Paris: F. Contet, Editeur D'Art, 1920. Decorative Cloth. The 1920 3rd edition of this very impressive portfolio, in 4 volumes. Each volume altogether intact, with dozens of clean, loose plates (many gravures, etchings and high-quality line drawings among them). Navy-blue cloth spines (with mostly-bright gilt lettering), attractive marbled boards. Each..... More
Milan: Electa, 1993. Original Wraps. First Edition. Lotus International: Quarterly Architectural Review. Lotus 89--"The Irvine Company's Proposals for Newport Coast in Orange County, California". Dual text, in both Englaish and Italian. A bright, Fine copy in its original pictorial wrappers. Square quarto, 131 pgs. More
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1962. Cloth. A solid copy of the 1962 1st edition. Tight and VG in its oatmeal cloth, with light soiling to the panels. Oblong quarto, crisp black-and-white reproductions throughout. More
New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1990. 1st. Cloth. A very sharp copy of the 1990 1st edition. Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Quarto, 351 pgs. Edited by Karen Vogel Nichols, Patrick J. Burke and Caroline Hancock. Essays by Robert Maxwell and Christian Norberg-Schulz. More
Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2010. 1st. Hardcover. A pristine copy of the 2010 1st edition. Tight and Fine in its pictorial boards. Octavo, 316 pgs., coincides with the exhibition "Rising Currents: Projects for New York's Waterfront" More
New York: Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates, 1995. Ephemera. A set of actual blueprints --marked in the interior by one or more of the architects-- of the 1995 renovations to "Windows of the World", the internationally famous restaurant gracing the 106th floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center..... More
Lenna Tyler Cast, 1985. Original Wraps. Handsome 3 Vol. set on architectural ornament and design. All volumes 1st editions (1985 and 1989 respectively), all volumes clean and Near Fine in their gilt-decorated, navy-blue wrappers and spiral bindings. Tall quartos, line-drawn and pictorial plates thruout. Vol 1: Ornament in History: A...... More
New York: Rizzoli, 1985. Pictorial boards. SIGNED BY PHILIP JOHNSON on the front free endpaper. An immaculate copy to boot of the 1985 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Tall quarto, bright color reproductions throughout. More
Chicago: The Radford Architectural Company, 1913. Pictorial cloth. Handsome copy of the 1913 1st edition. Solid and VG+ in its light-green, pictorial cloth, with light wear along the rear panel's fore-edge. Forner owner bookplate at the front free endpaper, otherwise clean as could be internally. Quarto, dozens and dozens of..... More
New York: Cooper Union School of Architecture, 1976. Original Wraps. First Thus. Nicely-designed 1976 catalogue based on the October 1976 exhibit at the Cooper Union School of Architecture. 9 loose plates housed inside publisher's printed chemise. Solid and VG, with very light pocking to the front panel. Square 16mo, handsomely..... More
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1960. Cloth. The 1960 2nd printing. Clean and VG in a bright, price-intact, VG- dustjacket, with several closed tears and creasing along the front panel edges and light soiling to the rear panel. Still though, a perfectly presentable copy. Oblong quarto, 240 pgs. Vol. II..... More
Los Angeles: UCLA Art Galleries, 1959. Original wraps. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY RICHARD NEUTRA TO FREDERICK WIGHT, WHO HERE CONTRIBUTES A LONG, THOUGHTFUL PIECE ON NEUTRA ("Richard Neutra -- His Philosophy of Design"). A crisp, sharp copy to boot of the catalogue based on the 1959 exhibition at Los Angeles's UCLA..... More
Self-published. 1st. Original Wraps. A handsome copy of this architectural prospectus from the early 1980s. Also includes a 1 pg. ALS from Richard Snibbe thanking a patron for her early support and referring to this, "my first brochure in private practice". The brochure itself is bright and VG+ in its..... More
London, Paris, New York: "The Studio" Ltd., 1912. Decorative Cloth. First Thus. A nice copy of the 1912 edition of The Studio Year Book, an impressive annual of the decorative arts scene in Europe. The 1912 edition focuses exclusively on Great Britain, Germany, Austria and Hungary. Architecture, decoration, furniture, stained..... More
London: The Athlone Press, 1983. Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1983 1st edition. Clean and VG+ in a bright, VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, 318 pgs. of text plus 108 pgs. of plates. Fold-out map to rear pastedown, elegant armorial bookplate to front pastedown. More
London: The Athlone Press, 1966. Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1966 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, 599 pgs. of text plus 139 pgs. of plates. Fold-out map to rear pastedown pocket, elegant armorial bookplate to front pastedown. More
London: The Athlone Press, 1970. Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1970 1st edition. Clean and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, 132 pgs. of text plus 68 pgs. of plates. Elegant armorial bookplate to front pastedown. More
Cambridge University Press, 1955. Decorative Cloth. First Thus. The 1955 Cambridge University Press re-issue, with 8 drawings by Gordon Cullen. Limited to 500 copies. Bright and VG+ in its marbled boards, with light foxing at the preliminaries. Oblong quarto, 35 pgs. A handsome production, issued at Christmas 1955 as a...... More
Washington, D.C. United States Government Printing Office, 1932. Decorative Cloth. A very handsome copy of the 1932 1st edition. Solid and VG+ (with wonderful gilt-design at the front panel and spine) in a well-preserved, Near Fine example of the uncommon pictorial dustjacket. Thick quarto, 736 pgs. "Senate Document No. 332..... More
Amsterdam: De Hoogebrug, 1921. Decorative Cloth. The 4th year, 3rd issue of this very high-quality art monthly published out of Amsterdam just after World War I. Wendingen: An Illustrated Magazine of the Arts of "Architectura et Amicitia". "This number is dedicated to the East-Asiatic Art of the collection "Petrucci" in..... More
New York: The Pencil Points Press, 1929. Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1929 1st edition. Solid and VG to VG+ in its duotone cloth, with a touch of light scratching at the front panel. Elegant former owner bookplate to the front pastedown, otherwise clean as could be internally. Folio..... More
AIA / T-Square Club of Philadelphia, 1922. Decorative Cloth. A solid copy of the 1922 1st edition. Tight and VG in its beige boards, with light wear to the spine and very light soiling at the rear panel. Quarto, 256 pgs., including the last 40 or so pgs. of wonderful..... More
RosettaBooks, 2019. Boards. A pristine copy of the 2019 stated 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Quarto, also includes a laid-in piece of paper the author, Eugene Kohn, has signed and dated. More
Milan: l'Arcaedizioni, 1999. Original Wraps. A very sharp copy of the 1999 1st paperback edition. Bright and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Folio, 199 pgs., crisp color plates thruout. More
London and Paris: Chez Musier, 1774. Full leather. The 1774 1st edition of this sympathetic treatment of Gothic architecture. Solid and VG+ in its corrugated leather binding (a late 19th/early 20th century rebind). Newer --though still nicely aged-- endsheets, light spotting at the pastedowns. Octavo, all edges gilt, 6 full-page..... More
