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Binding: Hard Cover
Condition: Very Good
Jacket: None


Price:
$23.50

Lees-Milne, James
TUDOR RENAISSANCE
London: B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1951

First edition. Octavo. viii, 152 pp; color frontispiece, 126 b/w illustrations; index. Red cloth with black-lettered spine. VG, spine lightly sunned.
Inventory number #005183



Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Very Good


Price:
$25.00

Whitehead, Russell F., ed.
THE WHITE PINE SERIES OF ARCHITECTURAL MONOGRAPHS. Interior Woodwork in New England During the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. Volume XI Number 2
St. Paul, MN: White Pine Bureau, 1925

First edition. 4to. 20 pp; b/w photographs and measured drawings. Stapled wraps. VG- cover slightly soiled, contents are fine. Volume 11 number 2 of the bi-monthly publication suggesting the architectural use of white pine and its availability to-day as a structural wood. Introductory text by Edwin J. Hipkiss.
Inventory number #005141



Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Very Good


Price:
$25.00

Whitehead, Russell F., ed.
THE WHITE PINE SERIES OF ARCHITECTURAL MONOGRAPHS. Some Forgotten Houses on Manhattan Island. Volume IX Number 1
St. Paul, MN: White Pine Bureau, 1923

First edition. 4to. 16 pp; b/w photographs. Stapled wraps. VG- cover slightly soiled, contents are fine. Volume 9 number 1 of the bi-monthly publication suggesting the architectural use of white pine and its availability to-day as a structural wood. Introductory text by Lemuel Hoadley Fowler.
Inventory number #005140



Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Very Good


Price:
$25.00

Whitehead, Russell F., ed.
THE WHITE PINE SERIES OF ARCHITECTURAL MONOGRAPHS. Newport - an Early American Seaport. Volume VIII Number 3
St. Paul, MN: White Pine Bureau, 1922

First edition. 4to. 16 pp; b/w photographs. Stapled wraps. VG- cover slightly soiled, contents are fine. Volume 8 number 3 of the bi-monthly publication suggesting the architectural use of white pine and its availability to-day as a structural wood. Introductory text by Kenneth Clark.
Inventory number #005139



Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Very Good


Price:
$25.00

Whitehead, Russell F., ed.
THE WHITE PINE SERIES OF ARCHITECTURAL MONOGRAPHS. Dependencies of the Old Fashioned House. Volume VIII Number 2
St. Paul, MN: White Pine Bureau, 1922

First edition. 4to. 16 pp; b/w photographs. Stapled wraps. VG- cover slightly soiled, contents are fine. Volume 8 number 2 of the bi-monthly publication suggesting the architectural use of white pine and its availability to-day as a structural wood. Introductory text by Irving B Eventworth.
Inventory number #005138



Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Very Good


Price:
$25.00

Whitehead, Russell F., ed.
THE WHITE PINE SERIES OF ARCHITECTURAL MONOGRAPHS. Port Towns of Penobscot Bay. Volume VIII Number 1
St. Paul, MN: White Pine Bureau, 1922

First edition. 4to. 16 pp; b/w photographs. Stapled wraps. VG- cover darkened, contents are fine. Volume 8 number 1 of the bi-monthly publication suggesting the architectural use of white pine and its availability to-day as a structural wood. Introductory text by Charles Dana Loomis.
Inventory number #005137



Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Very Good


Price:
$25.00

Whitehead, Russell F., ed.
THE WHITE PINE SERIES OF ARCHITECTURAL MONOGRAPHS. The Boston Post Road. Volume VI Number 1
St. Paul, MN: White Pine Bureau, 1920

First edition. 4to. 16 pp; b/w photographs. Stapled wraps. VG- cover slightly soiled, contents are fine. Volume 6 number 1 of the bi-monthly publication suggesting the architectural use of white pine and its availability today as a structural wood. Introductory text by Peter Augustus Pindar.
Inventory number #005136



Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Very Good


Price:
$25.00

Whitehead, Russell F., ed.
THE WHITE PINE SERIES OF ARCHITECTURAL MONOGRAPHS. The Early Dwellings of Nantucket. Volume III Number 6
St. Paul, MN: White Pine Bureau, 1917

First edition. 4to. 16 pp; b/w photographs. Stapled wraps. VG- cover soiled, contents are fine. Volume 3 number 6 of the bi-monthly publication suggesting the architectural use of white pine and its availability today as a structural wood. Introductory text by J.A. Schweinfurth.
Inventory number #005134



Binding: Hard Cover
Condition: Very Good
Jacket: Very Good


Price:
$15.00

Ames, Winslow
PRINCE ALBERT AND VICTORIAN TASTE
NY: Viking, 1968

First edition. Quarto. 238 pp; several sections of b/w photograph pages; index. Cloth with dustjacket. VG in VG jacket, some wear on spine extremities and jacket edges
Inventory number #005072



Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Good


Price:
$85.00

Doucet, Jerome
CHAUSSURES D'ANTAN
Paris: Chez Devambez, 1913

First edition. 10.25" high x 7.25" wide. 40 pp; 4 watercolor & 4 sepia plates w/ tissue guards of shoes & boots. Watercolors by Maurice Leloir. Text in French. Stiff printed wraps. Good condition. The sewn binding is tender, with most of spine covering missing; covers are lightly soiled. Some pages are uncut.
Inventory number #005002



