from Eric James

London: Octopus Books, 1973. Oversized hardcover with dust jacket, 128 pages including "235 illustrations in color and black and white"; book very gently used, tight in binding, not a trace of shelf or reading wear, very clean and unmarked throughout, pages fresh and white; DJ gently bumped along top … Read more

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, later (1946) printing of the 1927 Revised Edition, ix + 183 pages including many black-and-white drawings and a section of black-and-white photographs; attractive book in reddish/sandy coloured covers with bright, clean and clear black lettering, very gently used, tight… Read more

Mission Hills, CA, USA: GLencoe Publishing , 1988. AS NEW oversized glossy durable hardcover without dust jacket, 992 pages, "Over 2300 illustrations include step-by-step procedural drawings, photographs---"; unopened, unused copy. [this copy priced low, priced to go to a good home as bookseller is nearing retirement, but extra S & H at cost will be requested] … Read more

Zurich, Switzerland: Graphis Press, 1979. Oversized hardcover with dust jacket, 247 pages including 823 numbered illustrations in full colour and black-and-white;---text and illustration captions in English, French and German;---very gently used, not a trace of shelf wear, tight in binding, small rubber stamped name/address on first two (non-text) pages, otherwise very clean and unmarked throughout, pages fresh… Read more

Zurich, Switzerland: Graphis Press, 1974. Oversized hardcover with dust jacket, 235 pages including 748 numbered illustrations in full colour and black-and-white;---text and illustration captions in English, French and German;---very gently used, not a trace of shelf wear, tight in binding, top corner neatly removed from first (non-text) page, very clean and unmarked throughout,… Read more

Zurich, Switzerland: Graphis Press, 1983. Oversized hardcover with dust jacket, 223 pages including 580 numbered illustrations in full colour and black-and-white;---text and illustration captions in English, French and German;---very gently used, not a trace of shelf wear, tight in binding, very clean and unmarked throughout, pages fresh and white; DJ gently… Read more

Amsterdam, Netherlands: W. B. Vereeniging [Wereldbibliotheek-Vereeniging], 1948. Small (12 x 16 cm) two-fold paper folder with a one-sheet listing of designers and type of illustration and 27 mostly black-and-white ex-libris bookplates, all of which are blank on the reverse ("houtgravure, tekening, typ ontwerp, houtsnede", kindly translated by Google as "wood engraving, drawing, type design, woodcut", please forgive… Read more

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1968. Hardcover with dust jacket, second printing, xiii + 193 pages including 23 Drawings as illustrative examples and a section of black-and-white photographs; very gently used ex-library copy with hardly a trace of shelf wear, DJ in library's protective mylar protector secured to covers, file… Read more

Woodstock, NY: Overlook Books, 1994. Oversized trade paperback, 160 pages including "Over 150 photographs in colour and black & white"; crease at bottom front corner to cover an about 15 pages, otherwise very gently used, very clean and unmarked throughout. … Read more

Amsterdam, Netherlands: Amsterdamsche Grafische School, 1943. Hardcover without dust jacket, 424 pages including many black-and-white illustrations throughout (and a few in colour);---text in Dutch;---tipped in at the title page is a three-paragraph sheet "aan de abonnes van het Elementair Algrafisch Vakboek", dated "October 1945"; very sadly, I am unable to read this early post-war message; laid in is a… Read more

Zaltbommel, Netherlands: Europese Bibliotheek , 1966. Square hardcover without dust jacket, 111 pages including many black-and-white illustrations throughout, plus additional on unnumbered glossy pager pages;---text in Dutch;---cream-coloured cloth covers foxed, foxing and/or dust speckling to top edge, but very gently used, only tiny traces of shelf wear, previous owner's professionally designed (by owner, Dutch-Canadian silhouette… Read more

New York: HarperPerennial, 1998. Oversized trade paperback, second printing, xii + 222 pages including a section of full colour illustrations; tiny traces of shelf wear, otherwise in very clean and unmarked unused/unread condition. See also our listings for Patricia Brennan's extremely scarce Facing the… Read more

New York: Watson-Guptill, 1986. Oversized hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, 208 pages including "180 [black-and-white] illustrations" [building plans and photographs]; very gently read, if at all, not a trace of shelf or reading wear, very clean and unmarked throughout. [this copy priced low, priced to go… Read more

London: Collins, 1946. Hardcover without dust jacket, 48 pages including illustrations in black-and-white, plus plates in full colour; shelf wear to spine and all cover edges and corners, otherwise gently used, very `clean and unmarked throughout. See also our other Britain in Pictures… Read more

London: His Majesty's Stationery Office for Victoria & Albert Museum, 1949. Oversized paperback, 14 pages of text plus 65 black-and-white plates; spine creased and possibly fragile due to age, other tiny traces of shelf and reading wear, but very clean and unmarked. … Read more

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Royal Ontario Museum and University of Toronto, 1966. Stapled softcover pamphlet, 16 pages, black-and-white illustrations; very gently used, very clean and unmarked. See also our listing for Steven's Early Ontario Furniture, and for R. R. H.… Read more

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Royal Ontario Museum and University of Toronto, 1965. Stapled softcover pamphlet, 16 pages, black-and-white illustrations; very gently used, very clean and unmarked. See also our listing for Steven's Early Ontario Furniture, and for R. R. H.… Read more

New York: Macfadden-Bartell, 1960. Mass market paperback, 175 pages; very light creasing and rubbing to exterior, otherwise in very clean and unmarked unread condition.. First Edition Paperback Original. Soft Cover. Very Good ++.

New York: Caxton House, 1947. Oversized hardcover without dust jacket, xviii + 406 pages including 305 black-and-white photographs and about 200 drawings; covers lightly worn and bumped at edges, corners and spine ends, but intact and complete, tight in binding, gently used, ink signature on half title… Read more

New York: A. T. De La Mare Company, 1931. Small hardcover without dust jacket, 146 pages including plan drawings and black-and-white photographs throughout; elegant little book in blue textured cloth covers with bright and clear gilt lettering to front cover and spine (somewhat faded on spine), … Read more