New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1906. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/No Dust jacket. First Edition clean decorated American trade binding. Red ribbed cloth boards with gold church and tree decoration on cover with double ruled line border and gold lettering on cover and spine. No fading, tiny points of corner wear, gold lettering on spine has some wear but still legible. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with gilt top page edges. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Frontis photograph of the spire of the Old South Church, Boston, with pr... View More...
U.S.S.R.: Progress Publishers, 1972. First English language edition. Very Good+. Clean hardcover book in original photo-illustrated cardboard slipcase. First English language Edition. Clean wood-grain cloth boards with gold decoration on cover, gold lettering on spine. No fraying or wear; slight fading to spine background. Translated to English from the Russian by Kathleen Cook. Information about and photographs of buildings, secular and sacred, in Northern Russia. Photos in full color and black and white. Chapters include Transonega, the White Sea Coast, Rivers Svid and Onega, Vologda and Low... View More...
London: B. T. Batsford, Ltd., 1953. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/Very Good+. Stated First Edition in unclipped original dust jacket. Clean dark green cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No fraying or fading. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers. No names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with 132 photographs and line drawings. 242 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped, has a few tiny edge nicks and short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Histo... View More...
New York: Harmony Books, 19881983. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/Very Good+. First Edition in original unclipped jacket. Clean dark blue cloth boards with silver lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean photo-illustrated endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with beautiful full color and black and white photographs. 152 pages. Dustjacket is not price clipped (14.95 on front inside flap), unchipped, small closed tear at spine gutter. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cove... View More...
New York: Black Dog, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Fine. Both books are Fine First Edition, First Printings, with full letter line on copyright page. "Skyscrapers" is a very clean softcover book with French flaps. No creasing, fading or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean; no names, writing or marks. A history of the world's most famous and important skyscrapers, including the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, with beautiful photographs in unusual tall 15" format (15" x 6.25"). 100 tallest buildings in the world with specifications listed in ... View More...
Dover Publications, 1973. First edition thus. Very Good. Paperback book - size approx. 9-1/2" x 11-1/2". Clean cover with a little light creasing to one corner. No chipping or fading. Binding is tight, pages and edges are clean. Tiny previous owner last name at top edge of front free endpaper; no other marks. Illustrated with full page black and white photographs. View More...
1916: Penn Publishing Company, 1916. First Trade Edition. Near Fine/No Dust jacket. George Wharton Edwards, Illustrator. Lovely clean decorated cloth binding. Black cloth boards with purple and blue tower against white background with gold shield border, gold lettering and decorative line border on cover; gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Lovely color frontis illustration with clean printed tissue guard (The Great Cloth Hall - Ypres). Title page has decorative green b... View More...
Singapore: Archipelago Press, 1998. Later printing. Fine/Fine. Graham Byfield, Illustrator. Beautiful, unworn book and dust jacket. Clean green cloth boards with black lettering on cover and spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight, pages and edges are clean and bright with clean color-decorated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with beautiful color paintings throughout (paintings by Graham Byfield); text by Gretchen Liu. Printed on high quality paper. 76 pages. Clean unchipped dust jacket, no wear, no tears, enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. ... View More...
New York: Fireside (Simon & Schuster), 1982. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+. First Edition, First Printing with full number line on copyright page. Large softcover book (11" x 14"). Covers are clean, no creasing or chipping, very slight rubbing at spine folds. Binding is tight, no curling or cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright, no names, writing or marks. Beautifully illustrated with photographs, blueprints, some fold-outs. 127 pages. Awesome collection of blueprints and photographs of some truly iconic structures, everything from "The Spirit of St. Louis to the Concorde,... View More...
Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2012. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Fine. Fine first edition, first printing in clean unchipped dust jacket. Gorgeous photo-illustrated boards (large book - size approx. 9" x 12"). No fading, bumping or wear. AS-NEW condition. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Liberally illustrated with full-color photographs. 217 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears. View More...
