Search Results: Architecture from Twin City Antiquarian Books

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1966 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Brown cloth with black screened titles, xii, 350 pp, 239 illustrations, notes, index. Head and tail of spine rubbed, as are bottom edges and top corners of boards, faint red smudges on front board. Contents: 1620-1776: What we had to begin with. 1776-1820: The new republic rises. 1820-1840: Quiet before the storm. 1840-1860: The schism. The golden leap. 1860-1893: The great Victorians. 1893-1933: Eclipse. 1933-1945: American building at the crossroads. 1945-1965: The paradox of abundance. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 4 oz.). 2nd ed, 2nd ptg. . VG/No dj. 24 X 16 cm.

Zodiaque, 1979 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full burgundy cloth, grey titles on front board & spine, ribbon bookmark bound in, 328 pp, 9 color plates, 133 b & w photogravure plates, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. The title suggests a book on Romanesque Burgundy, but the French-language text and the photographs focus on eight churches plus the decorated doorways around Brionne. (An abbreviated English translation is included in the end matter.) Quite apart from its contents, this book is a wonderful example of the art of printing. The black and white photographs are reproduced by photogravure, which reproduces exeptional detail and tonal range by varying the thickness of ink rather than size of dots. The text is printed letterpress, and the color plates litho. Although identified as the 7th edition of this title, the 5th edition was a substantial revision both of the photographs and of the text. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International… Read More

New York: Dover Publications, Inc, 1955 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Early-style Dover binding - folded signatures present but side-stapled in brown & blue covers with white titles, [xiv], 265, [2] pp, 12 illustrations printed with text but not paginated, bibliography, index. Paper browning, slight shelf wear. Mumford dubs the period the "Brown Decades" because of the somber mood prevailing in the post-Civil War period, but finds this echoed in sooty air and darker color palettes used by architects, interior designers, and painters. The emphasis is on architecture, but other arts, especially painting, are included. Copyright renewal was in the name of Dover Publications. Shipping weight 1 lb.. 2nd revised ed.. Trade Paperback. VG/No dj. 20½ X 13½ cm.

New York: Vintage Books, 1979 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Mostly silver pictorial card covers with blue titles on spine, xix, 347, ][1] pp, maps, b & w photos, index. Rubbing & some creasing to covers. The architecture critic for the New York Times selects for inclusion in this guide about 800 buildings, discussed in 400 entries arranged in geographical order. Each entry discusses the buildings at a site and how they relate to the site (or try to ignore it). Many entries are illustrated with photos by David W. Dunlap. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. 7th ptg. Trade Paperback. VG-/No dj. 23½ X 12½ cm.

New York: Scribner, 1999 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Green boards, foil titles on spine, 480 pp, 8 ff b & w photo plates, many other illustrations in text, bibliography, notes, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Biography of the landscape architect whose designs included Central Park in New York, the Stanford University campus, and the park system of Louisville, Kentucky. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 8 oz.). 2nd ptg. . Fine/Fine. 24 X 16 cm.

New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1990 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue cloth, gilt titles on spine, pictorial endpapers, [vi], 330 pp including hundreds of color and b & w photos, drawings, and plans, notes, index. Bottom edges of boards slightly scuffed, else fine. DJ has just a hint of rubbing to corners, else fine; in Brodart archival cover. Girouard, an architectural historian, looks at the development of English towns and the functions of buildings, public works, and infrastructure. Shipping weight 4 lbs. (International 3 lbs., 12 oz.). BOMC. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 27½ X 22 cm.

London: Violette Editions, 2004 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Buff boards, red & black titles on spine, red titles on front board, silver endpapers, 544 pp. Corners lightly bumped, else fine. DJ is cut in one of Gehry's typical swoopy curves, folded, with names of projects printed on recto & a sketch printed on partially visible reverse. For each of 29 projects, there is a photograph of the finished building, a brief explanation of the project, and models & sketches from various phases of the design process, with comments by Gehry, Edwin Chan, & Craig Webb. There are also essays on Gehry's architecture by Horst Bredekamp, Rene Daalder & Mark Rappolt. Shipping weight 5 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/Fine. Illus. by Frank Gehry. 25½ X 20 cm.

