Architecture
Rem Koolhaas: Conversations with Students SIGNED
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
Santiago Calatrava: Ingenieur-Architektur/Engineering Architecture
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
Law Relating to Buildings in the City of New York / Law Limiting the Height of Dwelling Houses / Mechanics' Lien Law for the City and State of New York 1885 (3 Separate Parts in 1 Volume)
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
Josef Hoffmann: The Architectural Work -- Monograph and Catalogue of Works
Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press, 1985. Cloth. A tight, sharp copy of the 1985 1st American edition. Solid and VG+ (very light soiling to the rear panel) in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Thick quarto, hundreds of crisp black-and-white --and a handful of color-- illustrations throughout. Major monograph on the..... More
Building Footprints: A Selection of Forty-Five Building Plans, All Drawn at the Same Scale
Raleigh, North Carolina: The Student Publication of the School of Design, 1959. Original wraps. An impressive 1959 collection of 45 building plans, issued in 25 separate, loose plates (as called for). Published by the students at North Carolina's School of Design in Raleigh, the plates are uniformly crisp and bright..... More
The Evolution of an Architect SIGNED
New York: Horizon Press, 1962. Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY EDWARD DURELL STONE on the half-title. A handsome copy to boot of the 1962 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine (very slight lean to the binding) in a bright, VG+ dustjacket, with just a touch of mild soiling and rubbing at..... More
Japanese Homes and Their Surroundings
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
Russland: Die Rekonstruktion der Architektur in Der Sowjetunion
Vienna: Verlag von Anton Schroll & Co., 1930. Cloth. The 1930 1st edition of El Lissitzky's study of Soviet Modernist architecture. Text in German, the maiden title in the wonderful "Neues Bauen in Der Welt" series. Tight and sharp in its flexible orange cloth, with just a touch of very..... More
The City: Its Growth/ Its Decay /Its Future SIGNED
New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1943. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY ELIEL SAARINEN on the half-title TO NOTED AMERICAN ARTIST LEDYARD TOWLE (1890-1973). A solid copy to boot of the 1943 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in its oatmeal cloth, with very light offsetting along the pastedowns and endsheets. Octavo, written while..... More
The Saarinen Door: Eliel Saarinen -- Architect and Designer at Cranbrook
Bloomfield HGills, Michigan: Cranbrook Academy of Art, 1963. Pictorial boards. A clean, sharp copy of the 1963 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in its pictorial boards, with light creasing at both the front and rear lower tips. Quarto, crisp black-and-white photographs throughout, 63 pgs., including bibliography. More
Search for Form: A Fundamental Approach to Art SIGNED
New York: Reinhold, 1948. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY ELIEL SAARINEN on the half-title. A solid copy to boot of the 1948 1st edition. Tight and VG- to VG in its off-white cloth, with very light soiling to the front panel, mild spotting at the spine and te ghosts of 2 to..... More
Case Study Houses: The Complete CSH Program 1945-1966
Cologne, Germany: Tachen, 2002. Laminate boards. An immaculate copy of the 2002 1st edition. Clean and Fine in its laminate boards. Oblong folio, crisp black-and-white and color photos (many of them by the great Julius Shulman). Edited by Peter Goessel, Notes on the Furnishings by Shannon and Peter Loughrey. Publisher's..... More
The Work of Architect Richard England in Malta
Brussels: Editions de la Librairie Encyclopedique, 1969. Cloth. The 1969 1st edition of this uncommon monograph on architect Richard England. Tight and VG+ (light staining along the rear panel's top-edge, publisher's small stamp on the front free endpaper) in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with very mild soiling to the rear..... More
Choir Stalls and Their Carvings: Examples of Misericords from Englsh Cathedrals and Churches
London: B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1896. 1st. Decorative Cloth. A well-preserved copy of the 1896 1st edition. Solid and VG in its olive-green cloth, with bright gilt-design and lettering at the front panel and spine. Quarto, 120 pgs., 101 plates., top-edge gilt. Tasteful former owner bookplate at front pastedown. More
18 Residencias de Arquitectos Mexicanos/18 Homes of Mexican Architects (In Dustjacket)
Ediciones Mexicanas, 1951. Cloth. The 1951 1st edition, in both Spanish and English. Solid and VG+ (light creasing running toward the inner hinges) in a bright, VG example of the uncommon pictorial dustjacket, with light chipping --and several small closed tears-- along the top-edges, and very mild soiling to the..... More
Urbanistica Spaziale: Integrazione dello Spazio nella Citta (Spatial Urban Planning: Integration of Space in the City))
Turin, Italy: Fratelli Pozzo Editori, 1960. Pictorial boards. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ENZO VENTURELLI --WITH HIS ARCHITECT'S BUSINESS CARD ATTACHED-- on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1960 1st edition of this Italian examination of urban planning. Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial boards..... More
Amerika: Bilderbuch Eines Architekten (Inscribed by Erich Mendelsohn) SIGNED
Berlin: Rudolf Mosse Buchverlag, 1926. Boards. INSCRIBED BY ERICH MENDELSOHN (TO "ALFRED TRETZ"?) on the front free endpaper. A very presentable copy to boot of this 1926 true 1st edition. Solid and VG in its printed mustard boards, with even offsetting along the top 20% of the front panel (and..... More
The Parthenon Naos (from the Author's Forthcoming Book Entitled 'The Recovery of Art'): The Present Sheets Being a Communication Addressed to Charles Marie Widor --Perpetual Secretary of the Institute of France
New York: Charles Scribner, 1928. 1st. Decorative Cloth. A clean, crisp copy of the 1928 1st edition. Solid and Near Fine in its dark-green cloth.Tall quarto, 143 pgs. Text in English. More
Small Houses: Their Economic Design and Construction--Essays on the Fundamental Principles of Design and Descriptive Articles on Construction
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. 1st. Cloth. The 1922 1st edition, "with plates drawn by the author (Ernest Flagg) illustrating methods and results". Solid and VG in its dark-green cloth, with light scuffing at the panels and light wear at the spine ends. Internally, very clean, with no writiing..... More
Architecture of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 1950-1962
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
Architecture of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 1950-1962 AND Architecture of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 1963-1973 (Two Volumes In Slipcase)
New York: Frederick Praeger and Architectural Book Publishing Co., 1963, 1974. Cloth. The 1963 and the 1974 1st American editions. 2 volumes, both in very sharp condition and in slipcase. Both volumes clean and Near Fine in crisp, Near Fine dustjackets. Matching quartos, Vol. I text by Ernst Danz, with..... More
The Story of Quail Wood SIGNED
Poland, Ohio: Gold Seal Publications, 1952. 1st. Cloth. THE 1952 LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper. VG in a bright, price-intact, VG example of the fragile dustjacket, with light offsetting at the front panel and one small closed tear to the spine. Octavo, 47 pgs..... More
A Prototypical New Settlement System (PNSS): In an Urbanizing World SIGNED
Cambridge, MA: Harvard Garduate School of Design, 1968. Original wraps. INSCRIBED BY TEUN KOOLHAAS on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the very scarce 1968 true 1st edition of this seminal work in urban planning and urban design. Issued by the Harvard Graduate School of Design..... More
Recent Florida Work by Treanor & Fatio Architects
Palm Beach: Davies Publishing Co., 1932. Original wraps. Uncommon 1932 study of the recent Florida work of New York and Palm Beach architecture firm Treanor & Fatio. Tight, well-preserved and VG in its dark-gray wrappers, with light soiling to the rear panel and foxing at the preliminaries --especially the title..... More