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Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1969 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. xxii, 745 pp, list of 109 b&w illustrations, preface, 1. The Spirit of Reform; 2. The Heyday of the City Beautiful; 3. Science and the City Functional; 4. City Planning in the Age of Business; 5. A New Perspective: The Urban Community in National Life; 6. Defense, War, and the Struggle Against Blight; 7. Inquiry and Innovation: Responses to Urban Flux; 8. The Search for a New Comprehensiveness; notes, selected bibliography, index. California Studies in Urbanization and Enironmental Design: First Edition, 1969. "This book is remarkably comprehensive and includes a welth of detail gleaned from hundreds of original documents and extensive interviews with pioneers of the profession. The author describes the political movements, the persons and institutions, the civic crises, the legislative struggles, and the sometimes serious reverses that comprise the principle elements in the planning story."… Read More

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1979. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Oblong Octavo. vi + 154 pp, stated First Edition, in collaboration with David Slovic. 88 pp unpaginated color photographs, 73 credited photographs, 10.75" x 9.3" off-white cloth boards, blind stamped title fr cover, in unclipped DJ with acetate protector. .

New York: Columbia University Press, 1961 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. xi (i), 304 pp, acknowledgments, list of b&w illustrations, Part I. As The Twig Is Bent: Part II. Giants in the Land Part III. The Field of Vision; Part IV. Problems of the DAy; notes, index. First Edition, 1961. "In this book, the author answers the question "what is 'American' about American architectuer? in fascinating detail, exploring the problems, past and present, that make our architecture what it is today.American architecture has been the first t enter the modern world of industrial abundunance --- both its strengths and its wearknesses stem from this historic fact." from the jacket flap. Price clipped. A few very small chips to edge dj with some additional minor edge wear, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Grey cloth with black lettering to front board and spine..

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1969 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First American Edition. Large 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 127 (1) pp, list of b&w plates, preface, PART I. ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME: 1. Greek 6th Century 146 B.C.; 2. Roman 146 B.C. to A.D. 476. PART II. THE MIDDLE AGES: 3. Early Christian Churches 4th-6th Century A.D.; 4. Byzantine 6th-13 Century A.D.; 5. Romanesque A.D. 1000-1250; 6. Gothic 1250-1450. PART III. RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE: 7. Renaissance and Mannerism c. 1420-c. 1590; 8. Baroque c. 1590-1780. PART IV. 1780 TO THE PRESENT DAY: 9. Eclecticism 1780-1920; 10. 1920 to the Present Day; bibliography, index with 100 b&w illustrations. First American Edition, 1969. Price clipped with light wear head/tail of slightly age-toned spine and fore-edge tips dj with a few small rubbed spots to same, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Brown cloth with gilt image of The Colleseum in blind and gilt… Read More

New York: American Legacy Press, 1982 Book. As New. Hardcover. Second Edition / Revised & Augmented. Quarto. 4to. xvi (ii), 526 (2) pp, illus. Revised Second Edition, @1967, re-issued @1982. Not Price Clipped. Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 8.75" x 11.25". Blue cloth with white cloth backstrip, and black lettering to spine. Pictorial dj in acetate protector..

New York: Whitney Library of Design, 1981 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. 199 pp, acknowledgments, preface, Part 1: The Art, Proccess, and the Meaning, Part 2: The Drawings, biographies with color and b&w illustrations throughout. Owner plate on front pastedown, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Tan cloth..

New York: The Viking Press, 1971 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First American Edition. Square 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 187 pp, INTRODUCTION: Materials and Tools; Style Without Plan; Circle and Square; Arch and Cupola. EARLY ANTIQUITY: Egypt; The Aegean. CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY: Greece; Rome. DIFFUSION AND TRANSITION. Romanesque; The Islamic Style in Spain; Gothic; Renaissance; Baroque and Rococo; Neo-Classicism; Art Nouveau; The New Realism; The Present; Comparative Styles; glossary, chronological chars with illustrations, drawings and plans throughout. First American Edition, 1971: English translation from the German by B. T. Batsford. Price clipped. Lightly faded spine dj with small rubbed spot on rear panel of same, else, Pristine, no wrear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Light-orange cloth with gilt lettering to spine..

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Small Quarto. Small 4to. xiii (i),388 (4) pp, color and b/w illus. First Edition, November 1991. Price clipped. Slight wear to top edge spine dj, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, tight binding, clean, white and bright. 8" x 10.25". Beige cloth with glossy copper illustration on front board, and glossy copper lettering to spine. In acetate protector. "A philosophical and chronological history of architecture examines natural and man-made structures from ancient Greece to present-day Manhattan.".

