Vienna: Gedruckt und in Commission der Mechitaristen-Congregations-Buchhandlung, 1836. Quarto (25.8 × 19.7 cm). Contemporary half-calf over marbled boards; spine gilt-tooled, with black spine label; engraved frontis portrait, xxi, [1], 441, [3] pp. abd 72 [i.e. 71] leaves of plates (two double-folded and double-numbered). Boards and spine rubbed; corners somewhat scuffed;..... More

Paris: Ducher & Cie for Librairie Générale de l'Architecture et des Travaux Publics, 1876–1881. Altogether 8 volumes, including 2 volumes of text, 2 volumes of printed plates, and 4 volumes of mounted photographs; I, II: Quartos; original half-calf; 532, 425 pp. III, IV: elephant folios; original red cloth boards with..... More

Istanbul: Orhaniye Matbaasi, 1932. Octavo. Original pictorial wrappers by Ali Suavi; 103 pp and [9] pp. of advertisements. Very light wear and discoloration to wrapper edges; signature to title page; overall about very good. First edition of the play “The Scull” by Hikmet. With a striking cover designed by Ali..... More

Unpaginated (altogether 65 pp.) artists' book reproducing handwritten love letters, songs, and free verse by Iannone and Harding, followed by reproductions of the same in German (translated by Dieter Schwarz), bound in pictorial concertina boards portfolio together with two audio cassettes of the artists reading to one another, in English..... More

Title page, 4 pp. of text including table of contents, and 12 plates, including two in full color, depicting floor plans, elevations, and details from the establishment of a working-class public bath on rue des Tanneurs in Brussels and projects for future buildings. Some light scattered foxing and edgewear. Folio..... More

The French version of Nicholas II's coronation album, with 396 pp. of text, including a survey of the coronations of Nicholas's predecessors and a detailed description of the activities leading up to the coronation, illustrated throughout with portraits, facsimiles, reproductions of engravings, and decorative initials, followed by an unpag. supplement..... More

Unpaginated volume containing 8 cardstock leaves depicting members of the circus to be cut out and assembled with small paper fasteners such as brads, one side of the cardstock page in chromolithograph, the reverse in black and white with indications as to where to fold and attach the various pieces..... More

Three parts in one volume (xx, 456, 256, 142), the parts titled "Le Sette Chiese Principali", "Dell'Origine e Progresso dell'Alma Città di Roma e Sue Antichità", and "Roma Moderna", comprising the late 17th century guidebook to ancient and modern Rome, with information on the city's sacred, ancient, and modern architecture..... More

31 pp. text including the details of the architectural competition sponsored by the Conseil Municipal de Paris and the Département de la Seine, the report from the jury, and the specifics of the main projects entered for the contest to develop along the route from Place de l'Étoile (now Place..... More

Two parts in one volume, xxxii, 428 pp. volume in Latin on St. Clement of Rome (Pope Clement I) and the medieval Basilica di San Clemente in Rome, including information on the life of the saint, a controversy surrounding the whereabouts of his remains, and the history and architecture of..... More

1930. Kharkiv: "Proletaryi", 1930. Octavo (25 × 18.2 cm). Original decorative wrappers with a constructivist design by Adol'f Strakhov; [4], 47 pp. and [15] leaves of photogravures on better stock, of the one fold-out. Very light wear; else a very good copy, preserving the bright colors of the wrappers. Scarce..... More

Kaluga: Tipografiia S. A. Semenova (self-published), 1914. Octavo (25.5 × 17.5 cm). Original tan printed wrappers; 16 pp. Two pp. of illustrations. Complete list of the author's publications on pp. 2-3 of wrappers. Light wear to wrappers; trace of moisture stains to wrapper edges, paper label remnant to upper left..... More

Portfolio with 8 original color woodcut prints (each approx. 15" x 22") by Vennekamp, in his own original Pop style with Surrealist undertones, showing erotic imagery in bold, densely colored and compositionally striking formats, including stylized abstractions of genitalia, playfully seductive vignettes, the integration of numbers and letters into the..... More