The Arlington Memorial Bridge: Message from the President of the United States Transmitting Pursuant to Law the Report of the Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission on the Project to Construct a Memorial Bridge across the Potomac

Washington, D.C, Government Printing Office. 1924, First Edition. Original Cloth. Book, Small quarto, cream cloth covered boards with black spine titles. 51pp. plus six folding plans and construction drawings in rear. Also illustrated with a folding map and 9 black and white plates (three folding) and a folding construction diagram of broadway widths. A very tight, sound copy with mostly very clean unmarked interior pages, crisply folded and undamaged drawings and plates. Gently ex-library with bookplate on pastedown and perforation to title page but only one or two nickel sized roundstamps at page corners. NO marks to images (except one of the two roundstamps in corner of one folding drawing at rear not affecting image). NO card pocket, NO circulating stickers etc. Cover soil of ancient library dust and darkened spine. A VERY SCARCE historical document of the building of one of Washington D.C.s key bridges. Very Good.

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Book number: 07588

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: Arlington, Memorial, Bridge, Construction, Report, Washington, District of Columbia, D.C. , Dc, Capital, Nation's, America, United States, Public, Works, Urban, Planning, Design, History, Historical, Potomac, Virginia, Federal, Highway, Transportation, Ri

Hutongs of Beijing

Beijing, China, Beijing Arts and Photography Publishing House. 1993, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, Quarto, plain card stiff wraps with dust jacket. 93 pp. Very generously illustrated throughout with black and white photographs of the "Hutongs" (lanes or alleways) of Beijing. Text in CHINESES and ENGLISH. A charming and evocative photographic tour of these traditional byways of urban Beijing which lack the drama of the great streets or boulevards, but provide a heavily used and essential means of navigating the solidly built older residential neighborhoods. A very tight, clean volume with bright, fresh interior, unmarked, unblemished and unread in a tight, crisp, unclipped dust jacket which shows just a hint of dusting/soil to rear panel. Very fine in very near fine dust jacket. A great copy. Fine.

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Book number: 09121

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: Beijing, Peking, China, Capital,Home, House, Residence, Photography, Photographs, Architecture, Traditional, Architectural, Building, City, Urban, Art, Streets, Lanes, Travel, Transportation, Movement, Planning, Neighborhood, History, Historic,

ALLEN, GERALD; OLIVER, RICHARD

Architectural Drawing: The Art and the Process

New York.: Whitney Library of Design, 1981. F. (ISBN: 0823070433). Hardcover. Book, First Edition, first printng. Quarto, beige cloth covered boards. 200pp. Very generously illustrated throughout with 174 plans, elevations and drawings with 24 in full color. A book for architects and for art lovers which shows how drawings for buildings constitute an important element in the development of architecture even for buildings which do not get built. An anthology of famous designs and drawings from leading modern architects. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked volume in a crisp, sharp, clean, unblemished dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Fine/Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 05018

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: 0823070433 Architectural Drawing Architecture Design Drafting 0823070433 Designer, Plan, Diagram, Blueprint, Representation, Elevation, Sketch, Anthology, History, French, German, English, Italian, American, Rustic, Urban, Residence, Documentation, Drawin

ALLEN, GERALD; OLIVER, RICHARD

Charles Moore

New York, Whitney Library of Design. 1980, First Edition. (ISBN: 0823073750). Hardcover. Book, First Printing. Square small quarto, grey coated paper covered boards. 127pp. including chronology, Generously illustrated throughout with color and black and white photographs, plans, elevations and drawings. A challenging survey and consideration of the work of this highly influential modern american architect. A very tight, clean, fresh, unmarked volume in a tight, clean, crisp dust jacket. with a couple of very short very closed edge tears. Fine in near fine very good plus dust jacket. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 07401

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: 0823073750 Moore Charles Herbert 1840 1930, Allen, Architect, Residential, Architecture, Houses, Domestic, Architectural, Contemporary, Whitney,

AMERY, COLIN;BROWN, J. CARTER;LACY, BILL N.;ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO;CURTIS, WILLIAM J. R.

The Pritzker Architecture Prize: The First Twenty Years

Boston, Harry N Abrams. 1999, First Edition. (ISBN: 0810943719). Hardcover. Book, Quarto, orange paper covered boards. 207 pp. including index, bibliography and biographical notes on authors. Generously illustrated throughout with color and black and white photographs, plans, elevations etc. A tight, clean,b right, fresh volume in a crisp, bright, clean, glossy dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 09395

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: 0810943719

BEDNAR, MICHAEL J.

