Architecture / Skyscrapers from LEFT COAST BOOKS

New York: Glitterati Inc., 2006. Cloth, 120 pages, chiefly colour illustrations; 29 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by the photographer David Weinberg, with a personalized inscription. Dust spotting/top edge. Stated First edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. Chicago-based photographer. "Towering Mirrors is a study in visual abstraction, as… Read more about this item

New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 1996. Cloth, 127 pages, illustrations; 47 x 20 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Fine DJ. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Elephant Folio.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Legal and Corporate Affairs Division, PETRONAS, 1999. Cloth, 79 pages, illustrations (some colour); 30 cm. Issued in a slipcase. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Fine DJ. Slipcase with light shelfwear. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. Designed by architect Cesar Pelli.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Collectible.

New York: Random House, 1934. Cloth, xvi, 360 pages, illustrations (including plan), plates, diagram; 24 cm. Topstained brown. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Top right corners lightly bumped. Stated First Edition. A solid copy, lacking the DJ.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/No DJ. 8vo.

New York: Prentice Hall Press, 1988. Cloth, c. 250 pages, chiefly colour illustrations; 32 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Folio. Collectible.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, 1981. x, 180 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "Discusses skyscrapers, from the first one constructed in Chicago in 1884 to those… Read more about this item

New York: North Point Press; Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003. 218 pages; 22 cm. With a New Afterword by the Author. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. CONTENTS: The inner world -- Rush to recover -- Dance of the dinosaurs -- Afterword to the paperback edition. "At the center of the book is the team of engineers, many of them instrumental… Read more about this item

San Diego: Thunder Bay Press, 2001. Pictorial boards, 144 pages, chiefly illustrations (some colour); 26 x 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Tips mildly bumped. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Oblong.

New York: Seven Stories Press; An Open Media Book, 2001. 140 pages; 18 cm. Tight, clean copy. Excellent, penetrating commentary. Recommended by Left Coast Books. "For Chomsky, the atrocities of 9-11 are something quite new in world affairs, marking the first time since 1812 that the U.S. mainland was attacked (an important distinction from Pearl Harbor, which was U.S. territory,… Read more about this item

New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 1996. Cloth, 127 pages, illustrations; 47 x 20 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket with light edgewear. Another copy available. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Elephant Folio.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1980. xxxv, 267 pages, illustrations; 21 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning.. 3rd. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Guidebook.

New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1956. 329, [4] pages, [29] pages of plates, illustrations; 21 cm. Good+. Firm binding, with one spine crease. Clean inside copy. Age toning. "The early creative years of pioneer American architect and theorist called the 'father of the skyscraper.' Projects, insights, evaluations. Essential for an understanding of early modern American architecture." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Introduction;… Read more about this item

New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1980. 80 pages, illustrations (some colour); 22 x 25 cm. Cover title: Skyscrapers-Skycities. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. Oblong.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, 1982. x, 180 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Good+. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Corner crease/back cover. Age toning. Stated First Edition. Profusely illustrated. . Paperback. Good. 4to.