New York: Harper & Brothers, 1932. Cloth. SIGNED BY PAUL FRANKL on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1932 stated 1st edition. Tight and VG to VG+ in its denim-blue cloth, with very light chipping and creasing along the spine label. Otherwise very sharp and..... More
Board of Estimate and Appointment, City of New York, 1913. Cloth. The uncommon 1913 1st edition. Solid and VG in its red cloth, with a small, mostly-peeled spine label (a private library label?) and just a touch of light soiling to the panels. Thick quarto, dozens of plates and charts..... More
New York: Architectural Book Publishing Co., 1936. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY WERNER HEGEMANN TO IRVING LEHMANN, THE CHIEF JUDGE OF THE NEW YORK COURT OF APPEALS (1940-1945) on the front free endpaper. A presentable copy to boot of the 1936 1st edition of the first volume (of this 3 volume opus..... More
Decorative Cloth. Interesting album (7" wide x 5" tall) of 24 hand-colored mounted photographs. Set in late 19th century Japan, bound in decorative brown cloth in a concertina/accordion style. Sepia-toned portraits, enlivened by splashes of red, green and purple. On the front pastedown printed date and name: "April 11, 1887..... More
Vienna: OsterReichischen Werkbund, 1930. Decorative Wrappers. ANDY WARHOL'S COPY (!!), WITH HIS PERSONAL BOOKPLATE AFFIXED TO THE LOWER FRONT PASTEDOWN. A solid copy to boot of this 1930 festschrift (or tribute) to the 60th birthday of Josef Hoffmann, the great Austrian designer and architect, who was one of the founders..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. Boards. A true collector's copy of the 1975 stated 1st edition (with the correct requisite letter code). SIGNED IN FULL BY ANDY WARHOL, ALSO INITIALED BY HIM AND FEATURING A DISTINCT SOUP CAN, LABELED "CAMPBELL'S SOUP" IN HIS HAND. A gorgeous copy to boot..... More
San Francisco: World Trade Center Authority, 1945. Pictorial boards. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY LELAND CUTLER, CHAIRMAN OF THE SAN FRANCISCO WORLD TRADE CENTER AUTHORITY, on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1945 1st edition. Tight and VG in its light-blue boards, with mild scuffing to the..... More
New York: Riverhead Books, 2004. Laminate boards. BOLDLY SIGNED BY DANIEL LIBESKIND across the title page. A pristine copy to boot of the 2004 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Octavo, generous color photos supplementing the text. More
Frankfurt am Main: Englert & Schlosser, 1930. Printed wrappers. A solid, well-preserved copy of the 1930 1st edition. Crisp and VG in its dark pictorial wrappers, with the text --along each verso-- in German, French and English. Also, "this edition contains at the end a short summary of the esays..... More
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1972. Pictorial cloth. The 1972 1st edition, in its printed glassine dustjacket. Tight and Near Fine in a perfectly serviceable, VG- example of the fragile dustjacket, with a 3" chip at the front panel's upper tip and light loss --with small closed tears and minor..... More
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1972. Pictorial cloth. A crisp, clean copy of the 1972 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its slate-grey cloth, with bright gilt-titling and photographic inlay at the front panel. Minor bumping to the spine crown, otherwise very sharp. Folio, lacking its printed glassine dustjacket..... More
New York: Chrysler Tower Corporation, 1930. Suede. A handsome copy of this 1930 celebration of the Chrysler Building. Tight and VG+ in its dark suede wrappers, with a dramatic silver relief of the Art Deco masterpiece itself adorning the front cover. Light spotting to the title page and along a...... More
New York: Cupples & Leon, 1916. Johnny Gruelle. Pictorial boards. (GRUELLE,JOHNNY) illus. MOTHER GOOSE GIFT BOX: THREE "ALL ABOUT" BOOKS BY GRUELLE. NY: Cupples & Leon (1916). The box has a pictorial label and measures 4 1/2 x 6" and except for slight soil is in Near Fine condition. Inside..... More
Milan: Edizioni Futuriste di "Poesia" 1916. Printed wrappers. The 1916 1st edition in book form --in its native Italian-- of this manifesto by Italian Futurist painter, composer and builder of experimental musical instruments Luigi Russolo (1885-1947). Solid and VG+ in its printed wrappers, with light spotting at the pastedowns and..... More
Haifa, Palestine: E. Marcus, 1946. Pictorial wrappers. Uncommon 1946 1st edition. Solid and VG- to VG in its beige pictorial wrappers, with light soiling to the front panel and spotting along the rear panel. Octavo, nicely illustrated throughout, with multi-colored designs and plans. More
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1929. Pictorial wrappers. The catalogue based on the February-March 1929 exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The February 1929 1st edition. Solid and VG in its light-green, pictoial wrappers, with a bit of mild soiling to the panels. More
New York: Shumway & Beattie, 1908. Cloth. The uncommon 1908 1st edition of this fascinating history of the construction of the Singer Building in New York, a Beaux-Arts masterpiece located at Liberty St. and Broadway in the Financial District. One of Manhattan's early skycrapers, construction was completed in 1908 when..... More
Verlag M. Munk, 1922. Rosa. Pictorial boards. A lovely copy of Ernst Roenau's retelling of "A Thousand and One Nights", circa 1922 and brilliantly illustrated in Art Nouveau flourishes by Rosa. Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial beige boards, with 10 tipped-in, full-page color illustrations complementing Roenau's text. Tall..... More
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1963. Cloth. A solid copy of the 1963 1st American edition (translated from its original German by Ernst van Haagen). Tight and Near Fine (light spotting along the fore-edge and bottom-edge) in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket, with a touch of light..... More
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1972. Pictorial cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY ROBERT VENTURI (AND SIGNING ALSO FOR HIS PARTNER DENISE BROWN) on the front free endpaper. A solid, well-preserved copy to boot of the 1972 1st edition of this seminal manifesto in urban planning. Clean and Near Fine in a...... More
New York: George Braziller, 1962. Cloth. A lovely copy of the 1962 1st American edition, with the two original color lithographs especially prepared by Chagall for this edition, and numerous beautiful color reproductions beyond. Tight and Near Fine in a clean, Near Fine example of the publisher's unprinted mylar dustjacket..... More
New York: Farrar , Straus and Young, 1951. Boards. INSCRIBED BY SHIRLEY JACKSON (IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION) TO BARNARD PROFESSOR HELEN BAILEY on the front free endpaper. A solid, very presentable copy to boot of the 1951 1st edition of Jackson' first gothic tale and only second novel. Tight and VG+ to..... More
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1963. Boards. A perfectly presentable copy of the 1963 1st American edition (translated from its original French by Xan Fielding). Solid and VG (light staining along the pastedown and endpaper top-edges, mild staining at the top-edge) in a crisp, price-intact ($4.50), VG dustjacket, with light..... More
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1941. Patterned Cloth. THE 1941 SIGNED/LIMITED AND STATED 1ST EDITION. #248 OF 500 COPIES SIGNED BY REUBEN FINE at the limitation. A very solid copy to boot: Tight and VG+ to Near Fine in its patterned crimson cloth, with just a touch of light spotting to the..... More
