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1) Living Barns, How to Find and Restore a Barn of Your Own
Burden, Ernest

New York: Bonanza, 1984. Fine dark brown hardcover with bright gilt title on the unfaded spine. As new inside, with no prior owner marks and no stains. Dustjacket is near fine, with only hint of edgewear , NOT price clipped, and protected in a mylar sleeve. Pages 186 with index. A wonderful study on barns, and barns as living spaces. . First Thus. Illus. by Profuse Photos, Color and Black & White. (more information)

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$25.00
2) Barn, the Art of a Working Building
Endersby, Elric and Alexander Greenwood and David Larkin

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. A tribute to barns, symbol of shelter and harvest, by two superb barn restforationists. Fine brown cloth with bright gilt title on unfaded spine, and no edgewear. Inside, as new, with no stains and no prior owner marks. Dustjacket is fine, protected in a clear, mylar sleeve. . First Edition. Illus. by Profuse Color Photos. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. (more information)

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$50.00
3) Islam Art and Architecture
Hattstein, Markus and Peter Delius (editors)

Konigswinter, Germany: Konemann, 2004. A glorious book on Islamic art and architecture, with essays by a variety of European experts in their fields. Islam absorbed, as it expanded, artistic influences from the cultures of Central Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and Southeast Asia, all added to original influences from North Africa, Arabia and the Middle East, Persia and Turkey. Pages 640, a large book in fine condition with no prior owner marks. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Profuse Color Photos. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. (more information)

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$60.00
4) Norges Kunst
Lexow, Einar

Oslo: Steenske Forlag, 1926. Qiote a rare book on Norwegian painting, architecture and folk art. Text in Norwegian. Full leather binding with a bright, gilt title on the spine, the boards are limp with no edgewear or defects. A nice section on Edvard Munch and his contemporaries. Pages 342 with a 3 page bibliography. Protected in a clear, mylar dustjacket. There are no other copies available on the internet as of this writing. . First Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good. Illus. by Profuse Photos. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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5) People & Places
Myer, John and Margaret Myer

Hanover, NH: Sandwich, 2006. subtitled, "Connections between the Inner and Outer Landscape". This copy signed by both authors, a fine exploration of anthropology and architecture. The photos are beautifully evocative of the human themes. pages 88. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Profuse Color Photos & Architectural Sketches. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

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$75.00
6) Shaker Buildt, the Form and Function of Shaker Architecture
Rocheleau, Paul and June Sprigg

New York: Monacelli Press, 1994. Very good black cloth with bright gilt title on the unfaded spine. Some edgewear. Inside, clean and tight with no prior owner marks, and no stains. Dustjacket is near fine with a hint of edgewear. A beautiful book, full of insights into Shaker design by the noted authority, June Sprigg. Pages 272. Small remainder dot on the bottom edge.a. First Edition. Illus. by Designed By David Larkin, Profuse Photos By Rocheleau. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. (more information)

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$45.00
7) Splendors of the East - Temples, Tombs, Palaces and Fortresses of Asia
Wheeler, Mortimer (editor)

New York: Putnam's, 1965. A splendid photographic travel book of Ctesiphon and Samarra in Iraq, Persepolis and Isfahan in Iran, Samarkand, the Tomb of Rukn-i Alam , Lahore Fort and Wazir Khan's Mosque in Pakistan, Ajanta, Bhubaneswar, Madura and Srirangam, The Red Fort, Fatehpur Sikri and the Taj Mahal in India. And in Cambodia - Angkor Wat; in Burma - The Shwe Dagon; in Indonesia - Borobudur. Finally, in China, the Altar of Heaven, Peking, and the Ming Tombs, and in Japan, The Horyu-ji, the Todai-ji, the Byodo-in and the Katsura Imperial Villa. Pages 288. Very slight fading along the bottom edge, otherweise a fine copy and with a fine dustjacket. No paper defects, clean and tight, with no prior owner marks. . First U.S.. Cloth. Near Fine/Fine. Illus. by Profuse Photos, Many in Colour. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. (more information)

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$39.00