Search Results: Architecture from Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA

New York: Smithmark, 1999. Hardcover. 4to. Patterned paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 128pp. Color frontispiece, extensive illustrations (most color), decorative endpapers. Fine/fine. Superbly tight and bright first edition of this visually stunning survey of FLW-designed furniture, art glass and decorative arts.

Washington, DC: The Octagon, 1957. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Tan cloth with gilt spine lettering. 184pp. Illustrations. Very good. Faintest of binding edgewear only, else tight and internally fine. Handsome first edition of the centennial history of the American Institute of Architects, invariably found in softbound version only bu here an unusual clothbound. Intriguing "AIA Architect" bookplate on front pastedown of J. Eric Anderson (1922-2013), noted architect who served as president of the Northern Illinois chapter of the A.I.A.

Spring Green, WI: House of Wyoming Valley, n.y.. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff color pictorial wrappers. 137pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good. Wrappers slightly rubbed and scuffed; ownership signature on front flyleaf. Edition not verifiable. A tight, attractive copy of this biography of the "House on the Rock" architect.

New York: Galahad Books, 1972. Hardcover. 4to. Brown paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 352pp. Color frontispiece, extensive illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Faintest of jacket edgewear, with lightly sunned spine; ownership initials on front pastedown. Superb and tight first edition of this readable and wonderfully-illustrated survey from the 17th through 20th centuries.

New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc, 1975. Hardcover. 4to. Pale blue cloth spine with gilt lettering and blue buckram, pictorial dust jacket. xi, 265pp. Extensive illustrations (some color) and floor plans. Fine/near fine. Ownership initials on front pastedown. Handsome, tight second printing of this superbly-illustrated survey of 17th-19th century farm houses and outbuildings throughout New England, the Middle States and the South -- an essential reference.

Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press, 1997. Hardcover. Preface by Charles Moore.4to. Blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 333pp. Extensive line drawings and floor plans. Fine/fine. First of this edition, a revised edition of the 1991 "Classic Reference to American Housing Styles."

New York: International Publications, 1934. Paperback. 4to. Stiff beige pictorial wrappers. 142pp. Numerous illustrations, floor plans, large foldout chart, advertisements. Near fine. Superb, bright, tight issue of this bimonthly, this issue focusing on "Small Homes * Thermal Insulation" and snazzy wraparound wrapper color graphic depicting downtown Pittsburgh.

New York: Time-Life Books, 1968. Hardcover. Folio. Tan cloth spine and orange paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 172pp. Numerous color illustrations. Near fine/very good. Revised edition. Lavishly photographed classic American artworks and architectural styles.

Waukesha: Country Beautiful Corporation, 1967. Hardcover. 4to. Green cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 194pp. Extensive illustrations (some color). Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear, with some edge chips along the tail of spine and bottom of rear panel. First edition. A tight, clean, quite nice copy of this survey.

Athens: Dim. Papadimas Reg't Co, 2008. Hardcover. Wide small 4to. Glossy pictorial paper over boards with metal spiral binding. 108pp. Map, extensive small color illustrations, numerous full-page color plates with clear/pictorial overlays. Fine. Superb first edition of this guided tour through Greece's major ancient cities, with major surviving structures pictured as they appear today ("now") with overlays showing how they may have appeared back in the day ("then"). Tipped to front pastedown is a clear sleeve housing a DVD. Unlike typical plastic comb bindings that chip with age, this heavy-duty metal binding is pristine.

New York: Bonanza Books, n.y.. Hardcover. 4to. Green cloth with black lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 123pp. Extensive illustrations, pictorial/map endpapers. Very good/very good. Faint small dampstain near spine tail. A tight, attractive reprint edition of this 1947 survey.

New York: Crown Publishers, 1980. Hardcover. 4to. Blue cloth spine with gilt lettering and blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 159pp. Extensive illustrations (many color). Near fine/very good. Faintest of jacket wear only. A tight and lovely first edition of this well-illustrated, coast-to-coast extravaganza of Victorian interior images and descriptions.

Chicago: American Library Association, 1926. Paperback. 16mo. Stiff grey pictorial wrappers. 34pp. Very good. Mild wear to outer wrappers. A tight and decent first edition of the 23rd volume in the ALA's "Reading with a Purpose" series.

Secaucus, NJ: Wellfleet Press, 1990. Hardcover. Folio. Red paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 224pp. Extensive full-page color illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Small ownership initials on front pastedown. Handsome, tight first edition of this exceptional collection of period images showing outstanding brick work -- quite lovely.

Barre, MA: Barre Publishers, 1968. Hardcover. Illustrations by Suzanne Carlson. Narrow folio. Beige cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 205pp. Extensive line drawings, text endpapers. Fine/very good. Jacket faintly edgeworn, with spine lightly sunned. Handsome, tight first edition of this study of colonial-era architects, those of the north and those of the south, and the major structures they built. This copy bears a fine and appropriate philatelic addition: Tipped to inner flyleaf is a First Day Cover bearing at upper right the ten-cent four-piece "Bicentennial Era" stamps (one of which depicts Carpenters' Hall, another Independence Hall), 6½" X 3½", cancelled in Philadelphia on 4 July 1974 and with "First Day of Issue" so noted. Fine. Large pictorial color cachet "Commemorating 1774 1st Continental Congress" cachet fills the leftmost side.

New York: New York University Press, 1972. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth, dust jacket. 218pp. Numerous illustrations, line drawings, maps. Near fine/near fine. Handsome first edition.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1965. Hardcover. 4to. Brown decorated cloth. viii, 232pp. Numerous line drawings, floor plans. Very good. Mild bit of edgewear; ownership signature (not Archie Lieberman) on front flyleaf; occasional highlighting. Tight, nice later printing of this volume in editor Norman C. Harris' "McGraw-Hill Technical Education Series" -- from the library of noted Chicago photographer ARCHIE LIEBERMAN (1926-2008) of "Farm Boy" fame.

New York: Architectural Catalog Co, 1942. Paperback. Folio. Stiff tan wrappers with black lettering. (21pp, rectos only), (12pp ads). Numerous illustrations. Very good. Faint wear to outer wrappers (only), else internally fine. A tight, handsome copy of the October 1942 issue (Vol. VI, No. 17) of this specialty monthly.

New York: The Pencil Points Press, 1923. Hardcover. 4to. Brown cloth spine with gilt lettering and tan paper over boards with brown lettering and decoration. (Ca. 200pp). Extensive illustrations. Very good. Binding a bit rubbed and lightly edgeworn, though internally tight and fine. A tight, attractive reprint of the first volume in this publisher's "Library of Architectural Documents" series. "...Here all of the one hundred ten plates of the original edition, first published in Paris in 1815, are reproduced with the greatest care and faithfulness....

New York: Architectural Catalog Co, 1944. Paperback. Complete 2-volume set. Folio. Stiff green tan wrappers. (Ca. 80pp), 82pp ads); (ca. 75pp). Numerous illustrations. Very good. Mild wear to first volume outer wrappers, while second volume front wrapper soiled, else both volumes tight and internally fine. A nice pair of the May 1944 issues (Vol. VIII, No. 3) of this specialty monthly. Uncommon.