Search Results: Cities from Twin City Antiquarian Books

Chicago: Public Administration Service, 1958 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Grey cloth, red & black titles & decoration on front board & spine, xiv, 96 pp, 15 photos, 15 tables, 18 numbered & 2 unnumbered figures, index. Mimeographed list of Procedure Manuals published by Public Administration Service is laid in. Spatters (perhaps coffee) to title & last pages, some cockling to top corner of last few leaves, otherwise very good. Plain (unprinted) glassine DJ is browned at edges and has tears of 1 to 3 cm to corners & edges. Overview of transportation planning as practiced in the mid-50s. Explains collection of information on land & street use, origin-destination pairs, existing road & transit service; travel projections, standards, present & future deficiences; formulation & evaluation of alternative solutions & their costs; public information & legislative action to adopt plan; implementation &… Read More

New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1985 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Red boards, gilt titles on spine, pictorial endpapers, x, 398 pp, notes, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. A well-illustrated history of cities mostly in Europe & the United States from the 10th century to the 20th century. Fits in flat-rate box. Shipping weight 5 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 27 X 21½ cm.

New York: Random House, 1984 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full red cloth, gilt titles on spine, ix, 257 pp, notes, index. Two lines underlined on p. 42. DJ has a 6 cm tear at head of rear joint; in Brodart archival cover. Jacobs, author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities, "shows how economic life expands and develops, on the one hand, as cities replace their imports with goods of their own production and improvise innovations on that foundation, and how they, and all the wide-ranging economic life they influence, decline and decay when these vital city processes falter and halt." Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/VG. 24 X 16 cm.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue, white, & tan wraps, xi, 220 pp. New in shrink wrap. From the blurb: "Rejecting the idea that two goals of city politics--equality and efficiency--are opposed to one another, Elkin argues that a commercial republic could achieve both. ... Elkin concludes by proposing new institutional arrangements that would be better able to harness the self-interested behavior of individuals for the common good of a commercial republic." Shipping weight 2 lbs.. Trade Paperback. New/No dj, as issued. 23 X 15 cm.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1968 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Grey cloth, dec. stamped in black on front board, xiii, 173, [3] pp, 4 ff photo plates, bibliography, index. DJ in sleeve and taped to boards, pocket with withdrawn stamp on recto of ffep, library stamp on fore-edge, label on spine of DJ, a small tear to top of front DJ flap. But for tape and library markings, would be Fine/Near Fine. Overview of problems of cities, and some of the attempts to solve them. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . VG/VG. 21½ X 14½ cm.

New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, & Auckland: Doubleday, 1991 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue cloth spine with grey boards, gilt titles on spine, xiv, 546 pp, maps, bibliography, notes, index. One corner lightly bumped, else fine. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Joel Garreau coined the term "edge city" to give a name to the auto-dominated suburban business centers that contain more jobs than people; their population increases during business hours, and they generally provide all the retail and other services that formerly were mainly confined to downtowns. He travelled to edge cities across the United States interviewing workers, residents, and government officials to find out what the people who inhabit them every day think about them. Examples singled out in the book are New Jersey, Boston, Detroit, Atlanta, Phoenix, Texas, southern California, the San Francisco Bay area, and Washington. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. .… Read More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Dark blue boards, green spine with green foil titles, 318, [1] pp, index. DJ sunned near spine & top edge, else fine; in Brodart archival cover. In The Geography of Nowhere, Kunstler describes the problem. This book offers his solution. According to the DJ, "Home from Nowhere offers real hope for a nation yearning to live in authentic places worth caring about. Kunstler calls for a wholehearted restoration of traditional architecture and town planning based on enduring principles of design. He declares that the public realm matters, and that it must be honored and embellished in order to make civic life possible. He argues that the idea of beauty must be readmitted to intellectual respectability." Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Near Fine. 24 X 16 cm.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full grey cloth, foil titles on spine & facsimile signature on front board, orange endpapers, x, 522 pp, index. Tape scars to paste-downs. DJ chipped at tail of spine; in Brodart archival cover. Wide-ranging essays by an author best known as an urbanist. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. 2nd ptg. . VG/VG. 24 X 16½ cm.

