Philadelphia Then And Now
San Diego: Thunder Bay Press, 2002. Hardcover. 144 pages. 24 x 28.5 cm. Profusely illustrated with color and black and white plates on glossy stock. Index. More
San Diego: Thunder Bay Press, 2002. Hardcover. 144 pages. 24 x 28.5 cm. Profusely illustrated with color and black and white plates on glossy stock. Index. More
Cambridge: MIT Press, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. 599 pages. 28.5 x 18.5 cm. Approximately 450 halftones. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. More
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. 155 pages. More than 250 illustrations, many in color. Design discussed in terms of every day experience while exploring today's most significant art and design developments. More
San Diego: Thunder Bay Press, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. 144 pages. 24 x 28.5 cm. Profusely illustrated with color and black and white plates on glossy stock. Index. More
New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. 546 pages. 28.5 x 21 cm. 266 illustrations: many from unique unpublished sources, include drawings and plans as well as photographs. Bibliography. Index. A definitive study. Slight toning to endpapers and fore-edges. More
Berlin: Rudolf Mosse, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. 222 pages. 35 x 24 cm. 4 page Forward by Mendelshohn and all text in German. Approx. 100 plates with last few leaves depicting the structures illustrated -- New York, Chicago, Detroit and Buffalo landmarks. Along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and..... More
New Brunswick: Rutgers Univ. Press, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. 308 pages. 4to, profusely Illustrated with photographs. Index. Chapters on the dwelling houses, barns and churches of the area. Bookplate. More
NP: NP, ND. Archirtectural Drawing framed: 19 5/8 x 16 inches, watercolor and ink on paper. Small nicks to frame. More
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. 510 pages. Index. Illustrated with charts, graphs and drawings. More
Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott & Francis Griffiths, ca 1920. First edition. Hardcover. 117 pages. 26 x 20 cm. 235 illustrations. A thorough review -- ornament which has a foliage basis, and the anthemion, the acanthus and the miscellaneous ornaments of foliage derivation of the Classic and Gothic schools are..... More
New York: Braziller, 1969. 1st American edition. Hardcover. With a Note by Misha Black. More than seventy-five black and whiteillustrations. References. Index. An analysis of the nature of design, and the role of design teams in industry, communications and architecture. The problems and prospects of teamwork in design. More
New York: Rizzoli, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. 254 pages. 30.5 x 24 cm. Feature 24 of the best examples of work by this firm located in Connecticut, New York, Virginia and Florida, and restoration of six New York town houses. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. More
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1969. First edition. Spiral Bound. Landscape folio, 45 x 61 cm. Introduction and Notes to the Plates by Ludwig Glaeser. 31 full page plates in color and black and white. " All the drawings in this selection represent projects, since with few exceptions only..... More
Boston: L .C. Page, 1904. First edition. Hardcover. 400 pages. 19 x 13 cm. Eighty illustrations, plans, and diagrams by Blanche McManus. Appendices: Architectural Divisions of France. Index.. Bright, fresh copy. More
New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1869. Hardcover. 162 pages 27 x 17.5 cm. Fifty-six steel engraved plates. A monumentally popular manual and the author's first work which went through countless editions. This edition with additional material -- "An Introduction to Isometrical Drawing, And An Essay On Linear Perspective And Shadows."..... More
New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. 304 pages. 30 x 22 cm. Profusely illustrated with color plates on glossy stock cover the palaces of European and Asian splendor. More
London: B.T. Batsford, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. 40 pages in text. 4to, ninety-one pages of illustrations. Bibliography. Index. The volume deals with the art of monumental sculpture, as illustrated in the monuments of York Minster, and in the parish churches of the City and nieghborhood -- from Gothic to Victorian..... More
London: Winchester Publications Ltd, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. 114 pages. More than seventy photographs by A.W. Kerr. Glossary of Architectural and Ecclesiastical Terms.age. More
New York: John Wiley, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. 282 pages. 28.5 x 22 cm. 27 color plates and host of black and white illustrations in the text. Directory of Lighting Manufacturers. Bibliography. Hints on lighting harmony of plants, sculptures, paths, stairways, facades, fountains and waterfalls. More
London: Iliffe, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. 241 pages. Illustrated with photographs, drawings and plans. Glossary. Index. The book is an anttempt to analyze the problem of radioactivity and its necessary restrictions, while conscious of its benefits, both real and potential. More
Koln: Konneman, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. 497 pages. Folio, 463 illustrations, 438 in color. Index of Names, Places and Subjects. A meticulously detailed survey of nearly eighty villas in the province of the Veneto -- many are Palladian. The arrangement is chronological. The color photographs, excellent. English text. More
Np: Np, February 1882. First edition. Hardcover. Folio, 32 x 24 cm. Group of nine original hand-colored ink drawings, each titled and drawn to scale, signed and dated by E. Mutinelli -- the plates in sequential order are noted -- Cantine, Piano-terra, 1mo Piano, 2do Piano, Sottetetto, Sezione AB, Sezionne..... More
New York: Library of Columbia College, 1895. First edition. leather_bound. 1189 pages. 28 x 22 cm. Printed by DeVinne in a Limited edition, one of 1000 copies. Introduction by George W. Baker, William R. Ware and Russell Sturgis. An important compendium and still useful bibliography. Bookplate. Corners worn, rubbing to..... More
New York: John Wiley, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. 173 pages. 24 x 16 cm. An attempt to towards framing a rigorous theory of standardization in the face of the swift changes in building styles and construction methods. Illustrated with charts and photographs. Index. Small portion at dust wrapper rear cover..... More
Boston: James R. Osgood, 1877. 1st American edition. Hardcover. 442 pages. 21 x 15 cm. 214 black and white illustrations. Translated by John Peto. A survey with sketches of contemporary architecture in Holland, Germany and Denmark presented to the French public. Beveled edges, front cover, backstrip slightly chipped at extremities..... More