San Francisco: 101 Productions, 1969. Paperback. Folio green presentation envelope housing called-for various-size heavy stock inserts. Very good/fine. Heavy stock envelope lightly edgeworn; contents pristine. First edition. This architect husband-and-wife duo created a series of historical buildings, here California's Old Point Loma Lighthouse, all meticulously drawn to scale on heavy..... More
San Francisco: 101 Productions, 1969. Paperback. Folio grey presentation envelope housing 5 called-for various-size heavy stock inserts + one 6" wooden dowel. Very good/fine. Heavy stock envelope lightly edgeworn, with contents perfectly pristine. First edition. This architect husband-and-wife duo created a series of historical buildings, all meticulously drawn to scale..... More
New York: F.W. Dodge Corporation, 1935. Hardcover. 4to. Light blue cloth with brown lettering. Pp. 356-458. Extensive illustrations, floor plans, line drawings. Near fine. Tight and handsome first separate printing of these 100 pages excerpted from the December 1935 issue of "The Architectural Record," consisting of Kimball in the title..... More
New York: Hawthorn Books, 1973. Hardcover. 4to. Blue cloth, pictorial dust jacket. vii, 162pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good/very good. Jacket slightly edgeworn. Tight, clean first edition. More
Cambridge: The MIT Press, [1988]. Hardcover. Translation by Radka Donnell. 4to. Orange cloth with black spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. x, 461pp. Numerous illustrations (many color), floor plans, line drawings. Near fine/near fine. Handsome first U.S. edition of this enormous and seminal study by the noted German critic and art..... More
Williamsburg, VA: Colonial Williamsburg, [1966]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. vii, 104pp. Extensive illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Very good/very good. Faintest of jacket edgewear. Tight and handsome second printing of the 1961 revised edition of this 1949 study, outstandingly illustrated. More
New York: New American Library, 1979. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. xvi, 142pp, (2pp ads). Numerous illustrations, line drawings. Near fine. Tight, nice first edition of this (to quote the front wrapper) "Do-It-Yourselfer's Guide to Planning, Building, or Buying a Log House...." More
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, [1968]. Hardcover. Preface by William R. Polk. Small 4to. Blue decorative paper over boards. xvi, 233pp. Numerous illustrations, floor plans, line drawings, map. Very good. Faintest of binding wear only. Attractive first edition of this intensive study -- Number 2 in the "Publications of..... More
New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, [1979]. Hardcover. Wide small 4to. Black cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 23pp, (149pp). Extensive full-page illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Bit of underlining to first text page only, else tight and unmarked; ownership initials on front pastedown. Attractive, tight first edition of this largely..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., [1993]. Hardcover. Photography by Hedrich-Blessing. 4to. Red cloth with blind-embossed spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 256pp. Extensive illustrations (many color). Fine/fine. Pristine first edition of this lavishly-illustrated study, boldly signed by co-author Pridmore in blue fineline on front flyleaf. More
New York: Tudor Publishing Co., 1936. Hardcover. 4to. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering. xv, 464pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Very good. Slightest bit of mild edgewear. Tight, quite handsome reprint edition of this popular and thick 1927 survey. More
New York: National Terra Cotta Society, [1924]. Hardcover. 4to. Black cloth spine and brown paper over boards with tan lettering. 60pp, (4pp). Color frontispiece, numerous illustrations (some color). Very good. Faint binding edgewear, else internally tight and fine. A lovely first edition of this study of terra cotta architectural decoration..... More
London: Methuen and Co., Ltd., 1960. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown buckram, price-clipped dust jacket. 80pp. Frontispiece, Illustrations. Near fine/good. First edition. More
New York: W.T. Comstock, 1895. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth with gilt lettering and burgundy decorations. iv, 98pp, (16pp ads). Frontispiece, numerous line drawings and floor plans. Near fine. Exceptionally, unusually tight and bright revised second edition of this study first published in 1893. Scarce in this incomparable, outstanding condition..... More
Toledo: The Edward N. Riddle Company, [1932]. Paperback. 4to. Stiff pale blue pictorial wrappers (stapled). (22pp). Extensive illustrations (most color). Near fine. Fascinating and superbly tight and bright trade catalogue, largely illustrations of "decorative lighting fitments" -- brightly-colored chandeliers and wall sconces in an array of garish styles. Front wrapper..... More
San Francisco: Pomegranate Artbooks, [1995]. Hardcover. Wide 24mo. Pictorial paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 57pp. Color frontispiece, extensive illustrations (most color), decorative endpapers. Fine/fine. Nonauthorial gift inscription on inner flyleaf. Pristine first edition of this small but superb survey of FLW's interior work -- not only furniture, but also..... More
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, [1983]. Hardcover. Photographs by Rosmarie Hauscherr. Illustrations by Leonard Davis. 4to. Blue/grey cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 253pp. Extensive photographs (some color), line drawings. Near fine/very good. Touch of foxing to inner flyleaf/half-title page (only); jacket mildly edgeworn. Tight and nice..... More
New York: Reinhold Book Corporation, [1968]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Heavy pictorial card stock with white plastic comb binding, pictorial dust jacket. 96pp. Numerous line drawings and floor plans (some color; one glassine). Fine/very good. Quite mild jacket edgewear. Remarkably tight and bright first edition of this superb and scarce guide..... More
Boston: New York Graphic Society, [1975]. Hardcover. 4to. Beige cloth with brown spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 184pp. Extensive illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Ownership initials on front pastedown; a few small, discreet, inoffensive underlinings on several prologue pages. Tight, quite attractive first edition of this thorough and well-illustrated survey. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000. Hardcover. 4to. Black cloth spine and grey paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 192pp. Extensive illustrations and line drawings (most color). Near fine/very good. Jacket spine slightly sunned. A tight and handsome second printing of this "Companion to the PBS series," showing in extraordinary detail..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1999. Hardcover. Folio. Glazed pictorial paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 112pp. Extensive illustrations and line drawings (most color). Fine/fine. Tight, clean, handsome first edition of this volume that "traces the evolution of the creative process in 'building' that first book [Cathedral, 1973] from initial concept..... More
New York: Smithmark, [1999]. Hardcover. 4to. Patterned paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 128pp. Color frontispiece, extensive illustrations (most color), decorative endpapers. Fine/fine. Superbly tight and bright first edition of this visually stunning survey of FLW-designed furniture, art glass and decorative arts. More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., [1995]. Hardcover. 4to. Green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. 264pp. Color frontispiece, extensive illustrations (most color), pictorial endpapers. Fine/fine. Small architectural firm inkstamp on front pastedown and half-title page. Superb, pristine first edition of this spectacularly illustrated survey. More
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, [1982]. Hardcover. 4to. Purple with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 144pp. Extensive illustrations (many color), line drawings, floor plans. Fine/near fine. Superb first edition. Front flyleaf bears interesting signature and inscription in black fineline from J. Eric Anderson (1922-2013), a noted Illinois architect..... More
Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1980. Hardcover. 8vo. Black and orange cloth. xv, 279pp. Near fine. First edition; Volume 13 of the "Art and Architecture Information Guide Series." More