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1948rif. 059208Kondon Uk: The Architectural Press 1948. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Ix 390 Pp. Green Cloth Git. First Printing Stated. Dust Jacket Priced 30S. Light Wear Minute Losses Short Tear At Bottom Of Spine Panel. The Architectural Press hardcover
1912rif. 059213Hagen / Dortmund: Fr. Wilh. Ruhfus 1912. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Mounted Plates In Color; Color And B/W Plates. Softcover2 Pp Text Remainder Is Posters Prints Ads. Very Near Fine. Per Wikipedia Emil Preetorius 1883 - 1973 Was A German Illustrator And Graphic Artist. He Is Considered One Of The Most Important Stage Designers Of The First Half Of The 20Th Century. He Studied Law Art History And Natural Sciences In Munich Berlin And Giessen Where He Was Awarded A Doctorate. He Then Attended The Munich School Of Applied Arts For A Short Time But Mainly Trained Himself As A Painter And Draftsman.1 In 1909 He Founded The School For Illustration And Book Trade In Munich Together With Paul Renner Headed The Munich Training Workshops From 1910 And Became Head Of A Class For Illustration And A Class For Stage Art At The University Of Fine Arts In Munich In 1926 At Which He Became A Professor In 1928. In 1914 Preetorius Franz Paul Glass Friedrich Heubner Carl Moos Max Schwarzer Valentin Zietara Founded The Artist Association "Die Sechs" One Of The First Artist Groups For The Marketing Of Advertising Orders Especially Posters. Preetorius Created Illustrations For Numerous Fiction Works From 1908. He Belonged To The Circle Of Friends Of Thomas Mann And Designed The Book Covers For The Novella A Man And His Dog And The 1954 Novel Confessions Of Felix Krull. Preetorius Also Designed The Cover To The First Public Issue Of Heinrich Mann's Novel The Subject 1918. Preetorius Worked For The Munich Kammerspiele From 1923. In 1932 Preetorius Became The Stage Director Of The Bayreuth Festival. In 1941 Preetorius With The Help Of Both Winifred Wagner And Heinz Tietjen Attempted To Help A Dutch Jew Who Had Been Head Of The Wagner Society Of Amsterdam But The Following Year Preetorius Was Denounced To The Gestapo As "Philo-Semitic" Or "Jew Friend". Officially His Accuser Was Dr. Gk Namely Herbert Gerigk The Head Of The Music Directorate In The Office Of The Fuhrer's Commissioner For The Supervision Of The Entire Intellectual And Ideological Training And Education Of The Nsdap Ofcs And The Co-Editor Of The Notorious Lexicon Of Jews In Music: But Preetorius Always Suspected That Someone Else Was His Real Accuser. Wieland Wagner The Oldest Son Of Siegried And Winifred And The Grandson Of The Composer Richard Wagner Had For Some Time Been Attempting To Claim What He Regarded As His Rightful Inheritance Namely The Artistic Directorship Of The Festival. Wieland Was Hitler's Favourite Of Winifred's Children And In Order To Ensure That Wieland Would One Day Become The Festival's Director Hitler Had Exempted Wieland Along With 24 Other Young Men From Military Conscription. Others That Were Considered "Divinely Blessed" Included The Tenor Peter Anders The Stage Designer Ulrich Roller And The Composer Gottfried Muller.3 Preetorius Was Briefly Held In Gestapo Detention And Interrogated His House Was Searched And His Mail Opened. It Was Discovered That Preetorius Had Been Corresponding On Friendly Terms With Jews In Holland. Preetorius Was Initially Forbidden To Work And Declared An 'Enemy Of The State' By Gauletier Paul Giesler Of Munic. Preetorius Presented A Difficult Case For The Munich Authorities: As Well As His Closeness To Winifred And Tietjen Preetorius Was Also Ranked By Hitler As One Of The Most Important Set Designers In Germany. Brigitte Hamannn Argues That The Intervention That Led To Preetorius' Reprieve Was Made By Hermann Goering Initiated By Tietjen. When The Munich Authorities Contacted Hitler Asking What To Do Wih This Enemy Of The State Hitler Played The Whole Situation Down And Decided That Preetorius Should Be Freed And That He Could Continue To Work Despite His Attitude. Preetorius However Did Not Return To Bayreuth And He Didn't Enter The Festpielhaus For Ten Years. He Always Suspected That Wieland Was The Gestapo Informer And His Real Accuser. In 1951 Preetorius Retired. From 1947 To 1961 Preetorius Was A Member Of The Bavarian Senate. Fr. Wilh. Ruhfus paperback
