1956-1958. Unique collection of materials assembled in 1957 by the architect Bruce Goff for a feature article about his work in the weekly German architecture journal "Bauwelt." The collection, which includes a fascinating 22-page essay, architectural plans, renderings and photographs of many of Goff's most famous residential and commercial designs... More
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
Berlin: Ernst & Korn, 1866. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 32 loose plates. Modern blue cloth portfolio, with original wrappers pasted on covers. The portfolio contains 31 steel engravings (out of 62) of different buildings in Berlin. Seven of the engravings (including 6 double page folds), show the synagogue in the... 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
Krakow: NP; "Miastoprojekt" 1953; 1959. First edition. Hardcover. Collection of two architectural work on the new Polish city of Nowa Huta, a masterpiece of Soviet social planning, and the brainchild of architect Tadeusz Ptaszycki. Nowa Huta is one of only two entirely pre-planned socialist realist cities ever built (the other... More
Berlin: NP, (ca. 1909). First edition. Softcover. Plans & drawings in various sizes all printed on light card stock (some plans mounted). Seven of the ten are numbered. 5 plans/drawings annotated by Hoffmann, 2 drawings signed by him, 5 signed by Stadtbauinspektor / Magistrats-Baurat Tietze. Printed by "Gisaldruck v. Bogdan... More
Jerusalem: David Kroyanker, 2016. Limited first edition. Hardcover. 1/50. Oblong octavos. Grey cloth over beige paper cover slipcases, with black lettering on the side. Embossed religious symbols on each slipcase. Grey cloth boards with debossed religious symbols and black lettering on the front covers and spines. Grey ribbon markers. Decorative... More
Tokyo: 三光会 (Sankoukai), 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (10 1/4 x 7 3/4"). [1] leaf (Text), 2-55 loose leaves (Plates), as issued. Original half blue cloth over decorative paper covered portfolio. String ties. Scarce Japanese portfolio containing 54 plates of photogravures featuring some of the most important competition designs for... More
(東京)Tokyo: (洪洋社) Koyosha, Inc., 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Rare collection of "Early Modern Architecture," a monthly Japanese magazine which tackled a diverse range of themes, movements and discussions in the fields of architecture and urbanism. Each issue was comprehensively illustrated and accompanied by plans, maps, sections and details. These five... More
NP, 1964. Spiral_bound. Quarto. 10x8.5". Spiral-bound photo album. Dark grey paper covers with black lettering on the front cover and interior front cover. This photo album contains 12 original silver-gelatin photographs by Ernest Braun capturing the then newly built Shorecliff Tower Apartments on Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica, California. The... More
Singapore: Published by the authors, ND (ca 1956). First edition. Softcover. Folio. [4], 37, 9 leaves. Original spiral bound transparent thick plastic over printed wrappers, with original photograph pasted on front cover. A unique architectural proposal for a larger, more efficient modern United States Consulate General Office Building in Singapore... More
Tokyo: Toho-Shuppan, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Square octavos. This landmark two-volume set documenting the history and architecture of the Ginza district in Tokyio is composed of: First volume: Ginza Kawai. 334 pp. [1]. Original vellum with illustrated paste-down on cover and gilt Japanese lettering on spine, in original glassine dust jacket... More
NP: Self-Published, 1913. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. Unpaginated. [27] leaves. Original full brown leather over wood, with bevelled edges and gold-stamped lettering on front board. All edges gilt. Decorative endpapers. Rare work published to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the foundation of the Glocke u. Göttsch's architectural bureau. It is... More
Stuttgart: Konrad Wittwer, [1908]. First edition. Hardcover. Folio (16 1/2 x 11 3/4"). [1] leaf (Title), 50 loose leaves (Plates), as issued (Vol. 1); [1] leaf (Title), 50 loose leaves (Plates), as issued (Vol. 2). Original 3/4 blue cloth over illustrated paper covered portfolios, with olive string ties. Gold lettering... More
