Newark, NJ: The City Plan Commission, 1913. Decorative Boards. The uncommon 1913 1st edition of this report of Newark's City Plan Commission, with several detailed fold-out maps and 35 additional illustrations throughout. Solid and VG+ in its 1/4 cloth over marbled boards, with small former owner name and bookplate at..... More
New York: City of New York Board of Estimate and Apportionment, 1916. Cloth. The uncommon June 1916 "final" report on building districts and restrictions for New York City. Solid and VG+ in its crimson-red cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the front panel and spine. A bit of light scuffing to..... More
The City Planning Commission, 1950. Card Wrappers. 1950 report of a "comprehensive city plan for Santa Fe", presented by the City Planning Commission and prepared by Harland Bartholomew and Associates. Clean and Near Fine in its spiral-bound card wrappers. Just a bit of light creasing at the panels, otherwise very..... More
Cambridge, MA: John Nolen, City Planner, 1913. Wrappers. The uncommon 1913 1st edition, in its original light-brown card wrappers. Tight, solid and VG, with very light wear to the spine ends. Internally clean as could be, with no writing of any kind and no markings to speak of. Quarto, dozens..... More
Montclair, New Jersey: The Municipal Art Commission of Montclair, 1909. Boards. A crisp, very clean copy of the 1909 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its duotone boards. Internally pristine, with no writing or markings of any kind. Quarto, lovely black-and-white (and occasional color) photographs and plans throughout. "Report..... More
St. Louis: City Plan Commission, 1929. Boards. Handsome copy of the uncommon 1929 1st edition. Solid and VG+ in its light-brown boards, with very mild spotting and rubbing to the panels, and very light wear along the fore-edges and at the tips. Tasteful "National Park Service" bookplate to the front..... More
City Planning Commission of Palo Alto, California, 1927. Original wraps. Uncommon 1927 city plan of the Palo Alto, California region. Crisp and surprisingly well-preserved in its stapled wrappers. Very light offsetting --and a bit of soiling-- along the panel edges. Still though solidly VG+ to Near Fine. Tall quarto, large..... More
Pittsburgh: The Committee on City Planning, 1911. Cloth. A solid copy of the 1911 1st edition. Tight and VG in its russet cloth, with light soiling and spotting at the panels, and one small, neat name to the front pastedown. Quarto, large fold-out map in color ("Map of the Pittsburgh..... More
Pittsburgh: The Committee on City Planning, 1911. Original wraps. The uncommon prospectus preceding the offical 1911 report by Frederick Law Olmsted. Crisp and VG+ to Near Fine in its brown stapled wrappers. Quarto, 18 pgs. plus "Subject Index to Outlying Thoroughfare Improvements", "Number Index to Outlying Thoroughfare Improvements" AND the..... More
City Planning Commission of Milwaukee, 1916. Stapled wrappers. The uncommon 1916 1st edition. Solid and VG+ to Near Fine (small former owner name and date {1921} at the title page) in its stapled, printed wrappers. Quarto, crisp black-and-white photos and plans throughout. "A Report Submitted to the Wisconsin Chapter of..... More
White Plains, NY: Bureau of City Plan -- Department of Public Works, 1928. Card Wrappers. Uncommon 1928 city plan of White Plains, NY, prepared by city planning consultants E.P. Goodrich and Robert Whitten. Solid and VG in its stapled gray card wrappers. The text has separated from the wrappers but..... More
Chicago: Privately Published, 1906. Cloth. A wonderful piece of turn-of-the-century Chicago city planning: The very uncommon Jan. 25th, 1906 address to the Chicago Real Estate Board by Frederic A. Delano, the address titled "Chicao Railway Terminals: A Suggested Solution for the Chicago Terminal Problem". THIS COPY WARMLY, LENGTHILY INSCRIBED BY..... More
The Committee on City Planning, 1911. Cloth. The February 1911 report by Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., issued by Pittsburgh's Committee on City Planning. Tight and VG in its chocolate-brown cloth, with light soiling at the panels and along the pastedowns and endsheets. Generous photographs, tables, charts and a large fold-out..... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1935. Cloth. A sharp, well-preserved copy of the uncommon 1935 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its crimson cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the spine. A bit of minor wear along the rear panel's top-edge, otherwise very clean. 85+ illustrations complementing Fritz Malcher's text..... More
Munich: Verlag Georg D.W. Callwey, 1928. Pictorial wrappers. A very presentable copy of the 1928 1st edition of this examination of Hamburg's public city park. Solid and VG+ in its pictorial wrappers, with just a touch of light soiling at the panels. Tall quarto, dozens of crisp black-and-white plates throughout..... More
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1948. Cloth. A presentable, tight copy of the 1948 1st edition. Solid and VG (light soiling to the panels) in a bright, VG- to VG dustjacket, with light chipping along the panel edges and the fore-edges, and more pronounced chipping at the rear panel's lower-tip..... More
Town Plan Commission, Stamford, CT, 1929. Printed wrappers. A solid, very presentable copy of the 1929 report issued by the Stamford, CT Town Planning Commission and overseen by New York's eminent City Planner Herbert S. Swan. Clean and Near Fine in its printed beige wrappers. Quarto, over 20 photos and..... More
Cambridge, MA: Hale J. Walker & Justin R. Hartzog Associates, 1926. Printed wrappers. The 1926 city plan for Columbus, Georgia, issued by Walker & Hartzog Associates of Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA. Solid and VG in its printed beige wrappers, with wear (a 2" closed tear) at the base of the..... More
Springfield, IL: The City Council of the City of Spingfield, 1925. Pictorial cloth. The 1925 "official city plan" of the city of Springfield, IL, "as prepared by Myron Howard West and staff of the American Park Builders, under ther direction and approval of the Springfield Zoning and Plan Commission". Solid..... More
1952. Letters. A 2 pg. Robert Moses typed letter signed, written on his personal stationary (with the Babylon, Long Island letterhead) and addressed to radio and theatre producer and director Day Tuttle. Moses here discusses the challenges and complexities of building on Fire Island and displays a firm grasp of..... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1939. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY ROBERT MOSES on the front free endpaper. A clean, solid copy to boot of the 1939 1st edition of this long lecture given at Harvard by Robert Moses as part of the Godkin Lectures. Tight and VG+ in its (fittingly) crimson..... More
Oakland and Berkeley, CA: The Municipal Governments of Oakland and Berkeley, 1915. Boards. A solid, well-preserved example of the 1915 1st edition, in its uncommon hardback. Tight and VG+ in its 1/4 burlap over light-brown boards. Clean, mounted paper title labels at both the front panel and the spine. Very..... More
