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1) ENGLISH ARCHITECTS AND ARCHITECTURE with some associated books
B. Weinreb Architectural Books Ltd

London (1980). Catalogue 43. Upscale book dealer's catalogue. 323 items listed. Very light bump to upper inside corner. Not paginated. Heavy paper. Near fine. Illustrations. Stiff wraps. 8vo.. (more information)

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2) THE PEDESTRIAN REVOL;UTION, Steets Without Cars
Breines, Simon and William J. Dean

Vintage (1974). Squarish 8vo. Size: Approx. 9 x 8 inches. vi+ & 151+pp. Argues from limits to use of automobile in cities. Opts for pedestrian districts, bicycles, mini-vehicles. In the grreen tradition. Very good. Illustrations. 1st edition. Stiff wraps.. (more information)

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3) THE ARCHITECTURE OF AMERICA. A Social and Cultural History
Burchard, John and Albert Bush-Brown

Atlantic Monthly Press/ Little Brown (1961). 2nd printing. x+ & 595pp. Very good. Photo illustrations. Cloth. Tattered dj. Large 8vo.. (more information)

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4) ARCHITECTURE: HISTORY & REFERENCE
Chafer, Denise & Hugh Pagan. (Edited and compiled by)

B. Weinreb Architectural Books Ltd. London Spring 1974. Catalogue 28. Upscale book dealer's catalogue. Heavy paper. 356 items. Not paginated. Near fine. Illustrations. Stiff wraps. 8vo.. (more information)

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5) ITALY. ARCHITECTURE AND ANTIQUITY
Chafer, Denise (Catalogued by)

B. Weinreb Architectural Books Ltd. London (1978). Catalogue 40. Upscale book dealer's catalogue. 500 items. not paginated. Heavy paper. Near fine. Illustrations. Stiff wraps. 8vo.. (more information)

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6) YOUR DREAM HOME. How to Build It for Less Than $3500
Cobb, Hubbard

Wm. H. Wise & Co. NY 1950. Decorated cover. Light rubs to corners and spine ends. A little change in color of paper. Little crinkle in spine strap. xii & 560pp. Rub to bottom edges and light bump to lower outside corner. Most of the technical advise is still good. A do-it-yourself person might get some ideas here. Good. No dj. Illustrations by Sigman-Ward. Hardback. 8vo.. (more information)

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7) FROM TIPI TO SKYSCRAPER. A History of Women in Architecture
Cole, Doris

i press incorp. Boston (1973). Distributed by George Braziller. pencil mark on cover. few scuff marks to covers. Text near fine. photo illustrations. Trade paperback.. (more information)

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8) THE FEDERAL PRESENCE. Architecture, Politics, and Symbols in the United States Government Building
Craig, Lois (and the staff of the Federal Architecture Project)

MIT Press (1978). Very slight color change in paper. Smooth, heavy paper. mild wave in paper. xv+ & 580pp. Tattered dust jacket with large parts lost, front stub still intact though. Size: 11' high x 8+' wide. Good. Profusely illustrated. Cloth. 4to.. (more information)

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9) LOST TORONTO
Dendy, William

Oxford Univ. Press Toronto 1978. xv & 206pp. enscribed momento note on flyleaf for business meeting. smooth heavy paper. near fine with vg nicked dj. Illustrated. Cloth. 4to.. (more information)

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10) LOST VICTORIAN ARCHITECTURE
Dougal, Mary (Curator)

. Exhibit organized by the Histrorical Society of Saratoga Springs, circulated by the Gallery Association of New York State. No date given but I presume circa late 1970's. 12pp. Contains an essay by James K. Kettlewell titled 'Ornament and the Victorian Style.' Center stapled. (Size. 8 inches square.) One leaf printed on both sides describing three exhibitions circulated by the Gallery Association of New York State laid-in. Lost Victorian Architecture is among the three. Library of Sara Blackburn slip laid-in. Fine. Illustratiions. Stiff wraps.. (more information)

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11) ARCHITECTURE IN TRANSITION
Doxiadis, Constantinos A

Oxford Univ. Press (1968). 200pp. A Galaxy Book. Very good. Illustrations. 1st paperback ed. Trade paperback. 12mo.. (more information)

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12) NEW LIVES, NEW LANDSCAPES, Planning for the 21st Century
Fairbrother, Nan

Knopf 1970. Foreword by Walter Muir Whitehill. xvi & 397+pp. In three parts: A New Society in an Old Setting/ Landscapes for an Industrial Democracy/ A Four-point Plan for a New Landscape Framework. Recommended by Charles Eames. Near fine. Illustrations. 1st Amer. ed. Cloth. Nicked dj. Large 8vo.. (more information)

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13) CRITICAL PATH
Fuller, R. Buckminster. Adjuvant: Kiyoshi Kuromiya

St Martins Press (1981). Book design by Dennis J. Grastorf. A summing up of Buckminster Fuller's thought. Decorated endpapers. x111 & 471pp. Near fine. Illustrations. Cloth. Nicked dj. 8vo.. (more information)

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14) LIFE IN THE ENGLISH COUNTRY HOUSE. A Social and Architectural History
Girouard, Mark

