1981. Poster. Near Fine. Poster. First Printing. 17 1/2" x 22 1/2". SCARCE publisher's promotional poster 17 1/2"w x 22 1/2" h for the 1981 Princeton University Press book celebrating the Albert Einstein Centennial 1879-1979. Near Fine a few faint creases. Well suited for framing will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. Princeton Univ Press unknown books
1937rif. 49068Berlin: Comité Nacional para el Fomento del Turismo en Alemania/ Reichausschuss für Fremdenverkehr 1937. First edition. Softcover. g to vg. Folio. 26pp. Illustrated orange and brown wrappers with brown lettering on the front cover. This Spanish-language publication was issued by the German government during the years of the Third Reich to promote tourism in the county. The publication is profusely illustrated throughout with photographic reproductions and drawings in b/w. This issue includes articles promoting the wintery landscape and winter sports of the area of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in the Bavarian Alps where the then recent 1936 Winter Olympics were held as well as the 20th anniversary of the German railway catering company Mitropa the anniversary of the death of English-German racial philosopher Houston Stewart Chamberlain and articles on the Carnival celebrations in the country. Include images taken by infamous Nazi photographer and publisher Heinrich Hoffmann. Striking art deco front cover design by German designer Ottomar Anton back cover by Edwin Henel. Wrappers with light foxing to the front cover and moderate foxing the back cover. Book block dis-bound from wrappers. Interior wrappers with foxing as well as title page. The rest of the pages are quite clean save for some minor sporadic smudges and minor age toning. Wrappers in good interior in very good condition overall. Comité Nacional para el Fomento del Turismo en Alemania/ Reichausschuss für Fremdenverkehr unknown books
1958rif. 68670Chapel Hill NC: UNC Press 1958. First edition. 8vo. 10 1354 pp. Original printed gray wrappers. Very good. UNC Press unknown books
1958rif. 360485Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press 1958. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 10 134pp. Printed gray wrappers. Spine and edges faded with spotting else very good. James Sprunt Studies in History and Political Science Volume 40 with a complimentary slip from the publisher laid in. University of North Carolina Press unknown books
1968rif. 159191Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp Von Zabern 1968. Softcover. VG- clean tight contents with light age toning to page edges. Covers solid and tight but with general shelf wear age toning a wrinkle and some soiling. Art school ex-lib. with usual marks. Oblong color-illustrated wraps with black lettering. xii 246 pp. with color frontis; 137 works pictured in b/w. Text in German. Catalogue from the exhibition of works in gold and silver mostly jewelry held at the Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg. With a foreword by Lise Lotte Moller. The catalogue is divided into sections of Grabfunde; Halsketten; Anhanger Armbander und Ohrringe; Fibeln Ziernadeln und Broschen; Haarspiralen und Fingerringe; Verschiedenes; and Anhang: Falschungen Items found in graves; military brooches; Necklaces; Accessories bracelets and earrings; Fibulae ornamental needles and brooches; Hairpins and finger rings; Various other items; and appendix with corrections. With a glossary abbreviations and index. Verlag Philipp Von Zabern paperback books
1938rif. 140946061London: No publisher 1938. Very Good. 41 volumes. Bound in varying blue cloth bindings most stamped in gilt. Includes handwritten diaries for 1896-1899 1901-1911 and 1913-1938. Very Good with light shelf wear a few volumes have staining to the covers else fine. Various ephemera laid-in including a note relating to his Czech passport numbered receipts from clients insurance cards pay scale rate cards applications for work letters of intent from prospective employees. An incredibly meticulously logged diary archive into the life and work of noteworthy London architect Paul Hoffmann likely born in Vienna in 1869 passing away in 1938. He was notably involved in Queen's Gate mansion blocks the Philimore Estate and Earl's Court in early 1900. In tiny ink script he kept a diligent yearly diary of his work until just ten days before his death on August 19th 1938 detailing his professional relationships as an architect nearly every day for four decades except Sundays. Includes names of clients colleagues and accounts of his projects. As for what he did in his spare time an intriguing 1902 article in the Anglo-American Press mentions that he was also a librettist and author of the opera "The Little Innocents" under the pen name