American Architecture (Catalog) - Xerxes Books, Booksellers to the World Since 1980

American Architecture:

(architecture) . AMERICAN ARCHITECT AND BUILDING NEWS VOLUME CX JULY TO DECEMBER 1916
Boston 1916. Issues for the period July to December 1916 bound in one volume. Folio, text illustrations, floor plans, plates (some foldout), black cloth. Gilt printed library information at heel of spine and small bookplate. Several blind stamps throughout. Good, binding secure and text clean, cover tips worn and frayed. (a66368)
$325.00 (architecture) . AMERICAN ARCHITECT AND BUILDING NEWS VOLUME CXV JANUARY TO JUNE 1919
Boston 1919. All issues for the period January to June 1919 bound in one volume. Folio, text illustrations, floor plans, plates (some foldout), black cloth hardcover. Gilt printed library information at heel of spine and small bookplate. Several blind stamps throughout. Good, cover a bit worn, text and illustrations near Fine. (a66463)
$280.00 (architecture) . AMERICAN ARCHITECT AND BUILDING NEWS VOLUME LXXIV OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 1901
Boston 1901. Published weekly. Issues for the period October to December 1901, bound in one volume. Folio, text illustrations, floor plans, plates (some foldout), black cloth. Small label at heel of spine and bookplate. Several blind stamps throughout. Institute bookplate. Good, corners frayed, front hinge reinforced. (a66257)
$295.00 (architecture) . AMERICAN ARCHITECT AND BUILDING NEWS VOLUME LXXVII JULY-SEPTEMBER 1902
Boston 1902. Published weekly. Issues for the period July-September 1902, bound in one volume. Folio, text illustrations, floor plans, plates (some foldout), black cloth hardcover. Institute bookplate. A a few institute blind stamps in text. Good, hinges cracking, spine ends worn and torn, internally sound and clean. Includes Index. (a55925)
$225.00 (architecture) . AMERICAN SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY 1931-1932
NY 1931 American Public School Fourth Annual Edition. A Yearbook devoted to the Design, Construction, Equipment, Utilization, and Maintenance of Educational Buildings and Grounds. School architecture interiors and exteriors. Many interesting advertisements for school equipment - locks, tools, silverware, etc. Hardcover. 4to., 559pp., photo illustrations, cloth. VG, light wear, no DJ (f6)
$65.00 (architecture) . AMERICAN SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY 1932-1933
NY 1932 American Public School. Fifth Annual Edition. A Yearbook devoted to the Design, Construction, Equipment, Utilization, and Maintenance of Educational Buildings and Grounds. School architecture interiors and exteriors. Many interesting advertisements for school equipment - locks, tools, silverware, etc. Hardcover. 4to., 559pp., photo illustrations, cloth. VG, light wear, no DJ. (a76437)
$145.00 (architecture) . ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
Boston Bates and Guild. 13 loose issues dated 1904 to 1913. We have Sepember 1904; June 1908; January, February and April 1910; April May July August November 1912 and January March June 1913 : Folio, wraps. Fully photo illustrated with large fine photos. Special topics covered in these issues include: Gardens (many by E.L.Luytens,) Minneapolis Museum Competition, City Planning in America, South Church Parish House NYC, Pittsburgh Church Competition, Three Modern Bridges, English Parish Churches. Good, some cover wear, a few pages disbound, one cover detached. Thirteen issues: (a15834)
$300.00 (architecture) . ARCHITECTURE, THE PROFESSIONAL JOURNAL - JULY 1934THROUGH MAY 1936 BOUND IN FOUR HARDCOVER VOLUMES (22 MONTHLY ISSUES - LACKING JULY 1935)
NY 1934-1936 American Institute of Architects. 22 monthly issues, July 1934 though May 1936 but lacking July 1935, privately bound without original covers in 4 volumes. 4to., hundreds of illustrations, uniform red cloth hardcovers. Each volume has the owner name (Clifford Henry James), stamped in gilt on the front. VG plus, some light browning of end papers, slight bit of wear on a few pages. 4 volumes: (a63584)
$600.00 (architecture) . BUILDING AGE AND NATIONAL BUILDER 1923 VOLUME 45
NY 1923. 12 monthly issues with original covers of this architectural and construction journal. 4to., about 500pp., many monochrome photo illustrations and floor plans, blue prints, index, bound in one hardcover buckram volume. Institution bookplate and blindstamp on title page. VG. (a70261)
$250.00 (architecture) . BUILDING AGE AND NATIONAL BUILDER 1929 VOLUME 51 1929
NY 1929. 12 monthly issues with original covers of this architectural and construction journal. 4to., about 500pp., many monochrome photo illustrations and floor plans, blue prints, index, bound in one hardcover buckram volume. Institution bookplate and blindstamp on title page. Near Fine. (a69817)
$250.00 (architecture) . BUILDING AGE AND NATIONAL BUILDER 1930 VOLUME 50
New York 1930. 12 monthly issues with original covers of this architectural and construction journal. 4to., about 500pp., many monochrome photo illustrations and floor plans, blue prints, index, bound in one hardcover buckram volume. Institution bookplate and blindstamp on title page. VG. (a70260)
$250.00 (architecture) . CATALOGUE 1900 HYDE, MURPHY & CO.
