New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1968. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY WALTER GROPIUS (IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION) on the half-title. A very solid copy to boot of the 1968 1st edition (with the correct number line). Tight and VG (small former owner presentation at the top of the front free endpaper) in a crisp, Near..... More
New York: McBride, Nast & Company, 1912. Pictorial cloth. A handsome copy of the uncommon 1912 1st edition. Clean and VG+ to Near Fine in its olive-green cloth, with light rubbing along the spine. Tiny former owner book tag to the front pastedown's top-edge, otherwise clean as could be internally..... More
Venice: Francescho Franceschi, 1568. Vellum. The 1568 1st edition in Italian, with Cosimo Bartoli's translation of 15 treatises by Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472), the Italian Renaissance architect and philosopher. Alberti covers a variety of subjects, including mathematics ("Delle piacevolezze delle Matematiche”), sculpture and painting ("Delia Statua" and "Della Pittura”), cipher..... More
New York: The Record and Guide, 1886. Boards. A handsome, well-preserved example of the uncommon 1886 3rd printing. Hitchcock cites the 1885 1st edition (Hitchcock #476) but omits this one, which is the first to include a list of New York City architects (not in the first 2 editions) AND..... More
New York: Privately Printed, 1935. Boards. The uncommon 1935 1st edition --privately printed-- of this collection of addresses and reminscences by the renowned architect Cass Gilbert (1859-1934), who designed the Woolworth Building, the St. Louis Public Library, the Detroit Public Library and the Brooklyn Army Terminal, among others. Clean and..... More
New York: Munder-Thomsen Press, 1913. Cloth. The 1913 deluxe edition plus 2 variant editions. As to the deluxe edition, 2 tipped-in color renderings of the Woolworth Building, 7 portraits and a photogravure of the building by night. Octavo, original red cloth with gilt-titles, in the publisher's cardboard box and a...... More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1976. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR HUGH STUBBINS on the front free endpaper. A very solid copy to boot of the 1976 1st edition (with the full number line present). Clean and Near Fine in a bright, VG+ dustjacket, with light fading along the spine..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1979. Cloth. SIGNED BY PHILIP JOHNSON on the half-title. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1979 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine example of the printed translucent dustjacket, with one even crease running vertically along the dustjacket's front..... More
New York: Whittlesey House (McGraw-Hill), 1938. Cloth. The 1938 1st edition of this autobiography of renowned architect Paul Starrett (1866-1957), who, incredibly, designed the Empire State Building, the Flatiron Building, the original Penn Station, the Plaza Hotel, etc. A very presentable copy to boot, IN ITS UNCOMMON PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. Solid..... More
Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1886. Edward S. Morse. Pictorial cloth. A tight, well-preserved copy of the presumed 1886 1st edition. Clean and VG+ in its wonderful navy-blue, pictorial boards, with lavish gilt-design and titling at the front panel. Inner hinges (both front and rear) starting but still perfectly solid. Internally..... More
1976. Cloth. A wonderful Association copy: WARMLY INSCRIBED BY RENOWNED ARCHITECT AND CITY PLANNER JOSEP LLUIS SERT (FORMER DEAN OF THE HARVARD GARDUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND OFFICER OF THE CIAM) TO LEGENDARY AMERICAN COMPOSER AND SONGWRITER RICHARD RODGERS (1902-1979). A clean, well-preserved copy top boot of the 1976 1st..... More
The Brooklyn Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, 1910. Printed Boards. A solid copy of the 1910 Year Book of the Brooklyn Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Clean and VG+ in its printed grey boards, with light wear along the spine base and a touch of mild..... More
London: Alec Tiranti, Ltd., 1962. Cloth. SIGNED BY RICHARD NEUTRA across the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1962 1st UK edition (originally published in Germany). Tight and VG+ (very light offsetting along the edges) in a bright, VG+ example of the pictorial dustjacket, with just..... More
Los Angeles and New York: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles/Rizzoli, 1991. Cloth. SIGNED BY ARATA ISOZAKE AND INCLUDING AN ELABORATE HALF-PAGE DRAWING IN HIS HAND. An all-but-pristine copy to boot of the catalogue based on the March-June 1991 exhibition at MOCA (Los Angeles). Clean and Fine in its..... More
Houston and New York: Rice School of Architecture/Princeton Architectural Press, 1996. Pictorial wrappers. SIGNED BY REM KOOLHAAS across the title page. An all-but-pristine copy to boot of this 1996 stated 2nd edition. Clean, tight and Near Fine to Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Octavo, edited by Sanford Kwinter. 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
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: 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
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
