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| BERGERE, THEA & RICHARD BERGERE The Story of St. Peter's NY: Dodd, Mead, 1966. Hardcover. Ex-library with call #s in white on spine, and library markings on top edge, front & back flyleafs, half-title & title pages, p.5, & bfep. Minor rubbing of spine; lettering, 'tho no longer bright, is readily legible. Minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Front and back flyleafs and the next couple of pages, front and back, are a little wrinkled from excess glue used in afixing bkpl and pocket. Else contents are clean and unworn on very white paper. This is a large book and is not eligble for Priority, Air or International under standard fees. ; 8 x 11", red cloth, gold lettering, 128pp. ARCHITECTURE / ART. Lavishly Illustrated with b/w photographs, prints, and drawings by Richard Bergere. "An account of the origin and reconstructi on of the Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican which covers a period of thirteen and a half centuries, from the consecration of the first bassilica, up to the time of the erection of the colonnades on the Piazza di San Pietro, which completed the edifice as it is seen today. " Map endpapers. Bibliography. Index. Glossary.. G+ . USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1324] Book number: 30540 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books. | ||
| BLASER, WERNER Mies Van Der Rohe Continuing the Chicago School of Architecture Boston: Birkhauser, 1981. Second Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 3764312475. Very minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Tiny light tan stain on the fore edge of the first couple pages, pages 211 & 213 are creased, else contents are almost as new. ; 6-3/8 x 9-3/4", 307pp. Glossy black & white boards, black lettering. ARCHITECTURE / ART . "I want to show in this publication the principles on which he (Mies Van der Rohe) created his work and established his teaching, and also how his successors are continuing to work on this basis..Obviously the educational program of the Department of Architecture of IIT (Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago) should occupy a prominent position in these pages. It embraces all the essential principls on which Mies and his students worked and later realized their designs. By making available comphensive source material and describing its method of teaching and its buildings, I hope to show the school of Mies in a way that will be an inspiration to architects and mark out a future line of advance. " Bibliography. Index. A short list of some writings of Mies 1937-69. Illustrated with hundreds of b/w photos & drawings with an occasional color photo or drawing thrown in for good measure.. VG- . USD 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 100.25 | £UK 90.25 | JP¥ 13239] Book number: 31152 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books. | ||
| CUMMINGS, ABBOTT LOWELL Architecture in Early New England Sturbridge MA: Old Sturbridge Village, 1974. Revised Edition. Booklet. Saddle-stapled booklet. Minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Very minor edge foxing. Very minor stain in title lpage and p.12, else contents are clean, unworn. ; 8-1/2" Tall, 38pp. PAPER COVERS. Cover is lighter than posterboard. ARCHITECTURE. "The appearance of the New England village throughout the colonial and early national periods was at the same time reminiscent of England, peculiar to itself, and showing a continuous development that made for harmony even when, as always, houses of several architectural periods vied for space on the village common at any one date. In other words, New England architecture by the opening of the nineteenth century had a history and continuity, but had also an individuality. " 33 b/w photos, several drawings. List of Suggested Reading.. VG- . USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 883] Book number: 32093 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books. | ||
| GROPIUS, WALTER The New Architecture and the Bauhaus Cambrdge MA: M. I. T. Press, 1965. First Edition Thus. Paperback; Second Printing. Trade Paperback. Scar on front cover's upper fore corner (removed label? ) , faint crack along front cover's joint, minor edge wear and soil on the sound binding. Contents are almost like new. ; White and blue cover is somewhat heavier than posterboard. PAPER COVERS. ARCHITECTURE. " Poses some of the fundamental problems presented by the relations of art and industry and considers their possible, practical solution. In tracing the rise of the New Architecture and the work of the now famous Bauhaus, Professor Gropius, with splendid clarity, calls for a new artist and architect educated to new materials and techniques and directly confronting the requirements of his own age. " Translated from the German by P. Morton Shand. 18p b/w illius, mostly full-page photos. ; 8" Tall; 112 pages. G+ . USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 1059] Book number: 29290 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books. | ||
| HASLAM, CHARLOTTE, EDITOR The Landmark Handbook, Sixteenth Edition 1997 Berkshire England: Landmark Trust, 1997. Sixteenth Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 0951295381. Large Paperback: 9-1/4 x 11-3/4" . Minor creases , edge wear and soil on the sound binding. Contents are clean and unmarked. This is a large book and is not eligible for Priority or Air under standard fees. ; The b/w photo-illustrated PAPER COVER is about the weight of posterboard. ARCHITECTURE. "The Landmark Trust is a charity with two purposes.The first is to rescue worthwhile buildings and their surroundings from neglect. The second is to promote the enjoyment of such places, mainly by letting them for holidays. Since our foundation in 1965, we have saved over 200 buildings of historic interest or architectural importance from decay or unsympathetic alteration. " This book contains b/w photos, floor plans, maps, and histories of many (all?) of Landmark's buildings, most of them in Great Britain, a few in Italy , and one in Vermont. Five pages of color photos. ; 9-1/4 x 11-3/4"; 168 pages. G+ . USD 19.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.75 | £UK 11.5 | JP¥ 1677] Book number: 29227 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books. | ||
