New York: McGraw-Hill, 1935. Cloth. A clean, very sharp copy of the 1935 true 1st edition. Tight and VG+ to Near Fine in its blue cloth, with just a touchg of very mild scuffing at the panels. Octavo, 468 pgs., a classic in the field of Quantum chemistry. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. Original wraps. An all-but-pristine copy of the 1995 1st printing. Clean and Fine in its gray wrappers. Octavo, 319 pgs. More
New York: Orange Judd and Company, 1870. Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1870 1st edition. 40 pages of text, profusely illustrated with wood engravings, followed by 24 gorgeous chromolithographed plates. Several of the plates are double-page and each has an accompanying descriptive text leaf at the verso. Small folio..... More
Paris: Librairie Plon, 1937. Boards. WARMLY SIGNED BY LE CORBUSIER on the half-title. A clean, crisp copy to boot of the 1937 1st edition. Attractively re-bound in white boards (with gilt-titling along the spine) and new endsheets. Easily VG+ to Near Fine. Octavo, also includes an unprinted dustjacket (probably not..... More
London: Printed for J. Taylor, at the Architectural Library, c. 1799. Full calf. 1st edition, circa 1799. Charming "pocket library", with 60 lovely etched plates and plans, many with aquatint, all but a few with lavish hand-colouring. All plates and plans clean, sharp and very bright. Bound in an attractive..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897. Decorative Cloth. The 1897 true 1st edition of Edith Wharton's first published book, a major work in turn-of-the-century interior design. Co-written with renowned architect and interior decorator Ogden Codman, Jr. Clean, solid and VG+ in its marbled boards, with very light wear along the..... More
New York: Rainhold Publishing Corporation, 1947. Cloth. A very sharp copy of the 1947 1st American edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 23 plates supplementing Le Corbusier's text. More
Zurich: Christoph Zurcher, 1993. Magazines. The Summer of Love issue, 1993. Dual text, in both English and German. Includes contributions by/profiles of Gus Van Zant, Jenny Holzer, David Byrne, Francesco Clemente, Aldo Rossi, Duane Michals, etc. Clean and bright in its magazine-formatted, corrugated cardboard. More
Barcelona: Ediciones Poligrafa, 1970. Cloth. The 1970 1st European edition, printed in Barcelona and with text in English, Spanish, French and German. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with several small closed tears along the top-edges. Square octavo, hundreds of crisp black-and-white photos. Part of the Coleccion..... More
Potomac, MD: Self-published, 1977. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR --AND PUBLISHER-- BENGT LJUNGQUIST on the frontispiece photo of the author. A tight copy to boot of the 1977 2nd edition. Solid and VG (small name at the top of the front pastedown, small sticker {horse-related} at the front free endpaper)..... More
Westlake Village, CA: Fantagraphics Books, 1996-2000. R. Crumb. Pictorial wrappers. The full run of The Complete Crumb Comics, in 14 volums. All 14 volumes in crisp, near-pristine to pristine condition. Vols. 1-9 2nd paperback printings, Vols. 10-14 1st 1st paperback printings. Uniform quartos. Vol 1: The Early Years of Bitter..... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942. Cloth. A wonderful Association copy: FROM THE LIBRARY OF --AND SIGNED AND DATED BY-- LEGENDARY SKIDMORE, OWINGS AND MERRILL ARCHITECT GORDON BUNSHAFT. A solid, presentable copy to boot of this important wartime manifesto in city planning, written by the great Spanish architect J.L. Sert..... More
London: "The Field" Office, 1878. Decorative Cloth. The 1878 1st edition of "the first attempt at a general history and description of tennis". Also called "the most important book on real tennis published in the 19th century", Marshall's seminal history of the sport remains widely viewed as the earliest major..... More
Monchengladbach, Germany: Stadtisches Museum, 1971. Ephemera. The uncommon catalogue based on the June-August 1971 exhibition held at Stadtisches Museum, Monchengladbach, Germany. #210 of 550 copies issued. The catalogue is divided between a plastic red rose in the left compartment and 3 scrolls (the Gertrude Stein text in German on the..... More
Australia: Images Publishing, 2003. Cloth. A lovely copy of the 2003 1st Australian edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Near Fine to Fine dustjacket. Thick, tall quarto, "352 pages, with over 400 photographs and numerous plans, sections, and renderings". Designed and edited by Massimi Vignelli, photography by Robert Lautman..... More
London: Phaidon Press, 2000. Boards. A pristine copy of the 2000 1st English language edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. More
Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1975. Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1975 1st English language edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of light wear at the spine crown. Brick-sized, square octavo, crisp black-and-white and vivbid color photos throughout..... More
Tokyo: A+U (Architecture and Urbanism), 1975. Pictorial cloth. The uncommon Japanese catalogue, circa 1975 (just after Louis Kahn's death). Tight and VG+ in its pictorial white cloth. And in a decorative silver dustjacket, with drawn flourishes surrounding a simple, elegant photo of Louis Kahn teaching. Light wear along the spine..... More
The University of Tennessee Press, 1988. Cloth. A very solid copy of the 1988 stated 1st edition. Clean and VG+ in its deep-blue cloth, with 2 subtle, razor-thin cuts along the front panel. Lacking the dustjacket. Quarto, 300 pgs., including dozens of black-and-white photos. More
Tokyo: Process Architecture Company, 1991. Original wraps. An all-but-pristine copy of the 1991 1st edition. Clean and Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Tall quarto, text appears in both English and Japanese. Process: Architecture #94. More
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1971. Original wraps. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1971 1st paperback edition. Clean and Near Fine in its silver and dark pictorial wrappers. Oblong quarto, a facsmile of Soleri's original sketchbooks. More
Puerto Rico: Desarrollos Arquitectonicos, Inc., 2008. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY SEGUNDO CARDONA on the half-title. A very sharp copy to boot of the 2008 1st edition of this impressive monograph on Puerto Rican architect Segundo Cardona. Tight and Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of creasing..... More
New York: The Pencil Points Press, 1923. Decorative Boards. A crisp, tight copy of thre 1923 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its light-brown, mottled boards. Tall quarto, part of the wonderful "Pencil Points Library" More
Maracaibo, Spain: Imprenta Juvenil, 1981. Loose sheets. The 1981 1st Spanish edition. Complete in 100 loose plates (as issued), contained within the publisher's printed mustard chemise, with its original ribbon-ties. Oblong quarto, a crisp, clean, Near Fine copy. More
Kingston: Ian Randle Publishers, 2006. Cloth. The 2006 1st Jamaican edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Thick quarto, dozens and dozens of figures and table throughout. An all-but-immaculate copy. More
