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Ruskin, John . THE SEVEN LAMPS OF ARCHITECTURE
London 1849 Smith Elder. 4to., 205pp., ads (16pp)., illustrations with tissue guards, full leather with gilt spine lettering (professionally rebacked), attractive green swirly end papers. Owner bookplate. Three rear pages have short closed tears repaired, in margins not affecting text. VG, about ten pages have brown stain in top margin (affecting some illustrations), light wear on corners. (a68687)
$220.00 Creese, Walter L (editor) . THE LEGACY OF RAYMOND UNWIN: A HUMAN PATTERN FOR PLANNING`
1967 1st MIT. Octavo, 234pp., hardcover. Near Fine in VG DJ. (a65573)
$33.00 Troy, Nacy J. . MODERNISM AND THE DECORATIVE ARTS IN FRANCE ART NOUVEAU TO LE CORBUSIER
New Have 1991 Yale. 4to., 300pp., illus., index, boards. Fine in Fine DJ. (a39822x)
$40.00 Creighton, Thomas H. (editor) . BUILDING FOR MODERN MAN A SYMPOSIUM
1949 1st Princeton University. 8vo., 219pp. VG, light wear on board edges, no DJ. (a33628)
$36.00 Ruskin, John . LECTURES ON ARCHITECTURE AND PAINTING DELIVERED AT EDINBURGH IN NOVEMBER 1853
NY 1854 Wiley. 8vo., 189pp., 15 plates, illustrations by Ruskin, original brown cloth hardcover with gilt spine lettering. Good, spine ends a bit frayed, light soiling on cover, occasional spots in text. (a31452)
$39.00 Neutra, Richard . SURVIVAL THROUGH DESIGN
NY 1954 Oxford. 8vo., 384pp., hardcover. VG in worn DJ. (a31174)
$22.00 Wright, Frank Lloyd . AN AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE
NY 1955 Bramhall. Edited by Edgar Kaufman. 4to., 269pp., illustrations, hardcover. VG in Near VG DJ. (a28795)
$30.00 Giedion, Sigfried . SPACE, TIME AND ARCHITECTURE THE GROWTH OF A NEW TRADITION
Cambridge 1952 Harvard. 8vo., 665pp., hardcover. Good, slight bit of very light water marking on inside lower corner of about half text pages, some cover wear, lettering faded away, no DJ. (a25751)
$20.00 Crane, Theodore . THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN DESIGN
Stamford 1937. In Pencil Points, October 1937, Volume XVIII, No. 10, at pp. 651-658, photos. 4to., wraps. Near VG, rear cover lightly stained, front cover a has a few wear marks. (a22729b)
$30.00 Blake, Peter . MASTER BUILDERS LE CORBUSIER, MIES VAN DER ROHE, FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
NY 1960 1st Knopf. Sm.4to., 399pp., illustrations, index, hardcover. VG in Good DJ. (a11679)
$29.00 Drexler, Arthur . LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE
NY 1960 1st Braziller. Masters of World ArchitectureSeries. Sm.4to., 127pp., photo illustrations, index, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a7087)
$23.00 Collins, George R. . ANTONIO GAUDI
NY 1960 1st Braziller. Master of World Architecture Series. Sm.4to., 136pp., monochrome illustrations, index, cloth hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a7077)
$25.00 Scully, Vincent Jr. . FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
NY 1960 1st Braziller. Masters of World Architecture Series. Sm.4to., 125pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a7076)
$23.00 Choay, Francoise . LE CORBUISER
NY 1960 1st Braziller. Master of World Architecture Series. Sm.4to., 126pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a7075)
$23.00 Wright, Frank Lloyd . THE FUTURE OF ARCHITECTURE
NY 1953 1st Horizon. Square sm.4to., 326pp., hardcover. Good, some wear, some soiling on cover, no DJ. (a99)
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