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100 Years of Landscape Architecture: Some Patterns of a Century 1888931205 / 9781888931204
Simo, Melanie
Washington, D.C.: ASLA Press [American Society of Landscape Architects], 1999. First Edition
Cloth 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Fine. Fine
Black cloth, lettered in blind on front cover and in white on spine panel. As issued. Dust jacket shows very slight surface rubbing, 1/4" closed tear at base of spine, otherwise essentially as issued, now in archival mylar. 374 pp., illus. in color, b&w. Original black cloth covered slipcase also as issued. Gift-quality copy. 034600
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39.95 USD
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A Handbook of English Medieval Sculpture
Gardner, Arthur
Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1935. First Edition
Decorative Cloth 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very Good. No Jacket
Gray cloth, decorated and lettered in royal blue. Lightly soiled cloth, a bit of shelf wear. Former owner signature on front flyleaf. xxiii,392 pp., 490 b&w figures, both full page and set into text. Text block edges are somewhat spotted, and top edge of latter leaves shows slight dampstaining, not affecting any text or illustrations. Rear cover shows light dye run, also from moisture contact, a merely cosmetic issue. Firm binding, otherwise clean. M010
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14.50 USD
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A Hundred Pennsylvania Buildings
Dickson, Harold E.
State College, PA: Bald Eagle Press, 1954. First Edition
Cloth 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Near Fine. No Jacket
Gray cloth, lettered in white. Slightly rubbed spine extremities, otherwise nearly as issued. Unpaginated, illus. w/ b&w photographs. Notable historic Pennsylvania architecture. 017140
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14.50 USD
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A Key to English Architecture
Atkinson, T. D.
New York: M. S. Mill Co., 1936. First U.S. Edition
Cloth 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Near Fine. Near Fine Book
Quite scarce 1st American, not the typical Blackie & Son (London) issue. Date of publication approximate based on Preface. Orange cloth, virtually as issued, with mere hints of rubbing along edges, slightly foxed text block edges. Colorful dust jacket (by Norman Howard) nicely preserved, unclipped, slightly chipped with minor loss at head of spine and bottom rear corner, light shelf wear, now in Brodart sleeve. x,214 pp., illus. w/ figures set into text, drawings, b&w plates. Notably well preserved, scarce in jacket. 009945
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15.00 USD
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A Neat Plain Modern Stile: Philip Hooker and His Contemporaries 1796-1836 0870237683 / 9780870237683
Bucher, Douglas G., and W. Richard Wheeler (Mary Raddant Tomlan, editor)
Clinton, NY and Amherst, MA: Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College / University of Massachusetts Press, 1993. First Edition
Soft Cover 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. As New.
334 pp., illus. w/ 186 b&w photographs, architectural sketches, etc. As issued. 006855
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30.00 USD
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A Pocket Guide to Modern Buildings in London
McCallum, Ian (compiler)
London: The Architectural Press, 1951. First Edition
Original Wraps 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. VG+.
Stiff paper wraps. 128 pp., illus. w/ b&w photographs. Light shelf wear, edges and corners a bit rubbed. Lightly toned/soiled along joints. Former owner signature on front flyleaf, dated 1953. Decently preserved copy of a scarce publication. 013004
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20.00 USD
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A Testament
Wright, Frank Lloyd
New York: Bramhall House, 1957. Second Printing
Cloth 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Near Fine. No Jacket
2nd ptg. of this (reprint) edition. Ivory cloth, lettered in dark fred. Cloth on rear panel is modestly soiled, with a small notch of exposure along bottom front edge and slightly frayed top corners. 256 pp., illus. w/ b&w plates, line drawings. 008514
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20.00 USD
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A Three-Dimensional Medieval Castle 1581173652 / 9781581173659
Tong, Willabel L. (design); Phil Wilson (illus.); Renee Jablow (paper engineering)
Los Angeles, CA: Piggy Toes Press, 2004. First Edition
Hardcover Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Near Fine.
