On this page you can browse and review the 322 architecture related titles that are in stock at RAY BOAS, BOOKSELLER in Walpole, New Hampshire, as of March 27, 2008. There is a nice large selection here, so take your time, and enjoy; and, remember, to make a note of the Order No(s) before the price of the books you would like to purchase, and you can place your order at any time , thank you, RAY
1. AWARD WINNING ARCHITECTURE: USA, FIRST EDITION, Artists/USA, Inc., Philadelphia, PA, (1973), B&W and color illustrations, 207pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0912916028 The first edition in this annual series, representing those honor awards sponsored by the American Institute of Architects, its components, and other organizations with an interest in better design in architecture. Over 250 awards for the year 1972 are visually presented, representing every category and geographical area., (Order No: 14695 ), $17.50
2. THE ARCHITECTURE, DECORATION, AND FURNITURE OF ROBERT & JAMES ADAM, Geo. H. Polley & Co., Boston, MA, c1890, 26 plates, good+, maroon cloth spine, paper covered boards w/light edgewear, "Selected from 'Works in Architecture' published 1778-1822 and Photolithographed from the Originals." Handsome selection of 26 folio size plates., (Order No: 38476 ), $100.00
3. LE STYLE EMPIRE - L'HOTEL BEAUHARNAIS - PALAIS DE L'AMBASSADE D'ALLEMAGNE A PARIS, Librairie centrale d'Art, Paris, n.d. c1930, 80 B&W plates, 18pp of text, good, 3/4 leather (hardcover) front hinge broken, Massive folio tome with exquisite plates with fine interior architectural detail. 3/4 leather with usual wear, front hinge has broken due to sheer weight of this volume., (Order No: 46612 ), $250.00
4. THE CATHEDRALS OF THE BRITISH ISLES, Excalibur Books, New York, (1978), B&W and color illustrations, 128pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 052570261X This book selects over thirty of the most impressive cathedrals, giving a complete guide to each. It discusses the history of the religious changes that have shaped the cathedrals as they stand today--from the magnificent buildings started by the Norman bishops through to the destruction wrought by the Protestant Reformation and the Civil Wars of the seventeenth century., (Order No: 14441 ), $6.50
5. FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT - THE VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES, Farmington Historical Soc., Farmington, CT, (1997), B&W illustrations, 213pp, fine, green cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket as republished), "Photographic Reproductions, Illustrating Every Home in the Town. Prominent People Past and Present, All of the School Children, Local Antiques, Etc." A quality republication of the edition originally published in 1906., (Order No: 26409 ), $45.00
6. HOUSE AND GARDEN WILLIAMSBURG ISSUE, Conde Nast Publications, n.p., November 1937, B&W and color illustrations, good, brown cloth (hardcover) light edgewear to cloth, This issue of HOUSE AND GARDEN featured the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Virginia. The front cover of the magazine, and the article have been taken from the full magazine and bound in brown cloth - the contents being very good and spectacular with color photos, floor plans, gardens, etc., (Order No: 43503 ), $12.00
7. Abercrombie, Stanley; Campbell, Robert; Canty, Donald; Cordes, Karen; Crosbie, Michael J.; Dean, Andrea Oppenheimer; et al, AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE OF THE 1980S, The AIA Press, Washington, D.C., (1990) 1st ptg, B&W and color illustrations, 342pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 155835056X A retrospective from the magazine's coverage of the period., (Order No: 48240 ), $17.50
8. Adams, William Howard, JEFFERSON'S MONTICELLO, Abbeville Press, New York, (1983), B&W and color illustrations, 276pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) owner's inscrip., ISBN 0896593940 The first major study of this remarkable house., (Order No: 49972 ), $15.00
9. Adorni, Bruno; Battisti, Eugenio; Lavagetto, Paoloa Ceschi; Coliva, Anna; Schianchi, Lucia Fornari; Marocchi, Arnaldo; et al, SANTA MARIA DELLA STECCATAA PARMA, Cassa di Risparmio di Parma, Parma, Italy, 1982, B&W and color illustrations, 276pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 48258 ), $75.00
10. Agard, Walter Raymond, THE NEW ARCHITECTURAL SCULPTURE, Oxford University Press, New York, 1935 1st ed, 42 B&W plates follow text, 90pp of text, good, green cloth (hardcover), Contents include: The Aims of Architectural Sculpture; Demands of a New Architecture; Europe: Tradition and Adventure; English Architectural Sculpture; Public Buildings in America; The Skyscraper; Homes; Churches; and, Memorials., (Order No: 53113 ), $12.50
11. Agate, John, BENCHES AND STALLS IN SUFFOLK CHURCHES, Suffolk Historic Churches Tr, Suffolk, UK, 1980, B&W illustrations, 39pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Contents include: The Carvers of the Benches; The Benches, their Layout and Construction; Benchend Decorative Carving; Benchend Figures and Grotesques; Poppyheads; Stalls and Stallwork; and, Misericords., (Order No: 50119 ), $15.00
12. Allsopp, Bruce, DECORATION AND FURNITURE: VOLUME I, THE ENGLISH TRADITION, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd, London, (1952), color frontis, B&W ill., 235pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), The development of the English tradition of design in decoration and furniture from Saxon times to the present day., (Order No: 31342 ), $25.00
13. Allsopp, Bruce, A HISTORY OF CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, London, (1965), 99 B&W plates, 215pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), "From its Origins to the Emergence of Hellenesque and Romanesque Architecture." This is a concise, readable and comprehensive history of classical architecture, from its emergence in Minoan civilisation to the consummation of the Greek architectural genius in Sancta Sophia and the domed mosques of Islam., (Order No: 37867 ), $75.00
14. Arnold, Dieter, BUILDING IN EGYPT - PHARAONIC STONE MASONRY, Oxford University Press, New York, 1991, B&W illustrations, 316pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0195063503 This book traces the methods of Egyptian stone construction from its beginnings at Saqqara, through the pyramids of the Old and Middle Kingdoms, to the great hypostyle hall at Karnak and other architectural achievements. Uncommon in hardcover., (Order No: 49967 ), $150.00
15. Arnott, James A.; and, Wilson, John, THE PETIT TRIANON VERSAILLES, William Helburn, Inc., New York, 1929, 97 B&W plates, very good, black cloth spine (hardcover) faint wear to corners, "Illustrated by a series of measured drawings and photographs of the entire building, exterior and interior: including a large selection of the furniture, and various details of iron work and brass work, together with a historical account of the palace, and descriptive letterpress." The Palace of the Petit Trianon, whose gardens adjoin those of the Grand Trianon, is situated in the park of the Chateau of Versailles, and like the larger building, its origin lay in the caprice of a royal mistress. An exceptionally nice clean and tight and bright copy., (Order No: 53482 ), $350.00
16. Arvidsson, Catrine (text by); Plunger, Max (photographs by); and, Bard, Magnus (water colors by) (translation by Joan Tate), THE CHINESE PAVILION: DREAM AND REALITY, Arvidsson, Plunger, Magnus, Stockholm, Sweden, 1997, B&W and color illustrations, 52pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 9179881114 Contents include: Chinoiserie; An Alien Butterfly; The Chinese Pavilion Today; Daily Life at the Chinese Pavilion., (Order No: 49583 ), $35.00
17. Audsley, William James; and Audsley, George Ashdown, POPULAR DICTIONARY OF ARCHITECTURE AND THE ALLIED ARTS - THREE VOLUME SET (ALL PUBLISHED), G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1881 - 1882, B&W illustrations, very good+, olive green cloth (hardcover) very clean and tight, "A Work of Reference for the Architect, Builder, Sculptor, Decorative Artist, and General Student. With Numerous Illustrations from All Styles of Architecture, from the Egyptian to the Renaissance." Volume I (Third Edition) - A(Alpha) to Aqueduct, 287pp; Volume II - Aquila to Baptisterium, 294pp; Volume III - Bar to Buttery, 294pp., (Order No: 30820 ), $125.00
18. Ayres, James, BUILDING THE GEORGIAN CITY, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, (1998), B&W and color illustrations, 280pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0300075480 Georgian architecture had its roots in the Great Fire of London of 1666. Out of that disaster grew the need for rapid redevelopment, which was accomplished through standarization and the relaxation of restrictive practices in the building trades. This book investigates the decline in the crafted buildings of the client economies of the past and the introduction of the mass produced components which characterized an emerging consumerism., (Order No: 43468 ), $75.00
19. Baker, John Milnes, HOW TO BUILD A HOUSE WITH AN ARCHITECT - WITH A SECTION ON REMODELING, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, PA, (1979), B&W illustrations, 190pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0397013256 A unique layman's guide to working with an architect., (Order No: 53957 ), $4.00
20. Barney, Marian Greene (text by), THE TOWERS OF DORSET - THE TUILERIES BROCHURES: VOLUME II, NUMBER 6, NOVEMBER, 1930, Ludowici-Celadon Company, New York, 1930, B&W illustrations, p178-200, good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 46176 ), $8.00
21. Beard, Geoffrey, GEORGIAN CRAFTSMEN AND THEIR WORK, A. S. Barnes and Co., New York, (1967) 1st Amer, 123 B&W illustrations, 207pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), First section of the book covers the architects and craftsmen of the first 60 years of the 18th century. Second section describes the attention given to decorative detail by Scottish-born architect Robert Adam and his "regiment of artificers.", (Order No: 3795 ), $6.00
22. Beirne, Rosamond Randall and Scarff, John Henry, WILLIAM BUCKLAND, 1734-1774: ARCHITECT OF VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND, Gunston Hall/Hammond-Harwood, n.p., (1970), B&W illustrations, 175pp, very good w/good lightly rubbed dustjacket (hardcover), First published in 1958., (Order No: 30793 ), $20.00
23. Benes, Peter and Zimmerman, Philip D., NEW ENGLAND MEETING HOUSE AND CHURCH: 1630-1850, Boston University, Boston, MA, (1979), B&W illustrations, 177pp, good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 087270050X A Loan Exhibition held at The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire. This catalogue commemorates the first comprehensive exhibition on the subject of the New England Meeting House and Church., (Order No: 46324 ), $10.00
24. Bennett, Arnold (personal sketch by), Lanchester, H. V. (an appreciation by); Fenn, Amor (technical notes by), THE ART OF E. A. RICKARDS, Technical Journals Ltd., London, 1920, B&W illustrations, 139pp, good, brown cloth w/light edgewear (hardcover), "A Collection of his Architectural Drawings, Paintings, and Sketches with a personal sketch by Arnold Bennett, an appreciation by H. V. Lanchester, and technical notes by Amor Fenn.", (Order No: 1550 ), $50.00
25. Berg, Donald J. (edited by), MODERN AMERICAN DWELLINGS, 1897, Antiquity Reprints, New York, (1981), B&W illustrations, 80pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 09372035 A selection of designs of artistic suburban dwellings erected in various sections of the country, at a cost ranging from $2,000 to $5,000, and embracing floor plans, elevations and constructive details, showing interior and exterior finish, all drawn to a scale convenient for the use of the builder; together with brief extracts from the specifications. The house designs, details and photographs presented in this book are selections from a series first published in 1897 by the editors of CARPENTRY AND BUILDING Magazine., (Order No: 43542 ), $25.00
26. Betts, Benjamin Franklin (editor), THE AMERICAN ARCHITECT - FEBRUARY 1930 - VOLUME CXXXVII NUMBER 2580, International Publ., Inc., New York, 1930, B&W and color illustrations, 128pp, very good, wraps (softcover) light cover wear/soil, (Order No: 53947 ), $20.00
27. Betts, Benjamin Franklin (editor), THE AMERICAN ARCHITECT - APRIL 1930 - VOLUME CXXXVII NUMBER 2582, International Publ., Inc., New York, 1930, B&W and color illustrations, 128pp, very good, wraps (softcover) light cover wear/soil, (Order No: 53948 ), $20.00
28. Betts, Benjamin Franklin (editor), THE AMERICAN ARCHITECT - AUGUST 1930 - VOLUME CXXXVIII NUMBER 2586, International Publ., Inc., New York, 1930, B&W and color illustrations, 116pp, very good, wraps (softcover) light cover wear/soil, (Order No: 53949 ), $20.00
29. Betts, Benjamin Franklin (editor), THE AMERICAN ARCHITECT - DECEMBER 1930 - VOLUME CXXXVIII NUMBER 2590, International Publ., Inc., New York, 1930, B&W and color illustrations, 118pp, very good, wraps (softcover) light cover wear/soil, (Order No: 53950 ), $20.00
30. Betts, Benjamin Franklin (editor), THE AMERICAN ARCHITECT - APRIL 1931 - VOLUME CXXXIX NUMBER 2594, International Publ., Inc., New York, 1931, B&W and color illustrations, 132pp, very good, wraps (softcover) light cover wear/soil, (Order No: 53951 ), $20.00
31. Betts, Benjamin Franklin (editor), THE AMERICAN ARCHITECT - MAY 1931 - VOLUME CXXXIX NUMBER 2595, International Publ., Inc., New York, 1931, B&W and color illustrations, 148pp, very good, wraps (softcover) light cover wear/soil, (Order No: 53952 ), $20.00
32. Betts, Benjamin Franklin (editor), THE AMERICAN ARCHITECT - SEPTEMBER 1931 - VOLUME CXXXX NUMBER 2599, International Publ., Inc., New York, 1931, B&W and color illustrations, 128pp, very good, wraps (softcover) light cover wear/soil, (Order No: 53953 ), $20.00
33. Betts, Benjamin Franklin (editor), THE AMERICAN ARCHITECT - OCTOBER 1931 - VOLUME CXXXX NUMBER 2600, International Publ., Inc., New York, 1931, B&W and color illustrations, 108pp, very good, wraps (softcover) light cover wear/soil, (Order No: 53954 ), $20.00
34. Betts, Benjamin Franklin (editor), THE AMERICAN ARCHITECT - DECEMBER 1931 - VOLUME CXXXX NUMBER 2602, International Publ., Inc., New York, 1931, B&W and color illustrations, 100pp, very good, wraps (softcover) light cover wear/soil, (Order No: 53955 ), $20.00
35. Bishir, Catherine W. (photography by Tim Buchman), NORTH CAROLINA ARCHITECTURE, Univ. of North Carolina Pr., Chapel Hill, NC, (1990) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 513pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0807819239 This stunning book portrays the wide range of North Carolina's architectural heritage from colonial times to the beginning of World War II., (Order No: 45602 ), $60.00
36. Bishop, Robert and Coblentz, Patricia, THE WORLD OF ANTIQUES, ART, AND ARCHITECTURE IN VICTORIAN AMERICA, E. P. Dutton, New York, (1979) 1st ed, B&W and color illustrations, 495pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 052512912X Celebrates the Victorian home in America., (Order No: 38422 ), $7.00
37. Black, Alexandra; Murata, Noboru (photography by), THE JAPANESE HOUSE: ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIORS, Tuttle Publishing, Rutland, VT, (2000) 4th ptg, color illustrations, 216pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0804832625 "From the rustic farmhouse to the Kyoto tea house to the most modern of Zen-inspired homes, THE JAPANESE HOUSE reveals a unique vernacular architecture and intimate interior world.", (Order No: 47210 ), $30.00
38. Blijstra, R., NETHERLANDS ARCHITECTURE SINCE 1900, Uitgeverij De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam, (1960), B&W illustrations, 99pp, very good, pictorial boards (hardcover), "With forty photographs and a list of buildings completed since 1945.", (Order No: 51837 ), $14.50
39. Boardman, Fon W., CASTLES, Oxford University Press, New York, 1957, B&W ill., 104pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover) inscribed by the author, Here history lives again as the author describes what feudalism was, how it came about, the roles of the great kings and nobles and the vital part played by castles. "Oxford Book for Boys and Girls", (Order No: 34497 ), $20.00
40. Boeckstrom, Arvid; and, Tengbom, Ivar (photographs by C. G. Rosenberg), THE SWEDISH MATCH COMPANY'S HEAD OFFICE STOCKHOLM, Nordisk Rotogravyr, Stockholm, Sweden, 1931, B&W illustrations, 109pp, good, wraps (softcover), A history of the historic site, and an archtectural presentation of the "new building.", (Order No: 48445 ), $175.00
