NP: NP, 1857. Manuscript, thus First and unique edition. Hardcover. Elephant folio. [8], 70pp. Original gilt-tooled crushed black morocco, with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Detailed and signed 19th-century architectural contract for the renovations of the historic Keele Hall, a magnificent mansion house at Keele, Staffordshire, England, now... More

Dessau: Bauhaus Dessau, 1929. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 31, [1], 31, [1], 31, [1], 31, [1]pp. Original photo-illustrated wrappers. Iwao Yamawaki's stamp (Iwao Yamawaki, Architect & Associates: 4-3-24 Komaba Meguroku Tokyo) and signature on upper margin of front covers of vols. 1,2,4. A collection of all "Bauhaus" magazines published by... More

(Tokyo): (Otsuka Crafts Co., Ltd), 1930-1931. First edition. Softcover. Folio (12 1/4 x 9 1/4"). 27 loose leaves + one Publisher's insert per volume. Original paper covered portfolios with title label on front covers and spines. String ties. Scarce and complete monograph in 12 volumes on the Japanese Minka homes... More

NP: ND. Hardcover. Portfolio 1) Ten fiber-based silver prints & four glossy silver prints resting in half-cloth over color decorative paper-covered portfolio with folding flaps. Business card of Dapprich pasted on front and rear of portfolio cover as well as on verso of the photographs. Ten photographic prints of "The... More

Tokyo: Various, 1971. First edition. Softcover. Catalog, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and leaflets with three handwritten manuscripts for lectures and articles from the collection of Yoshihisa Miyauchi, architecture critic and editor for various Japanese magazines and publishers, concerning the remarkable exhibition celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Bauhaus, curated for the... More

[Rome]: NP, Weihnachten 1942. First edition. Hardcover. Folio (11 1/4 x 15 3/4"). [20] loose leaves, as issued. Leaves resting in their original illustrated vellum portfolio. Handwritten title-page with mounted photographic cut-out of an antique brass door knocker. Unique collection of 20 original photographs (including title leaf) and 3 folded... More

Paris: Charles Schmid, 1910. First edition. Hardcover. Portfolio. Large folio (18" x 13"). Illustrated title page, followed by 45 loose full-page plates, as issued. 1/4 gray cloth over illustrated green paper covered boards. Three beige strings, one at each corner. Work on Art Nouveau (Jugendstil), especially decorative iron works, with... More

NP, (1912). Hardcover. Folio. Three-quarter vellum over paper-covered boards with title in gold on cover. Binding protected by mylar jacket. Fore-and bottom page edges untrimmed, as published. The book is a complete photo-documentation of William Salomon's gorgeous mansion (which has since been torn down), located on New York's Fifth Avenue... More

Stuttgart: Konrad Wittwer, (1890). Hardcover. 100 plates resting in three-quarter gold-lined leather over paper-covered boards portfolio. Gold lettering on spine. Title-page vignette. Profusely illustrated with 40 chromolithographs as well as architectural drawings and plans of private homes, business, civic- and community buildings designed by German architect Hermann Bethke (1825-1895). "Eine... More

Osaka: 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong quarto (9 x 12 1/4"). [4], 18pp (Text in Japanese), 19-281 leaves (Plates), 6pp (Summary text in English). Original string-bound blue cloth, with gold lettering and decoration to front cover. Titles in Japanese and English.Divided into 6 parts, this work written by Japanese landscape... More

London: Published (for the proprietor) by E. J. Kibblewhite, 1884-1886. First edition. Hardcover. Folio (12 1/2 x 8 1/2"). Unpaginated. Contemporary burgundy cloth, with gold lettering and decoration to spines. This striking two-volume set contains the complete 456 architectural plates (no text pages) that were featured in the London weekly... More

London: Published for the Proprietors by George Bell, 1848-1850. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. IX, [1]pp (text), 104 leaves (plates), [4] leaves (Index); 27, [1]pp (text), 2 + 103 leaves (plates), [3] leaves (Index). Contemporary 3/4 olive morocco over olive cloth, with gold lettering on spines. Raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Additional... More

Stoccarda (Stuttgart): Julius Hoffmann, 1930. First Italian language edition. Hardcover. Large quarto 911 3/4 x 9 1/2"). VII, [1]pp (Title and Preface), 208pp (Plates), [4]pp (Index). Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over olive cloth, with gold lettering to spine and front cover. First Italian language edition of this striking photographic survey of... More