London and New York: Oxford University Press, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Large Folio. xl, 2817pp., 1482 plates. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering and ruling on spine. Half-title with publisher's device. Title page printed in blue and black. Published under the auspices of the American Institute for Iranian Art and..... More
London and New York: Oxford University Press, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Large Folio. xl, 2817pp., 1482 plates. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering and ruling on spine. Published under the auspices of the American Institute for Iranian art and Archaeology. Illustrated with in-text drawings of artifacts and plans and three..... More
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Tokyo: Published by the author, 1899 (Meiji 32). First and only edition. Softcover. Large oblong quarto (14 3/4 x 11 1/2"). [1] leaf (Title), [15] leaves (Plates). Original string-bound stiff wrappers covered with decorative rice paper, with title pasted on front cover. Title inscribed in French and signed by Commander..... More
Tokyo: The Sanseido Co. Ltd., 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 3 leaves, 2, xiii, 318pp. Original light brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine, protected by modern mylar. Japan endpapers. Frontispiece color woodcut by Tokuyuki Katsuhira,with tissue guard. An account of Bruno Taut's three year residence in Japan describing Japanese..... More
![Item #42310 鳳闕 [Hoketsu]. 上野竹次郎,...](https://klinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/42310.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1488415062)
東京 (Tokyo): 奉效會 (Hokokai), 大正13年 (Taisho 13: 1924). First edition? Hardcover. Oblong quarto (10 3/4 x 14 1/2") (27 x 37cm). [3], 4, 4, 1-75 [i.e. 100] leaves (Text); [110] leaves (Plates). Original string-bound decorative silk, with black lettering to front cover. Decorative endpapers. All edges gilt. Lavishly illustrated throughout..... More
Ithaca, NY. Arnold Printing Company, 1967. First edition. 42 b/w photographic reproductions resting in original paper board portfolio. First limited edition of 700 copies, this being No. 101. Fascinating work whose purpose is the illustration and explication of a number of formal indian structures. Minor edge wear on portfolio. Text..... More
Tashkent: Moslem Religious Board of Central Asia and Kazakhstan, No date. Not stated. Hardcover. Folio. (48), 135 plates (54/1)pp. Original green cloth with black lettering on cover, white on spine, housed in decorative paper-covered cardboard slipcase. Illustrated with 135 impressive color (89) and monochrome plates of religious buildings and building..... More
Tokyo, New York, San Francisco: Kodansha International LTD., 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong Quarto. 182pp. Original silky-gray textured cloth with blind-stamped Japanese lettering on cover. Spine lettered in silver and faded to light brown, with a small spot of fraying. Housed in publishers gray-green paper covered cardboard slipcase, spine lettered..... More
Tokyo, Osaka & Moji: The Mainichi Newspapers, 1957. Revised. Hardcover. Quarto. 14 (1), 83 (2)pp., 116 (3) plates. Original umber cloth with gilt and debossed lettering on covers, silver on spine; housed in matching umber board slipcase with printed label on cover. Orange endpapers. English and Japanese title pages printed..... More
Philadelphia: American Institute of Indian Studies / University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986. Hardcover. 2 volumes. xiv,249pp. Plates volume unpaginated. Gilt decorated blue cloth with gilt lettering to cover and spine in original dj's. Minor staining to front board on text volume. Slight creasing and staining to dj's. Decorated endpapers. "This..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1895. First American edition. hardcover. Quarto. xxxiii, 372pp. Original illustrated blue cloth with gilt and red lettering on cover and spine. Gilt top-edge., protected by modern mylar. Dark blue endpapers. Title page with red publisher's device. The author spent four years living and researching the..... More
Saigon: Nhà xuá̂t bản Thành phó̂ Hò̂ Chí Minh, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. 1/2000. Small Quarto Square (24 x 24). 241 [2]pp. Original blue-gray cloth with blue lettering on cover, in original illustrated dustjacket, white lettering and small red publisher's device on spine; housed in blue-gray stiff paper slipcase, blue..... More
Tokyo: 別格官幣社東照宮社務所, [Tochigi-ken Kamitsuga-gun Nikkō-chō] Bekkaku Kanpeisha Toshogu Shamusho, 昭和十年 (1935). Later edition. Softcover. Oblong quarto (7 1/4 x 10 1/2"). 32 leaves (Text), [31] leaves (Plates). Original string bound decorative wrappers, with black lettering to front cover. Splendid monograph on the buildings and treasures of the Toshogu Shrine, a...... More
Tokyo: Shokokusha, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 200pp. Text in Japanese and English. Illustrated black dustjacket. Light green cloth, lettered in white. Tan endpapers. Profusely illustrated with 200 photographs and drawings of Japanese architectural design and several ground plans. D/j with slight wear along edges. Binding and interior in overall..... More
(Tokyo): (The Overseas Construction Association of Japan, Inc.), n/d. Softcover. 8vo. 226 pp. Blue paper wrappers. With b&w and color illustrations. With some fading and scuffing to cover, in good condition. More
(Tokyo): (The Overseas Construction Association of Japan, Inc.), n/d. Softcover. 8vo. 172, 64 pp. Blue paper wrappers. Section one contains sections on Japan's civil engineering technologies, highways, water power stations, bridges, office buildings ,power plants, airports, and more. With b&w and color photographs. Section two contains photographs and information on..... More
New York; London: Viking Press; Allen Lane, 1984. First English language edition. Hardcover. Folio. 332pp. Original pictorial wrappers over tan cloth with gold lettering on spine. Pictorial title page. Book housed in its original publisher's slipcase. This fascinating work provides not only a comprehensive survey of the overall design and..... More
Barcelona: Ediciones Polgrafa, (1970). First multi-language edition. Hardcover. Small square quarto (8-1/4"). Title and text in Spanish, English, French and German. 103, (1)pp. of text followed by 124pp. of photographs (a few in color), (4)pp. of architectural drawings, and 4 foldout descriptions of the plates in each language. Pictorial color..... More
Leipzig: Wilhelm Goldmann, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 80pp. Original illustrated orange cloth with black lettering on cover and spine. Treatise on the architecture of Islamic Mosques from India to Spain including the historic background. Profusely illustrated with 61 pages of b/w reproductions of artwork and photographs as well as..... More
Tokyo: Shimizu Corporation, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. [2], 93, [1]pp. Original printed dust-jacket over cloth. Remarkable work displaying buildings built by the Shimizu Corporation, one of Japan's largest and oldest engineering and construction companies. This book is profusely illustrated with numerous color photographic reproductions. Some creasing along edges of..... More
Porto: NP, (1988). Limited edition. Softcover. 1/1000. Oblong folio. Wrappers in original illustrated dust jacket. Minor creasing on wraps. Some staining and creasing on dj. Illustrated with color and b/w reproductions of photographs and plans. "This publication is a result of the mission the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation assigned to me..... More
Brescia, Italy: L'Arca Edizioni, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 143, [1]pp. Original photographic paper covered boards. This work is a breathtaking visual examination of one of the world's top architectural firms, Ishimoto. The Japanese firm has been a leader in modern architecture since the movement's dawning in Japan in the..... More