Chicago: The International City Managers' Association, 1950 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Green cloth, gilt-on-black titles on front board & spine, xiii, 337 pp, 22 figures including 1 fold-out, 8 tables including 1 fold-out, bibliography, index. Top edge foxed, owner's name on endpapers, both fold-outs in perfect condition. Contents: scope & method of city planning; legislative bases for planning; organization & administration of local planning agencies; basic studies for planning; the street system; public utilities & related service facilities; transit & transportation systems; recreation & public open spaces; public buildings & city appearance; planning of residential, business, & industrial districts; zoning; land subdivision regulation; the long-range financial plan. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. 2nd ed, 2nd ptg. . VG/No dj. 27½ X 20½ cm.

Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1964 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full pale grey linen, blue titles on spine, xii, 307, [1] pp, 12 ff b & w photo plates, footnotes, index. One corner of fpd folded before trimming. This book is a distillation of findings from 14 reports for the United Nations on housing problems that Abrams wrote over about a decade in which he served in UN missions to Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . VG/No dj. 24 X 16 cm.

Collegeville, MN: St. John's University, 1971 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Sewn in white wraps, red & blue titles & decoration, xi, 395 pp, 10 figures, tables, footnotes, index. Corners of a few leaves creased. Study of St. Cloud, Minnesota, as an example of a small American city. Chapters by the editor (himself a former mayor of St. Cloud), John Redmond, Robert Weber, George Van Cleve, Gertrude Gove, Ken Scholen, John Koch, Tom Trisko, and Michael Dady give a general overview and discuss particular issues, such as uitility taxes, storm sewers, charter amendments, the airport, air pollution, contests with the state legislature, an annexation. and threatened abandonment of a dam. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. Wraps. Near Fine/No dj. 23 X 15 cm.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1945 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Putty cloth, putty-on-black titles on spine, x, 333 pp, 5 charts, 13 tables, 3 figures, notes, bibliography, index. Top edge dusty, pencil scrawls on endpapers. Analysis of causes of and remedies for the postwar housing shortage. Contents: home truths about housing; heartstrings & purse strings; can construction costs be lowered?; houses are built on land; property taxes do more than nibble; houses make neighborhoods, and vice versa; communities make the nation, and vice versa; special city headaches; Uncle Sam carries the bride over the threshold; home ownership or rental; in a nutshell. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . VG/No dj. 21 X 14 cm.

New York: The Free Press (Simon & Schuster), 1999 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue boards, black spine with gilt titles, viii, 264 pp, index. Two surface chips on front board, else fine. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Radio journalist Ray Suarez interviewed residents and former residents of city neighborhoods, "community organizers, priests, cops and politicians; and scholars who have studied neighborhoods, demographic trends, and social networks" to tell us about old neighborhoods "that were once cherished, and are now lost." Shipping weight 2 lbs.. 2nd ptg. . Near Fine/Fine. 24 X 16 cm.

New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1949 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Previous editions published as The Planning of the Modern City, by Nelson P. Lewis. Black cloth, blue titles on front boards & spines, many b & w photos, plans, charts, and tables. Vol. 1: xi, 284 pp. Vol. 2: xi, 224 pp. Somewhat musty, top edges foxed, some notes & underlining, else VG, owner's name on endpapers. DJs have chips, tears, old tape repairs, but without loss of text; in Brodart archival covers. Volume 1 explains the origins and basics of city planning, transportation planning, and land uses. Volume 2 deals with community planning, redevelopment, special planning problems (airports, parking, decentralization, regional planning), and legal, economic, and administrative problems. Shipping weight 6 lbs.. 3rd Ed. . G/G. 26½ X 20½ cm.

