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Tokyo: Shokokusha Publishing Co 1964. Signed on the title page and dated by the author. Additionally Inscribed: Aug 26, 1965 To: Frank Jones Best Wishes Masao Kinoshita. First edition / First printing. Brown cloth with gilt title on front cover in English and Japanese title in white on the spine. Fine in very good slipcase With rubbing and wear. Clear plastic jacket is not present. Both white paper flaps with author information in English and Japanese are present and are in near fine condition. Text in English and Japanese. Kinoshita worked with Sasaski, Walker and Associates; Eero Saarinen and Associates, and other prestigious firms and schools.
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Sanyousou
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Japanese Architecture Sukiya
by Kinoshita, Masao
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Wales illustrated: in a series of views, comprising the picturesque scenery, towns, castles, seats of the nobility & gentry, antiquities, & c. engraved on steel from original drawings by Henry Gastineau accompanied by historical and topographical descriptions.
by GASTINEAU, Henry
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1830 WALES Illustrated by Gastineau Engravings Great Britain Castles Cathedrals Henry Gastineau was an English engraver and prolific watercolor painter. This fine, illustrated work features views and descriptions of scenes and landmarks from around Wales including:
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Rhuddlan Castle
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Bangor
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Pont Y Glyn
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Beaumaris
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Welch Pool
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Ruthin Castle
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Bets Y Coed
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Berries
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GASTINEAU, Henry
Wales illustrated: in a series of views, comprising the picturesque scenery, towns, castles, seats of the nobility & gentry, antiquities, & c. engraved on steel from original drawings by Henry Gastineau accompanied by historical and topographical descriptions.
London: Published by Jones & Co. Temple of the Muses, Finsbury Square, [1830]. 1st edition
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Mies in London
by Yulia Rodenko and Jack Self
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London: REAL, 2017. Limited Edition Hardcover. Fine/no dj, as issued. Hardcover. Fine. The first ever publication on Mansion House Square, modernist architect Mies van der Rohe's only design for the UK. In the early 1960s, the modernist architect Mies van der Rohe designed a spectacular amber glass and steel office tower for the City of London. If completed it would have been his only project in Britain. But after two decades of planning, the building was cancelled, amidst political intrigue and controversy. For almost forty years, the project archive has been inaccessible and unpublished, as the commissioner Lord Peter Palumbo (a well-known developer and patron of architecture in the UK) held the only copies of all Mies' work. Now the REAL foundation has managed to get exclusive access to this material (in collaboration with RIBA, the Royal Institute of British Architects. This high-quality publication comes with exceptionally reproduced drawings and images - including never-before-seen plans,…
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1857 Homes of American Authors Audubon Irving Bryant Emerson Webster Literature
by Various
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1857 Homes of American Authors Audubon Irving Bryant Emerson Webster Literature'Homes of American Authors' is a collection of short essays describing the lives and homes of iconic American writers. In addition to the descriptions, this book includes 35 engravings of homes, many in color. Authors included in this work:
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John James Audubon
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James K. Paulding
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Washington Irving
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William Cullen Bryant
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George Bancroft
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Richard Henry Dana
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William H. Prescott
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Miss C.M. Sedgwick
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J. Fenimore Cooper
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Edward Everett
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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William Gilmore Simms
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Henry W. Longfellow
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Daniel Webster
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John Pendleton Kennedy
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James Russell Lowell
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Homes of American Authors: comprising anecdotical, personal, and descriptive sketches
New-York: D. Appleton & Co., 1857.
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Cinemas of Australia via USA
by Ross Thorne
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This Book is in Good Condition. The Dust Jacket (protected by a New Brodart Dust Jacket Protector) has Light Rubbing to the Surface and Light Edgewear, including a Very Small, Very Light Crease at the Bottom Fore Edge Corner of the Rear Cover but No Tears, Stains, or Other Major Damage. The Hardcover Boards have some Edgewear, including Very Small Bump at the Corners and some Rubbing along the Edges but No Tears, Stains, or Other Major Damage. The Binding is Strong and Intact. The Interior is Clean and Unmarked with No Writing, Highlighting, or Underlining and has No Tears, Creases, Stains, Mold, or Any Major Damage. The Page Edges have No Remainder Mark, Foxing, Stains, or Any Major Damage. Securely Packed and Promptly Shipped.Book Description:Published as a limited edition of 1000 total copies, 700 of which are softcovers and 300 copies are hardcovers. Cinemas of Australia via USA is an anthology of Australian cinema building histories for over ninety motion picture theatres,…
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The American Architect Comprising Original Designs of Cheap Country and Village Residences, with Details, Specifications, Plans and Directions and an Estimate of the Cost of Each Design. (Jones & Newman's Architectural Publications)
by Ritch, John W.
