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New York 1930 Architecture and Urbanism Between the Two World Wars
by Gregory Gilmartin, Thomas Mellins Robert a M Stern
Modern Architecture Books & Ephemera
Philip Johnson: The Architect in His Own Words
by Lewis, Hilary & Cardinal John O'Connor & Philip Johnson
New York,: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1994. This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket with virtually no wear. SIGNED by the architect, Philip Johnson, in ink, on the title-page, and briefly inscribed to a well known colleague Thomas Muirhead, and dated 2001. Otherwise completely clean. Stated first edition. Illustrated mostly in color. 12" high X 11" wide, 200 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a...
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A$387.35
Le Corbusier + Jeanneret
by Wright
Chicago: Wright, 2015. This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Wright in Chicago on October 29, 2015. The sale consisted entirely of furniture, drawings and other documents by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret for Chandigarh. Some text by John O'Shea. 144 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. 11" high X 8" wide. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Fine.
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A$54.23
Le Architetture di Camillo Autore
by Cagliostro, Rosa Maria
Roma: Gangemi Editore, 1991. This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Italian. Illustrated in black & white with over 130 photographs, plans and reproductions of drawings. Monograph on Italian modernist architect Camillo Autore (1882- 1936). Extensive bibliography. List of works. 10" high X 8" wide, 123 pages. . Soft Cover. Very Good.
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A$38.66
Porphyry. Architecture and Technique
by Frattari, Antonio; Stenico, Flavio
Faenza: Gruppo Editoriale Faenza Editrice. G: in good condition without dust jacket as issued. Presentation plate tp fep. 2001. First UK Edition. Illustrated hardback laminated board cover. 250mm x 180mm (10" x 7"). 127pp. Colour illustrations and diagrams. .
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A$42.64
Scuola e Architettura
by Muratore, Giorgio and Fedora Boco
Perugia, Italy : Benucci Editore , 1989. This is a very good softcover copy of this exhibition catalog with only very slight cover wear. Completely clean inside and out. Spine not creased. Text in Italian. Subtitled " L'evoluzione del disegno architettonico dal 1790 al 1940 nelle Raccolte dell'Accademia di Belle Arti di Perugia", the exhibition shows the history of the development of architecture at the Academy in Perugia from 1790 through 1940. About 100 black & white illustrations...
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A$30.91
Global Architecture Document Extra 10 - Bernard Tschumi
by Futagawa, Yukio
Tokyo: A.D.A. Edita, 1997. This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Spine not creased. Completely clean inside and out except for a neat previous owner name on the front endpaper. Text in English and Japanese. This is another volume in A.D.A. Edita's series on individual architects. This one features Bernard Tschumi. His work is photographed by Yukio Futagawa who also conducts an interview with Tschumi. Illustrated in color and black & white. 12" high X 9" wide, 157...
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A$77.47
Year Book of The Society of Beaux-Arts Architects and of The Beaux-Arts Institute of Design, 1929
by Society of Beaux-Arts Architects and Beaux-Arts Institute of Design
New York: The Society of Beaux-Arts Architects and of The Beaux-Arts Institute of Design, 1929., 1929. This is an almost very good hardcover copy in the original paper-covered boards with blue cloth spine and black & white photograph of the facade of the Institute of Design on the front cover. Boards worn around the edges. Inside completely clean, no marks to text, illustrations or ads, save one small old handstamp identifying it as once in a design school collection, to the inside front cover....
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A$27.11
Candela: The Shell Builder
by Faber, Colin
London: The Architectural Press, 1963. This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with light wear. Long ago released from a small British library and bearing only one handstamp from the library on the verso of the title-page. The dust jacket is complete but has some edge wear, repaired short tears. Lacking front free endpaper. Very clean inside and out. Foreword by Ove Arup. Colin Faber was associated with Candela as a student, then a colleague for many years. Still the basic text on...
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A$302.13
Joze Plecnik, 1872-1957
by Prelovsek, Damjan and Eileen Martin
New Haven / London: Yale University Press, 1997. Hardcover. Near Fine. minor bump & crease to lower corner; minor rubbing to lower spine edges & corners. dustjacket has scuffs & edge-wear.. black boards w/ gilt spine printing. 332 pages w/ bw & color illustrations w/ figures & designs. pictorial glossy dustjacket w/ black printing. A very nice, clean and sharp copy.
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A$232.41
Hans Scharoun a Monograph
by Jones, Peter Blundell
London: Gordon Fraser, 1978. This is a very good hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket with just light wear. Small chips to spine tips of jacket. Front yellow endpaper offset, and short previous owner name, an architectural historian on the front endpaper. Otherwise completely clean. Illustrated throughout in black & white. This was the first critical monograph in any language to appear on the work of Hans Scharoun (1893- 1972). In 1919 he joined Bruno Taut's expressionist architects group...
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A$457.07
Fay Jones
by Robert Adams Ivy Jr
FIRST PAPERBACK edition in decorated wraps. Crease at spine; a few small rubbed spots. Previous owner's gift inscription. NEAR FINE. Profusely illustrated with color and black & white photographs.
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A$123.94
Docklands
by Williams, Stephanie
London: Phaidon, 1996 reprint. 167pp. illus. + folding map. slim paperback 8vo: Fine [large publisher's rem. stamp on half-title p.; else F] An illustrated architectural guide to London's rejuvenated Docklands.
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A$7.73
Perspecta 5 The Yale Architectural Journal
by Close II, Edwin
New Haven: The Yale School of Architecture, 1959. This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Completely clean. This is an early issue of the important architectural journal: Perspecta, published by the The Yale School of Architecture. Articles by Edgar Kaufmann, Jr., Mario Salvadori, Edward Larrabee Barnes, King Lui Wu, William Wurster & Catherine Bauer, Paul Nelson, George Izenour and Vincent Scully, Jr. Illustrated in black & white + 1 fold-out drawing. 12" high X...
