2011réf. 25399New York: Princeton Architectural Press 2011. hardcover illustrated boards as issued. small corner trimmed to half-title page. board fore-corner tips have very small bumps with no internal echoes to textblock. clean. no writing or markings. no other bumps tears creases. strong binding.; english text.; 223pp. illustrated throughout in color b/w with photos plans drawings. foreword by donlyn lyndon. examines 33 houses of wurster's. First Edition /First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Princeton Architectural Press Hardcover
2003réf. 016684New York: Rizzoli 2003. This is a fine hardcover copy with a near fine dust jacket with almost no wear. Just one small wrinkle to the jacket at the back edge of the spine minor flaw. SIGNED by the author Charles Lockwood and dated 2005. Not inscribed to anyone just signed and dated on the half title-page. This is the 2nd edition revised. Illustrated in black & white color plate section. Bibliography. 11" high X 9" wide 303 pages. Large heavy book foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Signed by Author. 2nd Edition. Revised. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Rizzoli Hardcover
1987réf. 447j0431Cambridge MA: The MIT Press. Good. 1987. First Edition. Paperback. Features: Le Corbusier and Photography; Le Corbusier and Loos; Remarks on the "Reversed" grand Tour of Le Corbusier and Auguste Klipstein; The Skyscrapers of the Ville Contemporaine; The Strategies of the Grans Travaux; Les Cinq Points d'une Architecture Nouvelle; Apres Le Purisme; Mondrian and the Theory of Architecture. 133 glossy pages. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of photos. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy.; 4to . The MIT Press paperback
1988réf. 447j0432Cambridge MA: The MIT Press. Good. 1988. First Edition. Paperback. Features: Postmodernism and Structuralism - A Retrospective Glance; Archetexture of Pyramids; Biology Center for the J.W. Goethe University of Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main 1987; The Displacement of Structure and Ornament in the Frankfurt Project - An interview; In the Museyroom; The Edge of Words - Prolegomena to Future Work on Terragni; Across the Texts - The Writings of Aldo Rossi. 124 glossy pages. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of photos. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy.; 4to . The MIT Press paperback
1997réf. 017238Museo Guggenheim Bilbao 1997. This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Soft crease to front cover bottom right corner. SIGNED by Frank Gehry in ink on the first page the half title-page with his distinctive hand. Not inscribed to anybody just signed. Otherwise completely clean. Text in SPANISH. The is the Spanish language edition published when the Bilbao Museum was first opened. The museum was inaugurated on October 18 1997 by King Juan Carlos I of Spain with an exhibition of 250 contemporary works of art. Essay by Coosje van Bruggen. Illustrated mostly in color. 11" high X 9" wide 207 pages. Rare signed by Frank Gehry. Large heavy book foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. Signed by Architect. Soft Cover. Very Good. Museo Guggenheim, Bilbao Paperback
1962réf. 009503Roma: Staderini Editore 1962. This is a near fine hardcover copy in blue cloth with gilt fountain device and title on the front cover and spine labels still bright in a very good hardshell slipcase. Completely clean inside and out. Slipcase has light wear. Text in Italian. This copy has the often missing pamphlet "Translation of text accompanying figures" in German and English laid-in. 251 magnificent black & white plates. The laid-in pamphlet translates the notes to these plates. Extensive bibliography. A classic in near fine condition. Folio 12" high X 10" wide 306 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. 2nd Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Staderini Editore Hardcover
2009réf. 447h5736Toronto: House & Home Media 2009. Magazine. Good. Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Features: Crisp Colonial influences and a preppy palette give a historic Muskoka cottage a fresh persona with interior design by Anne Hepfer cover story; A sleek cedar-clad retreat nestled in the Canadian Shield embodies a new cottage tradition - designed by Meg Graham and Andre D'Elia; Playing with dark and light a design-savvy homeowner crafts a summer home on the rocks of Georgian Bay; Refashion a garden shed or cottage bunker into an island-inspired guesthouse; Host a simple yet sophisticated alfresco feast; Rashida Jones' eclectic laid-back California sunroom; and more. 128 pages. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. House & Home Media Paperback
1990réf. 447j0439Cambridge MA: The MIT Press. Good. 1990. First Edition. Paperback. Features: A Letter to Peter Eisenman; Post/El Cards - A Reply to Jacques Derrida; Between the Lines - Extension to the Berlin Museum with the Jewish Museum; "The Simple Day and the Light of the Sun" - Lights and Shadows in the Museum; The Spectacle of the City of Paris from 25bis Rue Franklin; Nolo Contendere - IV - Marginal Misdemeanors. 114 glossy pages. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of photos. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy.; 4to . The MIT Press paperback
