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Important Historical Architectural Photo Album in Deluxe Presentation Binding) Costruzione Del Ponte Monumentale "Umberto I" in Torino
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, As Issued
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- 1907
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$4,500.00
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Torino (Turin, Italy) 1903-1907: Impresa Allegri & Co., 1907. Collection of 29 original photographs, ( two - 8 3/4" x 6" and 27- 6 1/4" x 4 1/2") applied on 15 thick card leaves, titles written in white ink directly under photos, one blank leaf each front and back. The photographs detailing the construction of the Umberto I Bridge over… Read more about this item Item Price
$4,500.00
Anglo-Saxon Architecture. (Two Volumes)
by Taylor, H. M.; Taylor, Joan
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1965
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$250.00
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Cambridge at the University Press: Cambridge Press, 1965. Two volumes bound in original teal cloth with red leather labels and gilt lettering and designs, map end papers, Near Fine, tidy prior owner name front end pages, tiny rubs to cloth at corners, in Near Fine dust jackets, front flaps corner-clipped with publishers price stickers at bottom corners, small rubs at… Read more about this item Item Price
$250.00
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Contemporary Farmhouses Flexiplan 71204
by Prepared by M. R. Hodgell, Under the Direction of the Farmhouse Technical Committee (NC-9) of the North Central Region
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- Used - Near Fine
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- No Jacket, As Issued
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- First Edition
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- 1956
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- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$500.00
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Urbana, Il: University of Illinois Press, 1956. 11" h x 17 1/2" w oblong, colo pictorial paper front wrapper with white spiral binding, 22 pp. plus numerous home design possibilities, illustrated. Near Fine, small scrape rear white wrapper. The first 22 pages of text are followed by 24 pp. of farmhouse floor plans that are split down the middle, ..."Notice… Read more about this item Item Price
$500.00
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Architect's Documentation Book for the Restoration of the Dock Street Theatre, Charleston, S. C., Federal Emergency Relief Administration Project
by Ellington, Douglas D. (Architect)
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1935
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$2,500.00
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Charleston, SC, 1935. Bespoke project documentation book for the Works Progress Administration restoration of the Dock Street Theatre, Charleston, South Carolina, with the architect Douglas D. Ellington's. personal bookplate. Housed in an embossed calf binder with string tie, gilt lettering. 48 pages listed in table of contents which refer to 48 labelled sections, each with items such as a… Read more about this item Item Price
$2,500.00
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The Early Architecture of North Carolina; A Pictorial Survey with An Architectural History
by Johnson, Frances Benjamin; Waterman, Thomas Tileston
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- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
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- Limited and Numbered First Edition
- Published
- 1941
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$300.00
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press, 1941. Limited and Numbered First Edition, # 165 of 900 copies printed, 850 of which were for sale. With the inked ownership inscription of The North Carolina Society for the Preservation of Architecture, Inc., which was existent from 1939-1974. Very Good Plus, toning associated with only the first few pages front… Read more about this item Item Price
$300.00
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Farbige Decorationen vom XV-XIX Jarhhundert; Erst Und Zweiter Band (Two Volumes)
by Ewald, Ernst
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket, As Issued
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1889
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- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$3,750.00
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Berlin: Verlag von Ernst Wasmuth, 1889. SCARCE with both volumes present and complete. A two volume set, Vol. I published 1889, Volume II, 1896. In original publisher's quarter cloth spine over paper covered boards, complete with ribbon ties. The portfolios Very Good, Vol. I boards soiling and showing some wear Vol. II small tears with small holes… Read more about this item Item Price
$3,750.00
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A Collection of Five Fabulous California Mid-Century Architectural Drawings
by A. Carlson; Tennant; P.E.T. (Artists)
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- Used - Fine
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- 1966
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- Paperback
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- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$500.00
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California: QRS Corporation (?), 1966. A collection of 5 architectural drawings, all bearing logo of "QRS Corporation", four measuring 14 1/2" x 20" and the fifth, 16" x 20". Pen and ink with watercolor and marker on textured drawing boards with taped edges. Three have drawings for different concepts for Carnation Ice Cream Fountain - Lunch, each signed Tennant… Read more about this item Item Price
$500.00
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DESIGN THIS DAY The Technique of Order in the Machine Age
by Teague, Walter Dorwin
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1940
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$300.00
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New York: Harcourt Brace & Co., 1940. Near Fine, slight spine lean, in a Very Good SCARCE dust jacket, small chips and creases at top and bottom edges. Jacket photograph by Paul Kramer, illustrated with numerous black and white photographs. An important mid-century work on design and architecture, uncommon in collectible condition. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Wide… Read more about this item Item Price
$300.00
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[MINIATURE] USEFUL INFORMATION FOR BUSINESS MEN, MECHANICS AND ENGINEERS.
by No Author ( C.C. Briggs)
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket, As Issued
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- Third Edition
- Published
- 1878
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- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$500.00
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Pittsburgh, PA: Jones & Laughlins Steel , 1878. The RARE Third Edition, 1878. A true miniature, 4.1275 cm x 6.35 cm, bound in flexible leather tooled in gilt front cover, tooled in blind rear, all edges gilt, no slipcase present. Very Good, rubbing to covers, especially at joints, faint pencil notations end pages. (1), 279 pp., Index paginated a-k,… Read more about this item Item Price
$500.00
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Radford's Portfolio of Plans. A Standard Collection of New and Original Designs for Houses, Bungalows, Store and Flat Buildings, Apartment Houses, Banks, Churches, Schoolhouses, Barns, Outbuildings Etc., Together with Estimates of Cost. Over 300 Designs
by Radford, William A.
