Recent Arrivals from Trevian Books

Chicago: Hotel World, 1927. Special supplement devoted to the recently opened Stevens Hotel on South Michigan Ave. in Chicago, with the dubious merit of being the largest hotel in the world. With architectural appreciation by Gibson, other more hotel oriented articles, interior and exterior photographs, construction photographs, and a large folding sheet showing floor plans for the sub-basement… Read more about this item

Turin: Pinacoteca Giovanni & Marella Agnelli, 2013 Catalog for an exhibition of the Seguin collection of work in furniture, design, and architecture by Jean Prouve (1901-1984). Showing items in situ and as exhibited; showing also "demountable", or portable, houses. Card signed by Patrick Seguin laid-in. Text in English and Italian. First edition. 29 cm; 279 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans,… Read more about this item

Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, (1992) First edition. 8vo; 206 pp.; illustrated from photographs and drawings. Small abrasion from price sticker removal front endpaper; else a very good copy or better in a very good dust jacket with slight wear to spine. A monograph on the architect working in Hawaii and California in the first half of the 20th… Read more about this item

Beijing: AADCU, 2022 A monograph on the Culver City building, designed by Eric Moss, and the 4-story restaurant within, run by chef Jordan Kahn. Floor plans, construction photos, recipes, etc. With text of conversation between moss and Kahn. First edition. 28 cm; unpaged; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. A fine copy in die-cut hardcovers, published without a dust jacket..… Read more about this item

Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, (1986) Reprint edition. 4to; pp. xii, 460; illustrated from photographs. A very good copy in original gilt-stamped green cloth, in a very good dust jacket. Originally published in 1918. Not an overabundance of text, but rather an impressive collection of photographs of ornaments spurning the new, the manufactured, the vulgar. .

Koln: Verlag Walther Konig, 2015 Catsalog for the 2015 Munich exhibition examing the current state of architectural photography. Featuring the work of 18 photographers whose work is not typical of posed and cleaned work by famous architects, but involves the environment and the people who are using the architecture. Text in english and German. First edition. 28 cm; 207 pp.;… Read more about this item

Milan: Gio' Frigerio, 1978 Trade catalog for the contemporary furniture designs of Milanese firm led by Frigererio. Showing work by Frigerio, Lida Delva, Gianmaria Beretta, Guilio Confalonieri, Albini, Helg, & Piva. 21 cm; 70 pp.; illustrated from photographs. A fine copy in a folding slipcase..

Paris: Flammarion, (1995) First edition. Square 4to; 192 pp.; illustrated in color from paintings, engravings, and plans, and from paintings by the authors. A fine copy in original black cloth, in a very good dust jacket. Historical essays combined with the authors' watercolor renderings of the garden follies and pleasure pavilions of pre-Revolutionary France..

New York: Tribeca Community Association, (1989) First edition. Oblong 4to; 64 pp.; illustrated from photographs and maps. A very good copy or better in original pictorial wrappers. A survey of the architecture and history of the Tribeca area of downtown Manhattan..

New York: Rizzoli, 2008 A publication from the 2008 Venice Biennale featuring work and text by numerous architects. First edition, 24 cm; 183 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. A fine copy in wrappers..

Geneva: Arts & Fragrances, 2000 Catalog for the 2000 auction of perfume flacons and presentations at Geneva. All 274 lots photographed. Essay by Lefkowith. 27 cm; 126 pp.; illustrated from photographs. A fine copy in pictorial wrappers..

Geneva: Arts & Fragrances, 2001 Catalog for the 2001 auction of perfume flacons and presentations at Geneva. All 233 lots photographed. Essay by Lefkowith. Prices Realized list laid-in, with letter fronm Lefkowith. 27 cm; 123 pp.; illustrated from photographs. A fine copy in pictorial wrappers..

Toronto: Kres, 1997 With Identification A - Z, 16,000 scent names, 3400 international companies including fashion houses, milliners, dept. stores, etc. Inscribed by Leach. First edition. 28 cm; 120 pp. A fine copy in wrappers..

Comite Francais Du Parfum, 1998 1998 edition of this important reference for French scents, this edition is reorganized and updates information from the the earlier edition. Text in French and English. 1998 edition. 28 cm; 70 pp.; illustrated. A fine copy in wire-bound wrappers..

Comite Francais Du Parfum, 1990 1990 edition of this important reference For French scents, this edition lists masculine fragrances and updates information from the the earlier edition. Text in French and English. 1990 edition. 29.5 cm; 61 pp.; illustrated. Some wear to spine; else a good copy or better in wrappers..

Drom, 1992 A history of perfumes created by the leading fashion houses of the world. Text in English and German. First edition. 29.5 cm; 40 pp.; illustrated from photographs. A fine copy in pictorial wrappers..

Ramallah: RIWAQ Centre for Architectural Conservation, 2001 A monograph on seventeen large houses and urban villas built in Palestine during the first two decades of the British Mandate, roughly 1920-1940, but with a few older examples. With plans for each house and examples of surviving decoration. First edition. 24 cm; 157 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. Crease to… Read more about this item

Berlin: Monroe Books, 2023 Selections from a seminar examining the cultural economic, technological and spatial conditions as well as the temporary and recurring ways of living together in a family-run hotel in Venice. With a reference to Patricia Highsmith, but apparently overlooking the superbly bizarre "The Desire and Pursuit of the Whole" by Frederick Rolfe. First edition. 23 cm; 127… Read more about this item

New York: Selim Koder Architects, 2010 A documentation of Koder's mostly interior work in apartments and townhouses in Manhattan.in the first decade of the 21st century. With a signed letter from Koler. First edition. 27 cm; unpaged (52); illustrated from photographs. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket..

Eguiguren, N.d. (c. 2020) Monograph on James Walkers's battle paintings, including several works depicting Civil War battles.21.5 cm; 45 pp.; illustrated. A fine copy in pictorial boards..