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Bricks & Brownstone The New York Row House, 1783-1929 An Architectural & Social History
by Lockwood, Charles
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- Royoung bookseller, Inc.
- Published
- 1972
- Condition
- Orig. tan cloth. Fine in nicked dust wrapper
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- First edition
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$45.00
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New York: McGraw-Hill, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. tan cloth. Fine in nicked dust wrapper. 262 pages. 28.5 x 22 cm. Illustrated with photographs and engravings (over half of them 100 years old). Introduction by James Biddle. Bibliography. Index. This monograph is an important contribution to the "brownstone revival." KARPEL B784. "Contains excellent plates.
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Nineteenth-Century Houses in Western New York
by Conover, Jewel Helen
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- Royoung bookseller, Inc.
- Published
- 1971
- Condition
- Orig. dark salmon cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper
- Edition
- Second edition
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$30.00
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Albany: State University of New York Press, 1971. Second edition. Hardcover. Orig. dark salmon cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 161 pages. 28.5 x 22 cm. Illustrated with photographs. A review of country house styles when the area was reasonably prosperous.
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Old French Etchings Along The Marne
by Fisher, Edwill
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- Published
- 1920
- Condition
- Quarter bound in tan buckram, descriptive front cover text. Very good
- Edition
- First edition
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$575.00
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Minneapolis: Northcraft Studios, "At The Sign of the Pine, 1920. First edition. Hardcover. Quarter bound in tan buckram, descriptive front cover text. Very good. Portfolio is 15 x 12 1/2 inches. A complete set of five etchings: Canal Bridge, The Old Well at Toul, A Street Scene, The Fireside, The Fagot Gatherer, plus at inside back cover a… Read more
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War
by Bourdelle, Pierre
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- Published
- 1945
- Condition
- Contents loose as issued in light blue basket weave cloth portfolio front cover lettered in gilt. Very good
- Edition
- First edition
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$450.00
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New York: Printed by the Author, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. Contents loose as issued in light blue basket weave cloth portfolio front cover lettered in gilt. Very good. Bourdelle, Pierre. Three text leaves are commentary by Pierre Claudel. Folio, 44 x 34 cm. Limited edition, copy 16 of 250 signed by Bourdelle. Fifty-two fine tinted lithographs printed in… Read more
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$450.00

Steichen The Photographer
by Sandburg, Carl
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- Published
- 1929
- Condition
- Orig. black cloth. Very good
- Edition
- First edition
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$2,495.00
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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth. Very good. Steichen, Edward. 70 pages in text. 32 x 25 cm. Limited edition, copy 27 of 925, signed by Steichen and Sandburg. Frontispiece and 48 full-page photogravure, each with titled cover sheet. The text is by Sandburg who notes, J. Walter Thompson signed… Read more
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$2,495.00

100 Masterpieces IN HONOR OF THE ART INSTITUTES CENTENNIAL YEAR
by Chicago. Art Institute of Chicago
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- Published
- 1978
- Condition
- Orig. padded brown leatherette covers, backstrip lettered in gilt. Aeg. Fine in fine matching deluxe clam shell case, front cove
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- First edition
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$4,500.00
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Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1978. First edition. Orig. padded brown leatherette covers, backstrip lettered in gilt. Aeg. Fine in fine matching deluxe clam shell case, front cover illustration in gilt.. 159 pages. Folio, 35 x 26.5 cm. Limited edition copy 52 of 100 signed in ink by Georgia O' Okeeffe, Ivan Albright, Willem de Kooning, Joan Miro… Read more
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$4,500.00