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket, As Issued
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1909
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$175.00
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Chicago & New York : The Radford Architectural Co., 1909. Illustrated, 316 pp. + 4 pp. Index with costs for plans. Very Good, rubbing to boards at edges, 1" diameter ink stain front end page. Half crushed red morocco over marbled boards, gilt stamped title at spine. A quite lovely copy of a rather uncommon book. . First Edition. Half… Read more about this item Item Price
$175.00
Promotional Poster: USONIA Frank Lloyd Wright's Design for America
by Rosenbaum, Alvin; Foreword by Frederick Gutheim
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Printing
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- 1993
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- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$250.00
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No Place: The Preservation Press , 1993. Publisher's promotional poster, 34"w x 22"h, featuring a black and white photograph by G.E. Kidder Smith (1940) showing the interior of Wright's Rosenbaum House, Florence, Alabama. The poster is Near Fine, a few faint creases. A SCARCE Wright ephemeral piece, distributed in limited numbers at the ABA trade show in 1993. Well suited… Read more about this item Item Price
$250.00
Promotional Poster for: FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT The Masterworks
by Wright, Frank Lloyd
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- Used
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$250.00
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New York (1999): Rizzoli Publisher's promotional poster, no date (1999), featuring a Paul Rocheleau color photograph of Falling Waters, the famous Wright-designed home in Mill Run, Pa. Near Fine, faint creases in margins. A lovely poster, highly suited for framing. All posters shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tubs. . Poster. 20" x 30". Item Price
$250.00
Promotional Poster for AMERICAN ART DECO
by Duncan, Alastair
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- Used - Near Fine
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- First Printing
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- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$300.00
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No Place: Harry N. Abrams Original publisher's promotional poster, 20 1/2" w x 30 3/4" h, for the book published 1986, the poster with same great Art Deco artwork as the original dust jacket. Near Fine, faint creasing. An uncommon poster, well suited for framing, distributed in short supply at the ABA trade show in 1986. All posters… Read more about this item Item Price
$300.00
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Museum of Fine Arts Bulletin, Special Number: The New Museum , Vol. IV, No.27, June, 1907
by Museum of Fine Arts, Copley Square, Boston
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket, As Issued
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1907
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- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$150.00
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Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1907. SIGNEDat bottom front wrapper -"Compliments of ( ? ) Contractor". RARE, Worldcat lists only 2 institutional holdings. Paginated 27-47, with several drawings and a map of Boston showing area of new museum. Very Good, wrappers soiled, particularly along top edge front wrapper, pp. 33-40 loose from staples. . SIGNED. First Edition. Stapled Folder.… Read more about this item Item Price
$150.00
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Colonial Mexico, Volume 1, No. 1
by Francisco Gonzalez Montero, Editor
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, As Issued
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1933
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- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$75.00
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Mexico City : Arte Mexicano, 1933. SCARCE. Very Good, vertical crease to front wrapper, light soiling rear wrapper. 47 pp. with 11 prints of watercolors of important architectural sites by Ignacio Gonzalez Mermosilla, The English language version, by George Godoy. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
$75.00
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Furniture Forum, Vol.1, No.2 - Spring, 1949
by Hollis Christensen, Editor ( Beatrice Wood, Isamu Noguchi, George Nakashima, Herman Miller et al. )
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket, As Issued
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1949
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- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$400.00
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Los Angeles: Hollis Christensen, 1949. SCARCE iconic mid-century design journal. Very Good, 1" tear to wrappers top edge at spine, light soiling to wrappers, a few pages with small bottom or top corner creases. Unpaginated, 32 pp. divided into sections on Furniture, Lighting, Accessories, and Interiors. With 1 pp. essay titled "Potters and Craftsmen" by Beatrice Wood and 2 pp.… Read more about this item Item Price
$400.00
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The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia
by Frank Cousins and Phil M. Riley
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, As Issued
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- Limited and Numbered First Edition
- Published
- 1920
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$100.00
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Boston: Little, Brown, & Company, 1920. #172 of a limited edition of 975 copies. Very Good, paper label at spine a bit rubbed and with small chips top edge, light rubbing to cloth at tips. Contents are clean, tight, and unmarked. Top edge gilt. Illustrated with 95 black and white photographs. Uncommon in collectible condition. . Limited and Numbered First… Read more about this item Item Price
$100.00
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Souvenir of Wacker Drive Chicago
by Mid-Continent Construction Co.
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket, As Issued
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1926
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- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$100.00
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Chicago: Mid-Continent Construction Co., 1926. RARE. Souvenir celebrating the completion of the construction of Wacker Drive, started 1924, completed 1926. Very Good, wrappers separating at spine 3" top and bottom, chips at corners of front wrappers. 16 pp. with several black and white photographs. . First Edition. Magazine. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.… Read more about this item Item Price
$100.00
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Early Religious Architecture of America
by Cleveland Hydraulic-Press Brick Company
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket, As Issued
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1898
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- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$250.00
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Cleveland: Cleveland Hydraulic-Press Brick Company, 1898. RARE early pictorial survey of Calfornian, New Mexican and Mexican Spanish Mission architecture. With 24 spectacular full page black and white photographs and 8 pages consisting of title page, 6 pages unsigned text and concluding page with information on The Cleveland Hydraulic-Press Brick Company. Photographs signed Franklin Co. Eng. Chi.(cago). Very Good, in… Read more about this item Item Price
$250.00
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Lighting in Architecture; Light and Color as Stereoplastic Elements
by Dr. Walter Kohler and Wassili Lockhardt
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First English Language Edition
- Published
- 1959
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$125.00
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New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1959. Originally published in Germany in 1956. Near Fine, small bump top edge at spine, in a Very Good dust jacket, small tears and creases and light edge wear. A classic of midcentury architecture, profusely illustrated with photographs in color and black and white. . First English Language Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to… Read more about this item Item Price
$125.00