Shottesbrooke, Maidenhead: The Landmark Trust, 1993 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Sewn in b & w pictorial wraps, x, 270 pp. A bit of edge wear, else fine. Contains photographs, plans, and descriptions of about 150 historic buildings preserved by the Trust, most of which are available for short-term (holiday) rentals. The buildings include castles, houses, cottages, mills, lighthouses, gatehouses, inns, and a railway station. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 12 oz.). Wraps. Near Fine/No dj. 29½ X 21 cm.

New York et al.: Viking, 1992 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue boards, black cloth spine with gilt titles, xviii, 301 pp, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Collection of essays "about buildings as places rather than objects, and as a part of a larger social and cultural context rather than as diverting works of art." Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 21 X 15 cm.

New York: Whitney Library of Design (Watson-Guptill Publications), 1991 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Signed by Author. Copyright 1985. Cream cloth with red titles on spine, 224 pp, tables, index. Author's signature dated 1992 on title page. DJ in Brodart archival cover. How to negotiate architectural design contracts. Preparation, negotiating strategy & tactics, contract provisions. Advice given is specifically related to architecture, and deals with issues such as defining project scope, estimating costs, what to expect from potential clients, how to negotiate, whom to negotiate with, what clauses to add to your contracts.. 3rd ptg. . Fine/Fine. 23½ X 16 cm.

Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1973 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Translated from the Russian by K. M. Cook. Grey & white pictorial cloth, pictorial endpapers, 256 pp, numerous color & b/w photos. A clean, crisp copy. Contents: main stages in the history of Novgorodian architecture; citadel fortifications; inside the citadel; outer fortifications; Sophia side; market side; environs of Novgorod. Most photos are of fortifications and churches. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition in English. . Fine/No dj. Illus. by Vadim Gippenreiter & Mikhail Karger. 18 X 15 cm.

New York: Rizzoli, 1976 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Joint publisher: Electa Editrice, Milan. White covers with black & white photo on front, black titles on spine, 128 pp, 160 figures, bibliography. Owner's signature on title page. Catalogue of an exhibition of Andrea Palladio's work that toured the United States in 1976, with an essay on his influence on American architecture (by Nicols). Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). . Near Fine/No dj. 24 X 22 cm.

Bloomington, IL: Public School Publishing Company, 1934 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Green cloth, gilt titles on front board & spine, xi, 337 pp, footnotes. A few spots on boards, owners' name & address stamped on fpd, a few leaves creased. Contains thirty-four papers to be discussed at the February 1934 meeting of the society, grouped under the headings: philosopy of the school plant; school-plant planning policies; educational services; architectural services; constructional service; financial aspects of the problem. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . VG/No dj. 22½ X 16 cm.

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1968 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Tan cloth, gilt-on-red titles on spine, [xvii], 276 pp, 3 maps, 166 b & w illustrations (mostly photos) on 48 ff plates, index. Bottom edge of book block bumped in two places, causing small tears & creases to margins of affected leaves, else near fine, slight rubbing to extremities. DJ has two tears with creasing (3 & 7 cm), and some wear and small chips to corners & spine ends; in Brodart archival cover. Cameron explores Spanish imperial architecture in Latin America, in the process illuminating the history of Spain's possessions in the New World. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . G+/G+. 25 X 16 cm.

Boston & Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1968 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Green cloth, gilt-on-black titles on spine, blind device on front board, [xxiii], 276 pp, 3 maps, 166 b & w illustrations (mostly photos) on 48 ff plates, index. Faint water mark on front board. Cameron explores Spanish imperial architecture in Latin America, in the process illuminating the history of Spain's possessions in the New World. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First US Edition. . VG/No dj. 24 X 16 cm.