Interior Pedestrian Places

New York, Whitney Library of Design. 1989, First Edition. (ISBN: 0823031616). Hardcover. Book, First printing stated. Quarto, orange hardcover. 240 pp. including index and notes. Generously illustrated throughout with black and white and color photographs. A complete treatment of design planning elements for pedestrian access and systems for indoor spaces in commerical, public and government buildings and complexes. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked, unread and unblemished volume with original publisher's card still in place in a very tight, crisp, glossy, sharp, clean, unclipped dust jacket. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. AS NEW. As New/As New.

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Book number: 09537

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: 0823031616 Bednar, Architect, Architecture, Passage, Interior, Pedestian, Movement, Passageway, Walker, Shopper, Architectural, Design, Building, Modern, Public, Government, Commercial, System

CERVER, FRANSISCO A.

Civil Engineering: (Nature Conservation and Land Reclamation) World of Environmental Design

Spain, Arco Editorial. 1999, First Edition. (ISBN: 8481850004). Hardcover. Book, Folio, pale olive green illustrated paper covered boards in matching slipcase. Includes projects from Crosby Arboretum by Edward L. Blake, Jr. to the restoration projects of Richard Haag, such as Gas Works Park in Seattle, Washington, and the Bloedel Reserve in Bainbridge Island, Washington A beautiful unread volume in a pristine slipcase. BRAND NEW. As New/As New.

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Book number: 07393

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: 8481850004 CIVIL Engineering Technology, Conservation, Reclamation, Land, Ukrban, Arboretum, Ex-Urban, Suburban, America, North Blake Boedel Reserve, Bainbridge, Haag, Blake, Crosby, Gas Works Park, Seattle, Washington, State,

CHING, FRANCIS D. K.

Design Drawing

New York, John Wiley & Sons Inc. 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 0471286168). Soft cover. Book, Quarto, light green and blue illustrated stiff wraps (paperback). With CD Rom in sealed rear pocket 346 pp. including index. Profusely illustrated throughout with blackand white drawings, diagrams, plans and elevations. A very tight, clean, bright, square, crisp, stiff, glossy, unmarked and unread volume with a flat uncreased spine. FINE. AS NEW. As New.

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Book number: 08298

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: 0471286168 Space Architecture, Form, Design, Architect, Manual, Detail, Drawing, Diagram, Illustrated, Plan, Elevation, History, Historic, Guide, Text, Treatise, Elements, Ching, Space, Order, Theory, Building, Francis, Layout, Software, Application, Cd,

COLIN, AMERY; CURRAN, BRIAN A.

Vanishing Histories : 100 Endangered Sites from the World Monuments Watch

New York, Harry N Abrams. 2001, First Edition. (ISBN: 0810914352). Hardcover. Book, Quarto, grey coated paper covered boards with white title and spine titles. 207 pp. including index and list of World Historic Monumet Watch Sites. Generously illustrated throughout with full color and black and white photographs of endangered cultural and historic monuments throughout the sorld. 1 double page and 3 full page maps. A very tight, clean, fresh, unmarked, unblemished and unread volume in a crisp, sharp, glossy, bright, unclipped dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. AS NEW. As New/As New.

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Book number: 09106

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: 0810914352 Cultural Property, Protection of Historic, Monument, Architecture, Art, History, Conservation, Amery, Vanishing, Culture, Folk, National, Religious, Ethnic, Historical, Landmark, International, Endangered, Wathc, Site,

CROSBIE, MICHAEL J.

Architecture for the Gods

New York, Watson-Guptill. 2000, First Edition. (ISBN: 082300290X). Soft cover. Book, Quarto, illustrated stiff self wraps (trade paperback). 191 pp. Very generously illustrated througout with color photographs and sketches and plans. A tight, square, bright, clean, crisp, stiff, glossy, unmarked and unread volume. FINE. Flawless. AS NEW. As New.

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Book number: 09701

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: 082300290x Crosbie, Religious, Church, Ecclesiastical, Minster, Abbey, Temple, Synagogue, Modern, Architecture, Architectural, Building, Construction, Design

CROSBIE, MICHAEL J.

