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105* (ARCHITECTURE, CHICAGO) BRADLEY, HAROLD Directory to Apartments of the Better Class on the North Side of Chicago. Chicago: A. J. Pardridge & Harold Bradley, 1917.
4to, printed gilt-stamped boards. First edition of this rare documentary source on luxury flats in the early twentieth century in Chicago. Containing a map of the “Lake Shore District of North Side of Chicago,” and descriptions for over 50 residences in the north side with floor plans. Boards detached; contents loose; some chippine at foredge; otherwise sound. $500-700
106* ADLER, DAVID The Architect and His Work. By Richard Pratt. New York: M. Evans, (1970).
4to, original blue cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. First and only edition of what is considered the best monograph on the Chicago architect. Rubbing to jacket. Together with one inferior copy of the same. $100-200 107* AMERICAN COMPETITIONS Compiled and edited by Adin Benedict Lacey. Published by the T-Square Club, 1908.
Folio, green blind-stamped cloth. One of 700. Together with T-Square Club: Catalogue of the Architectural Exhibition 1901-1902. Maurice M. Feustmann, ed. Philadelphia: The T Square Club, (1902). 4to, pictorial cloth. Art in Federal Buildings. By Edward Bruce and Forbes Watson. Washington, D. C.: Art in Federal Buildings, 1936. Vol. 1 only. Oblong 4to, cloth-backed boards. New York: The City Observed. A Guide to the Architecture of Manhattan. By Paul Goldberger. New York: Random House, 1979. Inscribed by the author to half-title. First edition. Nebraskans 1854-1904. Omaha: The Bee Publishing Company, 1904. 4to, full gilt-stamped leather. The Thumb-Tack Club of Detroit: 4th Annual Architectural Exhibition. Detroit Institute of Arts, Nov. 17-30 4to, printed boards. Portland Architectural Club: Second Annual Exhibition in the Galleries of the Museum of Fine Arts, 1909. Portland: The Irwin-Hudson Company, 1909. $100-200
108* AUDSLEY, GEORGE ASHDOWN The Art of Organ-Building. New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1905.
2 vols. Folio, red cloth-backed boards, titles in gilt to front boards and spines, t.e.g. First edition. Portrait frontispiece, plates and illustrations throughout. Wear to boards; some age darkening; otherwise a fine set. $100-200 109* BENNETT, EDWARD H. The Plan of Minneapolis: Prepared Under the Direction of the Civic Commission of MCMVII. Minneapolis: The Civic Commission, 1917.
Folio, red cloth-backed boards, color frontispiece. No. 810 of 1,000 copies. Folding map, numerous color plates, many fold-out. Wear to boards; hinges starting. $100-200
110* BLONDEL, JACQUES-FRANCOIS Cours d’architecture, ou traite de la decoration, distribution & construction des batiments. Paris: Chez Desaint, 1771-1777.
9 vols. 8vo, full marbled calf, spines decorated in compartments, marbled edges and endpapers, 5 raised bands. Vol. 3 contains 142 plates; Vol. 6 contains 51 plates; Vol. 9 contains 136 plates. Wear to edges and extremes of boards and backstrip; hinges are starting from vol. 1, 7, 8, and 9; chip to head and foot of backstrip to vol. 1; chip to head of backstrip of vol. 4, 8, and 9; fading and soiling to boards and backstrip. $500-700
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111* BLONDEL, JACQUES-FRANCOIS De la distribution de maison de plaisance et de la decoration des edifices en general. Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1737-1738.
2 vols. 4to, full gilt-decorated calf, gilt-decorated backstrip, gilt edges, 5 raised bands. First edition. Contains 90 copper plates, of which 17 are folding. Light wear to edges and extremes of boards and backstrip; light soiling to boards; light foxing throughout; otherwise a sound set. $800-1,200
112* BOERSCHMANN, ERNST Chinesische architektur. Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth A-G, 1925.
2 vols. Folio, blue cloth gilt-illustrated boards. First edition. Contains 340 photographic plates, 270 illustrative plates, 70 sketches, and six color plates. Wear to edges and extremes of boards and backstrip; fading and soiling to boards and backstrip; 13 1/2 inch tear to backstrip of vol. 1; six inch tear to backstrip of vol. 2; hinges are starting; text clean. $200-400 113* COTTINGHAM, LEWIS NOCKALLS Plans, Elevations, Sections, and Details of King Henry the Seventh’s Chapel at Westminster and the History of Its Foundation, and an Authentic Account of Its Restoration. London: Priestley and Weale, 1822.
