Oak Park, Illinois: Top Five Books, 2013.
First Edition. Hardcover. 9-3/4 x 11-3/4", black cloth with white illustration front board, xviii, 364pp, over 470 illus. & photographs Foreword by Tim Samuelson. A comprehensive exploration of the work of Chicago-based Italian American modernist sculptor and designer Alfonso Iannelli (1888-1965). Iannelli was.....
Honolulu: Daughters of Hawaii, 1998.
Hardcover. Second Printing. Photographs by Michael D. Horikawa.
A historical survey of furniture making in Hawaii and the craftspeople who participated in its manufacture. Chapters include: The Early Timber Industry in Hawaii; Itinerant Carpenters and Missionary Furniture Makers in the Hawaiian Kingdom; Cabinetmakers in the.....
New York: Stringer & Townsend, 1854.
First American Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition after the First English Language Edition published in London in 1853.
Translated from the French of M. Armengaud, the Elder, and MM. Armengaud, The Younger, and Amouroux, Civil Engineer. Rewritten and arranged, with additional matter and plates.....
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2013.
First American Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition.
The launch in 1906 of HMS Dreadnought, the world's first all-big-gun battleship, rendered all existing battle fleets obsolete while at the same time wiping out the Royal Navy's numerical advantage. Britain urgently needed to build an entirely.....
(London): I. (Isaac) Ware, ca. 1731.
Hardcover. Undated. According to Eileen Harris in British Architectural Books and Writers 1556-1785 (Cambridge, 1994), this work was published in 1731. Verso title page: "Most of these designs are already executed & the rest are at Burlington House.”
Illustrations engraved by P. Fourdrinier (1698-1758);.....
Shelter Publications, 2008.
Paperback. A continuation of Lloyd Kahn's journeys into the creative processes of owner-built homes -- their innovative techniques, use of sustainable materials, and essential dedication to the natural elements surrounding their designs -- Builders of the Pacific Coast explores the aesthetics and skills of three master builders.....
Shelter Publications, 2017.
Paperback. From the publishers of a popular series of building books comes Small Homes, which is highly relevant for these times -- getting smaller, rather than larger. Some 75 builders share their knowledge of building and design, with artistic, practical, and/or economical homes in the United States.....
Shelter Publications, 2014.
Paperback. Tiny Homes on the Move chronicles 21st-century nomads -- people who inhabit homes that are compact and mobile, either on wheels or in the water. In photos and stories, this fascinating book explores modern travelers who live in vans, pickup trucks, buses, trailers, sailboats, and houseboats.....
Shelter Publications, 2012.
Paperback. There's a grassroots movement in tiny homes these days. The real estate collapse, the economic downturn, burning out on 12-hour workdays - many people are rethinking their ideas about shelter - seeking an alternative to high rents, or a lifelong mortgage debt to a bank on.....
Atria Books, 2018.
Paperback. A New York Times bestseller with an engaging narrative and array of detail" (The Wall Street Journal), the "intimate and sweeping" (Raleigh News & Observer) untold, true story behind the Biltmore Estate--the largest, grandest private residence in North America, which has seen more than 120 years.....
Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1995.
First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition.
Charles and Ray Eames, perhaps the most famous design partnership of 20th-century America, did pioneering work in furniture, film, architecture, and exhibition design. In researching this major work, Kirkham had full access to archives and cooperation of Eames associates. The.....
Voracious, 2021.
Paperback. Learn to make your own quiet place somewhere with this inspiring journey inside tranquil cabins and handmade homes, from the creators of the wildly popular Cabin Porn phenomenon. Cabin Porn began as an online project created by a group of friends to inspire their own homebuilding. It.....
Urbana & Chicago: University of Illinois Press, (1998).
First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, black cloth, xx, 262pp, biblio., index, fully illus., 33 plates, 204 text figures Built in Chicago in 1914, Frank Lloyd Wright's Midway Gardens was a concert garden that included an indoor restaurant and dance hall, a five-tiered, outdoor.....