Binding: Hard Cover
Condition: Very Good
Jacket: Very Good


Price:
$30.00

Geller, L.D.
THE ARCHITECTURE OF ELEGANCE: The Tradition of Charles Bulfinch and the Plymouth Federal Savings Bank
Plymouth, MA: Pilgrim Society, 1976

First edition. Octavo. xiv, 65 pp; 38 b/w plates. Black cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG.
Inventory number #004988



Binding: Hard Cover
Condition: Very Good
Jacket: Very Good


Price:
$23.00

Gallup, Donald, ed.
THE FLOWERS OF FRIENDSHIP: Letters written to Gertrude Stein
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953

First edition. Octavo. 403 pp; b/w illus. Blue cloth with gilt decoration on cover in dustjacket. VG/VG, bottom corner chipped, light edgewear.
Inventory number #004868



Binding: Hard Cover
Condition: Very Good
Jacket: Very Good


Price:
$35.00

Fox, Carl
THE DOLL
NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1972

First edition. Quarto. 343 pp; nearly 200 color & b/w illustrations; notes; bibliography. Red cloth with gilt lettering in dustjacket. VG/VG.
Inventory number #004855



Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: As New


Price:
$25.00

Lenclos, Jean-Philippe & Dominique
WINDOWS OF THE WORLD
NY: W.W. Norton, 2001

First edition. Octavo. 173 pp; color photos on every page. Paperback. Fine. A photographic survey of this basic architectural element, from the simple, square porthole of a stone farmhouse in Brittany to the fine ironwork details of the mashrabiya that screen windows in Morocco to the windows of New York’s Greenwich Village. The authors show how the diverse proportions, designs, materials, and colors of windows reflect the geography, traditions, and culture of local habitats.
Inventory number #004808



Binding: Hard Cover
Condition: Near Fine
Jacket: Very Good


Price:
$12.00

Bowen, Croswell
THE ELEGANT OAKEY
NY: Oxford University Press, 1956

First edition. Octavo. 292 pp, several b/w illustrations; bibliography; index. Black cloth with silver-stamped spine lettering with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket has small loss at head of spine & slight wear to corners, inked price next to printed price on front jacket flap. The biography of A. Oakey Hall, who served as mayor of New York City from 1869 to 1872. A lawyer, he was the prosecutor in the notorious Burdell murder case, and a chief defender of August Belmont when Belmont sued the Evening Post for libel.
Inventory number #004754



Binding: Hard Cover
Condition: New
Jacket: None


Price:
$35.00

Summerson, John
THE LONDON BUILDING WORLD of the Eighteen-Sixties
London: Thames and Hudson, 1973

First edition. Octavo. 60 pp; over 50 b/w illustrations; notes. Golden brown cloth with gilt lettering and gilt ruled border near edge of front cover, in slipcase.
Inventory number #004702



Binding: Hard Cover
Condition: New
Jacket: New


Price:
$125.00

Pauwels, Wim
SEASIDE LIVING
Enghien: Beta-Plus, 2006

First edition. Quarto. 204 pp; full of color photographs throughout. Cloth with dj. Fine/Fine.
Inventory number #004609



Binding: Hard Cover
Condition: New
Jacket: New


Price:
$60.00

Witt-Doerring, Christian
JOSEF HOFFMANN INTERIORS 1902-1913
NY: Prestel, 2006

First edition. Quarto. 224 pp; illustrated throughout mostly in b/w. Hardcover with dustjacket. Published in conjunction with the Josef Hoffmann exhibition at the Neue Gallerie in NYC from November 2, 2006 to February 26, 2007. Illustrated with color photographs of Hoffmann’s masterpieces -on their own and as parts of interiors- this monograph focuses on significant aspects of Hoffmann’s career: his early years as a member of the Secessionist Movement and founder of the Vienna Workshops, his role in the intellectual rebellion that took place in Austria; and his progression toward a Modernist ethic. It takes readers through four dazzling interiors designed by Hoffmann and furnished with his signature pieces, including furniture, wall and floor coverings, textiles, lighting, ceramics, glassware and metalwork.
Inventory number #004543



Binding: Hard Cover
Condition: Fine
Jacket: Fine


Price:
$25.00

Huyssen, Andreas; Armstrong, Elizabeth; Anderson, Simon; Walker Art Center
OUT OF TOWN: The Country House
Mulgrave: Images Publishing, 2006

First edition. Quarto. 224 pp; well illustrated with color photographs and plans. Cloth with dj. Fine/Fine. A selection of thirty-seven houses that show architects' responses to the challenges of building homes in the country while preserving the environment. The houses are located in U.S., Japan, Austria, Australia, Chile, Finland, Norway, and Italy.
Inventory number #004490



Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Very Good+


Price:
$15.00

Cohen, Edie
WEST COAST ROOMS: Portfolios of 41 Architects and Interior Designers
Gloucester, MA: Rockport Publishers, 2001

First edition. Quarto. 192 pp; profusely illustrated with color photographs; directory of design & architecture firms, and photographers. Paperback. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; covers show light wear. Presents the portfolios of forty-one of the West Coast's best designers, including Barbara Barry, Thomas Beeton, Olson Sundberg, and Kelly Wearstler.
Inventory number #004422