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1980A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Small tears and edge wear to dust jacket. 10 7/8"w x 8 1/2"h. 212 pages.
ref. 03240085.28C2Good. Volume XL: Part II. DJ heavily worn with chips tears and loss to edges. Boards show light shelf and corner wear; binding intact. Text shows occasional pencil marginalia but appears clean otherwise. hardcover
1997Book is in excellent condition, as new in 1/4 blue cloth covers. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 354 pages with b&w illustrations throughout, floor plans, elevations, architectural detail.
1991A book with a tight binding. Some highlighting-- see photo. Crease on cover. Previous owner's label inside. Oblong format: 11"w x 8 1/2"h. 152 pages. Many b&w and color photos.
ref. 0364497092.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 0259031399.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1965ref. ZB394226National Council for Historic Sites and Buildings 1965-1995. volumes 17-47 all complete volumes lacking volume 38; partly bound library markings textually clean & tight price is for the set. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. National Council for Historic Sites and Buildings unknown
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
1931355p., illus. Hardcover Good condition, spine faded, top of spine chipped
1977ref. 14739Dowden Hutchinson & Ross 1977 hardback book and dust jacket in near fine condition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross hardcover
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
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
1976A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Previous owner's name inside. 64 pages. 8 1/4"w x 10 7/8"h. "This handbook is intended to complement the present thematic exhibition, Decline and Fall: The Architecture of Kingston and Frontenac County."
1975A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 192 pages. 4 1/4"w x 7"h. Black and white line drawings by James Meyers.
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
1982Text is in Japanese. 236 pages with a great many, often several per page, b&w photos taken in Japan very soon after the A-bomb explosions, both of survivors and their injuries and structural damage of all kinds, including close-ups of beams, trees, bridges, railroad tracks, etc. with maps specifying location of the adjacent photos. Many burn victims, many of which are children. Includes worn, folded and torn (1/2 page) 4-page fold-out photo of ground zero and surrounding city to mountains in the distance: totally decimated, a landscape of scorched rubble. Ex-library book with usual marks, stamps, etc. Library binding is solid with bent corners and text/interior is marked on a few pages with script in Japanese -- otherwise clean . A rare historical document. Publication information requires translation.
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
2002Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 295 pages with sections on Victoria and school days, Teignmouth, Eli Harrison, Tom pool murder, Eastern Thakur, Parliament buildings, etc.
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
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
1990Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 143 pages, book concerns firm of Howe, Manning and Almy, designers of over 500 projects, producing sturdy, comfortable and adaptable buildings. designers of the first low-income public housing in Boston.
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
1987Book is in excellent condition with some price sticker residue on front. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 64 pages with b&w and color illustrations throughout.
1992A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Includes 40 ink drawings. Slight wear to cover.
ref. 133195620X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback