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| BRANNER, ROBERT Gothic Architecture the Great Ages of World Architecture NY: George Braziller, 1967. Hardcover; Third Printing. Binding is clean, sound and unworn. Contents are clean and unmarked. The price-cut DJ is quite edge worn & torn, with small portions missing . ; Black cloth spine, bright gold lettering. Index. Selected bibliography. More than 100 b/w photos, plus a few line drawings. ART. For nearly four hundred years the Gothic style dominated the architecture of West Europe, but it was in the service of the Church that it attained its most complete and most meaningful expression. Originating in the twelfth century in the Ile-de-France, Gothic architecture rapidly reached its full expression in an ever-increasing emphasis upon height and spaciousness, upon light and texture, and upon the integration of the physical needs of the church with its iconographical and symbolical program. No other country assimilated the Gothic and produced a national design so readily as England. It was not until the middle of the thirteenth century that architects in Germany produced a design that was to become perhaps the clearest expression of a national style - the hall-church. ; 10-1/4" Tall; 125 pages. VG+/G- . USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1290] Book number: 20129 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books. | ||
| BROOKS, ALFRED MANSFIELD Architecture Boston: Marshall Jones Company, c. 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. The color is worn from the tips of the fore corners and the top/bottom of the spine, but nowhere is the cloth worn through to the boards. Else minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Lettering, 'tho no longer bright, is readily legible. Very faint damp staining on the margins of about half the pages, else contents are clean. No DJ. ; Black cloth, gold lettering. This is a volume in the series, Our Debt to Greece and Rome, with George Depue Hadzsits & David Moore Robinson, editors. Bibliography. Index. Top edge gilt. ART. "Mr. Brooks re-calls attention to the essential basis of Architecture. The admitted beauty of Greek Architecture was not the result of accident or fashion or caprice, it was attained by steady thought along accepted lines...Mr. Brooks has made no attempt to give a detailed account of Greek and Roman architecture. What he is impressing on his students is the spirit at the back of it...Mr. Brooks wisely selects the Coloseum and the Pantheon as typical examples. Only very courageous and very skilful architects could have ventured on such stupendous works as these with no other bulding materials than concrete, bricks, and mortar. " ; 7-3/8" Tall; 189 pages. G- . USD 19.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.75 | £UK 11.5 | JP¥ 1634] Book number: 26276 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books. | ||
| BROWN, FRANK E. Roman Architecture the Great Ages of World Architecture NY: George Braziller, 1982. Oversize Paperback; Ninth Printing. ISBN: 0807603317. Minor rubbing and edge wear on the clean, sound binding. Ten pages have brief, informative notes in green ink under the pages' photos, else contents are clean with clearly reproduced b/w illus. ; The black PAPER COVER is about the weight of posterboard. ARCHITECTURE / ART. "Roman architecture spans a thousand years and is found from ancient Britain to the Valley of the Euphrates. This book seeks to discover its fundamental unity through its progressive unfolding...Roman architecture occupies a unique place in the history of the architecture of the last fifteen hundred years. It was the parent of all the major architecture of the West and of much of the Near and Middle East up to the nineteenth century. The technical and formal achievements of Rome were the models to which, time after time, later ages turned for inspiration. " Over 100 b/w illustations including photos, plans and drawings. Index. Selected bibliography. ; 10" Tall; 127 pages. G+ . USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 1032] Book number: 27598 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books. | ||
| CHING, FRANK Architectural Graphics . NY Von Nostrand Reinhold C. 1975. ISBN: 0442215312. 5th printing . 128pp. Index. Hundreds of line drawings. Horizontal format: 8-1/4" X 10-7/8" . Large paperback. ARCHITECTURE. Acquaints the beginning student with the range of graphic tools available for conveying architectural ideas. The various graphic conventions and techniques are presented and the rationald bekhind their use is explained. Thin plastic film which protects the covers is starting to separate, esp. On the covers' fore edges. 4" crease on front cover which is a little curled. Retailer's bright label on front pastedown. Contents are clean and unmarked. No DJ. Good + .. USD 19.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.75 | £UK 11.5 | JP¥ 1634] Book number: 13337 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books. | ||
| COHEN, STUART E. & STANLEY TIGERMAN Chicago Architects Chicago: Swallow Press, c. 1976. Large Paperback. ISBN: 0804007314. Ex-library with call label on book's spine. Library markings on cprt page & bfep. The book's spine and the cover's fore edges are reinforced with transparent plastic film. The binding is quite worn, with some small edge pieces missing. Page 7-8 is bound out of numerical order (it's the first page in the book) . 1-1/2" tear in bfep's fore edge. Contents are clean and unmarked. ; Photo-illustrated cover is about the weight of posterboard. PAPER COVERS. The cover is a series of small photo portraits. Scores of photos and plans. ART. This publication documents an exhibition, CHICAGO ARCHITECTS. "In the usual discussion of American architecture only the so-called 'skyscraper' is mentioned. No one seems to pay any attention to anything else that is being built in America...However, there is an American architecture of great value, quite apart from the architecture of skyscrapers. " "The object of the collection of building discussed here is to act as a catalyst to the growing opinion that revisionist histories of Chicago's place in twentieth century architecture are long overdue and to present work that represents sensibilities and intellectual ideas not usually associated with Chicago. " This book contains scores of beautiful b/w photos of beautiful and striking buildings in Chicago, along with a few floor plans. There are six pages devoted to 2" x 2" b/w portraits of Chicago architects, with accompanying brief biographies . ; 120 pages. G- . USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12.25 | JP¥ 1720] Book number: 23704 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books. | ||
