Architectural Woodwork Quality Standards, Guide Specifications and Quality Certification Program

Arlington, Architectural Woodwork Institu, 1985. Fourth Edition. Paperback. Quarto; pp; 130; illustrated; original pictorial brown paper wrappers. A technical standards manual. Very good .

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Book number: 15563

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: Architecture; Wood;

Private Spaces a Tribute to Sandra A. Wadsworth A.I. A.

(Boston, Pucker Gallery, 1995. First Edition. Wraps. Quarto; pp; 71; profusely illustrated with black and whiote photographs; original printed pictorial wrappers. Near fine .

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Book number: 17097

Catalogue: Architecture

La Voute de la Chapelle Sixtine

Vatican City, L'Illustrazione Vaticana, 1935. First Edition. Wraps. Folio; pp; 42; illustrated, one color and thirteen monotone plates, including a folding plate of the entire ceiling; original printed tan paper wrappers; The text is in French; Some edge wear to erappers, else very good. The Sistine Chapel is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the official residence of the Pope, in Vatican City. Originally known as the Cappella Magna, the chapel takes its name from Pope Sixtus IV, who restored it between 1477 and 1480. Since that time, the chapel has served as a place of both religious and functionary papal activity. Today it is the site of the Papal conclave, the process by which a new pope is selected. The fame of the Sistine Chapel lies mainly in the frescos that decorate the interior, and most particularly the Sistine Chapel ceiling and The Last Judgment by Michelangelo. Beautiful Plates. Very good .

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Book number: 15804

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: Art

Addington, Bruce H.

Above the Clouds and Old New York. An Historical Sketch of the Site and a Description of the Many Wonders of the Woolworth Buuilding

New York, Munder-Thomsen Press, 1913. First edition. Original wraps. (Munder-Thomsen Press, 1913). Tall, slender octavo. Original pictorial wrappers printed in gold. 30pp. Illustrated with color and black and white plates of the Chrysler Building. A five digit number printed on the upper right corner of the cover. Lavishly illustrated guide to the Woolworth Tower, New York, published for distribution among the visitors.. The Woolworth Building, completed in 1913, stands at a height of 792 feet, 1 inch. Conceived by Frank W. Woolworth, designed by Cass Gilbert, and engineered by Gunvald Aus, it was designed and built to be the tallest buiilding in the world. Very good .

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Book number: 19323

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: Architecture; Woolworth Building; Woolworth Tower; New York City Architecture; New York City Buildings; Cass Gilbert; Gunvald Aus

Bosi, Enrico & Fabrizio Favi

The Francois at Querceto-a Century of History

(Firenze, Lito Terrazzi, 1997. First & Only Edition. Hardcover. Quarto; pp; 77, (i); beautifully illstrated with color photography; gray cloth lettered in white in a dust jacket. The François family, which settled in Tuscany in the 18th century, has owned the Castello di Querceto estate since 1897. Of French origin, the family has produced such illustrious personalities as Giuseppe François, a noted mathematician, and Alessandro, an expert on archaeology and the discoverer of important Etruscan works like the celebrated François Vase, which is now preserved in the Archaeological Museum in Florence. Castello di Querceto and the land surrounding it are fascinating places steeped in history. In the past, the castle, erected as a lookout point on the Via Cassia Imperiale, one of the principal arteries of the Roman period, helped to defend the immediate area. Today, encircled by the green of the forests and the hills, it seems as if it had been constructed purposely to protect the invaluable heritage of its vineyards and olive orchards. Scarce. Near fine/very good.

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Book number: 17166

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: World History Wines & Liquors

de Lasteyrie, R.

L'Architecture Religieuse En France a L'Epoque Gothique

Paris, Auguste Picard, Editeur, 1927. First edition. Paperback. Quarto, original printed paper wrappers in glassine jackets. Two volumes; volume II is pictured. 544, 604pp. Very good. Glassine is quite chipped along spines. llustrated. Black and white plates. A postumous work of De Lasteyrie, published under the care of Marcel Aubert. Inscribed by Aubert to a noted art historian and critic. Also laid in is an inscribed photo of the author dated 1935 while at Yale University. Good + .

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Book number: 9510

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: Architecture, Gothic Architecture, Religious Architecture, French Architecture, S. Lane Faison.

Devlin, Harry

What Kind of House Is That

New York, Parents' Magazine Press, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto; pp; 48; twenty-one full page color plates, with black and white cuts in the text margins; terra-cotta cloth, lettered in gilt. Inscribed by the author on a preliminary; Interesting concept, beautiful illustrations. Very good .

