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MATCHES: Found In Book Title Bony, Jean French Gothic Architecture of the 12th and 13th Centuries Description: 624 pages, photographic credits, xv - xliii. Includes Notes, Selective Bibliography, Index and addendum. California Studies of the History of Art Series ; 20. covers bumped, minor wear to spine edges, else VG. Oversize book: overseas customers please request a shipping quote, or anticipate a request for additional postage; the book will ship at cost. Ed. and Cl. Neuenschwander Finnish Architecture and Alvar Aalto Description: 192 pp. White cloth, title gilt. Richly illustrated with b&w photos, site plans, elevations, etc. Lightly sunned along top edge, inked name & date on recto of half-title. Dustjacket has one close tear to back panel, light edge wear with chip at head of spine, not affecting title. Text is in German, French, and English. Aalto destroyed his sketches and plans; this material E. Neuenschwander collected during the three years he worked in Aalto's drafting room. Henry-Russell Hitchcock, Jr. The Architecture of H. H. Richardson and His Times Description: xxiv, 311 pp. Includes bibliography and index. This work is a survey of Richardson's career, illustrated with 145 photographs of buildings, plans, detail sketches and full renderings, many published here for the first time. Hitchcock wrote the book while the1936 MOMA exhibtion was being prepared. The book and the exhibition shared photographs of Richardson's buildings including many taken by Bernice Abbott. Page edges lightly soiled, else fine. Dustjacket faded from grey to tan on spine with some fraying along edges. Previous owner's label in front pastedown, and small gift inscription on title page. Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, Jr. and Baurer, Catherine K. Modern Architecture in England Description: Three thousand copies of this catalog were printed for the Trustees of The Museum of Modern Art by The Spiral Press; 102, [2] pp. Contains 'The British Nineteenth Century and Modern Architecture', 'Elements of English Housing Practice', and 'Modern Architecture in England'. B&w photos, 72 plates with photos and floor plans, and Catalog of the Exhibition. Pale green cloth. Lightly sunned spine and top edges, small bookseller label on front pastedown, name and date in ink on title page, hinges slightly darkened. Kaufmann, Edgar, Jr. [Frank Lloyd Wright] Taliesin Drawings: Recent Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright Selected from His Drawings Description: Problems of Contemporary Art No. 6. 64 pp. 19 structures represented by Wright drawings. Wear at spine, tiny tears to yapp edges, light crease to lower front corner, previous owner's small label inside front cover. Makinson, Randell L. Greene and Greene: Architecture As a Fine Art Description: 283, [1] pp. With new photographs by Marvin Rand and an introduction by Reyner Banham. Includes selected bibliography and index. Usual library markings on front and and back pastedowns. Dust jacket has no call numbers or other marks on spine. Morgan, William N. Prehistoric Architecture in the Eastern United States Description: xxxix, 197, [1] pp. Includes bibliography and index. Well illustrated with line drawings, building plans, site maps, and photographs. Spine a bit slanted and front board slightly warped, but the hinges are still tight. Dust jacket edges are creased. Moser, Werner M Frank Lloyd Wright: Sechzig Jahre Lebendige Architektur. Sixty Years of Living Architecture Description: 100 pp. Tan cloth, titles stamped in red. With biography, "Work Song" by Wright on recto of frontispiece. Richly illustrated with photos, plans, and drawings in b&w and color. Color folding plate of model city. Spine and top edge of front board lightly sunned, discreet previous owner's name. Text is in German and English. Platt, Frederick America's Gilded Age. Its Architecture and Decoration Description: 296 pp. Index, glossary, bibliography. Tan cloth, spine title gilt. A touch of foxing to edges. Price-intact dustjacket has light edge wear. "The most representative buildings erected between 1880 and 1915 are depicted here in well over 300 photographs and drawings. Many are old and rare, and works of art in themselves. A lively text introduces the reader not only to the structures, but to the patrons, the architects, and the era that produced them...well-written, knowledgeable, and copiously illustrated". Oversize book: overseas customers please request a shipping quote, or anticipate a request for additional postage; the book will ship at cost. Rudofsky, Bernard Architecture Without Architects: An Introduction to Non-Pedigreed Architecture