41. Bond, David, THE GUINNESS GUIDE TO 20TH CENTURY HOMES: THE HOME FROM 1900 TO THE 1980S, Guinness Books, Middlesex, (1984), B&W and color ill., 224pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0851124135 This book follows the rapid evolution of homes throughout the century. Changing designs in architecture, furniture and interior decoration are explored in detail as they affect both modest homes and those of the ultra style conscious. A British slant is taken, but influential and parallel developments in many other countries are discussed throughout the book., (Order No: 15233 ), $10.00
42. Boorsch, Suzanne, THE BUILDING OF THE VATICAN: THE PAPACY AND ARCHITECTURE, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, (1983), B&W illustrations, 64pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), Reprinted from THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART BULLETIN (Winter 1982/83) for the museum's exhibition of Vatican treasures. This booklet describes the history of the building of the Vatican through prints and drawings of the fifteenth through eighteenth centuries., (Order No: 35835 ), $12.00
43. Boyle, Terry, UNDER THIS ROOF: FAMILY HOMES OF SOUTHERN ONTARIO, Doubleday Canada Limited, Toronto, 1980, pen and ink drawings, 131pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0385156367 The sixty pen-and-ink drawings pay tribute to Ontario's diverse heritage showing a cross-section of architectural styles that reflected the needs and tastes of the people who came to the province to live and work and raise their families., (Order No: 9431 ), $12.00
44. Boynton, Winifred C., FAITH BUILDS A CHAPEL: THE STORY OF AN ADVENTURE IN CRAFTSMANSHIP, Reinhold Publishing Corp., n.p., 1953, B&W and color ill., 135pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), This book tells the story of how Mrs. Boynton and her husband, lacking any formal training in craftsmanship, conceived and built entirely by hand over a period of nine years, a 15th century Norwegian Chapel on their Summer estate in Door County, Wisconsin., (Order No: 21762 ), $10.00
45. Brambilla, Roberto and Longo, Gianni, WHAT MAKES CITIES LIVABLE? LEANING FROM BALTIMORE, Int for Environmental Action, Baltimore, MD, (1979), B&W illustrations, 152pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), A look at the projects that support livability in the downtowns and neighborhoods of America, (Order No: 50133 ), $15.00
46. Bridenbaugh, Carl, PETER HARRISON - FIRST AMERICAN ARCHITECT, Univ. of North Carolina Pr., Chapel Hill, NC, 1949, B&W illustrations, 195pp, good++ w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Peter Harrison, amateur architect of colonial days, who anticipated Jefferson in the revival of classical models, is one of the most interesting - and most neglected - figures in American cultural history. Every one of his buildings survived the Revolution and are all still standing, including: King's Chapel, Boston; the Redwood Library; the Brick Market; and the Synagogue, Newport; and others., (Order No: 52247 ), $45.00
47. Briggs, Martin S., ENGLISH ARCHITECTURE: AN OUTLINE, Winsor & Newton, Limited, London, UK, n.d. c1930s, Martin S. Briggs, 88pp, good, gray boards (hardcover) some light edgewear, Contents include: The Beginnings of English Architecture; Norman Architecture; Gothic Architecture; The Medieval Parish Church; The Medieval Monastery; Medieval Houses and Castles; Tudor Architecture; Elizabethan and Jacobean Architecture (c.1550-1620); From Inigo Jones to Robert Adam (c. 1620-1800); The Nineteenth Century and After., (Order No: 44045 ), $12.50
48. Brodrick, A. H. (text by) and Dubois, Jacques (design by), CATHEDRALS AND CHURCHES OF FRANCE, The French Government, France, (1949), B&W and color illustrations, unpaginated, good, wraps (softcover), Covers Romanesque Churches, The Gothic Cathedral, and Classical and Baroque Churches., (Order No: 50875 ), $7.50
49. Brolin, Brent C., FLIGHT OF FANCY: THE BANISHMENT AND RETURN OF ORNAMENT, St. Martin's Press, New York, (1985) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 339pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0312296134 The story begins in antiquity and evolves through the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, the Arts and Crafts Movement, Art Nouveau, Modernism, and even Postmodernism., (Order No: 41423 ), $8.50
50. Brooks, H. Allen, FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT AND THE PRAIRIE SCHOOL, George Braziller, Inc., New York, (1984) 5th ptg, B&W and color illustrations, 120pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0807610844 Between 1900 and the first World War, Frank Lloyd Wright and his midwestern contemporaries revolutionized the design of the American home., (Order No: 52552 ), $8.50
51. Brownell, Blaine A. and Goldfield, David R., THE CITY IN SOUTHERN HISTORY: THE GROWTH OF URBAN CIVILIZATION IN THE SOUTH, Kennikat Press, Port Washington, NY, 1977, 228pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0804690782 First overall historical survey of urbanization in the southern United States., (Order No: 37527 ), $15.00
52. Bumpus, T. Francis, THE CATHEDRALS OF ENGLAND AND WALES, T. Werner Laurie Ltd., London, 1926, color frontis, B&W ill., 344pp, good, dark green cloth (hardcover) faded spine, (Order No: 50924 ), $8.50
53. Burden, Ernest, LIVING BARNS: HOW TO FIND AND RESTORE A BARN OF YOUR OWN, Bonanza Books, New York, (1984), 100s of B&W and color ill., 186pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0517436175 Firt published in 1977. This book highlights a stunning selection of residential and commercial projects-barns transformed into homes, studios, offices, churches, community centers, theaters, motor lodges, and the like. The barns featured range from many recycled almost completely by amateurs to more ambitious renovations by architects., (Order No: 12045 ), $10.00
54. Caemmerer, Alex, THE HOUSES OF KEY WEST, Pineapple Press, Sarasota, FL, (1992), color illustrations, 111pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 1561640093 Eyebrow houses, shotgun houses, Conch Victorians: Key West is an architectural treasure trove of wooden houses built in the nineteenth century., (Order No: 50802 ), $10.00
55. Camesasca, E. (editor), Matthew, Robert (foreword by), HISTORY OF THE HOUSE, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, (1971) 1st Amer, 887 ill, plates, plans, etc., 432pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Devolopment and evolution of the house in all its manifestations from prehistoric times to the present. 170 plates in full color, 417 B&W illustrations, 300 drawings and architectural plans., (Order No: 1572 ), $15.00
56. Campen, Richard N., ARCHITECTURE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE, 1800-1900, Case Western University Pr., Cleveland, OH, 1971, color illustrations, 259pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) signed by author, ISBN 0829501967 An in-depth look at the architecture of the Western Reserve from the earliest pioneer days. The author has intended neither a textbook nor a comprehensive catalogue, but rather a selective photographic survey, supported with general and specific information, of nineteenth-century architecture remaining in the Reserve., (Order No: 20545 ), $40.00
57. Candee, Richard M., BUILDING PORTSMOUTH: THE NEIGHBORHOODS & ARCHITECTURE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE'S OLDEST CITY, Portsmouth Advocates, Inc., Portsmouth, NH, (1996) 3rd ptg, B&W illustrations, 200pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0963453904 Illustrated with contemporary and historic photographs, prints, maps and drawings, this volume offers a rare glimpse into the city's past through the history of its buildings and the people who created them., (Order No: 53872 ), $40.00
58. Carl, F. E., KLEINARCHITEKTUREN IN DER DEUTSCHEN GARTENKUNST, Henschelverlag, Berlin, Germany, 1956, B&W illustrations, 144pp, good+ w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Nicely illustrated history of German garden architecture. Text in German., (Order No: 44946 ), $30.00
59. Chalmers, Larry S., and Jones, Jeremy A. (Design Concept Associates), HOMES IN THE EARTH - A DESIGN ASSOCIATES BOOK, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, CA, (1980), B&W illustrations, 112pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0877012121 Designs, Descriptions and Floor Plans for 40 Earth-Sheltered Houses., (Order No: 50004 ), $5.00
60. Christ, Yvan, ABBAYES DE FRANCE - ABBEYS OF FRANCE, La Diffusion Francaise, Paris, France, (1955), B&W ill. follow text, 53pp of text, very good, pictorial boards (hardcover) in worn slipcase, Text in French., (Order No: 52413 ), $25.00
61. Christovich, Mary Louise; Toledano, Roulhac; Swanson, Betsy; Holden, Pat; Wilson, Samuel; Lemann, Bernard, NEW ORLEANS ARCHITECTURE - VOLUME II - THE AMERICAN SECTOR (FAUBOURG ST. MARY), Pelican Publishing Company, Gretna, LA, 1972 1st ptg, B&W and color illustrations, 243pp, very good, green cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, ISBN 091111680X Howard Avenue to Iberville Street - Mississippi River to Claiborne Avenue., (Order No: 50736 ), $35.00
62. Clifton-Mogg, Caroline, THE NEOCLASSICAL SOURCE BOOK, Rizzoli, New York, (1991), B&W and color illustrations, 208pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0847813924 This volume encompasses the landscaping, painting, sculpture and furniture of the period and focuses too, on the inventors and inventors, among them Josiah Wedgwood, whose ideas and experiments heralded the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution in Britain., (Order No: 44437 ), $20.00
63. Committee on Old Homes, OLD HOMES OF SOUTH HADLEY - SOUTH HADLEY, MASSACHUSETTS, South Hadley Historical Soc., South Hadley, MA, 1988 2nd ed, B&W illustrations, 154pp, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 50809 ), $30.00
64. Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, EARLY AMERICAN HOMES FOR TODAY: A TREASURY OF DECORATIVE DETAILS AND RESTORATION PROCEDURES, Charles E. Tuttle Company, Rutland, VT, (1963) 1st ptg, 128 B&W plates, 236pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), This book is written for all who share an interest in the tradition of sound craftsmanship and sensible living embodied in the Early American homes built by the pioneering home-builders. And the New England homes of the 18th and early 19th centuries are, in fact, a never-ending source of inspiration to the modern home-builder, whether he is restoring, adapting, or building anew., (Order No: 27508 ), $25.00
65. Copplestone, Trewin (general editor) (introduction by H. R. Hitchcock), WORLD ARCHITECTURE: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY, Hamlyn, London, (1973) 7th ptg, 1026 B&W ill., 32pp of color, 348pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0600039544 First published in 1963. This book provides a comprehensive story of the history of architecture, divided into nine sections: Introduction; Ancient and Classical; Chinese; Japanese; Indian; Islamic; Medieval; Renaissance; and Modern., (Order No: 14475 ), $17.50
66. Creese, Walter L., THE CROWNING OF THE AMERICAN LANDSCAPE: EIGHT GREAT SPACES AND THEIR BUILDINGS, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, (1985), B&W and color ill., maps, 290pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 069104029X From areas as large as the Hudson Valley and Yosemite National Park to those as small as the Fens in Boston and Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin Valley, the author analyzes the historical essence of eight distinguished American sites and their architecture., (Order No: 30314 ), $20.00
67. Crosby, Theo, THE NECESSARY MONUMENT: ITS FUTURE IN THE CIVILIZED CITY, New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, CT, (1970), B&W illustrations, 128pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0821203932 A protest against the dehumanizing pressures of technology and simplistic economics on the architecture of our cities; in particular, an examination of the values of the great nineteenth-century monuments now threatened with destruction in this age in which the past is an embarrassment., (Order No: 35302 ), $8.50
68. Cunningham, Colin, VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN TOWN HALLS, Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, (1981), B&W illustrations, 315pp, very good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 071000723X Alongside the well-known buildings at Birmingham, Liverpool, Leeds and Manchester, Cunningham discusses a large sample of less famous town halls, considering all the different elements involved in their stories: the local politics behind the commissions; the organization and judging of the architects' competitions; the cost of the buildings and how they were financed; the architectural styles that were chosen; the themes of the paintings and sculptures with which the halls were decorated; and the planning of the offices and reception rooms so that efficiency and grandeur were achieved., (Order No: 39755 ), $35.00
69. Cunningham, Jan (author and survey director); Warner, Elizabeth (research associate), HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY OF THE TOWN OF ROXBURY, CONNECTICUT, Roxbury Historic Dist. Comm., Roxbury, CT, 1997, B&W illustrations, 216pp, map, very good, wraps (softcover), Great study of the town of Roxbury, Connecticut. Contents include: Survey Methodology; History and Architecture of Roxbury; National Register Recommendations; Bibliography; Inventory List of Historical and Architectural Resources; Inventory of History Buildings (which is the last 3/4 of the book)., (Order No: 48745 ), $30.00
70. Curtis, Elizabeth Gibbon, GATEWAYS AND DOORWAYS OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, IN THE EIGHTEENTH AND THE NINETEENTH CENTURIES, Bonanza Books, New York, orig pub 1926, B&W illustrations, 67pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 43009 ), $15.00
71. Dana, Richard H., THE OLD HILL TOWNS OF WINDHAM COUNTY, CONNECTICUT - WHITE PINE SERIES: VOLUME X - NUMBER 1, Russell F. Whitehead, New York, 1924, B&W illustrations, 16pp, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 53942 ), $14.50
72. Davis, Deering; Dorsey, Stephen P.; & Hall, Ralph Cole (foreword by Nancy McClelland), GEORGETOWN HOUSES OF THE FEDERAL PERIOD - WASHINGTON, D.C. 1780-1830, Architectural Book Pub, Inc., New York, 1944 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 130pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 6558 ), $10.00
73. Davis, Deering; Dorsey, Stephen P.; & Hall, Ralph Cole, ALEXANDRIA HOUSES 1750-1830, Bonanza Books, New York, orig pub 1946, B&W photos, 128pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 6559 ), $7.00
74. de Campos, D. Redig (editor), ART TREASURES OF THE VATICAN: ARCHITECTURE, PAINTING, SCULPTURE, Park Lane, New York, (1974), 410 color ill., B&W ill., 398pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), Included are sections on St. Peter's and the palaces, the Sistine Chapel, the Borgia Apartments, the Library and Secret Archives, with critical comment on all the paintings, frescoes, statuary, books and manuscripts., (Order No: 13778 ), $12.50
75. de Hillerin, Jean; Baschet, Roger; et, Briat, Rene, STYLES REGIONAUX - ARCHITECTURE MOBILIER DECORATION, Baschet & C, Editeur, Paris, c1960, B&W and color illustrations, 198pp, very good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Collection Plaisir de France -- Provence - Flandre - Artois - Picardie - Landes - Pays Basque - Bearn - Alsace - Bretagne., (Order No: 47873 ), $35.00
76. Debrol, MME. Marc (text by), TWO CHATEAUX OF TOURAINE - THE TUILERIES BROCHURES: VOLUME IV, NUMBER 4, JULY, 1932, Ludowici-Celadon Company, New York, 1932, B&W illustrations, p 146-160, good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 46180 ), $10.00
77. Devlin, Harry, WHAT KIND OF HOUSE IS THAT?, Parent's Magazine Press, New York, (1969), color illustrations, 48pp, very good, pictorial boards (hardcover) EX-LIB, ISBN 081930316X Library Edition. A collection of architectural follies, and structures seldom seen today illustrated also by the talented Harry Devlin., (Order No: 48475 ), $5.00
