KESSEL, DIMITRI (PHOTOGRAPHS); HENRI PEYRE (COMMENTARY)

Splendors of Christendom: Great Art and Architecture in European Churches

Lausanne: Edita Lausanne, 1964. 1st Edition. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Illustrated by Dmitri Kessel. Publisher's full black cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Illustrated with over 100 tipped-in color plates of photographs by Dimitri Kessel, as well as B&W floor-plans and drawings. Corners of boards a bit dirty, pages a little bit aged, else in pristine condition, tight, clean, square, and unmarked. Black dust jacket with glossy color photograph on front panel. Dust jacket edges and spine a bit shelf worn, upper right corner of rear chipped, two one inch tears on front, else good. A large, heavy book (about ten pounds) - additional shipping charges may apply. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD. Tipped-in color plates. Folio 13" - 23" tall. 264 pp. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 23575

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: Churches Architecture Photography Photographers European Architecture European Churches Church Architecture History Art, Antiques & Photography Architecture

KHAN, HASAN-UDDIN

Contemporary Asian Architects

Koln: Taschen, 1995. 382288670X. First Edition. 1. Soft Cover. ISBN: 382288670X. Text in English, German and French. Publisher's glossy wraps. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. AS NEW. Color Photographs. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 160 pp. As New in Poor dust jacket .

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Book number: 19086

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: 382288670x Architecture Architects Architecture

KIDNEY, WALTER C.

The Architecture of Choice: Eclecticism in America 1880-1930

New York, NY: George Braziller, 1974. 0807607304. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0807607304. Publisher's full gray cloth, black lettering on spine. Numerous B&W Photographs and Illustrations. Includes Epilogue, Illustrations, Notes, Index and Sources of Illustrations. Slight discoloration on front flap of unclipped dust jacket, else fine. Previous owners name and address on fep, else as new. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD+. B&W Illustrations and Photographs. 4to 10" - 12" tall. viii, (2), 178 pp. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 8867

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: 0807607304 Eclecticism Architecture American Architecture History Architecture

KOSTOF, SPIRO; GREG CASTILLO (REVISIONS)

A History of Architecture: Settings and Rituals

NY and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. 0195083784. Second Revised Edition. Third Printing. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0195083784. Illustrated by Richard Tobias. Quarter bound in publisher's brown cloth over gray boards, gilt lettering on spine, tan endpapers. Profusely illustrated with color and B&W photographs, and drawings by Richard Tobias. When the late Spiro Kostof's A History of Architecture appeared in 1985, it was universally hailed as a masterpiece--one of the finest books on architecture ever written. The New York Times Book Review, in a front cover review, called it "a magnificent guided tour through mankind's architecture," and The San Francisco Chronicle wrote that "Kostof...has enthralled a generation of students.... Now he has done the same thing for the public at large, in an extraordinary book that is a new kind of architectural history." This magisterial work has now been revised and expanded by Greg Castillo, Kostof's colleague and literary executor. Insightful, engagingly written, and graced with almost a thousand superb illustrations, the Second Edition of this classic volume offers a sweeping narrative that examines architecture as it reflects the social, economic, and technological systems of human history. The scope of the book is astonishing. No mere survey of famous buildings, Kostof's History examines a surprisingly wide variety of manmade structures: prehistoric huts and the TVA, the pyramids at Giza and the Rome railway station, the ziggurat and the department store. Indeed, Kostof considered every building worthy of attention, every structure or shelter a potential source of insight, whether it be the prehistoric hunting camps at Terra Amata, or the caves at Lascaux with their magnificent paintings, or a twenty-story hotel on the Las Vegas strip. The Second Edition features a new concluding chapter, "Designing the Fin de Siècle," based on Kostof's last lecture notes and prepared by Castillo, as well as an all-new 16-page color section. Many of the original line drawings by Richard Tobias, as well as some 50 photographs, have also been updated or replaced, for improved clarity. Visually and intellectually stimulating, this book is at once a compelling history and an indispensable reference on all aspects of our built environment. It achieves for architecture what Janson's history accomplished for visual art. Remainder mark on bottom edge, else as new; unmarked, bright, fresh, tight, square, and clean. The unclipped dust jacket shows only light sunning along the top edge, else as new. A large, heavy book (six pounds) - additional shipping charges may apply. FINE/NEAR FINE. Drawings and Photographs. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 792 pp. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 28623

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: 0195083784 Architecture History Illustrated Book Architectural History Illustrated Books History Architecture

KRAMER, BRIAN (ED.)

