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	ADAMS, JAMES L. Flying Buttresses, Entropy, and O-Rings: The World of an Engineer Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press. 1993, 2nd printing. (ISBN: 0674306899) Soft Cover , 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 264 pp. illus.; 23 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to wraps. "From Teflon to Velcro, from bandwidths to base pairs, the artifacts of engineering and technology reflect the broad scope--and frustrating limitations--of our imagination. Best-selling author James Adams takes readers on an enlightening tour of this exciting world, demystifying such endeavors as design, research, and manufacturing. / James L. Adams is a Professor in the Department of Values, Technology, Science and Society, Stanford University." - Publisher. Very Good. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9 \| JP¥ 1334] Book number: 017911 Click here to order or inquire at Left Coast Books.
	CLARKE, DAVID Arguments in Favor of Sharpshooting Portland, OR, Timber Press. 1984, First Edition. (ISBN: 0881920045) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cloth, gilt, 140 pp. illus. biblio. index; 29 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Lightly bumped at heel of spine. Dust jacket, with a slightly sunned spine (bold & legible lettering), protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. Very Good/Very Good. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1778] Book number: 026153 Click here to order or inquire at Left Coast Books.
	RYBCZYNSKI, WITOLD Looking Around: A Journey through Architecture Harmondsworth, Penguin Books. 1993, 2nd printing. (ISBN: 0140168893) Trade Paperback , 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xviii, 301 pp. illus.; 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. Creasing along front hinge. "From the opening sentences of his first book on architecture, Home, Witold Rybczynski seduced readers into a new appreciation of the spaces they live in. He also introduced us to 'an unerringly lucid writer who knows how to translate architectural ideas into layman's terms' (The Dallas Morning News). Rybczynski's vast knowledge, his sense of wonder, and his elegantly uncluttered prose shine on every page of his latest meditation on the art of building. Looking Around is about architecture as an art of compromise - between beauty and function, aspiration and engineering, builders and clients. It is the story of the Seagram Building in New York and the Wexner Center for the Visual Arts in Columbus, Ohio - a museum that opened without a single painting on view, so that critics could better appreciate its design. But what of the visitors who want a building that displays art well? What of those who work in the building? Looking Around explores the notion of the architect as superstar and assesses giants from Palladio to Michael Graves, styles from classicism to high tech. It demonstrates how architecture actually works - or doesn't - in corporate headquarters, airports, private homes, and the special buildings designed to represent our civilization. For all its erudition, Looking Around is also bracingly straightforward. Rybczynski looks closely and critically at structures that may once have dazzled us with their ostentation and expense, and sees them as triumphs or failures - of aesthetic ideals and of lasting function. This is a fascinating and illuminating book about an art form integral to our lives. / Witold Rybczynski of Polish parentage, was born in Edinburgh in 1943, raised in Surrey, and attended Jesuit schools in England and Canada. He received Bachelor of Architecture (1960) and Master of Architecture (1972) degrees from McGill University in Montreal. He is the author of more than fifty articles and papers on the subject of housing, architecture, and technology, including the books Taming the Tiger, Paper Heroes, The Most Beautiful House in the World, Waiting for the Weekend, and Looking Around: A Journey Through Architecture (all available in Penguin), and most recently, City Life. He lives with his wife, Shirley Hallam, in Philadelphia and is the Martin and Margy Myerson Professor of Urbanism at the University of Pennsylvania." - Publisher. Very Good. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 016283 Click here to order or inquire at Left Coast Books.
	SCULLY, VINCENT JOSEPH The Shingle Style Today: or, The Historian's Revenge New York, George Braziller. 1974, Reprint, 1981. (ISBN: 0807607606) Soft Cover , 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 118 pp. illus. bib. notes, index; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean text. Half-title page lightly soiled, otherwise tight & clean. Very Good. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 021471 Click here to order or inquire at Left Coast Books.

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	ADAMS, JAMES L. Flying Buttresses, Entropy, and O-Rings: The World of an Engineer Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press. 1993, 2nd printing. (ISBN: 0674306899) Soft Cover , 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 264 pp. illus.; 23 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to wraps. "From Teflon to Velcro, from bandwidths to base pairs, the artifacts of engineering and technology reflect the broad scope--and frustrating limitations--of our imagination. Best-selling author James Adams takes readers on an enlightening tour of this exciting world, demystifying such endeavors as design, research, and manufacturing. / James L. Adams is a Professor in the Department of Values, Technology, Science and Society, Stanford University." - Publisher. Very Good. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9 \| JP¥ 1334] Book number: 017911 Click here to order or inquire at Left Coast Books.
	CLARKE, DAVID Arguments in Favor of Sharpshooting Portland, OR, Timber Press. 1984, First Edition. (ISBN: 0881920045) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cloth, gilt, 140 pp. illus. biblio. index; 29 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Lightly bumped at heel of spine. Dust jacket, with a slightly sunned spine (bold & legible lettering), protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. Very Good/Very Good. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1778] Book number: 026153 Click here to order or inquire at Left Coast Books.
	RYBCZYNSKI, WITOLD Looking Around: A Journey through Architecture Harmondsworth, Penguin Books. 1993, 2nd printing. (ISBN: 0140168893) Trade Paperback , 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xviii, 301 pp. illus.; 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. Creasing along front hinge. "From the opening sentences of his first book on architecture, Home, Witold Rybczynski seduced readers into a new appreciation of the spaces they live in. He also introduced us to 'an unerringly lucid writer who knows how to translate architectural ideas into layman's terms' (The Dallas Morning News). Rybczynski's vast knowledge, his sense of wonder, and his elegantly uncluttered prose shine on every page of his latest meditation on the art of building. Looking Around is about architecture as an art of compromise - between beauty and function, aspiration and engineering, builders and clients. It is the story of the Seagram Building in New York and the Wexner Center for the Visual Arts in Columbus, Ohio - a museum that opened without a single painting on view, so that critics could better appreciate its design. But what of the visitors who want a building that displays art well? What of those who work in the building? Looking Around explores the notion of the architect as superstar and assesses giants from Palladio to Michael Graves, styles from classicism to high tech. It demonstrates how architecture actually works - or doesn't - in corporate headquarters, airports, private homes, and the special buildings designed to represent our civilization. For all its erudition, Looking Around is also bracingly straightforward. Rybczynski looks closely and critically at structures that may once have dazzled us with their ostentation and expense, and sees them as triumphs or failures - of aesthetic ideals and of lasting function. This is a fascinating and illuminating book about an art form integral to our lives. / Witold Rybczynski of Polish parentage, was born in Edinburgh in 1943, raised in Surrey, and attended Jesuit schools in England and Canada. He received Bachelor of Architecture (1960) and Master of Architecture (1972) degrees from McGill University in Montreal. He is the author of more than fifty articles and papers on the subject of housing, architecture, and technology, including the books Taming the Tiger, Paper Heroes, The Most Beautiful House in the World, Waiting for the Weekend, and Looking Around: A Journey Through Architecture (all available in Penguin), and most recently, City Life. He lives with his wife, Shirley Hallam, in Philadelphia and is the Martin and Margy Myerson Professor of Urbanism at the University of Pennsylvania." - Publisher. Very Good. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 016283 Click here to order or inquire at Left Coast Books.
	SCULLY, VINCENT JOSEPH The Shingle Style Today: or, The Historian's Revenge New York, George Braziller. 1974, Reprint, 1981. (ISBN: 0807607606) Soft Cover , 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 118 pp. illus. bib. notes, index; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean text. Half-title page lightly soiled, otherwise tight & clean. Very Good. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 021471 Click here to order or inquire at Left Coast Books.