78. Diamonstein, Barbaralee, REMAKING AMERICA: NEW USES, OLD PLACES, Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, (1986) 1st ed, B&W and color ill., 204pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0517562871 A lavishly illustrated guided tour through forty-eight of the most outstanding structures whose architectural quality and brand-new uses are transforming the nation coast to coast., (Order No: 13691 ), $7.50
79. Downing, Antoinette F. & Scully, Jr., Vincent J., THE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE OF NEWPORT RHODE ISLAND 1650-1915, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1952 1st ed, 230 plates, map, 241pp text, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket, (Order No: 5289 ), $140.00
80. Drake, Samuel Adams, OUR COLONIAL HOMES, Lee and Shepard Publishers, Boston, MA, 1894, B&W illustrations, 211pp, good, brown cloth, aeg (hardcover), A look at important historic homes with their histories and a presentation of their distinct types of colonial architecture as found in New England., (Order No: 51592 ), $20.00
81. Draper, Paul (art by) and Copplestone, Trewin (text by), BEHIND FACADES, Macmillan, New York, (1995), B&W and color ill., 80pp, good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0028604318 "A Dramatic Cutaway Look into Five of the World's Architectural Treasures-- Featuring Panoramic Foldouts. A Cathedral, APalace, A Theater, A Castle, A Residence." These remarkable structures include: St. Peter's Cathedral, Rome ; Buckingham Palace, London; The Paris Opera (now Opera Garnier), Paris; King Ludwig's Castle (Neuschwanstein), Bavaria; and, Monticello, Virginia., (Order No: 17667 ), $7.50
82. Drew, Philip, THIRD GENERATION: THE CHANGING MEANING OF ARCHITECTURE, Praeger Publishers, New York, (1972), B&W illustrations, unpaginated, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), With the emergence of the third generation of architects, born between the two wars, the modern architecture movement entered a new phase of criticism, renewal and maturity., (Order No: 43844 ), $30.00
83. Eberlein, Harold Donaldson & Hubbard, Cortland Van Dyke, COLONIAL INTERIORS: FEDERAL AND GREEK REVIVAL - THIRD SERIES, William Helburn, Inc., New York, 1938, 153 B&W plates, good, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket) light edgewear, Presented are domestic interiors from southeastern Pennsylvania, the Jerseys and Delaware. Also included are some examples from NY, NH and Maryland., (Order No: 6560 ), $75.00
84. Eberlein, Harold Donaldson, and Hubbard, Cortlandt Van Dyke (preface by Richard Hubbard Howland), HISTORIC HOUSES OF GEORGE-TOWN & WASHINGTON CITY, The Dietz Press, Richmond, VA, (1958), 100 B&W illustrations, 480pp, good+, orange cloth (hardcover) inscribed by the authors, A record of the capital's fast-disappearing old homes., (Order No: 36612 ), $100.00
85. Eberlein, Harold Donaldson and Hubbard, Cortlandt V. D., HISTORIC HOUSES AND BUILDINGS OF DELAWARE, Public Archives Commission, Dover, DE, 1962, B&W illustrations, 227pp, very good, brown cloth spine (hardcover), This book was inspired by a series of conversations between Mrs. Henry Ridgely, Mr. Donald V. L. Downs, Mr. Eberlein and the State Archivist. They were dismayed at the increasing number of old houses and buildings in the State being torn down and at others being neglected or abused, including the Old State House on historic Dover Green. It was thought that as it was not possible to save all of the old structures themselves, at least a record of them could be preserved for posterity., (Order No: 45445 ), $100.00
86. Embury, Aymar, A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF A GROUP OF EARLY AMERICAN DOORWAYS: PART ONE - WHITE PINE SERIES: VOLUME VII - NUMBER 2, Russell F. Whitehead, New York, 1921, B&W illustrations, 16pp, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 53937 ), $15.00
87. Embury, Aymar, A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF A GROUP OF AMERICAN DOORWAYS: PART TWO: PORCHES - WHITE PINE SERIES: VOLUME VII - NUMBER 5, Russell F. Whitehead, New York, 1921, B&W illustrations, 16pp, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 53938 ), $15.00
88. Embury, Aymar, A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF A GROUP OF EARLY AMERICAN ORNAMENTAL CORNICES - WHITE PINE SERIES: VOLUME X - NUMBER 3, Russell F. Whitehead, New York, 1924, B&W illustrations, 16pp, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 53943 ), $12.00
89. Esdaile, Katharine A. (introduction by Sacheverell Sitwell), ENGLISH CHURCH MONUMENTS, 1510 TO 1840, B. T. Batsford Ltd., London, (1946), color frontis, B&W ill., 144pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A leading authority on English Renaissance Sculpture covers every aspect of English church monuments over three hundred years--from the sources of the vaious materials to the different types of epitaphs., (Order No: 17631 ), $10.00
90. Eventworth, Irving B., DEPENDENCIES OF THE OLD-FASHIONED HOUSE - WHITE PINE SERIES: VOLUME VIII - NUMBER 2, Russell F. Whitehead, New York, 1922, B&W illustrations, 16pp, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 53939 ), $12.50
91. Ewan, N. R., EARLY BRICKMAKING IN THE COLONIES - A COMMON FALLACY CORRECTED, Camden Cty. Historical Soc., Camden, NJ, 1938, 15pp, good, wraps (softcover) some fading to cover, (Order No: 12585 ), $15.00
92. Farrar, Emmie Ferguson (illustrated with photographers by Harry Bagby & Others), OLD VIRGINIA HOUSES: THE MOBJACK BAY COUNTRY, Hastings House, Publishers, New York, (1955) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 175pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), On the map of Virginia, the Mobjack Bay region covers a small area. Yet this tiny section as told here in charmingly descriptive text and sumptuous photographs, produced some of our finest architecture., (Order No: 44738 ), $12.50
93. Faude, Wilson H. (with an introduction by Oliver Jenson), THE RENAISSANCE OF MARK TWAIN'S HOUSE: HANDBOOK FOR RESTORATION, Queens House, Larchmont, NY, (1978), B&W and color illustrations, 106pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) owner inscription, ISBN 0892440740 This fine book of the restoration of Mark Twain Memorial in Hartford, Connecticut, takes the reader directly into Mark Twain's home in Hartford., (Order No: 50978 ), $27.50
94. Ferguson, A. E., EARLY DWELLINGS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE - WHITE PINE SERIES: VOLUME XII - NUMBER 5, Russell F. Whitehead, New York, 1926, B&W illustrations, unpaginated, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 53944 ), $15.00
95. Ferro, Maximilian L. and Cook, Melissa L., ELECTRIC WIRING AND LIGHTING IN HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDINGS, AFC/A Nortek Company, New Bedford, MA, 1984, B&W illustrations, 102pp, fine, wraps (softcover), "GUIDELINES FOR RESTORATION AND REHABILITATION PROJECTS" Contents include: Wiring 1--A History of Insulation; Wiring 2--Wiring Systems Past & Present; Wiring 3--Rewiring Historic Buildings; Lighting 2--The Light Bulb; Lighting 3--A Chronology of Fixtures; Lighting 4--Lighting Historic Buildings; AFC Products., (Order No: 53920 ), $75.00
96. Field, Wooster Bard, AN INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., New York, 1943, B&W illustrations, 245pp, good, tan cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket) bump top corner, (Order No: 46010 ), $10.00
97. Fitzpatrick, John C., SOME HISTORIC HOUSES - THEIR BUILDERS AND THEIR PLACES IN HISTORY, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1939, B&W illustrations, 160pp, good, light blue cloth (hardcover), Published under the auspices of the National Society of Colonial Dames of America. Included are homes, their relics, manuscripts and momentos, that are maintained by the State societies, member of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America., (Order No: 42019 ), $7.50
98. Fletcher, Hanslip, LONDON PASSED AND PASSING - A PICTORIAL RECORD OF DESTROYED & THREATENED BUILDINGS, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd, London, 1908, 69 B&W plates, 240pp, very good, tan cloth, teg (hardcover), A fascinating look at old London., (Order No: 11731 ), $50.00
99. Florin, Lambert (assisted by Ralph W. Andrews), BACKYARD CLASSIC: AN ADVENTURE IN NOSTALGIA, Superior Publishing Company, Seattle, WA, (1975) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 160pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0875643345 There are 170 pictures here to prove to you that outhouses are for real., (Order No: 51286 ), $10.00
100. Fowler, Lemuel Hoadley, SOME FORGOTTEN FARMHOUSES ON MANHATTAN ISLAND - WHITE PINE SERIES: VOLUME IX - NUMBER 1, Russell F. Whitehead, New York, 1923, B&W illustrations, 16pp, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 53941 ), $14.50
101. Fowlkes, George Allen, A MIRROR OF NANTUCKET - AN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY OF THE ISLAND, 1686-1850, published by the author, n.p., (1959), B&W illustrations, 136pp, good, wraps (softcover), Originallty prepared as a Senior Thesis submitted to the Department of Art and Archaeology of Princeton University in 1957. Contents include: The Influences of Environment and Religion; The Architecture of the Early Colonial Period; The Architecture of the Colonial and Early Federal Era; The Architecture of the Neo-Classic Period; and, The Decline and Subsequent Rise., (Order No: 49990 ), $12.50
102. Fox, William (produced and designed by); Brooks, Bill (photography by); and, Tyrwhitt, Janice (written by), THE MILL, NYGS, Boston, MA, (1976) 1st US, 99 color ill., 178 B&W ill., 224pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) lt rubbing to jacket, ISBN 0821207024 Mills of every type are covered--including gristmills, textile mills, sawmills, gunpowder mills--and in so doing, the book recreates the life and history of North America from the earliest settlements through the Industrial Revolution., (Order No: 30204 ), $15.00
103. Galinsky, Karl, CLASSICAL AND MODERN INTERACTIONS: POSTMODERN ARCHITECTURE, MULTICULTURALISM, DECLINE AND OTHER ISSUES, University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, (1992) 1st ed, 72 B&W ill., 190pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0292770537 The author explores Greece and Rome as multicultural societies, debates the merits of classicism in postmodern architecture, discusses the reign of Augustus in terms of modern leadership theories, and investigates the modern obsession with finding parallels between the supposed "decline and fall" of Rome and the "decay" of U.S. society., (Order No: 18583 ), $15.00
104. Garratt, Thomas (editor); Willins, Edward Preston, SOME OF THE OLD HALLS AND MANOR-HOUSES IN THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK BY THE LATE EDWARD PRESTON WILLINS, ARCHITECT, Jarrold & Sons, London, 1890, 50 B&W illustrations, good+, blue cloth, aeg (hardcover), Fine detail of these English Manor-Houses with a map of the County of Norfolk showing the position of the Old Halls & Manor Houses that are illustrated and the principal adjacent towns., (Order No: 36778 ), $125.00
105. Garrett, Wendell, ANTIQUES IN WETHERSFIELD, The Magazine Antiques, New York, (1976), B&W and color illustrations, 65pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Reprinted from The Magazine ANTIQUES, March, 1976. Mostly the architecture and furniture of the region., (Order No: 31390 ), $20.00
106. Garrett, Wendell D., Norton, Paul F.; Gowans, Alan; and, Butler, Joseph T., THE ARTS IN AMERICA - THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, (1969) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 412pp, good+ w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), This volume examines American art in its century of adolesence, with essays on: A Century of Aspiration; Architecture; Painting and Sculpture; and, the Decorative Arts., (Order No: 41262 ), $30.00
107. Garrett, Wendell D. (preface by Reuben A. Brower; introduction by Walter Muir Whitehill), APTHORP HOUSE, 1760-1960, Adams House - Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, 1960, B&W illustrations, 100pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Contents include: The Archbishop of Canterbury's Understrapper and North American Privy Councellor; A Splendid Palace; A Martyr to the Times; Mr. Borland's Late House; The Good Angel of Cambridge; Apthorp College., (Order No: 43200 ), $20.00
108. Garrigan, Kristine Ottesen, RUSKIN ON ARCHITECTURE: HIS THOUGHT AND INFLUENCE, University of Wisconsin Pr., Madison, WI, (1973) 1st ptg, B&W figures, 221pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0299064603 A detailed exploration of John Ruskin's architectural views., (Order No: 37891 ), $14.50
109. Garvan, Anthony N. B.; Koch, Cynthia; Arbuckle, Donald; and, Hart, Deborah, THE ARCHITECTURAL SURVEYS 1784-1794 - THE MUTUAL ASSURANCE COMPANY PAPERS VOLUME I, Mutual Assurance Company, Philadelphia, 1976, B&W illustrations, 330pp, very good, green buckram cloth (hardcover), The early policies of this insurance company included details of the properties covered. Provides insight into this time period., (Order No: 18217 ), $35.00
110. Geisinger, Marion (introduction by Martin E. Marty), THE HOUSE OF GOD: PLACES OF WORSHIP EXPRESS THE PERMANENCE AND VARIETY OF RELIGIOUS FAITH AROUND THE WORLD, A&W Publishers, Inc., New York, (1979), B&W and color ill., 239pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0894790528 Here, seventy renowned landmarks are presented, showing their architectural grandeur and simplicity, their historic relationship to their environment and their worshipers, and their cultural impact as religious havens and works of art., (Order No: 24292 ), $6.00
111. Giedion, S., THE ETERNAL PRESENT: VOLUME II - THE BEGINNINGS OF ARCHITECTURE, Pantheon Books, New York, (1964), B&W and color illustrations, 583pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts - 1957 -- Bollingen Series XXXV - 6- 11. Major sections of this book includes: The Differing Destinies of Egypt and Sumer; The Eggshells of Prehistory; Creating an Anthropomorphic Cosmos; Constancy and Change in the Mode of Expression; The Origins of Monumental Architecture: Mesopotamia; Ziggurates: Stairways of the Gods; Beginnings of Stone Architecture and the Ka: Egypt; Pyramids: Rites and Space; The Great Temples and the Eternal Wandering; Hatshepsut and the Cosmic Inner Court; Supremacy of the Vertical; and, The First Architectural Space Conception., (Order No: 27994 ), $12.50
112. Gieure, Maurice, LES EGLISES ROMANES EN FRANCE - VOLUME II (ONLY), Editions du Louvre, Paris, (1954), B&W and color ill., 60pp, plates, good, white cloth (hardcover) few nicks to boards, (Order No: 35851 ), $50.00
113. Girouard, Mark, TOWN AND COUNTRY, Yale University Press, New Haven, 1992, 200 B&W ill., 50 colorplates, 274pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0300051859 Author writes of places he has visited in town and country. Mixing erudition with anecdote, he offers fascinating insights into both buildings and their inhabitants., (Order No: 8070 ), $12.50
114. Girouard, Mark, CITIES & PEOPLE: A SOCIAL AND ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1985, over 300 B&W and color ill., 397pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0300035020 London, Paris, Venice, New York, Rome, Constantinople--the cities of the world have captured man's imagination for generations. In this sumptuously illustrated book, the author takes us on a tour of cities and their people through the centuries., (Order No: 20609 ), $17.50
115. Glaeser, Ludwig, THE WORK OF FREI OTTO, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, (1972), B&W illustrations, 128pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0870703323 This book presents a complete pictorial survey of the work of Frei Otto, including all of his major executed projects, experimental studies, and his best-known structure on this continent--the German Pavilion at Expo '67 in Montreal., (Order No: 43845 ), $40.00
116. Goldberger, Paul, THE CITY OBSERVED: NEW YORK, A GUIDE TO THE ARCHITECTURE OF MANHATTAN, Vintage Books/Random House, New York, (1979) 7th ptg, B&W illustrations, 347pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0394729161 In this superbly written guide, Paul Goldberger, architecture critic for The New York Times, takes readers on a guided walking tour of Manhattan, beginning in the financial district and traveling uptown-stopping to provide historical information and aesthetic evaluations of some four hundred buildings along the way., (Order No: 12376 ), $25.00
117. Goldfield, David R. and Brownell, Blaine A., URBAN AMERICA: FROM DOWNTOWN TO NO TOWN, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, (1979), 435pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0395273978, (Order No: 37530 ), $12.50
