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American Splendor
by Michael C Kathrens
American Splendor is a series of autobiographical comic books written by Harvey Pekar and drawn by a variety of artists. The first issue was published in 1976 and the most recent in September 2008, with publication occurring at irregular intervals. Publishers have been, at various times, Harvey Pekar himself, Dark Horse Comics, and DC Comics.
Pride Of Place Building the American Dream
by Robert a M and Mellins, Thomas and Gastil, Raymond Stern
American Architecture Books & Ephemera
Bricks and Brownstone: The New York Row House, 1783-1929: A Guide to Architectural Styles and Interior Decoration for Period Restoration
by Lockwood, Charles
New York, New York: Abbeville Press, 1972. Softcover. G (Binding is faded along edges; dj has wear at head of spine and slight soiling and has changed color from front to back; pages have only light aging overall; nice.). Burgundy cloth covered boards with green-tan illustrated dust jacket; 262 pp.; Profusely illustrated in bw. "The first book to examine the architectural styles of the venerable New York row house, the way of life of the families who lived in these unique houses, and the outstanding...
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CA$45.64
Modern Architecture, being the Kahn Lectures for 1930 (Princeton Monographs in Art and Archaeology)
by Wright, Frank Lloyd and E. Baldwin Smith
Princeton University Press, 1931. Hardcover. F+ (A rebinding candidate, for sure; outer spine material is missing; covers are otherwise tanned and have slight edgewear; first few pages have separated; bookplates and marks of former owners on first flyleaves; pages are tanning lightly at edges; text and illus. are clear.). Tan and color illus. paper boards, 115 pp., BW illus. Contains the texts of six classic lectures given by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright: Machinery, Materials and Men ; Style...
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CA$69.15
Frank Lloyd Wright and the Art of Japan: The Architect's Other Passion
by Meech, Julia
New York: Japan Society / Harry N. Abrams, 2001. Hardbound. VG-/VG- minor corner bumping to book, light curling to dj edges and light corner wear. May have slight soiling to covers and owner's sticker on ffep.. Pale blue paper on boards with design, grey DJ with color illustration; 304 pp; 219 illustrations. Includes images of some of the stunning examples of Japanese art in Wright's collection as well as its place in buildings and examples of his architectural design. From the publisher: "This is the...
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CA$103.72
New York Landmarks: A Study & Index of Architecturally Notable Structures in Greater New York
by Burnham, Alan, ed
Middletown, Conn: Wesleyan University Press, 1963. Softcover. Good (overall shelfwear, light foxing). White wraps with color illustration and red lettering. xiv, 430 pp. 150 bw plates. A beautifully illustrated record of New York's architectural monuments. Foreword by Brendan Gill. Introduction by Alan Burnham. Plates are annotated.
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CA$41.45
Architectural League of New York Yearbook and Catalogue of the Twenty-Fifth Annual Exhibition
New York: Architectural League of New York, 1910. Hardbound. G (Shows moderate wear to covers with some soiling like small paint marks on covers; some material missing at heel of outer spine; hinges are loosening; first page carries lavish signature of former architect-designer owner; page surfaces are clean.). Original red cloth with black decoration on front cover, 308 pp., color frontispiece and profusely illustrated in bw. On spine: 1910. Represents work of architect and designer members. Features...
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CA$138.30
Our Changing White House
by Garrett, Wendell
Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1995. Hardcover. VG. Pine green cloth, gilt letters on spine, gilt decoration on front cover, beige and color illus. dust jacket, 250 pp., BW and color illus. A collection of 10 illustrated essays exploring various aspects of America's Presidential palace. Essays are: The White House: plans realized and unrealized / William Seale -- Crafted from stone / Lee H. Nelson -- Social seasons and rituals of entertainment / Barbara G. Carson -- Decorated in the most...
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The Charleston Interior
by Savage, J. Thomas and N. Jane Iseley
Greensboro, NC: Legacy Publishing, 1995. Hardcover. VG/VG. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Color-illustrated dust jacket with white lettering. 119 pp. Color illustrations. J. Thomas Savage, writer, Curator and Director of the Museum Division of Historic Charleston Foundation, and N. Jane Iseley, renowned architectural photographer, not only lead us to discover the riches and masterpieces found throughout these magnificently preserved and restored treasure houses, but enlighten us with...
