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1817ref. 18398Washington: William A. Davis 1817. 8vo. 40 pp. Letters and reports of Samuel Lane Commissioner of Public Buildings Benjamin Henry Latrobe 17641820 Surveyor of the Capitol and James Hoban 17621831 Superintendent of the President's house i.e. White House concerning the rebuilding of those buildings following their partial destruction during the War of 1812. With detailed estimates of building costs. Government document: House document United States. Congress. House; 14th Congress 2nd session no. 89. Printed at head of title: "89. Shaw & Shoemaker 42720. Removed from a nonce volume. Lightly pencilled librarian's notation on title-page. Very light foxing. Very good. William A. Davis unknown books
1838ref. 18539Washington: Thomas Allen printer 1838. 8vo. 7 pp. Lists expenditures from 31 December 1837 to 1 December 1838 for repairs and construction work on public buildings in Washington D.C. describes in detail the progress of construction on the Treasury Building and Patent Office Building and also the Capitol the President's mansion and the Potomac bridge. Government document: 25th Congress 3d Session. Doc. No. 20. Ho. of Reps. Removed from a nonce volume. Ink numeral in outer margin of p. 1 and ink notation at bottom margin of p. 7. Very good. Thomas Allen, printer unknown books
1846ref. 18151Washington: Ritchie & Heiss printers 1846. 8vo. 4 pp. Printed here is Gault & Emery's contract to furnish granite coping 3 September 1846; C. Buckingham's contract to enclose the statue of Washington in the east Capitol square 7 September 1846; and John Skirving's contract to perform certain work in the north wing of the Capitol 9 September 1846. Government document: 29th Congress 2d Session. Doc. No. 14. Ho. of Reps. Removed from a nonce volume. Ink numeral at top margin of p. 1. Ritchie & Heiss, printers unknown books
1817ref. 18433Washington 1817. 8vo. 10 pp. Concerns a furnace invented by Daniel Pettibone to warm the apartments of public buildings. Includes certificates documents A B C and D attesting to the efficacy of Pettibone's stove a letter of Benjamin Henry Latrobe to Daniel Pettibone Pettibone's petition to Congress and his estimate of the costs of heating certain rooms in the Capitol. Government document: House document United States. Congress. House; 14th Congress 2nd session no. 90. Shaw & Shoemaker 42721. Removed from a nonce volume. Lightly pencilled librarian's notation on title-page. Chip out of fore-margin of pp. 9/10 not affecting text. Very good. unknown books
1817ref. 11545Washington: Pr. by William A. Davis 1817. 8vo. 5 1 pp. Contains a letter dated 28 January 1817 of Samuel Lane Commissioner of Public Buildings addressed to the Speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives with an accompanying document on p. 5 containing an estimate of expenditures required to carry out the enclosing and improving of the public square near the Capitol. "64" printed at head of title. Government document: House document United States. Congress. House; 14th Congress 2nd session no. 64. Shaw & Shoemaker 42615. Removed from a nonce volume. Title-page rubber-stamped by the War Department Library. Very good condition. Pr. by William A. Davis unknown books
1880ref. 59333No. place no date ca. 1880. Imperial folio. 72 x 495 cm. Contemp. full cloth. Titlelabel with gilt lettering on upper cover. Containing 9 double-folio plates printed in blue each measuring 70 x 94 cm. hardcover
1854ref. 48328Zürich Meyer und Zeller 1854- 1879. 4to. Contemporary halfcalf. Gilt spine gilt letterinf. Fronthinge weakening. 1. Bericht title without year: pp. 66- 100 - 2.: pp. 110- 155 - 3.: X73- 116 - 4.: 342 pp. - 5.: 4131- 188 pp. - 6.: VIII245- 320 pp. - 7.: 24692XII2 pp. - 8.: VIII58 pp. and 85 lithographed plates each with numerous illustr. 2 views complete. Siebenter berich has 2 titlepages the first: "Résultat des Recherches exécutées dans les Lacs de la Suisse Occidentale depuis l'année 1866 decrit par V. Gross F.-A. Forel et Edm. de Fellenberg". The second: "Pfahlbauten. Siebenter Bericht. Von Ferdinand Keller". A few minor brownspots internally clean.The work was published in "Mittheilungen der antiquarischen Gesellschaft in Zürich" Bde IXXIIXIIIXIV.XVXIX a. XX. The work has successively belong to three well-known Danish archaeologist: Georg Sarauw Axel Steensberg and J. Troels-Smith with their names on front free endpaper.Troels-Smith is internatonally known as one of the pioneers in Pollen Analysis especially with his work "Pollenanalytische Untersuchungen zu einigen Schweizerischen Pfahlbauproblemen" founded on his excavations on the "Pfahlbauten". First edition of this pioneer work in Swiss archaeology exposing in a long series of reports his finds in the Swiss lakes the Swiss lake Dwellings - describing the Swiss "Urbevölkerung" with their Stake Buildings and the rich finds around these in the Swiss lakes. unknown