Hugh Stranger. Hoffmann designed and maintained Capel House in 1905-06 now Cable House in London at 56 New Broad Street. His journal entries describe his work at Capel House including the annual building costs over the years applications for work at the House architect's insurance and more. Not only does this archive describe the day-to-day tasks of a busy architect but also keeps log of the outbreak of WWI from a Londoner's perspective. His diaries kept between 1914-1918 log important WWI dates. He declares that the "Banks are closed due to 'war scare' on July 31st1914. He logs that "Germany declares war on England" on August 5th 1914. An insurance slip by "The Government Scheme of Aircraft and Bombardment Insurance" laid-in his 1916 diary charged his account 1500 pounds on the 1st of February to insure Capel House from air raids. On June 13th 1917 he writes "Airplane bombs in city" -- later on the 7th of July he writes "2 airplane raids over London." He writes on Armistice Day November 11 1918 "Armistice between Germany & Allies unchanged." In the interim of air raids and bombings he still keeps a daily log of calls meetings and projects. One of his most noteworthy projects Roxburgh Mansions Kensington London constructed in 1899 were eventually destroyed in The Blitz of WWII. A remarkable archive for enthusiasts of late 19th & early 20th century London architecture. [No publisher] unknown books
1990rif. 217720New York: Haworth 1990. Fine. First edition. Fine Like new. Haworth unknown books
rif. 4695Hoffmann draws two sketches to explain his instructions to Wilhelm Jonasch 1892-1961 artist and designer known for the textiles he created for the Weiner Werkstatte. Hoffmann asks Jonasch to take a box which can be found in a cabinet to a meeting. To be clear which cabinet Jonasch should find the box in Hoffmann draws both cabinet and box. Signed in full in the letter and signed "Professor Hoffmann" on the envelope. With such clear direction one would imagine Jonasch delivered the box to the meeting. unknown books
rif. 2572Under his name he writes "sends you congratulations! to His Excellency Friedrich Löse Breitegasse Wien." Original German: "sendet Ihnen seine besten Glückwünsche -------------dem Hochwohlgeborenen Friedrich Löse Breitegasse Wien." The envelope is not translated but addressed in Hoffmann's hand postmark on verso shows Vienna "Wein 15" year is not readable. unknown books
2006rif. 1409019Washington: Smithsonian Institution Libraries 2006. Hardcover. Octavo xv 317 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is green with black print. Boards in black cloth. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece portrait b&w drawings maps photographs. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column Z. 1409019. FP New Rockville Stock. Smithsonian Institution Libraries hardcover books
2019rif. 172584Madrid: Fundacion Mapfre 2019. Hardcover. VG. BW-photographic and yellow cloth boards with black stamped lettering. 263 pp. BW illustrations. "Berenice Abbott was one of the first people to photograph New York City. Seen through her camera lens the city became a living entity a remarkable character whom visitors can now pursue as they move through its crowded streets looking upwards to discover the modern beauty of its skyscrapers. This publication presents Berenice Abbott's work in several themes: her portraits photographs of the city and scientific photographs"--. Fundacion Mapfre hardcover books
2015rif. 204649Milan: Mousse Publishing 2015. Hardcover. VG/VG. A black fabric spine with white boads. Gilt lettering on the cover and down the spine. There is a dust jacket with black text down a white spine. Pages: 5 6-171 1. Illustrated with both color and black-and-white images. Mousse Publishing hardcover books
1974rif. 53432Albany:: State University of New York Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1974. Hardcover. 0873952383 . First edition. Review copy with slip laid in. Near fine in a very good some light foxing dust jacket. . State University of New York Press, hardcover books
1971rif. 64217NY:: Clarkson N. Potter. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1971. Hardcover. With over 200 black and white illustrations and 21 color plates. First edition. Near fine in a near fine light edge wear at the crown of the spine age toning to flaps dust jacket. . Clarkson N. Potter, hardcover books
1971rif. 46752NY: Potter 1971. First Edition. Square 8vo pp. xii 258. Index. With a chapter on coins by Herbert A. Cahn and an introduction by John D. Cooney. Over 200 black-and-white photographs and 21 color plates. Map on endpapers. Brown cloth stamped in gilt. Edges of cover slightly scuffed o/w a nice copy in scuffed and slightly chipped dj. Potter unknown books