Ridgway 1900. Catalogue of architectural details, including color illustrations of leaded and other forms of art glass. Large octavo, 380pp., illustrations (several pages of color plates), original printed hardcover. VG, some spotting and light stain on front, light wear. Scarce. (a69976)
$600.00 (architecture) . HOUSING BY GEORGE A FULLER COMPANY BUILDING CONSTRUCTION 1882 - 1944
NY 1944 Fuller. Renderings and floorplans for homes in Red Hood in Brooklyn, Outhwaite and Cedar Central in Cleveland; McLean Gardens in Washington DC; Parklawn in Milwaukee, Carmelitos in Long Beach California, Vladeck Houses and Jackson Heights Garden Housing in New York City, Calliope Street in New Orleans and Trumbull Park in Chicago. Oblong 4to, about 65pp., illustrations, hardcover. Good, new endpapers, spine ends frayed and tearing, light cover soiling. (a68007)
$125.00 (architecture) . PENCIL POINTS 1933 VOLUME 14 (12 ISSUES JANUARY - DECEMBER) BOUND IN TWO VOLUMES
1933. 12 issues of this Architecture, Drawing, Draughting and Design magazine from January to December, bound in two hardcover volumes without covers or ads. 4to., 568pp., index, maroon buckram. Owner name in gilt on lower corner front. VG, a few pages lightly worn. Two volumes: (a65118)
$300.00 (architecture) . THE AMERICAN ARCHITECT VOLUME CXXX JULY TO DECEMBER 1926
New York 1926. Issued semi-monthly. July to December 1926 bound in one volume. Folio, text illustrations,photo illustrations, floor plans, plates (some foldout), black cloth. Small label at heel of spine and bookplate. Several blind stamps in text. Small Institute bookplate. Good, cover worn and frayed. (a66336)
$200.00 (architecture) . THE AMERICAN ARCHITECT VOLUME XCVIII JULY TO DECEMBER 1910
New York 1910. July to December 1910 bound in one volume. Folio, text illustrations,photo illustrations, floor plans, plates (some foldout), black cloth. Small label at heel of spine and bookplate. Several blind stamps in text. Small Institute bookplate. Good, top spine end worn and frayed. (a66335)
$295.00 (architecture) . THE WESTERN ARCHITECT 1909- 4 MONTHLY ISSUES
1909. 4 monthly issues, July, September, October, November 1909 of this important architectural journal. Lg.4to., about 50pp. of text per issue, 20-30 full page photo plates (printed on rectos only), ads, original decorated wraps. VG, light soiling, some edge wear and a few closed tears on wrappers. Four separate issues. Scarce. (a66066)
$395.00 Warren, Whitney (Institute Director) . THE BULLETIN OF THE BEAUX-ARTS INSTITUTE OF DESIGN - 44 ISSUES 1928-1933
New York 1928-1933. 44 monthly issues of this design journal. Mostly architecture and related period architectural design features for buildings, Not a consecutive run. 4to., about 20pp. per issue, full page photo illustrations, original printed wraps. Small signature, name stamp or institute stamp on most front covers. VG, some occasional foxing. 44 issues. (a70994)
$325.00 (hospital architecture) . VA HOSPITAL BUILDING SYSTEM, APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF SYSTEMS INTEGRATION TO THE DESIGN OF VA HOSPITAL FACILITIES RESEARCH STUDY REPORT 99-RO47
