Porches and Fonts
London: Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., Ltd., 1912. 1st. Decorative Cloth. The 1912 1st edition. Solid and VG in its decorative blue cloth. Octavo, 348 pgs. Tasteful former owner bookplate at front pastedown. More
Architecture
Hospitales en la Zona Central del Pacifico: Tesis Profesional de Jerome Tamen E. SIGNED
Mexico City: Escuela Nacional de Arquitectura/Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, 1955. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY ARCHITECT JEROME TAMEN on the half-title. A very solid copy to boot of his uncommon 1955 dissertation from Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico on the design, planning and construction of Mexican hospitals in the Central Zone..... More
Form (Inscribed to Dick Polich)
New York: Philip Jann Press, 2009. Cloth. An important Association copy: INSCRIBED BY JOHN PORTMAN TO RENOWNED ART FABRICATOR DICK POLICH on the title page. An all-but-pristine copy to boot of the 2009 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a bright, Near Fine to Fine dustjacket. Crisp color and black-and-white..... More
The Security Council Chamber
Oslo, Norway: The Forlaget Press, 2018. Hardcover. A pristine copy of the 2018 1st edition of this wonderful study of the interior design by Norwegian architect Arnstein Arneberg of "the most important room in the world", the Security Council Chamber at the United Nations. Tight and Fine in its oatmeal..... More
1910 ALS SIGNED
1910. Letters. 1910 HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM LEGENDARY AUSTRIAN ARCHITECT JOSEF HOFFMANN (Vienna Secessionist and co-founder of the Wiener Werkstatte) TO EDUARD JOSEF WIMMER-WISGRILL (the first Artistic Director of the fashion department of the Wiener Werkstatte). Clean and bright and very well-preserved. Written on the stationary (with lavish letterhead) of The..... More
La Piel De La Arquitectura: Murales De Santa Maria Xoxoteco
Universidad Nacional Autonoma De Mexico, 1979. 1st. Cloth. A solid copy of the 1979 1st edition, limited to 3,000 copies. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, VG+ dustjacket, with very light soiling to the rear panel. Quarto, 110 pgs., large fold-out map. More
Early Muslim Architecture: Umayyads A.D. 622-750 (2 Vols.)
Oxford University Press, 1969. Cloth. A very solid, well-preserved copy of the 1969 stated 2nd edition of this remarkable undertaking by Oxford University Press. In 2 volumes. Both volumes tight, clean and VG in their light-green cloth, with bright gilt-lettering at their front panels and spines. And both volumes in..... More
Charles Gwathmey & Robert Siegel: Residential Works 1966-1977 SIGNED
Tokyo: A.D.A. Edita, 1977. Cloth. WONDERFULLY INSCRIBED BY CHARLES GWATHMEY ("FOR A HARVARD GRADUATE WHO BELIEVES IN JUST--FROM A HARVARD PROFESSOR WHO RESPECTS--THANKS FOR EVERYTHING--CHARLES GWATHMEY") on the front free endpaper. A tight, very clean copy to boot of the 1977 1st Japanese edition. Solid and Near Fine in its..... More
The Florence Baptistery Doors
New York: The Viking Press, 1980. Cloth. A very solid copy of the 1980 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Tall quarto, crisp black-and-white (and the occasional color) plates throughout. Introduction by Kenneth Clark, Photographs by David Finn and Commentaries by George Robinson. More
Francisco Serrano: Obra Completa/Complete Works
Mexico: Arquine, 2008. Boards. A pristine copy of the 2008 1st edition. Tight and Fine in its decorative white boards. Quarto, text in both Spanish and English. More
Pencil Points:The Magazine of Architecture/Pencil Points: Progressive Architecture (1944 and Jan-Feb 1945 Plus 5 Duplicates) --18 Issues All Told
New York: Reinhold Publishing Corp. 1944. Original wraps. A large run of this impressive mid 40s architectural and design magazine issued monthly out of New York by Reinhold. Includes all of the issues of 1944 except November (11 issues), plus the 1st 2 issues of 1945 and 5 duplicate issues..... More
Alfonso Eduardo Reidy--Bauten und Projekte
Stuttgart: Verlag Gerd Hatje, 1960. Cloth. A tight, impressive copy of the 1960 1st edition of this monograph on Brazilian architect Alfonso Eduardo Reidy (1909-1964). Solid and Near Fine (former owner name {renowned Boston architect Paul Grayson} on the half-title) in its dark-gray cloth. Oblong quarto, hundreds of crisp black-and-white..... More
Building In England-- Down to 1540: A Documentary History
