Search Results: Architecture from Rare Books Honolulu

Paperback. New. Paperback New, 128 p. ; 24 x 20 cm, text in English, Italian and French. Ships from Hawaii.

Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover Fine Large format hardcover, no dj as issued Only leafed through once Beautiful, detailed black and white photos of Gaudi's masterpieces Ships from Hawaii.

Berlin: Kunstgewerbemuseum, 1998. Very Good. Very Good, Catalog of the exhibition at the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin. Ships from Hawaii.

Paperback. New. Paperback New.

Hardcover. New. Hardcover New.

Essen: Mehring-Verlag, 2011. Hardcover. Fine. HardcoverText in German. Fine only leafed through, once large format hardcover, ships from Hawaii.

New York: The Morgan Library & Museum, 2014. Illustrated edition. new, still shrink-wrapped/new. new, shrink-wrapped Bright Lights of the Dark Ages is a major new volume on early Medieval art It features over two hundred stunning and extremely rare early medieval gold and precious stonework objects, including brooches, buckles, shields, clasps, spoons and other "grave goods", that were interred as status symbols with their owners in burials mounds across Europe.

Venice: Linea d'acqua, 2010. Limited edition Facsimile. Hardcover. very good. Linea d'acqua, Venezia, 2010. No. 213 of a limited edition of 250. size 20 x 14 x 2.5 inches, weight 20lb. Fernando Ongania published TWO large format volumes of brilliant photos of Venice. This facsimile combines all 185 photos of both volumes (read more below) --- Introduction Italian, 20pp, 185 plates. Includes a laid-in index of all 185 plates with the names of the buildings/locations and a brief description (in Italian) The condition.of the book and the plates is very good. The white cover has some spots and smudging. No slipcase. Ships from Hawaii with free Priority Mail upgrade within the US (a $75-$100 value!). Fernando Ongania published TWO large format volumes of brilliant photos of Venice. The first in 1891 titled 'Calli e Canali in Venezia" (with 100 photographic plates) and in 1895 'Calli e canali e isole della laguna' ((with 85 photographic plates of Venice and the islands in the lagoon. There are also 15… Read More

London: George Allen, 1912. Full Leather Library Edition in 39 volumes. Full leather hardcover. very good/no dj's as issued. 39 volumes. Edited by E.T. Cook & Alexander Wedderburn. With numerous gravure plates from drawings, paintings, photographs and other sources, some in color; many illustrations in the text. 24x16 cm (8 x 5.5 inches), full decoratively embossed burgundy goatskin, spines lettered in gilt; tooled with a gilt peacock figure, gilt inner dentelles, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. One of 2062 sets, printed at the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh. The full leather Library Edition was only a very small part of this edition. The sumptuous and sought-after Library Edition of Ruskin's works, presenting the full range of his literary, artistic, and philosophic genius, superbly printed on fine paper, in the desirable full morocco binding. Includes all of his known works with many letters and previously unpublished material up to that date and forms a tremendous record of the achievement of one… Read More

Milan, 1838. vellum-backed cloth boards. 'Concorsi di Milano, Architettura 1824-1843' Album of full-page engraved architectural designs by various Italian architects, some plates folding. 118 pages with 17 'CONCORSO DE ARCHiTETTURA. (24 pages text, 94 plates with architectural drawings on heavy paper No title page, no publisher. Could be a unique collection with documentation of architectural contests in Northern Italy, spanning from 1824 - 1843. 54x39.5 cm (21¼x15½"), vellum-backed cloth boards, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt. A variety of architectural designs from numerous architects in Milan in the years 1828-1843. Light wear and rubbing to vellum and boards; scattered foxing and minor soiling throughout, a few leaves loose; overall very good. Ships from Hawaii.

Potsdam: Nishen Verlag, 1993. Paperback. Fine. Paperback in German. Fine. SOFTCOVER, not the hardcover edition. Large format, 1993 edition, like new, lots of color photos, ships from Hawaii.

Munchen: Bruckmann Verlag, 1930. 1st edition. Hardcover. very good/no dj as issued. 192 pages with 195 b/w pictures and 24 color images. Der Ozean-Express "Bremen", Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen, Bruckmann verlag, Ca. 1930, 8 pages intoduction in German followed by 179 pages with 195 b/w pictures and 24 color images (including 90 full-page) with captions in English and German and some text in German. Publisher's boards with red lettering and a red rendering of the Bremen ocean liner. A very good copy with a bit scuffing to the bottom of the spine and minor uneven darkening of the cream colored boards. A great document of 1920's design and technology. Ships from Hawaii.

Gratiche Amadeo, 2009. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover Fine. Hard to find book about the seaside resort of Diano Marina in Italy. large hardcover with dust jacket. Numerous photos throughout the text. Minimal shelf wear to dj, otherwise new Ships from Hawaii.