Vol. 1 bound with two additional titles by Cottingham. Atlas folio, quarter blind-stamped calf. 102 plates total. Vol. 1 with additional engraved title page and 43 plates (eight double-page), followed by an additional engraved title page for Working Drawings for Gothic Ornaments, (London, 1823), with tipped-in address and 36 plates, followed by an additional engraved title page for A Collection of Architectural Ornaments and Decorations . . ., (London, 1824), with 23 plates. Foxing to some plates; wear to boards; hinges reinforced; edges bumped; rubbing to bands; otherwise fine. $100-200
114* CRANFIELD, SIDNEY WHITE Houses For the Working Classes in Urban Districts. By Sidney White Cranfield and Henry Ingle Potter. London: B. T. Batsford, 1900.
4to, green gilt-stamped cloth. Together with English Country Houses: Sixty-One Views and Plans of Recently Erected Mansions, Private Residences, etc. . . ., by William Wilkinson, second edition, (London, 1875), Cottage Residences; or, A Series Of Designs For Rural Cottages and Cottage Villas . . ., by A. J. Downing, fourth edition, (New York, 1853) and Village and Farm Cottages. The Requirements of American Village Homes, by Henry W. Cleavland, et al. (New York, 1869) $200-400
115* CROQUIS D’ARCHITECTURE Intime Club. An uncollated stack of approximately 200 plates. Paris, circa 1880-1900. $50-100
116* DALY, CESAR M. Motifs historiques d’architecture et de sculpture d’ornement. Paris: Ducher, 1870.
2 vols. Folio, leather-backed marbled boards, 5 raised bands. Contains 198 plates. Wear to edges and extremes of boards and backstrip; rubbing to bands; 1 1/2 inch tear to plate 1, vol. 1; 1 1/2 inch chip to head of backstrip of vol. 2; Three inch tear to rear board of vol. 2; foxing throughout; otherwise fine. $200-400 117* DALY, CESAR Revue generale de l’architecture et des travaux publics. Paris: Rue de Furstemberg No. 6, n.d. (1841-1888)
44 (of 45) vols., lacking vol. 1. 4to, 3/4 leather-backed marbled boards, 5 raised bands. Vol. 45 scarce. Bookplate of Franklin Institute Library, Philadelphia to the front pastedown. Illustrated throughout. Wear to edges and extremes of boards with some loss to vols. 1881, 1884; front boards detached to vols. 1886, 1887; otherwise plates are clean. $500-700
118* DAVIE, W. GALSWORTHY Architectural Studies in France. London: B. T. Batsford, 1877.
Atlas folio, original half dark green morocco, title and decorations in gilt on upper cover, t.e.g. First edition. 89 plates, 16 of which are in color. Wear to boards at edges and extremities. L’Architecture et la decoration aux palais du Louvre & des Tuileries. Tome II. Paris: Librairie Centrale d’Art et d’Architecture, n.d. 81 photogravure plates. Front board detached; wear to pages and boards. L’Architecture & la sculpture, exposition de 1900. Premiere serie les Palais des Beaux-Arts. By Girault, et al. Paris: Armand Guerinet, n.d. Folio, original printed boards detached. 75 photogravure plates. $300-500
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119* FRITSCH, K.E.O. Denkmaeler Deutscher renaissance. Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth, 1887.
12 vols. Portfolio, cloth-titles, original printed boards. Contains approximately 250 plates. Some marginal tears; soiling to boards; wear to spines. $200-400
120* GABRIEL, ANGE-JACQUES Comte de Fels. Ange-Jacques Gabriel: premier architecte du roi. Paris: Emile-Paul, 1922.
Folio, full calf, gilt-tooled spine, original paper wraps bound in, marbled endpapers. One of 300 numbered copies on papier de Hollande. Contains 41 plates, 8 of which are folding, 15 of which are in color. Wear to edges and extremes of boards and backstrip; rubbing to backstrip; foxing throughout; otherwise a fine copy. $100-200
121* GARNIER, CHARLES Le nouvel opera de Paris. Paris: Ducher et Cie, [text volumes] 1878, 1881, [atlas volumes] 1880.
4 vols. (2 text, 2 atlas), quarter morocco over marbled boards, marbled endpapers, engraved title vignettes. Illustrated with 80 plates, including 20 chromolithographed. Minor wear to boards; some spotting to preliminary leaves; otherwise a fine set. $3,000-5,000 122* GAUDET, JULIEN Elements et theorie de l’architecture. Paris: Librairie de la Construction Moderne, n.d.