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New York: C.M. Saxton, 1848. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Brown contemporary calf, 4 raised bands, black leather label, gilt lettered. No date, but publisher's address is 123 Fulton Street indicating probable publication of 1848. 47 plates, (many tinted) of renderings, elevations and layouts with accompanying text. Very light wear, binding is square and sound. Miinor dampstaining to 3 plates and very slight waviness to a few leaves, occasional foxing. Owner's name on endpapes. Most plates are virtually free of any defects. This book is very attractively bound, and is in a very well-preserved condition. A wide range of architectural styles are shown, from classics to country log cabin. There is a total of 47 plates, including layouts, elevations and specfications.
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Gebäudetechnikpanorama / Building Engineering Panorama: One Thousand and One Tasks
by [Hänni, Romano] Willi Haldemann.
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Basel, Switzerland:: Studio for Design,, 2013.. Edition of 110 . 8 x 11.75" chipboard slipcase containing Tausend und eine Aufgabe; an Order Book; and "Pictorial Supplement with Translation in American English." Title label on spine. Concept, design, text, hand composing, printing, and binding by Willi Haldemann and Romano Hänni. Tausend Und eine Aufgabe: 7.5 x 11.5", 14 pages; letterpress printed on hand proofing press in six colors. An order book: 7.5 x 11.5", 32 pages; digital printing, saddle stitch binding. "Pictorial supplement with Translation in English": 7.5 x 11.5", 4 pages; inkjet print. Willi Haldemann, "Pictorial Supplement
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New York 1930: Architecture and Urbanism Between the Two World Wars
by Stern, Robert A. M. et al.
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New York: Rizzoli, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good +/near fine. Thick 4to. 502 pp. Bound in full black cloth, title blind stamped on cover and in gilt on spine. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs and illustrations, including many floor plans. Inscribed by the Author on: Edwin Malloy/ in celebration of your birthday 5.9.1991, Robert A. M. Stern Malloy was best known for his role as the broker who, in the late 1970s, helped Pan Am sell its Midtown high-rise to Metropolitan Life for $405 million, a record-setting price at the time. He was also a member of the Real Estate Board of New York. Very Good+, foxing to top edge of text block, corners of pages 422 and 593 creased, otherwise clean and bright, in Near Fine dust jacket with minor shelf wear.
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Views of the Most Interesting Collegiate and Provincial Churches of Great Britain; Including Screens, Fonts, Monuments etc. With Historical and Architectural Descriptions. 2 volumes
by John Preston Neale and Kohn Le Keux
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Longman Hurst Rees Orme Brown and Green, C and W B Whiiaker, London, 1824. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Volume I dated 1824 on title-page but preface dated January 1826, volume II dated 1825 on title-page. Matching bindings with quarter leather, marbled board and marbled end-papers. Leather joints are cracked but binding is sound, rubbed cover edges, previous owners' names, clean slightly darkened pages and plates. All plates are present and show the following churches (some churches are shown on more than one plate): Volume I: Buckinghamshire - Stoke Pogis Church; Cambridgeshire - Cambridge Great St. Mary's and Holy Trinity; Essex - Borley, Lambourne, Thaxted, Theydon Nount; Gloucestershire - Camden, Cirencester, Tewkesbury; Herefordshire - Ledbury, Leominster; Hertfordshire - Sabridgeworth, St Albans Abbey Church; Kent - Ashford Church; Norfolk - Ingham, North Walsham, South Lopham, Worstead, Yarmouth. Volume II: Northamptonshire - Bulwick, Kettering;…
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LEJANISTA ARQUITECTURA: FROM MUDEJAR TO MODERNITY
by JOSE LUIS EZQUERRA DE LA COLINA, MARIA ELENA TRUJILLO
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NEW ~ Remarkably hard-to-find book given the worldwide significance of this modern architect. Architectural projects by Jose Luis Ezquerra de la Colina, well known for Las Hadas in Manzanillo, Mexico; Amphitrite Palace Hotel in Skhirat, Morocco; and Kea Lani Hotel in Maui, Hawaii. 231 pp. Illus. Color photographs, architectural drawings. Dust jacket very minor chipping at spine. In English.
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HOMES FOR YOUR STREET AND MINE: STANDARDIZED TO AVOID WASTE
by Standard Homes Co
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Washington DC: Standard Homes Co., [1956?]. Stapled wraps. Good. 31p. Wrap and pages lightly thumb creased, front wrap fore edge creased and torn. A promotional booklet for houses designed by Standard Homes Company containing examples of more than 40 dwellings, each accompanied by layouts and a photograph or drawing of frontage. These houses come in a variety of styles designed with consideration to cost-saving construction using standard sizes for materials such as lumber, windows, and doors to reduce waste. Intercounty Savings and Loan Association of Philadelphia was the distributor of this copy. A letter dated June 27, 1956, from the savings and loan is laid in. B&w illustrations and halftone photographs. (11-1/2"x8-1/2")
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THE AMERICAN ARCHITECT AND BUILDING NEWS, APRIL 15, 1903, VOL. LXXX, NO. 1426
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Boston, 1903. Covers rather brittle and chipped, some short tears to page edges.. 13.5" x 9"; viii, 25-32, ix-xvi pages; Stapled magazine.
