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LA HABITACION INTERMINABLE by XAVIER GUZMAN URBIOLA, JAIME MORENO VILLARREAL - 1986

by XAVIER GUZMAN URBIOLA, JAIME MORENO VILLARREAL

LA HABITACION INTERMINABLE by XAVIER GUZMAN URBIOLA, JAIME MORENO VILLARREAL - 1986

LA HABITACION INTERMINABLE

by XAVIER GUZMAN URBIOLA, JAIME MORENO VILLARREAL

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NEW - B&W photographs and texts documenting Edward James' house, a bizarre construction created in the jungles of Xilitla, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Fine. Erased pencil price and Alla stamp on front endpaper. 95 pp. En espanol.




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  • Illustrator PHOTOS / FOTOS: RICARDO KIRCHNER, JORGE VERTIZ
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  • ISBN 10 9688492825
  • ISBN 13 9789688492826
  • Publisher UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA METROPOLITANA, UNIDAD XOCHIMILCO
  • Place of Publication MEXICO, D.F.
  • Date Published 1986
  • Keywords ARCHITECTURE ARQUITECTURA XILITLA SAN LUIS POTOSI EDWARD JAMES XX 20THC MODERN MODERNO
  • Size 21.5 x 21.5 cm
The Cathederal of Commerce
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The Cathederal of Commerce

by S. Parkes Cadman, D.D., S.T.D., L.H.D

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Woolworth Building. [32] pp., with illustrations throughut (many in color). Publisher's gray wrappers with gilt lettering and blue green and gilt border. A very good copy.Color frontispiece of the interior from a painting by E. K. Carter. No marks, some foxing. The booklet was in it's original envelope and the package includes a postcard. Please visit my photographs to see the quality of this collection.
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La Variabilité du Gout dans les Arts
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La Variabilité du Gout dans les Arts: Les phases ornamentales de la mode

by Arnoult, Léon

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Léon Arnoult: La Variabilité du Gout dans les Arts. Les phases ornamentales de la mode (The variability of taste in the arts. The ornamental phases of fashion). Printed and published by Devambez "À l'enseigne du masque d'Or". Paris, 1921. ARNOULT Léon - William ABLETT (1877-1937 illustrator). Preowned, Signed. A l'Enseigne du Masque d'Or, chez Devambez, 1921, in-4°, 87 pp + 7 plate illustrations, printed in 303 numbered copies. Sewn, original printed stiff wrapper over blind wrapper. Printed wrapper, interior fine, uncut and unopened copy. Two of the illustrations are mixed technique plates by William Ablett, one is signed in pencil by the artist: a circular engraving with a lithographic image printed on it and heightened with gold. Editorial paperback, Jacket with title to the framed flat, beautiful allegorical friezes, endpapers, eyelet, cover page with the same frieze (antique collection stamp). The quantity of circulation - 303 copies justified, and numbering - №120, a preface paper,… Read More
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Maya Lin: Systematic Landscapes.
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Maya Lin: Systematic Landscapes.

by LIN, Maya. Essays by Richard Andrews and John Beardsley. Foreword by Lawrence Weschler. Signed by Maya Lin and Lawrence Weschler

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Seattle / New Haven: Henry Art Gallery / Yale, 2006 Signed on the title page by Maya Lin and dated 2006. Additionally signed by Lawrence Weschler, who contributed the Foreword. First edition / First printing. Off White cloth. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. The catalogue of Maya Lin's 2006 exhibition at the Henry Art Gallery. An attractive production. The cover is embossed with the artist's "Waterline.
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GA Architect 9: Shin Takamatsu
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GA Architect 9: Shin Takamatsu

by Shin] Futagawa, Yukio, Riichi Miyake and Toshiyuki Kobayashi [Takamatsu

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Tokyo: A.D.A. Edita, 1991. Trade softcover. Published Tokyo: A.D.A. Edita, 1991. Text in English and Japanese. Folio wrappers, 12 1/4" 11 3/4", 194pp., profusely illustrated with color and b/w plates. Edited by Yukio Futagawa, criticism by Riichi Miyake, photographed by Toshiyuki Kobayashi. Fine. . Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Folio.
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Scientific American: Architects and Builders Edition -- No. 81, July 1892 [with 2 color plates]
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Scientific American: Architects and Builders Edition -- No. 81, July 1892 [with 2 color plates]

