Historic Houses and Castles in Great Britain and Northern Ireland
London: Index Publications, 1960. Softcover. 8vo. 1960 edition. Information on 500 houses, castles and gardens. With 200 illustrations.
Architecture
Two Exterior Mid-Century Photos of Buffums Specialty Stores
Softcover. Each image is approximately 8" x 11." Buffums was a chain of upscale department stores, headquartered in Long Beach, California. The chain began in 1904, when two brothers from Illinois, Charles A. and Edwin E. Buffum, together with other partners, bought the Schilling Bros., the largest dry goods store.....
Duomo Anima DiMilano
Milano: Federico Motta Editore, 2000. Hardcover. 4to., 254 pp. Profusely illustrated with color and black and white photos.
A Guide Book of Art, Architecture and Historic Interests in Pennsylvania
Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., 1924. Hardcover. 8vo. 509 pp. Limited edition. Illustrations, maps. Blue gilt cloth with gilt and red crest front board. Marked number 524 of an unspecified number of copies printed. This guidebook to the art, architecture, and historic interests of Pennsylvania was compiled before World War.....
Academy Architecture and Architectural Review; Volume 53, 1921
London: Academy Architecture and Architectural Review, 1921. Hardcover. Large 8vo., 66 pp. With black and white and color plates, photos and plans. A review of the Royal Academy Architectural Exhibition, London; The Regent Theatre, Brighton; The Royal Free Hospital Out-Patients Department; Garden and Interior Domestic Architecture; Sculpture and Cottage Homes.....
Academy Architecture and Architectural Review; Volume 54, 1922
London: Academy Architecture and Architectural Review, 1922. Hardcover. Large 8vo., 64 pp. With black and white and color plates, photos and plans. Includes reviews of the following: a selection of prominent drawings hung at the exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts; The Regent Theatre, Brighton; interior domestic architecture and.....
Academy Architecture and Architectural Review; Volume 56, 1924-5
London: Academy Architecture and Architectural Review, 1926. Hardcover. Large 8vo., 100 pp. With black and white and color plates, photos and plans. Includes reviews of the following: domestic architecture, modern buildings and garden architecture.
Academy Architecture and Architectural Review; Volume 57, 1926
London: Academy Architecture and Architectural Review, 1926. Hardcover. Large 8vo., 80 pp. With black and white and color plates, photos and plans. Includes reviews of the following: domestic architecture, modern buildings and garden architecture.
The Ranch House
New York: Harry Abrams, 2005. Hardcover. Oblong 4to. 240. Profusely illustrated. A tour of more than thirty [30] iconic examples of L- and U-shaped floor plans that incorporate design elements as sliding glass doors that provide direct access to patios from living areas.
The Buildings of Britain: Anglo-Saxon and Norman, A Guide and Gazeteer
London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 92 pp. tight, bright and clean. Cream colored dust jacket with black lettering and photo to front.
The Atlas of Frank Lloyd Wright
Surrey: Taj, 2005. Softcover. Square 4to., 260 pp. Index with hundreds color photographs. Examines hundreds of Frank Lloyd Wright's US buildings on a state by state basis. Superbly illustrated.
Pompeii-Herculaneum and the Villa Jovis, Capri Past and Present Guide with Reconstructions
Rome: Vision S.R.L., 1964. Hardcover. Small oblong 8vo. Full color photographs throughout along with trans-transparencies of the archaeologic digs. Uncommon 1964 hardcover edition in dust jacket.
A House Called Morven: It's Role in American History
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1954. Hardcover. In collaboration with Walter E. Edge with an essay on the architecture by George B. Tatum. A valuable resource.
Restored America: A Tour Guide to the Preserved Towns, Villages and Historic City Districts of the United States and Canada
New York: American Legacy Press, 1984. Hardcover. 8vo., 384 pp. Illustrated with drawings and maps.
Up, Down, Across: Elevators, Escalators, and Moving Sidewalks
New York: Merrell, 2003. Softcover. 4to., 223 pp. Illustrated with color and black and white photographs covering a wide range of moving conveyances. Published in conjunction with the exhibition at the Washington, D.C.-based National Building Museum in 2003 to 2004: Up, Down, Across: Elevators, Escalators, and Moving Sidewalks.
The Architecture of the French Enlightenment
Berkeley: The University of California Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Carpenter Gothic: 19th Century Ornamental Houses of New England
New York: Watson-Guptill, 1978. Hardcover. 8vo., 159 pp. Illustrated. Describes the origins and characteristics of New England's elaborately ornamented Carpenter Gothic style.
AIA Guide to New York City
New York: Macmillan, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Rare original edition of this important book, an exhaustive, geographically organized guide to the city's buildings, streets and landmarks. Covers all five boroughs with hundreds of photos, notes and descriptions. One of the most important NYC guide books published. In lightly rubbed and.....
AIA Guide to New York City
New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2009. First Edition. Softcover. 2009 edition. Revised.
AIA Guide to New York City
New York: Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 1988 edition. Revised.
The Image of the Architect
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket that has some edge wear at the extremities.
Twin Towers: the Life of New York City's World Trade Center
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2001. Hardcover. 8vo., 263 pp. Includes Author Dedication; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Notes; Index and About the Author. Illustrated with black-and-white drawings and diagrams. From the copyright page: 'This reprint is dedicated to those who lost their lives on September 11 2001' [copyright was.....
A Guidebook to Newport Mansions of the Preservation Society of Newport County
Newport: The Preservation Society of Newport County, 1984. Softcover. 8vo. 80 pp. Text by Ann Benway. Map on rear cover. Mansions include: Hunter House, Kingscote, The Elms, Chateau-Sur-Mer, The Breakers, Rosecliff, Marble House and Green Animals.
Swid Powell Objects by Architects
New York: Rizzoli, 1990. Hardcover. 4to. Design by Smatt Florence. Numerous illustrations [some color]. Bibliography.
Treehouses
London: Robert Hale, 1988. Hardcover. 8vo., 191 pp. First print. Richly illustrated exploration of treehouses across history, culture and geography, spanning everything from European stately structures to hollow-tree dwellings, fantasy designs and real-world examples from around the globe. The book blends architectural curiosity, travel writing and natural-world observation, drawing on.....