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Casa Del Herrero: The Romance of Spanish Colonial
by Robert Sweeney
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First printing (number line contains "1").Book cover like new - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
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Casa del HerreroHouse of the Blacksmithstands today as one of the most fully developed and intact examples of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture. It was designed and built between 1922 and 1925 as a second house for George Fox Steedman, a St. Louis industrialist. Thought principally to be the work of George Washington Smith, the architect, Steedman himself generated many ideas during the initial design phase that were both a blessing and curse to Smith. Steedmans vision prevailed, and throughout the decade following the houses initial completion, he continued to rework both house and garden, engaging the architects Lutah Maria Riggs, Edwards, Plunkett & Howell, and Floyd Brewster, and garden… Read More
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Modern Library ML 35)
by Hugo, Victor
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Hugo, Victor. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Modern Library ML 35) Undated, circa 1950, Random House. States complete and unabridged. USED. VG/VG price-clipped original publisher's DJ. Sorry about the group photo, but Please see the item listed for sale here at 2nd book lower row. Front cover illustration depicts Quasimodo atop a moonlit gargoyled roof-top. Red boards, black topstain. 416 pages plus adverts. 4 3/4 X 7 3/8. Summary: Classic title by French Author Victor Hugo about cruelty, courage, and love.
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Hunchback of Notre Dame (Modern Readers Library)
by Hugo, Victor
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Hugo, Victor. Undated. Circa 1950. William J. Hill Co., Inc. Chicago, Ill. Not an illustrated edition. USED. VG/No DJ Included. Adventure Fiction Romance/Horror. Sorry about the group photo, but please see stock photo of binding for William J. Hill editions for the item being offered here. Blue Boards, gilt titling and red ornamentation on spine. 380 pages. 5 ½ X 8 ¼. Summary: Classic title by French Author Victor Hugo about cruelty, courage, and love. A clean, square, solid copy.
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Gibson Guitar Catolog 50's (reprint???)
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Gibson Guitar, n. Soft cover. Good. Very Good.
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HOME" - An Interesting Monthly Magazine Sent to You Each Month by Your Lumber Merchant: Lot of Nine (9) issues, 1938-1941
by Weil, C.K. and others
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Silver Lake, New Hampshire: John F. Chick & Son, Building Material, 1941. First Editions. Pictorial Paper Covers. Very Good. Lot of nine issues, averaging 16pp each; illustrated throughout from photographs, floor plans and elevations. In the original, pictorial wrappers. Approx 11" x 8.5" The thrust of this magazine is "Now is the time to build your own home." Themes of these issues include: Hollywood Hilltops; Simple Dignity Is the Best Architecture; Cape Cod Cottages; Need Four Bedrooms?; Wood Walls; A Place to Eat in the Kitchen; Twin Level First Floor; Fireplace Ideas; The Case for Home Ownership; Colonial Twins; Summer Cottages; Modernizing A House; Plywood Is Perfect Material; Baseball Grows Up [a four-page departure in one issue]; Historic Walls; Suburban Charm; Log Cabin Siding; Ideas for the Roadside Merchant; Two Farm Homes in 1940 Style; Modernizing Your Farmhouse; Duplicate the Charm of Old World Cottages; Underground Storage Easily Built; Three Modern Farm Homes; Small Summer Cottages;…
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Les Serres Royales de Laeken
by Goedleven, Edgard
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Inbel, Bruxelles: Ducolot, 1989. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. Folio. 276 pp. Bound in full green cloth, stamped in gilt on cover and spine, in Illustrated dust jacket. Profusely illustrated, chiefly color, including frontispiece and several fold outs. Text in French. Includes bibliography. Near Fine, bright, clean copy, in Very Good+ dust jacket with wear and rubbing to extremities, overall scuffing.
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Bracebridge Hall
by Irving, Washington
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BRACEBRIDGE HALL 1887 Macmillan & Co. By Washington Irving. Ralph Caldecott Illustrated Edition. First Edition Thus. Sequel to "Old Christmas". Used. Good Condition/ No DJ is included if issued. 284 pages plus adverts. 5 X 7 1/2. Bright gold gilt top-stain, titling and ornamentation. 1" Dark green end-papers. Summary: "Bracebridge Hall, written by the esteemed author, Washington Irving, is a collection of location-based character sketches, detailing the lives and personalities of the occupants of a countryside manor in Yorkshire, England, owned by a squire."
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Historical Georgetown, Guyana
by Sheik M. Hassan Aniff
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Georgetown, Guyana: S.M.H. Aniff and Universal Bookstore, 1997. Staple-Bound Paperback. Fine. Very slight corner wear, otherwise As New. Not from a library. 40 pages. Illustrated, one color map. 8.5 x 11.5 inches.
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