A Monograph of the Work of McKim, Mead and White 1879 - 1915; New Edition Four Vols. in One With An Essay by Leland Roth
by McKim, Mead and White
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- Royoung bookseller, Inc.
- Published
- 1973
- Condition
- Orig. illustrated tan cloth. Near fine
- Edition
- Reprint
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$100.00
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New York: Benjamin Blom, 1973. Reprint. Hardcover. Orig. illustrated tan cloth. Near fine. 73 pages in text. 34 x 25 cm. Introduction by Benjamin Blom who condemns the city's destruction of landmark buildings. 399 plates. Notes on the Plates. Index.
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A Monograph of the Work of McKim, Mead and White. 1879 - 1915
by McKim, Mead and White
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- Published
- 1915
- Condition
- Period half brown buckram over tan cloth boards.
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- First edition
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$3,950.00
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New York: Architectural Book Publishing, Co, 1915. First edition. Period half brown buckram over tan cloth boards.. Folio, 51 x 36 cm, more than 400 full-page plates (photographs, plans and elevations to scale) present a retrospective of one of the most respected and influential architectural organizations of its day with more than 785 commissions, about 350 of them… Read more
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Demons * Imps * & Fiends; Drawings By Leonard Baskin
by Baskin, Leonard
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- Published
- 1976
- Condition
- Orig. decorated marbled boards and black leather spine lettered in gilt. Fine
- Edition
- First edition
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$750.00
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Northampton: The Gehenna Press, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. decorated marbled boards and black leather spine lettered in gilt. Fine. Baskin, Leonard. Unpaginated. 29.5 x 21 cm. Limited edition, hand numbered copy 153 of 450 "printed on various interesting papers during the autumn of 1976." Printed by Harold McGrath. Nineteen, mostly full page portraits printed recto only on papers… Read more
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$750.00

In Dickens's London: Twenty-Two Photogravure Proofs Reproducing the Charcoal Drawings by F. Hopkinson Smith
by Smith, Francis Hopkinson
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- Published
- 1914
- Condition
- Cloth backed printed portfolio with six intact linen ties. Very good
- Edition
- First edition
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$850.00
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New York: Charles Scibner's Sons, 1914. First edition. Hardcover. Cloth backed printed portfolio with six intact linen ties. Very good. Francis Hopkinson Smith. 8 text pages. Folio, 51 x 41 cm. Twenty leaves of loose photogravure proofs, each matted with tissue guards and printed descriptive label tipped to each verso. Limited edition, copy 92 of 150 signed… Read more
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$850.00

Domestic Architecture Of H.T. Lindeberg; With an Introduction by Royal Cortissoz
by Lindeberg, H.T.
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- Published
- 1940
- Condition
- Orig. publisher two-toned red cloth. Very good
- Edition
- First edition
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$1,000.00
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New York: William Helburn, 1940. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. publisher two-toned red cloth. Very good. XVI & 310 pages. Folio, 38 x 28 cm. 304 plates: photographs, elevations, plans to scale, interior and exterior views, six plates in color. Limited edition, one of 1000 copies. Harrie Thomas Lindeberg designed for the rich and famous of the first half… Read more
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Country Life: A Handbook of Agriculture, Horticulture, and Landscape Gardening
by Copeland, Robert Morris
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- Published
- 1859
- Condition
- Orig. brown textured cloth, cover panels in blind. Near fine
- Edition
- First edition
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$450.00
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Boston: John P. Jewett, 1859. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown textured cloth, cover panels in blind. Near fine. 813 pages. 22 x 15 cm. Nearly 150 plates: Double-page lithograph frontispiece; woodcut plates and in-text illustrations. KARPEL B526. "Robert Morris Copeland was one of that remarkable generation of landscaped architects which included F.L. Olmsted, H.W.S. Cleveland, and Charles Eliot.… Read more
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$450.00

