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UH No publication date, circa 1920's. A total of 169 sepia/b&w plates, line drawings and extensive Italian text relating to architectural ironwork from the Neo Classical, Baroque and Renaissance periods. Examples of ironwork covered far ranging including gates, balconies, lights, statues, doorknobs, candlebras, staircases. Green cloth with gilt titling on spine and black and gilt title box on front panel. Bumping and rubbing to corners and head and foot of spine. Carefully repaired split on spine. Owners name on ffep, age darkening to endpapers, text pages clean and bright. A good copy. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
Chinese Architecture: Past and Contemporary by Gin Djih Su - 1964
by Gin Djih Su
Chinese Architecture: Past and Contemporary
by Gin Djih Su
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Hong Kong: The Sin Poh Almalgamated (H.K.) Limited, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 7" x 7-1/2" Hardcover in DJ; 281pp + 264 plates; DJ clean, bright, slightly edgworn & protected by mylar sleeve, boards square & clean, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/VG condition. Treatise by Chinese architect on the history and development of Chinese architecture. Illustrated with 264 b/w plates.
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- Publisher The Sin Poh Almalgamated (H.K.) Limited
- Place of Publication Hong Kong
- Date Published 1964
- Keywords architecture china chinese asia design history culture
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IL Ferro. Nell' Arte Italiana
by FERRARI, G.
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Successful Houses and How to Build Them
by White, Charles JR
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MPS. HARDCOVER. 1/1/1912. B001IU4FKW :1912 hardcover in excellent condition considering age - slight page discoloration and cover scuffs, spine tight . Used - Very Good.
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A Continuing Tradition: Wm. Frank McCall, Jr., FAIA 1914-1991
by William R. Mitchell, Jr.
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Savannah, Georgia: Golden Coast Books, 1992. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Photography By Van Jones Martin and James R. Lockhart. F/F/1st ed. In 1985 The Tallokas Foundation of Moultrie, Georgia, published "The Architecture of Wm. Frank McCall, Jr., FAIA: A Complete Designer in the Classical Tradition". Frank McCall died on March 12, 1991, and in the little more than five years between the publication of that monograph and his death at age seventy-four, much happened to call for the publication of this companion volume. This copy is in pristine condition; no markings of any kind, tight , square, with a dust jacket with perfect even color, no wear and now sportin' a mylar sleeve. 135 pp.; lists 41 projects featured in the Desig Portfolio, List of Jobs, Selected Floor Plans, Sources. Slick, higher quality paper and all photos in full color. I can have this book in the mail to you tomorrow.
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Spencer House: Chronicle of a Great London Mansion: Foreword by Lord Rothschild
by Joseph Friedman
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368 pp, extensively illustrated volume on Spencer House, St James' - built for John, 1st Earl Spencer .very good condition with some wear to dustcover. Good solid binding.
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Wood, Stone and Steel: Contours of Finnish Architecture
by Riitta Nikula; Malcolm Hicks [Translator]
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This Book is in overall Very Good Condition. The Dust Jacket (protected by a Dust Jacket Protector, not pictured) has Light Soiling (noticeable as the Dust Jacket is white) and Light Edgewear, including a Small Bump to the Fore Edge of the Front Cover which has caused a Very Small, 1/4" long Tear but No Large Tears, Creases, Stains, or Other Major Damage. The Hardcover Boards have Light Edgewear but No Tears, Creases, Stains, or Any Major Damage. The Binding is Strong, Intact, and Undamaged. The Interior is Clean and Unmarked with No Writing, Highlighting, or Underlining and has No Tears, Creases, Stains, Mold, or Any Major Damage. The Page Edges have No Remainder Mark, Foxing, Stains, or Any Major Damage.
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IL Ferro. Nell' Arte Italiana
by FERRARI, G.
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UH No publication date, circa 1920's. A total of 169 sepia/b&w plates, line drawings and extensive Italian text relating to architectural ironwork from the Neo Classical, Baroque and Renaissance periods. Examples of ironwork covered far ranging including gates, balconies, lights, statues, doorknobs, candlebras, staircases. Green cloth with gilt titling on spine and black and gilt title box on front panel. Bumping and rubbing to corners and head and foot of spine. Carefully repaired split on spine. Owners name on ffep, age darkening to endpapers, text pages clean and bright. A good copy. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
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Successful Houses and How to Build Them
by White, Charles JR
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MPS. HARDCOVER. 1/1/1912. B001IU4FKW :1912 hardcover in excellent condition considering age - slight page discoloration and cover scuffs, spine tight . Used - Very Good.
