Architecture, Design from Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB

New York: Charities Publication Committee, 1911. Second printing. Octavo (8" x 5.5"), xii & 213 pages plus [4] pages of advertisements. Publisher's olive cloth lettered in gilt on the spine & upper cover. Spine dull, brief wear at extremities, binding cracked at p. 212 (still secure), text moderately toned, browning at p. 46 from removed newsclipping, text a bit toned, previous… Read more about this item

Chicago, Illinois: Gillette Publishing Company; London: E. & F.N. Spon, Limited, 1929. First edition, "Third Thousand." Octavo (9.25" x 6.25"}, [10], 295 & [7] pages, illustrated. Publisher's maroon cloth lettered & decorated in gilt on the upper cover. Top edge gilt. Lightly rubbed, spine gilt dull, text block cracking in a couple of places (still secure), brief gift inscription at the… Read more about this item

Lot of two original untitled hand-colored photos on double weight paper depicting interior views furnished in colonial style. No place [Framingham, Massachusetts], no date [circa 1915]. One measuring 3.75 inches by 5.75 inches tipped at the top to card stock measuring 7.75 inches by 9.75 inches, the other measuring 2.5 inches by 4.75 inches tipped to card stock measuring 6.75… Read more about this item

Oslo: H. Aschehoug; London: Kegan Paul, Trench; Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz; Paris: Societe D'Edition Les Belles Lettres; Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1951. First edition. Octavo (8.75" x 5.75"), xiii & 163 pages, illutrated (plates, maps). Publisher's gilt-lettered blue cloth, in printed & decorated dust jacket. Edges lightly rubbed, couple of corners bruised, text browned, binding cracking at p. 64/65 (still secure), otherwise… Read more about this item

Venezi: Marsilio Editori, (2016). First edition. Quarto (11" x 8.5"), 447 pages, profusely illustrated (often in color). Publishers pictorial paper over boards lettered pale gray on the spine & covers. Text in Italian & English. Lightly rubbed, brief edge wear, small shadow on the rear cover from now removed label, otherwise very good. "A century of Italian interior design seen through the… Read more about this item

London, Edinburgh, & New York: T. Nelson & Sons, no date (1860 per British Library). Oblong 16mo (4.25" x 6.5"), Publisher's pictorial printed wraps with "Description of Plates" (16 pages, sewn) & 12 lithographs in color laid in (as issued). Wraps mostly split at the fold & now repaired with archival tissue on the verso, soiled, edge wear, previous owner's name… Read more about this item

Modena, Italy: Franco Cosimo Panini, (1998). Two volumes, first editions. Small folios (12.5" x 9.75"), 512 pages (text & architectural elevations & plans); 699 pages (plates "Atlas"). Publisher's gilt-lettered & decorated black linen in thick plain plastic dust jackets housed in a gilt-lettered & color illustrated slipcase. Text in Italian & English. Text block on the plate volume beginning to slip… Read more about this item

Framingham, Massachusetts: Published by Wallace Nutting, 1930. First edition. Tall octavo (10" x 7"), 160 pages, profusely illustrated from photographs. Laid-in is a price list in wraps dated February 1, 1932 with 8 unnumbered pages, which includes a tipped-in "discounts and Corrections" slip. Original printed stiff paper wraps. Covers moderately soiled & toned, brief edge wear, text block starting to crack… Read more about this item

New York, 34th & Broadway: Macy's Furniture Department, ninth floor/ (R. H. Macy & Co.), no date, ca. 1920. Original die-cut brochure in the shape of a make-up box. Single sheet measuring approximately 16.75 inches by 8 inches folded twice to 8 inches by 6 inches, printed on medium card stock. The brochure opens to reveal 4 fabric samples behind… Read more about this item

New York: Dutton Studio Books in association with Hirschl & Adler Galleries, (1991). First edition. Quarto (10.5" x 9.25"), 156 pp., illustrated throughout from photographs often in color. Publisher's brick cloth lettered in black on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket. A fine copy in near fine dust jacket which is slightly faded at the spine. A splendid exhibition catalog with "87… Read more about this item