118. Goldscheider, Ludwig, MICHELANGELO: PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES, ARCHITECTURE, Phaidon Publishers, Inc., London, (1962) 4th ed, 400 ill. in color and B&W, 262pp, good w/lightly edgeworn dustjacket (hardcover) owner's insc., First published in 1953, (Order No: 6416 ), $14.50
119. Goodwin, Philip L. (text by), FRENCH ARCHITECTURE AS SOURCE MATERIAL - THE TUILERIES BROCHURES: VOLUME III, NUMBER 1, JANUARY, 1931, Ludowici-Celadon Company, New York, 1931, B&W illustrations, p 1-16, good, wraps (softcover) some light cover soil, (Order No: 46177 ), $10.00
120. Gowans, Alan, ARCHITECTURE IN NEW JERSEY, D. Van Nostrand Co., Inc., Princeton, NJ, (1964), B&W illustrations, 161pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Vol. 6 of The New Jersey Historical Series (issued separately)., (Order No: 4768 ), $15.00
121. Graton, Milton S., THE LAST OF THE COVERED BRIDGE BUILDERS, Clifford-Nicol, Inc., Plymouth, NH, (1986), B&W illustrations, 173pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) signed by author, The author relates his life and techniques in repairing, rebuilding and completely constructing twenty-two covered bridges. A fascinating study and account of his work mainly with the bridges in New Hampshire and Vermont. First published in 1978., (Order No: 47509 ), $75.00
122. Greiff, Constance M. (ed), GREAT HOUSES FROM THE PAGES OF THE MAGAZINE ANTIQUES, Weathervane Books, New York, (1973), B&W photos, color plates, 380pp, good+ w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0517180073 A collection of 30 articles from the magazine selected from 1944 to 1971., (Order No: 6545 ), $10.00
123. Greiff, Constance M., EARLY VICTORIAN, Abbeville Press Publishers, New York, (1995) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 96pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0789200112, (Order No: 39708 ), $10.00
124. Grimble, Ian, CASTLES OF SCOTLAND, BBC Books, London, (1988), color ill., 1 B&W map, 150pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0563205180 First published in 1987. The author examines the architecture and history of twelve of the country's most splendid castles: Edinburgh, Stirling, Blair, Inveraray, Culzean, Glamis, Brodie, Craigievar, Fyvie, Thirlestane, Floors and Dunrobin., (Order No: 16771 ), $8.00
125. Gutheim, Frederick (the history) and Washburn, Wilcomb E. (the exhibition), THE FEDERAL CITY: PLANS & REALITIES, Smithsonian Institution Pr., Washington, D.C., 1976, B&W illustrations, 170pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), A view of the planned Capital City., (Order No: 26419 ), $15.00
126. Haley, Jacquetta M. (editor), PLEASURE GROUNDS: ANDREW JACKSON DOWNING AND MONTGOMERY PLACE, Sleepy Hollow Press, Tarrytown, NY, (1988) 1st ed, B&W and color ill., 96pp, very good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0912882654 Downing was America's first professional landscape gardener. He worked in the Hudson River Valley during the 19th century, and his greatest admiration was for Montgomery Place, in New York's pastoral Dutchess County., (Order No: 6591 ), $12.50
127. Hamilton, George Heard, THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF RUSSIA - THE PELICAN HISTORY OF ART, Penguin Books, Middlesex, (1954), B&W ill., 320pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), This history confines itself to Russia west of the Urals, the Russia whose artistic beginnings lay in the response of a newly settled people to the impact of Christianity and the Byzantine Empire., (Order No: 30879 ), $30.00
128. Hamilton, J. Arnott (with a foreword by Professor D. Talbot Rice), BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE AND DECORATION, B. T. Batsford Ltd, London, (1956) 2nd ed, B&W illustrations, 302pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), The book constitutes a thorough and all-embracing survey, of the problems of origin and development on the one hand, and of the distribution of the monuments and the character of the developed style on the other., (Order No: 42227 ), $20.00
129. Handlin, Oscar and Burchard, John (edited by), THE HISTORIAN AND THE CITY, The M.I.T. Press, Cambridge, MA, (1966), 299pp, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 41737 ), $6.00
130. Harris, Bill (text by) (photography by Ric Pattison), GRAND HOMES OF THE MID ATLANTIC, Crescent Books, New York, (1989), color illustrations, 160pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0517623757 This collection takes you on a tour of the Northeast's fascinating past preserved in its houses, both to inspire you to visit them for yourself and as a lasting reminder of the rich legacy they all represent., (Order No: 44469 ), $10.00
131. Hasbrouck, W. R. (editor), THE PRAIRIE SCHOOL REVIEW: VOLUME I, NUMBER 4 - FOURTH QUARTER, 1964, The Prarie School Press, Palos Park, IL, 1964, B&W illustrations, 26pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Articles include: The Prairie School Furniture; Measured Drawing; and, A Portfolio of Prairie School Furniture., (Order No: 54226 ), $15.00
132. Hasbrouck, W. R. (editor), THE PRAIRIE SCHOOL REVIEW: VOLUME VII, NUMBER 1 - FIRST QUARTER, 1970, The Prarie School Press, Palos Park, IL, 1970, B&W illustrations, 23pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Articles include: A Pair of Early Griffin Houses, and The New Larkin Administrations Building., (Order No: 54227 ), $10.00
133. Hasbrouck, W. R. (editor), THE PRAIRIE SCHOOL REVIEW: VOLUME VII, NUMBER 3 - THIRD QUARTER, 1970, The Prarie School Press, Palos Park, IL, 1970, B&W illustrations, 27pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Articles include: Jenney's Lesseer Works: Prelude to the Prairie Style?; Unity Temple Restoration., (Order No: 54228 ), $10.00
134. Hasbrouck, W. R. (editor), THE PRAIRIE SCHOOL REVIEW: VOLUME VII, NUMBER 4 - FOURTH QUARTER, 1970, The Prarie School Press, Palos Park, IL, 1970, B&W illustrations, 27pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), Articles include: Silsbee: The Evolution of a Personal Architecture Style; The Earliest Work of Frank Lloyd Wright; and, A Catalog of Work by J. L. Silsbee., (Order No: 54229 ), $12.50
135. Hasbrouck, W. R. (editor), THE PRAIRIE SCHOOL REVIEW: VOLUME VIII, NUMBER 4 - FOURTH QUARTER, 1971, The Prarie School Press, Palos Park, IL, 1971, B&W illustrations, 19pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), Articles include: William Wells: Towers in Oklahoma; and book reviews., (Order No: 54230 ), $10.00
136. Hasbrouck, W. R. (editor), THE PRAIRIE SCHOOL REVIEW: VOLUME IX, NUMBER 4 - FOURTH QUARTER, 1972, The Prarie School Press, Palos Park, IL, 1972, B&W illustrations, 23pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), Issue devoted to "A Celt Among Slavs: Louis Sullivan's Holy Trinity Cathedral.", (Order No: 54231 ), $10.00
137. Hasbrouck, W. R. (editor), THE PRAIRIE SCHOOL REVIEW: VOLUME X, NUMBER 3 - THIRD QUARTER, 1973, The Prarie School Press, Palos Park, IL, 1973, B&W illustrations, 18pp, fine, wraps (softcover), Article in this issue: Part I: Bennett & Sullivan, Client & Creator., (Order No: 54232 ), $10.00
138. Hasbrouck, W. R. (editor), THE PRAIRIE SCHOOL REVIEW: VOLUME X, NUMBER 4 - FOURTH QUARTER, 1973, The Prarie School Press, Palos Park, IL, 1973, B&W illustrations, 26pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), Includes: Part II: Louis H. Sullivan, "...an air of finality." and Index, THE PRAIRIE SCHOOL REVIEW, I-X (1964-1973), (Order No: 54233 ), $10.00
139. Hasbrouck, W. R. (editor), THE PRAIRIE SCHOOL REVIEW: VOLUME XI, NUMBER 2 - SECOND QUARTER, 1974, The Prarie School Press, Palos Park, IL, 1974, B&W illustrations, 26pp, fine, wraps (softcover), Contents include: Ernest M. Wood: A Provincial Testament; and, book review of Frank Lloyd Wright: An Interpretive Biography by Robert C. Twombly., (Order No: 54234 ), $10.00
140. Hasbrouck, W. R. (editor), THE PRAIRIE SCHOOL REVIEW: VOLUME XI, NUMBER 3 - THIRD QUARTER, 1974, The Prarie School Press, Palos Park, IL, 1974, B&W illustrations, 26pp, fine, wraps (softcover), Contents include: Early Adler & Sullivan Work in Kalamazoo; and, Sullivan's Scoville Building: A Chronology., (Order No: 54235 ), $10.00
141. Hasbrouck, W. R. (editor), THE PRAIRIE SCHOOL REVIEW: VOLUME XII, NUMBER 1 - FIRST QUARTER, 1975, The Prarie School Press, Palos Park, IL, 1975, B&W illustrations, 22pp, fine, wraps (softcover), Article in this entire issue is: The Prairie School Influence in Utah., (Order No: 54236 ), $10.00
142. Hasbrouck, W. R. (editor), THE PRAIRIE SCHOOL REVIEW: VOLUME XII, NUMBER 3 - THIRD QUARTER, 1975, The Prarie School Press, Palos Park, IL, 1975, B&W illustrations, 22pp, fine, wraps (softcover), "The Reunion of Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright" comprises the contents of this issue., (Order No: 54237 ), $12.50
143. Hasbrouck, W. R. (editor), THE PRAIRIE SCHOOL REVIEW: VOLUME XII, NUMBER 4 - FOURTH QUARTER, 1975, The Prarie School Press, Palos Park, IL, 1975, B&W illustrations, 22pp, fine, wraps (softcover), Articles in this issue include: The Collaboration of Claude and Starck with Chicago Architectural Firms; and, Graceland Cemetery: Memorial to Chicago Architects., (Order No: 54238 ), $12.50
144. Hasbrouck, W. R. (editor), THE PRAIRIE SCHOOL REVIEW: VOLUME XIV - FINAL ISSUE, Prairie Avenue Bookshop, Chicago, IL, 1981, B&W illustrations, 35pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), The article in this last issue is: Louis W. Claude: Madison Architect of The Prairie School; and an extensive list of his buildings., (Order No: 54239 ), $20.00
145. Hayward, Charles H., ENGLISH ROOMS & THEIR DECORATION AT A GLANCE 1066-1800, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1926, 94 B&W line drawings, 289pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), "A simple review in pictures of English rooms and their decoration from the eleventh to the eighteenth centuries." Book illustrates the development of the interior of the English house over a period of 500 years, from the early Gothic period until the close of the Eighteenth century., (Order No: 7998 ), $10.00
146. Hersey, Carl Kenneth, THE SALMANTINE LANTERNS: THEIR ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1937, B&W illustrations, 238pp, very good, red cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket author inscribed, The four great lantern domes customarily termed the Salmantine lanterns constitute important evidence of the Spanish talent for adaptation which gave rise to a national architectural style in the late eleventh and twelfth centuries. Signed and inscribed by the author., (Order No: 51431 ), $60.00
147. Hitchcock, Henry-Russell; Fein, Albert; Weisman, Winston; and, Scully, Vincent (edited with an intro & notes by Edgar Kaufmann), THE RISE OF AN AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE, Praeger Publishers, New York, (1970), B&W ill., 241pp, good, wraps (softcover), A book of essays on the contribution of nineteenth-century America to the history of architecture and city planning., (Order No: 29195 ), $7.50
148. Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, THE ARCHITECTURE OF H. H. RICHARDSON AND HIS TIMES, Archon Books, Hamden, CT, 1961 rev ed, 114 B&W ill. follow text, 343pp of text, good+, light blue cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, First published in 1936., (Order No: 46807 ), $20.00
149. Hix, John, THE GLASS HOUSE, The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, (1981) 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, 208pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0262580446 This book traces the development of man's skill in creating and controlling an artificial climate from the period of the 1600s to the present and beyond in a glasshouse, or greenhouse, in American usage., (Order No: 43543 ), $20.00
150. Hochman, Elaine S., ARCHITECTS OF FORTUNE: MIES VAN DER ROHE AND THE THIRD REICH, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, New York, (1989) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 382pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1555841821 This is an inquiry into Mies's activities in Germany from 1933 to 1937 and his relationship to the Third Reich. As the author blends history and biography, she examines not only Mies, but a generation of Germans who struggled with the pressures to leave their country and their desire to stay and live their lives as they wished., (Order No: 17641 ), $7.50
151. Hoffmann, Donald, FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S ROBIE HOUSE - THE ILLUSTRATED STORY OF AN ARCHITECTURAL MASTERPIECE, Dover Publications, Inc., New York, (1984), B&W illustrations, 98pp, good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0486245829, (Order No: 43328 ), $7.00
152. Hopkins, Alfred, FENCES AND FENCE POSTS OF COLONIAL TIMES - WHITE PINE SERIES: VOLUME VIII - NUMBER 6, Russell F. Whitehead, New York, 1922, B&W illustrations, 16pp, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 53940 ), $20.00
153. Hoppin, James M., GREAT EPOCHS IN ART HISTORY, Houghton, Mifflin and Co., Boston, MA, 1901, B&W illustrations, 247pp, good+, green cloth, teg (hardcover) small tear top of spine, Contents divided into four parts: Italian Religious Painting; A Post-Pheidian Greek Sculptor; French Gothic Architecture; and, English Pre-Raphaelites. Owner inscription on the front free endpaper, (Order No: 51192 ), $25.00
154. Howard, Edwin L. (foreword by Everett V. Meeks), CHINESE GARDEN ARCHITECTURE: A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF MINOR CHINESE BUILDINGS, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1931, color frontis, B&W ill., unpaginated, good, red cloth (hardcover) SEE NOTE, This collection of photographs will be of special interest to garden makers, architects and landscape architects, and to all lovers of the beautiful in gardens and in books. CONDITION NOTE - occassional light water stain on lower edge - not near any text or plates!!! Dustjacket chipped and laid in., (Order No: 34456 ), $65.00
155. Howe, Lois Lilley, THE COL. ROBERT MEANS HOUSE AT AMHERST NEW HAMPSHIRE - WHITE PINE SERIES: VOLUME XIII - NUMBER 5, Russell F. Whitehead, New York, 1927, B&W illustrations, p98-p120, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 53945 ), $15.00
156. Howells, John Mead, THE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE OF THE PISCATAQUA: HOUSES AND GARDENS OF THE PORTSMOUTH DISTRICT OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE, Architectural Book. Pub. Co., New York, (1965), 301 figures with description, 16pp text, very good w/lightly worn dustjacket (hardcover), First published in 1937., (Order No: 1737 ), $10.00
157. Howells, John Mead (introduction by William Lawrence Bottomley), THE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE OF THE PISCATAQUA - HOUSES AND GARDENS OF THE PORTSMOUTH DISTRICT OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE, Architectural Book Pub. Co., New York, (1937) 1st ed, 301 B&W plates, unpaginated, good+, grey cloth w/light edgewear (hardcover) (no dustjacket), Previous owner's name/signature, Nancy V. McClelland, (the decorative arts historian) on the front free endpaper, (Order No: 23496 ), $75.00
158. Huber, Leonard V.; McDowell, Peggy; Christovich, Mary Louise (photographs by Betsy Swanson) (drawings by Doyle Gertjejansen), NEW ORLEANS ARCHITECTURE: VOLUME III - THE CEMETERIES, Pelican Publishing Company, Gretna, LA, 1974 1st ptg, B&W and color illustrations, 198pp, very good+, purple cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, ISBN 0882890204 "The celebrated cemeteries of New Orleans, one of the most fascinating attractions in a city noted for the exotic and unusual, provide the striking subject for Volume III of this comprehensive architectural series." The city's 40-odd cemeteries reflect a grade, a grandeur, and architectural elegance that belies their raison d'etre. Walled cemeteries, plastered brick vaults, majestic family sepulchers, towering monuments, intricate ironwork, society tombs, and architectural design ranging from the sensitive to the bizarre - together projecting a fascinating panorama of man's view of death, and of life., (Order No: 29168 ), $60.00
159. Hubert, J.; Porcher, J.; and, Volbach, W. F., THE CAROLINGIAN RENAISSANCE - THE ARTS OF MANKIND, George Braziller, New York, (1970), B&W and color illustrations, 381pp, maps, very good, red cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket EX-LIB, Contents presented in four parts: Architecture and its Decoration; Book Painting; Sculpture and Applied Art; and, General Documentation., (Order No: 54202 ), $30.00
