San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Art, 1949. Soft cover. Slight toning to edges of stiff paper wrappers. Pale blue pages with glossy monochrome plates from photographs. Unpaginated. 8.75 x 11.5". A catalog to accompany an exhibition on Bay Area domestic architecture, with photographs and brief descriptions of 52 homes.....
The University of Chicago Press, 1948. Hardcover. A signed account of the life and works of the Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen. Includes a preface by the Finnish architect Alvar Aalto, illustrations, and chronology of Saarinen's works. This copy is from a limited printing, numbered 167, and is signed by both.....
Tokyo: ADA Editors, 2012. Hardcover. Yukio Futagawa's study of contemporary religious architecture, in English and Japanese. Slight wear to hard covers, pages clean and unmarked. 245pp. 12 x 9.5". As an oversize, heavy book this order may incur additional shipping charges.
Oriel Press, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover copy of Jean-Pierre Greenlaw's work on the architecture and history of the port city of Suakin in Sudan, incorporating his drawings made over decades of study. Clipped jacket, with slight yellowing to the edges and a small tear to the head of the.....
Holbrook, Merrill & Stetson. Soft cover. Catalog of goods offered by the famous wholesale distributors and manufacturers. Catalog covers house-furnishing goods, cooking and heating devices, plumbers' and tinners' supplies, metals and automobile accessories - with illustrations. Outer cover has some wear to the covers, including some dampstaining. The interior pages.....
Sun Publishers,The Netherlands, 2005. Soft cover. A thorough study of water management in the Dutch urban landscape. Introduced with a folding time line on stiff paper. Old sticker on rear panel, slight shelf wear to stiff paper covers. Pages clean and unmarked. 220pp. 11 x 10". As a larger book.....
Chicago: Ralph Fletcher Seymour Publisher, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition in jacket. Small closed tear to upper edge of front panel; jacket now protected in mylar cover. Slightest bumping to corners of illustrated boards. Gift inscription from an early owner, dated "Xmas, 1949". 85pp. 9.25 x 6.25" A late.....
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1979. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Limited edition of 450 copies, "designed and produced by Adrien Wilson at the Press in Tuscany Alley, San Francisco with the assistance of Peter Koch". Slight wear to extremities of cloth covers, with bumping to lower right corner. Spots.....
ACTAR, Arc-en-RĂªve, 2000. 1st Edition. Soft cover. This book is an exploration of urbanization at the turn of the 21st century, evaluating how it effects the environment and architecture. Our copy is in very good condition, with very minor wear to the cover. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked.
New York: William T. Comstock, 1897. 4th Edition. Hardcover. Stated fourth edition. Slight wear to extremities, slight toning with age throughout. 158pp. 9.25 x 625"
McGraw-Hill, 1992. Hardcover. A throughly illustrated presentation of architect Mitsuru Senda's model of playground design, with many examples of successful projects. Sturdy illustrated hard covers, offsetting to endpapers, pages clean and unmarked. xi, [1], 186, [10]pp. 9.25 x 6.25"
Rizzoli, 2021. Soft cover. A densely packed exploration of the projects of OMA NY. Stiff card covers in plastic jacket. Slight bumping to head and tail of spine. 11.5 x 8.25". As a large, heavy book this order may incur additional shipping charges.
Spring House Press, 2019. 1st Edition. Soft cover. This is an essential guide to joinery, a foundation of woodworking. Book is signed by author on title page.
1972. 1st Edition. Soft cover. C. Malcolm Watkin's study of the Half Moon Bay Landmark, with a preface provided by the recently formed Johnston House Foundation. Watkin's research laid the foundation for the preservation and restoration of the house, now a museum. 2,500 copies printed. Soft cover, stapled, 28 pages.....