Architecture

Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 2001 xvii, 406 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. NF in like dustjacket. First Edition. Cloth. more information

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Paris: Tardy, 1962. xvi, 205 pp. Illustrations (line drawings and black-and-white photographs), complete set of 3 plans (in rear), bibliographical footnotes, bibliographic essay, index, loose errata slip. Text in French (translated into French from the author's original English manuscript by Anne Paillard, but first published in French in 1962; an edited English edition was not published until 1989). Winner of the 1963 Alice David Hitchcock award given by the Society of Architectural Historians for the most distinguished work of scholarship in the history of architecture. In this brilliant study of the Saint-Etienne Cathedral of Bourges, France--one of the great architectural monuments of the Middle Ages--the author demonstrates the grand cathedral's importance to the development of High Gothic architecture from 1195 to the middle of the 13th century. CONDITION: Moderate bump to top of spine and adjacent text block; light overall soil and wear to cloth covers. Light handling wear to interior. Light musty odor (not mildew). In publisher's original plastic jacket (brittle and chipped; large piece missing from front upper left corner).. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket (as issued). 28 x 20 cm. more information

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Athènes [Athens], 1971. Scarce. 242 pp. Illustrations, bibliographical footnotes, fold-out maps and plans. Articles in Italian, French, and Greek. A collection of scholarly articles by the author, previously published in various journals 1966-1969. CONTENTS: Preface (by Giuseppe Bovini). 1) L'ascensione di Alessandro Magno nell'Italia del medioevo. 2) Il problema della datazione della Cattolica di Stilo. 3) Bibliografai neoellenica sulla Sicilia Bizantina. 4) Osservazioni sull'architettura di San Satiro a Milano e sull'origine delle chiese tetraconche altomediovali. 5) Oi stauroeideis eggegrammenoi naoi tes Sikelias kail Kato 'Italias. 6) 'O trikogchos naos tou 'Agiou Laurentiou sten Mezanie tes 'Apoulias. 7) Note sur l'ascension d'Alexandre en Italie. 8) Il castello di Borghetto. CONDITION: Only published in paperback. Sewn binding. Light overall shelving and handling wear to card covers. Internally in excellent condition.. First Thus. Paperback. Very Good. 25 x 18 cm. more information

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New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1973 xvi, 225 pp. Illustration plates, maps, footnotes, bibliography, index. CONDITION: An ex-library copy in good overall condition: text clean and neat; moderate overall handling/shelfwear (no fraying or stains to cloth). Library marks to title-page; call number and barcode labels; pocket inside rear; stamped "withdrawn." OVERSIZED.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 29 x 22 cm. more information

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New York: Weatherhill, 1995 ix, 276 p., [16] p. of color plates : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. OVERSIZED.. Cloth. Like New/Like New. more information

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New York: Bollingen Foundation Distr. By Pantheon Books, 1964 Part Two of the Sixth Volume of the A.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts. 583 pages. Illustrated, col. plates, col. maps (part fold.), plans. 26 cm. Bibliography. Index. VG+ condition in like dustjacket. OVERSIZED.. Bollingen Series: 35. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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Hemel Hempstead, Herts: Model Aeronautical Press, 1961. A high-quality reprint of the original 1955 edition. xii, 283 pp. Photographic plates, folding plans, line illustrations, index. A fantastic resource for model ship builders containing a wealth of detail. CONDITION: Moderate overall handling wear to cloth covers (no fraying, but there is a tiny [2 mm] split in the cloth of the upper left corner of spine). Well-thumbed; text clean and free of all marks. Small stress tears in two of the folding plans have been repaired with cellophane tape.. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 25 x 19 cm. more information

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Samarqand, Uzbekistan: Aziia-Eir [Asia-Air], 1999 16 pp. Color plates. 4-page Russian text followed by a 4-page English translation. This well-illustrated pamphlet presents a brief history of the beautiful and imposing Bibi Khanum Mosque located in Samarqand, Uzbekistan. Although now partly in ruins, the mosque was built by Timur (Tamerlane) circa 1399-1400 to commemorate his defeat of the Sultanate of Delhi in 1399. Popular tradition also ascribes the construction of the monument to a wife of Timur, Bibi Khanum. There are two plates of miniature paintings and several color photographs with views of the ruined monument under restoration. CONDITION: Mild sunning along very edge of spine, with very light overall rubbing.. First Edition. Pamphlet. Very Good. 16 x 24 cm. more information

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