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New York: Munn & Co, 1892. Paperback. Very Good. 14, xviii p., 2 leaves of color plates: illustrations, plans; 41 cm. Stapled. Illustrated advertisements on 18 pages following text and on back wrapper. Contains plans for: a $2,500-house in Chambersburg, Pa., by M. R. Rhoads for himself; a house in Yonkers, N.Y., for Dr. S. G. Perry by Rossiter & Wright; a house in Marina Heights, Conn., for Theodore Sherwood by Henry Lambert; a house in Orange, N.J. for David Burr by Munn & Co.; a house in Portland, Me., for J. H. Drummond by John Calvin Stevens; a house in Bensonhurst, Long Island, for Charles Silvester by Parfitt Bros.; the American Yacht Club House at Milton Point, N.Y., by E. A. Sargent & Co.; a house in Upper Montclair, N.J., for William T. Francisco by Munn & Co.; and a house at Babylon, Long Island, for J. C. Robbins by George Skidmore. In Very Good Condition: front wrapper is lightly soiled, with minor loss at lower corner; otherwise, clean and solid.
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ARCHITEKTUR - BAUKUNST [cover title]

ARCHITEKTUR - BAUKUNST [cover title]

by Ketelhodt, Ines V.

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[Offenbach am Main / Dreieich: druck Wilhelm & Krehling, 1987].. Narrow quarto (28 x 16 cm). Pictorial printed boards. Fine in near fine plain wrapper. First edition. One of 70 copies printed. Illustrated with digitally edited photographs by Ketelhodt and Richard Meir, creatively juxtaposed with Ketelhodt's text; some portions of each are printed on semi- transparent sheets that result in the text merging with the images. A quite handsome work.
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Lighting in Architecture; Light and Color as Stereoplastic Elements
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Lighting in Architecture; Light and Color as Stereoplastic Elements

by Dr. Walter Kohler and Wassili Lockhardt

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New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1959. Originally published in Germany in 1956. Near Fine, small bump top edge at spine, in a Very Good dust jacket, small tears and creases and light edge wear. A classic of midcentury architecture, profusely illustrated with photographs in color and black and white. . First English Language Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Palais Des Machines (Architecture in Detail)
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Palais Des Machines (Architecture in Detail)

by Stuart Durant

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London: Phaidon Press, 1994. First edition. trade softcover. Published London: Phaidon Press, 1994, first printing. Folio wrappers with French flaps, 11 7/8" x 11 7/8", 60pp., illustrated throughout with color and b/w reproductions. Fine. . 1st. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Folio.
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Grund Regeln uber die funff Saulen.
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Grund Regeln uber die funff Saulen.

by Fasch, Johann Rudolph; Jacob Barozzi von Vignola

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Nurnberg: Joh. Christoph Weigel circa, 1720, hardcover. No publication date in book, circa 1720 supplied. -- Text in gothic GERMAN. -- Auffs neue zum fleissigsten ubersehen, mit unterschiedenen nothigen Regeln vermehret und mit 50 rissern in Kupffer. -- There is a publisher's catalog at the beginning of this book, appears same paper but probably later (as some titles are circa 1780s). -- Collation: [4] catalog pages, title page, blank, [1]-28, [50 copper engraving plates, of which 5 are folding]. The last plate has been repaired with the reverse of a ? ledger sheet and with contemporary name written. -- Hardcover, modern buckram binding, spine: Architecture, J. R. Fasch, and library numbers; ex-library stamps on title page. Condiiton: good (the pages are generally bright with just a little spotting and edgewear; library marks as noted; modern binding tight and sharp). -- Pretty nice early copy of the German version of Vignola's Renaissance treatise on five orders of architecture, with… Read More
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Scientific American: Architects and Builders Edition -- No. 82, August 1892 [with 2 color plates]
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Scientific American: Architects and Builders Edition -- No. 82, August 1892 [with 2 color plates]

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New York: Munn & Co, 1892. Paperback. Very Good. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16-30, xvi p.), 2 leaves of color plates: illustrations, plans; 41 cm. Stapled. Illustrated advertisements on 16 pages following text and on back wrapper. Contains plans for: a house for Henry Adams in Greenwich, Conn., by Lamb & Rich; a house for D. F. Merritt in Montclair, N.J., by Edward T. Hapgood; a $2,900-house for Lyman Haskins in Rutherford, N.J., by C. D. Jones; a house for Frank Syrett near Newark, N.J., by Munn & Co.; the North M. E. Church in Chester Hill, N.Y., by Charles E. Miller; a carriage house in Portland, Me., by John Calvin Stevens; a summer cottage on Great Diamond Island, Me., for Dr. Woodman by J. R. and W. P. Richards; a house by Theodore G. Hoster for himself in Rutherford, N.J.; a $3,300-house for Frederick E. Strom on Staten Island; row houses on W. 75th St., N.Y., by James T. Hall; and a house for Edmond F. Crocheron in Rutherford, N.J., by W. D. Peck. Also contains full-page illustration of the… Read More
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HOMES FOR YOUR STREET AND MINE: STANDARDIZED TO AVOID WASTE
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HOMES FOR YOUR STREET AND MINE: STANDARDIZED TO AVOID WASTE

