Search Results: Architecture from Gene W. Baade Books on the West

Clinton, IA: The Curtis Companies, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Six catalogues in wrappers, bound together in a stiff, embossed binder that qualifies as "hardbound". Covers in color; illustrations in b/w. 39pp, 31pp, 23pp, 22pp, 39pp, 47pp. "Entrances and Exterior Doors", "Frames and Exterior Woodwork", "Windows", "Interior Doors", "Moldings and Trim", "Cabinet and Stair Work". The title page of the first booklet has spots on left side of page, else near fine for the rest of the binder/booklets. Last booklet has pencil drawings on back cover. Scarce. Slightly smoky. (1927).

Barre Pub., Barre, 1968, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Folio cloth. 205pp. Well illustrated with drawings. Ex-library copy, but in great shape with nice, unchipped dj.

Norman: OU, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 1st printing. Cloth & boards. 292pp. Illus. Bibliography. Index of Structures. Index. Picture Map of Denver with same also as pictorial endpapers. Fine in slightly rubbed dj.

NYC: Jules Fisher & Paul Marantz, Inc., et. al, 1988. Soft cover. Very Good. In 1991, the Seattle Art Museum (SAM) built a new museum in downtown Seattle. The item here offered for sale is a bound set of the architectural plans/ drawings/ schema of the lighting for the new building. This items consists of 12 sheets, 30 1/2" x 42 1/2". Your bookseller is certainly not an architect, nor is he ordinarily a dealer in architectural books or ephemera, therefore please forgive his lack of proper description. Page 1: Lighting Fixture Schedule along with list of Manufacturers. Pps 2-5: drawings/ diagrams/ descriptions of various series. Pps 6-12: Floor drawings, one sheet each for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th floors plus basement and mezzanine. It may be safe to assume that very few sets of these drawings exist. This represents desirable hard - to - come - by addition for the collector of SAM material as well as for architects who collect material related to important public buildings. This set is in very good to… Read More

Seattle: Frontier Publishing & Heritage House, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st printings. 4to cloth. Various paginations. Illustrated with photos. Lambert Florin of Portland, Oregon, was one of best and certainly the most comprehensive recorder of the old Western ghost towns. He traveled all over the West gathering their histories and taking their photographs. This set of six books, all published by Superior Press of Seattle, 1961 - 1968, and all in cloth first editions with dust jackets, represent the apex of his ghost town passion. They are all around 190pp each and illustrated with black and white photos by Florin, who was a very good photographer. Each copy at least very good with good or better dust jackets which in some cases have a rubbing or minor chip/wear. The list of titles: Western Ghost Towns (book 1); Ghost Town Album (book 2); Ghost Town Trails (book 3); Western Ghost Towns (book 4); Ghost Town Treasures (book 5); Ghost Town El Dorado (book 6).