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
London: Freedom Press, 1969. Pamphlet. Single issue of the magazine, pp65-96, stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, wraps lightly worn, bottom corner of front wrap dog-eared, staples heavily rusted else good condition. More
Cat.No: 266600
Philadelphia: Redevelopment Authority, 1975. Paperback. 48p., 8.5x11 inch wraps; color photos., illus., staples slightly rusted, corners lightly bumped, small pen notation on front wrap, some staple punctures on front wrap, else in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 286192
Tashkent: Chief Editorial Office of Publishing and Printing Concern "Sharq" 1996. Hardcover. Not fully paginated: a substantial coffeetable book page-numbered through p.117 followed by nearly as many appended captioned color photos, ergo about 200p. total. The first eighty pages are entirely in Cyrillic and largely textual only, with floorplans and..... More
Cat.No: 289801
[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
Paris: 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, plus..... More
Cat.No: 251235
[Helsinki]: Karolinska Forbundets Arsbok, 1999. Hardcover. 144p., text is Finnish-only; numerous period images, plans and elevations of forts and general military subjects, color wherever called for (beautiful reproductions), hardbound in oblong 9x10.5 inch decorated white boards. The casebinding is a little handled, slightly crimped spine rims and so forth, while..... More
Cat.No: 279818
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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. Paperback. 129p., six photo plates, plus numerous B&W photos in text, wraps. Illustrated 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]: 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, [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 hinge has..... More
Cat.No: 226959
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
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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, [c1930]. [24]p., 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 just a...... 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
Vancouver: Citizens Council on Civic Development, 1969. Pamphlet. 2p. + 3p. + [appendix A, 8p., + appendix B, 2p], 8.8x11 inch sheets staplebound; minor foxing on front page, corners slightly curling from shelfwear, else very good. More
Cat.No: 286044
[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: 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
Belmont, CA: Belmont City Council; Belmont Planning Commission, 1995. Spiral_bound. v, unconventional pagination system, plastic comb binding, 8.75x11 inches; maps, slightly shelfworn edges, previous owner's signature on front wrapper, else very good. None in OCLC (5/22). More
Cat.No: 284950
Berkeley: Ecocity Builders, 2002. Newsletter. 15p. + [1], 8.5x11 inch staplebound wraps; middle fold for mailing, mailing address sticker on back wrap, some minor soil and edgewear from mail travel, else in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 286216
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
Chicago / New York: The San Francisco Sunday Call, 1904. Poster. Photos have been worked over with artistic license, and the multitude of tiny strollers may have been artists' additions. Presswork is on glazed alkaline paperstock. A bit edgeworn, all are good copies in good condition, no enclosing packet. A...... More
Cat.No: 287078