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CA$27.66
Frank Lloyd Wright: Collected Writings, Vol. 3: 1931-1939
by Frank Lloyd Wright. Ed. by Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer
New York: Rizzoli, 1993. Hardcover. VG/VG. Red cloth with white glossy, color-pictorial dustjacket. 352 pp., some illustrations. Volume 3 of an eventual 5-volume set.
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Airports: A Century of Architecture
by Pearman, Hugh
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 2004. Hardcover. VG- (Outer spine of dj has faded; ex-art library with i.d. marks on book block edges and outermost pages; otherwise clean.). Slate gray stamped paper boards, color illus. dust jacket, 240 pp., BW and color illus. "Airports have evolved to become, in the words of author and ntoed architecture critic Hugh Pearman, 'the most important building in the world.' No longer conceived as purely utilitarian transportation structures, airports today represent some...
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School Architecture; or Contributions to the Improvement of School-Houses in the United States
by Barnard, Henry
New York: A. S. Barnes & Co, 1848. Second edition. Hardbound. F+ (Some material from outer spine is missing; rest of it has been temporarily glued back on; binding otherwise has moderate wear esp. to corners; pages have some foxing in multiple instances, esp. on front tissue guard; most text and most illus. are clean.). Dark brown stamped cloth, 369 [19] pp, numerous BW illustrations. From R.W. Smith--Survey of schoolhouse conditions in the New England States, New York and Michigan, with plans and...
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CA$89.90
Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, and Steven Izenour at Acadia Summer Arts Program
by Stroud, Marion Boulton and Kathryn Bloom Hiesinger
Mount Desert Island: Acadia Summer Arts Program, 2010. Hardcover. VG. BW patterned silky cloth (think cowhide), matching flyleaves, 124 pp., many color illus. Presents the design and building work done by these American architects -- co-authors of "Learning from Las Vegas: The Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Form" -- at this art-related site along the rocky coast of Maine. Much fun!
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Sunnylands: Art and Architecture of the Annenberg Estate in Rancho Mirage, California
by De Long, David G. (editor)
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010. Hardcover. VG (Former owner signature on first page; SIGNED BY EDITOR on half tp.). Cantaloupe-colored stamped cloth, color illus. embossed dust jacket, 183 pp., many color illus. "Located near Palm Springs, California, in a community known as Rancho Mirage, Sunnylands was built in the early 1960s by Walter and Leonore Annenberg, two of America's leading philanthropists. Envisioned by noted California architect A. Quincy Jones and the renowned...
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CA$172.88
Venturi, Rauch & Scott Brown: Buildings and Projects
by Von Moos, Stanislaus
New York: Rizzoli, 1987. Softbound. VG- (overall light shelf wear to wraps, light wear and foxing to block edges, pages are clean). Color pictorial wraps. 336 pp., profusely illustrated in bw and color. Robert Venturi, partner of the Philadelphia firm of Venturi, Rauch, and Scott Brown, is probably best known for his writing on architecture. Published during a time of growing discontent with modern architecture, Venturi's and Denise Scott Brown's writings helped to redefine architectural design by...
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Fabrications: Bodybuildings, Full Scale, The Tectonic Garden, Facing Public Space
by Betsky, Aaron
San Francico: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1988. Softcover. VG- with light cover wear.. Blue, oblong spiral-bound wraps with pale green lettering. 118 pp. divided into 3 sections with photographs and architectural renderings in each. Separate oblong stapled wraps catalogue of 12 pp. and color images included. Catalogue from the 3 exhibitions held mostly simultaneously at MoMA (The Tectonic Garden), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (Bodybuildings) and Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus (Full...
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Fifty Houses: Images From the American Road
by SORLIEN, Sandy
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Oblong quarto. 105pp. Foreword by William Least Heat-Moon. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Inscribed to fellow author Nicholas Delbanco from the author on the half-title page.
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CA$138.30
Davis Brody Bond Aedas: Selected Work: Presentation to the Frick Collection
New York: Davis Brody Bond Aedas, 2007. Hardcover. VG. Wood on white paper, cut-out mirror lettering, [40] pp; color images throughout. Publication for presentation about the firm to the Frick Collection. Includes photos of 5 projects: the New York Public Library; the Juilliard School; MOMA, Celeste Bartos Film Preservation Center; Harvard Club of New York; and National September 11th Memorial and Museum.
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The Art Institute of Chicago New North Wing: Renzo Piano Building Workshop
by Cuno, James
Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2005. First Edition. Softcover. VG. Books show minor shelf wear along edges. Postcard has fingerprints and minor edge wear. Otherwise contents appear clean and new.. Plastic file folder with clasp, color image on flap. Inside contents include: 1) one postcard, blue with white image; 2) a sealed pack of two magnets, one blue/one white with image; 3) a CD encased in cardboard; 4) book entitled Building of the Century: The Art Institute's Campaign for the Future, with...
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CA$55.32
Philadelphia Victorian: The Building of the Athenaeum
by Moss, Roger W
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Athenaeum of Philadelphia, 1998. Paperback. VG- light general wear to wraps.. Burnt orange and illustrated wraps with black and white lettering. xii, 158 pp. BW illustrations. "Recounts the effort of a member-supported library to provide for itself in the 1830s and 1840s a handsome and practical building, in a good location, at a price it could afford. With great good luck The Athenaeum of Philadelphia obtained John Notman's pure expression of the Italianate Revival...
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Greene & Greene: The Blacker House
by Makinson, Randell L and Thomas A Heinz
Salt Lake City, Utah: Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 2000. Hardcover. VG (shelf-wear to boards; small rubbed patch to lower board. corners rubbed; upper corners bumped & creased. spine ends rubbed. dustjacket has light wear & scratches; bumping, rubbing to corners). olive boards w/ gilt printing. 132 pgs w/ color & bw illustrations. glossy pictorial dustjacket w/ white printing. Wonderfully illustrated, a nice, bright copy. "...Recounts the meticulous five-year restoration program that has brought the...
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Year Book of the Architectural League of New York and Catalogue of the Thirty-seventh Annual Exhibition
New York: The Architectural History Foundation / MIT Press, 1922. Softbound. Good+ (shelfwear to wraps, light age toning but pages are otherwise clear and clean.). Paper printed wraps. 288 pp., profusely illustrated in BW. Architectural League of New York, 1922. Represents the work of architect and designer members of the league. Includes vintage photos of various buildings, interiors and exteriors, as well as select sculptures and decorative art embellishments. Includes many advertisements for...
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CA$69.15
Peabody & Stearns: Country Houses and Seaside Cottages
by Robinson, Anne
New York / London: W. W. Norton & Company, 2010. Hardcover. VG- (ex-library w/ stamps textblock edges, internal stamps, usual markings ect. pgs clean. dustjacket taped to cover edges, ID label to lower spine). Rust paper boards, color illus. and olive dust jacket and mylar cover; 247 pp., BW and color illus. From college library. Due date slip has no removal stamps. A nice copy. Photo is of a previous copy from our collection. Considers the work of the Boston-based architectural firm of Peabody &...
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Misiones jesuÃticas
by Cisneros, Jaime and Alvaro Romero
La Paz, Bolivia: Jaime Cisneros & Hugh Richter, 1998. Second. Hardcover. VG/VG-. Dj shows wear and fading. Contents are clean and tight, with minimal tanning of page edges.. Black boards with color illus and orange spine lettering. Black french fold dj with same. 111 pp. Many color illus. Text in Spanish and English. Beautifully illustrated volume which discusses the exterior and interiors of Jesuit missions.
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CA$76.06
And On The Eighth Day : The Last Word On City Planning and Planners, by Hedman and Bair
by Richard Hedman and Fred Bair Jr
Philadelphia, PA: Falcon Press, 1961. Hardcover. Good. Glue has dried somewhat creating the probability that pages will come loose. Someone has crafted a whimsical drawing on the ffep as part of their gift inscription to a previous owner.. Printed Boards. Appx. 71 pp., chiefly illustrated with bw drawings. A scarce first edition.
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CA$152.13
Year Book of the Twenty-Eighth Annual Architectural Exhibition Philadelphia 1925
Philadelphia: Philadelphia Chapter AIA and T Square Club, 1925. Hardbound. G- (Has moderate wear to bindings; text block clean and tight but may have half of spine material missing or quite loose; boards, however, seem secure and page surfaces are clean.). Brown paper over boards, with gilt lettering and design; 276 pp. with mostly bw illustrations and advertisements throughout. Represents the work of architect and designer members of the clubs. Includes vintage photos of various buildings, interiors...
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Philadelphia Georgian: The City House of Samuel Powel and Some of its Eighteenth-Century Neighbors
by Tatum, George B
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1976. Paperback. VG- light wear to corners edges and spine. BW-photographic and gray wraps with white lettering. xvii, 187 pp. BW illustrations, portraits. Photographs of Philadelphia architecture by Cortlandt Van Dyke Hubbard.
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CA$41.45