4 vols. 4to, cloth-backed boards, leather gilt-lettered spine labels. Small tear to f.f.e.p. vol. 1; otherwise fine. $150-250
123* GOODWIN, FRANCIS Domestic Architecture, Being A Series of Designs for Mansions, Villas, Rectory Houses, etc. . . . London: printed for the author, 1833.
Folio, red cloth. Illustrated with numerous color steel engravings. Together with another copy of the same work with duotone plates and five other titles. Fading to boards, some minor offsetting from plates; otherwise fine. $400-600
124* GROMORT, WILLIAM AND G. Old Bridges of France. By William and G. Gromort. New York: The Press of the American Institute of Architects, 1925.
Portfolio, 57 plates, three ties. Limited edition. Together with L’Art architectural decoratif, industriel et somptuaire de l’epoque Louis XVI. By Auguste Schoy. Bruxelles: Louis de Meuleneere, n.d. 2 vols. Portfolio, original red cloth and printed boards, 297 plates. $100-200
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125* GROPIUS, WALTER Bauhaus Bucher #4. By Walter Gropius and L. Moholy-Nagy. Munich: Albert Langen Verlag, 1924.
Thin 4to, original yellow cloth-backed boards. Together with Ernst Fuchs: das graphische werk, by Richard P. Hartmann (Munich: R. Piper, 1980), Egon Schiele: The Graphic Work, by Otto Kallir, (New York: Crown Publishers, 1970) and Die neue wohnung, by Bruno Taut, (Leipzig: Verlag Von Klinkhardg & Biermann, 1924). $200-400
126* GUILMARD, D. Les maitres ornemanistes: dessinateurs, peintres, architectes, sculpteurs et graveurs. Paris: E. Plon et Cie, 1881.
2 vols. 4to, green cloth gilt-decorated boards, gilt lettering spine, original paper wraps bound in. Contains 180 plates. Vergleichende formenlehre des ornamentes und der phlanze. By M. Meurer. Dresden: Verlag von Gerhard Kuhtmann, 1909. Folio, 3/4 cloth boards, printed title, decorative endpapers. An intriguing study pertaining to the natural forms which have inspired floriated ornament. Dettaglia Del Pavimento ed Ornamenti in Mosaico della Basilica di San Marco in Venezia. Venezia: Ferd. Ongania, Edit., 1881. $100-200
127* IJZERMAN, J. W. Atlas behoorende bij de Beschrijving der Oudheden nabij de grens der residenties Soerkarta en Djogjakarta (Batavia, Landsdrukkerij: M. Nijhoff, 1891.
Atlas volume only. 4to, printed porfolio. Containing containing one large folding map and 32 (partly folding) plates and diagrams. Wear to portfolio; some wear to edges of plates; otherwise fine. $100-200
128* ILLINOIS SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTS Handbook for Architects and Builders. Chicago: Illinois Society of Architects, circa 1920-1940. Approximately 50 volumes. $200-400
129* JORGENSON, CHARLES JULIUS The Mastery of Color. Milwaukee: Charles Julius Jorgensen, 1906.
2 vols., comprising one volume of loose plates and one text volume. 4to, slipcased box container with 22 color plates on double cardboard. Rubbing to leather spine of slipcase; front board of box detached; otherwise plates are in fine condition and colors are very bright. $100-200
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3 vols. in 8 parts. Portfolio, red cloth-backed boards, gilt-titles to front boards. Containing numerous mounted plates, many of which are in chromolithography. Wear to boards; some chipping to edges of pages. $200-400
131* KING, JEFF Where the Two Came to Their Father: A Navajo War Ceremonial. New York: Pantheon Books, (1943).
Portfolio, cloth-backed boards. With 18 silkscreen plates loose as issued. The images represent the various stages of a Navajo ceremony. Some wear to boards; otherwise fine. $400-600
132* LACROIX, PAUL The Arts of the Middle Ages; Military and Religion Life in the Middle Ages; The Eighteenth Century; Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages; Science and Literature in the Middle Ages. London: Bickers and Son, n.d.
5 vols. 4to, matching 3/4 leather over marbled boards, spines gilt in compartments, marbled endpapers. Contains numerous chromolithographic prints and engravings throughout. Wear to boards with some loss at extremities; shelf wear to top and bottom edges; hinges starting on some vols.; otherwise fine. $300-500
133* LE TAROUILLY, PAUL Le vatican et la basilique de Saint-Pierre de Rome. Paris: Vve A. Morel Et Cie, n.d. (1882)
Atlas folio, boards. In six parts. Contains 140 plates, 12 of which are in color. Publisher’s sticker to front pastedown signed Charles A. Phillips. Wear, soiling, and fading to boards; lacking backstrip; light foxing to plates; light soiling and dampstaining to some plates; 12 color plates display little to no foxing. $200-400
134* LUTYENS, SIR EDWARD The Architecture of Sir Edward Lutyens. By A. S. G. Butler. New York: Charles Scribner’s, 1950.
