Makan: Adalah's journal for land, planning and justice; Volume 1, 2006, The Right to the City
Shafa`amr, Israel: Adalah, 2006. Paperback. Quarto in green wraps; b/w illus.; 1 volume, 28 cm. Volume 1 in a series of 13 periodicals. Very scarce.
Architecture
La restaurata Cappella del Santissimo Sacramento nella Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista di Bassano del Grappa ;; a cura di Livia Alberton Vinco Da Sesso.
Bassano del Grappa, VI [Italy]: Tassotti, 1998. Paperback. Square large octavo in dark maroon-brown illustrated wraps; 95 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. In Italian. Summaries in French and German. Uncommon. Printed on coated stock. High quality photo reprductions in b/w and color. || Church decoration and ornament...
United States Navy Memorial : a living tradition ;; [with special "Dedication" booklet and "Log Room" floor plan laid in]
[Arlington, Va.]: United States Navy Memorial Foundation, 1987. Special Plankowner ed. Hardcover. Large quarto in blue DJ with gold-embossed merchant marine to front; 173 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. "Log room" floor plan laid in at rear. Also includes a 32-page special "Dedication" booklet laid in, dated October 13...
The personal house : homes of artists and writers
New York: Whitney Library of Design, 1961. hardcover. Large folio in paper-backed boards, black cloth spine, B&W photo paste down boards; 80 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 40 cm. Nicely reaized. Excellent text and photos. Contents: Westchester County: Hananiah Harari house ; Don Wallance house ; Kanaga-Putnam house --...
Fluorescent lighting manual
New York & London: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1942. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Large green-cloth octavo, gilt to spine, xi, 312 p. illus. 24 cm. Mechanical engineering; electronis and lighting design. Fluorescent lighting. || Presumably quite uncommon in such nice condition.
arts & architecture
[Los Angeles, CA]: Arts & Architecture, Inc., 1967. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Large black quarto, 34 p, b&w illus. Journal. || May 1967. || Architecture. || Ex-library copy. || Sans DJ.
L'urgence permanente ;; compte rendu des Rencontres internationales de Venise et de Marseille, juin-octobre 2000 ; A series of international seminars and debates held in Venice and Marseille....
Paris: Galerie Enrico Navarra ; Galerie Patrick Seguin, 2002. Paperback. Tall folio in dark color illus glossy paper wraps; 189 p., with numerous illus in b/w and some color; ; 35 cm. Uncommon. Parallel texts in French and English. || Urbanism ; Urban Studies. Cities. Pauvres en milieu urbain --...
Recreation Survey and Long-Range Plan, City of Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk, [Ann Arbor, Mich.]: [Litho-printed in USA by Edwards Bros.], 1946. Paperback, Staplebound. Quarto in brown wraps with black cloth tape protecting staple binding; 105 p. including plans (some folded); tables; 27 cm. Very scarce.
The virtual dimension : architecture, representation, and crash culture
New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1998. First edition, first printing (stated). Paperback. Small octavo in blue, color-illus self-wrappers; xi, 359 p. : il. ; 21 cm. A very nice copy. / Architecture -- Technological innovations. Architectural design -- Data processing. Architectural practice. Architecture -- Innovations. Design architectural -- Informatique. Architecture -- Pratique. Arquitetura. Processamento grafico (graphics).
Interior pedestrian places
New York: Whitney Library of Design, 1989. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Large quarto in color illus DJ; 240 p. : ill. , index, bib.; 29 cm. Contents: Rationales -- Commercial places -- Public atria -- Pedestrian systems -- Urban-design case studies -- Future design directions. Pedestrian...
Ultima Thule ; Leningrado nascita di una capitale
(Palermo): Edizioni A. P. E., 1990. Paperback. Octavo in glossy black, color illus wraps; 125p. + [8]p. color photos at rear, maps. Numerous b/w phots and maps. In Italian. Scarce guide to the historical architecture of Leningrad. No copies listed in WorldCat.
Architecture in Bulgaria from ancient times to the late 19th century.
Sofia: Foreign Languages Press, 1961. Hardcover. Medium octavo in white DJ illus in b/w; 80 p. illus. 25 cm. bibliographical references. Well illustrated with numerous b/w pictures and photo reproductions. // Text in English // Architecture -- Bulgaria -- History.