The Jersey Devil Design Build Book

Layton, Utah, Gibbs Smith. 1985, First Edition. (ISBN: 0879051906). Soft cover. Book, Small square quarto, illustrated stiff wraps (paperback). 96 pp. Illustrated throughout with color photographs and black and white plans and elevations and photographs. SIGNED BY JERSEY DEVIL FOUNDING ARCHITECT STEVE BADANES next to his photograph in introduction. A concise history and catalog of the work of "Jersey Devil" the progressive architectural firm of Torchio, Badanes, Adamson and Ringel, who both design and build their own innovative and beautiful reidences, furniture and initeriors. A very tight, clean, crisp, stiff, unmarked volume with a flat uncreased spine. Very short soft corner crease, else fine. Very Near Fine. SCARCE SIGNED. Fine. Signed by Author(s).

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Book number: 08421

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: 0879051906 Crosbie, Architect, Architecture, Jersey Devil, Design, Desinger, Interior, Futurist, Futuristic, Avant Garce, Alternative, Torchio, Badanes, Adamson, Ringel, Collaboration, Collaborative, Progressive, House, Home, Residence, Domestic, Resident

DEAN, JEFF

Architectural Photography: Techniques For Architects, Preservationists, Historians, Photographers and Urban Planners

Nashville, TN: American Association For State And Local History, 1981. F. Hardcover. Book, First Edition. Quarto, black cloth covered boards. 132pp. including index. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. A technical guide for professional photographers, historians, preservationists and urban planners. An in depth treatment of photographic techniques for documentation of historic architecture. A tight, clean, fresh, volume with unobtrusive short gift inscription in upper corner of ffep, else fine in a crisp, bright dust jacket with a few superficial flecks of white from minimal rubbing. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 04385

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: Architecture, Architect, America, American,Illustrated Photography Photographer, Historic, Preservation, Urban Planning, Documentation, Historical, Landmark, Monument, Trust, National, Conservation, Manual, Guide, Technical, Photographic, Urban, Architect

AGREST, DIANA AND MARIO GANDELSONAS.

Agrest and Gandelsonas, Works.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton Architectural Press, (1995). 1995, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 0910413282). Hardcover. Book, First Edition. Folio, putty colored cloth covered boards. 299pp. plus biographical chronologies. Generously illustrated in black and white and color with plans, elevations, models and photographs. A very fresh, clean and unread copy with a very minor bump at upper rear spine tip. A beautiful copy. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 00841

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: 0910413282 Architecture, Gandelsonas, Agrest, Urban Architecture General

DROSTE, MAGDALENA (BAUHAUS ARCHIV)

Bauhaus 1919-1933

Lavergne, Tennessee, U.S.A. Taschen. 1996, First Edition. (ISBN: 3822802956). Soft cover. Book, Quarto, white illustrated stiff self-wraps (trade paperback). 256 pp. including index, notes, bibliography and biographical notes and photographs of some of the leading artists of the Bauhaus. Very generously illustrated throughout with color and black and white reproductions and photographs, drawings and designs. A tight, clean, unmarked, stiff, square, crisp, sharp volume with a tinge of yellowing at extreme edges, else fine. Near Fine. Fine.

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Book number: 09449

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: 3822802956 Painting, Furniture, Design, Architecture, Interior, Bauhaus, German, Germany, Modern, Abstract, Droste, Archiv, Avant Garde,, Contemporary, Sculpture, Designer, Design,, Albers, Arndt, Brandt,

EISENMAN, PETER; FRAMPTON, KENNETH: GANDELSONAS, MARIO; VIDLER, ANTHONY, KURT W. FORSTER

OPPOSITIONS 14: A Journal For Ideas and Criticisim in Architecture Fall 1978 , Volume 14

Cambridge, MA, MIT Press/Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies. 1978, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, Small square quarto, orange printed stiff wraps. 112 pp. plus 4 page ad. Illustrated throughout with black and white photograph, plans, elevations, diagrams, sketches and reproductions. OPPOSITIONS was a classic late 20th century quarterly journal of contemporary architecture produced by the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies in the years 1973 to 1984. Many of its articles were profoundly influential on architectural theory and many of its contributors became distinguished members within the architectural field. Over it's history some a list of its distinguished contributors included: Diana Agrest, Stanford Anderson, Giorgio Ciucci, Stuart Cohen, Alan Colquhoun, Francesco Dal Co, Peter Eisenman, William Ellis, Kurt W. Forster, Kenneth Frampton, Mario Gandelsonas, Giorgio Grassi, Fred Koetter, Rem Koolhaas, Leon Krier, Mary McLeod, Rafael Moneo, Joan Ockman, Martin Pawley, Aldo Rossi, Colin Rowe, Denise Scott Brown, Jorge Silvetti, Ignasi de Solà-Morales, Manfredo Tafuri, Bernard Tschumi, Anthony Vidler, and Hajime Yatsuka, among others. This copy is very fresh, square, crisp, glossy, clean, crisp, sharp, bright, unmarked and unread with a flat uncreased spine. Some faint dark streaks on front panel, else fine. NEAR FINE. Fine.

