Biomorphic Architecture: Human and Animal Forms in Architecture by Feuerstein, Gunther - 2002

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. xxvii, 324pp, 16 color illustrations, 170 black and white illustrations. Tan buckram, gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt, rough-cut edges. Cover is clean and unworn, endpapers lightly foxed, a very occasional spot in margins, contents are overall very clean and sound, binding is tight, some pages still unopened. A very nice copy of a handsome publication. Dust jacket is heavily soiled, chipped and missing a large piece from rear panel.

New Castle, Delaware and London: Oak Knoll Press and V&A Publishing, 2018. cloth, dust jacket. 8.75 x 12 inches. cloth, dust jacket. xx, 396 pages, with folding floor plan of the Crystal Palace in pocket at rear. "...an impressive work of scholarship with beautiful visuals that will appeal to anyone interested in early photography... Hamber's splendid book may be regarded for generations as the authoritative account of photography at the 1851 Great Exhibition. Scholars of photographic history will want to add this title to their libraries, and anyone interested in the study of photography will delight in its compelling text and beautiful images..." - Robert Desmarais, Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada "Any student of early photography -- or of the international exposition housed in the famous Crystal Palace in London -- will covet this magisterial work of careful scholarship and beautiful bookmaking." - Michael Dirda, "best books list," The Washington Post "Richly illustrated… Read More

Jovis, 2006. Hardcover. New. Hardcover New.

NY: Rider and Driver Publishing Co, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition, 4to, brown pebbled cloth, gilt-stamped titles and pictorial pastedown front cover, 399 pages, copiously illustrated. Printed at the Brooklyn Eagle Press, Pages 1- 16 are advertisements for all manner of product and services to horse riders and drivers, the rest an annual compilation of all aspects that relate to the sport. Laid-in is a collection of contemporary news clippings, mostly from NYC dailies, about horses. RIDING CARRIAGES.

Los Angeles: The Museum of Contemporary Art, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 4to (32 x 24cm). 63pp. Signed by author on half-title (2007). Black paper covers with B/W photograph of endangered ship to upper. White titles to upper cover and spine. Text block tight and unmarked.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. xxvii, 324pp, 16 color illustrations, 170 black and white illustrations. Tan buckram, gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt, rough-cut edges. Cover is clean and unworn, endpapers lightly foxed, a very occasional spot in margins, contents are overall very clean and sound, binding is tight, some pages still unopened. A very nice copy of a handsome publication. Dust jacket is heavily soiled, chipped and missing a large piece from rear panel.

New Castle, Delaware and London: Oak Knoll Press and V&A Publishing, 2018. cloth, dust jacket. 8.75 x 12 inches. cloth, dust jacket. xx, 396 pages, with folding floor plan of the Crystal Palace in pocket at rear. "...an impressive work of scholarship with beautiful visuals that will appeal to anyone interested in early photography... Hamber's splendid book may be regarded for generations as the authoritative account of photography at the 1851 Great Exhibition. Scholars of photographic history will want to add this title to their libraries, and anyone interested in the study of photography will delight in its compelling text and beautiful images..." - Robert Desmarais, Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada "Any student of early photography -- or of the international exposition housed in the famous Crystal Palace in London -- will covet this magisterial work of careful scholarship and beautiful bookmaking." - Michael Dirda, "best books list," The Washington Post "Richly illustrated… Read More

Jovis, 2006. Hardcover. New. Hardcover New.

NY: Rider and Driver Publishing Co, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition, 4to, brown pebbled cloth, gilt-stamped titles and pictorial pastedown front cover, 399 pages, copiously illustrated. Printed at the Brooklyn Eagle Press, Pages 1- 16 are advertisements for all manner of product and services to horse riders and drivers, the rest an annual compilation of all aspects that relate to the sport. Laid-in is a collection of contemporary news clippings, mostly from NYC dailies, about horses. RIDING CARRIAGES.

Los Angeles: The Museum of Contemporary Art, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 4to (32 x 24cm). 63pp. Signed by author on half-title (2007). Black paper covers with B/W photograph of endangered ship to upper. White titles to upper cover and spine. Text block tight and unmarked.