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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

Seller ID: 113011-Z

Binding: Illustrated Softcover

Condition: Fine

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 9" - 12" tall
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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

Seller ID: 010111-X

Binding: Hard Cover Cloth

Condition: Very Good

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 ) and prices for work for each house design. Condition : Very Good , hardcover has aging , ware at the corners and staches on th...
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ALBUM OF CHICAGO

By: N/A

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Portland Maine, Chisholm Bro.:

Seller ID: 081515-H

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

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
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100 VIEWS OF TORONTO : The Queen City of Canada

By: N/A

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Toronto , Ont., The Valentine & Sons United Publishing Cov.: 1910

Seller ID: 112019-I

Binding: Illustrated Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

c.1910 , Stiff paper soft cover with string binding and illustrated wraps, with 40 page book with black & white images of the city of Toronto , Canada. Condition : Near Fine
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CREATIVE FIGURE PHOTOGRAPHY

By: Abbott ,A. & Cobert A.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Chilton Co.: 1960

Seller ID: 99725-C

Binding: Illustrated Softcover

Condition: Very Fine

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
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TERRA COTTA OF THE RENAISSANCE

By: Adams , Arthur Frederick : A.I.A

Price: $45.00

Publisher: New York, National Terra Cotta Society: 1925

Seller ID: 063013-J

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

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
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The Olmsted National Historic Site and the Growth of Historic Landscape Preservation

By: Allen, David Grayson

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Boston , Mass., Northeastern University Press: 2007

Seller ID: 042513-U

ISBN: 1555536794

Binding: Hard Cover in the Dust Jacket

Condition: New

1st. Edition 2007, Hardcover in the dust jacket , 317 page book with some black & white illustrations. Condition : NEW. Size: 8vo - over 7 - 9" tall
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Living with Energy

By: Alves , Ronald / Milligan , Charles / Nader , Ralph

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Viking: 1978

Seller ID: 070404-M

ISBN: 0670435848

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

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 7" - 9" tall
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VICTORIAN FURNITURE : Essays from a Victorian Society Autumn Symposium

By: Ames , Kenneth L.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, The Victorian Society in American: 1983

Seller ID: 111515-S

ISBN: 0000975184

Binding: Illustrated Softcover

Condition: Very Fine

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
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THE GAIETY OF GABLES : Ontario's architectural folk art

By: Anthony Adamson

Price: $24.00

Publisher: Toronto , Ont., McClelland & Stewart: 1974

Seller ID: 111519-Q

ISBN: 0771000588

Binding: Hard Cover in the Dust Jacket

Condition: Very Good

1st. Edition 1974 , Yellow cloth hardcover in the dust jacket , un-paginated . Illustrated with full page black & white photo illustrations of houses with gables . Condition : Very Good
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The Little House

By: Armstrong , Leslie

Price: $55.00

Publisher: New York, Collier Books: 1979

Seller ID: 063004-R

ISBN: 0020000804

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

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 ware and crner ware . see the book cover at our web site at : GibbsBooks. Size: 12mo - over 6" - 7" tall
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ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH : Niagara - On - The - Lake

By: Arthur , E.R.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Toronto, Canada, University of Toronto: 1938

Seller ID: 081515-T

Binding: Illustrated Softcover

Condition: Fine

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
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New York's Pennsylvania Stations

By: Ballon, Hilary

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Scranton, PA, U.S.A., W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated: 2002

Seller ID: 091512-P

ISBN: 0393730786

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

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
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WHY METALS FAIL

By: Barer , R.D. / Peters , B.F.

Price: $150.00

Publisher: New York, Gorden and Breach: 1970

Seller ID: 120103-R

ISBN: 0677026307

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

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 7" - 9" tall
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Historic : SAVANNAH

By: Bell , M.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Morris 0:

Seller ID: 99121-N

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Fine

Georgia, 1995 5th. printing. Soft cover with photo ill.wraps. 80 pages 8"x11'.Illustrated in color photos. condition , Very Fine.
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THE ENGINEERING DRAWINGS OF BENJAMIN HENRY LATROBE

By: Benjamin Henry Latrobe , Eidited By Darwin H. Stapleton

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Yale University Press: 1980

Seller ID: 061511-I

Binding: Hard Cover in the Dust Jacket

Condition: New

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 technical drawings, revealing the range of materials, power sources, and devices employed by a founder of the engineerin profess...
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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

Seller ID: 061511-H

Binding: Hard Cover in the Dust Jacket

Condition: New

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 house and each project is illusted with his surviving drawins , including some reproduced in color. The volume also analyze L...
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Industry , Architecture and Engineering : American Ingenuity from 1750 - 1950

By: Bergeron , Louis

Price: $19.49

Publisher: New York, Abrams: 2000

Seller ID: 031504-U

ISBN: 0810934736

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

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 9" - 12" tall
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THE EASTMAN THEATRE : Fulfilling George Eastman's Dream

By: Brayer , Elizabeth

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Rochester , New York, Rochester Philpharmonic Orchestra: 2010

Seller ID: 091515-N

ISBN: 061539373X

Condition: Very Fine

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
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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

Seller ID: 011518-K

Binding: Hard Cover Cloth

Condition: Very Good

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
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