Venice: Francescho Franceschi, 1568. Vellum. The 1568 1st edition in Italian, with Cosimo Bartoli's translation of 15 treatises by Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472), the Italian Renaissance architect and philosopher. Alberti covers a variety of subjects, including mathematics ("Delle piacevolezze delle Matematiche”), sculpture and painting ("Delia Statua" and "Della Pittura”), cipher..... More
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
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1937. Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY LOUIS HOROWITZ on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1937 1st edition. Tight and VG to VG+ in its light-green cloth, with offsetting to the inner hinges. Octavo, lacking its original dustjacket. Inspiring memoirs of..... More
New York: Press of the American Institute of Architects, Inc., 1924. Boards. The uncommon 1924 1st edition of this imposing architectural meditation by 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 gilt-titling at..... More
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
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1962. Cloth. SIGNED SIMPLY BUT CLEARLY BY MARCEL BREUER on the front free endpaper. A bright, unusually clean copy to boot of the 1962 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of light..... More
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
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1990. Cloth. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1990 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket, with just the faintest touch of light scratching to the rear panel. Folio, beautiful color and black-and-white plates thruout. Text by Marika Hausen, Kirmo..... More
New York: Rizzoli, 1990. Cloth. A nice Presentation copy: WARMLY INSCRIBED BY CESAR PELLI TO FRANCES LEHMAN LOEB, AFTER WHOM THE FRANCES LEHMAN LOEB ART CENTER AT VASSAR COLLEGE WAS NAMED. An all-but-pristine copy to boot of the 1990 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket..... 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
Victoria, Australia: The Images Publishing Group, 2002. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY STEVEN EHRLICH on the half-title. A gorgeous copy to boot of the 2002 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Tall quarto, first-rate color and black-and-white reproductions throughout. More
New York: Horizon Press, 1963. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY OLGIVANNA LLOYD WRIGHT on the title page. A crisp, very presentable copy to boot of the 1963 1st edition. Solid and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with a touch of light soiling to the panels and minor creasing at the..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1973. Cloth. WARMLY, LENGTHILY INSCRIBED BY NATHANIEL OWINGS on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1973 stated 1st printing. Tight and VG+ in its oatmeal cloth, with just a touch of light spotting to the panels. Octavo, crisp black-and-white photos complementing..... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1940. Felt. A wonderful Presentation copy: BOASTING A TLS (A TYPED LETTER SIGNED) FROM NELSON ROCKEFELLER, REFERRING SPECIFICALLY TO THIS COPY, STATING "FATHER AND I WERE DISAPPOINTED THAT LACK OF SPACE MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO ASK ALL OUR EMPLOYEES IN THE CENTER TO..... 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
Tokyo: Shokokusha Publishing Co., 1955. Cloth. A very sharp copy of the 1955 stated 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine to Fine dustjacket. Quarto, rich black-and-white plates throughout. Text in both English and Japanese. More
New York: Random House, 1979. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY BOTH PHILIP JOHNSON AND JOHN BURGEE on the half-title. A sharp copy to boot of the 1979 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-clipped, VG to VG+ dustjacket, with just a touch of light wear --and several very..... 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
Cambridge University Press, 1958. Cloth. The uncommon 1958 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket, with very light creasing --and several small closed tears-- along the panel edges and the spine ends. Quarto, 16 full-page plates complementing P.H. Scholfield's text. 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
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1972. Card Wrappers. The June 1972 4th paperback printing. Clean and VG+ in its dark card wrappers. Immense oblong folio, with an even, vertical crease down the middle, as if the book were neatly folded exactly in half (actually making it much more manageable to..... More
New York: Praeger, 1971. Boards. A very sharp copy of the 1971 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket, with one or two tiny closed tears along the panel edges. Square quarto, wildly illustrated (to project "Soleri's radical aesthetic and philosophy for urban..... More