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A Continuing Tradition: Wm. Frank McCall, Jr., FAIA 1914-1991
by William R. Mitchell, Jr.
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Savannah, Georgia: Golden Coast Books, 1992. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Photography By Van Jones Martin and James R. Lockhart. F/F/1st ed. In 1985 The Tallokas Foundation of Moultrie, Georgia, published "The Architecture of Wm. Frank McCall, Jr., FAIA: A Complete Designer in the Classical Tradition". Frank McCall died on March 12, 1991, and in the little more than five years between the publication of that monograph and his death at age seventy-four, much happened to call for the publication of this companion volume. This copy is in pristine condition; no markings of any kind, tight , square, with a dust jacket with perfect even color, no wear and now sportin' a mylar sleeve. 135 pp.; lists 41 projects featured in the Desig Portfolio, List of Jobs, Selected Floor Plans, Sources. Slick, higher quality paper and all photos in full color. I can have this book in the mail to you tomorrow.
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Spencer House: Chronicle of a Great London Mansion: Foreword by Lord Rothschild
by Joseph Friedman
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368 pp, extensively illustrated volume on Spencer House, St James' - built for John, 1st Earl Spencer .very good condition with some wear to dustcover. Good solid binding.
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Wood, Stone and Steel: Contours of Finnish Architecture
by Riitta Nikula; Malcolm Hicks [Translator]
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This Book is in overall Very Good Condition. The Dust Jacket (protected by a Dust Jacket Protector, not pictured) has Light Soiling (noticeable as the Dust Jacket is white) and Light Edgewear, including a Small Bump to the Fore Edge of the Front Cover which has caused a Very Small, 1/4" long Tear but No Large Tears, Creases, Stains, or Other Major Damage. The Hardcover Boards have Light Edgewear but No Tears, Creases, Stains, or Any Major Damage. The Binding is Strong, Intact, and Undamaged. The Interior is Clean and Unmarked with No Writing, Highlighting, or Underlining and has No Tears, Creases, Stains, Mold, or Any Major Damage. The Page Edges have No Remainder Mark, Foxing, Stains, or Any Major Damage.
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THE AMERICAN ARCHITECT AND BUILDING NEWS, APRIL 15, 1903, VOL. LXXX, NO. 1426
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Boston, 1903. Covers rather brittle and chipped, some short tears to page edges.. 13.5" x 9"; viii, 25-32, ix-xvi pages; Stapled magazine.
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Casa Del Herrero: The Romance of Spanish Colonial
by Robert Sweeney
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First printing (number line contains "1").Book cover like new - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
Jacket like new, slight wear at bottom end cap.
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Casa del HerreroHouse of the Blacksmithstands today as one of the most fully developed and intact examples of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture. It was designed and built between 1922 and 1925 as a second house for George Fox Steedman, a St. Louis industrialist. Thought principally to be the work of George Washington Smith, the architect, Steedman himself generated many ideas during the initial design phase that were both a blessing and curse to Smith. Steedmans vision prevailed, and throughout the decade following the houses initial completion, he continued to rework both house and garden, engaging the architects Lutah Maria Riggs, Edwards, Plunkett & Howell, and Floyd Brewster, and garden… Read More
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Modern Library ML 35)
by Hugo, Victor
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Hugo, Victor. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Modern Library ML 35) Undated, circa 1950, Random House. States complete and unabridged. USED. VG/VG price-clipped original publisher's DJ. Sorry about the group photo, but Please see the item listed for sale here at 2nd book lower row. Front cover illustration depicts Quasimodo atop a moonlit gargoyled roof-top. Red boards, black topstain. 416 pages plus adverts. 4 3/4 X 7 3/8. Summary: Classic title by French Author Victor Hugo about cruelty, courage, and love.
