Stuttgart: Gerd Hatje, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 215, [1]pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over grey cloth, with white lettering on spine and front cover. Illustrated with hundreds of floor plans, architectural drawings and b/w photographic reproductions, this work is a striking survey on the architecture of high-rise apartment buildings. Moderate..... More
New York: Academy Editions / St. Martin's Press, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 144pp. Original pictorial wrappers over black cloth with gold lettering on spine. Color frontispiece. Robert Stern has an international reputation as an architect, writer and teacher and is widely acknowledged as one of the originators and key..... More
London: Leonard Hill, 1964. Later printing. Hardcover. Quarto. 219 pp. Original Dustjacket over red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Frontispiece photograph of Mendelsohn. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings throughout. This edition reprint of 2nd edition which contains 3 additional chapters on the architect's life (1938-1953). Complete list of..... More
New York: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1953. Pamphlet. Oblong Octavo. 6 leaves. 10"x7.5". Photo illustrated covers, black & white lettering on cover. From the exhibition of the same name. Introduction by Frank Lloyd Wright, photo illustrated throughout with b/w images of the exterior and interior of the Usonian House..... More
New York: Horizon Press, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. Small folio. 269pp. Red dust jacket with white and black lettering on the front cover and spine. Brown and orange cloth boards with debossed blind-stamped lettering. This finely produced monograph on the work of acclaimed American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, is illustrated..... More
Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, 1996. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 79, 261pp. Waxpaper dj with red lettering in Hebrew and English. B&W photo-illustrated wrappers, with black lettering on spine. The publication is a monograph that examines the life, the achitectural and the fine art works of Leopold Krakauer, the Austrian-born, Israeli..... More
London: Academy Editions, 1988. Hardcover. 4to. 276p. Red cloth with gilt lettering and dj. Profusely illustrated with color and b&w drawings, plans, elevations, models, etc. Includes a brief interview with the architect and a concise curriculum vitae. Like new. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1927. F. R. Yerbury. Hardcover. 4to. 26 pp., 100 numbered plates photographed by F. R. Yerbury. Gray cloth binding. Plates yellowing slightly around edges, not affecting images. Corners slightly bumped. Spine faded, and with horizontal tear near top. Former owner's signature present. Interior clean, and..... More
Washington, D.C. The American Institute of Architects Press, 1991. First Amer. edition. Hardcover. Sm. folio. 208pp. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original dust jacket. Brodart. Frontispiece. "Symbiosis, as argued by Kisho Kurokawa, one of Japan's leading architects, is a new way of interpreting today's culture. A philosophy..... More
Stuttgart: Gerd Hatje, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 192pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over cloth, with white lettering on spine and front cover. The main part of this striking architectural survey of new Finnish architecture gives a comprehensive view of the last ten years (1958-1967) of Finnish building. After the representatives..... More
Los Angeles: UCLA Architecture & Urban Design, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 92pp. Original decorative mylar over paper covered boards. Frontispiece. Illustrated with numerous color illustrations and photographic reproductions, this book compiles imaginary plans devised for cities including Chicago and Madrid. One of several futuristic scenarios featured in "Thought Matters"..... More
Hamburg: Hammonia-Verlag, 1960. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 71, [1]pp. Original decorative wrappers. Architectural monograph on floor-plans and modern urban planning. This work is profusely illustrated with numerous b/w photographic reproductions of buildings and color floor-plans. Slight soiling along fore-edge of wrappers. Lower front corner bumped, thus slightly affecting pages throughout..... More
Los Angeles, CA. Alfred Metscher, 1927. First American edition. Hardcover. Folio. 79pp. Original quarter blue cloth over paper covered boards, with title-label laid on spine. Frontispiece. Fascinating work written for the practical draftsman and intended solely to offer a new method which makes it possible to produce an exact perspective..... More
New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 198pp. Light brown cloth in original dj. Minor staining to boards. Tail of spine bumped. Some chipping, scuffing and 3 tears to dj. Minor discoloration to dj. Illustrated with half-tone illustrations and diagrams of which some are fold-outs. In good..... More
Tokyo: A.D.A. Edita, 1988. First Edition. Softcover. Large square quarto. 123pp. [1]. Photo-illustrated glossy wrappers, with red lettering on the front cover and white spine. This is #19 of modern architectural periodical GA Document. This issue focuses on a number of different subjects including the Tokyo Institute of Technology Centennial..... More
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Sm. folio. 212pp. Light brown cloth in original dj. Minor discoloration to dj. Two tears to top edge of dj. Minor chipping. Profusely illustrated with in-text b/w plates and diagrams. In good condition. More