Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth A.-G.; printed by Julius Sittenfeld, ND. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. One leaf, 113 (1)pp. Original gray quarter cloth over light brown cloth with black ruling and lettering on cover, black lettering on spine. Black endpapers. Color lithograph frontispiece, Unity-Tempel, Oak Park, IL., with tissue guard. Introductory essay..... More
New York: New York Institute of Technology, 1965. Manuscript. Loose leaf. Quarto. (2) 64 (3) leaves , 5pp., one mimeographed, one diagram with original drawings, 11pp., 3pp. plus two with original drawings, 22 diagrams with original drawings, 5 diagrams with text in Hungarian as well as a complete set of..... More
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Rome: Danesi - Arti Fotomeccsniche, 1918. First edition. Hardcover. Elephant folio. 19 1/4x 14". 34 numbered loose plates. Rattan cloth string-tied portfolio with a photo-illustrated white paper label on the front cover. Text on the label in black and red. List of plates pasted onto interior front cover. This portfolio..... More
New York: Horizon Press, 1963. First American edition. Hardcover. Elephant folio (25-1/2" x 16"). With the (32)pp. Text booklet (17" x 11"), and the portfolio of 100 drawings and plans of buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Half black cloth over printed boards with mounted red & white label on..... More
Boston: R. P. & C. Williams for the author, 1816. Third edition, corrected and enlarged. Hardcover. Quarto. iv, 5-104pp. Original rebacked calf with gilt lettering on original red label with gilt ruling on spine. On practical geometry; the origin of building; the five orders of architecture; of their particular parts..... More
Los Angeles: John C. Brasfield, 1949 - 1963. Softcover. Unique collection containing 17 large and 3 extra (small) issues. The magazine was published quarterly (2 large issues & 2 extra issues published annually). The larger issues contain residential and some commercial architecture with a focus on luxury California homes, which..... More
New York, Philadelphia: D. Appleton & Company. Geo. S. Appleton, 1849. New edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 80pp., (48) 48 plates. Rebacked retaining original dark brown leather at spine and corners over brown cloth. Illustrated by forty-eight original engraved plates, designed expressly for this work; all plates with descriptive, printed text on..... More
Cresswell, Oregon: H. H. Waechter, 1971. Original document. Softcover. Oblong Octavo. (2) 18 leaves text, 35 plates. Original light brown wraps with original lithograph of architectural design in red and yellow on cover. Prospectus of the offices of German-born architect Heinrich Hormuth Waechter (b. 1907 in Berlin), describing office services..... More
Worcester, Boston et al: Edward Livermore, Benjamin B. Mussey et al, 1852. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. iv, 7-148pp., LXIX plates. Rebacked with modern leather over original calf with gilt lettering on red leather label on spine; raised bands. Frontispiece engraving. Includes also a description of the Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian..... More
Berlin: Rudolf Mosse, 1928. 1st to 3rd Edition. Hardcover. 1. bis 3. Auflage. Folio. ix, 82, [1]pp. Original cloth-backed over yellow, printed paper-covered boards with black lettering on cover, yellow lettering on spine. Critical study of American architecture by German-Jewish architect Erich Mendelsohn. The 77 b/w reproductions in photogravure were..... More
Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey, 1845. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 83pp., lxvi plates. Bound in calf with gilt lettering on black leather label, and gilt ruling on spine. Distinguished work designed principally for builders residing at a distance from cities without the assistance of a regular architect. Contains the necessary and..... More
San Francisco: Trinity Properties, 2016. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/500. Folio. 609 (1)pp. Original textured blue cloth with three color photographic inlays immersed into columns shape as a Roman three, with blind-stamped lettering on cover and spine. Housed in a matching slipcase with same photographic inlays. Ted endpapers with white printing..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. Hardcover. Elephant folio. [ix], 152pp. Illustrated "with plates drawn by the author illustrating methods and results." Includes 53 plates of b&w photographs of interior and exterior views and details and sketches of designs and architectural plans. "Essays on the fundamental principles of design and..... More