1979rif. 018793Zurich: Bernesto La Ripa Edition 1979. This is a very good hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket with light wear at edges and corners. SIGNED by the artist Ernest Albert Christen in ink on the colophon page and also numbered. This is the Jubilee Edition of 250 signed and numbered copies. Text in English French and German. Illusatrated in color and black & white. 11" high X 8" wide 157 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 Artist. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Bernesto La Ripa Edition Hardcover
2003rif. 111524-LThe Monacelli Press 2003. Book. Very Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. 1St. Edition 1St. Printing2003 Hardcover with the dust jacket 592 page book. This is a signed copy by Robert Stern and only with his name on the first title page scarce like this . Illustrated with color plates of his astounding work from 1999-2003. One of the leading architects in his field.Condition : Very Fine with the lightest of a corner bump. . The Monacelli Press Hardcover
1986rif. 058195Tokyo: A u Publishing 1986. First Edition . Illustrated Wrappers. Fine. 11 1/2" Tall. Color Illustrations Throughout. Nicely inscribed to a prominent SoCal real estate developer by the principals of SITE Sky Stone and Wines. A + u Publishing unknown
1922rif. 058202Philadelphia / New York: J. B. Lippincott Company / The Architectural Record Company 1922. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Frontispiece In Color 299 Illustrations. 411 Pp. Dark Blue Cloth Gilt Top Edge Gilt. First Printing. Near Fine All Gilt Brilliant No Marks Very Slight Fading To Spine Cloth Light Cracking To Less Than Half Of Gutter Between Two Front Endpapers. No Marks No Bookplates No Foxing. J. B. Lippincott Company / The Architectural Record Company hardcover
2008rif. 725664London: Phaidon Press 2008-06-23. hardcover. Very Good. 14x3x20. Two volumes in slipcase. Books both in VG condition with some rubbing to corners and small mark to spine. Slipcase is in good condition however the previous owner has inscribed 'No returns' to side of slipcase in large black letters. Slipcase has some scratches and rubbing with slight bumps to corners. Phaidon Press hardcover
1993rif. 018531CambridgeMA: Rizzoli / Harvard Graduate School of Architecture 1993. This is a fine softcover copy with virtually no wear. The spine is not creased bindiing firm. Completely clean. This is Issue 1 only of this journal which ceased publication after four issues. Edited by Darell W. Fields Kevin L. Fuller and Milton S. F. Curry. Artwork by Juarez Hernandez in color. 10" high X 8" wide 203 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Fine. Rizzoli / Harvard Graduate School of Architecture Paperback
1992rif. 725803New Haven and London: Yale University Press 1992-05-19. Second Printing. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x1x11. With plain white slipcase. Fading to D/J spine. Yale University Press hardcover
1999rif. 018563Paris: ACR Edition Internationale 1999. This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. Completely clean. This is the FRENCH text edition. Illustrated throughout in color with hundreds of photographs of these not very well known houses because being mostly private they are seldom seen. Bibliography. 11" high X 10" wide 384 pages. Large very heavy book foreign postage will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. ACR Edition Internationale Hardcover
1993rif. 058356Washington D. C.: The Preservation Press 1993. First Edition . Illustrated Boards. Fine/Fine. 11 1/4" Tall. Herbert Camburn. 56 Immaculate Pages. Illustrtaed Boards. No Inscriptions. Dj Price-Clipped And In A Protective Mylar Cover. The Preservation Press hardcover
1985rif. 018567Electa/Rizzoli 1985. This is a fine as new softcover copy with no wear at all. The spine is not creased binding firm. Completely clean. Essays by twenty-eight scholars. List of Works. Chronological bibliography. Biographical sketch. Illustrated in color and black & white. 11" high X 10" wide 319 pages. Scarce. A beautiful copy. 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 American Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Electa/Rizzoli Paperback