160. Huxtable, Ada Louise, KICKED A BUILDING LATELY?, Quadrangle, New York, (1976), B&W ill., 304pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0812906306, (Order No: 35669 ), $10.00
161. Isham, Norman M., and Brown, Albert F., EARLY CONNECTICUT HOUSES: AN HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL STUDY, Dover Publications, Inc., New York, (1965), B&W illustrations, 303pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Unabridged and complete reprint of the 1900 edition., (Order No: 18063 ), $7.00
162. Johnson, Ed, OLD HOUSE WOODWORK RESTORATION, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, (1983), B&W illustrations, 184pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0136340148 How to Restore Doors, Windows, Walls, Stairs, and Decorative Trim to Their Original Beauty., (Order No: 53916 ), $8.00
163. Johnson-Marshall, Percy, REBUILDING CITIES, Aldine Publishing Company, Chicago, IL, (1966), B&W illustrations, 374pp, index, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This is a compendium and analysis of the achievements of city planning from the "Ideal City" of Palmanova in 1593 to the innovative achievements of planners today., (Order No: 12806 ), $10.00
164. Johnston, Frances Benjamin (Pictorial Survey); Waterman, Thomas Tileston (An Architectural History), THE EARLY ARCHITECTURE OF NORTH CAROLINA WITH AN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY, Univ. North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC, (1947) 2nd ed, B&W illustrations, 290pp, good++, green cloth, (hardcover) no dustjacket, Foreword by Leicester B. Holland. Nice clean and tight copy with light dump on top edge., (Order No: 21665 ), $125.00
165. Kaldor, Andras, WATERCOLOURS OF THE OPERA HOUSES OF EUROPE - DECEMBER 5-21, 1990, Coe Kerr Gallery, Inc., New York, 1990, 49 color illustrations, unpaginated, very good, wraps (softcover) small chip on front cover, Catalogue of the exhibition of watercolors done by Andras Kaldor., (Order No: 40647 ), $25.00
166. Karp, Ben, WOOD MOTIFS IN AMERICAN DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE: "PHANTASY IN WOOD", A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., New York, (1966), approx. 200 B&W photographs, 255pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), A thorough study in one volume, representing various parts of the United States and dealing exclusively with the sawn wood ornamentation found on the exteriors of houses built from the 1820's to 1910., (Order No: 17646 ), $14.50
167. Kaufmann, Edgar (editor), AN AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE: FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, Bramhall House, New York, orig pub 1955, 250 B&W ill., 269pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 9787 ), $17.50
168. Keating, Ann Durkin, BUILDING CHICAGO: SUBURBAN DEVELOPERS & THE CREATION OF A DIVIDED METROPOLIS, Ohio State University Press, Columbus, OH, (1988), B&W maps and tables, 230pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0814204554 Examines the evolution of both the suburbs themselves and their governments, using Cook County, Illinois--which includes Chicago and its immediate ring of suburbs--as a case study., (Order No: 38185 ), $10.00
169. Kelly, Alison, DECORATIVE WEDGWOOD: IN ARCHITECTURE AND FURNITURE, Country Life Limited, London, (1965), 5 color ill., 75 B&W ill., 147pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover) EX-LIB minimal markings, A study of Wedgwood's decorative production as it relates to the taste of the times in the applied arts. The author describes the whole range of Wedgwood's output in the field of interior decoration, from the basalt figures and wall plaques to the more esoteric fonts and funeral urns, and shows that jasper plaques were inset in furniture by both French and English cabinet-makers., (Order No: 19460 ), $25.00
170. Kersting, A. F. (photographs by) and Dick, Marcus (text by), PORTRAIT OF OXFORD, B. T. Batsford Ltd, London, (1956), B&W photographs, 96pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A record of the University's buildings., (Order No: 34329 ), $14.50
171. Kightly, Charles, STRONGHOLDS OF THE REALM: DEFENSES IN BRITAIN FROM PREHISTORY TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, Thames and Hudson, London, (1979), 193 ill. 20 in color, 208pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0500250634 An exciting collaboration between one of the liveliest of the younger generation of British historians and a photographer who has traveled throughout the country to make a unique visual record tracing the overall role played by defenses in the history of Britain., (Order No: 35748 ), $12.00
172. Kilham, Walter F'; Wood, Waddy B.; Perkins, Dwight H.; Russell, E. J.; and, Magonigle, H. Van Buren, DESIGN FOR A COMMUNITY CENTRE BUILDING TO BE BUILT OF WHITE PINE - WHITE PINE SERIES: VOLUME V - NUMBER 4, Russell F. Whitehead, New York, 1919, B&W illustrations, 24pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Report of the jury of award of the fourth annual White Pine Architectural Competition., (Order No: 53936 ), $15.00
173. Kimball, Fiske (essay and notes by) (new introduction by Frederick Doveton Nichols), THOMAS JEFFERSON ARCHITECT - ORIGINAL DESIGNS IN THE COOLIDGE COLLECTION OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Da Capo Press, New York, 1968, B&W illustrations, 205pp, plates, very good, wraps (softcover), An unabridged republication of the first edition privately published in Boston in 1916 in an edition limited to 350 copies. Volume 5 in the Da Capo Press Series in Architecture and Decorative Art., (Order No: 52924 ), $250.00
174. Kinney, Jean & Kinney, Cle, 47 CREATIVE HOMES THAT STARTED AS BARGAIN BUILDINGS, Funk & Wagnalls, New York, (1974) 1st ptg, over 400 B&W ill., 228pp, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0308101278 Jean and Cle Kinney have chronicled the conversion of forty-seven of America's most attractive and unusual homes. Each of them started as a "wreck." Many of them have gone on to win prizes., (Order No: 12319 ), $10.00
175. Kinyon, Jeannette (with Lois Johnson and Margaret Voels), PRAIRIE ARCHITECT, F. C. W. KUEHN: HIS LIFE AND WORK, Center for Western Studies, Sioux Fall, SD, 1984 1st ed, photos by Harry E. Voels, 117pp, fine, blue cloth (hardcover), signed by Jeannette Kinyon, Contents include: Beginnings, 1884-1909; Becoming a Young Architect, 1909-1918; Reshaping Huron, 1918-1922; Building Schools, 1923-1929; Surviving the Lean Years, 1930-1939; and, Setting New Directions, 1940-1970., (Order No: 31869 ), $45.00
176. Klamkin, Charles, BARNS: THEIR HISTORY, PRESERVATION, AND RESTORATION, Hawthorn Books, Inc., New York, (1973) 1st ptg, 143 B&W photos by the author, 162pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The functional beauty and rural charm of one of our country's oldest landmarks. Not only a panoramic view of barns, but Klamkin provides practical information on the renovation, remodeling, and preservation of barns., (Order No: 6477 ), $12.50
177. Knobel, Lance, THE FABER GUIDE TO TWENTIETH-CENTURY ARCHITECTURE: BRITAIN AND NORTHERN EUROPE, Faber and Faber Limited, London, (1985), 294 B&W ill., 199pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0571135560 A systematic guide to the works of 174 great architects of our time including Aalto, Behrens, Horta, Le Corbusier, Lutyens, Mackintosh, Mendelsohn, Mies van der Rohe, Saarinen, Sonck and Stirling. The author gives descriptions and critical appraisals of 294 buildings in Britain, France, West Germany, Scandinavia, Holland and Belgium, fitting them into their historical context, and, where necessary, relating them to other works by the same architect., (Order No: 14339 ), $10.00
178. Koeper, H. F. (text by) (photographs by Eugene D. Becker), HISTORIC ST. PAUL BUILDINGS, St. Paul City Planning Board, St. Paul, MN, 1964, B&W illustrations, 116pp, good, pictorial boards (hardcover), A report of the Historic Sites Committee, a special citizens group named by the St. Paul City Planning Board., (Order No: 40007 ), $10.00
179. Labine, Clem & Flaherty, Carolyn (editors), THE OLD-HOUSE JOURNAL COMPENDIUM, The Overlook Press, Woodstock, NY, (1980), B&W illustrations, 391pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0879510803 Composed of articles selected from the first few years of The Old-House Journal publication., (Order No: 4107 ), $10.00
180. Laine, Christian K. (editor), THE 1985 CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE ANNUAL, Metropolitain Press Pubs, Chicago, IL, 1985, B&W and color illustrations, 272pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), A wealth of architectural information., (Order No: 47719 ), $10.00
181. Lamb, Martha J. (edited by), THE HOMES OF AMERICA, D. Appleton and Company, New York, (1879), 103 B&W illustrations, 256pp, good+, decorated green cloth, aeg (hardcover), Contents include the Colonial Period, Later Period, and Modern Period. Nice clean and tight copy., (Order No: 53921 ), $65.00
182. Landmark Heritage Preservation Commission, PATTERNS ON THE LANDSCAPE: HERITAGE CONSERVATION IN NORTH OMAHA, Klopp Printing Company, Omaha, NE, (1984) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 119pp, fine, wraps (softcover), Contents include: A Brief History of North Omaha; A Guide to the Architecture of North Omaha; Conservation Issues, Goals and Strategies; Buildings and Areas Identified for Conservation; Appendix; Endnotes; Bibliography., (Order No: 43108 ), $30.00
183. Langenbach, Randolph (edited by Gene Bunnell), A FUTURE FROM THE PAST - THE CASE FOR CONSERVATION AND REUSE OF OLD BUILDINGS IN INDUSTRIAL COMMUNITIES, US Government Printing Off., Washington, DC, (1978), B&W illustrations, 119pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Presents arguments in favor of recycling old buildings in a compelling way., (Order No: 43111 ), $8.50
184. Lasdun, Susan, THE ENGLISH PARK: ROYAL, PRIVATE & PUBLIC, The Vendome Press, New York, (1992), B&W and color illustrations, 216pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0865651310 This book follows the long history of parks and makes a case for the continued care of this tradition both in the preservation of existing parks and the creation of new ones in our cities., (Order No: 19461 ), $15.00
185. Lebovich, William L., AMERICA'S CITY HALLS, The Preservation Press, Washington, D.C., (1984) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 224pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0891331158 Presents 114 city halls in 40 states that together illustrate the development and diversity of two centuries of American architecture., (Order No: 43541 ), $10.00
186. Lewis, Arnold (with a new introduction by) and Morgan, Keith (notes and plates by), AMERICAN VICTORIAN ARCHITECTURE: A SURVEY OF THE 70'S AND 80'S IN CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHS, Dover Publications, Inc., New York, (1975), B&W illustrations, 152pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0486231771 Originally published in Europe in 1886, this volume was one of the earliest and most diversified studies of American architecture in the nineteenth century, and perhaps the first recognition in Europe of the new forces emerging in American architecture., (Order No: 53879 ), $7.50
187. Lindsay, Ian G. and Cosh, Mary, INVERARAY AND THE DUKES OF ARGYLL, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, (1973), B&W illustrations, 487pp, table, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0852241879 This is the history of the building of Inveraray, a West Highland capital, by the 3rd and 5th Dukes of Argyll., (Order No: 47558 ), $80.00
188. Loth, Calder and Sadler, Julius Trousdale, THE ONLY PROPER STYLE: GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE IN AMERICA, New York Graphic Society, Boston, MA, (1975) 1st ed, 251 B&W ill., 184pp, very good, cream cloth (hardcover) no dustjacked, ISBN 0821206931 This book, which takes its title from the Victorian days when Gothic was "the only proper style" for a gentleman's house or a church, is a charming and colorful survey of this remarkable diverse and influential style, which has existed here since the days of the first English settlers., (Order No: 15424 ), $10.00
189. Ludy, Robert B., HISTORIC CHURCHES OF THE WORLD, The Stratford Co., Boston, MA, 1926, 128 B&W illustrations, 325pp, very good, purple cloth (hardcover) inscribed by the author, (Order No: 6490 ), $20.00
190. Macaulay, David, CITY: A STORY OF ROMAN PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, (1974) 9th ptg, ill. by David Macaulay, 112pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover) signed by the author, ISBN 039519492X In the creation of Verbonia, Macaulay displays the kind of city planning that is the basis of any truly successful city. A look back in history at the skills used in the building of Roman cities can give another perspective on the city of today. Presentation bookplate on front free endpaper, signed by the author on the half-title page., (Order No: 35803 ), $25.00
191. Mackson, I. (compiled and photographed by), AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE INTERIORS AND FURNITURE DURING THE LATTER PART OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, Geo. H. Polley & Co., Pub., Boston, MA, (1900), 63 B&W plates, good++, original brown cloth folio case with ribbon ties, From the introduction, "The object in preparing this work has been to bring together a collectin of representative examples of the Architecture, Interiors and Furnishings of the latter part of the 19th century." The one sheet introduction is followed by 63 plates each with overall measurements of 12 1/2 inches by 18 inches. The examples are anything but "representative examples" but are the finest, most luxurious, and totally "upper crust" of American society. Architects and residence owner's whose works and homes are illustrated include in part: Richard K. Hunt, Architect; C. P. H. Gilbert, Architect; Philip Kleeburg, interior of residence; Parlor, Harry Payne Whitney's residence; interiors of Beverly Cove, Mass. residence; interior, Greenwich, Conn.; residences, Brookline Mass; Law School, Cambridge, Mass, H. H. Richardson, Architect; two double-plates of interior, Cornelius Vanderbilt's residence, New York; entrance, Metropolitan Club, New York; and on and on. Very impressive portfolio., (Order No: 44489 ), $750.00
192. Mackworth-Young, Robin, THE HISTORY & TREASURES OF WINDSOR CASTLE, Pitkin Pictorials, Andover, Hants, (1994) rev ed, B&W and color illustrations, 96pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0853724024 First published in 1982. Here, for the first time ever, by permission of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, is a book that allows readers to tour all of Windsor's rooms of state in a sequence of brilliant images reproduced in full colour., (Order No: 39230 ), $20.00
193. Magonigle, H. Van Buren (text by), MEMORIES OF RURAL FRANCE - THE TUILERIES BROCHURES: VOLUME IV, NUMBER 6, NOVEMBER, 1932, Ludowici-Celadon Company, New York, 1932, B&W illustrations, p 178-192, good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 46181 ), $10.00
194. Majua, Margaret and Weingarten, David (foreword by Paul Goldberger), SOUVENIR BUILDINGS MINIATURE MONUMENTS: FROM THE COLLECTION OF ACE ARCHITECTS, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, (1996), color photographs, 128pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 0810944707 This is one of the most fascinating books on collectibles that I have ever handled (and I have one copy proudly in my own collection). Many people share the glorious obsession of collecting, but few have done it with the extraordinary panache of David Weingarten and Margaret Majua. Their collection at 2,400 is still growing, the quality exceptional, and the setting for their collection "exudes an aura that is really more like a paneled library." To view the photographs in this book will excite you to begin your own collection., (Order No: 20857 ), $7.50
195. Maki, Fumihiko and Isozaki, Arata, NEW PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE: RECENT PROJECTS BY FUMIHIKO MAKI AND ARATA ISOZAKI, Japan Society, New York, (1985), B&W illustrations, 79pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 09133041212 Catalog accompanying the exhibition, "New Public Architecture: Recent Projects by Fumihiko Maki and Arata Isozaki" at Japan House Gallery. This exhibition makes a significant contribution to the advancement of the art of architecture, providing as it does the first opportunity to examine in an American museum the most recent works of two of the world's most influential architects., (Order No: 39869 ), $20.00