Boston: & Co., 1848. Hardcover. Quarto. viii, 9-119pp. 64 plates, missing 12. Brown leather rebacked with over-painted linen tape retaining original black leather label with gilt lettering on spine. Benjamin publication induced by response to previous of his publication and the want of a practical treatise for the present style..... More
New York: Press of the American Institute of Architects, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 50pp., cclxxiii (1) plates. Original blue buckram backed by tan cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated half-title. Extensive art historical architectural surveys by Hartley Burr Alexander, Ralph Adams Hale, Lee Lawrie..... More
Taliesin Fellowship West *, 1953. Softcover. 8vo. 8pp. Original wrappers protected by modern mylar. Fascinating essay by Lloyd Wright criticizing the "international (architectural) style." "The International Style is neither international nor a style. Internationalism is Totalitarianism. All ISMS are merely derivative. An ISM is only a notion. At most the..... More
Sahop, (1981). First edition. Hardcover. Lg. 4to. 332pp. Gray paper-covered boards with title in gold on cover and spine with dust jacket. Minor bumping to bottom edge. Creasing, rubbing, chipping and minor closed tears to dj. Decorated endpapers. A fascinating look at Mexican Baroque architecture and art. Richly illustrated with..... More
Helsinki: Finnish Literary Society's Printing House, 1945. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 69pp. Original photo-illustrated wraps with white lettering on cover. Catalog of the exhibition of American architecture at the Stockholm Ateneum June 6–21, 1945, organized by the Finnish Association of Architects and the Finland- America Association. Cover photo of the..... More
Berlin: Rudolf Mosse, 1928. Sixth revised and expanded. Hardcover. Folio (13 1/2 x 9 1/2"). 222, [6]pp. Original quarter black cloth over printed paper covered boards, with black lettering to front cover, and blue lettering to spine. In "Amerika: Bilderbuch eines Architekten" noted Jewish-German architect Erich Mendelsohn published photographs of..... More
Philadelphia & London: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 164pp. Original illustrated ochre cloth with green lettering on cover and spine. Color frontispiece with tissue guard. Publisher's device on title page. With frontispiece in color and 97 plates of Spanish houses and their details. Intended as a...... More
Los Angeles: Southwest Catalogue Company, (1936). Hardcover. Large 8vo. Unpaginated. Black cloth binding with paste-down image to front cover. Collection of catalogues from across the U.S. for home furnishings, repair, and remodeling. Featured are entries from Barker Brothers Home Furnishings, Frigidaire Corporation, Hipolito Company (roller screens; sash & doors), Los..... More
New York: U. P. C. Book Company, Inc., 1923. Revised. Hardcover. Folio (14 1/4 X 10 1/4"). xlv, [1], 306pp (Text and Indexes) (Vol. 1); [1] leaf (Title), 1-79 leaves (Plates), [1] leaf (Title), 80-154 leaves (Plates), [1] leaf (Title), 155-228 leaves (Plates) (Vol. 2); [1] leaf (Title), 229-341 leaves..... More
Houston/Taliesin West (Scottsdale, AZ): Taliesin Press, 1949-1951. First edition. Broadside. Square octavos (when folded). Folded broadsides. Issue #13: 7pp. Issue #15: 5pp. Tan printed wrappers with black and orange lettering on the covers. Two issues from the series of irregularly published broadside manifestos and short essays by American architect Frank..... More
Los Angeles: John C. Brasfield, 1929. First edition. Softcover. Folio. 180pp. Original photo-illustrated textured tan wraps with white lettering on cover. Decorative border and publisher's device on title page. Printed to heavy tan paper. Beautifully illustrated with sepia-toned photographs and one architectural plan for most projects, highlighting the Kellogg Ranch..... More
New York: F. W. Dodge Corporation, 1932. First edition. Softcover. Large Quarto. 25 (1), (2) 283-344, 27-58pp. Original mustard color stiff wraps with modern typeset and logo in black and white. The country house number of The Architectural Record is embedded in twenty-six pages of mostly illustrated advertising at front..... More