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Sterling Publishing, 1989. Oversize Paperback. Very Good. Book is in excellent condition with light shelf wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Large format, 367 pages with a great many illustrations of all types: photos, architectural drawings, elevations, floor plans, structural diagrams, etc. with sections on Log houses, Timber frame houses, Pole houses, Cordwood, stone, and earth masonry houses, Earth sheltered houses. construction, design, materials, building.

Los Angeles: Doppel House, 2011. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 200 pages.

Charleston, SC: Wyrick & Company, 2000. Oversize Hardback. Fine/Fine. XL. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full burgandy cloth boards. 10""w x 11""h. 224 pages. Many color full-page photographs.

London: B.T. Batsford, 1953. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. XL. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Wear and small tears on dust jacket. Full red cloth boards. 7 1/2""w x 10""h. 242 pages. Previous owner's name inside. Black and white photos.

Sunstone Pr, 1985. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Book is in excellent condition with a tiny bit of edge wear only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Contents include: Architecture of the American Southwest: a brief history: Pueblo indian, Spanish Colonial and Mexican Territorial, Railroad Mountain gables, log construction, Revival, Historic preservation in the southwest: a hands-on handbook: walls, roofs, porches and woodwork, doors and windows, etc. Energy and the old building, preservation conservation and solar retrofitting. Well illustrated, 158 pages in large format. Copyright 2011 Pistil Books

Louisville, KY: Reynolds Metals Company, 1956. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Book is in excellent condition, with very light shelf wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. High quality production printed on heavy, glossy paper, decorated, aluminized endpapers. A giant brochure for the industry, packed with large, b&w photos of every aspect of aluminum construction at the time. Contains Aluminum in modern buildings to page 226 then Conversations with noted architects. 255 pages, including sections on Factories, Offices, Residences, Schools, Churches, General: bridges, halls, hangars, Coulee dam, airports, shopping centers, etc. Copyright 2011 Pistil Books

Louisville, KY: Reynolds Metals Company, 1956. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Two volume set is in excellent condition, showing a tiny bit of corner wear as the only flaw. Bindings are solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exteriors show no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. High quality production printed on heavy, glossy paper, decorated, aluminized endpapers. A giant brochure for the industry, packed with large, b&w photos of every aspect of aluminum construction at the time. Embossed stamp from previous owner at front, as well as residue from tag. Vol. I contains Aluminum in modern buildings to page 226 then Conversations with noted architects. 255 pages, including sections on Factories, Offices, Residences, Schools, Churches, General: bridges, halls, hangars, Coulee dam, airports, shopping centers, etc. Vol. II is an engineering reference book companion Vol I., 403 pages with charts, graphs, tables, scales, lots of mechanical drawings, b&w… Read More

Yale University Press, 2005. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Book has lightly bumped lower corners as the only flaw to blue/grey cloth HB covers. .Binding is solid and square, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is marked occasionally wtih lines along margin, previous owner's name, note, at front. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear, 1/2"" tear bottom front corner. Color photos, drawings, architectural illustrations, elevations floorplans throughout.

N Y: Abbeville Press, 1985. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. XL. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full black cloth boards. Light wear to dust jacket with faded spine. Previous owner's name stamp inside. 8 3/4""w x 11 1/4""h. 256 pages. Many b&w illustrations.

Cambridge, MA: Belknap / Harvard, 1961. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. XL. Two volumes in blue cloth. Text is clean and unmarked with tight bindings and covers have sharp edges. Black and white photographs.

N Y: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1983. Oversize Paperback. Good. XL. Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings. 103 pages. Worn and torn corners of cover. Very large format book with many full page color plate of exterior Victorian homes, floor plans, detail, many b&w illustrations also.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1989. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 268 pages. 6 1/2""w x 9 1/2""h. Full gray cloth boards.

EMlak Bankasi, 1996. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good. XL. Book is in excellent condition in embossed black vinyl covers, no print at spine. Page block is made of heavy, glossy paper with a great many full page, full color photos throughout of exteriors, interiors, detail photos and some architectural drawings and paintings. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows edge wear with chipping and small tears. Contents include: The house in historical perspective, with subsections: Early Anatolia, The Pre-Anatolian Turks, The influence of Byzantine architecture, The Seljuks and Beyliks (Anatolian Lordiness / Principalities).; Factors in the development of the vernacular house, with subsections: The physical environment; climate and terrain, local building materials and structural; The cultural environment; Anatolia, Mesopotamia, and Persia, Caucasia. The house and its units; The room,… Read More

N Y: Holmes & Meier, 1987. Trade Paperback. Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Previous owner's name inside. 7 1/4""w x 9 3/4""h. 264 pages. Light wear to cover. Many b&w illustrations.

Westfield, NJ: Eastview Editions, 1979. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Slight edge wear to dust jacket. 240 pages -- 105 photographs -- 10 line drawings. 6 1/8""w x 9 1/4""h.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. XL. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 8 3/4""w x 9 1/2""h. 544 pages. Black and white photos and illustrations, maps. ""With projects that ranged from tombstones to skyscrapers, boiler rooms to entire industrial complexes, Holabird & Roche left an indelible stamp on the city of Chicago and, indeed, far beyond. In this volume, the first of two on Holabird & Roche and its successor, Holabird & Root, Robert Bruegmann traces the firm�s history from its founding in 1880 to the end of the First World War. Incorporating meticulous research based on the extensive architectural holdings of the Chicago Historical Society, Bruegmann documents the firm�s work from the boom years of the 1880s through the period of sustained growth and innovation after the turn of the century. In chapters devoted to topics as diverse as downtown commercial and retail development, business hotels, civic buildings, automobile showrooms, and… Read More

London: Architectural Press, 1963. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good. Book is in excellent condition with lightly bumped corners, very light edge wear to dark red cloth covers with gilt print at spine. Binding is solid and square, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows extensive edge wear, small tears at hinge, top spine, scuffing, small stain. Contents include: Organization of the profession, The Japanese hotel, Transport and tourism, Town planning in evolution, Architectural education The architects, etc. Featured buildings or sights include Frank Lloyd Wright's Imperial Hotel, Diet Library, Gakushuin University, Museum of western art, memorial hall at Hiroshima, Sakakura's art gallery, Town hall, Gotsu, museum at Matsue, Dentsu building Osaka, Hasshokan hotel at Nagoya, Kenzo Tange hotel at Atami and a great many others. Architects featured in chapter ""Architects"" : Antonin Raymond, Togo Murano, Junzo Sakakura, Isao Sibaoka,… Read More

B T Batsford Ltd, 1994. Trade Paperback. Fine. Book is in excellent condition; as new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 202 pages, very lavishly illustrated with b&w drawings and some photos throughout. Sections include: Pre-Romanesque and Romanewque: Seventh Century to Thirteenth Century: Carolingian, Lombardic, in Scandinavia, Croatia, Moravia, Anglo-Saxon, Visigothic in France, Italy, Sicily, etc. and Gothic 1150 - 1600 in France, England, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Hungary, Czech Rep. Holland, etc.

Golden Press, 1969. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Book shows light wear to covers, faded spine. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 235 pages with a great many illustrations, photos, elevations, exteriors, mechanical drawings, floorplans, etc. Contents includes: walls, arches, vaults, domes, doors and windows, roofs, new materials, stairways, in antiquity, America, Asia, Africa, Europe, the modern world.

Univ of Chicago Pr, 1988. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 264 pages. Many b&w photographs.