Decorative Lighting Ideas and Projects

Des Moines, Iowa: Meredith, 2003. 069621394x. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Softcover. ISBN: 069621394x. Publisher's full paper binding, red, white, and black lettering on spine and cover. Illustrated with color photographs.. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. AS NEW.. Better Homes and Gardens Series. Color Photographs. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 112 pp. As New with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 17766

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: 069621394x Style Source Book Style Source Book Judith Miller Tiles Fabrics Wallpapers Paints Flooring Architecture Interior Decoration Marge Johnsson Selections

KRINSKY, CAROL HERSELLE

Synagogues of Europe Architecture, History, Meaning

New York: The Architectural History Foundation, 1985. 0262110970. First Edition. 1. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0262110970. Publisher's full red cloth, black lettering on spine, maps printed on grey endpapers. Illustrated with B&W photographs and reproductions throughout. Bottom edges have slight rubbing, else pristine, unmarked, tight, square and clean. Unclipped dust jacket has a slight wrinkle at the bottom of the spine and a light crease at the bottom edges of the covers. NEAR FINE/ NEAR FINE. 4to 11" - 13" tall. (x), (i), 457 pp. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 19540

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: 0262110970 Architecture History Religion Judaica Synagogue History Architecture Judaica

KRINSKY, CAROL HERSELLE

Synagogues of Europe Architecture, History, Meaning

New York: The Architectural History Foundation, 1985. 0262110970. First Edition. 1. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0262110970. Publisher's full red cloth, black lettering on spine, maps printed on grey endpapers. Illustrated with B&W photographs and reproductions throughout. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. The unclipped dust jacket shows only minor shelf-wear, else fine. FINE/NEAR FINE. 4to 11" - 13" tall. (x), (i), 457 pp. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 8062

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: 0262110970 Architecture History Religion Judaica Synagogue History Architecture Judaica

LARSON, GEORGE A.; JAY PRIDMORE

Chicago Architecture and Design

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1993. 0810931923. First Edition. 1. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0810931923. Illustrated by Hedrich-Blessing. Color Photographs. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 256 pp. Fine in Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 12041

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: 0810931923 Architecture Chicago Design Architecture

LATHROP, RLISE

Historic Houses of Early America

NY: Tudor Publishing Co, 1935. 1st Edition. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt lettering and borders on medallion on cover. Profusely illustrated with 111 B&W photographic plates, including frontispiece.. Head and heel of spine lightly pulled, cover mildly soiled, otherwise fine, unmarked, tight, square, and clean. A large, heavy book (five pounds) - additional shipping charges may apply. VERY GOOD. B&W Plates. 4to 11" - 13" tall. xv, 464 pp. Near Fine with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 27417

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: Architecture; Historic American Buildings; Historic Homes; Americana; Architecture Interior Decoration

LEARY, EMMELINE

Pitshanger Manor: An Introduction

Ealing Community Services, 1987. 1. Soft Cover. Beautiful little booklet of Pitshanger Manor with color and black and white photographic illustrations of pottery, ceramics, structural improvements of the house designed by the Architect John Soane . FINE.. Color and B&W photographs. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 36 pp. Fine with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 24659

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: Architecture; Travel; Country Houses; Art, Antiques & Photography Architecture Travel & Adventure

LESBERG, SANDY; NICOLAI CANETTI

The Rooftops of Paris

New York: Haddington House, 1976. 0672522195. -. 1. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0672522195. Illustrated by Nicolai Canetti. Publisher's full black cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated with B&W and color photographs. First several pages show some foxing, else near fine. Unclipped dust jacket shows mild shelf-wear and foxing. VERY GOOD/VERY GOOD. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 124, (1) pp. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 24217

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: 0672522195 Architecture Photography Paris Illustrated Books Art, Antiques & Photography Architecture

