La Habana / Matanzas: variously published, 1970s/80s. The art-related items include salutes to the Revolution, the others do not. Trivial stuff but not quite throwaways. Details on request. More
Cat.No: 244507
[Fargo]: the college, undated, circa 1905. Paperback. Unpaginated, some fifteen cardstock leaves with fuzzy photoreproductions mounted recto under captioned tissue guards; enclosed in lighter cardstock wraps of same material titled in two colors and bound with a decorative cord. One detects the craftsman influence on book design, but the poorly-done..... More
Cat.No: 227183
Oakland: The Church, 1991. Paperback. unpaginated, collection of facsimiles of letters and reports from architects, independent contractors etc., plans, budgets, arguments etc., very good in spiral-bound pictorial wraps. An evaluation of the '89 earthquake damage, proposed repairs and strengthenings. More
Cat.No: 167800
1939. Magazine. Pp.397 - 500 + 130p (ad supplement), 9x12 inches, photos, plans, fold-out maps and photos, advertising, wire-spiral-bound pictorial wraps with a couple of nice matte-yellow dividers that distinguish New York from San Francisco. Several "eyes" are broken through (at top and tail), general mild edgewear and a long..... More
Cat.No: 137825
![Architectural Record, Combined with American Architect and Architecture, [comprised of] Building...](/pictures/thumb/210542.jpg?v=1484090225)
[New York]: F. W. Dodge Corporation [presumed], 1939. Hardcover. Massive collection of the year's publications in one binding, 12x8.5 inch buckram boards with initial and terminal blanks; professional work. The successive magazines all on coated paperstock with b&w site photography and scattered color reproductions; casebinding done with heavy-duty cloth hinges..... More
Cat.No: 210542
New York: F. W. Dodge Corporation, 1932. Hardcover. Massive collection of the year's publications in one binding, 12x8.5 inch buckram boards with initial and terminal blanks; professional bindery-work. The successive magazines all on coated paperstock with b&w and sepia site photography; casebinding done with heavy-duty cloth hinges which are rather..... More
Cat.No: 210543
Paris: "Asphaltoid" undated, circa late 1930s. Paperback. A large folder, 12x9.5 inch plain printed wraps, containing variously paginated fascicles that are staplebound and are themselves fastened into the wraps with a decorative cord. Presswork on thick matte leaves (quite alkaline) features sepia gravure site photography of (mostly) modernist industrial buildings..... More
Cat.No: 251235
![Banca Arnus, Barcelona; Agenda Financiera 1928 [cover]; Alquilad una Caja de Seguridad en la...](/pictures/thumb/207859.jpg?v=1484089422)
Barcelona: the bank, 1928. Paperback. 72p., texts are printed on alkaline newsprint and on coated alkaline paperstock with numerous clear photos of interiors. Calendar section has rubricated heads. Softbound in 6.5x4.5 inch photographic wraps; textblock has pulled away somewhat roughly from wrapper, no losses or bad tears, but --NB-- completely..... More
Cat.No: 207859
Nara, Japan: Research Center for Silk Roadology, 2007. 129p., six photo plates, plus numerous B&W photos in text, wraps. Ilustrated examination of Buddhist stupas, showing regional influences. Text mostly in Japanese, with English summary. Rubberstamp on first blank interior page. Silk roadology 27. More
Cat.No: 121166
Beijing: Wen wu chu ban she, 1959. Unpaginated hardcover, profusely illustrated with black and white photos of historical architecture in Beijing. The tattered remains of a dustjacket are held together under mylar; the book itself is in very good condition, but for a mild stain on the cloth spine where..... More
Cat.No: 252557
[Beijing]: HDR, Inc, 2011. 239p., very good harcover in dj. Thoroughly illustrated conceptual plan and architectural plans for a major medical complex. More
Cat.No: 165463
Hamburg: GEG, no date, early 20thC. Pamphlet. Unpaginated, 16 tissue-guarded site photos reproduced in b&w rotogravure, smallish but clear images, staplebound in oblong 4x6 inch printed wraps. Mild toning to cover and mounting stock, tissue guards either toned uniformly or were tan to begin with, undamaged in any case, rear..... More
Cat.No: 226959
