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USA: San Francisco State University, 1993. Book. Fair. Plastic Comb. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 62 pages. Selected references. Usual library markings. Somewhat above-average wear. Worthy reference copy..

Canada: Architecture and Ideas, 1999. Book. Very Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 112 pages. Most text in English plus some in French. Features: Between Cheerleaders and Skeptics; Diagrams and Determinants - New Technologies and Design research in Architecture; Between the Measurablility of Bytes and Beats; Architectural Photogenicity and the Aesthetics of Time; Anatomie Comparee et Anatomie Philosophiqaue - L'Unite du Monde Selon Viollet-le-Duc; Fields and Theatre Churches - The Non-traditional Space of Evangelism; Transitional Practices - Marosi + Troy Architectes; Marosi + Troy Architectes in Conversation; Memoirs of a Man I Never Met. Light wear. A quality copy..

Canada: Architecture and Ideas, 1998. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 112 pages. Most text in English plus some in French. Features: Magnet - The Architecture of Anticipation; Emerging Space in Hyper-Modernity; Pictorial Space, Public Space - Jean Fouquet and Medieval Drama Reconsidered; Public et Prive - pour une theorie des seuils; Private Thoughts on a Public Architecture; Latent Spaces for Public Water Courses - Strategies for Toronto's Emerging Public Space; Corridart - Public Space Destroyed and Remembered; Mount Royal - Res Publica; Exploring the Public Realm - Peter Smithson and Gino Valle in Conversation; Empooling. Moderate wear. A sound copy..

Canada: Architecture and Ideas, 2001. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 112 pages. Most text in English plus some in French. Features: Modern Architecture in the Making; Soane Drawings - a Laying on of Hands; The Magpie of Lincoln's Inn Fields; Le musee imaginaire d'Herzog & de Meuron; Luigi Ghirri - Aldo Rossi - The Observation of Things; A Panorama Seen From Afar - The Soane Exhibition in Montreal; Conjuring my Father's Ghost - Reflections on Isaac ulien's Vagabondia; James Stirling - Sympathetic Echoes; Weathering Steel House; Awad Residence; La Maison Coloniale - A House for the Guardian of the City. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy..

Canada: Architecture and Ideas, 2003. Book. Very Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 96 pages. Most text in English plus some in French. Features: Beyond Trophy Architecture; Baha'i Temple for South America; Bernard Tschumi - Return of the Object; Cedric Price; Alsop's Art; Dietrologia - Reflections on the recent past. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy..

Canada: Architecture and Ideas, 2006. Book. Very Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 96 pages. Most text in English plus some in French. Features: Infrastructure as Architecture; Junction City; Urbi et Orbi; Modern Architecture and Flight; Ubiquites Publiques - Desynchronized Public Spaces; Clean, Plastic, Stainless, and Ruined - the Dream Cities of Douglas Coupland; Walled City. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy..

Canada: Architecture and Ideas, 1996. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 108 pages. Most text in English plus some in French. Features: De la ville au desert - espaces publics et prives dans la France du XVlle siecle; Household Artifacts - Codes of Property and Propriety; Humphrey Carver - Looking Back; Leonard Marsh and Vancouver Modern; Constructing the Domestic; House of the Future or House of the Past - Populist Visions from the USA; L'Architecture du stylisme - Alison et Peter Smithson, Reyner Banham et L'Appliance House; Creating Domestic Space in 1950s Canada; In the Beginning Was Nature - Space and the Modern Child; On Childhood, Houses and Gender. Moderate wear. A sound copy..

USA: John Brinkmann Design Office, Inc.; American Bungalow, 2006. Magazine. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 144 pages. Features: The Saga of House #14 - recovering the history of their home and reviving the reputation of Oregon architect, Emil Schacht; New Rochelle Revelation - stately 1913 home; Minimalist Berkeley Brown Shingle of Wanda Westberg and Richard Pettler; A Stickley "True Craftsman" Comes Back to Life - Daria and Scott Colner; Seamless Bungalow - a master carpenter's invisible fixes; Reinway Court - Craftsman, with dedication; VanOstrand Metal Studio; and more. Unmarked. with light wear. A quality copy..