4 vols., including The Life of Sir Edward Lutyens, by Charles Hussey (London, 1950). Complete. First work folio, second large 8vo, green buckram boards, original printed wrappers on three volumes. Wear to boards; chipping to jackets; hinges starting on some volumes; otherwise fine. $800-1,200
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134A* PLATT, CHARLES A. Monograph of the Work of Charles A. Platt. New York: Architectural Book Publishing Company, (1913).
Folio, cloth-backed boards. Together with Parentalia; or, Memoirs of the Family of Wrens. By Sir Christopher Wren (Holland, 1965). $100-200
135* MACQUOID, PERCY A History of English Furniture. London: Lawrence & Bullen, 1904-1908.
4 vols. in 20 separate parts, comprising The Age Of Oak, (1904), The Age Of Walnut, (1905), The Age Of Mahogany (1906), and The Age Of Satinwood, (1908). Folio, original printed paper wraps. Together with Early English Furniture & Woodwork. By Herbert Cescinsky and Ernest R. Gribble. New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1922. Vol. 1 only. $200-400
136* MALTON, JAMES An Essay on British Cottage Architecture. London: Hookham and Carpenter, etc., 1798.
Thin 4to, quarter red morocco over marbled boards. 21 sepia-engraved aquatint plates. First edition. Minor spotting; dampstain to bottom lower corner of most plates; otherwise fine. $400-600 137* MAUKE, ADOLF Die baukunst als steinbau. Basel: Herren Benziger & Company, 1897.
4to, 3/4 cloth over illustrated boards, gilt lettering to spine. Profusely illustrated with drawings and plans in black and white. Wear to boards; hinges starting. Together with Les concours d’architecture, Ecole National des Beaux-Arts, 2 parts in 1 (l’Annee Scolaire 1906-1907, 1907-1908), 59 plates total (Paris: August Vincent, 1906-1908), and Les concours publics d’architecture, by L. Farge, Troisieme Annee, 116 plates total (Paris, 1897). $100-200
138* MAWSON, THOMAS The Art and Craft of Garden Making. London: B. T. Batsford; New York: Chas. Scribner’s Sons, (1926).
Folio, green cloth. Fifth edition. Together with the second edition of the same work (London, 1901), Gardens of China, by Osvald Siren, (New York, 1940), Italian Gardens, after drawings by George S. Elgood, R. I., (New York, n.d.), and The Gardens of England in the Midland & Eastern Counties, edited by Charles Holme, (The Studio, 1908). $200-400
139* NEBEHAY, CHRISTIAN M. Ver sacrum 1898-1903. New York: Rizzoli, (1975).
4to, illustrated cloth boards, dust jacket. Minor tears to dust jacket; otherwise fine. $100-200 140* OLBRICH, JOSEF MARIA Architektur von Olbrich. Berlin: Ernst Wasmüth, n.d. (circa 1904).
Portfolio, cloth boards. Contains 150 plates. Originally issued in three parts of 50 plates each; the title sheets for each of the three parts is included. The present linen over boards casing was made especially for this set. Dampstaining to some of the plates; otherwise a sound set. $600-800
141* FREART, (ROLAND, SIEUR DE CHAMBRAY) Parallele de l’architecture antique et de la moderne. Paris: Pierre Emery, Michel Brunet et al., 1702.
Folio, full mottled calf. Contains additional engraved title page, title vignette, engraved chapter headings, 44 full-page illustrations and 10 double-page plates. Occassional marginal soiling; joints split; rubbing to boards; otherwise fine. $400-600
142* PENCIL POINTS An Illustrated Monthly Journal for the Drafting Room. Russell Whitehead, Kenneth F. Reid and E. L. Clever, editors. New York: The Architectural Review, 19201928.
7 vols., comprising vols. 2 - 6 (two copies of vol. 6) and 8 - 9. 8vo, blue cloth-backed boards. Vols. 2 and 3 are very scarce. Hinges starting; fading to boards; fraying to spine ends; library call numbers to spines. $100-200
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143* PLANAT, P. A. Encylopedie de l’architecture et de la construction. Paris: Aulanier et Cie, (1889 - 1892).
