Structure, Verses, Agency Books

Wrestling with Moses: How Jane Jacobs Took on New York's Master Builder and Transformed the American City

Flint, Anthony · 2009

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

New York, Random House, 2009. Second Printing. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library,...

Baroque Europe

Busch, Harald and Bernd Lohse, eds. · 1962

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

London, Batsford, 1962. First English Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Another fine contribution to the series, Buildings of Europe, with an Introduction by James Lees-Milne, commentaries on the voluminous illustrations by Eva-Maria Wagner. Stated First English Ed...

Universita E Citta: IL Campos E la Citta Universitaria

Lagorio, Henry J. and Giulio Brunetta · 1967

$22.40 (€20.32 | £16.96 | ¥3,577)

Padova, Italy, for the Celci Foundation of America, Celci Foundation of America, 1967. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Square 4to 9" - 11" tall. Exceedingly scarce in the trade, there being currently no additional copies available on-line. Sterling condition softcover copy, w...

Many Masks: A Life of Frank Lloyd Wright

Gill, Brendan · 1987

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. The author of this fine and accessible biography of America's greatest architect was a close friend to both Wright and his estimable third wife, Olgivann, and it shows. Augmented with many s...

Russian Architecture: Trends in Nationalism and Modernism

Voyce, Arthur R. · 1946

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

New York, Philosophical Library, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Dust jacket ...

A History of St Paul's Cathedral and the Men Associated with It

Matthews, W.R. and W.M. Atkins, eds. · 1964

$19.20 (€17.42 | £14.53 | ¥3,066)

London, London John Baker, 1964, 1964. Second Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. This is the so-called "Cheaper Edition" of the Authorized Account of the definitive social and architectural history of the infamous Medieval church. Foreword by the late Sir Ernest Bake...

Modern Architecture and Expressionism

Sharp, Dennis · 1966

$18.40 (€16.69 | £13.93 | ¥2,938)

New York, George Braziller, 1966. First American Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Superb, nice-looking, sturdily bound copy of a stated First American Edition of this influential work of art and social history. Publisher's original black cloth, sharp and distinct g...

On a Grander Scale: The Outstanding Life of Sir Christopher Wren

Jardine, Lisa · 2003

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

New York, HarperCollins, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A brilliant and probing biographical account of the English architect of Saint Paul's Cathedral in London and many other houses and projects of note. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbru...

Art and Architecture on the Mediterranean Islands

Erich Arendt · 1968

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

London, Abelard-Schuman, 1968. First England Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sumptuously illustrated volume that will make you want to travel. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight sh...

The Lothians Regional Survey and Plan, Volume One: Economic and Social Aspects; Volume Two: Physical Planning Aspects

D.J. Robertson, ed. (Volume One); Matthew, Robert H. and P.E.A. Johnson-Marshall, eds. (Volume Two) · 1966

$44.00 (€39.92 | £33.30 | ¥7,026)

Edinburgh, Scotland, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Complete in two volumes both being bound in printed softpaper wraps, but rebound for library or institutional use in gray buckram cloth and with sharp and distinct ...

Robert Adam

Yarwood, Doreen · 1970

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. A bit of ...

Riesenbauten Nordamerikas

Schaeffer, Emil · 1930

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

Zürich und Leipzig, Orell Füssli, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 16mo 6" - 7" tall. A cute little tome that almost fits into the breast pocket of a heavy coat, being a photographic guide in the form of 64 photographic plates of North American architecture, New York t...

Chateaux de France Disparus

Brissac, Philippe de Cosse · 1947

$18.40 (€16.69 | £13.93 | ¥2,938)

Paris, Editions Tel, 1947. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor wear of the printed card stock covers, in gate-fold, less to the text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usa...

William & Mary and Their House

Ryskamp, Charles; J.W. Schulte, Nordholt, J.G. van Gelder, A.W. Vliegenthart · 1979

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York / Oxford, Pierpont Morgan Library / Oxford University Press, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Handsomely bound in dark blue cloth, gilt lettering to front cover device and lettering to spine. Big, tall heavy item, clean, tightly bound, and with...

Bodiam Castle Sussex: A Historical & Descriptive Survey

The Marquis Curzon of Kedleston, K.G. · 1926

$30.40 (€27.58 | £23.01 | ¥4,854)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. First Edition copy, published also in the same year in the U.S. by Houghton Mifflin. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-d...

Architects Books & Libraries

Beaufort, Dianna; Jonathan Bikker; Kate McCartney; Samantha Mussells; Sandra Richards; Nicola Spasoff; Pierre de la Ruffiniere du Prey, ed. · 1995

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Toronto, Canada, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, 1995. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Contributions to this fine collection of essays about libraries and curatorship by Dianna Beaufort, Jonathan Bikker, Kate McCartney, Samantha Mussells,...

Insular Rococo: Architecture, Politics, and Society in Ireland and England 1710-1770

Mowl, Timothy, Brian Earnshaw, Brian Earnshaw · 1999

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

London, Reaktion Books, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library,...

Berthold Lubetkin: Un Moderne En Angleterre

Mardaga, Pierre, ed. · 1997

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

, Institut Francais de l'Architecture, 1997. Second Impression. . Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy pictorial wraps. French language ...

Urban Form and Meaning in South Asia: The Shaping of Cities from Prehistoric to Precolonial Times

Spodek, Howard and Doris Meth Srinivasan, eds. · 1993

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Another fine contribution the series, Studies in the History of Art,, Symposium Papers XV, being Volume 31. Published by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1993, b...

Distance Points: Essays in Theory and Renaissance Art and Architecture

Ackerman, James S. · 1991

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

Cambridge, University, MIT Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-...