L'Agora Grecque by Roland Martin - 1951: Etudes de Histoire Et D'Architecture Urbanies

Cambricge, MA: Mit Press, 1984. First edition thus. Trade softcover. Published Cambridge, MA: Mit Press, 1984, first printing. Oblong folio wrappers, 9 3/4" x 8 1/2", xiv+520pp., hundreds of illustrations in b/w and color. Some sun fade to spine and rear cover, rear endpaper frayed at corner, else very good, clean, tight. . 1st. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. Folio.

New York: Rizolli, 1986. Signed by the architect on the half-title page. Additionally inscribed: New York 1988 For Eric Klock from Robert A M Stern. First edition / First printing. Green cloth. Near fine, with mild sunning to the top edge of the boards, in near fine dust jacket with slight fading to the spine, and a surface scratch to the rear panel. Eric Klock is a Snohomish, Washington based Architect, founder of KPA Associates.

New York: Rizzoli [0-8478-0964-1] [1988]. (4to) 312pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Illustrations, photographs, color plates, bibliography. (Architecture, Architects--Italy, Architecture).

Brand New Book, Shrinkwrapped, in Excellent Condition, retaining Sharp Corners with No Tears, Creases, Bumps, Stains, or Any Major Damage. No Remainder Mark. Gift Quality.

PLAN, SECTION and ELEVATION of the POO-TA-LA of TEMPLE of the LAMA at ZHE-HOL in TARTARYThis monumental temple which looks more like a fortified tower was drawn by HW Parish in 1793.This antique original copper plate engraving is from Sir George Leonard Staunton's atlas folio of prints to accompany "An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China . Taken chiefly from the papers of His Excellency the Earl of Macartney". The work was published in London by G.Nicol in 1797. George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney (1737-1806) was dispatched to Beijing in 1792 travelling via Madeira, Tenerife, Rio de Janeiro, the Cape of Good Hope and Indonesia. He was accompanied by George Staunton, and a retinue of suitably impressive size, including Stauntonâ s 11-year-old son who was nominally the ambassadorâ s page. On the embassy's arrival in China it emerged that the 11-year-old was the only European member of the embassy able to speak Mandarin, and thus the only one able to… Read More

London: Horace Cox, 1896. Hardcover. Good +. 17, [87] p., 44 leaves of plates: plans, views; 19 x 28 cm. Faux vellum over boards with gilt-stamped cover title. Boards have bevelled edges. Floral patterned endpapers. Each plate is accompanied by one or two pages of descriptive text. Cutler's designs perfectly present late 19th-century English rural architecture from cottages of various sizes to a village corner shop to small and large country houses. The volume concludes with his design for the Princess Alice Memorial Hospital at Eastbourne. In Good+ Condition: corners are rubbed; back board is scraped; both hinges are weak; clean and tight.

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.

NEW - B&W photographs and texts documenting Edward James' house, a bizarre construction created in the jungles of Xilitla, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Fine. Erased pencil price and Alla stamp on front endpaper. 95 pp. En espanol.

NY: A. S. Barnes & Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards soiled and heavily worn, many pages . soiled, owner signature (I. Randolph Coughtrie? ) on front free endpaper, . waterstains.. 1849. Second Edition. Hardcover. Original dark brown ruled cloth. Gilt titles on spine. [33] pages of publisher's ads at rear. Numerous engravings depicting school buildings throughout America, as well as plans, elevations, heating equipment, furnishings, globes, ventilation systems, playgrounds, library layouts, educational equipment, etc. Frontispiece engraving of Free Academy, New York. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 383 pages .

New York: Munn & Co, 1892. Paperback. Very Good. 14, xviii p., 2 leaves of color plates: illustrations, plans; 41 cm. Stapled. Illustrated advertisements on 18 pages following text and on back wrapper. Contains plans for: a $2,500-house in Chambersburg, Pa., by M. R. Rhoads for himself; a house in Yonkers, N.Y., for Dr. S. G. Perry by Rossiter & Wright; a house in Marina Heights, Conn., for Theodore Sherwood by Henry Lambert; a house in Orange, N.J. for David Burr by Munn & Co.; a house in Portland, Me., for J. H. Drummond by John Calvin Stevens; a house in Bensonhurst, Long Island, for Charles Silvester by Parfitt Bros.; the American Yacht Club House at Milton Point, N.Y., by E. A. Sargent & Co.; a house in Upper Montclair, N.J., for William T. Francisco by Munn & Co.; and a house at Babylon, Long Island, for J. C. Robbins by George Skidmore. In Very Good Condition: front wrapper is lightly soiled, with minor loss at lower corner; otherwise, clean and solid.