Slide Archive of a Southern California Realtor
1971-1972
Before Zillow, Trulia, and Redfin: a swank archive of images from the Sessions Realty firm of La Mesa, California in the early 1970s.
Architecture
DAVID ADJAYE HOUSES
(2006)
Signed first paperback edition of Adjaye's first monograph, documenting thirteen of his major projects in London, with a series of visual 'portfolios' and additional essays by Stuart Hall, Caroline Roux, and Deyan Sudjic.
DAVID ADLER, ARCHITECT: THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE
(2002)
Early printing of this lavishly-illustrated assessment of American architect David Adler's elegant buildings, which incorporate a number of historic styles.
THE COUNTRY HOUSES OF DAVID ADLER
(2001)
First printing of this attractive volume that explores 17 homes designed by "one of America's premier 'great house' architects" (jacket), whose classical style emulates European stately homes – with a catalogue raisonné.
FIVE HOUSES 1976-1986
(1987)
Plans, drawings, models, and photographs for five of Ames's residential projects, warmly inscribed to a fellow architect.
OBJECT / TYPE LANDSCAPES
(1996)
Inscribed copy of the catalogue to an exhibition of the architect's paintings, with a handwritten note to another architect laid in.
RESIDENTIAL WORK VOLUME TWO 1986-2006 / ANTHONY AMES ARCHITECT
(2007)
Inscribed first printing of this second volume of houses designed by Ames, conceived and executed in valiant opposition to the rise of the McMansion, existing in a zone "between the abstract and the real."
[Original Press Kit from the Ground-Breaking Ceremony for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]
(1964)
An apparently complete press kit from the December 2, 1964 ground-breaking for the John F.
BREUER HOUSES
(2001)
First edition in English of this attractive volume on the work of acclaimed Modern architect Marcel Breuer, who helped shape the tastes of postwar America.
CARRÈRE & HASTINGS ARCHITECTS
2006
Signed first edition of this lavish two-volume set tracing the work of the influential Beaux-Arts architectural firm responsible for such landmarks as the New York Public Library and the Manhattan Bridge.
MEMOS FROM EGYPT: Joint US-Egyptian Study Group on Building Materials and Building Technology.
1974
First edition from the archirtect best known for his innovations in both school and collaborative design and architecture — inscribed to Harry Ransom.
PIERRE CHAREAU: DESIGNER AND ARCHITECT
(1992)
First printing of this attractive volume that places Pierre Chareau's influential and controversial "La Maison de Verre" in the wider context of his career.
ALEXANDER SMITH COCHRAN: MODERNIST ARCHITECT IN TRADITIONAL BALTIMORE
(1995)
First printing of this beautifully-illustrated overview of the Baltimore work of Modernist architect Alexander Smith Cochran, the designer of some of America's first publicly-funded housing projects.
THE JERSEY DEVIL DESIGN/BUILD BOOK
1985
Illustrated throughout with diagrams, drawings, and photographs of Jersey Devil buildings in both color and black and white. Includes interviews with the four architects: Steve Badanes, John Ringel, Jim Adamson, and Greg Torchio.
ALFREDO DE VIDO: SELECTED AND CURRENT WORKS
(1998)
First printing of this attractive edition of the work of the New York architect whose style defies categorization — inscribed by De Vido to architecture writer and editor Susan Zevon.
THE ARCHITECTURE OF DELANO & ALDRICH
(2003)
First printing of this assessment of the works of the Delano & Aldrich architectural firm, responsible for such projects as the Walters Art Gallery and the La Guardia airport.
PAUL RUDOLPH: THE FLORIDA HOUSES
(2002)
Inscribed first printing of this gallery of the controversial Brutalist architect's early residential work, richly illustrated with detailed analysis.
AMERICAN CLASSICIST: The Architecture of Philip Trammell Shutze
(1989)
First printing, signed by both the author and photographer, of this monograph on the Georgia architect.
CALIFORNIA HOUSES OF GORDON DRAKE
(1956)
First printing of this reflection on the work of an architect who died before his time, who nonetheless had an important impact on mid-century modern California residential style.
STEVEN EHRLICH ARCHITECTS
(1998)
First printing of this architectural monograph featuring 28 of Ehrlich's residential, civic, and commercial projects, illustrated with photographs, plans, and sketches.
IMPROVISATIONS ON THE LAND: HOUSES OF FERNAU + HARTMAN
(2015)
First printing of this attractive collection of the homes designed by Fernau + Hartman, edited by the principal architect of the firm.
IRVING J. GILL, ARCHITECT
(2006)
First printing of this lavishly-illustrated book on the buildings and biography of Irving J. Gill, important and influential Modernist architect.
IRVING GILL AND THE ARCHITECTURE OF REFORM
(2000)
Inscribed first printing of this illustrated reflection on the work of early-20th century modernist architect Irving Gill, influential yet rarely written on.
BUCKMINSTER FULLER: DESIGNING FOR MOBILITY
(2005)
First printing of this attractive collection of images of and writing about the various structures and designs of Buckminster Fuller, the forward-thinking architect most famous for his geodesic domes.
Ulm's Kunstleben im Mittelalter: Ein Beitrag zur Culturgeschichte von Schwaben
1840
Art and architecture in the Ulm region during the Middle Ages. [Andres 256].
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