Laminated color illus. boards, with two blue silk ties along fore-edge. Opens up to create a 360-degree diorama castle exterior/interior, including 5 rooms on 2 levels, executed in incredible detail, including working doors and shutters. All folding parts are present and fully intact excepting a string of banners across the top level of one tableau, which is torn at one end and neatly mended with clear tape, almost beyond notice. Top corners of boards show mild rubbing. Includes a total of (7) press-out figures (now loose), including two armored knights on horseback, a dragon, a knight, a lady, a jester, and a bearded villain; we do not know whether all figures original to issue are included. 035140
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A Walk in Georgetown
Mitchell, Mary (text and photographs)
Barre, MA: Barre Publishers, 1966. First Edition
Hard Cover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Near Fine. Near Fine
Illus. goldenrod paper covered boards, slightly rubbed at extremities. 96 pp., illus. with b&w photographs. Original glassine dust jacket printed with light blue lettering shows tiny tear at head of spine and minor chip at bottom front corner. 017875
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8.50 USD
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Abbeys
James, M. R., Provost of Eton; A. Hamilton Thompson
London: The Great Western Railway, 1926. Second Printing
Hardcover 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Very Good. No Jacket
Black 1/4 cloth, red paper covered boards, lettered in gilt. Modest shelf wear, rubbed spine extremities, some exposure at corners with slight layering to bottom corners, slight nick along front cover fore-edge. Firm binding, hinges intact, collated and complete, clean interior beyond former owner's initials on front pastedown and slight foxing to rear endpapers. x,154 pp., well illus. w/ 100 sepia plates, 56 drawings, 13 plans, 7 colour plates, including folding floor plans, folding color map (fully intact) in rear pocket. Accompanied by two original publisher's inserts promoting this series and other related titles. 034968
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Adventures in Light and Color: An Introduction to the Stained Glass Craft
Connick, Charles J. [Charles D. Maginnis (fwd.)]
New York: Random House, 1937. First Thus
Cloth Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Good. No Jacket
1st "Regular Edition." Original edition, newly and handsomely rebound in black cloth, lettered in gold foil on spine panel, with new endsheets, top text block edge dyed black (as issued). Errata slip tipped in at half-title. Nominally ex-library, with perforation stamps to half-title, frontis. (margin only), and title page only, a few marks on copyright page, all plates unaffected and fully intact. xvi,428 pp., illus. w/ 42 tipped-in color plates, 48 collotype plates. Interior generally clean and intact, text block edges mildly soiled/toned. Plate XXXI at p. 242 appears to have been detached, with slightly chipped edges, and reattached when the book was rebound. Presents as issued (Fine), evaluated as Near Fine with note to rebound status. Functional, durable copy of a scarce work. 009925
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170.00 USD
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America's City Halls 0891331158 / 9780891331155
Lebovich, William L.
Washington, D.C.: The Preservation Press, 1984. First Edition
Soft Cover 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Near Fine. N/A
223 pp., b&w photos throughout. Light shelf wear, rear panel a bit soiled. 004399
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America's Past in Pencil: A Sketchbook of Historic Homes
Gilbert, Eugene, and Olive Fielding Marrical
Santa Ana, CA: First American Title Insurance Co., 1976. 1st Edition
Soft cover 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Near Fine. Book
Stiff tan wraps, illus./lettered in black. Light shelf wear, with 1 1/2" soil mark (possibly a coffee stain?) on upper front cover near binding edge, otherwise unmarked. Square, uncreased binding, clean interior. [iii],116 pp., illus. 036901
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American Barns 0887401457 / 9780887401459
Schuler, Stanley
West Chester, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1984. 1st Edition
Soft cover 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Fine. Book
Stiff color pictorial wraps. Slight shelf/handling wear, nearly as issued. ii,224 pp., illus. w/ b&w photographs. 037445
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7.50 USD
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American Barns and Covered Bridges
Sloane, Eric
New York: Wilfred Funk, 1954. First Edition
Cloth 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Near Fine. Very Good Book
Light brown cloth, titled and illus. in darker brown. Slight shelf wear, nearly as issued. 112 pp., illus. 1st edition with "1" on copyright page. Color illus. dust jacket shows rubbed edges with lightly chipped spine extremities, price-clipped front flap, now in mylar. 027663
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20.00 USD
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