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Book number: 09549

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: Oppositions, Frampton, Gandelsonas, Vidler, Eisenman, Journal, Urban, Studies, Architecture, Architectural, Architects, Theory, Quarterly, Criticism, Contemporary, History, Design, Designer, Diana Agrest, Stanford Anderson, Giorgio Ciucci, Stuart Cohen, A

FAULCONER, ANNE M.

The Virginia House: A Home for Three Hundred Years

Atglen, PA, Schiffer Publishing. 1984, First Edition. (ISBN: 0887400043). Hardcover. Book, Quarto, pale blue cloth covered boards with gilt spine title. Decorative endpapers. 160 pp. Very generously illustrated throughout with beautiful full color photographs of houses, gardens, interiors and details. Includes a final section of 65 black and white detailed plans and elevations for the houses included in the text. A very tight, clean volume with very fresh cloth and bright gilt spine titles, in a crisp, sharp, sparkling, glossy, unclipped dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Flawless. AS NEW. As New/As New.

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Book number: 08839

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: 0887400043 Architecture Domestic United States, Home, Mansion, Plantation, Virginia, South, Southern, Residence, House, Architect, History, Historical, Landmark,

FISCHER, ROBERT E.

Engineering for Architecture

New York, McGraw-Hill. 1980, First Edition. (ISBN: 0070023530). Cloth. Book, Quarto, blue cloth covered boards. 228 pp. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs, details, diagrams and blueprints. Fine in fine dust jacket. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 09557

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: 0070023530 Fischer, Architecture, Engineer, Engineering, Architectural, Specifications, Load, Stress, Structure, Materials, Systems, Skyscrapers, Fabrication, Lighting, Electical, Interior

FISHER, FREDERICK

Frederick Fisher: Buildings and Projects

New York, Rizzoli. 1995, First Edition. (ISBN: 0847818659). Original Wraps. Book, Quarto, illustrated stiff wraps (paperback). 224 pp. including bibliography, exhibitions, biography etc. Very generously illustrated throughout with 104 color and 50 black and white photographs, 59 black and white drawings and 10 color drawings, 32 floor plans, 30 models, 1 map, and 5 site plans. A very tight, clean, bright, fresh, stiff, crisp, square, flat unread volume with flat uncreased spine. FINE. Fine.

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Book number: 05580

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: 0847818659 Fisher, Architect, Southern California, Studio, Gallery, Venice, Santa Monica, Pittsburgh, Domestic, Modern, American, Architecture, Residential, Observatory, Minimalist,

FRASER, DOUGLAS

VILLAGE PLANNING IN THE PRIMITIVE WORLD.

New York, George Braziller. 1968, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Imperial octavo, black cloth spine over green paper covered boards with gilt spine titles. 128 pp. including index and list of illustrations. Illustrated throughout with 78 black and white photographs drawings and diagrams of village structures and plans. An examination of the patterns of construction and organization in primitive societies with chapters on the Mbuti, Bushmen, Cheyenne, Haida, Mailu, Tobriand, South Nias, Yoruba tribes. A tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked and unblemished volume with bright gilt spine titles in a very tight, crisp, clean, glossy, unclipped dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Virtually As New. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 09561

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: Fraser, Urban, Planning, Ethnolgy, Anthropology, Primitive, Village, Community, Town, Habitation, Structure, Organization, Mbuti, Bushmen, Cheyenne, Haida, Mailu, Tobriand, South Nias, Yoruba, Structures, Patterns

GASSON, PETER C.

Geometry of Spatial Forms

Chichester/New York, Ellis Horwood/John Wiley. 1983, First Edition. (ISBN: 0853126526). Soft cover. Book, Octavo, purple stiff wraps (trade paperback). 561 pp. including index and bibliography. Illustrated throughout with diagrams and charts. A very fine, very tight, crisp, stiff, square, clean, bright, fresh, unmarked and unread volume with a flat uncreased spine. Very fine. Pristine. AS NEW. As New.

