Letters. 5 pg. Chales McKim ALS (autograph letter signed) discussing plans to go see the opera Tristan und Isolde. Each page (4 3/4" wide x 7" tall) crisp and clean and eminently legible, with McKim's flowing handwriting in blue fountain pen. Charles McKim (1847-1909), the renowned Beaux-Arts American architect and..... More
New Jersey Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, 1927. Original wraps. Uncommon 1927 catalogue based on the "architecural exhibition of the N.J. Chapter and the New Jersey Society of Architects". Solid and VG in its light-blue wrappers, with very light soiling at the panels. Internally clean as could be..... More
London: Thomas and Wiliam Boone, 1843. 1st. Half-Leather. A handsome copy of the 1843 1st edition. Solid and VG in its half-dark morocco over marbled boards. Very light wear along the spine edges and tips, light rubbing to the panels. Tall quarto, beautiful steel engravings of George Winter thruout (based..... More
Maison de la Culture de Firminy, 1967. Stapled wrappers. The uncommon catalogue of the 1967 exposition, edited by the formidable Le Corbusier. Solid and VG+ in its stapled wrappers, with light soiling at the panels. Oblong octavo, crisp black-and-white plates throughout. Includes the work of Alvar Aalto, Pierre Chareau, Le..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. Original wraps. A handsome copy of the November 1930 issue of this impressive trade magazine called "Architecture". Published by Scribner's --and clearly enjoying its full financial backing-- this monthly catered squarely to the architecture community with high-quality articles, book reviews, illustrations and ads. This..... More
Paris: Editions Albert Morance, 1935. Spiral bound wraps. The 1st edition -- circa 1935-- of these 2 studies of the hospital designs of the American-turned-French modern architect Paul Nelson (1895-1979). Solid and VG in its light-blue spiralbound wrappers. The front cover cleanly and fully separated from the book, fading to..... More
Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth, 1924. Frank Lloyd Wright. Portfolio. The 1924 2nd issue of the great Wasmuth portfolio of 1910. Complete with the 32 pg. booklet and the 100 lithograph plates (loose as issued). The 2nd issue was published in a single volume rather than the 2 volumes issued in their..... More
Singapore: Keppel Land Limited, 2007. Laminate boards. The uncommon catalogue based on the January 2007 exhibition at The Singapore Art Museum. Clean and Near Fine in its off-white laminate boards. Square quarto, high-quality color reproductions thrughout. Also includes very artful die-cuts to each page. More
Chicago: United States Gypsum Co., 1946. Spiral bound wraps. Scarce 1946 almanac, published by the United States Gypsum Company, on "building, remodeling, decorating" farms. Colorful and very attractive in its spiral-bound, laminate card wrappers. Light peeling to the laminate at the rear panel, with just a touch of loss to..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928. The Adam Brothers (Gerald and Betty Geerlings). Portfolio. Lovely 1928 portfolio of 5 reproductions of Adam Brothers ceilings, suffused with gorgeous water-color. The 5 plates, all in their stiff boards, are loose as issued and --along with a stapled title page and Introduction (by..... More
Tokyo: Mori Building Co., 1997. Boards. The 1997 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its white die-cut boards, with splashes of decorative red to the panels. Just the slightest hint of very light soiling to the rear panel, otherwise sharp as can be. Crisp, lovely color plates throughout. Text..... More
NaRCHITECTS and DAMDI, 2008. 1st. Hardcover. A pristine copy of the 2008 1st edition. Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Tall quarto, 209 pgs., high-quality color plates thruout. INSCRIBED BY nARCHITECT'S PRINCIPALS, ERIC BUNGE & MIMI HOANG, on the first blank endpaper. Signed by Author(s). More
