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1915réf. 0080747Tokyo: np 1915. Loose in Folder. Ex-Library. No date c. 1915. All text in Japanese. Apparently this is Volume 1 only of a 3 volume set. Our volume includes the introductory text booklet plus approximately 100 plates showing photographs and drawings of Japanese shrines and temples. Library stamps on the inside of the covers of the text booklet and also on the blank side of some plates. The wraps of the booklet are starting to peel off but are still attached. Plates measure approx. 11.5 inches wide by 15 inches tall 29 x 38 cm. Original board covers present but lacking clasps. Everything comes in library slipcase. Likely Volume 1 only as a complete copy would include over 500 plates. This is a large and heavy book and may require extra postage. Digital images available upon request. np unknown
1894réf. 008981Paris: Libraries-Imprimeries Réunies 1894. Paperback. Very Good . xxx 24 pages 327 leaves i.e. 654 pages 2 4 1 5 17 pages: illustrations diagrams plans; 39 cm. Original wrappers. Pages are untrimmed. Wrapper title in red and black: Architecture de Philibert de L'Orme; Fac-similé par les procédés héliographiques de Motteroz. Title page in red and black. Includes facsimile of original title page: Le Premier Tome de l'Architectvre de Philibert de L'Orme Paris: Federic Morel 1567. Also includes facsimile of title page and dedication from the 1626 edition and additional plates from the editions of 1626 and 1648. A facsimile reproduction of the work of French architect Philibert de L'Orme 1514-1570. A heavy book; for international shipping it will have to be sent by priority international. In Very Good Condition: front wrapper detached but present; shadows on 2 pages of Epistre Dedicatoire from paper formerly kept there; otherwise clean and solid. Libraries-Imprimeries Réunies paperback
2000réf. S7734The Mediaeval Architecture of Chios Island Athens: Indictus 2000. In Greek. Cloth 46x35 cm 144 pp. plus box with 231 architectural drawings in folio; net weight 6750 gr. ISBN: 960-518-090-1. In the context of the competition between Genoa and Venice for the dominance in the Eastern Mediterranean the Genoese captured Chios island in the 13th century. The Genoese period of Chios until 1566 has also been imprinted in the local architecture. The famous villages of Mastichohoria were built with plans architects and craftsmen that came on purpose from Genoa. The mediaeval villages of Liguria Dolce Acqua Ventimiglia San Remo etc. which were built around the same time period are identical: same structure technique and organization. They look like "two drops of water". In 1929 Philippos Argentes scion of an old Genoese family of Chios commissioned D. Pikiones to write a book on the traditional architecture of the island. Pikiones wrote the text in French and made 231 masterful architectural drawings by far his best work. Unfortunately for an unknown reason he fell out with Argentis and the publication was wrecked! It was not until the year 2000 that Pikiones' granddaughter managed to publish the study in an oversized monumental edition which includes a book with the text in Greek and Pikiones' drawings in a box lined with linen fabric. Στο πλαίσιο του Î±Î½Ï„Î±Î³Ï‰Î½Î¹ÏƒÎ¼Î¿Ï Γένοβας - Βενετίας για την κυÏιαÏχία στην Ανατολική Μεσόγειο οι Γενουάτες κατέλαβαν τη Χίο τον 13ο αιώνα και απεχώÏησαν το 1566. Αυτή η πεÏίοδος αποτυπώθηκε και στην αÏχιτεκτονική της εποχής. Οι φημισμένοι οικισμοί των ΜαστιχοχώÏων χτίσθηκαν με σχέδια αÏχιτÎκτονες και τεχνίτες Γενοβέζους. Τα μεσαιωνικά Ï‡Ï‰Ïιά της ΛιγουÏίας Dolce Acqua Ventimiglia San Remo κλπ. που χτίστηκαν πεÏίπου την ίδια χÏονική πεÏίοδο παÏουσιάζουν ίδια δομή λογική κι οÏγάνωση. Μοιάζουν σαν "δυο σταγόνες νεÏÏŒ". Το 1929 ο Φίλιππος ΑÏγÎντης γόνος παλαιάς γενουατικής οικογενείας της Χίου ανέθεσε στον Δ. Πικιώνη να γÏάψει ένα βιβλίο για την παÏαδοσιακή αÏχιτεκτονική του νησιοÏ. Ο Πικιώνης ÎγÏαψε το κείμενο στα γαλλικά και έκανε 231 αÏιστουÏγηματικά αÏχιτεκτονικά σχέδια μακÏάν το καλÏτεÏο ÎÏγο του. Ατυχώς ήÏθε για άγνωστο λόγο σε Ïήξη με τον ΑÏγÎντη και η έκδοση ναυάγησε! Μόλις το έτος 2000 η εγγονή του Πικιώνη κατάφεÏε να εκδώσει τη μελέτη σε μια μνημειακή έκδοση η οποία πεÏιλαμβάνει βιβλίο με το κείμενο στην ελληνική γλώσσα και τα σχέδια του Πικιώνη σε κουτί επενδεδυμένο με λινό Ïφασμα. IMPORTANT: The shipping cost is an important parameter of this order; it is NOT included in the price and depends on the actual weight and destination; you will have to approve it after the confirmation of the order. You may ask for an estimate before placing the order at: dem.siatras@gmail.com Indictus hardcover
