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Ewing, W.W.. CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND MACHINERY IN URUGUAY
Wash 1920 GPO. Wraps. 59p. Numerous fullpage photo illus. VG. (A15147)
$38.00 (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, fully photo illustrated with large fine photos, original wraps. Special topics covered in these issues include: Gardens (many by E.L.Luytens,) Minneapolis Museum Competition, City Planning in America, South Church Parish House New York City Pittsburgh Church Competition, Three Modern Bridges, English Parish Churches. Good, some cover wear, a few pages disbound, one cover detached. Thirteen issues: (a15834)
$160.00 Booth, Vincent Ravi . DEDICATION OF THE RESTORED OLD FIRST CHURCH OF BENNINGTON AS VERMONT'S COLONIAL SHRINE SUNDAY AUGUST 15, 1937 (signed)
1937. Denison Bingham Hull, architect of the restoration. Hardcover. Copy No. 453 of 500. 4to., 98pp., photo illustrations, cloth. **Signed by Booth. VG plus, light browning of end papers. (a21212)
$39.00 Gutheim, Frederick . 1857-1957 ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF ARCHITECTURE IN AMERICA
NY 1957 Second Printing. Oblong 8vo., 96pp., photo illus., wraps. Fine. (a29772)
$25.00 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)
$145.00 Grier, William M. Jr. . GRIER OF SAN FRANCISCO
Denver 1989 1st Grier. Builder in the West and his family 1878-1988. 8vo., 320pp., photo illustrations, index, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a4350)
$20.00 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 (architecture) . MI CASITA TOMO III 225 PROYECTOS DE VIVIENDAS ECONOMICAS E INTERIORES
Buenos Aires 1949 Primera Edicion. Editorial Construcciones Sudamericana. In Spanish. 4to., 254pp. of line drawings of exteriors and floorplans, original wraps in colorful dust jaacket. Owner signed (Clifford H. James). Good, leaves browned (not brittle), in Good DJ. (a63159)
$45.00 (architecture) . MI CASITA TOMO II 160 PROYECTOS DE VIVIENDAS ECONOMICAS 22 CERCAS
Buenos Aires 1946 Primera Edicion. Editorial Construcciones Sudamericana. In Spanish. 4to., 231pp. of line drawings of exteriors and floorplans, original wraps in colorful dust jaacket. Owner signed (Clifford H. James). Good, leaves browned (not brittle), in Good DJ, small chip from head of spine. (a63160)
$45.00 (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 (architecture) . PENCIL POINTS 1933 VOLUME 14 (12 ISSUES JANUARY - DECEMBER) BOUND IN TWO VOLUMES
1933. first edition. 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 plus, a few pages lightly worn. Two volumes: (a65118)
$250.00 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. Hardcover. Octavo, 118pp., photo illustrations, original blue cloth . Fine in Good DJ (plain wax paper). (a69568)
$49.00 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(architecture). PENCIL POINTS JUNE 1929
1929. first edition. Single complete issue. Contents include: Drawings of Ernest Born By Rayne Adams; Perspective Projection by Ernest Freese; The Architect's Profit and Production Cost by Charles Kyson; Terrazzo for Wall Decoration by Kenneth Reid and more. 4to., 162pp., photo illustrations, original decorated wraps. VG. (a77475)
$49.00(architecture). PENCIL POINTS SEPTEMBER 1929
1929. first edition. Single complete issue: Contents include: A Master of Architectural Etching-Sidney Tushingham by Kineton Parkes; California Missions Part 1 by Natt Piper, Geometry of Architectural Drafting Part 2 by Ernest Freese. 4to., 178pp., drawings, color and monochrome photo illustrations, original wraps. VG. (a77476)
$49.00 Cousins, Frank and Phil M. Riley . THE COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE OF PHILADELPHIA
Boston 1920 1st Little, Brown. Copy No. 481 of 975. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 248pp., index, photo illustrations, cloth. Top edge gilt. Good plus, mounted paper spine label is rubbed with a few letters rubbed away, occasional very slight foxing in text. (a81678)
$49.00(architecture). PENCIL POINTS - JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1939 (12 separate issues)
1939. first edition. Set of 12 architecture magazines for complete year of 1939. 12 separate issues. 4to., photo illustrations, diagrams, original color cover wraps. Good plus, light wear. (a83587)
$95.00 Dix, William F. . THE AMERICAN COUNTRY ESTATE (ARTICLE)
NY 1903. Article at pp. 1858-1865, photo illustrations, printed in double column, in an issue of The Indepedent a Weekly Magazine. Included in a complete issue with several other articles. Octavo, original printed wraps. Good, heel of spine chipped, wraps a bit worn, lifght maginal stain at rear 20 leaves not affecting text or illustrations. (a84210b)
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