Princeton Architectural Press, 2011.
Hardcover. Our 2006 monograph Tom Kundig: Houses was an instant critical and commercial success. Over the past five years, Seattle-based Kundig has continued his meteoric rise, collecting numerous awards, including the 2008 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for Architecture Design. Tom Kundig: Houses 2 features seventeen residential.....
Princeton Architectural Press, 2015.
Hardcover. "The book offers not only gorgeous studies of Kundig's signature details and integration with natural landscapes, but also a record of his refreshingly straightforward voice."--Archinect"The book is beautifully designed and produced: a match for its content, and a joy to browse."--FormTom Kundig: Works presents nineteen.....
Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1925.
First Edition. Portfolio. A portfolio of plates of Chinese artistic baskets from the Yangtse Valley and the country stretching southward. Chinese basketry has historically reflected not only pleasing forms and attractive decorations, but has also been combined with other materials like wood, metal.....
Little Brown and Company, 2015.
Hardcover. Rural escapes for those yearning for a simpler existence, by the creators of the wildly popular tumblr Cabin Porn.Created by a group of friends who preserve 55 acres of hidden forest in Upstate New York, Cabin Porn began as a scrapbook to collect inspiration.....
San Antonio, TX: Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, 1969.
Paperback. Exhibition catalogue of 84 pieces of theatricana, designs and artwork for stage décor, costume, architectural settings, exteriors, marquettes, curtains, portraits, etc., in the collection of Robert L. B. Tobin.
"In 1908 Serge Pavlovich Diaghilev (1872-1929) brought Boris Godounoff to the.....
New York: Kodansha International, 1995.
Photographs by Peter Lee. First Paperback Edition. Presentation inscription signed by the artist on first free endpaper in the year 1996. First Paperback Edition, First Printing. With an afterword by Tatsuzo Shimaoka.
The life and work of American potter Warren MacKenzie, who has drawn inspiration.....
New York: A & W Visual Library, 1979.
Hardcover. In this monograph on vintage handcrafted homes on wheels from the 1960s and 1970s, the author provides tours through converted buses, small vehicles (pickups and delivery vans) and trucks including descriptive text, facts and figures, scale drawings (plans, sections, elevations) as.....
Salt Lake City & Santa Barbara: Peregrine Smith, Inc., 1977-1979.
First Edition. Hardcover. First Editions. Photography by Marvin Rand; Prefaces by Randell Makinson; Introduction by Reyner Banham.
A survey and analysis of the pioneering architectural work of Charles and Henry Greene in two volumes. The brothers’ projects are organized into.....
Milano: Edizioni Il Polifilo, 1988.
First Edition. Softcover. Folio, green paper over wrappers, 278pp, deckled fore- and bottom-edge, bibliographical notes, fully illus. Limited to 650 copies, 100 of which were printed on special paper and not for sale. From Documenti Sulle Arti Del Libro Collezione Diretta Da Alberto Vigevani XIV.....
Houghton Mifflin, 2020.
Hardcover. "[A] diverse and enlightening book . . . The 99% Invisible City is altogether fresh and imaginative when it comes to thinking about urban spaces." --The New York Times Book Review. "Here is a field guide, a boon, a bible, for the urban curious. Your city's secret.....
Taunton Press, 2019.
Paperback. Tiny homes are all the rage these days, especially among young people new to the housing market, for people wanting a small dwelling as a second home or as a studio, and among singles and empty nesters. As millions are experiencing the "magic" of tidying up.....
New York: The Typophiles, 1968.
First Edition. Hardcover. First Thus. Including an Introductory Note by John Dreyfus; Recollections of Stanley Morison by Beatrice Warde; and two essays by Stanley Morison: On the Classification of Typographical Variations & On some Italian Scripts of the XV and XVI Centuries. 4-3/4 x 7-1/4".....
