Purple boards are clean and bright with gilt printing to spine. Beautiful paper snd type face for this reprinting of a book originally published in Parma in 1711. The author, Da Bibiena, was theatre architect to Ranuccio Farnese, Duke of Parma, and traveled throughout Spain and Italy designing churches and theatres, as well as grand sets for temporary use. He eschewed conservative symmetry which is what he discusses in the five sections of this treatise . Beatuiful drawings, both technical and decorative throughout. Book measures 10-1/4"x13-3/4" and has 159 pages. View More...
Book itself shows clean red-orange cloth showing just a tiny flat crease to lower front corner. No names or writing. Jacket is likewise clean with just a few tiny chips to top edge near corner and a small tear and minor wear to top of spine. Has not been price-clipped and looks most handsome in brand new mylar. 203 black and white illustrations and 257 plans. Book measures 9"x10-1/2" . Originally published in Germany in 1971. View More...
DESIGN OF MODERN CITIES BY EDMUND BACON 335 PGS 8 1/2 X 11 VIKING PRESS 1974 REVISED EDITION . A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN CITY MANY COLOR AND B.&W. ILLUSTRATIONS BOOK AND D.J. VERY GOOD CONDITION [ARCHITECTURE] View More...
Crisp, clean book -- no names or writing, no creases, including no spine crease, and pristine inside and out. Book is oversized at 9" x 13" with 123 pages. Illustrated nicely throughout with photographs, in both black and white and color, including full page color plates. Fascinating lto ook back to the very beginning of a Cleveland landmark from the ground up. View More...
ITEM # 6580 3 BOOKS BY EDWIN BATE MORRIS " 99 YEARS BECKON " " CENTURY OF A.I.A. " " CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA " EACH BOOK ABOUT 30 PGS 7 X 9 PAPER BACK PUBLISHED 1950'S EACH FEATURES TEXT AND B&W DRWINGS OF VARIOUS ARCHITECTURE BY A NUMBER OF ARCHITECTS ALL IN GOOD CONDITION , INSIDE CLEAN AND SOLID . WHITE COVERS SHOW MINOR SOILING [ ARCH] View More...
Book itself is clean an d bright with no bumps to boards and no names or writing. Dustjacket is likewise clean and has no tears or chips and no price-clip. Looks most handsome in brand new mylar cover. Measures 9"x11" and has 191 pages including index. Illustrated nicely throughout with black and white photographs and drawings. An unusual look at the Japanese home as a complex of Japanese cultural influences, especially ritual, or the ceremonial aspect of life. It also examines the influence of the urban environment. View More...
Beautiful reissue of a book originlaly published by Columbia University Press n 1953. Book has a decorative grey cloth binding and is illustrated throughout with architectural drawings. It measures 8-1/2"x11-1/2" and has 102 pages. Clean and bright inside and out with no names or writing. View More...
Crips, clean, beautiful book. No names or wriitng, no bumps to boards, and no tears or chips to dustjacket. Still retains very large map laid-in measuring approximately 35" high and 54" wide. (see photo 3). Pages are psristine as are exterior page edges. Only fault is a small spot to back of dustjacket. 196 pages with 16 in color and 152 black and white illustrations.A utopian city conceived by the author while a Rome Prize student at the Villa Medici. He then exhibited it for the first time in Paris in 1904 and published the first edition of the book in 1919. Garnier's visions of architectu... View More...
Crisp, as new book with no names or writing, no remainder mark, no tears or chips and no bumps. Has not been price-clipped and is most handsome in brand new mylar cover. CD is still in envelope at back pastedown. A survey of Cleveland's contributions to art and architecture which arose from the Cleveland Artists Foundation's Daialogue Series which was a 22 hour-long collection of forums held in cultural institutions and on NPR. Book is beautifully illustrated. Measures 9"x11-3/4" and is printed on quality coated paper. 158 pages. SIGNED and inscribed by author thus, " For ... Enjoy! Nina Giban... View More...
Crisp, beautiful, as new book. no names or writing, no bumps to boards, no tears or chips and no price-clip. Pages and page edges pristine and dustjacket is most handsome in brand new mylar. Book is illustrared throughout with 94 black and white images. Olmstead is revered as the Father of American Landscape Architecture and is synonymous with New York City's Central Park. And yet in his day he was noted as "an unpractical man" which is not wihout truth given the fact that he'd had many careers prior to this one. The author, however, chooses to focus on how Olmsted's work and ideas affec... View More...
