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By: Veglahn, Nancy
Price: $13.00
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons: 1967
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 21141
ISBN: 0684158582
Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket
180 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Ex-Library; Hardcover, b/w photos on cloth, [x] + 180 pages, index, bibliography, 25 historical b/w photos and illustrations with captions. ; 1st edition, 'A' on copyright page. Library binding, as issued. ; Historical novel centered around building the Brooklyn Bridge, featuring real-life architects John A. Roebling and his son, Washington Roebling. ; No jacket. Almost no wear. Very few library marks. Interior clean, binding tight. View more info
By: Vignola, Giacomo, with William Robert Powell; Illustrated by Pierre Esquie
Price: $44.00
Publisher: J. H. Jansen: 1923
Seller ID: 16800
Condition: Fair with no dust jacket
158 pages; Folio (12.75") 33 cm; Ex-Library; Very tall hardcover, gray cloth, black lettering, 158 unnumbered pages, 72 full-page b/w plates, each with detailed captions on facing pages. ; This is an English translation of Vignola's famous Regola delli Cinque Ordini d'Architettura, originally published in 1562, which described the canon of classical architectural style regarding columns, doors, entablatures, arches, etc. ; This new edition copyright 1921, translated by William Robert Powell, with new glossary and footnotes, and with additional diagrams by Pierre Esquie. This printing 1923.... View more info
By: Wilson, E. Barbara, and Mary E. Dodge; Illustrated by Janet M. Seibert
Price: $17.00
Publisher: Detroit Children's Museum: 1970
Seller ID: 16820
Condition: Very Good+
44 pages; 4to (12") 31 cm; Oversized softcover portfolio with information sheet, small b/w map of Africa with key to plates, and twenty 8.5 x 11-inch b/w plates showing native dwellings, villages, floorplans of settlements, etc. Unbound, as issued. ; Plates are paired in twos, with each pair showing at least one native dwelling with ample text. Places and illustrations include: Mali and a Dogon house. Nigeria and a Hausa dwelling. Cameroon and a Bafut square house. Sudan and a Korongo homestead. Rhodesia and a Mashona village. Swaziland and a Swazi indlu. More. ; Published jointly by Detro... View more info
By: Wright, Frank Lloyd; Illustrated by Roy E. Petersen
Price: $28.00
Publisher: University of Chicago Press: 1945
Edition: Revised Edition
Seller ID: 16435
Condition: Good with no dust jacket
140 pages; 4to (10.5") 27 cm; Ex-Library; Hardcover, brown cloth, red decor, black lettering, 140 pages, 11 b/w photos. ; This is a book of essays by Frank Lloyd Wright on his own philosophy regarding art, aesthetics, culture, democracy, and of course, how architecture serves them all. ; Copyright 1945. This is the famous revised edition, 1945, which Wright undertook to revise after he found himself agreeing with the very harsh criticism of the original edition (see page ix) ; Lacks jacket. Upper tips lightly bumped. Endpapers, copyright page, pg 19, pg 65 show the usual library marks. Int... View more info
By: Yargina, Z.
Price: $100.00
Publisher: Imidzh / Image: 1993
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 19311
ISBN: 5860440219
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
367 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Hardcover. Covers in Russian, jacket in English. Parallel text in RUSSIAN and ENGLISH. 367 glossy pages. Endnotes. Small map of places with wooden synagogues. 282 photos, most historical b/w, a few in color. ; Series edited by Alexander S. Kantsedikas. Photos by S. Tartakovsky and V. Kravchuk. Translated by L. Lezhneva. ; Architecture, ornamentation, accoutrements, carvings, etc, of wooden synagogues in Poland, Lithuana, Ukraine. ; No visible defects. Appears unused. Quite scarce. ; Masterpieces of Jewish Art Series; Vol. 5 View more info