196. Marlowe, George Francis (illustrated with photographs by Samuel Chamberlain), CHURCHES OF OLD NEW ENGLAND - THEIR ARCHITECTURE AND THEIR ARCHITECTS, THEIR PASTORS AND THEIR PEOPLE, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1947 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 222pp, good, black cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, (Order No: 53691 ), $5.00
197. Marshall, Howard Wight, PARADISE VALLEY, NEVADA: THE PEOPLE AND BUILDINGS OF AN AMERICAN PLACE, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, az, (1995) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 152pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0816513104 A look at the vernacular architecture of the Paradise Valley of Nevada., (Order No: 4269 ), $14.50
198. Mason, H. F. Randolph, HISTORIC HOUSES OF CONNECTICUT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - CONNECTICUT BOOKLET NO. 5, The Pequot Press, Inc., Stonington, CT, 1963 1st ed, 55 B&W ill., 64pp, good, wraps (softcover), This book illustrates some fifty houses from several periods, all preserved as historic house museums., (Order No: 26176 ), $5.00
199. Massey, James and Maxwell, Shirley, GOTHIC REVIVAL, Abbeville Press Publishers, New York, (1994) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 96pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1558598235, (Order No: 39709 ), $7.50
200. Maynard, W. Barksdale, ARCHITECTURE IN THE UNITED STATES, 1800-1850, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, (2002) 1st ptg, B&W and color illustrations, 322pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0300093837 "A fresh, nuanced, and politically astute history of the early architecture of the American Republic. The book adds to the appreciation and understanding of buildings by connecting them to their sources in European practice ...", (Order No: 48093 ), $45.00
201. Mazzini, Franco, I MATTONI E LE PIETRE DI URBINO, Argalia Editore, Urbino, (1982), B&W and color ill., 611pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 33661 ), $35.00
202. McCormick, Thomas J., CHARLES-LOUIS CLERISSEAU AND THE GENESIS OF NEO-CLASSICISM, M.I.T., Cambridge, MA, (1990), B&W illustrations, 284pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0262132621 This is the only comprehensive and balanced study of this important architect, archaeologist, and artist., (Order No: 43629 ), $37.50
203. McCue, Gerald M.; Ewald, William R.; and, The Midwest Research Institute, CREATING THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: A REPORT OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, University of Illinois Press, Urbana, IL, (1970), B&W tables and figures, 339pp, good, black cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), ISBN 0252001087 Contents include: Part One, Reconnaissance of the Future (1920-1985-2000); Part Two, The Building Industry: Concepts of Change (1920-2000); Part Three, Future of the Profession., (Order No: 35776 ), $15.00
204. McKelvy, Blake, THE EMERGENCE OF METROPOLITAN AMERICA: 1915-1966, Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ, (1968), B&W illustrations, 311pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Surveys the expansion of our metropolitan centers, observes their progressive loss of civic unity and effectiveness, and records the results of varied proposals for their reconstruction and survival., (Order No: 37066 ), $7.50
205. McMillon, Bill, THE OLD LODGES & HOTELS OF OUR NATIONAL PARKS, Icarus Press, South Bend, IN, 1983 1st ptg, B&W and color illustrations, 130pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0896515516 The author unveils the history, glamour, and beauty of these places--each individually beguiling but all part of our national parks' heritage., (Order No: 47030 ), $15.00
206. McQuade, Walter (recent articles on the Urban Environment edited and with a foreword by), CITIES FIT TO LIVE IN: AND HOW WE CAN MAKE THEM HAPPEN, The Macmillan Company, New York, (1971) 1st ptg, B&W ill., 152pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), New designs for an urban renaissance. Sixteen eminent architects and planning experts evaluate specific experiments and proposals for solving the physical, psychological, and political problems of our cities., (Order No: 35850 ), $15.00
207. Mead, Edward C., HISTORIC HOMES OF THE SOUTH-WEST MOUNTAINS VIRGINIA, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1899, 23 B&W ill., and a map, 275pp, very good++, decorated olive green cloth, teg (hardcover), "The celebrated section of the South-West Mountains, Virginia, stands as pre-eminently among her sister sections as does the Old Dominion in the galaxy of stars in the Union as the birthplace of Presidents, governors, and statesmen, aw well as the seat of a refined and hospitable people." This work presents the homes of those individuals reflecting their personality. One of 750 copies. An exceptionally nice clean and tight copy (like new) with many unopened pages., (Order No: 52488 ), $200.00
208. Meyer, Peter (commentary by); Bony, Jean (introduction by); Hurlimann, Martin (photography by), CATHEDRALES GOTHIQUES EN FRANCE (COLLECTION ATLANTIS) - GOTHIC CATHEDRALS IN FRANCE, Les Editions Braun & Cie, Paris, (1954), 196 B&W ill. follow text, XXIV,15pp text, good++, tan cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, Text in French, great photographs so typical of Hurlimann., (Order No: 48320 ), $20.00
209. Middleton, Michael (with a note by Misha Black), GROUP PRACTICE IN DESIGN, George Braziller, New York, (1969), B&W illustrations, 303pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Mr. Middleton discusses the history of design, the changing position of the designer in society, and the nature of the design process., (Order No: 43875 ), $12.50
210. Middleton, Michael, MAN MADE THE TOWN, St. Martin's Press, New York, (1987) 1st US, B&W and color illustrations, 240pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0312011695 This book is first and foremost a celebration of the town as-at least potentially-man's greatest collective work of art. Michael Middleton, for seventeen years Director of Britain's Civic Trust, demonstrates where planning and renovation have improved the quality of city life and where on the other hand commercial exploitation or sheer lack of imagination have spread urban blight., (Order No: 14108 ), $5.00
211. Mielziner, Jo (with an introduction by Brooks Atkinson), THE SHAPES OF OUR THEATER, Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., New York, (1970) 1st ed, 56 B&W illustrations, 160pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This book is about planning and designing the interior shapes of our theatre buildings, primarily those for spoken drama and comedy and musical theatre., (Order No: 3084 ), $12.50
212. Miller, Claude H., AN EARLY AMERICAN HOME AND THE FUN WE HAD BUILDING IT, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York, (1931), 60 B&W illustrations, 238pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The author's adventures in designing and building an early American style home in Denville, New Jersey., (Order No: 37706 ), $17.50
213. Mills, W. Jay, HISTORIC HOUSES OF NEW JERSEY, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1902 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 348pp, good+, cream cloth spine, blue boards, teg (hardcover), One of the standard works of notable New Jersey early houses. Clean and tight copy - hinges rebuilt by our binder., (Order No: 13059 ), $40.00
214. Mitton, G. E., ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL, Adam & Charles Black, London, 1914, 12 color ill., 64pp, good, decorated blue cloth (hardcover) w/lt edgewear and foxing, Part of the Beautiful Britain series., (Order No: 25413 ), $10.00
215. Mock, Elizabeth B., THE ARCHITECTURE OF BRIDGES, Museum of Modern Art, New York, (1949), B&W illustrations, 127pp, good+, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), "Bridges are architecture, but architecture of a very special kind, unique in its singlemindedness. Since a bridge does not define space, but cuts through it, it is free of all the intricate psychological considerations that must be taken into account when space is molded or enclosed. Thus, paradoxically, a bridge is at once the most tangible and most abstract of architectural problems.", (Order No: 21763 ), $20.00
216. Moore, Barbara W., and Weesner, Gail (interior photographs by Southie Burgin), BACK BAY - A LIVING PORTRAIT, Century Hill Press, Boston, MA, (1995), color illustrations, 144pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0963207733 In this richly illustrated book, the author recount the fascinating saga of the man-made piece of real estate, tracing its development from desolate swampland to the seat of High Victorian respectablily. Included is a tour of the modern neighborhood, and a street by stret survey of many of the district's most intriguing places., (Order No: 43109 ), $20.00
217. Mumford, Lewis and Whitehill, Walter Muir (essays by), BACK BAY BOSTON: THE CITY AS A WORK OF ART, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, (1969), B&W and color ill., 151pp, good, wraps (softcover), This publication accompanies the three part exhibition. The first part, The Significance of Back Bay Boston, is an historical overview. The second part, Back Bay Patrons, discusses some of the Bostonians who moved into the Back Bay. The final part, Artists of the City, describes ten individuals--architects, artists, sculptors, and landscape architects--whose talents have been devoted to making the Back Bay a work of art., (Order No: 33423 ), $15.00
218. Mumford, Lewis, INTERPRETATIONS AND FORECASTS: 1922-1972, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, (1973), 522pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0151676801 STUDIES IN LITERATURE, HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, TECHNICS, AND CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY. The one-volume Mumford--the essential thought of one of the most distinguished writers of our time., (Order No: 35981 ), $12.00
219. Nichols, Frederick Doveton (text by); Martin, Van Jones and Johnston, Frances Benjamin (photographs by), THE ARCHITECTURE OF GEORGIA, The Beehive Press, Savannah, GA, (1976), wonderful B&W illustrations, 436pp, very good, brown cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), Presents some 250 of the most important, representative and beautiful buildings of the State of Georgia. Contents include: The Eighteenth Century, Vernacular Houses, The Federal Style, The Greek Revivial, and Eclecticism., (Order No: 26942 ), $95.00
220. Nichols, Frederick Doveton (compiled by), THOMAS JEFFERSON'S ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS - WITH COMMENTARY AND A CHECK LIST, Thomas Jefferson Mem. Found., Charlottesville, NC, (2001) 5th ptg, B&W illustrations, 49pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0813903289 First published in 1961., (Order No: 47614 ), $6.00
221. Northend, Mary Harrod, WE VISIT OLD INNS, Small, Maynard & Co., Boston, (1926 2nd ptg, B&W photos, 176pp, very good (hardcover) exceptionally clean, tight and bright copy, Twenty-one inns are investigated, and with each an area of colonial antiques is explored and described including: clocks, tobies, Liverpool Ware, samplers, scenic wall papers, brass, bandboxes, etc. Thus the reader gets an insight to colonial times in New England., (Order No: 6684 ), $7.50
222. Nuvolari, Francesco, AOSTA, A CITY BETWEEN TWO RIVERS: 2000 YEARS OF HISTORY AND NEW ARCHITECTURE, La Vallee, Aosta, (1992), B&W ill., 72pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 35170 ), $25.00
223. O'Dell, Jeffrey M., CHESTERFIELD COUNTY: EARLY ARCHITECTURE AND HISTORIC SITES - CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VIRGINIA, County of Chesterfield, Virginia, (1983), B&W illustrations, 518pp, fine, light brown cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0961077409 A comprehensive work covering: Early Settlements; Villages; Houses; Churches; Government Buildings; Military Sites and Structure; Mining, Milling and Manufacturing Structures; Schools; Stores; Taverns, Hotels and Motels; Transportation Facilities; Cemeteries; Bibliography; Glossary., (Order No: 50406 ), $125.00
224. Okrent, Daniel, GREAT FORTUNE - THE EPIC OF ROCKEFELLER CENTER, Penguin Books, New York, (2004) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 512pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0142001775 Covers New York City's Rockefeller Center from its beginnings as a garden plot for medicinal plants in 1801 to its present as one of the most famous architectural complexes is the world., (Order No: 50951 ), $3.00
225. Owen, Robert Dale, HINTS ON PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE, Da Capo Press, New York, 1978, B&W illustrations, 119pp, very good++, green buckram cloth (hardcover), ISBN 030677545X Reprint of the 1849 edition, CONTAINING, AMONG OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS, VIEWS AND PLANS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: TOGETHER WITH AN APPENDIX RELATIVE TO BUILDING MATERIALS. PREPARED, ON BEHALF OF THE BUILDING COMMITTEE OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION BY ROBERT DALE OWEN, CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE. This work which started out as an account of the creation of a building to house the Smithsonian Institution became an argument for an architectural style to correspond with the emerging nationalism of the 1840s., (Order No: 26424 ), $60.00
226. Papageorgiou, Alexander (preface by Frederick Gutheim), CONTINUITY AND CHANGE: PRESERVATION IN CITY PLANNING, Praeger Publishers, New York, (1971), 335 B&W ill., 185pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), Is it possible to protect the historic centers of towns without either detracting from their authenticity or conserving them in artificial isolation? The author of this book shows, with examples from numerous European cities, how an adaptation of a historic center to the needs of today can be achieved., (Order No: 14473 ), $10.00
227. Paris, W. Francklyn, THE HOUSE THAT LOVE BUILT: AN ITALIAN RENAISSANCE TEMPLE TO ARTS AND LETTERS, The Haddon Press, New York, 1925, B&W illustrations, 91pp, good+, olive green cloth boards w/white cloth spine (hardcover), A critique of the decorations of the Detroit Public Library., (Order No: 24402 ), $20.00
228. Parissien, Steven, ADAM STYLE, The Preservation Press, Washington, D.C., (1992), B&W and color ill., 240pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0891331972 This beautifully illustrated book examines the typical Adam style house from its outer shell through to the plasterwork and fittings, the colors, the furnishings, the textiles and carpets, giving details of the workings of the average home during the period., (Order No: 23435 ), $30.00
229. Pasternak, Alexander, A VANISHED PRESENT: THE MEMOIRS OF ALEXANDER PASTERNAK, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, San Diego, CA, (1985) 1st Amer, B&W illustrations, 214pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0151933642 An affectionate remembrance of a Russian childhood and youth-before and after the Revolution., (Order No: 9045 ), $5.00
230. Pastier, John, CESAR PELLI: MONOGRAPHS IN CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE, Whitney Library of Design, New York, (1980) 1st ptg, 150 B&W ill., 8pp color ill., 120pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0823074145 In his essay, Pastier explores Pelli's special relationship to the current movements in architecture, his own definition of the role of the architect in society, and how he has chosen to establish his reputation as an architect., (Order No: 19500 ), $7.00
231. Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, FRENCH CATHEDRALS: MONASTERIES AND ABBEYS AND SACRED SITES OF FRANCE, The Century Co., New York, 1910, B&W illustrations, 424pp, good+, bright blue cloth, teg (hardcover), (Order No: 1030 ), $25.00