New York: Munn & Co., Inc.. Good. 1914. First Edition. Paperback. 36 + xvi pages. Features: Cover illustration of young lass playing grand piano; Great Pyrene fire extinguisher ad inside front cover says their product reduces auto insurance cost; Great illustrated ad for The Rauch & Lang Carriage Company, maker of electric automobiles with worm drive; A City House of Distinction - Photo-illustrated article on the residence of Mrs. O.H.P. Belmont, New York, is filled with a priceless collection of antique armor; Wall Papers and Their Selection; House of Mr. S.Z. Poli at Woodmont, Connecticut - two great photos and floor plans of this all concrete home designed by Messrs. Brown and Von Beren, Architects, of New Haven; How to Furnish a House on $1,500 - interesting photo-illustrated article; The Country House of Mr. Russell S. Carter at Hewlett, Long Island, New York - centerfold photos with small floorplan diagrams; A Los Angeles Bungalow Built for $2,400; Early Illustrated Music… Read More

USA: John Brinkmann Design Office, Inc.; American Bungalow, 2006. Magazine. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 144 pages. Features: Jane Powell's "Fabulous Bunga-Mansion in Oakland, California; Robert Stacy-Judd and his Atwater Bungalows; Classic Pasadena Craftsman; Artist's bungalow makeover; Piloting a Craftsman Houseboat Cruiser; The Little Bungalow That Came Back; CJ Hurley Century Arts - taking inspiration from the Japanese Tea Ceremony; and more. Unmarked. with light wear. A quality copy..

New York: Munn & Co., Inc., 1909. Book. Illus. by Miller, Laura (cover). Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Pages 173-212 + xxiv ads. Features: Nostalgic photo-illustrated ad for the Coldwell Lawn Mower Company; The Garden in Your Town - Prize Competition; Homes of American Artists - "Fernbrook,", the Summer Home of Thomas Shields Clarke, Lenox, MA - great photo-illustrated article; Practical Suggestions for Domestic Ventilation; A Small Brick House at Concord, MA - Built for Mr. Charles Francis Adams - A Leanto House of the 17th Century Reproduced in Brick; Flower-box Beauty; The Porch Sitting-Room - a wonderful centerfold compilation of twelve photos of Pleasant Outdoor Resting Places; Creating a Small Country Home; Historic Mansions of the Rappahannock River - "Sabine Hall" - one of the famous Carter Homesteads in Virginia - article with marvelous photos; Watercress Culture in France - wonderful photo-illustrated article; A… Read More

USA: John Brinkmann Design Office, Inc.; American Bungalow, 2006. Magazine. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 144 pages. Features: Miracle on South Dunn St.; Restoration of a Pasadena bungalow designed by Sylvanus Marston; Dorothy's House - restoration of a 1921 bungalow; Envisioning Greene and Greene, a Century Later; Michigan couple challenges the 'bigfoots'; Historic Preservation; William Morris Studio; and more. Unmarked. with light wear. A quality copy..

New York: Munn & Company, 1910. Book. Illus. by Figaro, Chas. (cover). Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Pages 453-492 plus xvi pages of great vintage ads. Many great black and white photos. Features: The Country Seat of Howard Henry, Esq., at Camp Hill, PA; The Art of Ornamental Orange Peeling; Decorations and Furnishings For the Home - X - Treatment of Fireplaces and Mantels; Old South Salem in Northern Westchester County - article with photos of local buildings including the Horse and Hound Tavern; Artistic Wax Work; A Group of Modern Houses Costing From $1,800 Upwards - nice 12-photo 2-page spread includes the homes of Mr. Warren Bartholf, Mr. W.A. Westerson, Mrs. Colgrove, Mr. R.E. McGregor, Mr. Benjamin A. Paust, Miss Helen J. Holboe, Mr. W.W. Huntress, Mr. Benjamin Waller, and Mr. Ellis Ashley; Handicraftsman - Leather Craftwork; Crafts That Children Can Do; Ostrich Farming as an Industry; The Small Country House - A Dutch Colonial House… Read More

USA: John Brinkmann Design Office, Inc.; American Bungalow, 2008. Magazine. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 144 pages. Features: Down East Bungalow Cottage; Bungalow's of Florida's first great boom; Olympia home of Cheryl and Jeff Petra; Recreating an Authentic Chicago Bungalow Exterior; Nick and Ruth Clemence adapt Greene & Greene's interior approach in California; Steve and Mary Ann Vorhees; and more. Unmarked. with light wear. A quality copy..

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company Inc.. Good. 1929. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. The Half-Timbered Cottages of Normandy - Fifth in a European series prepared by architectural explorer Paul Windom - includes text, a high-resolution photo, floor plans and numerous detailed drawings and diagrams. Dozens of other articles. 114 pages. Cover art by L'Meynard Mayer. Profusely illustrated with sensational nostalgic ads, some of which are color full-page. Back cover color-illustrated Lucky Strike cigarette ad makes the case that, just as they have shunned overly modest swimwear, Americans are now breaking free of their inhibitions about cigarettes. Published at the same time as the great stock market crash of 1929. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy. ; Cover Art; Folio .

