Search Results: American Architecture

Nashville, TN: American Association for State and Local History, 1987. Later printing. Trade paperback. fine; ex-lib; clean, tight, & attractive.. Trade paperback; 168 pp; includes: introduction and index. illustrations and b/w photographs throughout. Part of the Nearby History Series.

Washington DC: The Preservation Press, 1983. Trade paperback. As new. Washington, D.C.: The Preservation Press, c1983. 127pp., bibliography, black and white illustrations. 8vo. Uncreased spine, as new looks unread trade paperback.

Washington DC: The Preservation Press, 1983. Trade paperback. As new. Washington, D.C.: The Preservation Press, c1983. 158pp., bibliography, black and white photographs. 8vo. Uncreased spine, as new unread trade paperback.

Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University, 1980. Oversized paperback. Fine. Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University, 1980. 126pp., black and white photographs. 4to. Scattered small spots on edges of textblock, else fine oversize softcover, uncreased spine.

New York: Russell F. Whitehead, 1925. First printing. Paper wrappers. A very good copy with soiling to the original wraps.. 24 pp. Illus. with 18 b/w photos and 3 2-color drawings. 4to. Includes Park Hill Church, Westmoreland, New Hampshire.

New York: Russell F. Whitehead, 1925. First printing. Paper wrappers. A very good copy with soiling to the original wraps.. 20 pp. Illus. with 14 b/w photos and 2 b/w drawings. 4to.

New York: Russell F. Whitehead, 1924. First printing. Paper wrappers. A very good copy with soiling to the original wraps.. 16 pp. Illus. with 15 b/w photos and 1 map. 4to.

New York: Russell F. Whitehead, 1926. First printing. Paper wrappers. A very good copy with soiling to the original wraps.. 24 pp. Illus. with 15 b/w photos and 5 2-color drawings. 4to.

New York: Russell F. Whitehead, 1924. First printing. Paper wrappers. A very good copy with soiling to the original wraps.. 16 pp. Illus. with 15 b/w photos. 4to.

New York: Russell F. Whitehead, 1924. First printing. Paper wrappers. A very good copy with soiling to the original wraps.. 16 pp. Illus. with 12 b/w photos and 2 b/w maps. 4to. Includes Fifth Meeting House, Lancaster, Massachusetts, doorways, South Hadley. Pleaseantville, New York, General Moulton House, Hampton, New Hampshire, Peacock Gate at Rensselaerville, New York, and other items.

Mineola, New York: Dover, 1990. Fascimilie Copy of the 1915-1920 First Impression. Paperbound. In exceptionally good condition. Demy folio, [30cm/12inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 399. Fully illustrated with plans, schematics, b-w halftone plates &tc. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... The firm dominated American Victorian architecture and were innovators and leaders in the development of modern architecture worldwide. They formed a school of classically trained, technologically skilled designers who practiced well into the mid-twentieth century. According to Robert A. M. Stern, only Frank Lloyd Wright was more important to the identity and character of modern American architecture.[

N.p.: J. G. Ferguson. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1972. Original Edition. Hardcover. Edited by Thomas C. Jones. The Danbury Mint Presidential Silver Ingots Edition, published exclusively for Registered Owners of the Presidential Silver Ingot Collection. N.p.: J. G. Ferguson Publishing Company, 1972. 540 pages, Index. 11 x 8 inches. Padded simulated leather, stamped in gilt. Near fine, small light blemish to front cover. Generously illustrated in b&w with photographic portraits, views and other images. Heavy book.; 11 x 8 inches; 540 pages .

Washington: American Institute of Architects Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1558350187 . xiii,246 pages including Index. Illustrated glazed paper boards, very good plus, slight scuff mark on one edge. Illustrated with plans and reproduced photographs. John C. Poppeliers' copy, with his manuscript signature in printed form, and address, on the front endpaper. He was head of the Historical American Buildings Survey (1971-1980) and coauthor of What Style Is It? Laid in, a piece of yellow note pad paper, with manuscript notes in ink and pencil by Jack Boucher, citing the location in the book of those photographs he took. Boucher was a noted photographer of architecture for the National Park Service's Historic American Buildings Survey. ISBN 1558350187; Photographs, Plans, Tables; Oblong 8 x 12 inches; 246 pages; Signed by Notable Personage, Related .

New York: Regan, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. NY: Regan, c2006. first printing. 689pp., index, cittations, black and white, color photographs. 8vo. Fine hardcover in fine d/j.

[Albany]: Allison Bennett, 1980. Signed by the Author. Paperback. Good (Wraps are edgeworn/scuffed/smudged/foxed; textblock edges are worn and foxed; interior is clean, but there is light toning around the periphery; binding is solid.). Brown wraps with white lettering and color illustration; ix, 135 pp. Profuse bw plates. Ranges from 17th century Dutch influenced art and architecture to early 20th century examples.

Philadelphia, PA: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1986. Hardcover. New Copy. Yellow wraps. 295 pp. Numerous color and bw plates. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the PAFA from Oct. 9, 1986 to Jan. 4, 1987. Contents as follows: The Philadelphia architectural drawing in its historical context: an overview /James F. O'Gorman -- Early American architectural drawings and Philadelphia, 1730-1860 / Jeffrey A. Cohen -- Pecksniffs ad perspectives: the changing role of the drawing in the architectural profession after the Civil War / George E. Thomas -- Philadelphia phoenix: postwar civic renaissance and the Philadelphia school / G. Holmes Perkins -- The competition: "architectural drawings: an invitation to exhibit.

Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1959. 1st edition. Hardcover. VG. Blue cloth with gilt lettering, black illustrated dust jacket, xiv, 146 pp. Profuse bw plates. Chapters address the interior and exterior of the house, William Corbit, and the region. Appendices cover Corbit's building accounts, the deed, Corbit's will, division of furniture, Minutes for the will of Mary CowgillCorbit, estate inventory, and a genealogical chart. Also inludes a bibliography.

Boston, MA: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1960. Softcover. VG-, cover soiled, edge bent back cover. Cream wraps. [30] pp. 30 bw plates. Contains a descriptive catalogue listing of 30 of Jefferson's architectural drawings, all of which are illustrated, and an eight-page essay, "Thomas Jefferson's Architectural Development

NY: Dover Publications, 1975. Softcover. VG-, very small sticker remainder front cover. Green wraps. 152 pp. 120 bw plates. With a 15-page introductory essay by Lewis Arnold, including 72 notes, the rest of this volume consists of excellent photographs of Victorian buildings from 1870's and 1880's.

New York: Rizzoli, 1999. Hardbound. VG (but with previous owner's name, light shelfwear and corners bumped). Red cloth with black lettering on spine; 176 pp. with numerous color photographs. For over a century, Japanese-style gardens have been created on the West Coast and have become an integral part of the region's landscape and culture. This book presents them as distinctly North American, rather than imitations of "authentic" gardens in Japan, and discusses the significance of these delightful and elegant landscapes.