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Book number: 18700

Catalogue: Architecture

Diamonstein, Barbaralee

Remaking America: New Uses, Old Places

New York, Crown Publishers, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Square quarto (10.25" x 10.25"), burgundy cloth, gilt in pictorial jacket.204pp. with index. Illustrated with color and black and white photographs.A small chip at one corner of the jacket. Preserving the great old buildings of America by renovation and reuse. Very good/very good.

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Book number: 15583

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: Architecture; Renovation; Adaptive Reuse

Donald Hoffmann

Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House: The Illustrated Story of an Architectural Masterpiece

New York, Dover, 1984. First Edition, thus. Paperback. Quarto; pp; 98, index; one hundred sixty black and white photographs and plans; pictorial wrappers. Painstakingly researched and illuminating account of the making of the Fred C. Robie home. Good or better. Covers slightly curled up. Minor edgewear.

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Book number: 15554

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: Architecture; Frank Lloyd Wright; Prairie School

Head, Raymond

The Indian Style

Chicago, University Of Chicago Press, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. (Chicago: 1986). Octavo (7.75" x 10"), black cloth in pictorial jacket. 210pp. with index, bibliography, notes and glossary. Illustrated with photographs in black and white. "In a magnificent cultural tour, Raymond Head documents the continuous influence of Indian architectural and decorative style on the European sensibility from the seventeenth century to the present." How Western architects incorporated and interpreted Indian motifs in a variety of their work. Very good/in near very good jacket with two closed tears.

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Book number: 14220

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: Architecture; Indian Architecture; Anglo-Indian Style; Indian Style;

Hoffmann, Donald

The Architecture of John Wellborn Root

Baltimore & London, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; xviii, (ii), 263, (i), index, colophon; photographs and plans; decorated silver paper covered cloth lettered in gilt in a pictorial dust jacket. The first intensive study of Root's career. He was a member of the Chicago School. Very good/very good.

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Book number: 17837

Catalogue: Architecture

Jackson-Stops, Gervase and James Pipkin

The English Country House, a Grand Tour

New York, New York Graphic Society & Little Brown & Co, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Square quarto; pp; 240, index; profusely illustrated with one hundred eighty color photographs; green cloth, patterned endpapers, spine lettered in gilt in a pictorial dust jacket. This book complements one of the largest exhibitions ever mounted at The National Gallery of Art, Washington: "The Treasure Houses of Britain: 500 Years of Private Patronage and Art Collecting". Very good/very good.

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Book number: 18859

Catalogue: Architecture

Kofler, Oswald

Geformtes Eisen: Schmiedekunst in Sudtirol

Bozen, Verlagsanstalt Athesia, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong octavo (8" x 7"), glossy light green boards with ironwork design. Unpaginated. Illustrated with titled photos in black and white of beautiful examples of ironwork in architecture as well as objects. Very good .

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Book number: 14582

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: Architecture; Decorative Art; Ironwork;

Lim, William S. W.; & Tan Hock Beng

New Asian Architecture: Vernacular Traditions and Contemporary Style

(Singapore), Periplus Editions, 1998. First Periplus Edition, First English Language edition. Hardcover. Square quarto; pp; 196, photo credits; illustrated, with 200 color photographs & additional black and white photographs; black cloth lettered in white in a pictorial dust jacket. In Asia, contemporary buildings which draw on local cultural traditions are becoming a trend -- one in which the reconfiguration of indigenous design and the creation of hybrid forms reinvent tradition. The rich cultural heritage in Southeast Asia has pushed forward the Asian trend of returning to one's roots, and this lavishly illustrated book showcases the outstanding examples of this contemporary architecture. Projects from nine Asian countries ranging from India to Japan are featured, including private residences and institutional buildings. Very good/very good.

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Book number: 17165

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: Asia

Lowe, David Garrard

Stanford White's New York

New York, Doubleday & Company, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto; pp. xiv, 339, index; Illustrated with many black and white photographs; black cloth and paper covered boards in a dust jacket. A look at the life and work of the nineteenth-century architect examines the impact and influence of White's greatest works--including the Washington Square Arch; the Metropolitan, Colony, and Players Clubs; and the Vanderbilt, Whitney, and Pulitzer mansions. Very good/scratch across front panel else very good.

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Book number: 15538

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: Architecture; Art Deco