1980réf. 137366Atelier 74. Good in Good dust jacket. 1980. Hardback. No markings. Volume 2 only; Volume 2; 12.2 X 9.6 X 2.2 inches; 582 pages . 286486004X . Atelier 74 hardcover
1880réf. r6843London: The London Printing & Publishing Co Ltd. G: in good condition. Covers rubbed and marked. Edge-wear. Chipping to spine ends with some loss. Inner hinge cracking. Sporadic foxing. 1880. New Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 290mm x 240mm 11" x 9". vi 516pp; 604pp plates. 200 b/w plates and upwards of 1600 working drawings. Heavy set - extra shipping required for overseas destinations. . The London Printing & Publishing Co Ltd hardcover
1953réf. SB2758Zurich-Freiburg : Atlantis-Verlag 1953. German-language imprint; textblock and binding is clean and tight. Unclipped dust jacket with light edge wear; 192p. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good in mylar. Illus. by Duo-tone Plates. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hardcover. Atlantis-Verlag Hardcover
1834réf. 017466London: Thomas Kelly 1834. First Edition. . Hardcover. Good. 6 163 1 pages 100 engraved plates some folding as called for plates 919398100 x 2 in-text illustrations. Marbled boards in fair condition detached with tape over spine bumping losses to extremities remains of bookplate and binder's ticket to front pastedown endpapers title page creased with chipping losses presentation inscription dated 1859 to head of title page age toning spotting some staining throughout plate 67 has some losses. 846 Size: 280mm. X 220mm. Thomas Kelly hardcover
1809réf. 2920W. Miller 1809. Sm. 8vo. First Edition on laid paper wanting frontispiece two small ink stains on inner margin of title only neat signature on blank preliminary; very attractively bound in mid-nineteenth century half calf textured cloth boards back gilt with five raised bands morocco label speckled edges brown endpapers a remarkably crisp clean textual copy of a very scarce work. 'In almost every ordinary church yard we may see altar-monuments with the upper surface and some of the sides broken to pieces and the whole a heap of ruins even before they are fifty years old.' Godwin develops his thesis with passion with fascinating references to the array and state of monuments in St. Paul's and Westminster Abbey and an account of visits to Thetford Valle Crucis Abbey Ewelme Kenilworth Reading Abbey and the Seven Churches in Ireland. He concludes with a request for an atlas or catalogue of sepulchres along the lines of a traveller's guide to be 'of a very different measure of utility from the 'Catalogue of Gentlemen's Seats' which is now appended to the 'Book of Post-Roads through Every Part of Great Britain'. Godwin's eccentric treatise was the favourite book of his daughter Mary Shelley. Lamb writing to Coleridge termed it 'a very pretty absurd book about sepulchres'. NCBEL II 1250; Tinker 1083. W. Miller, hardcover
1836réf. 017402London: John Weale Architectural Library 1836. First Edition. . Quarter Bound. Very Good. viii. 216 pages engraved frontis. of St Paul's Cathedral. The author was one of the original members of the Institute of British Architects on its foundation in 1834. Colvin 417. Quarter bound in brown calf with grained boards gilt titling to upper board and spine. Some spotting offsetting to prelims. generally internally fine with some age toning. 828 Size: 230mm. x 150mm. John Weale Architectural Library unknown
1876réf. 5764636B.T. Batsford 1876. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. Re-bound by library. Refurbished folio. Brown cloth panels from boards of original binding secured onto newer cover. Blind borders and decoration mirrored on boards. Gilt lettering on front board and backstrip. Bevelled edges. Some general shelf wear including light fraying and some grubbiness. Interior is secure clean and clear save for a fair amount of foxing. Contains several plates. Trimmed. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item2900grams ISBN: B.T. Batsford hardcover
1895réf. 5788406Strand Newspaper Co. 1895. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. Re-bound by library. Large 8vo. Red library cloth with gilt lettering on backstrip. Pages secure. Several pages have chipping and some have tears which have been repaired. Contains numerous plates many of which fold out. Trimmed. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item3400grams ISBN: Strand Newspaper Co. hardcover
