Architettura

Decorative ironwork.

Campbell, Marian · 1997 · Aucott & Thomas

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Victoria & Albert Museum, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Very clean, large format tightly bound hardback book black boards with silver titles,with no inscriptions. 144 pages, photos in the text, bibliography, index. Very Good with no dust jacket.

Creating the Cloisters

HUSBAND, TIMOTHY B. · 2015 · Ultramarine Books

$150.00 (€136.10 | £113.55 | ¥23,953)

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2015. (ISBN: 9781588394880). Pictorial Wrappers (softcover), 11" x 8 1/2". 48 pages; numerous illustrations. The well documented - archival photos, contemporary photos, maps, drawings - tale of the creation of the Cloisters. Loosely in...

Elements of the Art of Architecture

MUSCHENHEIM, WILLIAM · 1964 · Ultramarine Books

$5.00 (€4.54 | £3.78 | ¥798)

New York, The Viking Press, A Studio Book. 1964, First Edition. quarter-cloth boards, 8vo. 200 pages; numerous b&w photo-illustrations. Previous owner's name on endpaper as well as his colorless impressed seal on the title page. Otherwise clean throughout, tight binding. Very ...

Michelangelo Architect: The Facade of San Lorenzo and the Drum and Dome of St. Peter's

MILLON, HENRY A. AND CRAIG HUGH SMYTH · 1988 · Ultramarine Books

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Milan, Olivetti. 1988. Pictorial Card Wrappers, 4to. Exhibition Catalogue, 198 pages; numerous color and b&w illustrations, including plan drawings and elevations. An exhibiiton at the National Gallery of Art, Washington. Stiff folded card wrappers. Inscribed by an author to a...

Istanbul Architecture

GÜL, MURAT; TREVOR HOWELLS · 2013 · Ultramarine Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Boorowa, Australia, The Watermark Press. 2013, First Edition. (ISBN: 9780949284938). Pictorial Card Wrappers, 10"x 5.25". 296 pages; densely illustrated with color photographs. Ancient and new architecture. Clean and bright throughout. Fine.

Sidewalk Critic, Lewi Mumford's Writings on New York

WOJTOWICZ, ROBERT (EDITED BY) (LEWIS MUMFORD) · 1998 · Ultramarine Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

New York, Princeton Architectural Press. 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 1568981333). Cloth-backed boards, 8vo. 279 pages; b&w illustrations. 1931-1940: essays from Mumford's "Sky Lne" column that ran in the New Yorker. At the time it was architectural and cultural criticism writt...

Modern Gothic: The Revival of Medieval Art

MATHESON, SUSAN B. AND DEREK D. CHURCHILL · 2000 · Ultramarine Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

New Haven, Yale Un iversity Art Gallery. 2000, First Edition. (ISBN: 0894670905). Stiff Card Pictorial Wrappers, 11" x 8". 96 pages; color and b&w illustrations.Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name. Explores the architects, patrons and contemporary wri...

The Curtea Church

MOISESCU, CRISTIAN · 1967 · Ultramarine Books

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Bucharest, Meridiane Publishing House. 1967. Pictorial Wrappers (softcover), 5 1/2" x 5 1/2". 51 pages; numerous illustrations, all b&w. A small introduction to Curtea Veche but packed with information and illustrations. The history, with illustrations, begins with the 16th-ce...

The Chicago Architectural Club: Prelude to the Modern

HASBROUCK, WILBERT R. · 2005 · Ultramarine Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, The Monacelli Press. 2005. (ISBN: 1580931448). Cloth, 10.75" x 9". 640 pages; thoroughly illustrated, b&w. "Founded in 1885, when architecture was an emerging profession and formal architectural education was in its infancy, the club provided a setting where aspiring...

Dijon - Capital of Burgundy. The Tuilleries Brochures, Volume III, Number 6, November, 1931

SEBILLE, GEORGES · 1931 · Ultramarine Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Chicago, Ludowici-Celadon Company. 1931. Printed Wrapper (softcover), 4to. Ill.: Yerbury, F.R. (photographs). pp. 82-96; b&w photo-illustrations. The Brochures, a series of monographs on European architecture. Essay and photographs of buildings, views and architectural details...