Yale Univ. Press 1978. Newsclips of two review of this book laid-in. (Size. Approx. 10¼ x 8 inches). v+ & 344pp. Decorated endpapers. Smooth heavy paper. Based on author's Slade lectures at Oxford Univ. 1975-76. Library of Sara Blackburn slip laid-in. Name on front endpaper. Fine. Illustrations, some in color. Cloth. Fine dj. 4to.. (more information)

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15) AMERICAN HOUSES: Colonial, Classic, and Contemporary
Hoag, Edwin

Lippincott Phila. (1964). Ex Library. Dust jacket ends taped to enbdpapers. 160pp. Squarish 8vo. else very good. Illustrated. Cloth. Dust jacket.. (more information)

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16) JAPAN-NESS IN ARCHITECTURE
Isozaki, Arata

MIT Press (2006). Advance uncorrected page proof. Translated by Sabu Kohso, edited by David B. Stewart. Foreword by Toshiko Mori. xx & 340pp. Index missing. Small label shadow on cover. Near fine. In text illustrations. Trade paperback. Small 8vo.. (more information)

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17) HOW CITIES ARE SAVED
Lottman, Herbert R

Universe Books NY (1976). 255pp. In four parts: Saving the City's Heart/ Problem Cities/ Saving People/ City Models. Cities treated in some derail: Venice, Jerusalem, Tokyo, Bologna, Grenoble, Holland's Ring of Cities. Near fine. Illustrations. Cloth. Very good dj. 8vo.. (more information)

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18) THE DOMESTICATED AMERICANS
Lynes, Russell

Harper & Row NY (1963). A few light matrks on cover. Spine a little faded. Decorated endpapers. xii & 308pp including index. Design and style of houses in which Americans have lived as expression of experience and character. In three parts: Manners, Hovels, and Houses/ Downstairs, Below Stairs, Upstairs/ Manners and Style. Very good. No dust jacket. Illustrations. 1st edition. Cloth. 8vo.. (more information)

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19) THE ARCHITECT'S EYE. American Architectural Drawings from 1799--1978
Nevins, Deborah and Robert A.M. Stern

Pantheon Books (1979). Light rubs to lower outside corners of cover. Sara Blackburn mentioned in acknowledgements. 173pp. (Size. Approx. 12 x 14 inches) Smooth heavy paper. Library of Sara Blackburn slip laid-in. Good with torn and chipped dust jacket. Illustrations, some in color. Cloth. 4to.. (more information)

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20) GARDENS AND LANDSCAPES. A Catalogue of Books
Pagan,Hugh (Catalogued and edited)

B. Weinreb Architectural Books Ltd London (1977). Catalogue 37. Upscale book dealer's catalogue. 72pp. with 340 items listed. Heavy paper. Near fine. Illustrations. Stiff wraps. 8vo.. (more information)

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21) TYPE AND THE (IM)POSSIBILITIES OF CONVENTION
Rockcastle, Garth (Editor)

University of Minnesota College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (1991). (Size. 10' x 8¼=') Decorated front cover. Midgard Monograph of Architectural Theory and Criticism. Number 2. 176pp Smooth heavy paper. Distributed by Princeton Architectural Press. Fine. Illustrations. Stiff wraps.. (more information)

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22) BIOGRAPHY OF EARLY AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE
Roos, Frank J. Jr

Univ. of Illinois Press Urbana (1968). 'Writings on Architecture Constructed Before 1860 in Eastern and Central United States.' Update of initial edition in 1943 published under another title. Preface by Beatrice Adams Roos. 389pp. Index. Has 4,377 entries. Near fine. Revised. Very good dj.. (more information)

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23) THE CLOISTERS. The Building and the Collection of Medieval Art in Fort Tryon Park
Rorimer, James J

Metropolitan Museum of Art 1963 (6th printing, 1975). 3rd edition, revised in collaboration with Margaret B, Freeman and the Staff of the Medieval Department and The Cloisters. Few light marks on rear blank cover. Endpaper maps. x+ & 225pp. Index. Light bump and stain on lower outside corner. Good. Illustrations. Stiff wraps. Small 8vo.. (more information)

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24) MODERN ARCHITECTURE. The Architecture of Democracy
Scully, Vincent Jr

George Braziller (4th printing. 1967). 128pp. Rub marks to outside edges and spine edges. (Size: Approx. 10 x 7 inches). Good. Over 100 illustrations. Trade paperback. Large 8vo.. (more information)

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25) NOTRE-DAME OF PARIS
Temko, Allan

Viking 1955. The biography of a cathedral. Slightly torn and nicked dust jacket. Rub to one cover corner. Small label shadows on dust jacket and flyleaf. viii & 341+pp. Recommended by Lewis Mumford, Louis B. Wright. Very good. Illustrations, figures (60+ photos, 10 plans and drawinmgs). Hardback. 8vo.. (more information)

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26) ARCHITECTURE OF THE CONTINENT OF EUROPE
Wrightson, Priscilla and Hugh Pagan (Catalogued by)

B. Weinreb Architectural Books Ltd. London (1981). Catalogue 44. Upscale book dealer's catalogue.136pp with 540 items listed. Heavy paper. Near fine. Illustrations. Stiff wraps. 8vo.. (more information)

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