1992réf. 019175Birkhäuser 1992. This is a near fine hardcover copy bound in black & white illustrated boards without dust jacket as issued with almost no wear. Completely clean. Illustrated throughout in black & white and some color with hundreds of vintage photpgraphs of Morris Lapidus shops boutiques restaurants hotels theaters etc. The book is very inventively designed by Friederike Schneider with a striking front cover design a die cut page and a vellum overlay etc. Bibliography. List of Works 1928- 1979. 12" high X 9" wide 247 pages. Large heavy book foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Birkhäuser Hardcover
1960réf. 009432Zaragoza Spain : Garcia Garrabella y Cia. 1960. This is a very good hardcover copy in light gray cloth boards with titles in gilt and a red device on the front cover and spine. Brown and gold marbled endpapers. Text in English French and Spanish. Completely clean inside and out. No date but ca. 1960. This is a beautiful photographic survey of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. Lavishly illustrated in color and black & white with over 100 photographs. Notes to the plates. 14" high X 10" wide 32 text pages plates. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. Hard Cover. Very Good. Garcia Garrabella y Cia. Hardcover
1963réf. 017273London: The Architectural Press 1963. This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with light wear. Long ago released from a small British library and bearing only one handstamp from the library on the verso of the title-page. The dust jacket is complete but has some edge wear repaired short tears. Lacking front free endpaper. Very clean inside and out. Foreword by Ove Arup. Colin Faber was associated with Candela as a student then a colleague for many years. Still the basic text on Candela and his famous shell design architecture. About 500 black & white photographs drawings and plans illustrate the book. Bibliography. Essay by Candela on hyperbolic paraboloids. 11" high X 10" wide 240 pages. Large heavy book foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. First English Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. The Architectural Press Hardcover
1857réf. 004588London: Chapman & Hall 1857. This is a very good hardcover copy in red and black marbled paper-covered boards and a brown cloth spine and corners. Recently de-accessioned from a small public library non-circulating and bearing a few of their marks including a painted label on the spine bookplates inside the covers handstamps and a perforation stamp to the title pages. Occasional handstamps to the plate description pages facing the plates. Plates clean. There are 30 monochrome plates and 12 chromolithographs including the title-page. The plates are quite beautiful and show objects like royal jewelry and old church artifacts some armament and some antiquities like small public statuary and memorials. 13" high X 10" wide 84 page text plates. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. Hard Cover. Very Good. Chapman & Hall Hardcover
2004réf. 518j2757Canada: Raduga. Fine No dust jacket as issued. First Edition. Paperback. Signed and inscribed by both authors upon title page otherwise very clean bright tight and unmarked with very light wear. "A treasure of photographs information and new insights about the Russian Mennonite story from 1789 until today. Explores the architecture and landscape of numerous colonies villages estates forestry camps and cities in southern Russia now eastern Ukraine where Mennonites once lived. These places still tell the dramatic story of a people who emerged from modest agrarian beginnings flowered into a proud and prosperous society then scattered to the winds." - back cover. "No one whose ancestors came from Russia should be without a copy of this book. And if you have visited the old Mennonite homelands in Russia and Ukraine or if you intend to do so this book is a must." - James Urry 752 pages. Index extensive list of sources and a profusion of black and white diagrams and reproductions of photos. A high-quality signed example.; 8vo; Signed by Author . 2004. 0968729908 . Raduga paperback
1938réf. 013899Philadelphia & New York: J. B. Lippincott Company 1938. Good condition. SEE PHOTOS. A solid copy square and reasonably tight. Bound in the original copper-color cloth which is still somewhat shiny but rubbed at the extremities and finger soiled. The spine is a shade or two darker than the rest of the binding. Front and rear DJ flaps are present and neatly glued to the endpapers. NOT price clipped $4.00. Text pages are clean and unmarked. With two fold-out charts. Illustrated by the author with endpaper maps of the world. Fuller's first book. Limited to 5000 copies. From the dust jacket: "An original stimulating and exciting adventure story for the mind. Because of the unique daring of Mr. Fuller's ideas and the manner in which he has presented them NINE CHAINS TO THE MOON is a book that will arouse both curiosity and controversy. Mr. Fuller debunks but always shows what is true the science of geometry our conception of good architecture our approach to the study of economic problems our use of words and many other beliefs that most of us accept as true.". First Edition. Hardcover. Good condition/Partial jacket - flaps only. Illus. by Fuller R. Buckminster. 8vo. x 408pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. J. B. Lippincott Company Hardcover
