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Architecture - 1930s:

Crane, Theodore. THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN DESIGN in Pencil Points October 1937 issue
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)
$45.00(architecture). MOLETA ARCHITECTURAL (FLAT OIL PAINT) COLOR GUIDE
Philadelphia n.d. (c.1935) Monroe Lederer & Taussig Inc. Oblong 4to., 10 leaves of text printed on rectos only, about 160 leaves of actual color samples (each labeled), brass pin bound thick paper wraps. Good, slight moisture line on outer edge of some sample pages, some light wear on wraps, one leaf laid in loose, a few leaves have small portion of lower edge removed. (This is a heavy book and will require additional postage if mailed outside the U.S.) Pictures available on request. (a32074)
$50.00 Reynolds, Charles . CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION
London n.d. (pref 1938) Concrete Publications Ltd. A practical treatise on all branches of plain and reinforced concrete construction. Hardcover sm4to, blue cloth, 510pp., photo illustrations, diagrams, index, hardcover. Good, cover good a bit worn and scratched, no DJ. owner signed. Binding secure. (a4221)
$20.00 Isaacs, Edith (editor) . ARCHITECTURE FOR THE NEW THEATRE
NY 1935 Theatre Arts. Contents: Theatre Planning by Lee Simonson; Theatre Types by Frederick Arden Pawley; A Community Theatre by William Howard Lescaze; Projects by Norman Bel Geddes; New Russian Theatres by Valerian Stepanov and Modern Swedish Theatres. 8vo., 124pp., photo illustrations, wraps. VG. (a42898)
$25.00 Gudmundsen, M.K. . DET DANSKE LANDHAANDVAERK BYGGEFAGENE I
Odense n.d. (latest text date is 1934) Kulturhistorisk Forlag. Hardcover. In Danish. Lg.4to., photo illustrations (many private homes shown), some floorplans, 3/4 leather. VG plus in Good DJ. (a4332)
$79.00 Tengbom, Ivor . THE SWEDISH MATCH COMPANY'S HEAD OFFICE STOCKHOLM
Stockholm 1931 1st. 4to., 102pp., photo illustrations, floor plans, original printed wrap with mounted illustration on front panel and new paper spine. Good, wraps worn and foxed; text clean and binding secure. (a62168)
$50.00 (architecture) . ARCHITECTURE, THE PROFESSIONAL JOURNAL - JULY 1934 THROUGH 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 Hardcover volumes. 4to., hundreds of illustrations, uniform red cloth . 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)
$520.00 Germany . PICTURESQUE GERMANY - GERMAN TECHNICAL SCIENCE
Berlin 1930 Reichsbahnzentrale. Sm.4to., 95pp. about 45 of which are fullpage photo illustrations of German engineering and machinery and architecture: Zeppelin, Do X Flying Ship, German locomotives, Mayback Automobile, Berlin Steam Accumulator Plant, Lignite Super Power Station, Modern Buildings in Essen, Tegel Gas Works and many more, with each having one page of explanatory text in English, wraps. VG, light cover wear. Scarce. (a72236)
$130.00 (german architecture) . MONATSHEFTE F�R BAUKUNST UND STAEDTEBAU (STADTEBAU) 1941 - 11 ISSUES
Berlin 1941. Eleven monthly individual issues of this famous German Architectural journal - lacking February issue. 4to., photo illustrations, diagrams, floor plans, original decorated wraps. VG, light wear. 11 issues for 1941. (a72516)
$195.00 (german architecture) . MONATSHEFTE F�R BAUKUNST UND STAEDTEBAU (STADTEBAU) 1936 - 11 ISSUES
Berlin 1936. Eleven monthly individual issues of this famous German Architectural journal-lacking August issue. 4to., photo illustrations, diagrams, floor plans, original decorated wraps. VG, light wear. 11 issues for 1936. (a72518)
$195.00 (german architecture) . MONATSHEFTE F�R BAUKUNST UND STAEDTEBAU (STADTEBAU) 1937 - 10 ISSUES
Berlin 1937. Ten monthly individual issues of this famous German Architectural journal - lacking only January and February issues. 4to., photo illustrations, diagrams, floor plans, original decorated wraps. VG, light wear. 10 issues for 1937. (a72519)
$180.00