1885ref. 633461Building News London 1885. Unframed Print. Very Good Condition. A double sheet print image area approx. 28 x 38 cms. The illustrations found in leading architectural journals of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries such as The Builder Building News and The Architect are masterpieces of visual craftsmanship. These illustrations capture the elegance intricacy and stylistic flair of the period's architecture. Rich in ornamental detail and atmospheric depth they reflect not only the buildings themselves but the artistic sensibilities and design discourse of their age. THIS IS AN ORIGINAL PAGE FROM THE JOURNAL PRINTED AT THE DATE SHOWN IN THE TITLE NOT A REPRINT OR COPY. Category: Builder & Building News; PRINTS : Buildings & Places; Unframed Prints : Old. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Building News unknown
1900ref. 250301Chicago: Illinois Theatre 1900. First edition. Hardcover. Good minus. Octavo; 45 xvi pages soiled cream cloth a.e.g. Less than six weeks after Chicago's grandest new theater the Iroquois opened it burned to the ground due to flagrant safety violations and corruption. More than 600 died in America's worst theater disaster. It resulted in new codes requiring outward-opening safety doors. This hardcover book appeared before the opening performance. It relates a history of the theatres in Chicago by Charles E. Nixon; tells why this magnificent venue was built and how with illustrations of the theatre plans and interiors and furnishings. "The Iroquois . will impress even the most superficial observer by its beauty and grandeur . The style architecturally is French renaissance which has a strong suggestion of the classic. designed by architect Benjamin H. Marshall ." Illustrated and with plates of posters and of the builders and equipment suppliers to the theatre. Illinois Theatre hardcover
1893ref. 1908200047Philadelphia : Burke & McFetridge Co 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Bound in publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering and bridge on front. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Clean unmarked pages. 108 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. All edges gilt. Numerous illustrations photographs and ads related to Philadelphia and railroads. Text includes a history of the Association; an interesting essay on the "origin and progress of architecture and building" by George W. Andrews; and an essay on "Associations as an educational factor." Illustrates a number of Philadelphia buildings and gives their architects. Philadelphia : Burke & McFetridge Co hardcover
1891ref. DEMO014105IPhiladelphia: John Y. Huber 1891. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 53 inserted portraits. Quarto 745 pages blue cloth repaired hinge some internal cracking unopened; ex libris Frank D. Kellogg. In addition to a comprehensive history this work incorporates nearly 200pp. of the Proceedings of the Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Organization of the U.S. Supreme Court. It includes the remarks by Chief Justice Melville Fuller and Justices Field & Harlan. Grover Cleveland spoke and chaired the Executive Committee. Etched portraits by Albert & Max Rosenthal. 53 inserted portraits. Author Carson became Attorney General of Pennsylvania. John Y. Huber hardcover
1866ref. 230513New York: John Wiley & Son 1866. New Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mos terra-cotta cloth bevelled edges tips of spines worn With illustrations drawn by the author. A classic work a classic study of Venice and its architecture. Illustrations on wood. John Wiley & Son hardcover
