Unpag. volume containing 98 nighttime photographs of illuminated historical and cultural monuments and landmarks throughout France and Francophone Northern Africa, produced on the occasion of a promotional campaign organized by Mazda in conjunction with the 1937 Exposition Universelle focused on art and technology, with two short text passages, index, map..... More
Group of approximately 80 original black and white photographs of West Berlin movie theaters, circa 1949 to 1955, including foyers, screening rooms, posters, and exterior views, along with architectural details such as stairways and seating, most lacking any sort of caption or label. Images are curled, likely from being housed..... More
Leningrad: Nauchnoe knigoizdatel’stvo, 1925. Octavo (17.5 × 13 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 154, [6] pp. With forty-nine smaller drawings in the text. Small nick to front wrapper; spine extremities very lightly frayed; text evenly toned; still about very good. First edition in Russian. This early film history, oriented toward industry..... More
52 pp. architectural history of the abbey by Sumner, edited and posthumously published by Blum (who completed the unfinished mss.), extensive notes, bibliography, index, architectural appendices, frontispiece, hundreds of annotated illus. on plates showing drawings, plans, and photographs. 4to. Cloth, d.j. New Haven/London (Yale) 1987. (Yale Pub. in the Hist..... More
VII pp. introductory text with notes, descriptive list of plates, 70 very nice photographic plates showing architectural views and details, as well as decorative elements such as ornate picture frames, statuary, fountains, etc. Folio. Cloth backed bds. Paris (Libraire des Arts Décoratifs) 1909. More
XXVIII, 385 pp. history and art history of the Gothic church and its art treasures, ext. notes, LXXXIX pp. documents, index, 100 illus. in the text and on plates. 4to. Orig. printed wrpps. Grenoble/ Paris (Falque & Perrin/ Picard) 1902. One of 500 copies. More
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Moscow: Izdatel'stvo "Krasnaia nov'", 1924. Octavo (19.4 × 13.3 cm). Original decorative wrappers; 150 pp. About very good; Soviet bookstore stamp to rear wrapper; text toned. Second (but only recorded) edition of this volume of proletarian poetry. Doronin was a member of the "Workers' Spring" [Rabochaia vesna] and "October" [Oktiabr']..... More
Revel' (Tallinn): Knigoizdatel'stvo "Bibliofil", 1921. Octavo (22 × 15 cm). Original illustrated wrappers by A. Vabbe; 108, [4] pp. Publisher's ads. A fine copy; uncut and unopened. First edition of this play by Symbolist director and playwright Nikolai Evreinov, which was staged all throughout Europe during the 1920s and translated..... More
1935. 272 pp. compendium of many hundreds of illustrations after photographs, plans, elevations, drawings, models, etc., documenting work by Soviet architects during the early 1930's, index in French and Russian, captions in Russian. Minor browning and scattered losses to endpapers, spine slightly shaken. 4to. Embossed decorative cloth, some minor soiling..... More
(XIV), 249 pp. text by J. F. Félibien, the son of the early art historian André Félibien and a noted architect and architectural historian in his own right, presenting a systematic approach to the history of European architecture through the 14th century, heavily annotated throughout. 4to. Early calf, rubbed, spine..... More
(v), 364 pp. volume comprising two parts in one volume, the first part containing brief descriptions of the churches of Rome, many accompanied by a small woodcut illustration of the church façade, with seven highlighted as the most important, a list of stations held at the churches throughout the year..... More
Brno: Index, 1929. Octavo (23 × 15.3 cm). Staple-stitched pamphlet; 70, [2] pp. Ownership stamp of Anna Netušilová's interior design firm, who apparently helped distribute the catalog. Lacks the striking wrapper by Zdeněk Rossmann; light wear; small tear to rear wrapper; still good or better. Scarce volume accompanying the Exhibition..... More
