The Japanese House: a Tradition for Contemporary Architecture by Engel, Heinrich - 1978

New York: Architectural Book Publishing Co./John Tiranti, 1927. Book. Very Good. Portfolio. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. ribbon-tied portfolio covers containing xi-16pp text and table of contents in an edgebound leaflet, and 190 illustrations on 97 loose (as issued) plates. closed tear to binding strip of leaflet. mild age-toning to portfolio covers, light bump to top edge, and slight corner wear to portfolio corners. plates lightly age-toned and with light edge and corner wear..

Seattle / New Haven: Henry Art Gallery / Yale, 2006. Signed on the title page by Maya Lin and dated 2006. Also signed by Henry Art Gallery Director and essayist Richard Andrews and Lawrence Weschler, who contributed the Foreword. Weschler's signature has spattered a bit. First edition / First printing. Off White cloth. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. The catalogue of Maya Lin's 2006 exhibition at the Henry Art Gallery. An attractive production. The cover is embossed with the artist's "Waterline.

Tokyo: Shokokusha Publishing Co 1964. Signed on the title page and dated by the author. Additionally Inscribed: Aug 26, 1965 To: Frank Jones Best Wishes Masao Kinoshita. First edition / First printing. Brown cloth with gilt title on front cover in English and Japanese title in white on the spine. Fine in very good slipcase With rubbing and wear. Clear plastic jacket is not present. Both white paper flaps with author information in English and Japanese are present and are in near fine condition. Text in English and Japanese. Kinoshita worked with Sasaski, Walker and Associates; Eero Saarinen and Associates, and other prestigious firms and schools.

Limited Edition of 1500 Copies. This Book is in Good Condition. The Dust Jacket (protected by a New Brodart Dust Jacket Protector) has some Surface Wear, including Small Scratches and Small Areas of Rubbing; Light Foxing to the Inside of the Dust Jacket; and some Edgewear, including a Very Small (less than 1/4" long) Tears and Light Creases at the Fore Edge Corners and Head of the Spine and a Small, 1/2" wide by 1/4" tall Missing Section of Dust Jacket at the Bottom Edge of the Front Cover, but the Dust Jacket has No Large Tears, Stains, or Other Major Damage. The Hardcover Boards have Light Rubbing to the Surface and Light Edgewear, including a Small, Light Crease at the Bottom Fore Edge Corner of the Front Cover but No Tears, Stains, or Other Major Damage. The Binding is Strong and Intact but Sagging, typical in such a Large, Heavy Architecture Book. The Interior is Clean and Unmarked with No Writing, Highlighting, or Underlining and has a Light Crease on the Half Title Page due to a Minor… Read More

Good run of six monthly issues of this influential magazine, Third Series, Volume I, January to June 1823, bound in one volume. A fascinating view of the taste of London high society in the year 1823.Complete with 29 handcoloured engravings of fashion, landscapes, architecture and furniture, 6 engravings of needlework patterns, one engraved fold-out music score of a German waltz by Beethoven, and one engraved plate of a military trophy.Each issue typically with two handcoloured architecture plates, two handcoloured London fashion plates, one handcoloured interior plate (furniture, curtains, etc.) and one needlework pattern.The fashion plates unsigned but attributed to the Arbiter Elegantiarum (Thomas Uwins). The fashions include bonnets and hats, casual morning and promenade dresses as well as elegant evening wear and ball gowns, a few by Miss Pierpoint of 9 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, the others by anonymous designers. They show women lounging on a chaise longue playing an oud, wearing carriage… Read More

Basel, Switzerland:: Studio for Design,, 2013.. Edition of 110 . 8 x 11.75" chipboard slipcase containing Tausend und eine Aufgabe; an Order Book; and "Pictorial Supplement with Translation in American English." Title label on spine. Concept, design, text, hand composing, printing, and binding by Willi Haldemann and Romano Hänni.  Tausend Und eine Aufgabe: 7.5 x 11.5", 14 pages; letterpress printed on hand proofing press in six colors.  An order book: 7.5 x 11.5", 32 pages; digital printing, saddle stitch binding.  "Pictorial supplement with Translation in English": 7.5 x 11.5", 4 pages; inkjet print. Willi Haldemann, "Pictorial Supplement …": "This order book documents my independent work as an engineer for building engineering since 1984. I am very pleased to have this opportunity to present the 1000 tasks, which Haldemann Basel handled successfully until 2012, in the form of this book. This book was hand… Read More

Capra Press, Santa Barbara, 1980; First Edition, First Printing; Signed; oblong quarto, 297 pages; black leather; gilt titles. First printing of the updated 1980 edition of this study of Santa Barbara architecture from Spanish Colonial times to the present, with 150 additional photographs and many new buildings since the 1975 edition. Text by Herb Andree and Noel Young, sumptuously photographed by Wayne McCall. Includes architects’ biographies, a complete glossary, and alphabetical indexes of all the buildings, architects, and designers. Signed on the title page by Noel Young and Wayne McCall. Fine condition. Clean, crisp, bright, sharp. A sparkling copy.

London: Constable, 1953. First edition. Octavo. xii, 264 pp; color title page (same as dustjacket), numerous b/w photographs & drawings; index. Purple cloth with silver-lettered spine in dustjacket. Fine/Near Fine, a bright, crisp unmarked copy, erratum slip tipped in; unclipped jacket has touch of wear to spine ends, slight creasing at top of front panel. Bookseller label from Holliday Bookshop affixed to rear board. Written and illustrated by the artist Barbara Mildred Jones (1912-1978). Jones studied Mural Decoration at the Royal College of Art - where she became part of that distinctive group of artists and illustrators of whom John Piper, Edward Bawden, Eric Ravilious and Edward Ardizzone are the best known.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

Good copy of a Roman souvenir travel guide with 57 fine engraved views in a damaged bindingIn the early 19th century, Italian publishers rushed to bring out collections of views of Rome for the tourist market.New collection of principal views of ancient and modern Rome, with ruins of the war drawn from life in 1849Engraved title page, 50 views of famous tourist sights in Rome, and 7 views of battles after the Revolution of 1848-49 and the First War of Italian Independnce during June 1849. Some titles in French, some in Italian. The architectural views include the Trevi Fountain, St. Peter's Basilica, Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Spanish Steps, Plaza Popolo, Temple of Vesta, Marcello Theater, Colosseum, Arch of Titus, etc.Pietro Datri or Pierre d'Atri was active in Rome from 1840 to 1867 publishing souvenir books of views.Oblong octavo, black full leather binding with four raised bands, gilt title on spine, insect damage to rear board. Good impressions of the copperplate engravings, mostly clean,… Read More

Albany: Mount Ida Press, 2001. Signed first edition. Softcover. Published Albany, NY: Mount Ida Press, 2001, first printing. 4to. wrappers with French flaps. 8 1/2" x 11", 158pp., illustrated with b/w photographs. Inscribed by author on flyleaf, along with accompanying post-it note from his wife. Fine, as new. . Signed by Author. 1st. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 4to.