Boston: Press of Berwick & Smith, 1889. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Khaki green with gilt lettering. (Ca. 100pp). 31 full-page plates. Very good. Mildly edgeworn and a bit rubbed; inoffensive ex-library, the only markings being dark abrasion near foot of spine and mounting traces on front pastedown. A tight and decent..... More
New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, [1948]. Hardcover. 4to. Stiff beige front wrapper and heavy card stock rear wrapper in black plastic comb binding. (Ca. 100pp). Extensive illustrations. Very good. Tight and lovely sixth printing of the highly-regarded first book (1940) by this Hungarian-American architect, painter and educator (1896-1953). Among his..... More
Chicago: The Decorators Supply Co., n.y. Hardcover. 4to. Full brown leatherette with embossed lettering, rules and decorations. 80pp. Extensive illustrations and floor plans. Very good. Faint binding edgewear, with touches of sporadic foxing. A tight, attractive copy of this trade catalogue, whose front board offers the title "Mantels" and notes..... More
Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, 1923. Hardcover. 4to. Full brown blind-embossed leatherette with embossed gilt lettering and decorations. 208pp, 178pp, xxii. Extensive illustrations, some full-page color plates, several tissue-guarded color swatch leaves. Very good. Faint binding edgewear only, else tight and internally near fine; bit of spotting to preliminary leaves..... More
Chicago: The Decorators Supply Co., n.y. Hardcover. 4to. Full green blind-embossed leatherette with gilt lettering. 395pp. Extensive illustrations. Very good. Faintest of binding edgewear only. Handsome copy of what the front board titles simply "Plaster Ornaments" and notes as "Catalog 121," this manufacturer's massive line of architectural tidbits, thousands of..... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1932. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xvi, 211pp. Frontispiece, map, numerous line drawings, full-page plates. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear, with single chip at head of spine; endpaper gutters typically age toned. A tight and handsome first edition..... More
Minneapolis: The Barta Press, 1930. Paperback. Preface by Joseph Everett Chandler. 4to. Stiff cream string-tied wrappers with gilt lettering and front wrapper sepia-tone steel engraving. (Ca. 50pp). Numerous sepia-tone illustrations, map. Very good. Mild wear to outer wrappers (only), else internally near fine. Intriguing promotional booklet for Shevlin, Carpenter &..... More
New York: Russell F. Whitehead, 1925-1929. Paperback. 13 issues. 4to. Stiff cream wrappers. Various paginations, most ca. 20pp. Numerous full-page illustrations, floor plans. Very good overall. Outer wrappers (only) show mild bit of edgewear and light soiling, else internally tight and largely near fine. Attractive baker's dozen of individual issues..... More
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, [1969]. Hardcover. Elephant folio (24.5" X 18").Heavy gold card stock with black lettering in metal spiral binding. (Ca. 75pp (all heavy stock). Numerous full-page illustrations (some color). Very good. Mildest of wear and couple scuffs to outer wrappers (only), else internally near fine..... More
Washington, DC: The Octagon, [1957]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Tan cloth with gilt spine lettering. 184pp. Illustrations. Very good. Faintest of binding edgewear only, else tight and internally fine. Handsome first edition of the centennial history of the American Institute of Architects, invariably found in softbound version only bu here an..... More
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1903. Hardcover. 8vo. Rebound in teal blue patterned buckram with black spine lettering. viii, 264pp. Very good. 1960ish rebind quite tight and decent; quite discreet ex-library, with NO spine marking, hint of small blind-emboss on title page and faint mounting traces on rear pastedown. Although..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1962. Hardcover. Edited by Aline B. Saarinen. Folio. Linen spine with paper label and black paper over boards, slipcase. 108pp. Frontispiece, numerous full-page illustrations (two with captioned tissue overlays). Near fine/very good. Slipcase neatly, archivally mended, thus tight and nice. Attractive first edition of this..... More
Stuttgart: Edition Hansjorg Mayer, [1978]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth, pictorial dust jacket black cloth-over-boards slipcase. 270pp. Frontispiece, extensive illustrations (some color). Near fine/near fine/near fine. Single outer page edges spot to otherwise fine volume; faintest of wear only to jacket and slipcase. Handsome first edition of this account of..... More
Atlanta: Emory University, 1945. Paperback. Edited by Henry Prentice Miller. Small 4to. Stiff tan wrappers. 53pp. Very good. Tight and internally fine, with mild wear to outer wrappers (only). Errata slip. No. 3 in Series II of "Emory University Publications Sources & Reprints" series, which sought to "Reproduc[e] rare manuscript..... More
Washington, DC: The Madison Hotel, [1986]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff red wrappers with black lettering and gilt Chinese letter characters. viii, 37pp. Illustrations. Near fine. First and probable sole printing of this keepsake, subtitled on half-title page "Marshall Coyne's Journey to China March 6 through March 29, 1986." Tipped to half-title..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1957]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey cloth with black lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xvii, 459pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Jacket a bit edgeworn. A tight and nice first edition of this compilation of Sandburg's poetry and prose. As jacket front panel notes, this is "The..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1920. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Tan paper over boards with black lettering and black, blue and gilt decorative stamping. iv, 329pp. Very good overall. Binding clean and nice but for rough chip at spine head and lower 1" of front hinge; internally tight and near fine..... More
New York: The Modern Library, n.y. Hardcover. Introduction by Carl Sandburg. Grey cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xviii, 410pp. Grey decorative endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear and bit of rubbing. Tight, attractive later (ca. late 1940s) printing of #97 in this series, first published in this..... More
Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1947. Hardcover. Edited and with introduction by Louis B. Wright. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket. xxxv, 366pp. 17 full-page illustrations. Near fine/very good. Jacket spine a bit age toned, else superb. Outstandingly tight 'n' bright first of this..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1922. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Tan cloth with green lettering and white/black/green pictorial stamping. xliii, 289pp. Very good. Faint binding wear only, mainly some chipping of the white on the front board graphic depicting a film screen in a movie theatre. Tight, handsome revised edition of..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1920. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Terra cotta cloth with blue lettering and blue and yellow pictorial stamping. xx, 181pp. Very good. Quite nice, tight first edition -- and extra-illustrated with unique frontispiece in the form of blank facing leaf to which is tipped a 4" X...... More
Chicago: P.F. Volland & Company, 1914. Hardcover. Wide 16mo. Cream paper over boards with embossed copper lettering and pictorial woodblock. (10pp, accordion folded). Illustrations, decorative elements, pictorial endpapers. Very good. Binding mildly edgeworn and a tad scuffed at spine, else tight and internally fine. Quaint early printing of this poem..... More
Chicago: P.F. Volland & Company, [1914]. Hardcover. Narrow 16mo. Cream cloth with gilt lettering and device. (5pp rectos only, accordion folded). Very good. Light wear and touch of age toning to binding only, else internally fine and tight. Lovely first edition of this charming poem by the famed Chicago poet..... More
Chicago: R.R. Donnelley & Sons, 1921. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. ix, 134pp. Illustrations. Very good. Internally tight and near fine, though binding show faint edgewear and irregular sunning. Tight and nice first edition of this tribute to the famed Chicago preacher, educator and author (1865-1921), featuring..... More
Chicago: Way & Williams, 1898. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Grey paper over boards with front and rear board paper labels. 207pp. Very good. Binding rather edgworn and age toned, with front paper label showing some tiny chips -- else internally tight and near fine. A tight, fairly nice first edition of..... More