Wheeler, Daniel
THE CHATEAUX OF FRANCE
NY: Vendome Press, 1979

Quarto. 211 pp; survey of some of the major mansions, each of which is illustrated by photographs of the architecture and grounds, 50 color and 300 b/w in all. Paperback, in very good condition. This book was adapted from the Hachette-Realites collection "Merveilles des chateaux de France."
Inventory number #006782

Hautecoeur, Louis
LA BOURGOGNE. L'Architecture
Paris: G. Van Oest, 1929

Three volumes. Folio. xvii, 198 pp. plans in the text, 189 b/w plates. Self wraps. VG, spines darkened and all wraps have closed tears on hinges, protected with heavy mylar overwrap, bindings tight. The old architecture of the Burgundy region of France in 189 plates with floor plans and detailed plate information in the text, complete set. Many examples of churches, chateaux, houses, palaces and government buildings.
Inventory number #006757

Mayer, Marcel
A. & G. PERRET: 24 Phototypies
Paris: Librairie De France, 1928

Quarto. 8 pp; 24 loose plates, as issued, in printed paper portfolio. Text in French. VG, plates are clean; portfolio spine is worn with small chip at top & bottom. The plates show the architects' work, including drawings for the St Joan of Arc Basilica (1926), photographs of Theatre des Champs-Elysees (1911-13), Notre-Dame du Raincy (1923), dockyard buildings at Casablanca (1915) and more. From the series "Les Albums d'art Druet" (XVI).
Inventory number #006753

Gloag, John
THE ARCHITECTURAL INTERPRETATION OF HISTORY
NY: St. Martin's Press, 1977

First American edition. Octavo. xvii, 348 pp; 48 b/w plates, numerous text illustrations; index. Red cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, short edge tear to jacket. The history of a country comes alive through its buildings, whether they are ancient, ruinous or aggressively up-to-date. This book examines Mediterranean and Western architecture.
Inventory number #006729

Lethaby, W.R.
ARCHITECTURE, NATURE & MAGIC
NY: George Braziller, 1956

First edition. Octavo. 155 pp; 15 b/w plates, 62 text figures; bibliography; index. Dark green cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG
Inventory number #006726

Colby, Reginald
MAYFAIR: A Town within London
NY: A.S. Barnes, 1966

First edition. Small quarto. 178 pp; 47 b/w illustrations; index. Map of Mayfair on endpapers. Green cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket is lightly chipped at top & bottom of spine & corners, spine & part of back panel a bit sunned. The author has written an enlightening history of Mayfair's parks, squares, buildings, and people, past and present.
Inventory number #006690

Dale, Antony
FASHIONABLE BRIGHTON 1820-1860
London: Oriel Press, 1987

Reprint of 1967 second edition. Octavo. 192 pp; 91 b/w illustrations; bibliography; index. Blue cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG+. The classic account of the architecture, planning, development and social life of Brighton, first published in 1947,
Inventory number #006689

Parissien, Steven
THE GEORGIAN HOUSE in Britain and America
NY: Rizzoli, 1995

First edition. Quarto. 240 pp; full of color plates; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. This book enables the reader to understand the craftsmanship and context of the Georgian house. The first part describes the development of the Georgian style; the second part focuses on each element of the house itself.
Inventory number #006672

Summerson, John
JOHN SOANE
NY: St. Martin's Press, 1983

Quarto. 123 pp; 6 color gatefold plates and many color & b/w illustrations; list of buildings; selected bibliography. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. Architectural Monographs series
Inventory number #006545

Kidney, Walter C.
WINCHESTER: Limestone, Sycamores & Architecture
Winchester, VA: Preservation of Historic Winchester, 1977

First edition. Quarto. 120 pp; full of b/w photographs by James R. Morrison. Cloth, lacks dustjacket. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy. Features the various styles of 18th, 19th and early 20th-century architecture in Winchester, VA, accompanied by b/w photographs of the buildings, along with close-ups showing architectural details.
Inventory number #006469

