Search Results: Architecture / Historic Preservation from LEFT COAST BOOKS

New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; Preservation Press, 1997. Cloth, 254 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. A fine copy of the first printing. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "This beautifully-photographed book offers the complete history of American theaters, highlighting the 40 best theaters in America-from small town halls, to elaborate urban performance houses. It tells the story of why 19th-century theaters remain such a significant force in America's cities and towns, and in our national cultural identity." - Publisher. CONTENTS: THE AMERICAN PERFORMANCE HALL THROUGH HISTORY; Early American Theater Buildings; Backstage in the 1800s; Survival and Revival in the Twentieth Century; Theater Genres. A REVUE OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAN THEATERS; Eastern Town Hall Opera Houses; Theatrical Venues in the Midwest; Western Boomtown Opera… Read More

London and New York: Merrell, 2007. 144 pages, illustrations (some colour); 30 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by the photographer Arthur Drooker, with a personalized inscription. A fine copy of the first printing. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement.. SIGNED. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 4to. Collectible.

Penang, Malaysia: L'Plan, 2012. Cloth, 108 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to boards. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated.. 3rd. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Sacramento, CA: Office of Historic Preservation, Dept. of Parks and Recreation, 1982. xv, 318 pages, illustrations, maps; 23 cm. Tight, clean text. Dust spotting/top edge.. 11th. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

Mexico City; Mexico D. F.: Delegacion Politica del Distrito Federal en Tlalpan; Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia, 1988. 185 pages, illustrations, maps, plans; 21 x 28 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. An illustrated catalogue of historic buildings in Tlalpan, Mexico.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. Oblong.

New York: Anchor Books; Random House, 2009. 354 pages, illustrations, map; 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. First paperback edition. An account of the November 4, 1966, flood in Florence, Italy, that threatened to destroy centuries of art.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 8vo.

Washington, D.C.: Preservation Press, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1991. ix, 254 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. First Edition, First Printing. Dust jacket with a slightly faded spine. Architects, clients, apprentices, friends and acquaintances, and family members remember Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959). Criticism and interpretation.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1976. 94 pages, illustrations; 28 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy.. Paperback. Fine. 4to.

Firenze; Florence: Montesi, 1958. [7] leaves, 16 leaves of plates, illustrations (some colour); 34 x 50 cm. Text in Italian, English and French. A good copy with a gift inscription from Sandro/front free endpaper in the year of publication, otherwise unmarked: "Here is the story of the bridge we practically inaugurated together." OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Il Nuovo Ponte a Santa Trinita Desegni di Luciano Guarnieri: Le Varie Fasi della Recosturzione. Note Storiche di Giacomo Piccardi. Prefazione di Pietro Annigoni = The New Bridge at Santa Trinita Sketched by Luciano Guarnieri: The Various Phases of the Reconstruction, Historical Notes by Giacomo Piccardi. Foreword by Pietro Annigoni.. 1st. Hardcover. Good. Oblong.

New York: New Press, 1999. 480 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. First paperback edition. "James W. Loewen is the bestselling author of Lies Across America, both from The New Press, among many other books and articles. He is a regular contributor to the History Channel's History magazine. He is professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Vermont and lives in Washington, D.C." - Publisher.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 8vo.

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1955. xiv, 234 pages, illustrations; 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Foreedge lightly soiled, age toning. Dust jacket slightly soiled on back cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1967. Cloth, 303 pages, illustrations, portraits; 22 cm. First published in 1966 under title: The consul of Florence. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Expected browning. Stated First American Edition. Dust jacket, with moderate shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Washington, D.C.: Preservation Press, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1985. 203 pages, illustrations; 26 x 11 cm. National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States. Arranged chronologically, by architect. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Back cover slightly creased. Age toning.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Patonga, Australia: Harper-MacRae, 1992. Cloth, 447 pages, colour illustrations; 32 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Appendix: Convention concerning the protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage; State Parties to the World Heritage Convention; UNESCO's World Heritage Committee; IUCN - The World Conservation Union; Recent World Heritage Listings.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio. Collectible.

Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Historical Society, 2004. 49-83 pages, illustrations; 26 cm. A Special Issue of Noticias: Quarterly Bulletin of the Santa Barbara Historical Society, Vol. L, No. 2 (Summer 2004). Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to. Serial.

New York: Congdon & Weed, 1984. 269 pages, [26] pages of plates, illustrations; 24 cm. Maps by David Lindroth. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Dust jacket with a slightly faded spine, waterstained on the back cover & flap.. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1965. Cloth, 386 pages, illustrations, portraits; 24 cm. Topstained red. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Price-clipped dust jacket, worn at extremities, protected in a mylar cover. CONTENTS: Foreword, by Walter Muir Whitehill; Introduction; The Earliest Attempts: The Pattern for the Future; The Shadow of Mount Vernon; The South and Its Great Men; The Middle Atlantic States: Restoring Memorials of the Revolution; New England, the Home of Militant Private Preservation Organizations; Preservation Work in the Far West; National Preservation Organizations Working Locally; Monticello: the Second Mount Vernon; Antiquaries, Architects and Museum Directors; William Sumner Appleton and the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities; Criteria for Selecting Buildings Worthy of Preservation; Techniques of Restoration; The Economics or Preservation; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo.

Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 2003. 303 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1980. Cloth, viii, 124 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket with light edgewear. Historic buildings, conservation, Socorro, New Mexico.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Collectible.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers in association with the World Monuments Fund, 2001. 207 pages, illustrations (some colour), color maps; 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "British architectural consultant Amery profiles large historical constructions in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East, and the Americas that are in advancing stages of deterioration. Most of the many photographs are color. The quality, sewn-bound volume is published in conjunction with the World Monuments Fund." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Collectible.