Washington 1977. Revised Edition August 1977. Prepared by Building Systems Development and Stone, Marraccini and Patterson for the Veterans Administration. Hardcover. 4to., about 400pp., photo illustrations, foldout charts, original decorated cloth. A few depository library stamps on initial pages but no other library marks, no spine numbers, no pocket. VG (a71300)
$250.00 (hotels) . HOTEL PLANNING AND OUTFITTING
Chicago 1928 The Albert Pick-Barth Companies. A compilation of authoritative information on problems of hotel economics, architecture, planning, food service engineering, furnish and general outfitting including numberous illustrations, plans and tables of data. 4to., 438pp., color and monochrome illustrations, decorated cloth. Stamp and signature of Clifford Henry James, Architect. Good, soiling and spots on cover, light foxing on initial and final leaves. (a33606)
$240.00 (housing) . REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSING CORPORATION - VOLUME II: HOUSES, SITE-PLANNING, UTILITIES
Washington 1919 1st U.S. Department of Labor, War Emergency Construction. Government plans for housing shortage. Much on domestic home architecture. Lg.4to., 513pp., photo illustrations, floorplans, drawings, charts, red cloth hardcover. Good, cover has light stains and a bit of red color from cloth has bled onto end papers (not affecting any text), corners very slightly bumped. Scarce. (a67681)
$190.00 (Methodist Episcopal Church) . AN EXHIBIT OF THE INDUSTRIAL HOMES, MISSIONS AND DEACONESS HOMES OF THE WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY SOCIETY OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Cincinnati 1900. Souvenir of the Twentieth Anniversary. Oblong Sm.4to., 144pp. (one page text, one full page photo illustration), blue cloth. Many photos of African-Americans. Photo illustrations and brief text for private homes and lodgings all across the U.S. from Alabama to New Jersey to California. Owner signed (Mary F. Fordyce). VG, light cover wear. (a37032)
$200.00 (naval architecture) . TRANSACTIONS OF THE SOCIETY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS AND MARINE ENGINEERS VOLUME 57
London 1949. 4to., 599pp., illustrations, printed boards. VG, light wrinkling in title page. (a42574)
$50.00 (Steinman, D. B.) . BRIDGES LASTING AND BEAUTIFUL
NY (c.1932) Robinson & Steinman Engineers. Portfolio for this Architecture firm famous for its bridge designs. 4to., 9 pages of text (rectos only) mostly giving location, brief description and construction cost of about 50 bridges built worldwide by this engineering firm, followed by 22 full page photo illustrations of bridges, each with textured protective tissue and mounted descriptive label, bound in silk screen printed covers and laid in a custom-made matching cardboard folder with string tie. Fine in Near VG folder, a few small tears at folds and corners. Rare. (a60566)
$850.00 Baedeker, Otto and Associates (compiler) . AMERICAN HOTEL BOOKS AND SUPPLY DIRECTORY 1925
1925 1st International Transportation Association. Hardcover. Large octavo, 541pp., many small photo illustrations of American hotels, grounds and landmarks, original silver printed cloth. Good plus, light wear, end papers toned and foxed, text evenly slightly toned throughout, no DJ. (a76785)
$150.00 Blum, Betty J. . ORAL HISTORY OF NORMAN J. SCHLOSSMAN , F. A. I. A.
