Zurich: Orell Füssli Verlag, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 86pp. Original photo-illustrated gray quarter-cloth with white and black lettering on cover, black on spine, protected by modern mylar. With eighty-five photographs explained by S. Giedion. Publication to convey today's opinion, not the purpose of individual buildings. Therefore the presentation takes..... More
New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1961. First American edition. Hardcover. Quarto (12" x 9"). 192pp. (12 pages of text and 140 pages of photographic plates -- most in color). Introductory pages in English, photo captions of plates in German. Color printed dust jacket, spine lettered in black, over gray cloth..... More
Tokyo: ADA Edita Tokyo, 1975. First edition. Softcover. Tall, thin folio (14-1/4" x 10"). 40, (8)pp. Including 8 pages of ground plan drawings and architectural elevations. Text in Japanese and English. Later acetate wrapper (with small tear) over color photo pictorial wraps with white spine lettered in black. Profusely illustrated..... More
Sulgen, Zurich: Niggli, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong quarto (10" x 12"). 199, (1)pp. Color photo wraparound dust jacket, spine lettered in white, over blind lettered gray cloth. Profusely illustrated with color photographs, planning sketches and construction photographs. Text in German. Crease on blank front free endpaper, otherwise a fine..... More
Singapore: Page One Publishing Private Ltd., 2005. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 251, (1)pp. Acetate over red & black wrappers, black spine lettered in pink. Illustrated with numerous color photos, architectural sketches & drawings and ground plans. Faint trace of old tape stains on half-title & inside rear cover, otherwise a...... More
Enghien, Belgium: Beta - Plus, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. Folio (13-3/4" x 11"). 192pp. 3 column parallel text in English, French and Dutch. Color photo dust jacket, white spine lettered in black, over blind stamped black cloth. Profusely illustrated with color photos of homes (interiors and exteriors). B + Villas..... More
Seoul: Space Publishing Co., 2010. Hursley, Timothy. First edition. Softcover. Square quartio (11"). 234pp. Title and text in Korean and English. Blind stamped white wrappers. Illustrated throughout with black & white and color photographs and architectural drawings and ground plans, plus some pencil sketches. A volume in the series "+..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1967). Second printing. Hardcover. 4to. 116pp. Letter embossed muttled tan cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original dj. Three tears to top edge of dj repaired with scotch tape. Some creasing, chipping, staining and discoloration to dj. A wonderful book on the architecture..... More
London: Academy Editions, 1980. First English edition. Hardcover. 4to 127 pp. 114 color and b/w photos. Introduction by John Hejduk. Black cloth with d/j. b/w photographs of architectural details of the work of the American architects Charles Gwathmey, Robert Siegel, Peter Eisenman, John Hejduk, Michael Graves, and Richard Meier. Fine..... More
Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 247, [1]pp. Original photographic dust-jacket over black paper covered boards, with white lettering on spine. Remarkable work on photographic representation of architecture exquisitely illustrated with numerous color and b/w photographs. Chapters on the use of various cameras, e.g. Hasselblad, Leica, etc., camera..... More
Berlin: Der Kunstverlag, 1931. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 96 (12)pp., folding map. Original orange quarter cloth over photo-illustrated silver wraps with black lettering on cover, protected by modern mylar. Guide through modern architecture in Berlin, illustrated with one hundred and sixty-eight b/w photographs, architectural drawings and plans, including a folding..... More
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (11-1/4" x 9"). 168pp. Index of architects. Parallel text in English and German. Pictorial orange dust jacket with white spine lettered in black, over raw linen lettered in orange. Profusely illustrated with black & white architectural photos, and architectural ground..... More
London: Merrell, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (11" x 10"). 160pp. Index. Color photo dust jacket, white spine lettered in black and blue. White boards patterned in black. Illustrated with 155 color photographs and a black & white frontispiece portrait. A fine, as new copy. "... The first significant study..... More
New York: George Braziller Inc., 1958. First American edition. Hardcover. 4to. 230 pp. Gray cloth. Illustrated throughout in b&w. Features Frank Lloyd Wright, Walter Gropius, Le Corbusier, Robert Maillart, Mies Van Der Rohe, Richard Neutra, et al. Good. More
Tokyo: TOTO Shupan, 2004. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 235, (1)pp. Title in English and Japanese, text in Japanese. Paper wrappers printed in red & blue, English title on spine lettered in red. Profusely illustrated with color photos of 71 buildings (exteriors and interiors). Scarce in the trade, but without the..... More
Mexico: Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 348, [4]pp. Original full cloth with white lettering on spine and front cover. Printed endpapers. Mexican architecture directory listing numerous architectural firms in Mexico, and connecting architects and clients to produce better architecture. This work is profusely illustrated with..... More
New York: The Monacelli Press, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. 496pp. Original pictorial dust jacket over cloth, with blind-stamped lettering on front cover and spine. Color frontispiece. Fascinating work being the first monograph to focus solely on more than 15 years of the Robert A. M. Stern Architects's non-residential..... More
Budapest: Erno Hegedus/ Institute of Building Types Design, 1964. First edition. Softcover. Square quarto. Unpaginated. Glossy black wrappers, with white lettering on the front cover. This finely produced book is a detailed visual survey of various types of design and building methods for a variety of architectural projects in Hungary..... More
Glen Cove, NY: Library of Applied Design, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (12-1/4" x 9-1/4"). 235, (5)pp. Index. Color photo dust jacket with white spine lettered in black, over green boards. Profusely illustrated with photographs of buildings and architectural details (most in color). Lower corners of boards slightly bumped and..... More
New York: F. W. Dodge Corporation, 1956. Second edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 219, [1]pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over blue cloth, with gold lettering to spine. Photographic frontispiece portrait of Eric Mendelsohn. "Not only one of the greatest architects of the 20th century, Eric Mendelsohn was also one of the most progressive in..... More
Stuttgart: Gerd Hatje, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 231, [1]pp. Original pictorial wrappers over cloth with yellow lettering on spine and front cover. This work gives an accurate picture of the fundamental aspects of German post-war architecture. It is profusely illustrated with numerous annotated b/w photographic reproductions of modern German..... More
München: Heinz Moos Verlag, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 184pp. Black cloth with gilt lettering to cover and spine in original dj. Some creasing to dj. Head of spine and middle part to bottom edge of dj repaired with modern tape. 80 full page b/w photographs depicting a variety of..... More
Stuttgart: Axel Menges, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. 136pp. Original photographic wrappers over grey cloth. This remarkable work discusses the development of modern architecture in the context of architectural history. Its author, Stefan Grundmann holds a chair at the Martin-Luther-Universitat Halle-Wittenberg. He is also the editor of "The Architecture..... More
Leipzig: Heitzverlag, 1932. First edition. Softcover. Large quarto (11 1/2 x 8 1/2"). 62, [2]pp (Text), [9] leaves (Plates). Original illustrated dust-jacket over blind wrappers. Frontispiece. Decorative tailpieces. Published in collaboration with sculptor Fritz Klein and architect Felix Durach, "Im Zeichen des Kultbaues" (Under the sign of religious architecture) is a...... More
Tucson, AZ: Nazraeli Press, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. Grey cloth with pictorial paste-down and blue lettering on front, and blue lettering on spine. Illustrated with color reproductions of photographs. A photographic study of "museums of distinction" throughout the world. Color photographs are primarily exteriors, some are abstract details. "In..... More