2011réf. 24122Culver City CA: Stray Dog Cafe 2011. vinyl cover softcover. truly minor signs of handling to cover negligible impact. no real flaws or wear. clean. no markings. no bumps tears creases. strong sewn binding.; this copy is boldly inscribed and signed by thom mayne on the front free endpaper and contains a follow-up letter on morphosis letterhead signed by thom mayne discussing this book.; 448pp. illustrated throughout in b/w with various colors. essays by thom mayne stan allen.; a unique copy. Signed by Author. First Edition Advance Copy . Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stray Dog Cafe Paperback
1915réf. 50325011033Richard Jackson Leeds 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Manuscript first collated in 1859 in York. Large volume with lightly marked mid-blue covers with bevelled edges gilt lettering on the spine and gilt illustration on the front cover. Lightly rubbed on edges and corners. Binding is sound. Light foxing to title-page and frontis. and a few pagges at the rear end-papers are lightly marked pages and many colour plates of arms are clean. xxiv 266 pages. No dust-jacket. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50325011033. All our books music and maps are sent by a tracked mail service. This book is heavier than 1kg and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations. Richard Jackson hardcover
2010réf. 0109923Chicago IL: The Richard Nickel Committee 2010. First edition. Hardcover. pp. 461. Heavy 4to. A few bumps to edges slight sunning to text block; very good. Dustjacket shows some curling at edges light rubbing overall surface abrasions to rear panel. Essays about the firm a catalogue raisonné including illustrated essays about each building and historical photographs and images by Nickel and his contemporaries. The Richard Nickel Committee hardcover
1908réf. 010209London: Thos. Parsons & Sons. First edition. Trade catalogue in original publisher's hard cover. Published London: Thos. Parsons & Sons 1908 8vo. 5 3/4" x 8 1/2" 130pp. illustrated with full color and b/w plates and four leaves of color samples for Parsons paints. Green cloth with gilt stamped cover design and titles. Thomas Parsons were manufacturers of varnishes Japans enamels and fine colors who began trade in the eighteenth century. Wear at the tips and spine ends else very good. Rubber stamp of trade distributor Peerless Dennis & Co. Eastbourne on title page front pastedown and verso of plates. Scarce in first edition. Only 11 copies in WorldCat. . Very Good. Hard. 1st. 1908. Thos. Parsons & Sons unknown
1906réf. 52925Philadelphia PA: Penn Metal Ceiling & Roofing Co. 1906. Oblong folio. 14 x 10.25 in. 62 pp. With over 300 woodcut-engraved text illustrations diagrams and photo illustrations. Quarter-gray cloth over limp gray embossed printed softcovers Arts & Crafts style decoration & ornamental letters in embossed raised silver & white lettering slight shelfwear still a NF copy. First edition of this scarce and lavishly illustrated catalogue of Edwardian architectural and ornamental ironwork filled with designs and illustrations for metal ceiling and side wall paneling and tiles; ornamental rock-faced stone & pressed steel brick; decorative iron awnings; galvanized steel and iron crestings cornices mouldings metallic cresting blocks ornamental finials corrugated roofing and siding weathervanes ventilators and skylights. In addition this catalogue includes an illustrated section of the necessary tools paint brushes and edging tongs required to install maintain and paint the attached metal pieces. Sagendorph 1842-1909 a Rhode Island Civil War veteran founded the Penn Metal Ceiling & Roofing Co. in 1889 and quickly became one of the largest manufacturers of corrugated iron & steel roofing galvanized pipe pressed metal ceilings and more. Sagendorph who had founded his first manufacturing company in 1869 was also a noted inventor and manufacturers securing over 100 patents for sheet metal manufacturing machinery with emphasis on his methods of corrugating metal sheets by means of rolls. Worldcat locates 3 copies Cleveland Public Hagley Univ. of Chicago; See: Penn Metal Company Seventy-fifth Penn Metal Year 1869-1944. Penn Metal Ceiling & Roofing Co., paperback
1916réf. 60068New York: Chesebro Whitman Co. Inc. East 64th St. & First Ave. 1916. Oblong 4to. 44 pp unpaginated. photo & woodcut illustrations throughout pricing for many items supplied in ink MS matching the date MS on title. Colour-illustrated sofcovers pictorial cover art of carpenters & masons working with Chesebro Whitman Co. ladders wheelbarrows scaffolding and more painters on adjustable scaffolding back cover minor edgewear rubbing minor bumping to a couple corners very small minor tear head of spine 1 small ink mark still VG copy dated on title page in ink. First edition thus of this remarkably scarce catalogue filled with the needed equipment for contractors masons painters & decorators in New York and New England. Founded originally in 1879 and later incorporated in 1904 Chesebro & Whitman specialized in portable houses portable offices and hardware such as ladders wheelbarrows painter’s swinging scaffolds as well as boat spars banner poles fire ladders skids safety railings window jacks and more. Of particular interest were their decorative copper weather vanes gilded in gold and flag poles with copper balls burnished in gilt as well and any sized eagle at short notice. The portable offices came in varying sizes and they also sold and assembled portable garages and storage sheds for explosives. No copies in Worldcat. Chesebro, Whitman Co., (Inc.), East 64th St. & First Ave., unknown
1971réf. 62225Portland OR: The Portland Chapter Inc. The American Institute of Architects 1971. Folio. 11.5 x 17 in. 108 pp unpaginated. With many colour maps aerial birds-eye photos 2 large folding over 200 photo illustrations tables diagrams. Flexible printed covers Portland population sign as front cover & cover art wire spiral binding as issued minor dustsoiling slight creasing to fore-edges still VG bright copy from the library of A. Rodney Eckerson 1930-2024 former purchasing agent for the Port of Portland. First edition of this surprisingly scarce and groundbreaking visual urban renewal report designed and written by the Portland Chapter of The American Institute of Architects as the impact of the newly constructed freeways and other renewal projects began to take effect at the end of the 1960’s. Of particular interest are the many different photographs arranged in a Ruscha-inspired effect which the AIA felt was essential for successful development planning and “not found in traffic land use or any other authorized study.” Teams of architects assistants students and photographers including Richard Lum Jim Stroup Peck Coleman and Doug Macy spread across the City of Portland to chart the impact from the precipitous drop in businesses and downtown population from 1940-1970 of nearly 60% from the city center. The photos capture the state of streets businesses advertising public buildings and housing through the Railroad Yards Burnside- Auto Strip Financial District Skid Row Broadway Theater District Old Town Portland State University and others integrated with maps and tables of physical descriptions problems to be solved and proposed solutions. See: Portland Downtown Plan Inventory & Analysis Portland City Planning Commission September 1971. The Portland Chapter, Inc., The American Institute of Architects, unknown
1998réf. 165845Madrid: El Croquis 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Double volume comprising issues No. 53 and 79. Text in Spanish and English. Fine in an about Fine dust jacket. Oversize volume shipping billed at cost. El Croquis unknown
1918réf. 12602Wien Germany: Anton Schroll & Co. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. Loose plates with card cover. One plate #3 is missing. All the rest are present & in very good to fine condition. The title page is dated 1917 but the cover which replicates the title page is dated 1918. I would assume this is the second printing of the first edition but this can only be a guess. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 76 pages . Anton Schroll & Co. hardcover
1961réf. 18764Baltimore Maryland: Evergreen House Foundation. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. 1961. First Edition. Hard Cover. Tight clean book unmarked but for "withdrawn" stamp to front pastedown estate donation; in green cloth with just slight shelfwear; clean bright unmarked text with decorated endpapers. 383 pp . Evergreen House Foundation hardcover