New York: Munn & Company, 1909. Magazine. Illus. by Towles, Beverly; Treidler, Adolph. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Pages 41-80 plus xvi pages of great vintage ads. Many great black and white photos. Features: The House of C.P. Searle, Esq., at Ipswich, Massachusetts; Hand-Made Rugs, the Revival of an Old Handicraft; Three Types of Gambrell Roof Houses - the home of Mr. Walter C. Sampson, at Summit, New Jersey, the home of Arthur E. Thayer at Dedham, Massachusetts, the home of Mr. Farnham, and the home of Mr. James Purdon, of Boston; Plant Breeding; The Dino Collection of Historic Armor - collected by the late Duc de Dino, Marquis of Talleyrand-Perigord; The Use of Anesthetics for Plants; A Few Neglected Fruits; A Seventeenth Century Homestead near Boston; A Wood Garden - at the country seat of Mr. H.H. Battles at Newton Square, PA; Nature's Traps; The Country Seat of Charles S. Brown, Esq., Mount Kisco, New York; A New Method of Housekeeping; The New… Read More

New York: Munn & Co., Inc., 1907. Magazine. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Pages 321-360 plus xx pages of ads. Features: Mrs. Guy Norman's Sicilian Garden - The Seat and Canopy in the Garden Wall, plus color cover photo of her garden; Notable American Gardens - Mrs. Guy Norman's Sicilian Garden at Beverly Cove, MA; Historic Mansions of the James River - I - "Martin's Brandon," the Home of the Harrisons (including one-page photo of front entrance pocked with civil war bullet holes; Wonders of the Gourd Vine; Curtains and Draperies; The Wild Garden - a Plea for our Native Plants; An Old Brick House of Interesting Form at Wellesley Hills, MA - built for E.H. Fay, Esq.; The Summer Home of Thomas Nash, Esq., at East Hampton, Long Island; Something Concerning Driveways; The House of J.J. Storrow, Esq., Lincoln, MA; New Ant Lore; Great one-page photo-illustrated ad for the Standard Sanitary Mfg. Co. and its porcelain enameled ware; Photo ad… Read More

New York: Munn & Company, 1909. Magazine. Illus. by Wallick, E.. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Pages 453-492 plus xxiv pages of great vintage ads. Many great black and white photos. Features: American Homes and Gardens Garden Competition - The Amazing First Price Garden of Charles J. Pilling, Esq., Lansdowne, PA; The Craft of Hammering and Piercing Metal; Some Western Homes - Costing from Four to Six Thousand Dollars, including those of B.W. Cleveland, Esq., of Wilmette, IL, Mrs. Kavana, Mr. Mars, and Mr. Smith; Concrete Ornaments for the Garden and How to Make Them - IV - A Concrete Fence; The Interior Details of the Bungalow and its Furnishings; Making Soil; Homes of American Artists - "Fleetwood," the Residence of robert V.V. Sewell, A.N.A., Oyster Bay, Long Island; Colonial Fireplaces and Fire-Irons; One-page ad for Chickering & Sons pianos; Index to all issues from Volume VI, January to December, 1909; Nice color back page ad for the… Read More

New York: Munn & Company, 1908. Magazine. Illus. by C.A.; Gould, J.J.. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Pages 337-374 plus xvi pages of great vintage ads. Many great black and white photos. Features: The House of A.C. Bartlett, Esq., Lake Geneva, Wisconsin; Raffia in the Normal School; The Endicott Garden at Danvers, MA; A French Rhea (a South American bird related to the emu and ostrich) and Cassowary Farm; A Flock of Highland Sheep Homeward Bound - wonderful two-page photo of a large flock being driven down a road by two farmers; A Residential Park near Philadelphia - "Stoke Pogis," at Villanova, PA; The Bark Cabin - durable, attractive and inexpensive summer homes; "The Terraces" - the Summer Residence of Edward Vassallo Hartford, at Deal, NJ; One-page ad for Chickering Pianos; Sensational back cover color ad for the 1909 line of Pierce Arrow cars features wealthy couple in car with butler, tennis jock and young couple standing beside… Read More

New York: Munn & Company, 1909. Magazine. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Pages 293-332 plus xxiv pages of great vintage ads. Many great black and white photos. Features: Notable American Homes - "Darlington," the estate of george Crocker, Esq., Ramsey, NJ; Designs Direct from Nature; "Annesden," the Summer Home of Miss Annie E. Quimby, Bridgehampton, Long Island; Playhouses for Children; A Group of Small Houses - costing from $3,000 to $10,000; Grape Culture in France; A House with a Guaranteed Cost - A House That Can Be Built for Seven Thousand Dollars; The "Wayside Inn", otherwise known as the "Red Horse Tavern" of Sudbury, MA; The Rochester, NY Chamber of Commerce Cheap Cottage Competition, won by Miss Esther M. Byers - The First and Second Prize Designs; House of James E. Wheeler, Edgehill Road, New Haven, CT; One-page illustrated ad for the "Invincible" Electric Renovator (vaccum) from the Electric… Read More