Bowie, Maryland: Bowie Heritage Committee, (1984). First edition. Octavo (9.25" x 6.25"), 135, ii, & 178 pages plus 7 unnumbered pages of plates Publisher's gilt-lettered green cloth. Lightly rubbed, slightly soiled, sporadic minor foxing, previous owner's name in ink at first blank page, otherwise Very Good. Built in 1745 in Bowie, Belair Mansion was the home… Read more about this item

New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. First edition. 8vo, xxii, 570 pp, "containing over 450 magnificent photographs, drawings, & maps." Light blue cloth lettered in silver, in pictorial dust jacket Boards slightly splayed, otherwise fine. A title in the Society of Architectural Historians Buildings of the United States series. " an authoritative reference for scholars and students of architectural history, a compelling… Read more about this item

Beyrouth: Cahiers de l'Est, (1985) First edition. 4to, 376 pp & 64 unnumbered pages of plates (some color). Original pictorial stiff paper wraps. Text in French. Slight edge wear, presentation inscription in ink at half-title page to Middle East policy expert Ronald McLaurin (illegibly signed), otherwise Near Fine. Editor & contributor Camille Aboussouan was Ambassador of Lebanon to the UNESCO… Read more about this item

New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1929, First edition. 4to, 363 pp, profusely illustrated "with photographs and drawings of old and new bridges of many lands" Publisher's gilt-lettered blue buckram, top edge gilt. Trace of wear at spine extremities & corners, internally slightly toned, otherwise Near Fine In 1946 the author joined with Othmar Amman to form the renowned engineering firm… Read more about this item

Tokyo: Shinkenchiku Sha, (1974). First edition thus. Complete in two quarto volumes, one with 100 accordion folded plates on double leaves (26 in color); the other (47 pp plus folding timeline chart) providing descriptive text in Japanese with English translation. Publisher's gilt-threaded black silk with printed paper title labels on the upper covers, in folding sleeve & slipcase, both in… Read more about this item

No place [Fairfax County, Virginia]: No place [Fairfax County, Virginia], (1965). Offprint originally published in "Through the West Gate of Mount Vernon," a publication of the Historical Society of Fairfax County, Virginia 8vo, unpaginated [8 pp], with a photographic illustration. Original printed paper wraps, this copy signed by the author, with presentation to the Colonial Dames, dated 10 October,… Read more about this item

Sao Paulo, [Brazil]: Bei Comunicacao, (2001). First edition. Square 4to, 187, [1] pp., profusely illustrated in color & black & white. Publisher's white paper over boards lettered in blind on the upper cover in pictorial dust jacket & die-cut plastic slipcase. Text in Portuguese. A fine copy in like dust jacket & lightly soiled slipcase. Martinez Flores' work is described… Read more about this item

New York: Pach Bros, No date [1899] First edition Commercially published photo album, oblong folio (10.5" x 14") containing 19 thick card leaves (38 pp), with photos (7.75" x 10.5" & smaller) mounted recto & verso. Original half pigskin & cloth. Presents small oval portraits (14 to a page) of 42 administrators & faculty on 3 pages, 224 students in… Read more about this item

New York: published by the photographer, no date, ca. 1885. The images measure 7.75 inches by 9.5 inches (or the reverse) & are mounted to thick card stock (14" x 17") Most of the photos are numbered in the negative & the mounts each bear the imprint of the photographer, with his Bond Street, New York address. The images are… Read more about this item

Tabasco, Mexico: Joaquin Mortiz, (1975). "Private Limited Edition," this number 277 of 2000 copies signed by Fernando Pereznieto Castro. Folio (13.75" x 11.5"), [94] pages, illustrated. Publisher's gilt-lettered & decorated brown cloth in pictorial dust jacket. Text in Spanish & English Covers slightly spayed, modest tanning in the margins, otherwise very good in like dust jacket with traces of edgewear &… Read more about this item