8 vols., including index. 4to, quarter leather over cloth-backed boards, 5 raised bands, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. Wear to boards with minor loss to spine ends and rubbing to edges and extremities; some chipping to endpapers; backstrip detached to vol. 5. $100-200
144* PROPYLAEN [Propylaen kunstgeschichte]. Berlin: Propylaen, 1923-1940. 11 vols. Together with three other books in matching binding published by Propylaen: Kunstgeschichte des mobels, by Adolf Feulner (1927), 2 copies, and Die baukunst der neuesten zeit, by Gustav Adolf Platz (1927).
14 vols. 4to, gilt-stampled green and black cloth. Wear to boards with some loss at spines; backstrips detached on two volumes; hinges starting on all volumes. Together with Allgemeine kunst-geschichte, by P. Albert Kuhn, 2 (of 6) vols. only, (Benziger, 1909, 1911). $100-200 145* PUGIN, A. Examples of Gothic Architecture. London: Augustus Pugin, 1831.
2 (of 3) vols. only. 4to, 3/4 red morocco over marbled boards, marbled endpapers. 145 plates (vol. 1, 73 plates; vol. 2, 72 plates), many fold-out and some in colors. Hinges starting; wear to boards. Pugin and Le Keux’s Specimens of the Architectural Antiquities of Normany. (London: Britton, 1827). Engraved title page, 70 engraved plates (two chromolithographed, six double-page). Bound with Historical and Descriptive Essays Accompanying a Series of Engraved Specimens of Architectural Antiquities of Normandy, (London, 1828). $300-500
146* PUGIN, A. Specimens of Gothic Architecture, Consisting of Doors, Windows, Buttresses, Pinnacles, etc., With the Measurments Selected From Ancient Buildings at Oxford. By F. Mackenzie and A. Pugin. London: J. Taylor, n.d.
4to, boards, pastedown spine label. Engraved title page, 61 plates (three double-page). Rear board detached; some foxing to plates; wear to boards. Gothic Architecture, Selected From Various Ancient Edifices in England. By A. and A. W. Pugin. Cleveland: Jansen, 1914. 2 vols. Portfolio, numerous plates loose as issued. Contrasts. By A. Welby Pugin. Edinburgh: John Grant, 1898. Second edition. $200-400 147* PUGIN, A. WELBY Floriated Ornament: A Series of Thirty-One Designs. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1849.
Thin folio, original morocco-backed cloth, gilt, t.e.g. First edition. Illustrated with a color frontispiece, additional title page and 29 chromolithograph plates (numbered 3 - 31). Pages detached from backstrip but collates complete; some darkening to leaves, concentrated at the fore edge; foxing to preliminary leaves; soiling and rubbing to boards; otherwise plates are bright and colorful. $400-600
148* RAGUENET, A. Materiaux et documents d’architecture et de sculpture. Paris: E. Ducher, n.d. (circa 1871-1921)
3 vols. Porfolio, red cloth-backed boards, gilt lettering to front boards, ties, pages loose as issued. An encyclopedia of reproductions of architectural and sculptural motifs meant to be arranged alphabetically by subject. Title pages missing; wear to boards with front board of vol. 3 detached; pages of illustrations out of order, but comprising approximately 800 illustrated leaves per volume. $150-250
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149* RAGUENET, A. Petits edifices historiques recueillis par A. Raguenet. Historical Edifices, Being a Selection of Facades, and Details of the Most Remarkable Old Churches, Private and Public Buildings. New York: Hessling & Spielmeyer, n.d.
2 vols. (containing 40 parts). Illustrated throughout. Together with Specimens of Architecture and Sculpture, A. Raguenet, ed. New York: Hessling & Spielmeyer, n.d. 4to, 3/4 morocco, titles in gilt to spines, 5 raised bands, t.e.g. Rubbing to boards and bands at edges and extremities; wear to spine heads with some loss. $200-400
150* RUTTER, JOHN Delineations of Fonthill and Its Abbey. London: Charles Knight, etc., 1823.
4to, 3/4 green morocco, gilt-embossed boards, gilt title to spine, 5 raised bands, marbled endpapers, additional engraved title, frontispiece, engraved armorial title page vignette. First edition. Extra illustrated edition with 22 plates (three hand-colored aquatints including additional pictorial title and frontispiece), folding lithographed map (partly hand-colored), with many of the plates in duplicates (apparently proofs without text) and numerous in-text engravings. Most copies come with 13 plates. Some foxing; rubbing to boards and bands; two news photos and one article lightly tipped in f.f.e.p.; otherwise fine. $600-800 151* SCAMOZZI, VINCENZO Klariche beschreibung der funff salen-ordnungen, und der gantzen bau-kunst . . . [L’idea della architettura universale]. Sulzbach: J. Hoffmann, 1678.
