ARCHITECTURE / General Books

Englewood Cliffs, NJ/New York, NY: Prentice-Hall, Inc./Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Publishers, 1995. "The title of this book has a dual meaning: it refers both to the events that make the history of art, and to the scholarly discipline that deals with these events. Perhaps it is just as well that the record and its interpretation are thus designed by the same term....I am under no illusion that my account is adequate in every respect. The history of art is too vast a field for anyone to encompass all of it w... (more information)

Subjects: ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / General; ARCHITECTURE / General; ART / General;

Offered by Glued To The Tube Books (Minnesota, United States)

0764310712. Whether you intend to add flair to your office presentation or charm to your model train set, this book will give you professional insight into designing and producing architectural models--with truly spectacular results. This book is a primer for the des. ... (more information)

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Offered by Asher Shahar, Inc. (Florida, United States)

0764320505. An inspiring collection of design ideas for patio construction, this book will help you discover ways to transform ordinary outdoor spaces into perfect outdoor environments. Over 200 beautiful color photographs show patios of all shapes and sizes, from quaint and picturesque, to grand and elegant, for any kind of budget. Your dreams will turn into exciting design realities as you visually explore dozens of patios, studying their shapes, colors, textures, and patterns. You'll be sure to find the... (more information)

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Offered by Asher Shahar, Inc. (Florida, United States)

076432084X. Here is THE way to see Los Angeles's rich architectural heritage! L.A. is a \driving\" city, best seen from the car. Tour guide, author, and architectural historian Laura Massino Smith will take you on an unforgettable ride to uncover the city's exciting . ... (more information)

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Offered by Asher Shahar, Inc. (Florida, United States)

0764320858. Visit more than 60 architecture sites in the area of Los Angeles known as Silver Lake, home to some of the greatest architecture in the world. Just five miles northwest of Los Angeles, it was home to a number of movie studios including the first official . ... (more information)

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Offered by Asher Shahar, Inc. (Florida, United States)

0764320866. Take a striking journey with photographer Paul Clemence through Miami's South Beach, home to some of the world's most extraordinary Art Deco architecture. Highlighting the elements that create and define the Art Deco style, these 64 black-and-white photog. ... (more information)

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Offered by Asher Shahar, Inc. (Florida, United States)

0764321323. Barns strike a sentimental chord among the populace, perhaps as reminder of our nation's agricultural heritage, most definitely as symbols of solid and imposing timber frame forms. While many of these architecturally significant buildings are succumbing t. ... (more information)

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Offered by Asher Shahar, Inc. (Florida, United States)

0764322753. Art Deco brings to mind a glamorous era of brilliant architecture, striking interior design, elegant furniture, and superb objets d'art. The term evokes an era of the 1920s and 1930s that prized elegant design elements combined with exotic materials, subtle colors, and the finest workmanship. ... (more information)

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Offered by Asher Shahar, Inc. (Florida, United States)

0764323075. Architect Richard S. Requa traveled Spain and the Mediterannean, documenting authentic architecture. Together with The Monolith Portland Cement Co., Requa published his portfolio of images in 1926, helping to fuel architecture's Spanish Revival movement (1915-1940) throughout the Pacific Coast and Florida. His images were \selected and arranged especially for use in developing a logical and appropriate style of architecture for California and the Pacific Southwest,\" and they had a profoun... (more information)

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Offered by Asher Shahar, Inc. (Florida, United States)

Three Rivers Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1988. Softcover. Used. Covers shelf worn. Clean, solid unmarked interior except for owners name on front free end page; 0.75 x 9.25 x 7.5 Inches; 358 pages; A startling new scientific theory in the best-selling tradition of <b>Chariots of the Gods.</b> Time is running out! <b>200 charts, maps, drawings, and photographs.</b> . ... (more information)

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Offered by BookNest (New Jersey, United States)

Paddington Station, London: The Great Western Railway, 1925. With an additional chapter on 'Monastic Life and Buildings' by A. Hamilton Thompson.100 photographic illustrations, 56 drawings, 13 plans, 7 color plates and maps. 154 pages, spine loosening, foxing noted. Average wear to covers: scuffs and bumps to edges.. First Impression . Cloth. Good-. Illus. by Illustrated. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. ... (more information)

Subjects: ARCHITECTURE / General; EDUCATION / History; TRAVEL / Europe / Great Britain;

Offered by Old Schoolhouse Books (Vermont, United States)

London: B.T. Batsford Ltd.. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. nd. 1st. hardcover. 8vo 80 pp. . A volume in the series "Junior Heritage Books" ... (more information)

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Offered by Abacus Bookshop (New York, United States)

Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1958. Hardback, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in good all round condition. Ships within 24 hours, email us with any questions.An Introduction to the Religious Houses of England and Wales, 300grams, ISBN:" . ... (more information)

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Offered by Anybook Ltd (United Kingdom)

Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1957 4to, rebound in orange library cloth, 61pp text, plan of the acropolis, 8pp B&W photos of scupture with 104 B&W photo plates. This book was originally published in 1930 and is a superb collection of B&W photos of the Acropolis in Athens and its major structures: the Parthenon, the Propylea, the temple of Athena Nike and the Erechtheum. Discard stamp and remnants of pocket to endpaper, stamp to upper edge of pages, rebound as notes, light soiling to covers, Good on... (more information)

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Offered by JWMah (British Columbia, Canada)

New York: The MacMillan Company, 1971 240 pp., 16 pages of colour ill., 156 black & white ill. Dust jacket has wear along edges and on corners, also has several small tears. Cover has several small tears on bottom outside edge of rear panel.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ... (more information)

Subjects: ARCHITECTURE / General; HISTORY / Ancient / General;

Offered by Arca Books (Ontario, Canada)

Athens, Greece.: Ekdotike Athenon S.A., 1980. ARCHITECTURE: ART: MUSEUM: Previous owner's name on title page. 6 5/8 x 9 1/2 inches. 104 pages. Illustrated in full color with close-ups, details and aerial views. Color folding map of the Acropolis laid in. The treasures -- the finest collection of Greek sculptures and reliefs from the archaeological past -- housed in the Acropolis Museum, plus the history of Greek Art from antiquity to the present. // Small edgewear and tiny scratches.. 1982 Edition. Glo... (more information)

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Offered by AKRAN Fine Books (Maryland, United States)

El Paso: Hughes Publishing Co., 1985. 222 pp. with sources, references, index. Illus. with B&W photos, drawings, and map. Spine and cover edges tape reinforced, library stamps and stickers. Signed by author on title page. Binding tight, text clean.. Signed by Author. First Printing. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. ... (more information)

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Offered by Paperback Recycler (Arizona, United States)

USA: Princeton Architectural Press,U.S.. As New. 2002. Hard Cover. 1902854179 ... (more information)

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Offered by Philip Emery (Lincolnshire, United Kingdom)

Paperback. Brand New. Brand new. Never read or owned. No marks. .... (more information)

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Offered by Books and More by the Rowe (Texas, United States)

London, United Kingdom: B T Batsford, 1947. Biography of Robert Adam Architect. Burgundy bds with bright Gilt title (unworn with sharp cnrs, spine faded) pp vii 184 with 160 illus plates, 3 in full colour. Copy it tight and pristine as the day it was printed with only small name to front pastedown.. ISBN: 0000000000. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Robert Adam Architect Artist Biography. ... (more information)

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Offered by Ariel Books (New Zealand)