1921réf. 459H5007New York: The Architectural Record Company. Fair. 1921. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 96 158 ads pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and drawings. Printed upon glossy stock. The many pages of ads include an abundance of nostalgic photos and illustrations. Features: The Residence of Heatly C. Dulles Esq. Villa Nova Pa - Mellor Meigs & Howe Architects; The Villa Frullino near Florence Italy; The Early Architecture of Pennsylvania - Part II; The San Antonio Country Club San Antonio Texas - George Willis Architect; Training for the Practice of Architecture; A Louis XVI Shopfront; Building Material Prices in 1921; The New Plans for Paris; Portfolio of Current Architecture; Notes and Comments. Above-average external wear. Covers and backstrip missing. Binding intact. Two small binding holes near spine. A worthy reference copy of this wonderful vintage issue.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Architecture Heatly C. Dulles Villa Nova Mellor Meigs & Howe Architects Villa Frullino Pennsylvania Architecture - History San Antonio Country Club George Willis Building Material Prices - 1921 Paris Plan . The Architectural Record Company unknown
1967réf. 009607Valencia Spain: Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia Direccion General De Bellas Artes 1967. This is a very good two volume hardcover set in very good dust jackets. Both volumes came from the collection of Gomez-Moreno's daughter and bear her signatures on the front panel of the dust jackets and the front endpapers. Otherwise compltely clean throughout. Text in Spanish. This is a thorough survey of the artistic patrimony of Salamanca Spain focussing on the architecture and sculpture. Indices of artists and places and notable persons. 649 black & white photographic plates. 10" high X 7" wide xviii 527 text pages plates. This set will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia Direccion General De Bellas Artes Hardcover
2010réf. 447h5743Toronto: House & Home Media 2010. Magazine. Good. Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Features: Home of the Month - Retiring couple Barb Flynn and Buzz Carroll turn to designer Melody Duron to carve out an idyllic summer home on Georgian Bay; Green Living - Vancouver architect Clinton Cuddington's passion project pulls out all the stops to create a dynamic family home; Global Style - Australian design blogger Anna Spiro's eclectic Brisbane bungalow comes alive with fresh colour combinations; Garden Design - Interior designer Sharon Mimran reimagines her city garden as a classic all-seasons courtyard with a decidedly European sensibility; Stylish patio furniture and accessories; Cuban Cuisine; Interview with Spanish design sensation Jaime Hayon who shares his thoughts on art graffiti and Canada; A Pretty Palette freshens up a farmhouse kitchen; Natural Instinct - striking architectural features add a modern twist to a historic country retreat Perrett Farm in the Beaver Valley; The Enlightened Home - Creative couple Mona Zaidi and Eric Yealland craft a Zen-eclectic Victorian; Rick Leong - this Montreal painter revamps Chinese painting traditions with bold colour and imagination; A Sweet Finish - Dufflet Rosenberg and architect Martin Kohn combine gourmet takeout with a homemade dessert; Delicious recipes from Dufflet; A Fine Arrangement - Design editor Joel Bray creates 3 layouts in 1 living room just by moving the furniture and adding a few new things; What Makes a Garden Work - Visiting with Vancouver landscape architect Ron Rule in his own garden; Top designers share tips for going easy on the planet; Bloom Box - dress up your front door patio or balcony with the season's best planters; and more. 216 pages. Short mend to front cover. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. House & Home Media Paperback
1946réf. 653h5516USA: Editorial Publications 1946. Book. Fair. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Features: Cover map of Ohio; One-page photo of Taft House in Cincinnati; Ohio Backgrounds; Ohio's Early Architecture; Early Decorative Arts in Ohio; Ohio's Pioneer Paper Mills; Ohio Discovers its Primitives; East Liverpool vs. Bennington - notes on some distinctive Ohio pottery; Living with Antiques - 1819 Style - "Our House" at Gallipolis; Living with Antiques - 1946 Style - The Carlson Home in Cincinnati; Early Nineteenth-century Glassmaking in Ohio; Ohio Coverlets; "Antiques" on Ohio; Ohio Prints and Paintings; and more. Many pages of nostalgic ads from a broad assortment of prominent dealers. Profusely illustrated with excellent black and white photos. 72 pages. Printed upon glossy stock. Unmarked with somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy of this special Ohio issue. Editorial Publications Paperback
1997réf. 017063New York: Monacelli Press 1997. This is a near fine softcover copy. Completely clean but light soil to back endpaper. The spine is not creased binding firm. Illustrated in color and black & white. 10" high X 7" wide 302 pages. Heavy book foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Monacelli Press Paperback
1971réf. 017591London: Zwemmer 1971. This is a fine hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket with light wear to the top edge. The jacket is complete not price-clipped but printed price blacked out with small mark. Completely clean inside and out. The standard reference work on Carlo Maderno one of the masters of Roman Baroque architecture. Catalogue of all of Maderno's built work and projects. Illustrated in black & white with 104 plates 11 illustrations in the text. List of Plates. Chronology. Glossary. Bibliography. 12" high X 9" wide 404 pages. Large heavy book foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Zwemmer, Hardcover
