Search Results: Architecture & Design from RC Books

New York: American Legacy Press, 1982. 2nd Edition Reprint. Cloth and Paper. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. The quintessential architectural survey and history of Newport, Rhode Island. 526 pages with more than 500 illustrations, drawings and diagrams. Unclipped dust jacket protected in a Brodart cover.

New York: Duell, Sloane and Pearce, 1962. Eighth Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book contents are five chapters or "books," Family, Fellowship, Work, Freedom, and Form. A light crush to cloth at spine tail. Unclipped dust jacket, protected in a Brodart cover, has age-toning, light stains, a one-inch chip at spine head, and a thin hole on lower spine. 561 pages. A clean, tightly bound copy with no names or marks.

New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Guide to the buildings of Rhode Island, home of one of the richest concentrations of important historical architecture to be found anywhere in the U.S. A volume in the Society of Architectural Historians' Buildings of the United States series. Contributing editors Ronald J. Onorato and William McKenzie Woodward. 704 pp. including 900 building entries accompanied by about 330 b&w illustrations and 55 maps. An important book of architecture and Rhode Island history.

New York: The Monacelli Press, Inc., 1996. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. John Bessler. This beautiful book combines Wharton's personal history with her design style. 208 pages, well illustrated with historical photographs and special photography by John Bessler. No names or marks.

San Francisco : Arion Press, 2015. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Catalogue published in conjunction with an exhibition of the work of Edwin and Robert Grabhorn from 1920 to 1965 in the Grabhorn Press and of Robert Grabhorn form 1966 to 1973 in the press of Grabhorn-Hoyem. Exhibition sponsored by the Grolier Club of New York. Andrew Hoyem, curator and Dr. Simran Thadani, associate curator. 76 pages with some illustrations. A fine copy celebrating two big names from the book publishing world.

New York: The Viking Press, 1982. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Cloth and Paper. Fine/Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Colonial architecture of Newport from the 17th and 18th centuries and its preservation. Previous owner's gift inscription on blank free end paper. Price-cut dust jacket protected in an archival plastic cover has a one-inch closed tear at top. 152 indexed pages with over 100 photographs in black and white and color.

Fayetteville, AR: The University of Arkansas Press, 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Oblong 8 Vo - 8 1/2 by 11 Inches. Quality architectural overview of the Via di Borgo Pio. 74 pages including appendix and bibliography. Two pages have a mild spot of soiling. Previous owner's bookplate on front free end paper. Jacket has a one and a half-inch tear. Profusely illustrated in black and white.

New York: George Braziller, 1981. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Author Marshall's attempt to portray the interior and spiritual side of the poet, artist, and socialist. 315 pp. plus index. 11 illustrtions. Another ISBN number (0807610127) appears on rear dust-jacket flap. Small black mark (possible remainder?) on bottom edge of text block - otherwise a clean copy with no names or marks. Unclipped, mylar-covered dust-jacket has light soiling, an old price sticker on blank rear panel, and edgewear, including a 1 by 1.5 inch chip at bottom of front panel.