Folio, marbled boards, additional engraved title with portrait of Scammozi. Early edition of Scammozi’s architectural treatise profusely illustrated with 85 plates, four of which are double page. Hinges starting and separated at top and bottom three inches of spine; spine detached; wear to boards; minor age darkening to leaves; small tears within; otherwise fine. $600-800
152* SHAW, HENRY The Decorative Arts Ecclesiastical and Civil of the Middle Ages. London: William Pickering, 1851.
4to, 3/4 red morocco over marbled boards. Wear to edges and extremes of boards; light foxing throughout; top 1/3 of spine detached; front board detached; plates are bright and clean. Together with Specimens of Ancient Furniture Drawn from Existing Authorities. London: William Pickering, 1836. 74 plates, many in color. $100-200 153* SPELTZ, ALEXANDER The Coloured Ornament of all Historical Styles, with Coloured Plates from Own Paintings in Water Colours. Leipzig: Baumgartner, (1914-1915).
6 vols. (Part I: Antiquity. Part II: Middle Ages, each 3 vols.) Small folio, cloth spines. Plates and accompanying text booklets. Soiling to covers with some loss and some backstrips detached; minor wear to plates. $100-200
154* STRACK, HEINRICH Baudenkmaeler Roms des XV-XIX jahrhunderts mach photographischen originalaufnahmen als ergaenzung zu Letarouilly, Edifices De Rome Moderne. Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth, 1891.
Portfolio, 3/4 leather over gilt cloth, ties. Containing (100) plates reproduced from photographs illustrating existing Roman architecture from the XV to the XIX centuries in the manner of Letarouilly. Wear to boards; minor soiling to page; only one tie present. $100-200
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155* STUART, JAMES & REVETT, NICHOLAS The Antiquities of Athens, Measured and Delineated. London: Priestly and Weale, 1825-1830.
4 vols. Atlas folio, full calf, engraved frontispieces, engraved vignettes on title pages and within the text. Second edition. Illustrated with 180 plates, some folding. This is a new edition of this important set of drawings first prepared by Stuart and Revett in the eighteenth century. Rubbing to boards; hinges starting; portions of spine detached; some loss at edges and extremities; minor foxing to leaves; otherwise fine. $2,000-4,000
156* TATHAM, C. H. Etchings Representing the Best Examples of Grecian and Roman Architectural Ornament; Drawn from the Originals, and Chiefly Corrected in Italy, Before the Late Revolutions In That Country. By Charles Heathcore Tatham. London: J. B. Nichols, 1843.
Folio, 3/4 blue morocco over cloth-backed boards, gilt titles to front board, marbled endpapers. 125 (of 126) engraved plates. F.f.e.p. detached but present; hinges reinforced; rubbing to boards at edges and extremities. Together with Gotisches Musterbuch. By O. Statz and G. Ungewitter. Leipzing: Chr. Herm. Tauchnik, 1905. Portfolio, with 197 (of 200) plates loose as issued. $100-200
157* TERRASSE, CHARLES Medersas du Maroc. Paris: Editions Albert Morance, (1927).
4to, original printed folder, text insert, plates loose as issued. 70 photogravure plates. First edition. Soiling to folder. $150-250
158* THE DECORATOR AND FURNISHER (Oct. 1888 - Oct. 1898). New York: The Art Trades Publishing and Printing Company, 1896 - 1897.
20 vols. bound in 10 (vols. 13 - 32). 4to, library buckram. A rare run of this important nineteenth century journal. $200-400
158A* THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL Boston, 1907-1917. A group of 10 volumes. $100-200
159* THE ENGINEERING RECORD New York: McGraw Publishing Company, 1904-12.
17 vols. 49 [January - June 1904] to 65 [January - June 1912]. 4to, full cloth-backed boards, gilt titles to spines, decorative endpapers. Some fading to spines; otherwise a fine set. $100-200
160* THE GEORGIAN SOCIETY The Georgian Society Records of Eighteenth-Century Domestic Architecture and Decoration in Dublin (London): Printed for the Society at the Dublin University Press by Ponsonby & Gibbs, 1911-1913.
Vol. IV. 3 vols. (vols. III - V). 4to, printed cloth-back boards. Minor foxing to some pages; wear to boards. The Georgian Period, Being Measured Drawings of Colonial Work. William Rotch Ware, ed. New York: The American Architect, 1898 - 1902. 12 vols. (12 parts, incomplete) Folio, original printed boards, ties. Comprising 12 parts (out of order), lacking a number of title pages, but containing approximately 390 plates. Wear to boards with some loss; age darkening to some plates. $200-400
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161* THE NATIONAL BUILDER Chicago, 1885-1887, 1910-1911.