1982rif. 058373Hidden House Publications 1982. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good Jacket. 122 Pp. Black Pebbled Cloth. Spine Lettered In Gilt Black Textured Endpapers; Color Plates Throughout. First Printing Hardcover. Fine. Dust Jacket With Wear At Corners. Signed By Hubbell On The Title Page. Per Wikipedia James Hubbell Born 1931 Is A Visual Artist Architect Sculptor Stained-Glass Designer And Founder Of The Ilan-Lael Foundation Living In Santa Ysabel California. He Is Best Known For Designing And Building Organic-Style Structures That Have Been Referred To As "Hobbit Houses" With One Such Example Being His Collaboration With Kendrick Bangs Kellogg On The Onion House In Holualoa Hawaii. He Studied Design And Painting In 1951 For A Year At The Whitney Art School In New Haven Connecticut Until He Was Drafted Into The U.S. Army Where He Served In Korea In Headquarters Company And Troop Information Education Making Posters And Charts. After Returning From The Army He Studied Painting And Sculpture At The Cranbrook Academy Of Art In Michigan But He Did Not Graduate. Hubbell Has Produced Hand-Crafted Doors Stained-Glass Windows Gates And Sculpture Using Wood Stone Metal Glass And Clay. His Art And Architecture Have Been Installed In Homes Schools Gardens Pavilions Nature Centers Monasteries Museums And Peace Parks In California And Worldwide. His Art Studio Sits On A 40-Acre Ranch In Wynola A Community In Julian California. During The 1950S And 1960S Hubbell Used Natural Local Materials To Design Hobbit-Like Structures That Became His Family's Compound. In 2003 As A Result Of The Cedar Fire He And His Family Lost Their Home And Hubbell's Studio And Other Outbuildings Located On The Property. All Have Been Rebuilt And They Have Continued To Expand In The Years Following. Hidden House Publications hardcover
1988rif. 018576New York: Rizzoli 1988. This is a fine hardcover copy in a near fine dust jacket with virtually no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Edited by Catherine Cook. Essays by Andrei Gozak Andrei Leonidov son of Ivan Lidia Komarova Mikhail Makotinskii. Biographical sketch. Bibliography. Catalogue of extant original buildings. Illustrated in color and black & white. Standard monograph on this important Russian modernist architect. 11" square 216 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 American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Rizzoli Hardcover
1984rif. 723496USA: Princeton University Press 1984. hardcover. Good/Good. 9x2x11. Slight spotting to top edge of text block. Fading to D/J spine. Tear to edge of rear D/J and D/J spine. Princeton University Press hardcover
1986rif. 723497USA: Princeton University Press 1986. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x2x11. Fading to D/J spine. Princeton University Press hardcover
1881rif. 051524-TSt. Louis : G.I. Jones & Co. 1881. Book. Illus. by Author. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. Limited Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Limited Edition 1881 Hardcover Brown leather with gilt letters to the cover and spine with new leather spine and corners Rebound with imported end sheets 391 page book.Plus 46 plates and fold outs including schematics and photographs . Frontispiece photograph of the bridge in 1880. This is the first bridge to span the Mississippi River and still stands today . A engineering marvel by the engineer James Buchanan Eads 1820 - 1887 .This copy was presented by the author and engineering professor and dean of engining at Washing University in St. Louis Calvin Milton Woodward 1837 - 1914 . Laid in is a signed note by Mr. Woodward to : " Friend Moody - I send a copy of the "Book" for you to examine. Yrs. C.M. Woodward Jan. 24/82 along with a typed note tipped in This book is the property of Irwin T. Johnson . It was originally given to my grandfather Chas.D. Moody by the author. Please handle with care. s/Irwin D. Thompson . Charles D. Moody was a civil engineer and patent attorney of Webster Groves Missouri. Title page bears the inscription " For Irwin Twining Johnson From KatherT. Moody 1937. A Very Rare Book on Bridge Construction and with a note signed by the author . Condition : Very Good A complete and professionally rebound copy . . G.I. Jones & Co. Hardcover
1925rif. 057464Seismological Society Of America 1925. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 20 Pp. Offprint In Publisher's Wrappers. Near Fine No Wear Just Some Browning. Seismological Society Of America paperback