Tokyo: Process: Architecture, 1983. Pictorial wrappers. Issue #40 of this very impressive Japanese architectural magazine. This 1983 issue devoted to Japanese sculptor Susumu Shingu AND IS INSCRIBED BY HIM on the half-title. Tight and VG+ in its pictorial wrappers, with small former owner name at the front free endpaper and..... More
New York: Acanthus Press, 1996. A pristine copy of the 1996 re-issue, "1 OF 50 COPIES HAND-BOUND IN 1/4 LEATHER". Bright and Fine in its 1/4 morocco over red cloth, with crisp, unflecked gilt-lettering to the front panel. Tall quarto, 310 pgs., crisp black-and-white photos thruout. Original Introduction by Royal..... More
Paris: E. Villard, c. 1880. Boards. Uncommon Parisian architectural catalogue, circa early 1880s, offering zinc, copper and lead ornamental embellishments on new buildings. 258 pgs. of engraved plates detailing the offerings of E. Villard of 21 Rue des Taillandiers, Paris. A clean, very well-preserved copy. 12mo in its duotone cloth..... More
Mexico: Artes Graficas Panorama S.A. De C.V., 2001. Original Wraps. First Thus. Handsome catalogue of this 2001 Mexican exhibition. INSCRIBED BY FERNANDO GONZALEZ GORTAZAR TO MOMA CURATOR MILDRED CONSTANTINE. Very clean and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers. And in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, 96 pgs., beautiful color..... More
Japan: Maki and Associates, 2018. Boards. An all-but-pristine copy of the 2018 1st edition. Just a touch of bumping to the lower tips in a bright, Near Fine to Fine dustjacket. Tall quarto, hundreds of crisp black-and-white and color plates thruout. Captions and headings in English, text in Japanese. Impressive..... More
London: Techniucal Journals, Ltd./Caxton House, Westminster, 1913. Boards. The uncommon 1913 1st edition. Solid and VG in its dark-green cloth over light-green boards. Neat former owner name and address at the front free endpaper, very light soiling to the preliminaries, 1 pg. ("House in Parkway/Gidea Park") loose. A touch of..... More
Milan: L'Arca Edizioni, 1998. Original wraps. INSCRIBED BY THE MEXICAN ARCHITECT TEODORO GONZALEZ DE LEON TO RENOWNED ART CRITIC DORE ASHTON on the title page. A crisp, well-preserved copy to boot of the 1998 1st edition of this impressive monograph. Tight and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Folio, text..... More
New York: Elad Properties, 2005. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. A photographic tribute to "The Grand Madison on Fifth", at 225 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. A bright and Near Fine octavo, in its decorative chocolate-brown boards. More
Jumior League of Greenwich, 1986. Pictorial cloth. A very sharp copy of the 1986 correct 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket, with one or two tiny closed tears along the lower tip. Tall quarto, impressive black-and-white photos throughout (with a couple of dozen color..... More
Stuttgart: Julius Hoffmann Verlag, 1929. Magazines. The 1929 1st 3 issues of the German magazine "Haus und Raum" ("House and Space"). All 3 volumes clean and VG+ in their grey printed wrappers. And all 3 in clean, VG to VG+ examples of their pictorial dustjackets, with light chipping along Vol..... More
Moscow: 1935. Original wraps. The 1935 1st edition of this scarce history of urban planning and architecture in Moscow. With a number of gravure plates and color maps, including a large fold-out panoramic map attached to the rear pastedown. Tight and VG+ in its orange and red card wrappers, with..... More
Paris: Editions Albert Morance, 1933. Portfolio. Impressive 1933 French portfolio, with all 25 plates present and in crisp, clean condition. Housed in a light-green chemise, with pictorial boards and with its original dark ribbon ties in place. Quarto, solid and VG+, with very light fading along the front panel's fore-edge..... More
New York: The Twentieth Century Fund, 1940. Boards. The 1940 1st edition. Solid and VG in its duotone boards, with light soiling at the panels and rubbing to the spine. Small former owner name tag to the front pastedown, otherwise very clean internally. The Review consists of 2 separate parts..... More