London: Phaidon Press, 1997 Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 512 pp, introduction, The Modernist Legacy; European Rationalism; High-Tech; Minimalsim; The Classical Revival; Post-Modernism; Deconstructivism; Contemporary Vernacular; The New Expressionists; Ecological Architecture; The New Moderns; Populist Architecture; Megastructures; The Los Angeles Avant-Garde; Experimentation in Japan; World Cities; notes, architect's biographies, select bibliography, chronology, index with color illustrations throughout. First Edition, 1997. "This volume is an informative and highly illustrated overview of architecture worldwide since the 1960s. A clear, comprehensive guide to the many and varied contemporary architectural trends. It leads the reader through the styles and movements of architecture in the latter half of the twentieth century, and is an attempt to make sense of the pluralistic nature of contemporary architecture by offering an incisive yet… Read More

Republica Socialista Romana: Editura Meridiane, 1979 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Large Octavo. Large 8vo. 490 pp, Cuvint Inainte, Prefata Autorului, Introducere, 1. Echilibrul; 2. Figura; 3. Forma; 4. Cresterea; 5. Spatiul; 6. Lumina; 7. Culoarea; 8. Miscarea; 9. Dinamica; 10. Expresia; note, bibliografie, indice. Traducere de Florin Ionescu. Cuvint Inainte de Victor Ernest Masek. 15 Noiembrie 1979. Not Price Clipped. Minor wear to edges dj. Only the slightest wear to boards with faintly age-toned text block edges, else, Pristine. No markings, tight binding, pages clean. 6.75" x 9.75." Illustrated white cloth with black lettering to spine. DJ in removable acetate jacket..

New York: Da Capo Press, 1967 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Reprint. Octavo. 8vo. (2) 238 (4) pp, illus. Unabridged reprint of the first edition published in London in 1913. Price clipped. Small chips top edge spine dj with some light foxing along edge of front panel, and slight rubbing to back panel of same, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, tight binding, clean, white and bright. 6.5" x 9.25". Grey marbled leatherette with black paper-covered boards, and black lettering to spine. Illustrated dj in acetate protector. "The author observes 'this is in any way an attempt to create a wholesale revival of Baroque Architecture in England. It is simply a history of a complex and neglected period'. In an effort to dispel the popular misconceptions regarding the Baroque period, he offers a careful study with great historical breadth and aesthetic sensitivity.".

Berlin: Verlag Ernst Wasmuth A.G., 1920 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Edition. 4to. 335 (1) pp, Vorwort; Einleitung; Anfange des Klassizismus in Berlin - Knobelsdorf; Die Berliner Baukunst nach 1763 - Gontard und Unger; Die Meister vom Ausgang des 18.Jahrhunderts (1786-1806): Erdmabnnsdorff in Dessau, C. Gotth. Langhans, David Gilly, Friedrich Gilly, Jugendarbeiten Schinkels, Joh. Heinr. Gentz, Ludwig Catel, Hans Christian Genelli, Peter Joseph Krahe in Braunschweig; Charakteristi: Grundriss und Fassadenbildung, Innendekoration und Kunstgewerbe; Die Entwurfe fur das Denkmal Friedrichs des Grossen: Wettbewerb von 1797, Entwwurf des Gentz, Entwruf des Friedrich Gilly, Revolutionsarchitektur, Weitere Entwurfe bis 1806; Schluss: Stadtbaukunst; Abbildungen: Ein Verzeichnis der Abbildungen mit Quellen= und Literaturnachweisen befindet sich am Schluss des Bandes, hinter den Tafeln. Zweite Auflage, 1920. Faded spine and partially faded boards with 4 minute closed tears to top edge spine cloth, and 2… Read More

Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.: Omnigraphics, Inc. , 1996 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Hardcover Reprint. Thick Octavo. A reprint of the Harvard University Press, @1954. Preface, Advertisement, Abbreviations, Introduction, Alphabetized Entires - Biographical dictionary p 37 -744, Addenda, Appendix, index of Persons, Index of Places 1. British Isles; 2. Other Countries. Binding tight, pages clean and unmarked, Binding tight, pages clean and unmarked, a faint smudge across the top edge. 5.9" x 8.75" x 1.9" glossy red laminated boards..

