Kracow, Poland: Oficyna Wydawnicza Parol, 1992. Hardcover. [116] pages: color illustrations; 28 x 30 cm. Hardback with illustrated cover. Dark green endpapers. Pairs aerial shots of the city of Kracow with smaller close-ups from the ground. In Near Fine Condition: cover is slightly rubbed; pages are clean and bright... More
London & New York: Academy Editions/St. Martin's Press, 1983. Paperback. 128 pages, 6 folded leaves of color plates: illustrations; 29 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Contains articles by John Summerson, David Watkin, and G.-Tilman Mellinghoff. Includes a list of buildings by John Soane. In Very Good Condition: cover is sunned..... More
Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan, 1996. Paperback. ix, [1], 148 pages: illustrations; 23 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Historical Center for the Health Sciences Monographs, no. 4. The life of Victor Vaughan (1851-1929), American physician, medical researcher, and academic administrator. He served as dean of the University of Michigan..... More
Boston: David R. Godine, 1986. Hardcover. 256 pages: illustrations; 25 cm. Black cloth with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Includes glossary and index. The author "puts lettering back into its cultural context, demonstrating how it changes in relation to western art and society and providing examples of lettering from..... More
New York: George Braziller, 1972. Hardcover. [8], 244 pages: illustrations; 24 cm. Light brown cloth with black spine and cover titles. Dust jacket. Part of the publisher's Vision + Value series. Book is in Near Fine Condition: line in margin on p. 208; otherwise, clean and tight. Dust jacket is..... More
Rotterdam, Netherlands: Uitgeverij, 2009. Hardcover. 63, [1] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Hardback with white, red, and black cover. Black endpapers. Text is in Dutch and English. In Fine Condition: clean and tight. More
London: Architectural Association, 1981. Paperback. 48 pages: black-and-white illustrations; 18 cm. Paperback with light grey cover printed in dark grey; stapled. A catalog to accompany six exhibitions at the Architectural Association from Oct. 1980 to June 1981 of the work of William Chambers (1723-1796), Michael Searles (1750-1813), A. W. Pugin..... More
Chichester, Eng. John Wiley & Sons, 2003. Hardcover. xiii, [1], 144, [2] p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Red and black cover with white spine and cover titles. The reflections of French sociologist and philosopher Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007) on architecture. Text is in English. Scarce. In Fine Condition: clean and tight... More
Mt. Kisco, NY: Bon-Hui Uy, 1980. Paperback. 119, [1] pages: black-and-white illustrations; 22 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Architectural drawings by architectural designer and artist Bonhui Uy. Scarce. In Near Fine Condition: cover is very lightly rubbed; clean and tight. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. Hardcover. x, [2], 479 pages, 16 pages of color illustrations: 97 in-text illustrations; 24 cm. Red and yellow cover with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Book is in Near Fine Condition: slightly cocked; clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Near Fine Condition..... More
New York: Brooke Alexander, 1977. Paperback. [28] pages: black-and-white illustrations; 25 x 26 cm. Paperback with plain white covers; stapled. Dust jacket by Jasper Johns printed with 9 screens on printing parchment. The catalog to accompany an exhibition of screenprints by American artist Jasper Johns at the Brooke Alexander gallery..... More
Milan, IT: Electa, 1997. Paperback. 272, [4] pages: black-and-white drawings (some folded) and photographs; 28 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Documenti di Architettura, no. 108. The work of Italian architect Mario Ridolfi (1904-1984). Text is in Italian. Scarce. A heavy book; for international shipping, the U.S. Postal Service requires that..... More
London: Allen Lane, 2007. Hardcover. xiii, [1], 601, [1] pages, [32] pages of illustrations; 24 cm. Maroon cover with gilt spine title. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. The life and career of English architect and designer Augustus Pugin (1812-1852), a pioneer in the Gothic Revival style. Book is in Fine..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2007. Hardcover. xxii, 675, [5] pages: illustrations; 24 cm. Hardback with gilt spine title. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. Book and dust jacket are in Fine Condition: clean and bright. More
London: Alec Tiranti, 1953. Hardcover. viii, 25 pages of text in columns of English and French, [118] pages containing 207 plans and black-and-white photographs; 22 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. No dust jacket. Includes index. First published in 1925. In Near Fine Condition: spine is..... More
Philadelphia: The Fabric Workshop and Museum, 2010. Hardcover. 199 pages: illustrations; 24 cm. Light grey silk binding with blind-stamped spine and cover titles. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. Catalog to accompany an exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and The Fabric Workshop and Museum. Catalog designed by Takaaki Matsumoto;..... More
Rotterdam: Koninklijke Philips Electronics, 2003. Paperback. 352 pages: illustrations, charts; 24 cm. Paperback. An in-depth view of the state of ambient intelligence at the beginning of the 21st century. In Fine Condition: clean and bright. More
London: Sir John Soane's Museum, 1999. Paperback. 52 pages: illustrations; 28 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. The impact of English architect John Soane (1753-1837) on the work of later architects. In Fine Condition: clean and bright. More
Naples: Electa Napoli, 2006. Hardcover. 158, [2] pages: illustrations; 29 cm. Hardback with illustrated cover. Rome as presented in art from five centuries. Text is in Italian. In Fine Condition: clean and bright. More
Cambridge, UK: University of Cambridge, 1998. Hardcover. Originally published in Italian in 1989. [6], 338, [2] pages: illustrations; 29 cm. Black cloth with yellow spine title. Black endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. A thorough examination of the work of Italian painter and architect Giulio Romano (1499-1546). A heavy book; for international..... More
Santa Barbara, CA: Atlantic Richfield Co., 1970. Paperback. 27, [1] pages: illustrations, plans; 28 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Slipcase cover in yellow cloth with black spine title. This striking Art Deco building was constructed in 1928-29 as the headquarters of Richfield Oil in Los Angeles. Architectural historian David Gebhard..... More
Los Angeles: Jensen & Walker, 1990. Paperback. [40] pages: color illustrations; 30 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover; stapled. Includes article by Kurt W. Forster, acceptance speech by Aldo Rossi, many color photographs of his work, and a chronology of selected works by Rossi. Scarce. In Near Fine Condition: edges rubbed;..... More
New York: Galahad Books, 1974. Hardcover. 437, [3] pages: illustrations, maps; 31 cm. Red-brown cover with gilt spine and cover titles. Dust jacket with "Revised Edition with Updated Section on American Wines." The first English printing was in 1970; this has an LC number starting with "74," indicating that it..... More
Beijing, China: Tsinghua University Press, 2002. Paperback. First Printing, July 2002. 296, [2] pages: illustrations, table, maps; 30 cm. Paperback with embossed decoration. Text is in English and Chinese. In Near Fine Condition: upper corners slightly bumped; clean and tight. More
Rome: Casa Editrice Stabilimento Aristide Staderini, 1973. Hardcover. 541, [3] pages, [23] leaves with tipped-on color plates: many in-text black-and-white illustrations; 29 cm. Red-brown cover with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Includes indices. Text is in Italian. A very heavy book; for international shipping, the U.S. Postal Service requires..... More