La Chaux-De-Fonds, France: Imprimerie Haefeli & Co., 1912. Original wraps. A rarity in 20th century architecture. The 1912 1st edition of Le Corbusier's very first publication, an analysis of the German applied arts movement and some of its key figures (such as Peter Behrens, for whom Le Corbusier worked in..... More
New York. Letters. 3 signed, handwritten letters by leading late 19th-early 20th century American architect Charles C. Haight (1841-1917), who was responsible for much of the design of Columbia's previous campus (at Madison Ave. & 49th St. in NYC) and Yale's current campus. 2 of the letters are single page..... More
New York: Press of the American Institute of Architects, Inc., 1926. Boards. The uncommon 1926 1st edition. A superb copy. Tight and Near Fine in its light-green boards, with mounted titling at the front panel. Just a touch of very minor scuffing to the rear panel, otherwise sharp as could..... More
London: Printed for J. Taylor, at the Architectural Library, c. 1799. Full calf. 1st edition, circa 1799. Charming "pocket library", with 60 lovely etched plates and plans, many with aquatint, all but a few with lavish hand-colouring. All plates and plans clean, sharp and very bright. Bound in an attractive..... 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
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
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 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, 1931. Portfolio. Uncommon 1931 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
New York: E.C. Hussey, 1876. E.C. Hussey. Decorative Cloth. A clean, well-preserved copy of the 1876 1st edition. Impressive collection of various depictions of the disparate kinds of late 19th century American architecture. "Many illustrations and practical useful suggestions by E.C. Hussey, Architect, 191 Broadway, New York". Tight and VG+..... 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
New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. Cloth. Vol. II only (complete unto itself) of this epic 2 vol. examination of the life and work of almost certainly America's greatest landscape architect of the 19th century, Frerderick Law Olmsted. A solid, very presentable copy of the 1928 1st edition..... More
Tokyo: Gizyutu Siryo Kankokai, 1948. "During the Allies’ occupation of Japan between 1945 and 1952, Japanese architectural and industrial design expertise was mobilized by the American leadership to provide for the housing needs of the occupying forces. The resulting residential compounds were known as Dependents Housing (DH) areas, and in..... More
Reading, England: Spire Books, 2008. Cloth. An all-but-pristine copy of the 2008 1st edition of this impressive monograph on Hungarian stained glass artist Ervin Bossanyi (1891-1975). Clean and Fine in a c risp, Fine dustjacket. Tall quarto, handsome color and black-and-white reproductions throughout. More
New York: F.W. Dodge Corporation (An Architectural Record Book), 1953. Cloth. A very solid copy of the 1953 1st edition, in its uncommon pictorial dustjacket. Tight and VG+ in a bright, VG+ dustjacket, with several timy closed tears along the panel edges. Quarto, crisp black-and-white photography throughout. Jacket photograph by..... 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