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A$116.21
Edifici Per La Cultura - Parte Prima - Biblioteche
by Carbonara, Pasquale
Milan, Italy: Antonio Vallardi Editore, 1947. This is an about very good hardcover reference copy in tan paper-covered boards. The boards are bowed out a bit at the top and bottom edges. Very clean inside and out. No dust jacket. Text in Italian. This is a survey of modern library architecture throughout Europe in the first half of the 20th century. Illustrated throughout with black & white photographs, plans, elevations and details. Bibliography. 11" high X 8" wide, 127 pages. . Hard...
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A$38.74
James Stirling Buildings & Projects 1950- 1974
by Jacobus, John & James Stirling
London: Thames & Hudson, 1996. This is a fine hardcover copy with a near fine dust jacket with almost no wear. Completely clean. Text in English and German. Introduction by John Jacobus. This is the 1996 reprint of the Thames & Hudson, 1975 first edition. James Stirling's career can effectively be divided between this early work, 38 projects, from 1950 to 1974, and then the second half of his working life when he joined forces with Michael Wilford. (That work is surveyed in the Thames &...
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A$193.68
Architecture of the early XX. century / selection and commentary by Peter Haiko. Related Titles: Architektur des XX. Jahrhunderts
by Haiko, Peter
New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1989. This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket. The jacket just a little worn at the top of the spine. Very clean inside and out. No marks anywhere. Text in English, French and German. This volume was compiled by Peter Haiko, from the early 20th century German architecture magazines published by Ernst Wasmuth in Berlin, which thoroughly documented the modern architecture of the period. Introduction by Haiko. Text + 216 black & white...
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A$71.19
Amsterdam an Architectural Lesson
by Kloos, Martin
Thoth Publishing House , 1988. This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Completely clean. Architects in the book include: Bernard Huet, Oriol Bohigas, Rob Krier, Lauren Otis, Helmut Jahn and Rem Koolhaas. Illustrated in black & white with photographs. Epilogue by Rem Koolhaas. 9" square, 118 pages. This catalog will be securely wrapped and shipped with tracking.. Soft Cover. Very Good.
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A$69.72
L' Oeuf : The Egg
by Bruyere, Andre
Paris: Albin Michel, , 1978. This is a fine hardcover copy without dust jacket as issued, with no wear at all. SIGNED by the author architect, Andre Bruyere, in red crayon across two pages (frontispieces) images in black and white of eggs, and inscribed and dated to two friends in New York, in 1980. Otherwise completely clean. Text in English and French. Andre Bruyere (1912- 1998) was member of a well known French family of architects, engineers, intellectuals and writers on the political left in France....
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A$302.13
Metal Crafts in Architecture
by Geerlings, Gerald K
New York: Charles Scribner Son's, 1929. This is a very good hardcover copy of the first edition in the original publishers' binding of olive green cloth with decorations and title in black on the front cover, and black cloth spine, titled in gilt. Back cover has light fading and faint stain. Completely clean inside. This copy belonged to a landscape architect at UC Berkeley and has his small neat bookplate from the period on the inside front cover. 277 black & white illustrations, including 1...
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A$68.95
Jean Prouve Constructeur
by Burkhardt, Francois et al
Paris: Centre George Pompidou, 1990. This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. Completely clean. Text in FRENCH. This monograph was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Centre Pompidou in Paris from October 24, 1990 to January 28, 1991. Texts by Francois Burckhardt, Raymond Guidot, Hubert Damisch, Yvonne Brunhammer, and Renzo Piano among others. Illustrated throughout in black & white some color, lots of vintage photographs of Prouve's architectural work....
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Modern Cottages and Country Houses
by Wattjes, J.G
Amsterdam: Kosmos, 1930. This is a very good hardcover copy in light green cloth with a printed design in blue on the front cover and spine. Very clean inside and out. Text in four languages:Dutch, French, German and English. Brief introductory text. 391 black & white photos and plans showing fine villas and country house designs in the Scandinavian countries, England, France, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Belgium, Holland and America. This is one of the better early surveys...
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A$192.90
Documenta: Paolo Soleri is the Only Architect
by Soleri, Paolo
Wash. D. C.: Corcoran Gallery, 1970. This is an about very good softcover copy of this catalog, bottom of spine bumped. This project was done in 1970 for the Corcoran Museum. The original project re-envisioned the idea of the catalog. Soleri designed an illustrated cardboard box complete with posters and catalog. We offer here only the catalog. Illustrated throughout in black & white. 10" square, ca. 75 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and shipped with tracking.. Soft Cover. Very Good.
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A$69.72
Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates: Buildings and Projects 1967-1992
by SORKIN, Michael, Mildred Schmertz, and Nicholas Polites
New York: Rizzoli, 1992. This is a very good hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket with just light wear. SIGNED by Hugh Hardy, in black marker, on the half title-page. Not inscribed to anyone, just signed. Otherwise clean throughout. Preface by Michael Sorkin. Introduction and interview by Mildred F. Schmertz. Illustrated in color and black & white. Catalogue of Work. Bibliography. 11" high X 9" wide, 288 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be...
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A$116.21
Seven Stones. A Portrait of Arthur Erickson, Architect. Signed copy
by Iglauer, Edith
Madeira Park, British Columbia and Seattle: Harbour Publishing and University of Washington Press. VG: in very good condition with marked and edge-torn dust jacket. 1981. First Edition. Black hardback cloth cover. 240mm x 270mm (9" x 11"). 120pp. Signed, inscribed and dated on title page by author. .
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A$38.76