Washington, D. C: International City Managers' Association, 1968 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Green cloth, gilt & black titles & decoration, [xvii], 621, [1] pp, 103 figures, 50 tables, footnotes, chapter bibliographies, index. Tiny nick to tail of spine, underlining in introduction & five of the twenty articles, else very good. Articles by two dozen authors discuss historical & political context of planning; population, economic, & land use studies; transportation planning; conservation & open space; government & community facilities; city design & appearance; quantitative methods; social welfare planning; development objectives; the comprehensive plan; government programs influencing development; zoning; land subdivision; urban renewal; organization & administration of the local planning agency; planning & the public. Shipping weight 5 lbs.. 4th ed. . G+/No dj. 27½ X 20 cm.

Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications, Inc., 1969 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full grey cloth, foil titles on spine, 590 pp, chapter notes, bibliography, index. Snag to top edge of front board, else fine. Top edge of DJ somewhat tattered, 2 X 5 cm chip to top edge of front panel; in Brodart archival cover. Twenty articles on cities and city life by twenty-four authors including the editors. Shipping weight 4 lbs.. First Edition. . VG/G. 24 X 16½ cm.

Minneapolis: Winston Press, 1985 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue paper-covered boards, white titles on spine, [v], 234 pp, notes, bibliography, index. DJ has a 1½ cm tear at bottom of front panel, else fine; in Brodart archival cover. From the DJ: "Stress and the Healthy Family is not so much a 'how to' book as a 'how they' book. It looks at how healthy families view their stresses and shows how they use their strengths to deal with them effectively during various stages of family life." According to Curran's research the top ten family stresses are: economics/finances/budgeting; children's behavior/discipline/sibling fighting; insufficient couple time; lack of shared responsibility; communicating with children; insufficient 'me' time; guilt for not accomplishing more; spousal relationship (comunication, friendship, sex); insufficient family playtime; overscheduled family calendar. Shipping weight… Read More

Baltimore & London: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1971 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full orange cloth, gilt titles on spine & device on front board, endpaper maps, xvii, 406 pp, many maps, charts, & tables, footnotes, index. Faint sticker mark on ffep. DJ extremities rubbed, spine slightly faded; in Brodart archival cover. Abbreviated contents: measures of urbanization; postwar urbanization; impact on the rural countryside; decision-making; chief actors; suburban land market; public services for suburban areas; externalities; analysis of the northeastern urban complex (from Boston to Washington). Shipping weight 4 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/VG. 26 X 18 cm.

New York & London: The Macmillan Company, 1970 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Full orange cloth, gilt & black titles on spine, xvii, 366 pp including 33 pp b & w photos, index. Ex-high school library with usual markings including "Withdrawn" stamp, a few pages cockled. DJ has only one small call number sticker but has been otherwise protected by library-applied mylar since new. A firsthand account by the former director of the Henry Street Settlement. From the DJ: "Unfinished Business is a whole spectrum of illnesses that have plagued our country since its beginnings. But it is also the story of one of the most successful social experiments of this or any other era: the settlement, a unique total-environment institution that reaches out to unite family and community, and the dispossessed of all ages, all colors, and all persuasions in what is perjhaps one of the most viable instruments for social change in the… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1957 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black cloth, black on blue & orange titles, xv, 397 pp, 35 figures, 46 tables, footnotes, index. Slightly musty, top edge foxed, else VG, corners bumped, owner's name on both paste-downs. DJ has tears up to about 3 cm, browned by an old tape repair; in Brodart archival cover. Contents: land use determinants (economic, socially rooted, public interest, interrelationships among determinants); tooling up for land use planning (urban economy, employment studies, population studies, urban land studies, transportation and land use); land use planning (the plan & its analytical framework, location requirements, space requirements, the land use plan). Shipping weight 4 lbs. (International 3 lbs., 4 oz.). . VG-/G. 26 X 18½ cm.