Search Results: Architecture from Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA

New York: Smithmark, 1999. Hardcover. 4to. Patterned paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 128pp. Color frontispiece, extensive illustrations (most color), decorative endpapers. Fine/fine. Superbly tight and bright first edition of this visually stunning survey of FLW-designed furniture, art glass and decorative arts.

Washington, DC: The Octagon, 1957. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Tan cloth with gilt spine lettering. 184pp. Illustrations. Very good. Faintest of binding edgewear only, else tight and internally fine. Handsome first edition of the centennial history of the American Institute of Architects, invariably found in softbound version only bu here an unusual clothbound. Intriguing "AIA Architect" bookplate on front pastedown of J. Eric Anderson (1922-2013), noted architect who served as president of the Northern Illinois chapter of the A.I.A.

Spring Green, WI: House of Wyoming Valley, n.y.. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff color pictorial wrappers. 137pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good. Wrappers slightly rubbed and scuffed; ownership signature on front flyleaf. Edition not verifiable. A tight, attractive copy of this biography of the "House on the Rock" architect.

Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press, 1997. Hardcover. Preface by Charles Moore.4to. Blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 333pp. Extensive line drawings and floor plans. Fine/fine. First of this edition, a revised edition of the 1991 "Classic Reference to American Housing Styles."

New York: International Publications, 1934. Paperback. 4to. Stiff beige pictorial wrappers. 142pp. Numerous illustrations, floor plans, large foldout chart, advertisements. Near fine. Superb, bright, tight issue of this bimonthly, this issue focusing on "Small Homes * Thermal Insulation" and snazzy wraparound wrapper color graphic depicting downtown Pittsburgh.

New York: Galahad Books, 1972. Hardcover. 4to. Brown paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 352pp. Color frontispiece, extensive illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Faintest of jacket edgewear, with lightly sunned spine; ownership initials on front pastedown. Superb and tight first edition of this readable and wonderfully-illustrated survey from the 17th through 20th centuries.

New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc, 1975. Hardcover. 4to. Pale blue cloth spine with gilt lettering and blue buckram, pictorial dust jacket. xi, 265pp. Extensive illustrations (some color) and floor plans. Fine/near fine. Ownership initials on front pastedown. Handsome, tight second printing of this superbly-illustrated survey of 17th-19th century farm houses and outbuildings throughout New England, the Middle States and the South -- an essential reference.

New York: Time-Life Books, 1968. Hardcover. Folio. Tan cloth spine and orange paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 172pp. Numerous color illustrations. Near fine/very good. Revised edition. Lavishly photographed classic American artworks and architectural styles.

Waukesha: Country Beautiful Corporation, 1967. Hardcover. 4to. Green cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 194pp. Extensive illustrations (some color). Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear, with some edge chips along the tail of spine and bottom of rear panel. First edition. A tight, clean, quite nice copy of this survey.

Athens: Dim. Papadimas Reg't Co, 2008. Hardcover. Wide small 4to. Glossy pictorial paper over boards with metal spiral binding. 108pp. Map, extensive small color illustrations, numerous full-page color plates with clear/pictorial overlays. Fine. Superb first edition of this guided tour through Greece's major ancient cities, with major surviving structures pictured as they appear today ("now") with overlays showing how they may have appeared back in the day ("then"). Tipped to front pastedown is a clear sleeve housing a DVD. Unlike typical plastic comb bindings that chip with age, this heavy-duty metal binding is pristine.

New York: Bonanza Books, n.y.. Hardcover. 4to. Green cloth with black lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 123pp. Extensive illustrations, pictorial/map endpapers. Very good/very good. Faint small dampstain near spine tail. A tight, attractive reprint edition of this 1947 survey.

New York: Crown Publishers, 1980. Hardcover. 4to. Blue cloth spine with gilt lettering and blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 159pp. Extensive illustrations (many color). Near fine/very good. Faintest of jacket wear only. A tight and lovely first edition of this well-illustrated, coast-to-coast extravaganza of Victorian interior images and descriptions.

New York: New York University Press, 1972. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth, dust jacket. 218pp. Numerous illustrations, line drawings, maps. Near fine/near fine. Handsome first edition.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1965. Hardcover. 4to. Brown decorated cloth. viii, 232pp. Numerous line drawings, floor plans. Very good. Mild bit of edgewear; ownership signature (not Archie Lieberman) on front flyleaf; occasional highlighting. Tight, nice later printing of this volume in editor Norman C. Harris' "McGraw-Hill Technical Education Series" -- from the library of noted Chicago photographer ARCHIE LIEBERMAN (1926-2008) of "Farm Boy" fame.

New York: Architectural Catalog Co, 1942. Paperback. Folio. Stiff tan wrappers with black lettering. (21pp, rectos only), (12pp ads). Numerous illustrations. Very good. Faint wear to outer wrappers (only), else internally fine. A tight, handsome copy of the October 1942 issue (Vol. VI, No. 17) of this specialty monthly.

New York: The Pencil Points Press, 1923. Hardcover. 4to. Brown cloth spine with gilt lettering and tan paper over boards with brown lettering and decoration. (Ca. 200pp). Extensive illustrations. Very good. Binding a bit rubbed and lightly edgeworn, though internally tight and fine. A tight, attractive reprint of the first volume in this publisher's "Library of Architectural Documents" series. "...Here all of the one hundred ten plates of the original edition, first published in Paris in 1815, are reproduced with the greatest care and faithfulness....

New York: Architectural Catalog Co, 1944. Paperback. Complete 2-volume set. Folio. Stiff green tan wrappers. (Ca. 80pp), 82pp ads); (ca. 75pp). Numerous illustrations. Very good. Mild wear to first volume outer wrappers, while second volume front wrapper soiled, else both volumes tight and internally fine. A nice pair of the May 1944 issues (Vol. VIII, No. 3) of this specialty monthly. Uncommon.

Washington, DC: National Association of Ornamental Metal Manufacturers, 1947. Hardcover. 4to. Full green leatherette with yellow lettering. 319pp. Numerous line drawings and floor plans. Very good. Binding mildly edgeworn, else tight and sharp. Nice first edition of this well-illustrated standard text within the ornamental metal architectural embellishments industry. Fun twist: Extra-illustrated with a tipped-in frontispiece (NOT as issued), a 9" X 12" printed "Code of Ethics" published by this association; within an ornamental border, this text-heavy certificate spells out ten tenets "Adopted at a Meeting Held in Columbus, Ohio, June 27, 1939.

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1941. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth with gilt lettering and decorations. xv, 218pp. Numerous full-page illustrations (one foldout). Very good. Spine lightly sunned, else tight and internally fine; bookplate on front pastedown. Attractive first edition of this well-regarded history and survey.

Washington, DC: National Association of Ornamental Metal Manufacturers, 1947. Hardcover. 4to. Full green leatherette with gilt lettering. 319pp. Numerous line drawings, tables. Very good. Light wear only at spine head/tail, else tight and internally near fine; 1951 front flyleaf ownership signature and 1994 front pastedown ownership initials. Attractive first edition of this industry standard for ornamental metal architectural embellishments.