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1991ref. 13300Stockholm Sweden: Swedish Council for Building Research 1991. First Edition. Paperback. Good/No Dust Jacket. 9.50 x 6.50 x 0.40 inches. For sale is the very rare Volume 4 of the Healthy buildings '88 conference containing the Conclusions and recommendations or healthier buildings. This softcover ex-library book is otherwise in Very Good condition. The covers are in good shape with only light shelf wear and a bit of peeling at the head of the spine. The binding is square and tight. The interior pages are clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. The book will be carefully packaged for shipment for protection from the elements. An electronic tracking number issued free of charge. Swedish Council for Building Research paperback
1985ref. 4924Valdivia Chile: Kultrun 1985. First edition. Softcover. Good. Square quarto white portfolio Twelve photographic plates by Matthews: studies of the churches of Chiloe an island of 8000 kilometres off the coast of Chile. Kultrun paperback
1903ref. 240651Chicago: Iroquois Theatre Thomas J. Noonan 1903 . First edition. Hardcover. Good minus. 8vo 93 pages variant red cloth all edges gilt covers lightly stained lower corner of rear cover a bit "chewed". Scarce Less than six weeks after Chicago's grandest new theater 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. Iroquois Theatre, Thomas J. Noonan hardcover
1992ref. 257848PN. New. 1992. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition . PN paperback
1957ref. 181Milan: Silvana 1957. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. 4to 218 pages cloth; tears to dj one chip at rear; lacks slipcase. Quadri-lingual text of the work of this architecturally-trained designer of graphic designs and industrial exhibitions. Fully illustrated. Silvana hardcover
2000ref. 006850Dublin Ireland: O'Brien Pr 2000. 288pp/illus. 1st printing. A collection of 132 of the finest drawings by Austin Cooper 1759-1830 of Irelands architectural heritage. 288 pp with illustrations throughout. Illustrated end-papers. Clean. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. O'Brien Pr hardcover
1979ref. 007657Washington D.C: Smithsonian Inst Pr 1979. 517pp/illus. Signed by author on dedication page. An extensive sampling of the important vanished buildings of Washington documented in text and photographs. Brown cloth binding with gilt stamping. DJ has edgewear. Text clean. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Smithsonian Inst Pr Hardcover
1962ref. BOOKS008196viii162p with 216 plates and index. Quarto 11" x 8 1/2" issued in beige cloth with black label and gilt lettering to spine. Limited to 3000 copies. Instituto de Investagaciones Estetecas Number 2. 2d edition. In 1939 the National University of Mexico UNAM published the book entitled Paseos Coloniales written by the great colonial art specialist Manuel Toussaint founder of the chair of colonial art and the Institute of Aesthetic Research at the UNAM. The book is in the words of the author a "…mosaic of articles written over twenty years". It consists of nineteen articles that serve as a "guide" for " visiting monuments a city or a part of history" from the comfort of your home or your library. The work is not of the academic caliber of some of his other works on Colonial Painting and Art but it provides information on the "discoveries" in an interesting and charming way full of emotion and youthful enthusiasm. Condition: Tape stain on front end paper. Jacket edge wear with some tears and chips lightly soiled and stained. A very good copy in like jacket. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM) hardcover
1928ref. 0006337Stuttgart: Verlag Wedekind & Co. 1928. First edition. portfolio. Very Good. Tall quarto 164 pages grey cloth soiled This work focusses on new design work in Germany Austria Switzerland Belgium and Holland in 1927 which arose from the "Die Wohnung" exhibition which promoted new materials and new construction methods. It also supported new work by interior designers. All of it influenced by the Bauhaus. Verlag Wedekind & Co. unknown
1905ref. DEMO006838IPeoria: J. M. Franks & Sons ca.1905. First edition. stapled wrappers. Very Good. many photos. 4to unpaged 34 x 25 cm. grey decorated stapled wraps trifling wrinkling with hint of damp to bottom margin short tear to first leaf. WorldCat cites only two copies. Rare. "A prosperous modern and thriving city of 80000 population destined to become a city of 125000 within the next ten years." Cover page features decorative motifs and borders with ornate black and orange type. Photomechanical reproductions of photographs of Peoria with accompanying text "The Advantages of Peoria Illinois." Includes images of the court house bird's eye view landscape city hall hotels churches public buildings college buildings scenes of Bradley and Glen Oak parks Illinois river and Soldier's monument. J. M. Franks & Sons unknown
1995ref. 4911Bangkok Thailand: S D I Publications / Bruce Miller 1995 . Limited Facsimile edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Quartos cloth in fine publisher's slipcase. Note: the shipping weight is estimated at 20 lbs / 9 kg so it will require an additional fee at cost. Copy no. 826 of 999 copies. This 3-volume boxed set reprints Part 2 of the MEMOIRES ARCHEOLOGIQUES of the L'Ecole Francaise d'Extreme-Orient originally published at Paris 1929 ff. These volumes cover architecture sculpture and bas-reliefs. With hundreds of plates illustrations. Text in French. Printed on paper meant to withstand heavy library usage. A number of the sculptures were destroyed since the French did these surveys in the Twenties. S D I Publications / Bruce Miller hardcover