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Book number: 09560

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: 0853126526 Geometry, Gasson, Spatial, Form, Cad, Analysis, Synthesis, Concept, Formulation, Space, Visualization, Polyhedral, Structure, Digital, Design, Architecture, Architectural, Drawing, Manipulation, Computational, Lines, Curves, Matrices, Surfaces,

GROW, LAWRENCE

Architectural Painting

New York, New York, U.S.A. Rizzoli Intl Pubns. 1986, First Edition. (ISBN: 0847807428). Hardcover. Book, Quarto, red cloth spine over blue paper covered boards with gilt spine titles. 190pp, including index, bibliography and directory of architectural painters working in the United States. Very generously illustrated throughout with full color photographs and of the renaissance of architectural painting in the United States, including details of interior and exterior work, trompe l'oeil painting and restoration. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked and unread volume in a crisp, sharp, tight, sparkling dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Flawless. AS NEW. As New/As New.

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Book number: 07204

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: 0847807428 Interior Decoration History Ornament Architecture, Painting, Painter, Design, Designer, Architectural, Grow, Tradition, Ornamentation, Deiling, Illustion, Faux, Trompe L'Oeil, History, Historical, Restoration, Preservation, Stencilling

GUITON, JACQUES

The Ideas of Le Corbusier on Architecture and Urban Planning

New York, George Braziller. 1981. (ISBN: 0807610054). Soft cover. Book, Royal octavo, (7" x 10") original illustrated stiff wraps. 124pp. with index and bibliography. Generously illustrated throughout with rarely published drawings, sketches etc of Le Corbusier's uncollected thoughts on urbanism, architecture and urban planning. A tight, clean, fresh, unmarked volume with a flat uncreased spine. FINE. Fine.

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Book number: 07015

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: 0807610054 Corbusier 1887 1965 Architecture Individual, Architect, French, France, Urban, Planning, Urbanism, Modern, Swiss, Concrete, Municipal, Drawings, Sketches, Plans, Elevations, European, Modulor, Skyscraper, Land Use,

HAMMONS, MARK

The Architecture of Arthur Dyson

Fresno, CA, Word Dancer Press. 1995, Second Edition. (ISBN: 1884995233). Original Wraps. Book, Second Edition. Oblong small quarto, photo-illustrated stiff wraps (paperback). 112 pp. including photograph section and list of his office/studio colleagues and engineers, index, "architectural chronology". Generously illustrated throughout with full color and black and white reproductions of Dyson's drawings and full color photographs of his buildings. A tight, clean, fresh, bright and unmarked volume with a flat uncreased spine. No marks, no tears, no stains etc. Barely noticeable soft crease on last five pages (just a very slight deformation not a crease per se), else fine. Very near fine. A great copy. Quite uncommon. Fine.

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Book number: 07553

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: 1884995233 Architectural Criticism Architects Biography Autobiography, Architect, Modern, Dyson, Arthur, Hammons, Mark, California, Drawings, Sketches, Studio, Building, Design, Avant Garde, Architecture, Award, Winning, Winner, Residence, Residential, Do

HIGHFIELD, DAVID

Refurbishment and Upgrading of Buildings

Florence, Kentucky, U.S.A. Taylor & Francis. 2009, First Edition. (ISBN: 0415441234). Hardcover. Book, Quarto, green paper covered boards. 147 pp. including index. Illlustrated throughout with diagrams and black and white photographs. A tight, clean, fresh, unmarked and unread volume (without dust jacket as issued). Fine. AS NEW. As New.

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Book number: 09760

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: 0415441234 Refurbishment, Rehabilitation, Preservation, Restoration, Upgrae, Upgraing, Building, Construction, Architecture, Architectural, Urban, Highfield

KARP, BEN

Wood Motifs in American Domestic Architecture:"Phantasy in Wood."

New York, Bonanza. 1966, First Edition. Cloth. Book, First Printing. Oblong quarto, white cloth covered boards. 255 pp. Very generously illustrated throughout with full page black and white photographs of design details of historic American homes in wood. A tight, clean bright, unmarked volume with a hint of yellowing at some top page edges, else fine in a tight, clean, bright, unclipped dust jacket with again a hint of yellowing at top edge or rear panel and one very short very closed edgetear. Very near fine in near fine dust jacket. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 09093

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: Karp, Architecture, History, Residential, Residence, Domestic, Detail, Wood, Wooden, Decorative, Decor, Style, Material, Techmique, Fashion, Historical, Architectural, Ornament, Design, New England, American, America, United States