London: J. M. Dent, 1925. Very Good+/Fair. Small clean book (illustrated) in original dust jacket. Size approx. 4-3/4" x 7". Purple cloth boards with black lettering and decoration on cover and spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with illustrated endpapers. Neatly penned previous owner inscription on back of front free endpaper dated 1939. Edited and illustrated by Gordon Home. 192 pages with index. Dust jacket has edge chipping, separation at front flap fold, half of spine missing. Enclosed in archival quality removable mylar cover. View More...
Rust brown cloth boards with gold decoration on cover, gold lettering on spine; blind-stamped decoration to rear board. Light bump to lower corner of rear board. Trace of very light soiling to front board. Spots of wear at spine top and bottom edges. Binding is tight, pages and edges are clean. Clean plaid endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Frontispiece of the Powers Building with clean tissue guard. 189 pages. View More...
Erin, Ontario, Canada: Boston Mills Press, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Very Good+. Fiona Spalding-Smith, Photographer. First Edition in unclipped dust jacket. Clean unfaded black cloth boards with bright silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright with clean endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with full color photographs by Fiona Spalding-Smith. 96 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, not price clipped, has one short closed edge tear. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.... View More...
New York: Hawthorn Books, 1975. First Edition, Second Printing. Near Fine/Very Good+. Clean large hardcover book and dust jacket. Size approx. 9" x 11". Clean blue boards with lighter blue cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean; small previous owner name and date at top edge of front free endpaper. Liberally illustrated with photographs and floor plans of historic farmhouses all across America. 265 pages with index. Clean jacket is price clipped at top corner of front inside flap; has a few shor... View More...
Boston: Houghton Mifflin , 1985. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing in clean unclipped dust jacket. Cream paper-covered boards with author's gold initials on cover, beige cloth spine with gold lettering. A few tiny spots of foxing to cloth spine at upper edge. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean decorated endpapers. Signature of someone (illegible) and date (1985) on half title page. No other marks. 341 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clip... View More...
Clean large format paperback (size approx. 7-3/4" x 9-1/4") SIGNED by the author. Clean color-photo illustrated cover, no creasing or chipping; previous owner name and note on half-title page, signed by the author on title page "Mary L. Knapp". Illustrated with photographs and drawings. All text pages and edges are clean and bright. 223 pages with index. Fascinating information about social life and customs in New York City in the 19th century, as well as information about life and features of a beautiful row house. View More...
Softcover book, SIGNED by author (size approx. 8-1/2" x 11") with stapled binding. quite clean; small spotnear base of rear panel. No chipping or wear; slight age-toning to cover. Pages are clean and bright. Signed "E. M. Kramer - 1981" on title page. Illustrated with maps, photographs. 68 pages. View More...
Boston: Gambit, Inc., 1969. Stated First Printing. Very Good+/Very Good. Stated First Printing in original unclipped dust jacket. Very clean yellow cloth boards with gold illustration on cover, gold lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages are clean, with blank endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Beautifully illustrated by the author, including drawings and eight full color plates. 184 pages with index. Dust jacket is clean, has slight top edge wear and one short closed edge tear at top of rear panel (under 1"). Enclosed in new ar... View More...
Rome: Bonechi-Edizioni, 1978. Later printing. Near Fine. Large quality-made paperback book with removable mylar cover especially fitted for this book. Size approx. 8-1/4" x 10-1/2". Very clean, no creasing or chipping. Very small previous owner name neatly penned at top edge of title page. Gorgeous full color photographs throughout, comparisons of what the ruins of Rome look like today with detailed reconstructions of what they would have looked like in their prime. Foreword by Robert Vighi. 126 pages + index and bibliography. You will see Rome as you have never seen it before. View More...
Revised and Updated Edition. First Overlook Press edition (so stated) and first printing with complete number line - in clean dust jacket. Clean blue paper-covered boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, all pages and edges are clean. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with fine drawings covering more than 100 styles of home architecture--from Victorian and Bungalow styles to Steamboat Gothics, Quonset huts, straw bale houses, and Art Moderne. Preface by Charles Moore. 334 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tea... View More...