6 vols., comprising one large folio volume containing vols. 1 - 6 (1885-1887), with numerous blue-prints tipped-in rear pocket, a duplicate copy of vol. 4 in original pictorial wraps and four later issues (1910-1911) in pictorial wraps. Illustrated with numerous in-text engraving and some color plates. The Architectural Review: A Magazine of Architecture & Decoration. Westminster: The Architectural Press, 1938-1939. 4 vols., comprising vols. 86 - 86. Folio, uniform green cloth-backed boards, titles in gilt to spine. $200-400
162* VIOLLET-LE-DUC, EUGENE Compositions et dessins de Viollet-le-Duc. Paris: Librairie Centrale d’Architecutre, 1884.
Folio, leather-backed marbled boards. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece of Le-Duc and 91 plates (numbered 1-100, 9 are double-page), some in colors. Front board and backstrip detached; soiling to edges of plates only in a few instance affecting the image; minor chipping to some edges; boards soiled and worn. $200-400
163* WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD Drawings for a Living Architecture. New York: Horizon Press, 1959.
Oblong 4to, orange cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright [Wendingen: The Life-Work of the American Architect Frank Lloyd Wright], two copies, one with slipcase (New York, 1965), A New House by Frank Lloyd Wright on Bear Run, The Museum of Modern Art, New York (New York, 1938), The Story of the Tower, by Frank Lloyd Wright (New York, 1956), Frank Lloyd Wright: An Autobiography, first U.K. edition (London, n.d.), Frank Lloyd Wright: The Early Work, (New York, 1968), Sechzig jahre lebendige architektur [Sixty Years of Living Architecture], by Frank Lloyd Wright, (Zurich, 1952), My Father Who is on Earth, by John Lloyd Wright, (New York, 1946). $300-500 164* WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD Wendingen: The Life-Work of the American Architect Frank Lloyd Wright with Contributions by Frank Lloyd Wright. Santpoort, Holland: C. A. Mees, 1925.
Oblong, 4to, gray cloth, pages uncut. First edition, with photographic illustrations of Wright’s work. Wear to boards; edges bumped; minor tape repair to some leaves; otherwise fine. $300-500
165* (ARCHITECTURE) A portfolio of tracings of architectural ornaments, some hand-colored. $50-100
166* (ARCHITECTURE) A collection of 33 loose photogravure plates of early twentieth century houses from Vincent Scully’s The Shingle Style, (New Haven, 1951). $50-100
167* (ARCHITECTURE, CHICAGO) A collection of books pertaining to architecture in Chicago. $100-200
168* (ARCHITECTURE, CHICAGO) A collection of books pertaining to Chicago architecture, with one promotional kit for the Calatrava spire.
Wacker’s Manual of the Plan of Chicago. Municiple Economy. By Walter D. Moody. (Chicago), 1915. Living Architecture. A Discussion of Present Day Problems In a Collection of Essays Written For and Sponsored By the Chicago Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Arthur Woltersdorf, editor (Chicago, 1930). Sixteenth Annual Exhibition of the Chicago Architectural Club. (Chicago), 1903. Book of the XXIV Annual Exhibition of the Chicago Architectural Club. (Chicago), 1911. The Chicago Spire, Santiago Calatrava. Together with 15 other books pertaining to Chicago. (18 total) $200-400
The History of English Church Architecture. By George Gilbert Scott. London: Smith, Marshall, 1881. 4to, blue cloth-backed boards, gilt title to spine and front board. Illustrated Views in Tinted Lithography of Interesting and Romantic Parish Kirks and Manses in Scotland. By Rev. Robert W. Fraser. Edinburgh, London and Dublin, n.d. Thin 4to, quarter morocco gilt-stamped boards. 25 lithograph plates. Christian Science Church Edifices. By Christ Draper Faulkner. Chicago: Charles Draper, (1946). 4to, black morocco, titles in gilt to front cover and spine. First edition. Inscribed by the author to the title page. Designs for Parish Churches, in the Three Styles of English Church Architecture. By J. Coleman Hart. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1857. 4to, gilt-stamped brown cloth-backed boards. Illustrated throughout. Dampstaining to the interior; wear to boards. $200-400 170* (ARCHITECTURE, ENGLAND) A group of 11 volumes pertaining to eighteenth century architecture in England.