Cleveland: J. H. Jansen, 1937 Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. xvi, 248 pp, introduction, preface, list of b&w illustrations, 13 chapter. Minor wear top edge spine with only the slightest soiling to boards. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Tam cloth..

London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1954 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition / 1st Printing. Small 4to. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 226 pp, color frontis, acknowledgments, list of b&w illustrations, I. Introduction; II. The Age of Faith and the Master Mason; III. The Age of Reason and the Architect; IV. The Age of Greatness and the Engineer; V. Conclusion; index. First Edition, 1954. "Apart from its value as a history the great merit of this well illustrated book is that it relates the art of building bridges to time and place and deals as much with the men who built and usede the bridges as with the impersonal materials of which they were made." from the jacket flap. Price clipped. closed micro-tear to top edge rear panel dj with on the slightest wear to top and bottom edge spine of same, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Light-ton cloth with embossed gilt bands and lettering to spine..

München: Mueller und Rentsch, 1913 Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. Later Printing. 8vo. xiii, 282 pp, with b&w illustrations. Funfte Auflage. Lightly age-toned spine with slighlty rubbed boards, else, clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining highlighting or marginalia. Green cloth with gilt borders and lettering..

Oxford, UK: At the Clarendon Press, 1967 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Hardcover Reprint. Large 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. xv (i), 637 pp, b&w frontis, preface, preface to the corrected impression, list of b&w illustrations, abbreviations, 22 chapters, appendixes A-D; indices. Reprinted with corrections: 1967. "This is a reprint with corrections of a book first published in 1952, now out of print. The book not with artistry but with craftsmanship;not with the existing remains of ancient buildings but with the tthe contemporary written accounts of medieval buildings and the processes of their construction, and covers the period from Saxon times down to the dissolution of the monasteries and deals with the organization of the building industry, such matters as hours and wages, the methods and materials used, and a wide range of technical terms empolyed in the various branches of the industry, including one appendix that brings together passages from medieval writers which throws… Read More

London: The Great Western Railway, 1926 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Small 4to. xii, 229 (3) pp, tissue-protected color frontis, preface, list of illustrations, introduction, Part I. English Castles: The Thames Valley and Its Castles; Castles of Wessex; Castles of the West Midlands; Devonshire and Its Castles; Cornwall and Its Castles; Part II. Castles of Wales, and of the Marches: Introductory; Castles of Shropshire and Herefordshire; Castles of Monmouthshire and Brecknock; Castles of Glamorgan and Gower; Castles of Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire; Castles of North Wales; index with large color fold-out map in pocket at back, with 105 illustrations, 67 drawings, 5 plans, 2 colored plates, and 2 maps. First Edition, 1926. Only the very faintest wear to bottom edge, else, Pristine. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Maroon paper-covered boards with black-cloth backstrip, and gilt lettering to front board and spine..

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First American Edition. Small 4to. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. xii, 229 (3) pp, tissue protected color frontis; preface; list of 105 b&w photographs, 67 drawings, 5 plans, 2 color plates, and 2 maps; Introduction; Part I. English Castles: The Thames Valley and Its Castles; Castles of Wesex; Castles of the West Midlands; Devonshire and Its Castles; Cornwall and Its Castles. Part II. Castles of Wales, and of the Marches: Introductory; Castles of Shropshire and Herefordshire; Castles of Monmouthshire and Brecknock; Castles of Glamorgan and Gower; Castles of Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire; Castles of North Wales; to the reader, index. First Impression, 1926. "This book is the result of two most interesting, if rather laborious, journeys, devoted to castle-seeking, on in 1924, covering Wales and the English counties along the Welsh border; the other in 1925, devoted to Somerset, Devon and Cornwall. I was… Read More

New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc./Publisher, 1967 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Small 4to. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 228 (4) pp, list of b&w illustrations, preface, introduction, Spain and Islam; Spain and Europe; Basic Stages of Spanish Castle Building; The Province of Valladolid; The Provinces of Soria, Guadalajara and Cuenca; The Province of Avila; The Province of Segovia; The Province of Madrid; The Province of Toledo; Spanish Military Orders; chronology, bibliography, index. Photographs by the author. First Edition, 1967. This book by the author, a student of European military architecture, represents the outcome of five years work. Travelling throughtout Castile, visiting the castles he describes, researching their histories, exploring the influences that contributed to their differing styles, and recording them as they stand today in over 200 superb photographs including 8 in full colour, which are fully integrated with the text throughout the book. There are also 8 maps… Read More