Saulieu of the Morvan. The Tuilleries Brochures, Volume IV, Number 1, January 1932

BELLOC, HILAIRE · 1932 · Ultramarine Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Chicago, Ludowici-Celadon Company. 1932. Printed Wrapper (softcover), 4to. Ill.: Yerbury, F.R. (photographs). pp. 98-112; b&w photo-illustrations. The Brochures, a series of monographs on European architecture. Essay and photographs of buildings, views and architectural detail...

An Architect Revisits France. The Tuilleries Brochures, Volume IV, Number 3, May 1932

CHAMBERLAIN, SAMUEL · 1932 · Ultramarine Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Chicago, Ludowici-Celadon Company. 1932. Printed Wrapper (softcover), 4to. Ill.: Yerbury, F.R. (photographs). pp. 130-144. b&w photo-illustrations. The Brochures, a series of monographs on European architecture. Essay and photographs of chateaux and other architecture in Franc...

Chicago's Famous Buildings - Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged

SIEGEL, ARTHUT (EDITED BY); J. CARSON WEBSTER (DESCRIPTIVE TEXT) · 1974 · Ultramarine Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

Chicago, The University of Chicago Press. 1974. (ISBN: 0226756858). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 8" x 4.5". 272 pages; 112 buildings; b&w photographs, some floorplans. A terrific pocketable guide. Clean throughout except for an ink notation on the front cover. Very Good.

Antoni Gaudi

SWEENEY, JAMES JOHNSON; JOSEP LLUIS SERT · 1960 · Ultramarine Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

New York, Frederick A. Praeger. 1960. Decorative Cloth, 4to. 192 pages; numerous photographs, most b&w; sectional drawings. End Notes; Chronology; Bibliography. The authors wish to correct misconceptions of Gaudi's work and "to stress his vision of space, his ability to work o...

Boston Bohemia, 1881- 1900 / Ralph Adams Cram; Life and Architecture

SHAND-TUCCI, DOUGLASS · 1995 · Ultramarine Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Amherst, University of Massachusetts Press. 1995. (ISBN: 1558490612). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), thick 8vo. 569 pages; 113 illustrations; A checklist of works, including published articles, drawings, designs, art criticism. The first volume of the planned 2 volume work. Cl...

A History of Building Materials

DAVEY, NORMAN · 1971 · Ultramarine Books

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

New York, Drake Publishers Ltd. 1971. (ISBN: 0877490821). Cloth, 9 3/4" x 7". 260 pages; 48 plates, 134 text illustrations, all b&w. Stone, earth, reed and straw, thatch, wood, burnt brick, terracotta, plaster, cements, stucco, concrete and mortar, asphalt. But, also architect...

Southern Interiors of Charleston, South Carolina

CHAMBERLAIN, SAMUEL; NARCISSE CHAMBERLAIN · 1956 · Ultramarine Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

New York, Hastings House Publishers. 1956. quarter cloth / paper boards, 12 1/2" x 9 1/4". 172 pages; nearly 300 b&w photographs: entire rooms, ornament and details, furniture. Clean threoughout. Boards lay slightly open at the front edge. Fine/No Jacket.

Architecture

VALMARANA, MARIO · 1964 · Ultramarine Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York, The Odyssey Press. 1964. Glossy Pictorial Boards, 4.25" x 6". 46 pages; thoroughly illustrated in color by Peter Spier. A pocket-sized outline of architecture, ancient to modern. The author taught the history of architecture at Columbia University. An attractive volu...

The Robie House of Frank Lloyd Wright

CONNORS, JOSEPH · 1984 · Ultramarine Books

$7.00 (€6.35 | £5.30 | ¥1,118)

Chicago, The University of Chicago Press. 1984. (ISBN: 0226115429). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), Square 8vo. 86 pages; 48 b&w illustrations, including construction photos, finished project, Robie, plans, details, other projects. 86 endnotes; bibliography. Clean throughout; n...

Modern Architecture - International Exhibition

JOHNSON, PHILIP; HENRY-RUSSELL HITCHCOCK, JR.; LEWIS MUMFORD; ALFRED H. BARR, JR.(FOREWORD) · 1932 · Ultramarine Books

$350.00 (€317.57 | £264.94 | ¥55,891)

New York, Museum of Modern Art. 1932. Cloth, 10" x 7 1/2". Exhibition Catalogue, 200 pages; well illustrated, black and white, throughout. Some say this exhibition was a "turning point" for American architecture, an enthusiastic showing of architecture designed by architects f...