Search Results: Architecture (19th and 20th Century) from Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books

Munich/New York: Prestel, 1998. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Black cloth with title in white on spine. Condition: Very good, with just a faint hint of shelfwear to covers. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with light shelfwear. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 400pp. Many colour and b/w illustrations. This volume is one of a critical series devoted to introducing the reader to European architecture country by country. It details how a century's worth of social changes are reflected in the development of Swedish architecture. It includes sections on early functionalism 1930-1940 and building the welfare of the Folkhemmet 1940-60. Over 80 projects are discussed including designs by Gunnar Asplund, Carl Bergsten and Sigurd Lewerentz..

London and New York: Mansell Publishing Ltd., 1987. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Dark grey hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Good, with just a hint of shelfwear to covers, including a small dent to base of rear cover edge. Light crease to lower right corner of title page. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, with light shelfwear, would be very good except for small tear to base of rear cover corresponding with the small dent previously described. 496pp. Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-52), architect, designer, writer and ecclesiologist, is perhaps best known for his designs and drawings for the intrenal and external details of the Houses of Parliament, London. This was the first comprehensive, critical bibliography of works by and about Pugin and includes all his books and articles (including Continental editions, collections and reprints); his illustrations for the works of others; works sometimes attributed to him;… Read More

London: Rivingtons, 1858. Book. Good. Cloth. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Blue cloth with blindstamped decoration and title in gilt on front cover. Pale yellow endpapers. Condition: Good, with general light shelfwear and soiling to covers. Both inner joints are cracked but holding firmly. Previous owners name on front endpaper. 28pp. plus 2pp. addendum. 4 b/w illustrations including an external view of St.Bartholomews church depicting the new chancel and proposed porch designed by Edwin Nash, as well as an image of the sacrarium. St.Bartholomews Church, Sydenham was originally designed by the architect Lewis Vuilliamy in 1826-31, and later redesigned by Edwin Nash c.1858. The memorial to the late Rev.Thomas Bowdler was incorporated at the same time. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Oxford and London: Parker & Co., 1881. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Seventh edition. Pale red cloth with gilt decoration to front cover and spine.Top edge gilt. Condition: Good with general shelfwear to covers, slightly more so to head and tail of spine, which is also lightly sunned. Light foxing to endpapers. Binding cracked in a couple of places and rear inner hinge beginning to crack but otherwise sound. Previous owners name on front endpaper and again on the rear of the front endpaper together with another earlier owners' name. 344pp. plus publishers list. Many b/w engravings within text as well as several b/w plates..

Edinburgh: The Rutland Press, 1995. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Softcover. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers. No inscriptions. 104pp. Many b/w and several colour illustrations. This book seeks to provide an introduction to the work of the architect Basil Spence (1907-1976) with an emphasis on his Scottish buildings and the earlier part of his career as an architect in Scotland..

London : Academy Editions, 1978. Book. Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Softcover. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 80pp. Together with a wonderful introduction by Charles Jencks, the book comprises 64 captions complete with colour illustrations of some of the more exaggerated houses of Los Angeles, displaying in their own way "signs of snobbery, status-seeking and kitsch"..

Westmead, Farnborough, Hants: Gregg International Publishers Ltd., 1972. Book. Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. This is a 1972 republication of the 1823 first edition. No dustjacket (as issued?). Blue hardcover with title in silver on spine. Condition: Good, with general light shelfwear and light soiling (including a faint watersplash mark to front cover). Some light bumping to cover corners. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 127pp. Many b/w illustrations including one folding plate (a map of Fonthill and grounds). .

Santa Monica, California: Hennessy & Ingalls, 1998. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Originally published in 1928, this version published 1998. Pale olive green hardcover. Condition: Very good, with light bumping to lower cover corners. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with light shelfwear. 265pp. Colour frontispiece and many b/w illustrations. .

London: Sprague & Co., 1896. Book. Very Good. Buckram. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Terracotta colour buckram with bevelled edges and title in gilt on front cover. The initials H.R. are in gilt on the spine. Condition: Very good, with sunning to spine. Cover edges have light shelfwear. Binding sound, text clean. Inscription to previous owner in ink on front endpaper, dated 1897, similar inscription to reverse of rear endpaper. An unpaginated collection of examples of b/w architectural drawings and b/w watercolours by Heber Rimmer, a promising architect who died at the young age of 26 in 1895. A contemporary of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Rimmer won the presitigious Soane Medallion in 1892. Scarce. .

Leicester: Leicester University Press, 1970. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. New edition. (originally published in 1872). Bright blue hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with previous owners name neatly written at top of front endpaper. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with light shelfwear, light sunning to spine. Not price-clipped. 209pp. 48 b/w woodcuts, 26 further b/w illustrations. In this book Eastlake set out to provide a detailed record of "one of the most remarkable revolutions in national art that his country has seen". He was determined "to chronicle facts rather than offer criticisms". In the appendix he supplied details of 343 neo-Gothic buildings ereted between 1820 and 1870. In the text he dealt a lenght with the influence of Horace Walpole, Pugin and Ruskin, and the architecture of Wyatt, Barry, Butterfield, Scott, Burges, Waterhouse and many more. This new edition reproduces the full text of… Read More

London: Hugh Evelyn, 1973. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Text is in English. Pale blue cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. Light sunning to very edges of text throughout. Dustjacket condition: Good, with light shelfwear and light sunning to spine. 143pp. Many b/w illustrations. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Cambridge, Massachusetts/London, England: The MIT Press, 1979. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. NB: No dustjacket. Originally published in German as "Le Corbusier, Elemente einer Synthese" by Verlag Huber in 1968, this edition published by the MIT Press in English, in 1979. White hardcover with title in silver on spine. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear and a hint of soiling to covers. Previous owner has printed their name and address (with an address stamp) to the base of the textblock. There is also an unusual homemade label fixed to the rear pastedown detailing that the book was remaindered and the dates the book was ordered, received, started and finished. 379pp. Many b/w illustrations. .

