Apple, 2016. Hardcover. Designed by Apple is a book of photos of Apple products, through 2015. The book is intended to showcase the company's history, containing pictures of Apple products, including their interiors, since 1985. ~12" x 14", 299 pp. White cloth boards, Apple logo stamped into front cover, title.....
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.....
Rizzoli, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A book that showcases the best of Cliff May's unique style of merging open plan living with traditional ranch style houses. Book is almost as new, with very slight shelf wear to corners of dust jacket only. Now protected in a brand new mylar cover.....
D. Van Nostrand Company, 1931. Hardcover. Harry Ricardo was "one of the foremost engine designers and researchers in the early years of the development of the internal combustion engine" (Wikipedia). The preface states that this "is a revised and somewhat extended edition of Vol. II of The Internal-Combustion Engine published.....
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.....
Cengage Learning, 2016. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. Bending to bottom of spine. One corner is rubbed and slightly bumped. Small pen mark on cover. Otherwise, pages are clean and unmarked.
1912. Hardcover. A thorough report to the mayor of San Francisco by the hydraulic engineer known for designing Hetch Hetchy and several other water projects. The full title reads: "On the Proposed Use of a Portion of the Hetch Hetchy, Eleanor, and Cherry Valleys within and near to the Boundaries.....
W. W. Norton & Company, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Biography of the Philadelphia-born architect, famous for building all across the US, including local Philadelphia buildings such as the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the Library of the University of Pennsylvania. There is some minor shelf-wear to the edges of.....
Friends of the Presidio Terrace Association, 1995. Hardcover. This book collects the history with photographs of the older houses in San Francisco's Presidio Terrace. This is a great showcase of the architects who originally designed the houses. In some cases the author is able to provide a comparison between the.....
ACTAR, Arc-en-Rêve, 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.
American Society of Civil Engineers, 1932. Soft cover. This report was commissioned by President Steele of the San Francisco Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1929, with the purpose of "investigating the problem of subsidence". The text details subsidence early in the history of the city, and.....
Architectural League of the Pacific Coast, 1915. Hardcover. The Architectural League of the Pacific coast was organized in Portland, OR in 1909, which organized annual architectural exhibitions and organized scholarship work, and published the book. This yearbook contains lists of the club's members, patrons, exhibitors, photographs, illustrations, and sketches of.....
Architectural League of the Pacific Coast, 1913. Hardcover. The Architectural League of the Pacific coast was organized in Portland, OR in 1909, which organized annual architectural exhibitions and organized scholarship work, and published the book. This yearbook contains lists of the club's members, patrons, exhibitors, photographs, illustrations, and sketches of.....
USA: Pearson, 2011. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. Book has a remainder mark on the bottom. Otherwise, pages are clean and unmarked.
Semiotext(e), 1992. Soft cover. Covers have some slight shelf-wear and bending to the edges. Pages are clean and unmarked.