Chicago: Decorators Supply Co., 1906. Original edition. Hardcover. 208 pp., illustrations from photographs on nearly every page; quarto, original blue cloth with titles in red. Images of thousands of cast architectural ornaments. More
New York: Jacobsen & Co., 1915. Original edition. Hardcover. [4] pp, 183 monochrome plates; quarto, pale green cloth. Molded architectural ornaments of all kinds. More
Philadelphia & NY: Lippincott/The Architectural Record, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto, blue cloth with title and cover ornament in gilt; 305 pp. + 3 pages ads at rear, illustrated with 4 color plates, 175 b/w photos and drawings. Mild scuffing to covers, but very good overall. Richard Gump's copy with..... More
Milano Roma: Casa Editrice D'Arte Bestetti E Tumminelli, 1926. First edition, numbered 1296. Hardcover. Quarto, green cloth with gilt leather title labels to spine and front cover; lvi (text) pp., 306 halftone photo plates. Spine faded, spine label chipped, covers lightly rubbed, previous owner name to front free endpaper, else..... More
Tokyo: A.D.A. Edita, 1974. Paperback. Folio, color pictorial wrappers, 36 x 25.5 cm (14 x 10 inches); [8] text pages, 63 photographic plates (photogravure and color), site plans and drawings. Text in English and Japanese. More
San Francisco: Lane Publishing, (1947). Second printing. Original light brown cloth, quarto, 160pp. Profusely illustrated with black & white photos, drawings, A history and survey of designs and ideas for this distinctly California-styled home. Accompanying are 10 original 10" x 8" black & white photographic prints of an unidentified ranch..... More
New York: Architectural Book Publishing Co., 1926. First edition. Hardcover. xviii pp. + 84 plates from photographs and drawings, map endpapers; folio, original green cloth with gilt title. Farmhouses, village homes, manors, etc. of Normandy and Brittany, primarily depicted in photographs with a few plates from line drawings. This Richard..... More
San Francisco: Paul Elder and Co., 1904. First edition. Hardcover. vii, 55 pp., 10 inserted plates from photographs by Sarah I. Keeler; 12mo, natural linen with printed paper title label on front board. Charles Keeler (1871-1937) was a close friend of influential Berkeley architect Bernard Maybeck. He was also Maybeck's..... More
Stuttgart: Julius Hoffmann, 1910. First edition. Hardcover. [6], 630 pp., profusesly illustrated with 100s of reproductions from photographs, drawings, plans, etc., 76 color plates; quarto, beige cloth with cover title and ornament stamped in dark brown. Ninth annual compilation of 12 numbers of the influential German architectural journal "Moderne Bauformen."..... More
Cambridge: MIT Press, (1975). First US edition. Hardcover. Original gray cloth, quarto, 485 pp. Illustrated with 555 photographs, 60 color plates, pictorial endpapers. Significant monograph on the innovative Catalan architect. All of his works are illustrated, including buildings, sculptures, furnishings, and plans. The author, himself a practicing architect and art..... More
Boston: James R. Osgood & Co., 1881. First edition. Hardcover. xii, 202 pp., frontispiece and 35 engraved plates, 233 engraved illustrations in the text; small 8vo, original dark brown cloth with cover title and ornaments stamped in black, pictorial paper inset on front cover. Paper cover illustration chipped, else fine..... More
London: John Haberkorn, 1762. First edition. Hardcover. Elephant folio, 57 x 38 cm (22.5 x 15 inches), 2 fl., x, 52 pp, 71 copperplate engravings, including 1 double-page view, 5 single-page views, and 65 measured drawings and details of architectural ornamnents (1 folding), many engraved head and tail pieces. Originally..... More