San Francisco: Buddhist Churches of America, 1998. Hardcover. 404p., illustrated with numerous b&w vignette photoportraits of nearly four hundred ministers and a couple dozen snapshots of temple buildings, a plethora of statistics, hardbound in 11x8.5 inch purple boards gilt-titled and -decorated. The opening text is peppered with multicolor post-it slips..... More
Cat.No: 252742
Berkeley: the university, [1986]. Unpaginated, about 48p., heavy coated paperstock with text and period photographs, 11.75 x 8 inch pictorial wraps; mild edgewear, a couple of minute spots, a few very faint crimps within, an excellent copy. Seems to be promotional "campaign literature" of some sort, meeting a fiscal crisis..... More
Cat.No: 70449
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1919. Pamphlet. Unpaginated, perhaps fifty pages, 7x5 inch textured ivory wraps titled in blind and bound with elastic satin-finished cord. Meticulously printed in smallpoint on textured alkaline paper, illustrated with a number of tipped-on b&w photoreproductions of campus sites and one photograph from the negative..... More
Cat.No: 221922
![The California Pop-Up Book [derived from] LACMA Exhibition Made in California: Art, Image and...](/pictures/thumb/251483.jpg?v=1589424491)
New York: A Joint Production of the Los Angeles County Mueum of Art [and] Universe Publishing; distributed by St. Martin's Press, [2000]. Unpaginated, manufactured in Thailand with lots of hand-work, an ambitious 3-D compendium of high and low art, many pop-up styles and pop-up devices on display here, not entirely..... More
Cat.No: 251483
Habana: imprenta "Ninon" for the Cuban government, circa 1930. Unpaginated, 24p., twelve b&w photos facing short verso captions, reproduced with barely-adequate clarity on twelve leaves of alkaline coated paperstock; softbound in 6x9.5 inch oblong printed wraps punchholed and tied with a decorative green & white cord. Covers are cheap material..... More
Cat.No: 226965
Los Angeles: Southwest Museum, 1973. 22p., 5x7.5 inches, illustrations, photos, plans, very good in stapled white pictorial wraps Casa de Adobe is a replica of a California Spanish hacienda. More
Cat.No: 36546
[Schenectady, NY]: General Electric, [1939]. [16]p., stapled wraps, 9 x 12 inches, profusely illus., lightly worn else very good condition. Showcases GE's lighting of the Golden Gate Exposition, held on Treasure Island in 1939. Color photos show various buildings in the exposition illuminated at night, alongside diagrams of the lighting..... More
Cat.No: 253027
San Francisco: United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 2005. v, 133p., extensive appendix, illustrated with period and contemporary photography (many aerial views) and line plats in colors; first issue 11x8.5 inch wraps with binder's tape spine, a very good copy. Appended leaves are rather elaborate; these show..... More
Cat.No: 173558
San Francisco: Grace Cathedral, n.d. 32p., 7x8.5 inches, illustrated with photocopied reproductions of the door panels in the cathedral, photocopied booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 152172
San Francisco: Plaza Press, 1965. [16p] including covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, illustrated with 12 b&w photos of the door panels and the Baptistry, very good brochure in self-wraps. More
Cat.No: 152174
Madrid: Publicaciones Españolas, [1944?]. Paperback. [38p] 4to., 8.75x10.75 inches, profusely illustrated with sepia gravure photos of architecture and sculptures, has a light corner-crease, very good paperback in green stiff wrappers. Minimal text, a largely illustrated-only souvenir on the completion of this federal institute devoted to scientific investigation—built with the grace..... More
Cat.No: 205382
Taipei: EDS International, [1990]. Unpaginated spiralbound booklet, text almost entirely in Chinese, introducing the architectural firm, including resumés of its principals, and illustrating projects it worked on, mostly in the Taipei area. Very good. More
Cat.No: 186667
San Francisco: n.pub. 1983. 10p., 8.5x11 inch sheets stapled at upper left, owner's name penned in corner of front cover. Detailed description of the 1883 Italianate house and its contents, intended for visitors to the preserved home on the occasion of its centennial. More
Cat.No: 160735