Description: 128 pp. With 156 black and white photographs. MOMA commissioned the exhibition Architecture Without Architects and this companion publication. Rudofsky encountered what he called uncommon difficulties in assembling the pictures to illustrate his study due the political barriers to travel into Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union and China caused by the Cold War. This forced Rudofsky to use any existing pictures he could find, such as the aerial views of some underground communities in China taken by a German pilot in the 1930's. Boards are warped. Previous owner's name stamped on front pastedown and lower edge; notes and underlining in light red pencil. Wright, Frank Lloyd Drawings for a Living Architecture Description: 255, [1] pp. Published for the Bear Run Foundation and the Edgar J. Kaufmann Charitable Foundation. A collection of 200 original sketches and presentation drawings, 75 in color. With prospectus illustrated in color. Material selected under Wright's supervision. Includes 2 essays and index of drawings. Slightly faded along upper edge of front board, and front endpapers have a small scar on lower edge as if a drop of glue had dried and been pulled apart, else very good. Dustjacket with price intact. Jacket was printed on a heavy paper stock which has become foxed and quite brittle; edges are chipped, and there are 2 long closed tears on front panel. Color drawing printed on front is still crisp and bright, making a very attractive cover. Now in a protective cover to prevent further tearing. OTHER RESULTSBaylis, Douglas and Parry, Joan California Houses of Gordon Drake Description: 92 pp, with index. Green cloth, spine title gilt. Profusely illustrated: 2 color plates, b&w photos, floor plans, sketches, three pages of Drake's working drawings. A little wear at spine edges, small label on rear pastedown, inked notes on recto of ffep. Price-intact dustjacket is soiled and worn along edges, red ink doodle on front panel. Judges of the Progressive Architecture Awards awarded the small house he designed a First Prize in 1946, the first year they made such an award and for the first house he built. Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, Jr. and Baurer, Catherine K. Modern Architecture in England Description: Three thousand copies of this catalog were printed for the Trustees of The Museum of Modern Art by The Spiral Press; 102, [2] pp. Contains 'The British Nineteenth Century and Modern Architecture', 'Elements of English Housing Practice', and 'Modern Architecture in England'. B&w photos, 72 plates with photos and floor plans, and Catalog of the Exhibition. Pale green cloth. Lightly sunned spine and top edges, small bookseller label on front pastedown, name and date in ink on title page, hinges slightly darkened. Mock, Elizabeth B If You Want to Build a House Description: 96 pp. Brick paper-covered boards with title stamped in white and black. Profusely illustrated with b&w photos and Osborn's delightful line drawings. A little wear at spine edges and along tail edge of boards. Price-intact dustjacket has wear particularly along spine, with a closed tear to front panel. " A photographic survey of modern architecture with a simply written analysis of problems in home planning, designing and construction." Rudofsky, Bernard Architecture Without Architects: An Introduction to Non-Pedigreed Architecture Description: 128 pp. With 156 black and white photographs. MOMA commissioned the exhibition Architecture Without Architects and this companion publication. Rudofsky encountered what he called uncommon difficulties in assembling the pictures to illustrate his study due the political barriers to travel into Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union and China caused by the Cold War. This forced Rudofsky to use any existing pictures he could find, such as the aerial views of some underground communities in China taken by a German pilot in the 1930's. Boards are warped. Previous owner's name stamped on front pastedown and lower edge; notes and underlining in light red pencil. Worsley, Giles Architectural Drawings of the Regency Period 1790-1837. From the Drawings Collection of the Royal Institute of British Architects Description: x, 166 pp. With selected bibliography, index. Gray cloth, spine title gilt, frontispiece. Richly illustrated in b&w and color. Previous owner's name/date on ffep. Dustjacket edges are very lightly sunned. Sketch designs, presentation drawings, full-scale working drawings, record drawings provide a representative account of the architecture of the Regency period. An essay introduces the drawings. |
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