Redslob, Edwin
ALT-DANEMARK
München: Delphin-Verlag, 1921

Second edition. Quarto. xxix, 193 pp; 323 b/w photographs (hors texte) + 11 illus in text; bibliography; index. Text in German. Gold cloth with black stamped lettering, all edges stained blue. A very good copy. Signed & inscribed by author to Bert S. Fielden, dated August 1947. Illustrated with b/w photographs of buildings, interiors, and furniture from the 15th century to the early 19th century.
Inventory number #006371

Richards, J.M. & Nikolaus Pevsner, Ed.
THE ANTI-RATIONALISTS
London: Architectural Press, 1973

First edition. Quarto. 208 pp; b/w illustrations throughout. Wine cloth with silver decorative design on front cover & lettering on spine, in dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, jacket spine slightly sunned, along with top two in. on back cover. Previous owner's blind stamp at bottom of front flyleaf. A collection of 19 essays on architecture and Art Nouveau.
Inventory number #006296

Milliken, Henry Oothout
TUILERIES BROCHURES: Some Minor Architecture of Normandy, March 1931
NY: Ludowici-Celadon Company, 1931

Vol 3, No 2, March 1931. Quarto. 15 pp; b/w photographs throughout. Stapled wraps. VG. A series of monographs on European architecture with special reference to tile roofs.
Inventory number #006258

Helm, W.H.
HOMES OF THE PAST: A Sketch of Domestic Buildings and Life in England from the Norman to the Georgian Age
NY: John Lane Company, 1921

First American edition. Quarto. xviii, 155 pp; 59 line drawings by Chappelow; appendices; bibliography; index. Original two-tone cloth, with gilt lettered spine & image of key on front cover. VG, corners rubbed through and slightly bumped. Front hinge a little loose. The author presents a proposal for preserving certain typical houses, each to be furnished as an example of its own time.
Inventory number #006245

Gournay, Isabelle, ed.
ERNEST CORMIER and the Universite de Montreal
Cambridge, MA / Montreal: MIT/Canadian Centre for Architecture, 1990

Square quarto. 179 pp; 67 color & b/w plates; 67 text illustrations; chronology; bibliography. Paperback.
Inventory number #006162

Trade Catalogue
HOME OWNERS' CATALOGS
NY & Boston: F.W. Dodge Company, 1947

Quarto. Gilt-stamped blue cloth. VG, light wear to spine ends. A selection of trade catalogs bound together - all kinds of catalogs for home planning - kitchens (sinks, faucets, cabinets, floor coverings), heating (boilers, furnaces, radiators), windows, doors, sashes, hardware, color ideas, and much more. Everything for comfortable living in the home of 1947. "So full of all sorts of stimulating ideas and interesting facts" [ed.]
Inventory number #006085

Dean, David
ARCHITECTURE OF THE 1930s : Recalling the English Scene
NY: Rizzoli in association with the Royal Institute of British Architects Drawings Collection, 1983

Small square quarto. 24 color plates & 125 b/w illustrations; bibliography; index. Paperback. VG. One of a series of books on the RIBA Drawings Collection.
Inventory number #005915

Soucek King, Carol
EMPOWERED SPACES: Architects & Designers at Home and at Work
NY: PBC International, 1993

First edition. Quarto. 240 pp; profuse color photographs. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, corners gently bumped (doesn't affect pages), small dent to bottom edge. light scrape to fold of rear jacket flap. This book presents the homes and offices of sixty architects and interior designers from the U.S. and abroad. They include Francois Catroux, Jacques Grange, Scott Johnson, Robert McAlpine, Bart Prince, and Imogen Taylor of Colefax & Fowler.
Inventory number #005879

Halfpenny, William
THE ART OF SOUND BUILDING
NY: Benjamin Blom, 1968

Reprint of the 1725 first edition. Folio (12" x 6.75"). 56 pp + 18 b/w plates. Green cloth with white lettering. Spine sunned, else a fine copy. The art of sound building demonstrated in geometrical problems: showing geometrical lines for all kinds of arches, niches, groins, and twisted rails, both regular and irregular.
Inventory number #005863

Mitchell, William Robert, Jr.
CLASSIC SAVANNAH: History, Homes and Gardens
Savannah, GA: Martin-St. Martin Publishing, 1991

Third printing. Quarto. 142 pp; fully illustrated in color; appendices; bibliography; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine
Inventory number #005787