London: John Tiranti & Companmy, 1928. Hardcover. The 1928 1st English language edition. Solid and VG+ in its light-brown boards, with light wear --and a bit of abrading-- to the rear panel. Folio, Preface and notes followed by 63 deatiled, full-page plates. Issued by John Tiranti, a very interesting London..... More
Glasgow: The Fraser Press, 1991. Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Decorative Boards. The 1991 facsimile edition of the very scarce 1902 original printing. Published out of Glasgow in a limited edition of 1,000 copies (this being #519 -- 700 were published in English, 300 in German), Clean and Near Fine to Fine..... More
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1894. 1st. Decorative Cloth. The 1894 1st edition. VG in its duotone cloth, with gilt-rule and lightly-faded gilt-lettering and device along the front panel. Bright gilt-lettering as well along the lightly-scuffed spine. Light rubbing to the panels and light wear at the spine ends. Internally..... More
Berkeley, CA: The Center for Environmental Structure, 2002-2005. Decorative Cloth. A crisp, very impressive example of this 4 volume set, published between 2002-2005 and in lovely condition. Each volume clean and Near Fine to Fine in bright, Near Fine to Fine dustjackets. Uniform quartos, hundreds of photos and line-drawn illustrations..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1923. Vellum. Thick quarto, full vellum with gilt-lettering, rules and coat-of-arms. A bright, remarkably clean, Near Fine to Fine copy. Small, elegant former owner name at the limitation, just the slightest hint of light foxing along several pages, otherwise virtually pristine. #28 of 250 copies and..... More
New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1939. Cloth. NICELY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR CLARENCE PERRY ("To Samuel E. Guidici, President of the Allied Civics when its Neighbohood Planning Committee carried on the study of the World's Fair District that was incorporated in Chapter V of this volume. Charles Perry") on the..... More
Princeton University Press, 1915. 1st. Decorative Cloth. A crisp copy of the 1915 1st edition. Tight and VG+, with bright gilt-lettering and design at the front panel and spine. Quarto, 192 pgs., top-edge gilt. Tasteful former owner bookplate at front pastedown. More
Menlo Park, CA: Lane Publishing Co. (A Sunset Book), 1958. Cloth. SIGNED BY CLIFF MAY on the front free endpaper. An unusually well-preserved copy to boot of the 1958 stated 1st edition, 1st printing. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, charming black-and-white photos throughout..... More
New York: Architectural Book Publishing Co., 1967. Cloth. The 1967 1st edition of this uncommon profile of five 20th century Mexican architects, namely Mario Pani--Mathias Goeritz--Felix Candela--Luis Barragan and Juan O'Gorman. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, VG dustjacket, with clear tape evenly applied at the spine crown and..... More
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1932. Pictorial wrappers. A crisp, unusually well-preserved copy of this uncommon --and seminal-- 1932 Museum of Modern Art catalogue. Clean and easily VG+ to Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Based on the February-March 1932 exhibition at New York's Museum of Modern Art. Important..... More
London: The Architectural Press Ltd., 1977. Original Wraps. 1977 1st paperback edition. Clean, tight and VG+ in its pictorial wrappers. Tall quarto, 232 pgs. 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
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
The Architectural History Foundation/MIT Press, 1988. Cloth. A pristine copy of the 1988 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Square quarto, crisp black-and-white and color reproductions throughout. More
The Municipal Art Society of New York, 1982. 1st. Hardcover. A handsome copy of the 1982 1st edition. Bright and VG to VG+ in its original pictorial boards. Quarto, 145 pgs. Introduction by Jackie Kennedy, who was credited more than anyone else with saving Grand Central from the wrecking ball..... More
London: B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1979. 1st. Cloth. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. A handsome copy to boot of the 1979 1st edition. Near Fine in a bright, price-clipped, Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, 235 pgs. Signed by Author. More
Stuttgart: Julius Hoffmann, 1928. Original wraps. A very presentable copy of the 1928 1st edition. Solid and VG+ in its slate-grey rappers, with light foxing along the preliminaries and the fore-edges. Quarto, with 264 illustrations ("abbildungen") complementing Vischer and Hilberseimer's text. Includes examples of the work of Modernist architects such..... More
Paris: Editions Albert Morance, cica 1928. Portfolio. Uncommon portfolio of the work of Eugene Freyssinet (1879-1962), French structural and civil engineer and the major pioneeer of prestressed concrete. 26 plates (missing 1) featuring in black-and-white photography a number of Freyssinet's massive projects. Also includes a study of Freyssinet by architect..... More
Philadelphia: The Falcon Press, 1962. Louis Kahn. Decorative Cloth. The uncommon 1962 1st edition of the notebooks and drawings of pre-eminent American architect Louis Kahn (1901-1974). Solid and VG- to VG in its beige wrappers, with with light soiling to the panels and mild staining along the rear panel's top-edge..... More
Tokyo: A.D.A. Edita, 1996. Original wraps. A pristine copy of this 1996 interview with Japanese architect Tadao Ando. Tight and Fine in is pictorial wrappers. GA Document Extra 01, published by A.D.A. Edita, Tokyo. Interview with Tadao Ando by Yoshio Futagawa. More
Vienna: Verlag von Anton Schroll & Co., 1932. Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1932 original printing of this International representation of the "Wiener Werkbundsiedlung", held in Vienna in 1932. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, VG+ to Near Fine example of the wonderful pictorial dustjacket. The 6th title..... 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
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
Basel: Birkhauser Verlag, 1990. Cloth. A solid, very presentable copy. 1990, dual text (in both German and English). Clean and Near Fine in a bright, VG+ dustjacket, with light soiling along the panels. Handsome, crisp black-and-white plates throughout. More