Robert Maillart
Erlenbach, Zurich: Verlag fur Architektur, 1949. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Brown oblong octavo in white DJ, 180 pages, b&w illustrations, portraits; 22 cm. In German. || Concrete construction, Bridges -- Switzerland. || Contents: Key to technical data -- Foreword / Max Bill -- Robert Maillart. Biographical...
Last of the ultimate bungalows : the William R. Thorsen House of Greene and Greene : an exhibition of architecture, furniture, decorative arts and architectural drawings at the Thorsen/Sigma Phi House, Berkeley, California, June 14 through August 18, 1996
(Berkeley CA): Privately Published, 1996. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Black quarto stapled wrap; 36 pages : illustrations ; 22 x 22 cm. Exhibition catalogue || Architecture, Domestic -- California -- Berkeley.
Restoring the Victorian house and Other Turn-Of-The-Century Structures
San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1981. Paperback. Quarto in grey wrappers; illus.; 152 pp., 28 cm.; lightly to moderately worn wrappers along the edges and spine joints; 8-inch crease to back cover; o/w wrappers are clean; pages are clean, crisp, bright and free of marks and creases; binding is tight;...
Design presentation : techniques for marketing and project proposals
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1984. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Large quarto in color pictorial DJ; vii, 247 p. : ill., index; 29 cm. Uncommon in such nice condition. || Architectural design -- Audio-visual aids. Communication in architectural design. Design architectural -- Aides audiovisuelles. Communication en design architectural. Architekturphotographie. Architekturzeichnung. Werbemittel.
Asplund :; a book
Stockholm: Arkitektur Forlag in association with Ginko Press, 1985. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Black-cloth folio in black DJ, gilt to spine and front board, 131 pages, b&w illustrations (some color), plans, portraits ; 31 cm. Architecture, Modern, Sweden -- 20th century -- Designs and plans. ||...
Callister Payne and Bischoff
Amherst, Massachusetts: Privately Published, N.D. Unknown edition. Paperback. White oblong quarto in black case, loose-leaf stapled binding, unpaginated, approx. 120 p, b&w illus, photographs. Scarce || Architecture; Design, Photography.
Vitruvius and the Greek stage; by Edward Capps. Studies in classical philology.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1895. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo in custom boards; 23 cm. v. 1, p. 93-113; bibliographical references. Uncommon. // ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN; Classics; Theater -- Greece.
La basilica santuario della SS. Annunziata : guida storico-artistica ;; a cura di E. Casalini.
Firenze: [s.n.], (Tipo-litografia S.T.E.F.). 1957. Paperback. Small octavo in color photo-illus wraps; 124 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. (col. ill.) ; 18 cm. Surprisingly uncommon and presumably scarce in such fine condtion. WorldCat locates but two copies. In Italian. // Christian art and symbolism -- Italy -- Florence...
American castles.
South Brunswick: A.S. Barnes, 1973. Paperback. Large Octavo in red and black photo-illus DJ; 243 p. illus. 29 cm. Castles -- United States; Castellated manors, mansions, U.S.; architecture.
Louvre :; portrait of a museum
New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1998. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Folio in grey multicolored DJ; 335 p, color illus ; 30 cm. Art; Architecture; France.
Jean-Michel Frank
Paris: Editions du Regard, 1980? First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Large quarto/small foliio in brown DJ; 215 p : chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm. In French. Scarce. || Furniture design; Architecture.
Cheng Taining
Cheng, Taining: Zhongguo jian zhu gong ye chu ban she, 1997. Di 1 ban. Hardcover. Quarto in grey DJ, 231 p : ill.(some col.) ; 26 cm. Signed by author. || In Chinese and English. || Architecture -- China -- History -- 20th century -- Catalogs.
Architecture, form, space & order
New York: Wiley, 1996. Second ed. Paperback. Oblong large octavo in beig illus wraps; 400 p. : illus. ; 22 x 28 cm.; indexes; bibliographical references. Numerous illus and diagrams in black and white. || Architecture -- Composition, proportion, etc. Space (Architecture) Architecture -- Composition, proportions, etc. Espace (Architecture) .