Altogether 8 volumes, including 2 vols. of text, 2 vols. of printed plates, and 4 vols. of mounted photographs; I,II: 532, 425 pp. detailed text by the building's architect on the artistic sources, theory behind the structure, and the design, construction and decoration of Le Théatre de l'Opera in Paris..... More
44 pp. text discussing pitched-roof and tenement houses in Gdansk, dating from the 17th century through the early 20th, notes, 51 text illustrations, 10 plates showing elevations, images from photographs, and floor plans. Small ink note on title-page. 8vo. Wrpps. Gdansk (W.F. Burau) 1909. As of April 2018, WorldCat locates..... More
At head of title-page: K.K. Österreichisches Archäologisches Institut. 71 pp. text discussing the reconstruction of the Early Christian remains in the city now located in modern-day Croatia, including descriptions of the basilicas and other structures, 158 text illustrations (some full-page), showing reconstructions, floor plans, ornamental details, etc., 3 plates (1..... More
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Moscow; Leningrad: OGIZ–IZOGIZ, 1932. Octavo (25 × 17.5 cm). Original decorative wrappers; 81 pp. With 45 illustrations and three leaves of color plates. Wrappers lightly worn; owner inscription and old price stamp; very good. First and only edition. A richly illustrated manual on the making of the Soviet political poster..... More
1900. Title pp., 100 fine color plates showing renderings and floor plans for assorted small homes and commercial buildings. 8vo. Original wrpps. portfolio, plates loose as issued. Some wear and light-staining to portfolio, some small tears to spine. Vienna (Anton Schroll & Co.) n.d. (ca. 1909). Günther was the head..... More
84 pp. scholarly text on the flowering of Romanesque art and architecture in central Russia, notes, 13 text illustrations, map, 69 fine plates showing numerous examples of architecture and monumental sculpture of the region. Folio. Cloth. Berlin (Wasmuth) 1929. More
Slezská Ostrava: Tiskem a nákladem Aloise Šaška, [1923]. Oblong octavo (14.4 × 21.2 cm). Original decorative card portfolio, containing [8] pp. of introductory text and 60 numbered lithographed plates in black-and-white on card stock. The cards fine; the portfolio worn, with tape repairs and one flap detached. Portfolio of decorative..... More
4 vols., 704, 675, 698, 690 pp. text on castles and country houses in Denmark by noted experts, each volume is heavily illustrated throughout with interior and exterior photographs and floor plans. 4to. 3/4 leather and boards, raised spines, slightly rubbed, the front covers of Vols. I and II are..... More
Ambitious building project for a hospital in the planned Third Reich city of Salzgitter, Germany, comprised of 123 hand-numbered typewritten leaves, of which 10 are folding plans and maps of the building and another 19 are folding architectural drawings, floor plans, and elevations of the main buildings of the hospital..... More
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Leningrad: Izdatel’stvo “Mysl’,” 1926. Octavo (18 × 13 cm). Original photo-illustrated wrappers; [4], 189 pp. Wrappers lightly creased; small nicks to spine extremities; still good or better. First and only edition, one of many books by Frank Heller (pseudonym of Gunnar Serner, 1886–1947) published in the 1920s, to satisfy the..... More
36 pp. booklet on the clubhouse of the German coffee firm KaffeeHag based in Bremen, designed by architects and designers Alfred Runge and Eduard Scotland, containing an essay by Heymel on the benefits of exercise and sport, and two shorter essays on the Internatioal Hygiene Exhibition in Dresden and decaffeinated..... More
A rare poster documenting the short-lived collaboration between the three modern Austrian artists, in the form of a manifesto concering the establishment of a ‘universal academy of all creative fields', mixing typescript and mechanically reproduced handwritten lettering and corrections, consisting of two sheets joined together. Many fold marks, some small..... More
16 pp. text describing the criteria for an architecture competition for a municipal building in Geneva that appears not to have been realized, 9 excellent plates showing the winning building, including floor plans, cross sections, and elevations of the structure, which was designed in a neo Gothic style. 4to. Wrpps...... More