LITTLEJOHN, DAVID

The Fate of the English Country House

New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. 019508876X. First Printing. Hard Cover. ISBN: 019508876X. Illustrated by Sheila Littlejohn. Publisher's full blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Generously illustrated with B&W photographs. "For millions of people in the English-speaking world, the now standard image of the British country house is Brideshead Castle in Wiltshire: the domed and doomed baroque country seat of the Marchmain family seen in the BBC adaptation of Evelyn Waughs novel, Brideshead Revisited. In real life, the house used for the television series is Castle Howard, one of the largest and most opulent private homes in England, located on 10, 000 acres of gardens, parkland, and woods in North Yorkshire, now visited by more than 200, 000 tourists a year. Between 3, 500 and 4, 000 country houses--large, often elegantly furnished and surrounded by extensive estates--remain more or less intact in England today, although frequently converted to non-residential uses. Whether in public or private hands, the best known of them have become a major magnet for British and foreign tourists, attracting about 20 million paying visitors each year. Country houses, with their furnishings and landscaped settings, have been called Englands one important contribution to art history. They figure prominently in the ongoing debate over how much of any National Heritage is worth preserving. In The Fate of the English Country House, David Littlejohn describes the past glories and troubled present condition of the stately homes of England, both those that continue to serve as private houses, and those that have been turned into museums, tourist attractions, convention centers, hotels, country clubs, schools, apartments, hospitals, even prisons. By means of extensive conversations with their owners and managers (the book contains more than 50 photographs of the houses), the author takes us on a private tour of these remarkable places and evaluates the many proposals that have been put forward for their survival. In the opening chapter we meet three near-neighbors in Oxfordshire, whose personal accounts introduce many of the themes of the book: the 11th Duke of Marlborough, whose family has been living at Blenheim Palace since 1710; the 21st Baron Saye and Sele, whose ancestors built romantic, moated Broughton Castle between the fourteenth and nineteenth centuries; and the Honorable Ann Harcourt, mistress of Stanton Harcourt Manor, which has belonged to her family since the twelfth century. Most of the conversations revolve around the financial, legal, and strategic problems of owning and running an immense, archaic estate, designed for an age of unquestioned privilege, grandiose entertaining, and an almost unlimited pool of servants: a time before income, capital gains, or inheritance taxes had to be taken into account, before one had to open ones gates to the hordes of tourists out Doing the Statelies between Easter Sunday and the end of October. Littlejohn finds that as government support for privately owned historic houses dries up, more and more of them are being converted to other uses, or left empty to decay, their paintings and furnishings sent to the auction houses to help pay tax and repair bills. As they grow more and more difficult to justify or maintain, English country houses have become increasingly endangered species in todays alien economic and political climate. What is at stake is a major piece of Englands architectural and cultural heritage, no easier to defend than superannuated ocean liners or great Victorian hotels. The Fate of the English Country House addresses the immediate future of these homes and allows readers to contemplate the history of great houses that have, in some cases, been owned and occupied by the same families for 200, 400, 600, or even 900 years.". Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in almost perfect condition, except for a few minor stains on the upper board, else as new. NEAR FINE/FINE.. B&W Photographs. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 344 pp. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 24605

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: 019508876x Architecture English Country Houses Stately Homes England History Architecture

DE LONG, DAVID G. (ED)

Frank Lloyd Wright: Designs for an American Landscape 1922-1932

NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1996. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Soft Cover. This book accompanies the exhibition "Frank Lloyd Wright: Designs for an American Landscape.". Pages very lightly yellowed, corners gently bumped, else tight and unmarked. FINE.. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 207 pp. Fine with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 19900

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: Frank Lloyd Wright; Architecture; Illustrated Books; Exhibition; Illustrated Books Art, Antiques & Photography Architecture

LONG, GREGORY

Historic Houses of the Hudson River Valley 1663-1915

NY: Rizzoli/ Preservation League of New York State. 0847826562. Reprint. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0847826562. Publisher's full brown cloth with blind stamped title on the front cover, gilt lettering on spine, pictorial endpapers. Profusely illustrated with full-page color photographs. The top edge of the front cover and the spine are sun-faded, with some lighter fading to the cover where the sun went through the DJ, two small droplet marks at top edge of front cover, else pristine, unmarked, tight, square and clean. Dust jacket is creased at the top edge and sun-faded on the cover, faint crease on front flap. VERY GOOD-/ VERY GOOD-. Color Photographs. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 256 pp. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 19214

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: 0847826562 Architecture Interior Architecture Interior Decoration Americana Historic Homes History History Architecture Interior Decoration

LOWE, DAVID GARRARD

Lost Chicago

NY: American Legacy Press, 1985. 0517468883. First Edition Thus. Third Printing. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0517468883. Quarter bound in publisher's light gray cloth over black boards, gilt lettering on spine. Profusely illustrated with B&W photographs. The volume is in excellent condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. The price-clipped dust jacket is lightly sunned and very mildly worn. FINE/VERY GOOD. B&W photographs and maps . 4to 11" - 13" tall. 241 pp. Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 12378

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: 0517468883 Archictecture Chicago Old Chicago Rare Photographs Art; History History Art, Antiques & Photography Architecture