1846ref. 0008413London: Richard Bentley 1846. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Steel Engravings and woodcuts. 8vo; ix 437 pages contemporary 3/4 brown morocco marbled papers rubbed extremities tight all edges gilt 10 steel Engravings and 19 wood engravings. Nathaniel Armstrong Wells was a high-born wealthy man of mixed parentage: three-fourths European one quarter African. Richard Bentley hardcover
1888ref. 0005137Chicago: People's Publishing Co. 1888 circa. New edition. Pictorial Cloth. Good. Steel Engravings and woodcuts. 4to 649 pages recased original covers with new endpapers blue ink stain on bottom edge all edges gilt extremities worn. Uncommon. "Picturesque Ireland' is designed to embrace and present all the best and most striking features of preceding works on the subject .with hundreds of other views from recent photographs and drawings especially engraved for this work. . In this work every county in Ireland will be noticed and the remarkable features of each illustrated." Each county map is in colour. Steel Engravings and woodcuts. People's Publishing Co. hardcover
1835ref. 0009264London: John Weale Architectural Library 1835 / 1836. First edition. Good. 8vo 476 pages plates marginal tear in leaf 169/170; full polished calf extra-gilt spine extremities worn. Note: attempted collation but very complicated despite lengthy mixed-up descriptons in the text and duplicate numberes on different plates. The title-page is dated 1835; the engraved frontispiece is dated 1836; AND another third title-page is 1836 - but with a variant title !! Embracing Account and Illustrations of St. Stephen's Chapel and its Cloisters . Westminster Hall . The Court of Requests . The Painted Chamber &c &c. This work was inspired by the burning of the Houses of Parliament in 1834. It is illustrated with 48 engravings - 8 more and 100 pages more than promised to their subscribers. John Weale, Architectural Library unknown
1896ref. DEMO015047ILondon: Macmillan 1896. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 30 plates 87 engravings. Small 4to 259 pages original beige cloth partially rebacked with new endpapers Gardner was the Oxford professor of classical archeology and art. Includes pre-historic Greece the Athenian era etc. Illustrated with 30 plates 87 engravings. Macmillan hardcover
1899ref. 2104260233xbvkParis, Imprimerie Nationale - Octave Doin Éditeur, 1er Janvier 1899. XLVI, 1.176 pages; with many thousand names of all and everyone related to the French Navy and extensvie Index. - Gently gilt decorated and -titled heavy dark-green grained half-morocco binding of the period over 4 raised bands, with blind-tooled panels, all edges gilt and marbled endpapers; small-4to.(ca. 26 x 18 x 6 cm; ca. 2 kg.).
1879ref. 1007212Halle, Hendel, 1879. 4to. 8, 76 S. m. 50 Textabb., 1 gef. Taf. Neuer Hlwdbd (Titel mehrf. gestemp.).
1875ref. 2161Hamburg, Lucas Gräfe, 1875. 26 S. Brosch. d. Zt.
1856ref. NATW0722Wien, Braumüller, 1856. gr.-8°, XVII, 410 S., mit 65 Textholzschnitten, OBrosch. m. kl. Umschlagzeichnung, angestaubt, Knickspuren, berieb., winzige Fliegenspuren, Umschlag aufgebogen, etw. eselsohrig, Schnitt ungleich geschnitten, staubdunkel, etw. stockfleck. Inhalt: Bewegung und Ausfluß des Wassers. Bewegung und Ausfluß der Gase. Motoren. Wasserräder. Windräder. Dampfmaschinen. Nutzeffekt bestehender Dampfmaschinen. Anordnung von Dampfmaschinen. Schwungräder. Riemen und Seile ohne Ende. Festigkeit der Materialien. Beobachtungs-Resultate.
1897ref. 1196705Stuttgart, Neff, 1897. 4°. M. 14 (12 in Lichtdruck) Taf. u. zahlr. Abb. VIII, 551 S. OLwd. m. goldgepr. Rtit. u. Rverg.
1893ref. 1007225Münster, Schöningh, 1893. 4to. 2 Bl., 6, 113, (1) S. m. zahlr. Textabb., 105 Taf., meist in Lichtdruck, 2 Bl. OLwdbd m. Rücken- u. Vorderdeckelvergold. M. Rsign. St. a. Tit.
1880ref. 0267-05[ca. 1880]. [Album of views in Egypt]. 40 lose Orig.-Albumen-Photographien auf Kartons kasch. 21,5 x 27,5 cm. (Plattengr.). Ln.-Flügelmappe d. Zt. m. Deckelgoldprägung.
1896ref. 1197479Leipzig, Köhler, 1896. 4to. 18, 612 S. m. zahlr. Abb., 2 Farbtaf., etwa 40 Lichtdrucktaf. (davon 1 goldgetönt). OLwd (Einbd fleckig, Rücken u. Vorsätze erneuert, alter Rücken aufgezogen, einige Bl. braunfleckig).
1894ref. 1511101Jena, G. Fischer, 1889 - 1894. 4to. 40, 281, (1); 6, 81, (1) S. m. zus. 155 Abb. u. 6 Kartenskizzen, 22 Lichtdrucktaf. (Gesamtreihe Heft 19, 20 u. 5). Neuer Lwdbd m. aufgezogenem OVorderumschl. (Papier teils gebräunt, teils gelbfleckig, mehrf. gest.).
