Ludy, Robert B., M.D.

Historic Churches of the World

Boston, The Stratford Company, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (6.5" x 9.5"), purple textured cloth, gilt. Top edge gilt. 325pp. with index and bibliography. Illustrated with128 photos of Old and New World Churches. Frontispiece of Christ Church, Philadelphia in color, others in black and white or sepia tone. A lovely copy. The photo shows more fading on the spine than is actually visible. This copy is inscribed on the front free end paper by the author. Very good .

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Book number: 15879

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: Architecture; Churches; Cathedrals; Missions; Meeting Houses; Synagogues; Tabernacles Religion

Mather, Christine and Sharon Woods

Santa Fe Style; with Photographs by Jack Parson, Robert Reck and Others

New York, Rizzoli, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Quato; pp; 264, index; profusely illustrated with color and black and white photographs; red cloth lettered in white in a pictorial dust jacket. Since the opening of the Santa Fe Trail in 1821, the town of Santa Fe, New Mexico, has been a rich source of original American design. Santa Fe Style explores the beginnings and current forms of this exciting design tradition, from the ancient inspiration of the Canyon de Chelly to the innovations of Frank Lloyd Wright and contemporary passive-solar architects. The elements of style for which the area is known-- warm adobe brick, simple hand-carved furnishings, rough-hewn beams, Indian pottery, Navajo rugs, and colorful folk sculpture-- are all beautifully photographed in over 450 illustrations. Very good/very good.

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Book number: 19275

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: Antiques / Decorative Arts / Design

Okrent, Daniel

Great Fortune, the Epic of Rockefeller Center

(New York), Viking Press, 2003. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; xiv, (ii), 512, index; illustrated with black and white photographs; blue cloth and black paper covered boards, lettered in gilt in a pictorial dust jacket. In this hugely appealing book, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, acclaimed author and journalist Daniel Okrent weaves together themes of money, politics, art, architecture, business, and society to tell the story of the majestic suite of buildings that came to dominate the heart of midtown Manhattan and with it, for a time, the heart of the world. At the center of Okrent's riveting story are four remarkable individuals; tycoon John D. Rockefeller, his ambitious son Nelson Rockefeller, real estate genius John R. Todd, and visionary skyscraper architect Raymond Hood. In the tradition of David McCullough's The Great Bridge, Ron Chernow's Titan, and Robert Caro's The Power Broker, Great Fortune is a stunning tribute to an American landmark that captures the heart and spirit of New York at its apotheosis. Very good/very good.

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Book number: 19231

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: New York City & State

Randall, Monica

The Mansions of Long Island's Gold Coast

New York, Rizzoli, 1987. Revised and enlarged edition. Wraps. Quarto; pp. 256 with index; Illustrated in color and black and white; glossy pictorial paper wrappers. The Gilded Age to the Age of Gatsby as pictured in these fabulous homes on Long Island. Very good .

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Book number: 13326

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: Long Island; Architecture;

Robinson, Cervin and Rosemarie Haag Bletter

Skyscaper Style Art Deco New York

New York, Oxford University Press, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto; pp. vi, (2), 3-88; Illustrated color and black and white photographs and one hundred fifteen black and white plates that follow the text, (i) photo credits; blue cloth, gilt and boards in a dust jacket; Color map of Manhattan on endpapers; Very good, bottom edge of boards faded, in a jacket with edge wear. Beautifully produced. Very good .

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Book number: 13329

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: Architecture; Art Deco

Ruskin, John

Poetry of Architecture; or, the Architecture of the Nations of Europe Considered in Its Association with Natural Scenery and National Character

Orpington, George Allen, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto; pp. 261 with index; illustrated with a color frontispiece, fourteen photogravures and fourteen figures by Ruskin; green cloth, gilt; partially uncut. Contrasting comparative study of English and European cottages and villas. Ruskin's idea for this work came to him from his observations of the cottages of Westmorland in England and those in Italy. Very good .

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Book number: 13327

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: Architecture; John Ruskin

Schuler, Stanley

American Barns: In a Class by Themselves

Exton, Schiffer Publishing Company, 1984. Hardcover. (1984). Small quarto (8 5/8" x 11 1/4"), green cloth, gilt, in pictorial jacket with price intact. Marbled endpapers. 224pp. Profusely illustrated with photos in color and black and white. A lovey, well made book. Contents include: Bank Barns; Crib Barns; New England Barns; Dutch Barns; One-of-a-Kind Barns; Masonry Barns; Round and Polygonal Barns; Just Barns; Carriage Houses; Stables; Special-purpose barns and a section on functional and decorative features. Very good/very good.

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Book number: 19409

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: Architecture; Agriculture; Barns; Farming

Stroeltie, Barbara and Rene

Country Houses of England

Koln, Taschen, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. (1999). Quarto (8.25" x 10.25"), pictorial padded boards. 188,(4)pp. Profusely and sumptuously illustrated with color photography. With text in English, German and French. Very good/very good.

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Book number: 14216

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: Architecture; Country Homes; English Country Homes; English Country Furnishings

Whitehead, Russell F. & Frank Chouteau Brown , (Editors)

Survey of Early American Design

Pittstown NJ, Main Street Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo; pp; 240, (iii), glossary; profusely illustrated with toned photographs; burgundy cloth and cream boards, lettered in gilt, in a pictorial dust jacket; jacket has closed tears and edge wear else very good. Volume One of The Architectural Treasures of Early America Series. Very good/a good or better.

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Book number: 15555

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: American Architecture;