by Standard Homes Co

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Washington DC: Standard Homes Co., [1956?]. Stapled wraps. Good. 31p. Wrap and pages lightly thumb creased, front wrap fore edge creased and torn. A promotional booklet for houses designed by Standard Homes Company containing examples of more than 40 dwellings, each accompanied by layouts and a photograph or drawing of frontage. These houses come in a variety of styles designed with consideration to cost-saving construction using standard sizes for materials such as lumber, windows, and doors to reduce waste. Intercounty Savings and Loan Association of Philadelphia was the distributor of this copy. A letter dated June 27, 1956, from the savings and loan is laid in. B&w illustrations and halftone photographs. (11-1/2"x8-1/2")
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THE AMERICAN ARCHITECT AND BUILDING NEWS, APRIL 15, 1903, VOL. LXXX, NO. 1426
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THE AMERICAN ARCHITECT AND BUILDING NEWS, APRIL 15, 1903, VOL. LXXX, NO. 1426

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Boston, 1903. Covers rather brittle and chipped, some short tears to page edges.. 13.5" x 9"; viii, 25-32, ix-xvi pages; Stapled magazine.
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Gibson Guitar Catolog 50's (reprint???)
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Gibson Guitar Catolog 50's (reprint???)

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Gibson Guitar, n. Soft cover. Good. Very Good.
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Casa Del Herrero: The Romance of Spanish Colonial
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Casa Del Herrero: The Romance of Spanish Colonial

by Robert Sweeney

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Casa del HerreroHouse of the Blacksmithstands today as one of the most fully developed and intact examples of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture. It was designed and built between 1922 and 1925 as a second house for George Fox Steedman, a St. Louis industrialist. Thought principally to be the work of George Washington Smith, the architect, Steedman himself generated many ideas during the initial design phase that were both a blessing and curse to Smith. Steedmans vision prevailed, and throughout the decade following the houses initial completion, he continued to rework both house and garden, engaging the architects Lutah Maria Riggs, Edwards, Plunkett & Howell, and Floyd Brewster, and garden… Read More
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HOME - An Interesting Monthly Magazine Sent to You Each Month by Your Lumber Merchant: Lot of...

HOME" - An Interesting Monthly Magazine Sent to You Each Month by Your Lumber Merchant: Lot of Nine (9) issues, 1938-1941

by Weil, C.K. and others

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Silver Lake, New Hampshire: John F. Chick & Son, Building Material, 1941. First Editions. Pictorial Paper Covers. Very Good. Lot of nine issues, averaging 16pp each; illustrated throughout from photographs, floor plans and elevations. In the original, pictorial wrappers. Approx 11" x 8.5" The thrust of this magazine is "Now is the time to build your own home." Themes of these issues include: Hollywood Hilltops; Simple Dignity Is the Best Architecture; Cape Cod Cottages; Need Four Bedrooms?; Wood Walls; A Place to Eat in the Kitchen; Twin Level First Floor; Fireplace Ideas; The Case for Home Ownership; Colonial Twins; Summer Cottages; Modernizing A House; Plywood Is Perfect Material; Baseball Grows Up [a four-page departure in one issue]; Historic Walls; Suburban Charm; Log Cabin Siding; Ideas for the Roadside Merchant; Two Farm Homes in 1940 Style; Modernizing Your Farmhouse; Duplicate the Charm of Old World Cottages; Underground Storage Easily Built; Three Modern Farm Homes; Small Summer Cottages;… Read More
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Les Serres Royales de Laeken
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Les Serres Royales de Laeken

by Goedleven, Edgard

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Inbel, Bruxelles: Ducolot, 1989. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. Folio. 276 pp. Bound in full green cloth, stamped in gilt on cover and spine, in Illustrated dust jacket. Profusely illustrated, chiefly color, including frontispiece and several fold outs. Text in French. Includes bibliography. Near Fine, bright, clean copy, in Very Good+ dust jacket with wear and rubbing to extremities, overall scuffing.
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Historical Georgetown, Guyana

Historical Georgetown, Guyana

by Sheik M. Hassan Aniff

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Georgetown, Guyana: S.M.H. Aniff and Universal Bookstore, 1997. Staple-Bound Paperback. Fine. Very slight corner wear, otherwise As New. Not from a library. 40 pages. Illustrated, one color map. 8.5 x 11.5 inches.
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Original Resopal; The Aesthetics of Surface

Original Resopal; The Aesthetics of Surface

by Schneider, Romana and Ingeborg Flagge

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