New Jersey: Eastview Editions, Inc., 1980. Book. Fair. Hardcover. Black hardcover with titles in gilt on spine. Condition: Fair to good, light foxing to half-title and light sunning to text edges. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Fair, generally lightly shelfworn, with sunning to spine. Not price-clipped. 325pp. Profusely illustrated with b/w diagrams..

London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1981. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Reprint. Softcover. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers. Very light crease to spine. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 200pp. Several colour plates and many b/w illustrations. This catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition dedicated to the work of Sir Edwin Lutyens (1869-1944) held at the Hayward Gallery, London from 18 November 1981 to 31 January 1982.

New York, Toronto, London: McGraw-Hill Book Company Inc., 1960. Book. Good. Cloth. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Second edition. Pale grey cloth with title i black on front cover and spine. Condition: Good, with general light shelfwear to covers. Front endpaper has a vertical crease to the edge. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Fair to good, generally shelfworn to edges with some light soiling, and some light sunning to spine. 327pp. Many b/w illustrations.The second edition of this guide presents a detailed study of physical design in motels, hotels, restaurants and bars. It graphically shows the important relationship between good design and good business. Presented in the book are illustrations and plans of successful establishments where well-planned functional design has paid off in flourishing trade and satisfied clientele, for example, the Mark Thomas Inn, Monterey, California, San Pedro Hacienda, San Pedro, California and the Dallas Statler. It was also published… Read More

London: Laurence King Publishing Ltd., 2006. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Pale blue hardcover with title in black on spine. Condition: Fine, binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear. 240pp. Many colour illustrations. This book begins with an introduction that traces the history the key moments of glass in architecture, explains the importance of glass artists in the second half of the 20th century and describes developments in glass technology in architecture in the last 20 years. The book features 25 recent examples of glass architecture, including Jean Nouvel's Torre Agbar in Barcelona, Frank Gehry's DZ Bank in Berlin and Foster & Partners' Great Court at the British Museum in London..

Birmingham, West Midlands: Mercia Cinema Society, 1985. Book. Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Blue hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Good, with general light shelfwear to covers. Some creasing to front endpper. Two small areas to front pastedown where some sellotape has been removed, taking off the top surface layer of paper. Dustjacket condition: Good, with general shelfwear. Not price-clipped. No inscriptions. Loosely inserted is an original letter dated 17th January 1989 from Basil Herring, one of the architects working for the practice of Harry W Weedon, to a previous colleague, Clarence Smith, reminiscing about working with Weedon. Also loosely inserted are a couple of photocopied letters dated 1937 confirming Clarence Smith's appointment as junior assistant in the office of Harry Weedon.176pp. Many b/w photographic illustrations. This book is a pictorial survey of the cinemas which were specifically built for the original Odeon circuit, and not those… Read More

New York: Rizzoli, 1991. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Cream cloth hardcover with title in green on spine. Condition: Very good, binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, with general light shelfwear and some light sunning to very edge of the front cover of the dustjacket where it meets the spine. 324pp. Many sumptuous colour illustrations. From its beginnings as a tropical wilderness, Palm Beach has long been revered as an idyllic setting, embraced by America's wealthy and aristocratic elite, including the Vanderbilts, the Flaglers and the Woolworths. Most of the houses built for these clients remain in private hands and are still in active use today. This book details 32 homes and estates, such as Kahlua, Villa Mizner and Whitehall, ranging in style from Beaux-Arts classicism to Art Deco, and from Italianate to Mediterranean. The architects and designers included Maurice Fatio, Marion Sims Wyeth and Addison Mizner. A heavy book, will require… Read More

London: Scolar Press, 1978. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Introduction by Clive Wainwright, and full index by Jane Wainright. Blue hardcover with titles in gilt on spine. Condition: Good, binding sound, text clean no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Fair, covers are quite sunned, and generally shelfworn. Not price-clipped. 473pp. Pugin is universally known as the key figure in the creation of the Victorian phase of the Gothic revival. He was simultaneously author, decorative designer, antiquary, ecclesiologist and architect. This is one of the principal accounts of Pugin, containing a wealth of detail and personal recollections not recorded elsewhere. Ferrey and Pugin were close friends during their youth and were fellow pupils in the office of Pugin's father A.C.Pugin, whose career is also included in this book. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Helsinki, Finland: Museum of Finnish Architecture, 1984. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Dual text in English and Finnish. Softcover. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Previous owner (a designer) has written E Saarinen neatly in black on the spine. 120pp. Many b/w and some occasional colour illustrations. This catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition of the designs within Finland of the Finnish born architect and designer, Eliel Saarinen 1873-1950 (father of Eero) held at the Museum of Finnish Architecture, Helsinki from 15th August to 14th October, 1984. Scarce..