Berlin: c. 1930. Marcel Breuer. A nice-sized pencil-on-trace by Marcel Breuer, the great Hungarian-born Modernist architect and furniture designer (1902-1981) who was a student at the Bauhaus in Weimar and who, at an early age, was handpicked by Walter Gropius to head the Bauhaus' Carpentry Shop. His "modular" sketch measues..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1956. Cloth. The 1956 1st American edition. Solid and VG+ (very mild bowing to the front board) in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with chipping and creasing --and several very small closed tears- along the panel edges. Light rubbing as well to the panels. Still though..... More
Fontaine Uitgevers, 2006. Hardcover. A crisp, very nice copy of the 2006 1st Dutch edition of this impressive Frank Loyd Wright imteractive portfolio. Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial laminate boards. Square quarto, 92 pgs. Also includes a bright, Near Fine example of publisher's pictorial slipcase. More
Milan: Edizioni Del Milione, 1956. Cloth. A very sharp copy of the 1956 1st English language edition, translated from its original Italian by Lucia Krasnik. Tight and Near Fine (just a touch of offsetting at the pastedown and endpaper edges) in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket, with several very small..... More
Amsterdam: Architectura & Natura Press, 1991. Pictorial boards. A very sharp copy of the 1991 1st edition of this "ideal and practice of architectural training at the Bauhaus, based on the lecture notes made by the Dutch ex-Bauhaus student and architect J.J. van der Linden of the Mies Van Der..... More
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1992. 1st. Cloth. A sparkling copy of the 1992 1st edition, SIGNED BY AUTHOR NINA CAMPBELL on the half-title. Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, unpaginated. Signed by Author. More
New York: The Monacelli Press, 1995. 1st. Decorative Cloth. SIGNED BY BOTH REM KOOLHAAS AND BRUCE MAU on the half-title. A very solid, clean copy to boot of the 1995 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its silver boards, with very light creasing along the spine crown. Very thick..... More
New York: Praeger Publishers, 1971. Decorative Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1971 1st American edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Thick quarto, 421 pgs., high-quality color and black-and-white plates thruout. More
Milan: l'Arcaedizioni, 1990. Cloth. An important Association copy, WITH A WARM, FULL-PAGE INSCRIPTION (AND BORDERING ARTWORK) FROM JOHN PORTMAN TO DICK POLICH at the front free endpaper. The 1990 1st edition, clean and sharp to boot. Solid and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch..... More
Princeton University Press, 1979. Cloth. An all-but-pristine copy of the 1979 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Quarto, Foreword by Adolf K. Placzek. More
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1971. Cloth. A solid copy of the 1971 1st edition of this impressive monograph on British architect William Butterfield (1814-1900). Tight and VG+ in a crisp, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket, with very light creasing at the front panel's lower-edge. Thick quarto, dozens of good-quality black-and-white illustrations..... More
New York: Universe Books, 1970. Cloth. A solid, presentable copy of the 1970 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with very light wear and creasing along the spine ends and one or two tiny closed tears at the panel edges. Octavo, dozens of crisp..... More
Washington, D.C. The American Institute Of Architects Press, 1992. 1st. Cloth. A mint copy of the 1992 1st edition. As New in a bright, As New dustjacket. Tall folio, 216 pgs. More
Richmond, Virginia: The Dietz Press, 1994. Decorative Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1994 1st edition, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. VG+ in its chocolate-brown cloth with bright gilt-design and gilt-lettering to front panel and spine. Quarto, 163 pgs. Signed by Author. More
The Monacelli Press, 2014. Cloth. A pristine copy of the 2014 stated 1st edition. Tight and Fine in its crisp, Fine dustjacket. Tall, thick quarto, high-quality color photos thruout. More
New York: Architectural Book Publishing Company, Inc., 1931. 1st. Decorative Cloth. A bright copy of the 1931 1st edition. Clean and VG+ in its original light-blue cloth, with bright gilt-lettering along front panel and spine. And in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with very light chipping at the spine crown. Tall..... More
New York: Architectural Book Publishing Co., 1930. 1st. Cloth. A solid copy of the 1930 1st edition. Tight and VG in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light creasing at the spine crown. Tall quarto, 147 pgs., "measured" drawings by William Allen Dunn. Former owner bookplate and stamp at..... More
New York: 1956. Letters. 3 typed, signed letters from the renowned architect Philip Johnson --all from 1956-- to NYU Professor Dora Wiebenson. Each letter measures 8 1/2" x 11", is written on his business stationary ("Philip Johnson Associates") and each includes its accompanying original envelope. The March 1956 letter has..... More
Milan: Editore Ulrico Hoepli, 1955. 1st. Cloth. A tight, solid copy of the 1955 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, VG dustjacket, with very light chipping along the panel edges. Quarto, crisp black-and-white plates thruout. More
Paris: H. Laurens, Editeur. Cloth. First Edition. Lavish late 1800s French study of classical elements in architecture. Bound in dark boards with gilt-lettering at the spine. 76 plates --detailed engravings by Strasmann--make up the body of the book. Tall quarto, clean and well-preserved and VG+. More
Stuttgart: Julius Hoffmann, 1912. 1st. Cloth. The 1912 1st edition, IN THE UNCOMMON PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. Solid and VG in its dark green cloth and in a bright, clean, VG dustjacket, with very light chipping along the panel top-edges. Tall quarto, 304 crisp black-and-white illustrations. Former owner bookplate at front free..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1963. 1st. Cloth. 1963 1st edition. VG in a bright, VG dustjacket with very minor bubbling along the spine edges. Folio, 262 pgs. A well-preserved, very presentable copy. More
Boston: Marshall Jones Company, 1927. Cloth. 1927 1st trade edition, in the uncommon dustjacket. VG in a bright, VG dustjacket with one 1" sized chip at the crown of the spiine (affecting the lettering) and very light chipping along the top edge of the back panel. Octavo, 297 pgs. Top-edge..... More
ORO Editions, 2017. Cloth. A superb copy of the 2017 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Tall, thick quarto, high-quality color and black-and-white photography thruout. Major monograph on Los Angeles architect (and Frank Lloyd Wright protege) Aaron Green (1917-2001). Includes a signed thank you note from..... More
London: David Bogue, 1849. 1st. Decorative Cloth. 1849 1st edition of this very attractive study of the open timber roof of the Middle Ages. "Illustrated by Perspective and Working Drawings of Some of the Best Varieties of Church Roofs; with Descriptive Letter-Press". VG+ in its decorative blindstamped panels. Bright gilt-design..... More