| KAUFELT, LYNN MITSUKO Key West Writers and Their Houses the Influence of Key West and Its Architecture on 20th-Century Poets and Writers from Ernest Hemingway to Thomas Mcguane Florida: Pineapple Press & Omnigraphics, 1986. First Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 0910923299. Oversize Paperback: 8-1/2 x 10-1/2". the edges of the spine are rubbed, moderate wear and soil on the sound binding. page 143 is loosly laid-in. Contents are clean and unmarked.; The b/w photo-illustrated PAPER COVER is about the weight of posterboard. ARCHITECTURE. This book explores "...the influence Key West architecture has had and is having on several writers who are chosen because I like what they write and because I like the houses they live in or have lived in...Key West is a place where storytellers are free to work and play and to live out their fantasies. " Selected Bibliography. Over 100 b/w photos by Jeffrey Cardenas. ; 148 pages. G . USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1324] Book number: 29171 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books. | ||
| KLAIN, JAMES & ARNOLD J. BAND Royce Hall Los Angeles: University Of California, 1985. Hardcover. The cover's top and bottom edges are faded, otherwise the binding is clean, sound and unworn. Appropriate bookplate inside front cover. There is a slight waviness to the contents, as is so common with books printed on this glossy bookpaper; otherwise the contents are almost as new. 1" tear in top of DJ's spine, else minor wear on the clean, complete DJ. This is a large book and is not eligible for Priority or Air under standard fees. ; Blue cloth, gold lettering, gold outline of Royce Hall on front cover. ARCHITECTURE. "Few university buildings on this continent have become so widely recognized as Royce Hall. Its bold Romanesque towers and elegant details are emblematic of UCLA, its vision, its achievements, its versatility...those who have labored to remodel and modernize Royce Hall two generations after its dedication, have preserved the original vision even while updating and expanding the building. With the renovation completed and UCLA's position secure in the front rank of world universities, it is only proper that we endeavor to capture in photographs and words what the architects and craftsmen have done to provide an attractive setting for intellectual and artistic inspiration. " Frontispiece portait of Josiah Royce. The book is jam-packed with color and b/w photos, drawings, and floor plans. Edited by Chandler Harris. ; 112 pages. VG-/G+ . USD 17.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.5 | £UK 10.25 | JP¥ 1500] Book number: 29129 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books. | ||
| MCGARRY, RICHARD M. Tracing File for Interior and Architectural Rendering NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1988. First Edition. Paperback; First Printing. ISBN: 0442205309. This is a large, heavy book and is not eligble for Priority, Air or International under standard fees. Large Paperback. Binding and contents are almost like new. ; Large Paperback, 9-1/8 x 12-1/8. 280pp. The light gray, illustrated PAPER COVER is about the weight of posterboard. ARCHITECTURE / ART. "Most renderings are done under a deadline, often a very difficult one. This book was designed to make fast work of finding appropriate entourage elements to add to interior and architectural illustrations. Each tracing page has a cluster of reproductions of a drawing at several architectural scales, making many drawings also usable for presentation elevations...A chapter of concentric ellipses - in 1/4" increments up to 9" wide and 23 different inclinations - is included...Pages are also designed to be easily removed from the binding for adding to a rendering entourage file. " Index.. VG+ . USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 | £UK 30.25 | JP¥ 4413] Book number: 31196 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books. | ||
| MOORE, LAMONT The First Book of Architecture NY: Franklin Watts, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. Very minor edge wear on the clean, sound binding. Endpapers are lightly foxed. Contents are clean and unmarked DJ is not much to look at, but it provides plenty of protection and information. ; Black cloth, bright gold lettering. ART / ARCHITECTURE. "In an architectural tour of the world and the ages, Lamont Moore discusses outstanding examples of architecture for worship, living, earning, governing, and for pleasure and learning. Lavishly illustrated with photographs of both exteriors and interiors, and with reproductions of city views and interiors by noted painters. " ; 7-3/8 x 8-3/4"; 82 pages. VG-/P . USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 883] Book number: 29516 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books. | ||
| SIMPSON, W. DOUGLAS The Ancient Stones of Scotland London: Robert Hale, 1968. Second Edition. Hardcover; Third Printing. ISBN: 0709103417. Very minor wear on the clean, sound binding. Minor-to-moderate foxing of edges. Name on ffep. Contents are clean and unworn. DJ is not much to look at, but it provides plenty of protection and information. ; 8-3/4" Tall, 256pp. Purple boards, bright silver lettering in black spine panel. ARCHITECTURE. "Scotland, whilst a poor country, sparsely inhabited, possesses an archaeology which for richness and variety has long been the envy of more favoured nations. The present volume aims to provide for the general reader an account, at once non-technical and scholarly, of the whole range of Scottish monuments from the Stone Age to the extinction of a national style in architecture during the eighteenth century. " Index to places. 20 b/w photos. 29 figures in text.. VG-/G- . USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1324] Book number: 31545 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books. | ||
| VOYCE, ARTHUR Russian Architecture Trends in Nationalism and Modernism NY: Philosophical Library, 1948. Hardcover. Upper fore corners of front & back covers are damp-faded, else very minor wear on the clean, sound 'tho slightly cocked binding. The paper covering the front hinge is split for 2" at the bottom, but the hinge is sound. Appropriate Bkpl on ffep. Page 297, "Bibliography (References) " is missing but References are given on page XXI. Contents are clean and unmarked . Worn DJ is in two pieces. ; 9-1/2" Tall, 189 b/w plates plus over 50 pages of text. Green cloth, black lettering. ARCHITECTURE / ART. "A comprehensive survey of the main native and foreign architectural currents that have shaped and evolved the specific characteristics of Russian Architecure from its origins to the present day...The author has traced the main trends in the pre-revolutionary period, and provided a rounded and objective analysis of their influence on Soviet Architecture. ". G+/P . USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2206] Book number: 30852 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books. |
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