Beautiful oversized coffree table book. Pristine inside and out. Only flaw is former owner's larger bookplate on front pastedown. No other names or writing, no tears or chips, no price-clip and jacket protected by brand new mylar cover. Measures 10-1/2"x12-1/4". A sumptuous book illustrated lavishly in both black and white and color with color predominating. Coverss the history, the building of the manor, and the story of those who lived there . Book is a showcase for its beautiful gardens, achitecture and appointments. Very heavy -- additional postage required for both overseas and ... View More...
Book is clean as a whistle inside and out and measures 9"x11". Boards are snow white with bright gilt lettering and jacket shows no tears or chips in protective mylar cover. Onlt fault is small flat crease at one corner. In addition to 30 essays by experts in many fields, including one on architecture by Michael Graves, the book offers an A to Z encyclopedia of color with info on symbolism, historic palettes, color trends, and cycles and color in the fields of architecture, painting, fashion and more. 360 pages. Indexed. View More...
Crisp, beautiful book which combines a lengthy text with many black and white and color photographs throughout. It measures 10" square and has 223 pages including index. Amidst the history are recipes and a theme of constant evolution. It opened originally in 1858 and then again in 1863, 1877, 1883, 1896 and 1937. We also have a black and white real photo postcard taken after the 1937 work. Book is pristine inside and out. View More...
ITEM # 8156 POWER IN BUILDINGS BY HUGH FERRISS . PUB 1998 BY HENNESSEY + INGALLS 102 PGS 8 1/2 X 11 HARD BACK. TEXT AND ORIGINAL B & W DRAWINGS BY THE AUTHOR PROVIDE A UNIQUE VIEW OF CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE . FIRST PUB IN 1953 , FERRISS LOOKS AT THEN EXISTING BUILDINGS AND PROPOSED STRUCTURES . BOOK IN FINE CONDITION AS NEW BUT FOR FAINT STAIN ON FRONT, LEFT BY PRICE STICKER . [ ARCHI. SHELVES ] View More...
Crisp, beautiful book with attractive art at cover of light grey wraps. Measures 5-1/4" tall and and 8-1/2" long. Illustrated profusely with historic photos of the town and its people at front and back, but also scattered throughout. The bulk of the book, however, consists of photos of the homes accompanied by their histories. Includes maps and a history of the town itself. 152 pages. TWO like copies available. View More...
Crisp, clean booklet with no defect of note . Tightly bound with no names or writing and pristine pages. An excellent resource consisting of 95 pages illustrated with drawings and black and white photographs. Text covers the antecedents of log consctruction, the history of log construction in Ohio, the techniques of such building, tools and materials, design, furnishings etc. Indexed. View More...
Very handsome oversized book measuring 12-3/4" high and 13-1/2" across. Quality printing and very clean, but does shows a few faults. Top of spine has been reglued by a former owner and is holding fine; there is a very tiny tear to outer front edge; a small chip to outer edge of front pastedown; and a small puncture mark to back covering affecting endpaper and about four pages. There are 19 photographs by Geoffrey James beautifully presented on heavy coated paper followed by a lengthy essay by Monique Mosser. All told, still a lovely book. View More...
JOHN RUSKIN'S MASSIVE , CLASSICAL WORK ON ARCHITECTURAL STONE WORK OF VENICE EDITED AND INTRODUCED BY JAN MORRIS , AN EXPERT IN THE FIELD IN HER OWN WRITE THE BOOK AND D.J. ARE AS NEW , 239 PAGES OF TEXT AND WONDERFUL DRAWINGS View More...
Crisp, clean, as new book -- no defect of note. There's also a leaflet laid-in which shows the Standard Oil Headquarters. Handsome book oversized at 8-1/4"x11" with 41 pages. The author tells the story of two towers -- the iconic Cleveland symbol, Terminal Tower, which dates back to the 1930's, and its more recent companion, the Standard Oil headquarters building erected in 1981. Many historical black and white photographs and drawings printed on quality coated paper. View More...
ITEM # 8136 LOKING AT ARCHITECTURE WITH RUSKIN BY JOHN UNRAU PUB 1978 BY THAMES & HUDSON , LONDON, 180 PGS ,6 1/2 X 9 3/4 , HARD BACK 101 ILLUSTRATIONS , 4 IN COLOR A NEW IN DEPTH STUDY OF RUSKINS VIEW OF ARCHITECTURE. BOOK AND DJ IN MYLAR IN FINE , NEAR NEW CONDITION OWNER NAME ON FFEP [ ARCH SHELVES ] View More...
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