2009réf. 447h5739Toronto: House & Home Media 2009. Magazine. Good. Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Features: Merry & Bright - Rachel Fox and John Freir restore their dream home cover story; Toronto Designer David Powell revamps a striking 154-year-old Georgian for family life and entertaining; Cocktails at Six - Designer and boutique owner Julie Charbonneau opens her Montreal home for a chic soiree; Swiss Chalet - modern form and function work side-by-side with ancient timberwork in a rambling mountain house restored by Joergen Bodum in Switzerland; Four inspiring powder rooms to pamper guests - the lakeside house of Tina and David Tymchuck in Calabogie Ontario a design by Cameron MacNeil the dimmed/sexy bathroom of Renee Metrick and husband Ken and a vision by designer Sharon Mimran; Creative Centrepieces; Our cocktails supper melds a drinks party with a traditional dinner; and more. 208 pages. Unmarked with average wear. A quality copy. House & Home Media Paperback
2009réf. 447h5737Toronto: House & Home Media 2009. Magazine. Good. Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Features: Celebrity chef David Rocco taps into his heritage to create memorable evenings; Heidi Leverty - a Toronto photographer breathes new life into consumer castoffs; Wendy Dennis learns the true spirit of the holiday; Modern Rustic - get farmhouse comfort with an industrial edge in a laid-back eat-in kitchen; Dynamic Den - Suzanne Dimma turns a lacklustre den into a colourful cosy library and home office; Teatro Verde's stunning new location is a must-stop shop for design aficionados; Fall Fresh - dress your home in a sophisticated fall palette of moody hues and natural textures; Fall garden advice; Gracious family home of Guido Doria; 70 Top Toronto designers give historic McLean House a head-to-toe makeover; Rosanne Daykin infuses modern style into a traditional Vancouver family home; The New White Kitchen - Designer Viki Mansell outfits the 14' x 15' kitchen of a Toronto townhouse; White plus Rustic Pine - a rustic waterfront home in Hudson Quebec; White plus Dark Maple - a west-end Toronto home; Three Quebec Artisanal Food Producers - Gourgane Beans Charlevoix Lamb and L'Hercule Cheese; and more. 224 pages. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. House & Home Media Paperback
1989réf. 447j0437Cambridge MA: The MIT Press. Good. 1989. First Edition. Paperback. Features: In the Shadow of McLuhan - Jean Baudrillard's Theory of Simulation; Imperfect Utopia - Un-Occupied Territory; Building the Stair Spiral of Evolution - The Index Museum of Sir Patrick Geddes; The Index Museum - Chapters from an Unpublished Manuscript; Piranesi's Campo Marzio - An Experimental Design; Montage and Architecture - Introduction by Yve-Alain Bois; John Knesl on Miralles and Pinos. 137 glossy pages. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of photos. Clean and unmarked with average wear. A sound copy.; 4to . The MIT Press paperback
1988réf. 447j0434Cambridge MA: The MIT Press. Good. 1988. First Edition. Paperback. Features: The Faults of Architecture - Troping the Proper Maidens "Theory" and "Practice" at the Sides of Lady Architecture; Architecture from Without - Body Logic and Sex; Divisible by 2; Projects for Two Libraries; On Southern Identities and Difference - Marginal Notes for Mack Scogin and Merrill Elam; Three Projects; A Commentary on the Work of Enric Miralles and Carme Pinos; Responses by Adolf Max Vogt and Michael Jennings. 121 glossy pages. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of photos. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy.; 4to . The MIT Press paperback
2012réf. 447h5744Toronto: House & Home Media 2012. Magazine. Good. Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Features: Out of Sight - With secret storage and a sprawling layout a minimalist made-to-order home cleverly contains Katherine Yaphe's young family's bustling lifestyle; Form & Function - Smart architecture and a livable design by David Zacharko lay the foundation for a family-friendly Vancouver home; Decorating - a well-considered reconfiguration designed by Jill Greaves turns the compact condo of Tom and Catharina MacMillan into an airy Scandinavian-inspired home with plenty of breathing space; Weekend Decorating - Florals in blown-up scales and fresh juicy palettes make the ordinary extraordinary; Productivity Soars when a home office feels like anything but - Rich and Katie Gougeon's home was designed by architect Gillian Green; Kingston Painter Mike Bayne - He depicts the everyday with startling clarity; Open Concepts - The bright lakeside townhouse designed by Lisa Rogers for Patricia Lovett-Reid and Jim Reid is tailor-made for two; Kitchen a la Carte - a menu of three plans for a basic 12' x 18' kitchen; Display potted kitchen herbs in pretty tea tins; Storing clutter in an armoire; Glass-fronted cabinets put smart storage on display; Designed kitchen for Byron Peart and Stefan Weisgerber in Montreal's famed Habitat 67 proves contemporary can also be cosy; Classic kitchen cabinets and elegant hardware give Heather and Michael Faralla's Toronto family something to grow into; Weekend brunch ideas; and more. 184 pages. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. House & Home Media Paperback