1990 Art Institute of Chicago. 4to., 189 leaves, printed on rectos only. Bound in black buckram. Fine. (a40435)
$75.00 Cummings, Abbott Lowell et al . SAMUEL MCINTIRE A BICENTENNIAL SYMPOSIUM 1757-1957
Salem 1957 Essex Institute. Architect and carpenter, McIntire, 1757 - 1811, designed many of the large houses in Salem from 1782 to 1811. Octavo, 118pp., photo illustrations, original blue cloth hardcover. Fine in Good DJ (plain wax paper). (a69568)
$59.00 Curtis, Elizabeth Gibbon . GATEWAYS AND DOORWAYS OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA IN THE EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH CENTURIES
NY 1926 (1st) Architectural Book Publishing. 4to., 67pp., photo illustrations, cloth. Good, cover rubbed, corners a bit worn, two inch tear along rear outer hinge, some creases on inner blank end paper and top corner of frontis, no DJ. (a51206)
$75.00 Root, Edward W. . PHILIP HOOKER A CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF THE RENAISSANCE IN AMERICA
New York 1929 1st Scribners. Copy No. 723 of 750. Study of famous American architect. 4to., 242pp., illustrations, original green boards with brown spine. VG , light cover wear. (a65722)
$74.00 Short, C.W. and R. Stanley-Brown . PUBLIC BUILDINGS A SURVEY OF ARCHITECTURE OF PROJECTS CONSTRUCTED BY FEDERAL AND OTHER GOVERNMENTAL BODIES BETWEEN THE YEARS 1933 AND 1939 WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION.
Washington 1939 1st GPO. 4to., 69ypp., almost every page with photos of American building, hardcover. VG, corners lightly bumped, very slight rippling in text, end papers lightly soile, in Good DJ, a bit worn, small chip on lower edge of rear panel. (a56671)
$125.00 Stewart, James & Company . A CENTURY IN CONSTRUCTION AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT WITH A LIST OF STRUCTURES...BY JAMES STEWART & COMPANY
NY & Chicago 1944 1st Privately Printed. Recording an achievement in engineering and construction throughout the world during the past hundred years by James Stewart & Company. Copy No. 1781 of 2000 printed. Lg.4to., 189pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. VG some staining on spine, edges and corners lightly worn, no DJ. (a66725)
$93.00 United States Naval Academy . UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY MASTER PLAN UPDATE ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND, AUGUST 1979
Washington 1979 Department of the Navy. Contract N62477-77-C-0225. Warnecke/Ewing Joint Venture. Lg.4to., 92pp., illustrations, diagrams, original wraps. VG. (a70251)
$85.00 Waddell, J. A. .L . BRIDGE ENGINEERING VOLUME 1 (OF 2)
NY 1916 1st John Wiley. Hardcover. Large octavo, 1064pp., line drawings, diagrams, charts, photo illustrations, black cloth. VG. Volume 1 (of 2) only. (a70343)
$250.00 Wallis, Frank E., David Gregg et al . THE GEORGIAN PERIOD BEING MEASURED DRAWINGS OF COLONIAL WORK PART I
1898 American Architect and Building News. Folio, table of Contents and 33 loose plates (2 copies of plate 20 and plate 13 is a xerox copy of missing original but complete), printed paper-covered boards with white cloth spine and cloth ties. All plates VG or better. Cover Good, paper browned and moderately worn. (a48282)
$50.00 Weaver, A.B., Jr. . THE NEW PHILADELPHIA
Philadelphia 1929 1st Gollifox Press in Chestnut Hill. Limited to 100 copies. Hardcover. 4to., 25 woodblock prints celebrating buildings and views in Philadelphia with printed labels, each with large red capital letter at the beginning, red cloth spine, black paper-covered boards with mounted title on front. VG, light wear on cover but internally Fine. In later glassine DJ. Scarce. (a4266)
$250.00 Whitehead, Russell F. (editor) . PENCIL POINTS VOLUME IX 1928 (COMPETE YEAR 12 ISSUES BOUND IN ONE VOLUME)
1928. Twelve monthly issues, January -December, 1928 of this famous architectural, drafting and design journal, bound in one volume. 4to., 832pp., photo illustrations, floor plans, diagrams, 3/4 red leather with green cloth covered boards. Covers not bound in. VG, light cover wear. Scarce. (a72515)
$275.00 Williams, David R. (Chief Architect) . NYA ARCHITECTURE DESIGN & STANDARDS NATIONAL YOUTH ADMINISTRATION
1940. Residential housing for boys. 4to., about 60pp., photo illustrations, foldout drawings, original printed stapled wraps. Near VG, light wear. Scarce. (a63315)
$275.00