Mexico [City]: Tipografia de M. Torner, 1871. 8vo, pp. [2], 156, [2]; 4 plates, tables in the text; original printed yellow wrappers; very good. The first of an annual periodical of which we can find no others that were published. A similar periodical under a different title (Anales de la..... More
London: Bohn, 1887. Folio, pp. viii-[x], 74-[77]; plates throughout; contemporary half red morocco a bit scuffed and rubbed, else good and sound or better; ex-MHS. More
Providence: Industrial Trust Company, n.d., [1928]. 11" x 8½", pp. 23, [1]; illustrated throughout with a full-page map, architect sketches, floor plans, arial views, etc. Fine in original string-tied embossed wrappers. The Industrial Trust Company was founded in 1886 by Samuel P. Colt and the building was constructed in 1927-28..... More
[Beijing: China Building Industry Press (中国建筑工业出版社), 2008. First edition, folio, pp. [4], 218, [2]; illustrated throughout with architectural plans and full color illustration; text in Chinese with summary in English; original yellow printed paper-covered boards; corner bumped, else near fine. A lavishly illustrated architectural survey. More
[London]: Greater London Council, 1965. 4to, pp. 182; chiefly illustrated with plans, drawings, charts, black & white photographic illustrations; light wear to extremities, a very good copy in original black, grey, and yellow paper covered boards. More
Tokyo: Mainichi Shinbun, 1971. Folio, pp. 86, [2]; together with: Katsura imperial villa, pp. 86, [2]; and Castles of Japan, 94, [2]; full color photos throughout, maps of the villas in the first two volumes, text in English and Japanese; black cloth with illustrated dust jackets, all in a orange..... More
Beijing: Beijing Shi cheng shi gui hua she ji yan jiu yuan, 1996. 4to, pp. [4], 126, [2]; heavily illustrated with black and white photographs of buildings and street views, three leaves folding; text in Chinese; blindstamped gray cloth; front hinge starting, else fine in a near fine silver dust..... More
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Utsunomiya: Bekkakukanbeisha, 1934. Large oblong 8vo, 32 color illustrations (1 map and 31 photo-reproductions) interleaved with explanatory text in English and Japanese; Illustrated paper covers, sewn with cord; light wear, library stamp on flyleaf, very good. Nikko is the site of the mausoleum of the Tokugawa family, de facto rulers..... More
Tokyo: Tokyo Daigaku, 1960. First edition, square 8vo, pp. [2], 3, [1], [96]; 100 grayscale photographs; preface in Japanese; white boards; loss to upper spine, contemporary inscription on title page from Matsuhiko Nemoto. Very good. More
Tokyo: Hosei Daigaku, 1991. 8vo, pp. [4], 196, [2]; text in Japanese; illustrations throughout, including maps, elevations, floor plans, diagrams of joinery, etc.; glossy paper wrappers; ex-library with a few unobtrusive stamps, otherwise fine. Chapters are largely on the local architecture, with a few other articles on the local dialect..... More
Taipei, Taiwan: Chinese Culture University, 1988. Approx 10" x 7.5"; 2 vols; text illustrations throughout; text in Chinese; perfect bound in cream paper wrappers, near fine. A study of the career of early modern architect Lu Yujun. More
Tokyo: Taisei Shuppansha, 1990. Second printing, large 8vo, pp. [8], 161, [1]; maps, photos and diagrams of Tokyo at night in color throughout; text in Japanese; perfect bound in black paper cover and black pictorial dust jacket; very good, with textblock split but sound on page 139. More
[Seoul]: Hyondae Myongsagyesa, 1973. Oblong 8vo, pp. 232 (recto only), [2]; 68 pages of sponsors interleaved; text in Korean with parallel captions in Japanese; each page is an entry for a notable monument or building with an accompanying photoreproductive image; red papered boards, gilt title on cover and spine; a...... More
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1945. First edition, 4to, pp. x, 220, [1]; 'A Report prepared on behalf of the Standing Conference on London Regional Planning by Professor Abercrombie at the request of the Minister of Town and Country Planning'; with 89 photographic illustrations, 34 drawings, diagrams, maps (some in..... More
[Schongau]: Garuda Books, [2019]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 89, [3]; text illustrations; printed gray boards; fine. "The Jebumgang temple, with its ornamental gilt roof, was a highly visible landmark on the northern skyline of the old city of Lhasa, yet it attracted little attention, and its story seems to have..... More
[Barcelona]: teNeues, [2002]. Sm 4to, pp. 79; profusely illustrated in color, plans; A fine copy in black paper-covered boards, pictorial dust jacket. More
[Barcelona]: teNeues, [2002]. Sm 4to, pp. 79; profusely illustrated in color, plans; A fine copy in black paper-covered boards, pictorial dust jacket. More
Berlin: Verlegt bei Ernst Wasmuth, 1911. First edition, small folio, pp. [141, [1]; text in German; extensively illustrated throughout; the uncommon publisher's sheep binding stamped in black; scuffed, front hinge strengthened, original wrappers bound in, gravure frontispiece with extensive repair in the margins and laid down, a few pages repaired..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1905. Folio, special edition limited to 250 numbered and signed copies (this, no. 146); frontispiece portrait, 384 text illustrations (many detailed engravings of famous organs) and 15 plates; original quarter vellum over green cloth, gilt decorated spines, t.e.g., title page printed in red and..... More
New York: Library of Columbia College, 1895. Edition limited to 1000 copies produced at the De Vinne Press, thick 4to, pp. xii, [2], 1139; engraved frontispiece, title-page within rules printed in black and red, 2 plates, and 1 illus. in the text; contemporary half brown pebble-grained morocco and marbled paper-covered..... More
Paris: Dunod, 1948. 4to, pp. iv, [8] (ads),304; 198 illustrations within text of plans, diagrams and charts; 3 leaves of early notes in Chinese script on city planning, and 3 related carbon copies laid in, spine persished, extremities worn and soiled, otherwise good in original decorated beige wrappers. Contains chapters..... More
New Delhi: S. Chand & Company Ltd, [1978]. Second revised edition, 8vo, pp. [2], v, [3], 171, [1]; color frontispiece, 20 illustrations from photographs on rectos and versos of 10 plates; a fine copy in a near fine, unclipped dust jacket. More
London: Alec Tiranti, 1962. First edition, square 8vo, pp. vi, 166; 158 illustrations on plates at the back, plus other illustrations in the text; near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with 3 small scrape marks on the rear panel. More
London: Vernor, Hood, & Sharpe; Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme; Cuthell & Martin; W. J. & J. Richardson; J. & J. Arch; J. Harris; and B. Crosby, 1801-15. Titles and imprints with slight variation. 18 volumes in 25, thick 8vos, 728 engraved plates (including 2 duplicates) of a total 733..... More
London: published by the proprietor, J. P. Neale, 1818-1823. 2 volumes, large folio; frontispieces, additional engraved title page, 59 plates; recent three-quarter calf over marbled boards, red and black gilt spine labels; fine. More
