Category: Americana / Architecture
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COMPETITIVE DESIGNS FOR CONCRETE HOUSES of MODERATE COST
By: N/A
Price: $150.00
Publisher: Philadelphia, Associatociation of American Portland Cement Manufactures: 1907
Edition: 1st. Edition - 1st. Printing..
Seller ID: 010111-X
1st. Edition only 1907 , Green cloth portfolio with ribbon ties faded gilt letters on cover. Green paper softcover book inside with black & white illustrations of 24 prize winning designs with lay out plans renderings and elevations for each of the homes with 55 pages. A report of the jury of awards by architects E.V. Seeler and S.E. Thompson . Some very nice looking houses and duplexs priced from $2,000.00 up to $4,500.00 . With a take off material list ( short list ) a... View more info
OFFICAL PICTURES OF A CENTURY OF PROGRESS EXPOSITION
By: N/A
Price: $45.00
Publisher: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., The Reuben H. Donnelley Corp.: 1933
Edition: 1st. Edition - 1st. Printing..
Seller ID: 113011-Z
1st.Edition , 1st.Printing 1933, Illustrated soft cover wraps, unpaginated with many black & white photo illustrations of the site at the Chicago Worlds Fair 1933. Condition : Fine. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall View more info
ALBUM OF CHICAGO
By: N/A
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Portland Maine, Chisholm Bro.:
Edition: Not Stated..
Seller ID: 081515-H
No date c1890s . Red paper hardcover with decorated boards gild letters accordion folding . With 13 tone black and white illustrated of the City of Chicago . Condition : Very Good , with ware on spine and splits one image has small split at the fold . Size: 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall View more info
CREATIVE FIGURE PHOTOGRAPHY
Price: $15.00
Publisher: New York, Chilton Co.: 1960
Seller ID: 99725-C
New York , 1960 ,Softcover with pictorial wraps. 112 page book.Illustrated with black & white photos. This book is from the Mordern Camera Guide Series and is a great how to book in nude photography. Condition Very Fine . Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall View more info
TERRA COTTA OF THE RENAISSANCE
By: Adams , Arthur Frederick : A.I.A
Price: $45.00
Publisher: New York, National Terra Cotta Society: 1925
Edition: 1st Edition..
Seller ID: 063013-J
1st.Edition , 1st. Printing 1925, Hardcover with black cloth spine and gilded letters to the cover & spine , un - paginated . With 200 black & white full page photos illustrations with descriptions below each image . Condition : Very good with light edge ware at corners Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall View more info
The Olmsted National Historic Site and the Growth of Historic Landscape Preservation
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Boston , Mass., Northeastern University Press: 2007
Edition: 1st Edition.
Seller ID: 042513-U
1st. Edition 2007, Hardcover in the dust jacket , 317 page book with some black & white illustrations. Condition : NEW. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall View more info
Living with Energy
By: Alves , Ronald / Milligan , Charles / Nader , Ralph
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, Viking: 1978
Edition: 1st Edition..
Seller ID: 070404-M
1st. ed. 1978 , Hardcover with the dust jacket, 128 page book. Illustrated with black and white photos , of alternative energy systems. Condition : As New. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View more info
VICTORIAN FURNITURE : Essays from a Victorian Society Autumn Symposium
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Philadelphia, The Victorian Society in American: 1983
Edition: 1st Edition.
Seller ID: 111515-S
1st. Edition only printing 1983 , Soft cover in illustrated wraps, 254 page book with blac & white illustrations . Condition : Very Fine. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall View more info
The Little House
Price: $55.00
Publisher: New York, Collier Books: 1979
Edition: 1st Edition..
Seller ID: 063004-R
1st.ed. 1979 , Soft cover with an illustrated wrap, 164 page book. Illustrated with black and white drawings . A scarce little book with the title " THE LITTLE HOUSE : An architecture's step-by-step plan by Leslie Armstrong, A.I.A., for those who want a house now but have scraped together only enough money to buy a bit of land next to a brook , by a lake , on top of a mountain , somewhere that spells peace . then what? " Condition ; Very Good ,with aging and edge... View more info
ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH : Niagara - On - The - Lake
By: Arthur , E.R.
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Toronto, Canada, University of Toronto: 1938
Edition: 1st Edition..
Seller ID: 081515-T
1st. Edition 1938 , Illustrated soft cover wraps , 27 page book on the architectual history of St. Andrew's Church in niagara on the lake . Condition : Fine. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall View more info
New York's Pennsylvania Stations
By: Ballon, Hilary
Price: $45.00
Publisher: Scranton, PA, U.S.A., W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated: 2002
Edition: 1st Edition..
Seller ID: 091512-P
1st. Edition, 1st. Printing 2002 , Hardcover in the dust jacket, 256 page book with black & white and color illustrations. Condition : Fine ,with a light bump at the bottom front corner board, DJ is Fine with a small nick at the same corner. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall View more info
WHY METALS FAIL
By: Barer , R.D. / Peters , B.F.
Price: $150.00
Publisher: New York, Gorden and Breach: 1970
Edition: 1st Edition..
