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
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
Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Signed Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi on front free endpaper. Folio. xvi (ii), 188 (1)pp. Original black cloth with color photograph pasted into gilt frame, with gilt lettering on cover and spine; in original red and black printed glassine dustjacket. The..... 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
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
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
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
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
München; Berlin: R. Oldenbourg, 1921. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. IV, [2], 42pp (Text), 40pp (Plates). Original pictorial wrappers. Printer's device on title-page. Photo-illustrated architectural study on the construction of American skyscrapers, their financing and rentability. This book is profusely illustrated with 15 in-text illustrations and b/w photographic reproductions, as well..... 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
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
Los Angeles: John C. Brasfield, 1930. First edition. Softcover. Folio. 180pp. Original illustrated textured tan wraps with brown lettering on cover. Decorative border and publisher's device on title page. Printed to heavy tan paper. Beautifully illustrated with sepia-toned photographs and an architectural plan for most projects, highliting the Norris residence..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1948. First edition , numbered. Hardcover. Singed and numbered by Saarinen on free endpaper. Folio. xi (i), 153 (1)pp. Original illustrated gray cloth with gray lettering on cover and spine. Frontispiece photograph. Half-title with facsimile Saarinen signature. Title page with Saarinen logo design as on..... More
A. Biffignandi, (1929). Hardcover. From the library of architect German C. Sonntag. Folio. 213pp. Gold-stamped dark green cloth. Beveled edges. Some discoloration and staining to boards, head and tail of spine chipped and rubbed, bumping to parts of edges, small closed tears along spine. Binding separated from book block. Minor..... More
Buenos Aires: Fundación Banco de la Nación Argentina, 1983. Hardcover. 2 volumes. 4to. 345pp. 257pp. Half leather over beige cloth with gold lettering to cover and spine in original dj. Stiff yellow endpapers. Great work on architecture. Illustrated throughout with b/w maps, plans, sketches and photographs. Some scuffing, rubbing, creasing..... More
Los Angeles: Fisher Gallery, University of California, 1998. First edition. Softcover. Short oblong quarto. 55 pp. Original paper wraps displaying color facsimile photographs from the exhibition of Shulman's work at the Fisher Gallery of the University of Southern California which ran from March 4 - April 19, 1998. Entire book..... More