232. Perrin, Noel and Breisch, Kenneth, MILLS AND FACTORIES OF NEW ENGLAND, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, (1988), color photographs, 108pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) owners name in blindstamp, ISBN 0810914484 Breisch recounts the history of what has been called "one of the most successful vernacular building types in the recent history of architecture," and Perrin explores the place of the mill in the New England landscape. Exquisite photographs of New England mills., (Order No: 36941 ), $20.00
233. Pevsner, Nikolaus, THE BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND - SHROPSHIRE, Penguin Books, Middlesex, UK, (1958), B&W illustrations, 368pp, very good, wraps (softcover) with a good+ dustjacket, Gives full particulars of the architectural features of all ecclesiastical, public, and domestic buildings of interest in each town and village of the county., (Order No: 50601 ), $10.00
234. Pevsner, Nikolaus (with notes on the Roman antiquities by Ian A. Richmond), NORTHUMBERLAND - THE BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND SERIES, Penguin Books, Middlesex, UK, (1957), B&W illustrations, 368pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This is the first joint volume of The Buildings of England Series., (Order No: 43886 ), $20.00
235. Phillips, Sandra S. and Weintraub, Linda (compiled and edited by), CHARMED PLACES: HUDSON RIVER ARTISTS AND THEIR HOUSES, STUDIOS, AND VISTAS, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, (1988), 184 ill., inc. 99 color plts, 160pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0810910411 Published by The Edith C. Blum Institute, Bard College and The Vassar Colle ge Art Library for an exhibition held 1988 to 1989 at: Bard College, Vassar College Art Gallery, Albany Institute of History and Art, The Queens Museum, and finally at The Hudson River Museum in Yonkers, New York. This book presents the artists of the Hudson River School in an intriguing new light. Long regarded as devotees of untamed nature, these famed painters - Thomas Cole, Albert Bierstadt, Frederic E. Church, and Asher B. Durand among them - are shown to have been equally interested in their own enviroment. The five experts' essays provide new insights into how the same aesthetic considerations that shaped the artist's paintings held true for their planned enviroment. These essays include: The Hudson Sits for Its Portrait: 1821-1902; Landscape Architecture and the Hudson River Valley: The Juncture of Nature and Technology; The Painted Environment; Documents of the Personal Landscape; The Artist's House and Studio in the Nineteenth-Century Hudson Valley. These are followed by a catalogue of plates; notes; brief chronology; and selected bibliography., (Order No: 15436 ), $50.00
236. Pomada, Elizabeth and Larsen, Michael; photographs by Michael Keister, DAUGHTERS OF PAINTED LADIES: AMERICA'S RESPLENDENT VICTORIANS, E. P. Dutton, New York, (1987), B&W and color ill., 144pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0525483373 In order to create this sequel to PAINTED LADIES the authors traveled to 128 cities and forty-one states. One of the surprising discoveries of the authors' journey was the amazing variety of Victorian architecture: they never saw the same house twice, even though many houses of the period had been purchased from mail-order catalogues., (Order No: 29027 ), $7.50
237. Pomada, Elizabeth and Larsen, Michael, AMERICA'S PAINTED LADIES: THE ULTIMATE CELEBRATION OF OUR VICTORIANS, Dutton Studio Books, New York, (1992) 1st ptg, photos by Douglas Keister, 304pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0525934405 A magnificent orgy of sumptuous Victoriana inside and out--the result of the authors having traveled some 40,000 miles and visiting hundreds of towns and cities in forty-seven states., (Order No: 48490 ), $30.00
238. Poole, William F., THE TYLER DAVIDSON FOUNTAIN GIVEN BY MR. HENRY PROBASCO TO THE CITY OF CINCINNATI, Cincinnati Historical Soc., Cincinnati, OH, (1988), sepia toned illustrations, 117pp, fine, blue cloth (hardcover) in very good+ slipcase, ISBN 0911497064 Originally published in 1872. The uncommon hardcover quality reprinting., (Order No: 45187 ), $45.00
239. Pratt, Richard; Pratt, Dorothy, THE SECOND TREASURY OF EARLY AMERICAN HOMES, Hawthorn Books, Inc. Publ., New York, (1954) 1st ed, color illustrations, 144pp, good+, red cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, (Order No: 50291 ), $7.50
240. Pratt, Walter Merriam, ADVENTURE IN VERMONT - WHEREIN WE BUY A HOUSE AND HAVE THE PLEASURE OF RESTORING IT, Ralph T. Hale & Company, Boston, MA, (1943), B&W illustrations, 182pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover) light edgewear to cloth, The personal story of a man who, with his western wife, has thoroughly enjoyed and delightfully written about the experience of buying a beautifully located farm in the foothills of the Green Mountains in Vermont, on which stood a farmhouse that was built around 1800., (Order No: 41826 ), $10.00
241. Raeburn, Michael (edited and introduction by) (foreword by Sir Hugh Casson), ARCHITECTURE OF THE WESTERN WORLD, Popular Press, London, (1988), over 400 B&W and color ill., 304pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0356170705 Eight expert contributors look at the buildings of each era, from ancient Greece to the present day, tracing the development of architecture within each period., (Order No: 14660 ), $10.00
242. Rafols, Jose F., ANTONIO GAUDI - EL GRAN ARQUITECTO ESPANOL, Editorial Canosa, Barcelona, Spain, 1929, B&W illustrations, 305pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), First Spanish edition on this noted Barcelona architect. Extensive photographs and detailed chronology and bibliography. Text in Spanish. Uncommon., (Order No: 50115 ), $450.00
243. Reps, John W., CITIES ON STONE: NINETEENTH CENTURY LITHOGRAPH IMAGES OF THE URBAN WEST, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX, (1976), 11 B&W ill., 50 color plates, 99pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 088360051X City views which truly convey the look of the urban West when the region was young and every town could dream of a glorious future., (Order No: 12625 ), $5.00
244. Reps, John W., BIRD'S EYE VIEWS: HISTORIC LITHOGRAPHS OF NORTH AMERICAN CITIES, Princeton Architectural Bks, New York, (1998) 1st ptg, color plates, 116pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1568981465 Includes over 100 aerial and panoramic views of both large and small cities and towns from 1838-1908. Folio size., (Order No: 34191 ), $30.00
245. Richards, Ian, GREAT BUILDINGS OF THE WORLD: ABBEYS OF EUROPE, Paul Hamlyn, Middlesex, (1968), B&W and color ill., 189pp, good, black cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), A history of monastic architecture., (Order No: 14721 ), $5.00
246. Richards, J. M., THE FUNCTIONAL TRADITION IN EARLY INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, The Architectural Press, London, (1958), photographs by Eric de Mare, 200pp, good, green cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, Eric de Mare's splendid series of photographs presenting the reader with examples of a whole range of buildings whose architectural virtues have not yet been fully recognized, and to illustrate in action a tradition of functional design which runs through English architecture., (Order No: 53149 ), $85.00
247. Richter, Irving, THE EVOLUTION OF FEDERAL HOUSING PROGRAMS AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Studies in DC History, Washington, DC, 1983, 35pp, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 41848 ), $20.00
248. Rifkind, Carole, A FIELD GUIDE TO AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE, New American Library, New York, (1980), over 450 B&W ill., 322pp, good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 045257735 "The periods, the styles, the form and function of historical buildings from Colonial times to today.", (Order No: 6602 ), $5.00
249. Ripley, John W. (editor); Richmond, Robert W. (assistant editor), AN ALBUM OF 19TH CENTURY HOMES OF SHAWNEE COUNTY - SHAWNEE COUNTY, TOPEKA, KANSAS, Shawnee County Hist. Soc., Topeka, KS, 1985, B&W illustrations, 71pp, fine, wraps (softcover), First published in 1974., (Order No: 47243 ), $10.00
250. Robinson, William F., ABANDONED NEW ENGLAND: ITS HIDDEN RUINS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM, New York Graphic Society, Boston, MA, (1976) 1st ed, 125 B&W ill., 20 color ill., 211pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0821206540 First published in 1976. In every corner of the New England landscape, waiting to be discovered and explored lie forgotten traces of New England's past. A milestone unnoticed in a city's bustle, a canal hidden deep in a forest, an empty church standing in lonely faded splendor--these and hundreds of other sites and relics are described in this book. Includes: canals, mills, mineral springs, iron industry, textile industry, railroads, and more. One of this bookseller's favorite titles and authors., (Order No: 22882 ), $45.00
251. Rolleston, Sara Emerson, HERITAGE HOUSES: THE AMERICAN TRADITION IN CONNECTICUT 1660-1900, The Viking Press, New York, (1979), B&W photos, 176pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0670368806 The architectural treasures of Connecticut represent the best traditions of American design and craftsmanship. They are also rich in historical association, for Connecticut was the home of men and women who contributed much to American freedom and culture., (Order No: 6626 ), $10.00
252. Roper, Laura Wood, FLO: A BIOGRAPHY OF FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED, Johns Hopkins University Pr., Baltimore, (1983), 555pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0801830184 First published in 1973., (Order No: 6423 ), $10.00
253. Rothery, Guy Cadogan, CHIMNEYPIECES AND INGLE NOOKS: THEIR DESIGN AND ORNAMENTATION - HOUSE DECORATION SERIES, T. Werner Laurie, London, [1911], B&W illustrations, 239pp, very good, pictorial boards (hardcover), Franklin 9929 Fascinating illustrations and overview from ancient Greece and Rome to current practice., (Order No: 39065 ), $45.00
254. Ruskin, John, LECTURES ON ARCHITECTURE AND PAINTING, DELIVERED AT EDINBURGH, IN NOVEMBER, 1853, John Wiley, New York, 1854, B&W illustrations, 189pp, plates, very good, brown cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 53145 ), $30.00
255. Rybczynski, Witold, CITY LIFE: URBAN EXPECTATIONS IN A NEW WORLD, Scribner, New York, (1995) 1st ptg, 256pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) remainder mark, ISBN 0684813025 A provocative exploration of the world outside our walls and of the fascinating, revelatory history of American city life., (Order No: 53835 ), $4.00
256. Saarinen, Eliel, THE CITY: ITS GROWTH, ITS DECAY, ITS FUTURE, Reinhold Publishing Corp., New York, (1943), B&W and color illustrations, 380pp, good++, light tan cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, The author's primary aim is to discover the fundamentals of all town-building, in order that these fundamentals may be adapted to existing conditions and a strong foundation may be built. The author has endeavoured to picture the city of the future as the home city of the population in the same spirit as a house must be made the home of the family, if it is to be livable and socially constructive., (Order No: 53740 ), $7.50
257. Sale, Edith Tunis, COLONIAL INTERIORS - SECOND SERIES, William Helburn, Inc., New York, 1930 1st ed, 159 B&W plates/drawings, good, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket) light edgewear, Introduction by J. Frederick Kelly. Includes: Halls; Stairhalls, stairways and balustrades; Interiors; Drawing Rooms, Dining Rooms, Music Rooms; Bedrooms; Kitchens; Chimney Breasts; Mantels; Doorways; and Windows., (Order No: 7550 ), $40.00
258. Saliga, Pauline A. (editor), THE SKY'S THE LIMIT: A CENTURY OF CHICAGO SKYSCRAPERS, Rizzoli International, New York, (1992), B&W and color illustrations, 304pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0847811794 First published in 1990. A generously illustrated survey of the Chicago skyscraper which traces the fascinating history of the great Chicago School of Architecture, which came into existence in the 1880s and influenced generations of architects worldwide., (Order No: 1736 ), $30.00
259. Sanderson, Margaret H. B., ROBERT ADAM AND SCOTLAND: PORTRAIT OF AN ARCHITECT, HMSO, Edinburgh, (1993), B&W and color illustrations, 136pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0114942056 Drawing on many original sources, and on the results of recent research, this book gives an all-round picture of Adam's career., (Order No: 43473 ), $10.00
260. Sawyer, Philip and Cortissoz, Royal, EDWARD PALMER YORK: PERSONAL REMINISCENCES BY HIS FRIEND AND PARTNER PHILIP SAWYER & A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH BY ROYAL CORTISSOZ, Privately Printed, Stonington, CT, 1951, 68pp, very good, green cloth spine, teg (hardcover), Limited to 100 copies, and copyrighted by Muriel York, Edward York's widow. Inscribed by Muriel York in 1951 on the front free enepaper. With his partner, Philip Sawyer, Edward Palmer York in 1898 established the architectural firm of York and Sawyer, Architects., (Order No: 46020 ), $75.00
261. Schlesinger, Dorothy; Cangelosi, Robert; Reeves, Sally Kittredge; Lemann, Bernard; Wilson, Samuel; and Walker, John, NEW ORLEANS ARCHITECTURE - VOLUME VII - JEFFERSON CITY, Pelican Publishing Company, Gretna, LA, 1989, B&W illustrations, 192pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) faint corner bumps, ISBN 0882896687 Toledano Street to Joseph Street - Claiborne Avenue to the Mississippi River., (Order No: 50739 ), $35.00
262. Scott, Frank J., THE ART OF BEAUTIFYING SUBURBAN HOME GROUNDS OF SMALL EXTENT - BEAUTIFUL HOMES [ON THE SPINE AND FRONT BOARD], American Book Exchange, New York, 1881, B&W illustrations, 618pp, very good, decorated brown cloth (hardcover) light edgewear, ILLUSTRATED BY UPWARD OF TWO HUNDRED PLATES AND ENGRAVINGS OF PLANS FOR RESIDENCES AND THEIR GROUNDS, OF TREES AND SHRUBS, AND GARDEN EMBELLISHMENTS; WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF THE BEAUTIFUL AND HARDY TREES AND SCRUBS GROWN IN THE UNITED STATES., (Order No: 53910 ), $150.00
263. Sennett, Richard, FLESH AND STONE: THE BODY AND THE CITY IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, (1994) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 431pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0393036847 A history of the city in Western civilization, one that tells the story of urban life through bodily experience., (Order No: 30251 ), $12.50
264. Service, Alastair, EDWARDIAN ARCHITECTURE: A HANDBOOK TO BUILDING DESIGN IN BRITAIN, 1890-1914, Oxford University Press, New York, 1977, B&W illustrations, 216pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0195199820 This is the first concise study to be published on the subject., (Order No: 43880 ), $10.00
265. Sharf, Frederic A., SUBURBAN AMERICA 1930-1970 - AN ARCHITECTURAL PERSPECTIVE, Newburyport Press, Inc., Newbury, MA, (2001), B&W and color illustrations, 64pp, very good+, wraps (softcover) small crease on front cover, ISBN 1882266110 "Presentation Design Drawings of Buildings Which Changed the Appearance of Suburban America." An Exhibition at Heritage Plantation in Sandwich, Massachusetts May 13 to November 25, 2001. Contents include: The Automobile as Architecture; The Automobile's Impact on the Suburbs; Rediscovering a California Architect, Vincent Raney; The Golden Gate International Exposition - The Forgotten World's Fair of 1939; Listing of Fairs, 1930-1940; Presentation Drawings of Buildings Which Changed the Appearance of Suburban America; List of Exhibit Drawings; Bibliography., (Order No: 51190 ), $14.50
266. Shear, Theodore Leslie, SARDIS - VOLUME X - TERRA-COTTAS, PART ONE, ARCHITECTURAL TERRA-COTTAS, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1926, 46pp of text, very good, black cloth (hardcover), "Publications of the American Society for the Excavation of Sardis." Color frontis and 14 color plates, 22 B&W plates. This volume covers three groups of Tiles. "The terra-cottas found in the excavations at Sardis suffered in the destruction of the house and in the injury to the site that occurred during the military engagements between the Greeks and Turks in this vicinity. Some of them were damaged, others vanished. The present study is based on the results of excavations made by the author in 1922, and on available records of earlier excavations.", (Order No: 15035 ), $150.00