Wien: Anton Schroll & Co., 1896. First edition. Softcover. Inscribed to Baron W. von Weckbecker by the author on title page. Quarto. 101 (1)pp. Original light green glossy wraps with black lettering on cover, protected by modern mylar. Gilt edges. Printed by Friedrich Jasper, Vienna. Scarce first edition of the... More
Berlin: Bauakademie der DDR, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong Folio. (1) 41 plates, 2 folding plans. Original bolted brown cloth with screw caps and cream lettering on cover. Rare German-English edition presenting a selection of significant architecture projects of the DDR Academy of Building for ecclesiastical clients between 1978 and... More
Roma: Tipi dello stesso Canina (Published by the author), 1845. First edition. Hardcover. Elephant folio. 48pp (text), XIV leaves (plates). Original full cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Luigi Canina (1795-1856) was pre-eminently and exclusively a classic archaeologist devoted to the architecture and arts of antiquity and the Renaissance. His... 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
Moscow: Изогиз (Izogiz), 1932. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 185pp. [2]. Illustrated black, grey and white dust jacket with black lettering on the covers and spine. Black cloth boards with silver-stamped debosed lettering on the front cover. Typography, dust jacket and binding design by El Lissitzky. The work is an analysis... More
Berlin: Pädagogische Hochschule Berlin, 1979. Original document. Softcover. Oblong Folio (13 1/2 x 20"). 98pp. Original maquette with black binders tape at top edge, photograph pasted to cover and black lettering on cover. This work is an attempt to provide an overview and documentation of the changes of the street... 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 cutout of an antique brass door knocker. Unique collection of 20 original photographs (including title leaf) and 3 folded... More
Berlin: NP, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 x 6 1/2"). Leporello within its original illustrated pocket. 16 loose photolithographs, as issued. Leporello and photographs housed in their original blue pebbled cloth clamshell box, with a 1 1/2 x 1" embossed metal piece depicting the East German flag adorned with... More
Berlin: Verlag für Kunstwissenschaft, 1910. Hardcover. Complete in 2 volumes. 132 loose plates & 29 page booklet resting in tan cloth portfolio with string-ties. Portfolio with folding flaps and black lettering on cover and spine. Book bound in wraps. Plates are b/w reproductions of engravings, drawings, plans, and photographs in... 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
Mexico: 1949-1952. First edition & Second revised and expanded. Softcover. Large oblong quarto (First edition + second edition, revised and expanded), oblong octavo (second edition, smaller format). [104]pp, [14], 64, [12]pp, 73, [1]pp. Original pictorial wrappers for the first edition volume. Original photographic wrappers for the second edition, large format... More
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![Contract for certain alterations in and additions to Keele Hall, Staffordshire. the Property of Ralph Sneyd Esquire [MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM]. Ralph Sneyd, Anthony Salvin Paton and Sons, Paton, Anthony Salvin Sons.](/pictures/thumb/35857.jpg?v=1438662958)
![Bauhaus: Vierteljahr-Zeitschrift für Gestaltung Nr. 1-2-3-4, Jahrgang III (4 issues, 1929 complete) [THREE ISSUES FROM THE PERSONAL LIBRARY OF AND SIGNED BY IWAO YAMAWAKI]. Hannes Meyer.](/pictures/thumb/38286.jpg?v=1441340667)
![Problemy Urbanistycznej Architektonicznej Realizacji Miasta Nowa Huta (Implementation of Urban Planning and Architecture in the City of Nowa Huta) [WITH] Nowa Huta. Tadeusz Ptaszycki.](/pictures/thumb/39389.jpg?v=1436847823)
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![Twenty-Seven Original Photographs by Fred R. Dapprich of Santa Barbara Residences [ALL WITH ORIGINAL SIGNATURE BY PHOTOGRAPHER] with Letter from Frank A. Hellenthal regarding addition to E. D. Griffith's home (2 Portfolios). Fred R. Dapprich, photogr.](/pictures/thumb/28088.jpg?v=1434441821)
![El Papaloapan Obra del Presidente Aleman [INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR]. First and second edition. 3-vol. set (Complete). Alfonso Villa Rojas, Walter Reuter, Elizabeth Timberman, Miguel Covarrubias, Text, Color.](/pictures/thumb/32074.jpg?v=1434442048)