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Hunchback of Notre Dame (Modern Readers Library)
by Hugo, Victor
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Hugo, Victor. Undated. Circa 1950. William J. Hill Co., Inc. Chicago, Ill. Not an illustrated edition. USED. VG/No DJ Included. Adventure Fiction Romance/Horror. Sorry about the group photo, but please see stock photo of binding for William J. Hill editions for the item being offered here. Blue Boards, gilt titling and red ornamentation on spine. 380 pages. 5 ½ X 8 ¼. Summary: Classic title by French Author Victor Hugo about cruelty, courage, and love. A clean, square, solid copy.
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Gibson Guitar Catolog 50's (reprint???)
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Gibson Guitar, n. Soft cover. Good. Very Good.
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HOMES FOR YOUR STREET AND MINE: STANDARDIZED TO AVOID WASTE
by Standard Homes Co
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Washington DC: Standard Homes Co., [1956?]. Stapled wraps. Good. 31p. Wrap and pages lightly thumb creased, front wrap fore edge creased and torn. A promotional booklet for houses designed by Standard Homes Company containing examples of more than 40 dwellings, each accompanied by layouts and a photograph or drawing of frontage. These houses come in a variety of styles designed with consideration to cost-saving construction using standard sizes for materials such as lumber, windows, and doors to reduce waste. Intercounty Savings and Loan Association of Philadelphia was the distributor of this copy. A letter dated June 27, 1956, from the savings and loan is laid in. B&w illustrations and halftone photographs. (11-1/2"x8-1/2")
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HOME" - An Interesting Monthly Magazine Sent to You Each Month by Your Lumber Merchant: Lot of Nine (9) issues, 1938-1941
by Weil, C.K. and others
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Silver Lake, New Hampshire: John F. Chick & Son, Building Material, 1941. First Editions. Pictorial Paper Covers. Very Good. Lot of nine issues, averaging 16pp each; illustrated throughout from photographs, floor plans and elevations. In the original, pictorial wrappers. Approx 11" x 8.5" The thrust of this magazine is "Now is the time to build your own home." Themes of these issues include: Hollywood Hilltops; Simple Dignity Is the Best Architecture; Cape Cod Cottages; Need Four Bedrooms?; Wood Walls; A Place to Eat in the Kitchen; Twin Level First Floor; Fireplace Ideas; The Case for Home Ownership; Colonial Twins; Summer Cottages; Modernizing A House; Plywood Is Perfect Material; Baseball Grows Up [a four-page departure in one issue]; Historic Walls; Suburban Charm; Log Cabin Siding; Ideas for the Roadside Merchant; Two Farm Homes in 1940 Style; Modernizing Your Farmhouse; Duplicate the Charm of Old World Cottages; Underground Storage Easily Built; Three Modern Farm Homes; Small Summer Cottages;…
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Les Serres Royales de Laeken
by Goedleven, Edgard
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- 9782801107997 / 2801107999
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Newark, New Jersey, United States
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Inbel, Bruxelles: Ducolot, 1989. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. Folio. 276 pp. Bound in full green cloth, stamped in gilt on cover and spine, in Illustrated dust jacket. Profusely illustrated, chiefly color, including frontispiece and several fold outs. Text in French. Includes bibliography. Near Fine, bright, clean copy, in Very Good+ dust jacket with wear and rubbing to extremities, overall scuffing.
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Bracebridge Hall
by Irving, Washington
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BRACEBRIDGE HALL 1887 Macmillan & Co. By Washington Irving. Ralph Caldecott Illustrated Edition. First Edition Thus. Sequel to "Old Christmas". Used. Good Condition/ No DJ is included if issued. 284 pages plus adverts. 5 X 7 1/2. Bright gold gilt top-stain, titling and ornamentation. 1" Dark green end-papers. Summary: "Bracebridge Hall, written by the esteemed author, Washington Irving, is a collection of location-based character sketches, detailing the lives and personalities of the occupants of a countryside manor in Yorkshire, England, owned by a squire."
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Historical Georgetown, Guyana
by Sheik M. Hassan Aniff
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Arlington, Virginia, United States
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Georgetown, Guyana: S.M.H. Aniff and Universal Bookstore, 1997. Staple-Bound Paperback. Fine. Very slight corner wear, otherwise As New. Not from a library. 40 pages. Illustrated, one color map. 8.5 x 11.5 inches.
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