267. Shopsin, William C. & Broderick, Mosette Glaser (introduction by Brendan Gill), THE VILLARD HOUSES: LIFE STORY OF A LANDMARK, The Viking Press, New York, (1980), B&W illustrations, 144pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) closed tear on jacket, ISBN 0670746851 When Henry Villard built his handsome Roman Renaissance style mansion on Madison Avenue opposite the rear of St. Patrick's Cathedral he broke with an architectural tradition that had existed in New York for decades. He also spared no expense., (Order No: 6660 ), $10.00
268. Sitwell, Sacheverell, MONKS, NUNS, AND MONASTERIES, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, (1965) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 205pp, good+, brown cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 5230 ), $4.00
269. Sloane, Eric, AN AGE OF BARNS, Funk & Wagnalls, New York, (1967) 8th ptg, ill. by Eric Sloane, 95pp, very good w/very good dustjacket, signed "Eric Sloane", ISBN 030870052X More than 80 pen and ink drawings by Sloane, and ten full-color plates of paintings of barns. One of the more elusive Eric Sloane titles, especially signed. This book is an absolute must for any "barn lover"! Boldly signed "Eric Sloane" in black pen on the front free endpaper., (Order No: 6377 ), $95.00
270. Sloane, Eric & Anthony, Edward, MR. DANIELS AND THE GRANGE, Funk & Wagnalls, New York, (1968) 1st ed, ill. by Eric Sloane, 119pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The story of Alexander Hamilton's home, The Grange., (Order No: 6546 ), $20.00
271. Smith, Elizabeth (organized by); Ferguson, Russell (edited by); essays by Mike Davis, M. Patricia Fernandez-Kelly (et al), URBAN REVISIONS: CURRENT PROJECTS FOR THE PUBLIC REALM, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, (1994), B&W and color illustrations, 185pp, very good, wraps (softcover), review press release laid in, ISBN 0262691736 An exhibition organized by Elizabeth A. T. Smith for The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 1994. "In this collection of sixteen architectural projects and five essays, some of today's most visionary architects and landscape architects, urban planners and designers, and scholars of urbanism set forth their varied and controversial approaches to re-envisioning our troubled cities.", (Order No: 30720 ), $20.00
272. Smith, Kathryn (new color photography by Sam Nugroho), FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, HOLLYHOCK HOUSE AND OLIVE HILL: BUILDINGS AND PROJECTS FOR ALINE BARNSDALL, Rizzoli, New York, (1992), B&W and color illustrations, 224pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0847815404 This book documents, for the first time, one of the largest and most important commissions of Frank Lloyd Wright's career. Supported by unpublished drawings, photographs, correspondence, documents, and interviews from a variety of public and private sources, this volume is the product of ten years of research by architectural historian Kathryn Smith., (Order No: 49164 ), $30.00
273. Smith, Marjorie Whalen, HISTORIC HOMES OF CHESHIRE COUNTY NEW HAMPSHIRE - VOLUME III, published by the author, n.p., (1979), 105 B&W illustrations, 172pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) signed by the author, The author has visited over five hundred old homesteads in Cheshire County since 1962 and her articles about them appeared regularly in the Keene Sentinel. This history of seventy-five homes scattered throughout the Monadnock Region of New Hampshire is Mrs. Smith's third book on the subject. Representing historical and genealogical research into the stories of the old houses and the lives of their occupants, the houses span a period from 1770 to 1870., (Order No: 36637 ), $40.00
274. Sotheby's, AMERICAN ARTS AND CRAFTS AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNS - JUNE 16, 1989, Sotheby's, New York, 1989, B&W and color illustrations, very good, wraps (softcover), Including Property from the Estate of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.; Property of Mrs. Van Van Nes. 106 lot, not all are illustrated., (Order No: 33122 ), $15.00
275. Speare, Eva A., COLONIAL MEETING-HOUSES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE: COMPARED WITH THEIR CONTEMPORARIES IN NEW ENGLAND, Daughters of Colonial Wars, Littleton, NH, (1938) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 238pp, very good, blue cloth (hardocover) no dustjacket, author signed, The author explores the State of New Hampshire in search of its colonial meeting-houses., (Order No: 26857 ), $20.00
276. Speiser, Anthony; Finney; Barbara; Maddox, Kenneth; Newington, Barbara (preface by), JASPER F. CROPSEY - ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN, Newington Cropsey Foundation, Hastings on Hudson, NY, 2005, color illustrations, 40pp, fine, wraps (softcover), "Paintings, Architectural Renderings, and Sketches from the Newington Cropsey Collection." Exhibition held February 1-March 18, 2005. Essays include: Jasper F. Cropsey: Biographical Sketch; Jasper Francis Cropsey: Architect; and, Cropsey as Designer and Decorator., (Order No: 49937 ), $30.00
277. Stachiw, Myron O. (with contributions by Claire W. Dempsey, Robert B. Foley, Willie Graham, Patrick Gutherie, et al), THE EARLY ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPES OF THE NARRAGANSETT BASIN - VOLUME I: NEWPORT, Vernacular Architecture Form, n.p., 2001, B&W illustrations, 128pp, fine, wraps (softcover), The papers on Newport architecture prepared for the Annual Meeting and Conference of the Vernacular Architecture Forum, Newport, Rhode Island, April 25-29, 2001., (Order No: 44455 ), $60.00
278. Starr, S. Frederick (editor), THE OBERLIN BOOK OF BANDSTANDS, The Preservation Press, Washington, DC, (1987), wonderful B&W ill., 100pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 089133128X Relates the history of bands and bandstands in America along with 50 designs thanks to a design competition sponsored by Oberlin College., (Order No: 8047 ), $5.00
279. Stewart, Cecil, SERBIAN LEGACY, George Allen and Unwin Ltd, London, (1959), B&W ill., B&W map, 136pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), For three hundred years Serbia was probably more productive of great art and architecture than any other country in the Byzantine world. The inspiration was Byzantine, but, as the author shows, special regional characteristics were developed., (Order No: 26704 ), $10.00
280. Still, Bayrd, URBAN AMERICA: A HISTORY WITH DOCUMENTS, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA, (1974) 1st ptg, 566pp, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 37529 ), $15.00
281. Stokes, Charles J., HISTORIC CHURCHES OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY, County Books, Westport, CT, (1969), B&W and color photographs, 95pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Photography by Dave Nadig., (Order No: 15566 ), $17.50
282. Sturgis, Russell, A SHORT HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE: EUROPE, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1923, B&W ill., 576pp, good, brown cloth (lacks rear free endpaper), First published in 1896. This book is intended to show that the history of architecture is a study of absorbing interest., (Order No: 27343 ), $20.00
283. Summerson, John, VICTORIAN ARCHITECTURE - FOUR STUDIES IN EVALUATION, Columbia University Press, New York, (1970) 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, 131pp, very good+, blue cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, ISBN 0231032617 Number 19: Bampton Lectures in America Delivered at Columbia University 1968., (Order No: 52178 ), $7.00
284. Sweeney, John A. H., GRANDEUR ON THE APPOQUINIMINK: THE HOUSE OF WILLIAM CORBIT AT ODESSA, DELAWARE, University of Delaware Press, New York, (1959), B&W illustrations, 146pp, good w/lightly worn dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0874133890 In a man's house is mirrored the man himself; and in studying the Corbit House we find the image and story of William Corbit, Quaker, original owner of this historic house. Also mirrored are his friends and the entire scope of his own activities., (Order No: 19206 ), $8.50
285. Sweeting, Adam W., READING HOUSES AND BUILDING BOOKS: ANDREW JACKSON DOWNING AND THE ARCHITECTURE OF POPULAR ANTEBELLUM LITERATURE, 1835-1855, Univ. Press of New England, Hanover, NH, (1996) 1st ptg, 25 B&W figures, 230pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0874517508 Author, architect, and landscape designer, Andrew Jackson Downing, more than any other individual, shaped middle-class taste in the United States in the two decades prior to the Civil War. In this study, the author places Downing's works--especially his enormously popular books--in their literary and cultural context, documenting their influence on antebellum American culture., (Order No: 14792 ), $10.00
286. Taber, M. J., THE CATHEDRALS OF ENGLAND, L. C. Page & Company, Boston, MA, 1905, B&W illustrations, 287pp, very good, decorated gray cloth, teg (hardcover) author inscrib., "An Account of Some of Their Distinguishing Characteristcs; Together with Brief Historical and Biographical Sketches of Their Most Noted Bishops." Inscribed by the author, September, 1905., (Order No: 52015 ), $12.50
287. Tafel, Edgar, YEARS WITH FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT - APPRENTICE TO GENIUS, Dover Publications, Inc., New York, (1979), B&W illustrations, 228pp, very good, wraps (softcover) PREVIOUS OWNER'S INSCRIPTION IN RED, ISBN 0486248011, (Order No: 43327 ), $7.00
288. Tager, Jack and Goist, Park Dixon, THE URBAN VISION: SELECTED INTERPRETATIONS OF THE MODERN AMERICAN CITY, The Dorsey Press, Homewood, IL, (1970) 1st ptg, 310pp, very good, wraps (softcover), The underlying assumption of this book is that what men think about their cities is basic to how they live and act in them., (Order No: 37526 ), $10.00
289. Tallman, Carl C., EARLY WOOD-BUILT HOUSES OF CENTRAL NEW YORK - WHITE PINE SERIES: VOLUME IV - NUMBER 5, Russell F. Whitehead, New York, 1918, B&W illustrations, 16pp, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 53935 ), $15.00
290. Trager, James, WEST OF FIFTH: THE RISE AND FALL AND RISE OF MANHATTAN'S WEST SIDE - AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY, Atheneum, New York, 1987 1st ed, 101 B&W ill., 272pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0689117752 This book provides an abundance of anecdote about the rich tapestry that is the West Side of Manhattan. Here are stories of its residents, its schools, its concert halls, its avenues and its parks, its food stores, churches, synagogues, and mansions., (Order No: 10855 ), $12.50
291. Trevelyan, Raleigh, SHADES OF THE ALHAMBRA, The Folio Society, London, 1984, B&W and color ill., 128pp, very good+, pictorial boards (hardcover), (Order No: 16974 ), $7.50
292. Trustees of The British Museum (John Pope-Hennessy, Director), THE BRITISH MUSEUM YEARBOOK 1 - THE CLASSICAL TRADITION, British Museum Publ., Ltd., London, (1976), 291 B&W, 4 color ill., 298pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0714100455 "A 'new' annual publication for all those interested in the fields of Art and Archaeology, especially those interested in the work and collections of the British Museum." The theme of this first annual is THE CLASSICAL TRADITION, and has eight articles including: Reynold Higgins on MAGENTA WARE; M. Jessop Price with ARCHITECTURE ON ANCIENT COINS; J.E. Curtis on PARTHIAN GOLD FROM NINEVEH; R.A.G. Carson in GOLD AND SILVER COIN HOARDS AND THE END OF ROMAN BRITAIN; R.H. Pinder- Wilson on THE MALCOLM CELESTIAL GLOBE; Ruth Olitsky Rubinstein on A BACCHIC SARCOPHAGUS IN THE RENAISSANCE; Nicholas Turner with AN ATTACK ON THE ACCADEMIA DI S. LUCA; and Andrew Wilton assessing BLAKE AND THE ANTIQUE., (Order No: 14150 ), $15.00
293. Tucci, Douglass Shand (with a foreword by Walter Muir Whitehill), BUILT IN BOSTON: CITY AND SUBURB, 1800-1950, New York Graphic Society, Boston, MA, 1978, B&W and color ill., 269pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0821207415 A full-length history of Boston's architecture., (Order No: 33461 ), $8.50
294. Varney, Almon C., OUR HOMES AND THEIR ADORNMENTS; OR, HOW TO BUILD, FINISH, FURNISH, AND ADORN A HOME, J. C. Chilton & Co., Pub., Detroit, MI, 1882 1st ed, B&W ill., chromolith ad, 496pp, very good, decorated green cloth (hardcover) EXCEPTIONAL COPY, "Containing practical instructions for the building of homes, interior decoration, wood carving, scroll sawiang, house painting, window hangings, screens, curtains, window gardening, incidental decorations, decorative art needle-work, and economic landscapte gardening; to which is added a household compendium of new, practical and valuable recipes, the whole being designed to make Happy Homes for Happy People." EXCEPTIONALLY NICE CLEAN, TIGHT AND BRIGHT COPY., (Order No: 16981 ), $250.00
295. Vickery, Robert L., SHARING ARCHITECTURE, University Press of Virgina, Charlottesville, VA, (1989), B&W illustrations, 187pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0813912342 This book is intended for the serious reader who is interested in understanding architecture--what it is, who it is for, and why it is built., (Order No: 20393 ), $10.00
296. Vinci, John, THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: THE STOCK EXCHANGE TRADING ROOM, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, (1977), B&W and color illustrations, 64pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), The Chicago Stock Exchange Building, designed by Adler & Sullivan, was built 1893-1894, and the reconstruction of the Trading Room and the Stock Exchange Arch was done in 1976-77 with Vinci-Kenny, architects for the reconstruction., (Order No: 43813 ), $10.00
297. Von Eckardt, Wolf (foreword by August Heckscher), A PLACE TO LIVE: THE CRISIS OF THE CITIES, Delacorte Press, New York, (1967) 1st ptg, B&W ill., 430pp, very good, black cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket) SEE NOTE, The reader will find here excellent journalism, the touch of the practiced essayist, an often rigorously critical spirit, historical perspective and a solid substructure of humanistic values. NOTE: Spine of book as a varnish coat on it., (Order No: 35845 ), $12.00
298. Wakefield, Lawrence and Wakefield, Lucille, HISTORIC TRAVERSE CITY HOUSES, Lawrence M. Wakefield, n.p., (1978) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 160pp, good+, gray cloth (hardcover) signed by both authors, An armchair tour of historic homes in Traverse City. The homes were selected based on: (1) that an old photograph of the house was available; (2) that the house was home to people who in one way or another played an important role in Traverse City history; (3) that the house was built before 1910; and (4) that the house is attractive or at least architecturally interesting., (Order No: 41908 ), $45.00
299. Walker, R J B, OLD WESTMINSTER BRIDGE: THE BRIDGE OF FOOLS, David and Charles, North Pomfret, VT, (1979), 48 B&W plates, 319pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0715378376 This book traces the struggles to overcome prejudices, the battles in Parliament between rival MPs, and the eventual success of a 'Society of Gentlemen' determined to force the issue through. It describes the building of the bridge itself, its maintenance and its collapse not much more than a hundred years after the first stone had been laid., (Order No: 19503 ), $7.00
300. Waller, Bret (foreword by); Stevens, Wystan (introduction by), ANN ARBOR ARCHITECTURE - A SESQUICENTENNIAL SELECTION, Univ. of Michigan Art Museum, Ann Arbor, MI, 1974, B&W illustrations, 123pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Catalogue for the exhibition held at The University of Michigan Museum of Art August-September, 1974. Exceptional architectural photographs with a page of text opposite each., (Order No: 41133 ), $150.00
301. Waterhouse, P. Leslie; Cordingley, R. A. (revised by), THE STORY OF ARCHITECTURE, B. T. Batsford, Ltd., London, (1950) 3rd ed, 133 B&W ill and plates, 228pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Third revised edition by R. A. Cordingley., (Order No: 9112 ), $12.00
302. Weaver, Robert C. (foreword by), PRESERVING HISTORIC AMERICA, Dept of Housing & Urban Dev., Washington, DC, 1966, B&W illustrations, 80pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Contents include: Program Tools for Historic Preservation; Urban Renewal Program with examples of Local Experience with Urban Renewal Program; Urban Planning Assistance Program with Examples of Local Experience with the Urban Planning Assistance Program; Urban Renewal Demonstration Grant Program; Open-Space Land Progr