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1854ref. 189965Washington D. C.: A.O.P. Nicholson Printer 1854. Hardcover. Good heavy shelfwear to covers cloth spine torn foxing spots and age toning. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering textured stamped design; unpaginated 44 maps and plans many of them folded. Contents: Illustrations accompanying the report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office -- Illustrations accompanying the report of the Commissioner of Public Buildings -- Illustration accompanying the report on the National Hospital for the Insane -- Illustrations accompanying the report of the Colonel of Topographical Engineers -- Illustration accompanying the report of the Chief of Ordnance and Hydrography. "December 4 1854. Read and ordered to be printed; and that 10000 copies in addition to the usual number be printed for the use of the Senate."- title page. A.O.P. Nicholson, Printer 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
1991A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 326 pages. 7 7/8"w x 10 1/4"h. Many b&w photos. "Today's suburban metropolitandevelopment of single-family homes, shopping centers, corporate offices, and roadway systems constitues what Peter Rowe calls a 'middle landscape' between the city and the country. Looking closely at suburban America in terms of design and physical planning, Rowe builds a cae for a new way of seeing and building suburbia--complete with theoretical underpinning sand a basis for design."
1960128p. Illustrated with numerous photographs and architectural designs. Small 4to. Original full cloth backed binding. The Masters of World Architecture Series. ARCH 2
1978Folio, 241p., illus Paperback Very good condition
2001ref. 26618NY: Verso. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 1859846459 . Black and white photographs. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Verso hardcover books
1986Book 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. 214 pages with map, b&w photos throughout of exteriors, interiors, a garden or two. Contents include St. George's, St. Giles, St James, St. John's St. Annes, Holy Trinity, Brompton, All Saints, St. Dunstans, and more than 90 individual churches.
ref. 133195620X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 0265235723.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1992A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Includes 40 ink drawings. Slight wear to cover.
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.
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
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.
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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."
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
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
1977ref. 14739Dowden Hutchinson & Ross 1977 hardback book and dust jacket in near fine condition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross hardcover
1931355p., illus. Hardcover Good condition, spine faded, top of spine chipped