1919réf. 36905New York December 10 1919. 1919. 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 for mailing the edges of the letter are soiled and there is a small piece out from the top left corner. Very good. The American architect Cass Gilbert 1859-1934 was an early proponent of skyscrapers. He designed the Woolworth Building which was then the tallest building in the world. Gilbert designed numerous museums libraries and state and federal buildings including the United States Supreme Court building. Born in Zanesville Ohio he moved to St. Paul Minnesota with his family and at age 17 joined the architectural firm of Abraham M. Radcliffe. He entered MIT's architectural program in 1878. Returning to Minnesota he designed numerous buildings including the Minnesota State Capitol and St. Paul's Endicott Building. Moving to New York he was commissioned to design the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House. He went on to design the Woolworth Building the support towers for the George Washington Bridge and the U.S. Supreme Court Building among many many others. James B. Pond the American impresario and lecture agent who headed the J.B. Pond Lyceum Bureau brought the great Belgian poet Maurice Maeterlinck to America for a series of lectures. The first lecture took place at Carnegie hall on January 2nd 1920. Unfortunately Maeterlinck failed to carry out his intention to lecture in English because of his labored "phonetic" English. He declared his intention to continue his lectures in French and have the translation read by another person. As a result the lecture tour was a failure and lawsuits ensued on both sides. New York, December 10, 1919. unknown
1919réf. 36906New York December 29 1919. 1919. 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 top left corner. Very good. The American architect Cass Gilbert 1859-1934 was an early proponent of skyscrapers. He designed the Woolworth Building which was then the tallest building in the world. Gilbert designed numerous museums libraries and state and federal buildings including the United States Supreme Court building. Born in Zanesville Ohio he moved to St. Paul Minnesota with his family and at age 17 joined the architectural firm of Abraham M. Radcliffe. He entered MIT's architectural program in 1878. Returning to Minnesota he designed numerous buildings including the Minnesota State Capitol and St. Paul's Endicott Building. Moving to New York he was commissioned to design the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House. He went on to design the Woolworth Building the support towers for the George Washington Bridge and the U.S. Supreme Court Building among many many others. James B. Pond the American impresario and lecture agent who headed the J.B. Pond Lyceum Bureau brought the great Belgian poet Maurice Maeterlinck to America for a series of lectures. The first lecture took place at Carnegie hall on January 2nd 1920. Unfortunately Maeterlinck failed to carry out his intention to lecture in English because of his labored "phonetic" English. He declared his intention to continue his lectures in French and have the translation read by another person. As a result the lecture tour was a failure and lawsuits ensued on both sides. New York, December 29, 1919. unknown
réf. 22975Hardcover. Very good. Sketchbook containing 12 highly accomplished ink drawings of the interiors of different styles of homes as well as one incomplete sketch. Book measures 6.25" x 8.25" and shows moderate external wear. Internals very good with minor soiling. "Mr. A.M. Jesing" is written on the front pastedown and one drawing is dated 1909. Presumed to be English based on London stationer's label and the identification of one drawing as the staircase and hall at "Barn House" in Whitstable Kent. The artist is likely Albert Max Jesing 1870-1963 a native of Kent who worked as a maker of oak furniture. Captions include "Mission Interior" "A Stuart Bed" "Modern Interior" "German Interior" "A Modern Hall" "Corner Fitment" and "Fitment for Fire Place." Each drawing contains a wealth of detail reflecting the corresponding style of furniture decorative arts and design. hardcover
2005réf. 091521-NNew York: The Monacelli Press 2005. Book. Illus. by Various Artist. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. 1st. Edition 2005 Brown cloth hardcover in the dust jacket 248 page book . Illustrated with black & white and some color photo and illustrations . This is a rare signed only by Diane Kanner on the title page . Condition : As New Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. The Monacelli Press Hardcover