| DOLLENS, DENNIS & CARLOS FLORES & JOSEP M. JUJOL, JR. & JUAN JOSE LAHUERTA & JAN MOLEMA Jvjol, Jvjol's Universe Jujol Barcelona Spain: Colegio De Arquitectos De Cataluna, c. 1998. Hardcover. ISBN: 8488258224. A small amount of the color is worn from the tips of the fore corners and the top/bottom of the spine. Else very minor wear on the clean and sound, 'tho slightly warped, binding. The top edge of the front flyleafs, which are gold, were stuck together at one time, removing the gold from a 1/4" x 3" area along the top edges. Contents are almost as new. No DJ. ; Illustrated boards. Scores of color and b/w photos by Jordi Cuxart. Bibliography. List, with photos, of principal works. ARCHITECTURE / ART. The text is printed in double columns, one column in English, the other in Spanish. "...Jujol (1879 - 1949) himself made a very particular contribution to architecture, both in buildings and decorative projects. Later generations came to recognise his importance and to accord this architect from Tarragona the status he deserves. Jujol's skill at being able to endow his works with innovative, individual features lies in his extraordinary talent as a draughtsman and painter. " The book is jam-packed with photos of his sketches and completed works, most in color. ; 192"" pages. VG- . USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20 | £UK 18.25 | JP¥ 2580] Book number: 25966 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books. | ||
| FREEMAN, DONALD & THE BOSTON SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTS Boston Architecture Cambridge MA: MIT Press, (c.1970) 1971. First Edition. Oversize Paperback; Second Printing. ISBN: 026252015X. Top of spine area has tiny holes (puppy tooth marks? ) and two letters in the title on the front cover are rubbed, else minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Lengthy gift note on half-title. Contents are clean and unmarked. ; Cream-colored cover is about the weight of posterboard. PAPER COVERS. Map frontispiece & map on reverse of title page. Lots of maps in text along with scores of b/w photos. Bibliography. Index. ARCHITECTURE / ART. AMERICANA. "The illustations in this book direct attention to what is visually remarkable in Boston, be it the excellent, the appalling, or the unique. The accompanying text provides background. But these do not aim to record experience; they seek to stimulate it. The viewer-reader must go out, see for himself, and draw his own conclusions. This introduction offers a few historical generalizations in the hope of encouraging him to make some comprehensive judgments. " The chapters are: Beacon Hill; Back Bay/The Fenway; Central business district/Government Center; Waterfront; South End; Roxburiy/Washington Park; Cambridge. Loosely laid-in is a 4-page brochure about Trinity Church by The Rev. Thom W. Blair, D. Min, Rector, much of it having to do with architecture. ; 9 x 9"; 122 pages. G . USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1290] Book number: 26569 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books. | ||
| GAMALEYA, HENRIETTA Kolomenskoye Museum of History, Art and Architecture Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, c. 1986. Hardcover. Binding and contents are almost like new. 1/2" tear in top edge of DJ's spine, otherwise very minor edge wear on clean, complete dust jacket. ; Highly ununsual illustrated linen hardcover binding. The illustration would apprear to be an unidentified reproduction. Red lettering on spine and front cover. Decorated endpapers. Two-page Site plan of present-day architectural monuments . Two-page Site plan of 16th-19th century architectural and historical monuments. Seven small floor plans. 129 plates, most of them in color, many of them full-page. 12 pages of text. ART. In addition to beautiful mostly color photographs of the architecture and contents of the Museum, there are information, illustrations, and beautiful color photographs of the territory around the Museum ; 8-1/4 x 11-5/8". NF/G+ . USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.25 | £UK 21.25 | JP¥ 3010] Book number: 20514 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books. | ||
| GREENBIE, BARRIE B. Spaces Dimensions of the Human Landscape New Haven: Yale University Press, 1981. Paperback; Third Printing. ISBN: 0300025602. Large Paperback. Minor wear on the clean, sound binding. Contents are almost like new. This is a heavy 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. ART / ARCHITECTURE. Hundreds of b/w photos by the author. "A delightful book which makes clear how important the environment - the buildinGs, houses, grounds, gardens, streets, and open spaces in and among which we live - is for our well-being. It is a book which taken seriously would prevent the kind of 'redevelopment' that turns into traumatic displacement, and the erection of buildings that resemble factories on college campuses. It might also lead to the construction of environments fit for human beings to live in....In his...magnificently and intelligently illustrated book, Barrie Greenbie demonstrates that the human qualities of the environment in which we live depend less on the architectural splendor of the buildings than on the skill with which they are articulated within the outdoor space. " Index. Bibliography. ; 8-1/2 x 11"; 321 pages. VG- . USD 19.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.75 | £UK 11.5 | JP¥ 1634] Book number: 28539 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books. | ||
| KELEMEN, PAL Baroque and Rococo in Latin America NY: MacMillan Co. HARDCOVER. ARCHITECTURE, ART. Blue-green cloth, white lettering, gold symbol on front cover. 302pp of text, 192 b/w plates. Index. In this volume are gathered for the reader generally interested in art some of the aesthetic achievements of seventeenth and eighteeenth century Latin America which deman attention for their beauty and originality, irrespectiv e of dates and namems. Presents a humanistic subject in a humansistic way, avoiding "scientific" terminology whenever simple terms suffice. Often the use of a modest magnifying glass will increase your enjoyment of the illustrations. This is a very heavy volume and, for it's weight, the binding show remarkably little wear. Only minor edge wear and minor soil on the sound binding. Gift inscription on half-title. The top margins of the text pages are lightly age-browned, o/w text pages are clean and unmarked. The top margins of the plates are a little wavy, o/w plates are clean and unmarked. No DJ. ; Large: 11. VG . USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.25 | £UK 21.25 | JP¥ 3010] Book number: 14141 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books. |
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