The City of Tomorrow and Its Planning by Le Corbusier, Frederick Etchells (transl.) - 1929

Bergamo: Istitvto Taliano D'Rti Grafiche. Very Good. 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Text by Luca Beltrami, the building of monuments and works in Rome from 1888 t0 1925. Drawing illustrations by Giuseppe Mentess. This limited edition volume is #1574. Olive green cloth has gilt titles on spine & front cover. Top edge gilt. Decorated endpaper. 130 full page drawing illustrations. 69 pages of Italian text. Text tight, clean & intact. Covers have some edge wear, front corners rubbed. Spine ends have small cloth tears. Covers have a slight bow. Architecture; Drawing Illustrations; Folio 13" - 23" tall .

Silver Lake, New Hampshire: John F. Chick & Son, Building Material, 1941. First Editions. Pictorial Paper Covers. Very Good. Lot of nine issues, averaging 16pp each; illustrated throughout from photographs, floor plans and elevations. In the original, pictorial wrappers. Approx 11" x 8.5" The thrust of this magazine is "Now is the time to build your own home." Themes of these issues include: Hollywood Hilltops; Simple Dignity Is the Best Architecture; Cape Cod Cottages; Need Four Bedrooms?; Wood Walls; A Place to Eat in the Kitchen; Twin Level First Floor; Fireplace Ideas; The Case for Home Ownership; Colonial Twins; Summer Cottages; Modernizing A House; Plywood Is Perfect Material; Baseball Grows Up [a four-page departure in one issue]; Historic Walls; Suburban Charm; Log Cabin Siding; Ideas for the Roadside Merchant; Two Farm Homes in 1940 Style; Modernizing Your Farmhouse; Duplicate the Charm of Old World Cottages; Underground Storage Easily Built; Three Modern Farm Homes; Small Summer Cottages;… Read More

Jovis, 2006. Hardcover. New. Hardcover New.

Gibson Guitar, n. Soft cover. Good. Very Good.

1827 LONDON 1ed Metropolitan Improvements England Architecture Cathedrals BEAUTY

Thomas Shepherd was a 19th-century English historian who focused his career on the history of London. One of his books was 'Metropolitan Improvements' – a work describing various architectural feats around London and its environs. In it, Shepherd describes houses and royal halls, churches and cathedrals, prisons and hospitals, streets, bridges, and much more. This 1827 first edition includes 66 impressive full-page engravings of iconic London sights.

Item number: #14058
Price: $750
SHEPHERD, Thomas
Metropolitan improvements, or, London in the nineteenth century, displayed in a series of engravings of the new buildings, improvements, &c. by the most eminent artists from original drawings, taken from the objects themselves expressly for this work
London : Jones, 1827. First edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o vi, 172, ii
o
66 engraved plates
· Language: English
·… Read More

Bergamo: Istitvto Taliano D'Rti Grafiche. Very Good. 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Text by Luca Beltrami, the building of monuments and works in Rome from 1888 t0 1925. Drawing illustrations by Giuseppe Mentess. This limited edition volume is #1574. Olive green cloth has gilt titles on spine & front cover. Top edge gilt. Decorated endpaper. 130 full page drawing illustrations. 69 pages of Italian text. Text tight, clean & intact. Covers have some edge wear, front corners rubbed. Spine ends have small cloth tears. Covers have a slight bow. Architecture; Drawing Illustrations; Folio 13" - 23" tall .

Silver Lake, New Hampshire: John F. Chick & Son, Building Material, 1941. First Editions. Pictorial Paper Covers. Very Good. Lot of nine issues, averaging 16pp each; illustrated throughout from photographs, floor plans and elevations. In the original, pictorial wrappers. Approx 11" x 8.5" The thrust of this magazine is "Now is the time to build your own home." Themes of these issues include: Hollywood Hilltops; Simple Dignity Is the Best Architecture; Cape Cod Cottages; Need Four Bedrooms?; Wood Walls; A Place to Eat in the Kitchen; Twin Level First Floor; Fireplace Ideas; The Case for Home Ownership; Colonial Twins; Summer Cottages; Modernizing A House; Plywood Is Perfect Material; Baseball Grows Up [a four-page departure in one issue]; Historic Walls; Suburban Charm; Log Cabin Siding; Ideas for the Roadside Merchant; Two Farm Homes in 1940 Style; Modernizing Your Farmhouse; Duplicate the Charm of Old World Cottages; Underground Storage Easily Built; Three Modern Farm Homes; Small Summer Cottages;… Read More

Jovis, 2006. Hardcover. New. Hardcover New.

Gibson Guitar, n. Soft cover. Good. Very Good.

1827 LONDON 1ed Metropolitan Improvements England Architecture Cathedrals BEAUTY

Thomas Shepherd was a 19th-century English historian who focused his career on the history of London. One of his books was 'Metropolitan Improvements' – a work describing various architectural feats around London and its environs. In it, Shepherd describes houses and royal halls, churches and cathedrals, prisons and hospitals, streets, bridges, and much more. This 1827 first edition includes 66 impressive full-page engravings of iconic London sights.

Item number: #14058
Price: $750
SHEPHERD, Thomas
Metropolitan improvements, or, London in the nineteenth century, displayed in a series of engravings of the new buildings, improvements, &c. by the most eminent artists from original drawings, taken from the objects themselves expressly for this work
London : Jones, 1827. First edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o vi, 172, ii
o
66 engraved plates
· Language: English
·… Read More