Berthe Morisot Impressionist
by Stuckey, Charles & William P. Scott with the assistance of Suzanne G. Lindsay
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- Published
- 1987
- Condition
- Orig. white cloth decorated in blind. Fine in fine dust wrapper
- Edition
- First edition
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$25.00
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New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. white cloth decorated in blind. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Berthe Morisot. 228 pages. 28.5 x 23.5 cm. 123 color plates plus 116 black and white illustrations.
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Frank Lloyd Wright/Steelcase; Text by David Allen Hanks
by Wright, Frank Lloyd (Ephemera)
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- Published
- 1981
- Condition
- Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Very good
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$25.00
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Np: Steelcase, 1981. Stiff Wraps. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Very good. 6 pages. 20 x 19 cm. Promotional piece for desk designs by FLW re S.C. Johnson Building. Color illustrations plus three page fodlout of black and white sketches of Steelcase designs with explanation of the desk design. Slight toning and small stain front cover.
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The Iceman Cometh A Play
by O'Neill, Eugene
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- Published
- 1982
- Condition
- Orig. cambridge gray boards with front cover and spine paper labels. Fine in fine matching slipcase
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$205.00
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1982. Hardcover. Orig. cambridge gray boards with front cover and spine paper labels. Fine in fine matching slipcase. Baskin, Leonard. 153 pages. 29 x 18.5 cm. Introduction by Irma Jaffe. With drawings by Leonard Baskin, and with an original lithograph by Leonard Baskin of "Hickey," the main character in the play. Monthly… Read more
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The Fall Of the House of Usher; Illustrated By Alice Neel
by Poe, Edgar
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- Published
- 1985
- Condition
- Orig. quarter brown morocco and marbled boards. Fine in fine sued lined slipcase with front cover gilt lettered leather label
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$850.00
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1985. Hardcover. Orig. quarter brown morocco and marbled boards. Fine in fine sued lined slipcase with front cover gilt lettered leather label. Neel, Alice. 32 pages. 39 x 28 cm. Limited edition, copy 1267 of 1500 copies, signed by Raphael Soyer and Alice Neel in pencil. Neel signed an undetermined number of copies… Read more
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$850.00

Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly, Summer 1994, Vol.5 No.3
by Wright, Frank Lloyd (Ephemera)
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- Published
- 1994
- Condition
- Orig. illustrated, stapled stiff wrappers. Fine
- Edition
- First printing
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$20.00
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Taliesin West: Scottsdale, 1994. First printing. Wraps. Orig. illustrated, stapled stiff wrappers. Fine. 24 pages. 28 x 21.5 cm. Illustrated with photographs. Scenes from the Imperial Hotel Apartment, Tokyo.
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Frank Lloyd Wright At The Metropolitan Museum Of Art by Edgar Kaufmann, Jr.
by Wright, Frank Lloyd (Ephemera)
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- Published
- 1982
- Condition
- Orig. illustrated, stapled stiff wrappers. Fine
- Edition
- First printing
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$25.00
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New York: MOMA, 1982. First printing. Wraps. Orig. illustrated, stapled stiff wrappers. Fine. 56 pages. 28 x 21.5 cm. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. Introduction by R. Craig Miller, Curator, Department of American Decorative Arts. A good portion of the images reflect furniture and interior designs by FLW.
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Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly, Summer 1994, Vol.5 No.1
by Wright, Frank Lloyd (Ephemera)
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- Published
- 1994
- Condition
- Orig. illustrated, stapled stiff wrappers. Fine
- Edition
- First printing
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$20.00
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Taliesin West: Scottsdale, 1994. First printing. Wraps. Orig. illustrated, stapled stiff wrappers. Fine. 24 pages. 28 x 21.5 cm. Illustrated with photographs. Chapter on Exhibitions At Home And Abroad.
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Elie Nadelman
by Kirstein, Lincoln
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- Royoung bookseller, Inc.
- Published
- 1973
- Condition
- Orig. beige cloth. Fine in very good dust wrapper
- Edition
- First edition
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$165.00
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New York: Eakins Press, 1973. First edition. Orig. beige cloth. Fine in very good dust wrapper. Nadelman, Elie. 359 pages 31 x 23.5 cm. 215 plates of Nadelman's work including previously unpublished photographs supervised by the sculptor. Writings on Nadelman. Draft Catalogue Raisonne. Index. The first comprehensive presentation of the life and work of an important 20th century… Read more
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$165.00