Pre-Echo, 2021. First Edition. Softcover. NEW/no dj as issued. Pre-Echo Press, Nov 2021, 10.5 x 12.25 inches, portrait, Softcover, 176 pages Pre-Echo Press presents Eclipse Body & Soul Syntax, an artist book by New York City based, English artist, Nick Relph. "Nick Relph's new book, "Eclipse Body & Soul Syntax," collects years of digital street scans of New York City construction posters, an eerie portrait of a supersizing metropolis." New York Times. Amounting to a sort of unofficial and urgent index of a new city quickly replacing an old one, the book is a collection of scans made over the past decade, using a library wand scanner, clandestinely collected from building sites' public postings, all over New York City. Extreme high resolution butts up against the handheld nature of the scanning process, and the uncanny irreality of manufactured light and space of the construction renderings, to create an ominous dictionary of the dystopian present of urban cities around the world. A mysterious… Read More

Publicacions de l'Abadia de Montserrat, 2008. Hardcover. New. NEW, ships from Hawaii. 9.65 x 1.18 x 12.99 inches. 360 pages -- Monuments that the Endesa Foundation has illuminated, have been selected for this book. They are located in Catalonia and the Balearic Islands, religious as well as civilian ones. A magnificent book, with color photographs, going from Barcelona to Ibiza, passing through Girona, Lleida, Tarragona, Poblet, Montserrat, Mallorca or Menorca. -- De tots els monuments que la Fundación Endesa ha il·luminat, s'han seleccionat per a aquest llibre els ubicats a Catalunya i a les Illes Balears, de variada naturalesa: en el pla religiós i en el pla civil. Un llibre magnífic, amb fotografies en color, que van de Barcelona a Eivissa, passant per Girona, per Lleida, per Tarragona, per Poblet, per Montserrat, per Mallorca o per Menorca. New.

Franco Maria Ricci, 1985. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good. 2 volumes in slipcase. the two books are like new, the decorated slipcase has a bit shelf-wear on the bottom corner. 2 fabulous books with tipped in reproductions of Borbottoni's paintings. Ships from Hawaii with Priority Mail, not with slow Media Mail.

New York, Tokyo: Horizon Press and A.D.A. Edita, 1982. Limited Edition. Loose Leaf in Solander Boxes. Very Good/3 Solander cases. Very Good. A Complete Set of the Magnificent Selected Drawings Portfolio by Frank Lloyd Wright. New York and Tokyo: Horizon Press and A.D.A. Edita, 1977, 1980, 1982. Highest quality color reproductions of 50 Wright drawings in each portfolio. Introduction by Mrs. Wright. 50 plates (525mm X 384mm) in box. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. outstanding full and complete set of 3 huge limited edition elephant folios each portfolio is boxed. Portfolio's w/shipping boxes and in . clam-shell cases. --- Shipping weight of all 3 volumes over 120 lbs. Ships from Hawaii and you still pay only $3.99. The real freight cost is part of the purchase price for shipping within the US, a $400-$800 value!. ---. First editions of all three volumes of this enormous work. Volume I is the Tokyo issue, one of 220 copies (numbered C. 065), volume II is the New York issue, one of 700 copies… Read More

Germany: Kerber Verlag, 2013. Hardcover. New. Chemnitz ist mit dem Werk Henry van de Veldes eng verbunden. 1902/03 erhielt er mit der Villa Esche seinen ersten architektonischen Bauauftrag in Deutschland. Durch Van de Velde angeregt wurde Edvard Munch als Familienporträtist beauftragt. Anlässlich der 150. Geburtstage der beiden Künstler zeigen die Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz eine umfangreiche Ausstellung aus allen Wirkungsbereichen Van de Veldes. In Sonderschau und Begleitkatalog wird der belgische Künstler mit mehr als 300 Objekten Möbeln, Textilien, Silber, Keramiken, Porzellan, Arbeiten auf Papier als ein universeller Künstler, Architekt, Innenarchitekt und Gestalter präsentiert. Einen sehenswerten Einblick erhält man darüber hinaus in das Schaffen von Edvard Munch mit Beispielen aus der Sammlung und wertvollen Leihgaben. Hardcover New.

Phaidon Press, 2015. New/shrink-wrapped. NEW, in publisher's shrink-wrap Ships from Hawaii The first-hand, behind-the-scenes account of the creative inspiration behind the High Line, the transformative public 'park in the sky' that has reshaped global perceptions of urban space - and become one of the most beloved and visited destinations in New York City The first full documentation that visually charts the journey of this global landmark from the designer's point of view Hundreds of illustrations showcase every aspect of the project and its unforeseen influence in its entirety Includes previously unpublished archival materials such as the drawings behind the original proposal and exclusive images of construction The book mirrors the architecture and composition of the park through its large landscape format with foldouts, surprising packaging and inserts More than a visual masterpiece - its seven chapters are well-organized, legible, comprehensive and accessible Detailed, obsessive, quirky,… Read More

New York: Rizzoli International, 2000. 3 vol. hardcovers in slipcase. very good/very good. Complete 3 Volume 29.21 x 10.16. Set with Slipcase. Volume 1: The Holy Land, 319 pp.; Vol. 2: Egypt and Nubia, 287 pp.; Vol. 3: The Life, Works and Travels of David E. Roberts, 31 pp. - With 247 illustrations from paintings by David E. Roberts. - All 3 volumes bound in full tan cloth with gold lettering. Includes tan cloth slipcase with color pictorial boards and gold lettering to spine. - A Fine Set in a Fine Slipcase. *( Additional postage may be required). David Roberts is considered one of the most expressive painters and historical record keepers of the nineteenth century, and The Holy Land and Egypt Et Nubia collects his portraits of two of the world's most eternally fascinating regions. In 1838, Roberts traveled from his native Scotland to the Holy Land and Egypt, where he created classic paintings of the monuments, cities, landscapes, and people. After his return to Scotland, lithographs of these 247… Read More