The Monumental Remains of Noble and Eminent Persons. By Edward Blore. London: Harding, Lepard, and Company, 1826. Illustrations and Architectural Antiquities of the County of Durham: Ecclesiastical, Castellated, and Domestic. By Robert William Billings. Durham: George Andrews, and the Author, 1846. 4to, cloth-backed boards. First edition. 64 plates. The Tower Bridge: Its History and Construction from the Date of the Earliest Project to the Present Time. By J. E. Tuit. London: Office of “The Engineer,” 1894. 4to, cloth. Numerous photogravure plates. History of the Port of London. By Sir Joseph G. Broodbank. London: Daniel O’Connor, 1921. 2 vols. 4to, blue cloth. The Eighteenth Century Architecture of Bristol. By C. F. W. Dening. Bristol: J. W. Arrowsmith, (1923). Folio, cloth-backed boards. First edition. Numerous tipped-in photogravure plates. The Eighteenth Century Architecture of Bath. By Mowbray A. Green. Bath: George Gregory, 1902. Part I only. Folio, paper wraps. Architecture of the Renaissance in England. By J. Alfred Gotch (New York; London, 1893). 2 vols. Folio, leather-backed gilt-stamped boards. Old England: A Pictorial Museum. By Charles Knight. London: James Sangster and Co., 1845. 2 vols. $400-600
171* (ARCHITECTURE, GOTHIC) A group of two titles in seven portfolios pertaining to Gothic architecture and ornament.
Gotisches Musterbuch. By V. Statz and G. Ungewitter. Leipzig: Chr. Herm Tauchnik, 1905. Portfolio, printed boards. German pattern book with numerous black and white plates. Die mustergiltigen kirchenbauten des mittelalters in Deutschland. By Carl Schaefer and Otto Stiehl. Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth, n.d. 9 parts in 5 folios. Portfolio, printed boards. With numerous black and white plates. $100-200 172* (ARCHITECTURE, MODERN) A group of four titles, two of which are portfolios with loose plates.
L’Architecture vivante. (Paris): Editions Albert Morance, Automne & Hiver, 1926. 4to, printed cloth-backed folder, ties, title in gilt to spine, plates loose as issued. Containing 82 plates (some in color). Wear to spine ends; soiling to boards. Documents Architecture-Moderne. H. Laurens, ed. (Paris: n.d.). 4to, green clothbacked folder, titles in red to front cover and spine, three ties. Containing 99 plates. Le arti d’oggi: architettura e arti decorative in Europa. By Roberto Papini. Milano; Roma, n.d. Folio, pictorial boards. Backstrip detached; soiling to boards. L’Architecture d’aujourd’hui. (Paris): Revue Mensuelle, 8e annee, Aout, 1937. $200-400
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173* (TIROL) A group of two portfolios pertaining to Tyrolese architecture.
Kunstschatze aus Tirol. By Otto Schmidt. Wien: Kunstverlag Anton Schroll, 18931902. 4 vols. Folio, original yellow printed boards. Mixed editions. Die zimmergotik in Deutsch-Tirol. By Paul Paukert. Leipzig: Verlag von E. A. Seemann, 1897-1903. 7 vols. Folio, printed boards, plates loose as issued. Mixed editions. $100-200
174* (GOTHIC) A group of five volumes.
Tresor de numismatique et de glyptique. Paris: Au Bureau du Tresor de Numismatique et de Glyptique, 1835. An Analysis of Gothic Architecture: Illustrated by a Series of Upwards of Seven Hundred Examples of Doorways, Windows, etc. By Raphael and J. Arthur Brandon. London: W. Kent, 1858. 2 vols. A Manual of Gothic Moldings. By F. A. Paley. London, 1865. Northumbrian Crosses of the Pre-Norman Age. By W. G. Collingwood. London, 1927. $200-400 175* (PERIODICALS) A collection of periodicals pertaining to science and historical preservation, including approximately 100 issues of ISIS: An International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences, circa 1960, and approximately 50 issues of Journal of Preservation Technology. Albany, NY: Association for Preservation Technology, circa 1980. $80-120
176* (PORTFOLIOS) A group of seven volumes of architectural portfolios.
L’Architettura Italiana, periodico mensile di construzione e di architettura pratica. Torino: Societa’ Itliana di Edizioni Artistiche, 1926-1928. 3 vols., comprising Anno XXI - XXIII. Portfolio, original printed boards, cloth spines. [The Architectural Reprint.] (1902-1906). 4 vols., mixed volumes and numbers, each in matching 3/4 cloth portfolio with the title Architectural Reprints from Le Tarouilly to the spines, although the contents appear to be from various reprints, 180 plates total. $100-200