rif. 35377Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. First edition NY Potter 1971. Fine copy in dust jacket. . Other hardcover books
1909rif. 31997Berlin: NP 1909. Softcover. g to vg. Plans & drawings in various sizes all printed on light card stock some plans mounted. Seven of the ten are numbered. 5 plans/drawings annotated by Hoffmann 2 drawings signed by him 5 signed by Stadtbauinspektor / Magistrats-Baurat Tietze. Printed by "Gisaldruck v. Bogdan Gisevius Berlin." not numbered: 1 Large 46 1/2" x 59" Lageplan ground plan of the hospital also showing surrounding streets. Plan titled "Neubau des IV. Städt. Krankenhauses - Lageplan." Rudolf Virchow handwritten in blue crayon below title. Parts of folds as well as sporadic tears repaired with tape. Parts of edges chipped some closed tears along folds no missing pieces. 2 Drawing 13 3/4 x 16" showing the facade of the hospital mounted on 17 1/4 x 25" card stock. Signed by Ludwig Hoffmann with some of his annotations. 3 Drawing 16" x 21 1/2" of the "Operationshaus" mounted on 23 1/2" x 28 1/2" card stock. Signed by Hoffmann with his annotations. Numbered plans: # 4 - # 7 with original signature of Stadtbauinspektor Tietze dated 6. Januar 1909. Also with printed signature of the on-site architect Bietz Signatures accompanied with text: a "Revidiert und festgestellt: Berlin den 6. Januar 1909. Der Stadtbauinspektor: original signature "Tietze" Magistrats-Baurat. b "Die Richtigkeit und Uebereinstimmung mit der Ausführung bescheinigt: Berlin den 1sten Dezember 1908. Der Bauleitende printed signature of "Bietz" Architekt. 4 Blatt 1: 22" x 30" revised plan showing the foundation Revisionszeichnung Fundamente of the Doppeloperationshaus surgery building. With many handwritten annotations by the architect. Small number stamp on lower left margin. 5 Blatt 2: 26" x 30" revised plan showing the basement Revisionszeichnung Kellergeschoss of the Doppeloperationshaus. With architects handwritten annotations. Five-inch closed tear on upper left corner. 6 Blatt 3: 18" x 25" plan of the basement of the Doppel-Operationshaus. Lists rooms Raumbezeichnung and furniture Mobiliarbezeichnung. Small number stamp on lower left margin. 7 Blatt 4: 30" x 26 3/4" revised drawing of the ground floor of the Doppel-Operationshaus. Two-inch closed tear on right upper edge. 8 Blatt 5: 27" x 31" drawing of the attic Dachgeschoß of the Doppel-Operationshaus. Top left corner with closed tear almost detached. Bottom left corner creased. 9 Blatt 7: 25" x 26 3/4" drawing showing the facade Vorder-Ansicht cross- and longitudinal sections Quer- und Längsschnitt as well as details of the main cornice Hauptgesims and roof turret Dachreiter. 1/2" closed tear on bottom right corner. 10 Not numbered 16 1/4" x 22" drawing mounted on 28 1/4" x 23" card stock showing the facade longitudinal section main cornice and roof turret. Few annotations by architect. Two-inch closed tear on bottom edge. Unique collection of architectural plans & drawings by Berlin architect and Stadtbaurat Ludwig Ernst Emil Hoffmann. The architect attended the Kunstakademie in Kassel and the Bauakademie in Berlin where his teachers included Richard Lucae and Johann Heinrich Strack. After becoming a licensed government architect in 1884 he won a competition for the revised design of the Reichsgerichtgebäude in Leipzig. Hoffmann and Peter Dybwad worked on the monumental neo-classicist building from 1887-1895. A year later Hoffmann was elected city architect of Berlin being responsible for all types of public buildings in the city. Notable examples include the Märkisches Museum various public baths such as the Volksbadeanstalt Baerwaldstraße Berlin-Kreuzberg Volksbadeanstalt Dennewitsstraße Schöneberg Volksbadeanstalt Oderberger Straße Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg several bridges & fountains the Altes Stadthaus the Rudolf-Virchow-Krankenhaus and many others. On the initiative of Rudolf Virchow the fourth major city hospital was built between 1898 and 1906. Virchow was a German doctor anthropologist pathologist and politician known for his advancement of public health. He is considered as one of the founders of social medicine. The Virchow Krankenhaus was the last hospital that was built in the so-called "Pavillonstil." At the time the construction of the building cost 19 million Reichsmark. 57 separate buildings with 2000 beds were built on an area of 2906255 square feet. The staff buildings housed approx. 1000 employees doctors nurses and other personnel. Impeccable landscaping trees large green patches flower beds and benches gave the hospital grounds a park-like feel. Unique piece of Berlin architectural history by one of the most important German architects of the late 19th and early 20th century. NP unknown books