Oxford, England: The Clarendon Press/Oxford University Press, 1952. 1st. Cloth. 1952 1st edition. VG+ in its elegant Oxford Navy-blue, with bright gilt-lettering along the spine. And in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ pictorial dustjacket. Very light, inoffensive foxing along the book's front and rear endsheets and to the jacket's panels. Still..... More
Design for Point of Sale
New York: Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1952. 1st. Decorative Cloth. 1952 1st edition, in the uncommon dustjacket. Solid and VG in a bright, price-intact, VG- dustjacket, with several chips to the front panel's top-edge and light chipping along the rear panel's bottom edge. Still though, a very presentable copy of this..... More
The Athens Charter
New York: Grossman Publishers, 1973. Cloth. The 1973 first published English translation of "The Athens Charter", including "a new foreword by architect Josep Lluis Sert, former Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design and officer of the CIAM, who contributed to the creation of this magnificent plea for urban..... More
The Chapel at Ronchamp
New York: Frederick A Praeger Inc., 1957. Pictorial cloth. A solid copy of the 1957 1st American edition. Tight and VG+ (light offsetting at the pastedowns and the rear endsheet) in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light chipping and creasing --and several small closed tears-- along the top-edges and..... More
Le Poeme de L'Angle Droit
Paris: Fondation Le Corbusier (Editions Connivences), 1989. Cloth. Lovely 1989 reprint of Le Corbusier's epic 1955 poem, a signed/limited 1st edition of 250 copies which featured 155 lithographs, 19 of them in lavish color, all produced by Le Corbusier himself. Many consider the original 1955 printing to be the most..... More
The Marseilles Block
London: The Harvill Press, 1953. Cloth. An impressive copy of the 1953 1st English language edition, translated from its original French by Geoffrey Sainsbury. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, which shows very light soiling along the front panel. Quarto, crisp black-and-white reproductions thruout. More
The Modulor: A Harmonious Measure to the Human Scale Universally Applicable to Architecture and Mechanics
Harvard University Press, 1958. Cloth. A very bright copy of the 1958 2nd American edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of light soiling to the front panel. Signed by and from the library of Sean Sculley (1939-2021), renowned architect..... More
My Work
London: The Architectural Press, 1960. Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1960 1st English language edition. Tight and Near Fine (small, neat "Whitney Library of Design" stamp on the title page) in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light soiling and creasing to the rear panel, 2 small closed..... More
The Nursery Schools
New York: The Orion Press, 1968. Cloth. A solid copy of the 1968 1st American edition, translated from its original French by Eleanor Levieux. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, VG+ dustjacket, with one tiny closed tear to the front panel's top-edge and just a touch of mild darkening..... More
A Travers Les Vieilles Eglises De Paris
Paris: L'Estampe Moderne, 1944. 1st. Original Wraps. 1944 1st edition. Clean and VG+ in its decorative wrappers, limited to 350 copies. Original sketches (still with their tissue-guards) thruout by Robbert Sterkers. Folio, loosely-bound (as issued) and housed in its patterned, printed chemise and its matching slipcase. An attractive rendering of..... More
A System of Architectural Ornament: According with a Philosophy of Man's Powers
New York: Press of the American Institute of Architects, Inc., 1924. Boards. The uncommon 1924 1st edition of this imposing architectural meditation by the formidable Louis Sullivan, comsidered by many to be the father of the modern skyscraper. Tight and VG+ in its linen-backed, light-green boards, with bright, completely unrubbed..... More
Space Calculated in Seconds: The Philips Collection, Le Corbusier, Edgar Varese
Princeton University Press, 1996. 1st. Decorative Cloth. A beautiful copy of the 1996 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Tall quarto, 282 pgs., richly-illustrated thruout. Music analysis by Richard Feliciano. More
Original Modular Sketch
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