Seller ID: 120103-R
1st.ed. 1970 2nd. printing 1971, hardcover with the dust jacket, 345 page book. Illustrated with black and white photos and drawings . A scarce book on metallurgy ,not only is this book an excellent guide to the subject but it collates a great deal of information which is widely scattered and difficult to trace. Condition: Very good plus / Very good , See this book cover at our secure book site at : GibbsBooks. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View more info
Historic : SAVANNAH
By: Bell , M.
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Morris 0:
Seller ID: 99121-N
Georgia, 1995 5th. printing. Soft cover with photo ill.wraps. 80 pages 8"x11'.Illustrated in color photos. condition , Very Fine. View more info
THE ENGINEERING DRAWINDS OF BENJAMIN HENRY LATROBE
By: Benjamin Henry Latrobe , Eidited By Darwin H. Stapleton
Price: $250.00
Publisher: Yale University Press: 1980
Edition: 1st Edition..
Seller ID: 061511-I
1st.Edition 1980, Hardcover in the dust jacket ,256 page book. Through he is more often remembered for his architectural achievements,Benjamin Henry Latrobe was among the foremost engineers of the early 19th. century America, and designed the innovative Philadelphia Waterworks and the Washington Navy Yard steam engine. This large and beautifully illustrated monograph provides a detailed treatment of Latrobe's engineering projectsas well as a major collection of early tec... View more info
THE ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS OF BENJAMIN HENRY LATROBE : Volume 2: Books I and II
By: Benjamin Henry Latrobe , Eidited By Jeffrey A. Cohen & Charles E. Brownell
Price: $195.00
Publisher: Yale University Press: 1994
Edition: 1st Edition..
Seller ID: 061511-H
1st. Edition ,1994 , Hardcover in the dust jacket , two volume set with a total of 750 pages.This two volume set is a comprehensive catalogue of the architectural drawings of Benjamin Henry Latrobe, a key figure in the birth of the architectural profession in the united States. All Latrobe's architectural projects are considered in detail - including the U.S. Capitol, the Bank of Pennsylvania, the Baltimore Cathedral, the Virginia State Penitentiary, the Stephen Decatur ... View more info
Industry , Architecture and Engineering : American Ingenuity from 1750 - 1950
By: Bergeron , Louis
Price: $19.49
Publisher: New York, Abrams: 2000
Edition: 1st Edition..
Seller ID: 031504-U
1st. ed. 2000 ,Hardcover with the dust jacket, 287 page book. Illustrated with many photos. The only comprehensive illustrated study of American industrial , architecture and engineering from the mid-eighteenth century to the mid- nineteenth century . Condition: New in plastic wrap , may have a mark at the bottom page edge . Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall View more info
THE EASTMAN THEATRE : Fulfilling George Eastman's Dream
Price: $65.00
Publisher: Rochester , New York, Rochester Philpharmonic Orchestra: 2010
Edition: 1st. Edition - 1st. Printing..
Seller ID: 091515-N
1st. Edition , 1st. Printing 2010 , Black cloth hardcover with gilt letters and in the dust jacket , 203 page book with color and some black & white illustrations . Condition : Very Fine. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall View more info
THE ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION SKETCH BOOK 1911
By: Brewer , C.C. Fyfe / Green , Theodore / Curtis , W. / Hall , H. E.
Price: $155.00
Publisher: London , United Kingdom, The Architectural Association: 1911
Edition: 1st Edition.
Seller ID: 011518-K
1st. Edition 1911 , Fadded light brown cloth hard cover with leather title patch on spine in gild letters , unpaginated with 72 black and white full page plates . A very large book and heavy please ask for shipping cost . Condition : Very Good with sun fadding to the spine and boards , very light foxing to the end page . Size: Atlas Folio - over 23" - 25" tall View more info
THE ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION SKETCH BOOK 1912
By: Brewer , C.C. Fyfe / Green , Theodore / Curtis , W. / Hall , H. E.
Price: $155.00
Publisher: London , United Kingdom, The Architectural Association: 1912
Edition: 1st Edition.
Seller ID: 011518-L
1st. Edition 1912 , Fadded light brown cloth hard cover with leather title patch on spine in gild letters , unpaginated with 72 black and white full page plates . A very large book and heavy please ask for shipping cost . Condition : Very Good with sun fadding to the spine and boards , very light foxing to the end page . Size: Atlas Folio - over 23" - 25" tall View more info
THE ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION SKETCH BOOK 1913
By: Brewer , C.C. Fyfe / Green , Theodore / Curtis , W. / Hall , H. E.
Price: $150.00
Publisher: London , United Kingdom, The Architectural Association: 1913
Edition: 1st Edition.
Seller ID: 011518-M
1st. Edition 1913 , Fadded light brown cloth hard cover with leather title patch on spine in gild letters , unpaginated with 72 black and white full page plates . A very large book and heavy please ask for shipping cost . Condition : Very Good with sun fadding to the spine and boards , foxing to the title page with chipped end page front end page . Size: Atlas Folio - over 23" - 25" tall View more info