2017rif. 548099Tokyo: Toto Publishing Ltd 2017. Pocket sized paperback in very good condition. An interview with Sou Fujimoto by Noriko Takiguchi. Light shelf wear only to the covers. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Paperback. Very Good. Used. Toto Publishing Ltd Paperback
1954rif. 057503San Francisco: Division Of Mines Department Of Natural Resources State Of California / Museum Oassociation Los Angeles County Museum 1954. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. Photographs Drawings. Pp 5-10 In Blue Card Covers Near Fine. Division Of Mines, Department Of Natural Resources, State Of California / Museum Oassociation, Los Angeles County Museum paperback
2014rif. 018262Palm Springs CA : Palm Springs Art Museum 2014. This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. Completely clean no marks. This monograph was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Palm Springs Art Museum from November 9 2014 to February 22 2015. Emerson Stewart Williams 1909- 2005 was born into a family of architects his father first being asked to design a commercial shopping center in Palm Springs in the 1930's. E. Stewart Williams was in Raymond Loewy's office during the late 1930's and worked on the 1939 New York World's Fair. His first residential commission in 1947 in Palm Springs for Frank Sinatra was a ranch house style similar to work being done by Richard Neutra and Albert Frey in the Palm Springs area. Essays by Lauren Weiss Bricker Elizabeth Edwards Harris Erin Hyman Vilker M. Welter Sidney Williams and Wim de Wit. Project List. Bibliography. Illustrated in black & white with many vintage photographs also color. 11" high X 12" wide 209 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. Fine/Fine. Palm Springs Art Museum, Hardcover
1999rif. 018306Madrid: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia 1999. This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean. Text in English and Spanish. This catalog presents the architectural competition for the expansion of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in 1999. Includes entries by Jean Nouvel Dominique Perrault Navarro Baldeweg Asociados Mansilla Tunon Arquitectos Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos Guillermo Vazquez Consuegra Zaha Hadid Tadao Ando Manuel de las Casas Enric Miralles Benedetta Tagliabue Arquitectes David Chipperfield Architects and Santiago Calatrava. The winning entry was by Jean Nouvel. Illustrated throughout in color and black & white with photographs architectural models elevations site plans details etc. 13" high X 10" wide 140 pages. Large heavy book foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and shipped with tracking. Soft Cover. Fine. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Paperback
2003rif. 723974China: Gaia Books Ltd 2003. paperback. Good/No D/J as Published. 12x9x1. Chinese Edition. Corners of boards bumped with bottom corner of pages a little bumped. Slight fading to spine. Gaia Books Ltd paperback
1921rif. 035598International Textbook Co.; 1921. Part I: THE FIVE ORDERS: 46 pages with plans in back of book. Part II second edition is stated: ARCHES AND VAULTS; ROODS AND DOMES; DOORS AND WINDOWS; WALLS AND CEILINGS; STEPS AND STAIRCASES. 52 pages plans in back of book. 2 Volumes blue cloth covers. VERY GOOD- OVERALL. Volume I binding is cracked some wear at the spine edges and corners of books. . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jackets Present. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. International Textbook Co.; Hardcover
1929rif. 035600NY and London: Jacobson & Co.: 1929. 254 full page b&w photos and line drawings. "In recreating notable examples of the work of these master craftsmen we have always felt it our duty first to choose with taste and discrimination the models to follow and then to reproduce so faithfully the detail and spirit of the original designs as to make it difficult to differentiate between replicas and originals." VERY GOOD- HARDCOVER green cloth covers. Lower corner of front cover bumped but does not affect pages. Binding is tight. Overall a nice clean tight copy. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket Present. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Jacobson & Co.: Hardcover