1928ref. 0006338Stuttgart: Verlag Wedekind & Co. 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Tall quarto 196 pages clothbacked boards numbered paper sticker on front free endpaper pictorial top cover stained. Very Rare - Worldcat lists only one copy in the U.S.A. This work focusses on new design work in Germany Austria Switzerland Belgium and Holland in 1927 which arose from the "Die Wohnung" exhibition which promoted new materials and new construction methods. This is the book that demonstrates and describes the new construction methods and techniques for the innovative designs. All of it influenced by the Bauhaus. Laid in is a Typed Letter Signed - apparently by Feifel - on Albert Feifel Architekt letterhead and dated 11 March 1928. Verlag Wedekind & Co. hardcover
1988ref. DEMO011166IChicago: Olendorf Graphics 1988 . First edition. Hardcover. fine /fine. Bill OLENDORF. Oblong 8vo 141 pages pictorial white cloth. Dean Foods variant: distributed for Dean Foods Company with hand-pulled serigraph print limited and signed by Olendorf. Olendorf's sketches were made with Bic metal0tipped pens. Olendorf Graphics hardcover
1985ref. 003336Chicago: The University of Chicago Press 1985. Later printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Quarto 354 pages cloth Autographed " For Bob . with respect gratitude / and delight that we / have come to know each / other . / Franz Schulze / 1986". The University of Chicago Press, hardcover
1912ref. 0008892Chicago Plan Commission 1912. First edition. Octavo. Good. Jules Guerin maps photos. Small 4to 147 pages tawny cloth some soiling This is an abridged presentation of Burnham's PLAN OF CHICAGO for the use of the Chicago schools and a very useful study. It is also a puff piece. The first sentence proclaims "Chicago is destined to become the center of the modern world if the opportunities in her reach are intelligently realized and if the city can receive a sufficient supply of trained and enlightened citizens." With Jules Guerin illustrations and questions for study. Maps photos. Chicago Plan Commission unknown
1929ref. 0008568Praha: Nakladatele Kvasnicka a Hampl 1929. First edition. Good. 4to 36 pages plus plates for 615 photographs in its original rehinged pictorial cloth portfolio light wear to some plates. Note: will require higher shipping fee due to weight. Introduction and legends on plates also in English French and German. The 615 photos of interiors exteriors and rrelated landscapes are primarily printed three to a leaf or two but with a dozen or more singles. Nakladatele Kvasnicka a Hampl hardcover
1998ref. 24032Benson Company of Portland Oregon 1998. HardbackNODJ ISSUED 1998 1st Ediiton Limited 3500 Copies Oversized Grey cloth with Silver Building Designs on front Fine Condition NOJACKET No Date Publ. Includes Buildings 777 Tower Los Angeles World Trade Center Portland OR Walt Disney Feature AnimationBurbank California Alcoa World Headquarters Pittsburgh PA One North Franklin Chicago Grand 50 Tower in Taiwan 10 Universal City Tower CA First Hawaiian Bank Headquarters in Honolulu Arco Tower in Dallas Microsoft Corp in Seattle Springleaf Tower in Singapore ETC Alcoa World Headquarters Building was in Planning Stages at Publ. includes Architects Kohn Pedersen Fox Skidmore Owings & Merrill William L. Pereira Audill Rowlett & Scott Jose Carlos De Goyneche ETC & Contractors Al Cohen Morse Diesel J. W. Bateson H. A. Andersen ETC. First Edition. Hard Cover. Benson Company of Portland, Oregon hardcover
1929ref. 1511096Neubrandenburg, Brünslow, 1929. 4to. 1 Bl., 14, 296; 337, (3) S. m. 516 Abb., 9 Taf. (davon 8 in Lichtdruck), 1 gefalt. u. getönter Stadtplan, sep. 1 mehrf. gefalt. farbige Karte in Lasche. Illustr. Neuer Lwdbd m. aufgezogenem OVorderumschl.
1911ref. 2403290090xbvkParis, Imprimerie Nationale - Octave Doin Éditeur, 1er Janvier 1911. LII, 1.170 pages; with many thousand names of all and everyone related to the French Navy and extensvie Index. - Richly gilt decorated and -titled heavy red grained full-morocco binding of the period over 4 raised bands, all edges gilt and moirée-silk covered endpapers; small-4to.(ca. 26 x 18 x 7 cm; ca. 2 kg.).
1905ref. 2403290089xbvkParis, Imprimerie Nationale - Octave Doin Éditeur, 1er Janvier 1905. LII, 1.188 pages; with many thousand names of all and everyone related to the French Navy and extensvie Index. - Richly gilt decorated and -titled heavy red grained full-morocco binding of the period over 4 raised bands, all edges gilt and moirée-silk covered endpapers; small-4to.(ca. 26 x 18 x 6 cm; ca. 2 kg.).
1910ref. 1129143Münster, Schöningh, 1910. 4to. 4 Bl., 26 S. m. 18 Abb. im Text u. auf 6 Taf., 3 Karten. OBr. (unaufgeschnitten).
1904ref. TECH0189Lpz., Weber 1904. kl.-8°, 2 Vlgsanz., XII, 414 S., 15(1) S. Vlgsanz., mit 260 in den Text gedr. Abb., ill. OLn., leicht berieben, Et. auf Buchrü. u. vord. Innendeckel, Inst.-Stemp. auf Innentit., "Ausgereiht"-Stemp. am vord. Innendeckel, Rotschn., altersbed. schwach gebr.
2000ref. 22053teNeues Verlag GmbH + Co KG, 2000. 400 Seiten Taschenbuch
1989ref. 20093ABEdinburgh, Mainstream Publ. Co., 1989. 25 cm. 192 S. mit zahlr. Abb. und Strichzeichnungen, 8 Farbtafeln mit 14 Abb. Original Pappband (Hardcover), Fadenheftung. Rücken am Fuß etwas bestoßen, Seiten minimal lichtrandig. Sonst sehr gepflegtes Exemplar.
1941ref. 5223Rembrandt Verlag, Berlin, 1941. 207(1) S., OLn, Folio, mit 164 Abbildungen. Fotos u.a. von Renger. Reihe: Die Kunstbücher des Volkes Band 35. Ordentliches Exemplar.Anflug von Stockflecken auf den Vorsätzen. Good copy. 1. Auflage
