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Signed by Frank Gehry, first edition in English
Dal Co, Francesco; Forster, Kurt W. Frank O. Gehry The Complete Works
$500.00First Folio
New York: The Monacelli Press, (1998). First edition in English. SIGNED by GEHRY. Large quarto. (iv), 614p. Illustrated throughout from color photos and schematics. Bound in black cloth with silver spine title and Gehry’s name in blind on the upper cover. Slight lean due to the volume’s weight. Fine and bright in like dust jacket. Building descriptions by Hadley Arnold. Vanity Fair labeled Gehry as “the most important architect of our age”
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Bunker Hill Monument: plans plus panorama
Willard, Solomon; Smillie, James Plans and Sections of the Obelisk on Bunker’s Hill with the Details of Experiments Made in Quarrying the Granite Stone; [offered with:] A Panoramic View from Bunker Hill Monument
$1,399.00Fine Editions Ltd
Boston: [printed by Samuel N. Dickinson, Washington Street] / Published by Luther Stevens, 186 Washington Street, 1843 / [n.d., but 1848-1861]. Two works documenting the first public obelisk in the United States and the technology developed to create it. First (and only) Edition of the Willard, quite scarce. Royal 8vo (340 x 253 mm): [5],6-31,[1]pp, with 14 inserted leaves (including frontispiece) of plates (one folding). Original drab boards, brown muslin spine, upper cover with publisher’s paper title label ruled and printed in black. Inscribed on front fly-leaf in pencil: “Charles W. Pearson, August 13, 185?” A handsome survival, tightly bound (hinges neatly reinforced with Japanese tissue), pages and plates generally clean and free of foxing, with occasional smudges and stains. American Imprints 43-5291; Hitchcock 1409. The second work, by Smillie: Slim demy 8vo (223 x 175mm): 16pp, with frontispiece view of the monument, engraved by E. A. Fowle from a drawing by R. P. Mallory, seven-part accordion-fold panoramic view (engraved for Drakes History of Boston) of 160 important sites and institutions (pp 2-12 provide “A key to the engraving”), and woodcut in text. Publisher’s green paper-covered boards printed in black, rebacked with black cloth spine (mimicking the original). End sheets and first page of text tanned from binder’s glue, else pages and plates (including folding panorama) fresh, bright, and free of foxing. Also issued, in 1848, by Redding & Co., 8 State Street, Boston, in brown cloth decorated in blind and gilt. Stokes & Haskell P.1855—G-37. Abbey (Life) 573 (for Mallory’s panorama, issued by Redding). The Battle of Bunker Hill actually was fought on Breed’s Hill, site of the Willard’s Bunker Hill Monument, on June 17, 1775. The first monument, commemorating the major opening battle of the American Revolution, was an 18-foot wooden pillar with gilt urn, erected in 1794 by King Solomon’s Lodge of Masons to honor the fallen patriot and mason, Major-General Dr. Joseph Warren, who was killed during the battle’s third and final assault. From 1824 to 1842, Willard designed and built the present monument, a 221-foot tall granite obelisk, for which he also developed the granite quarry, in Quincy, Massachusetts, that provided stone. The first railroad in the country was built to transport granite from that quarry to the waterfront, where it was taken by boat to Charlestown and hauled to the building site. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).
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THE 1898 EDITION WITH 67 PHOTO-GRAVURE PLATES
(San Francisco) Select San Francisco; Photo-Gravures
$1,500.00G. F. Wilkinson Books
Green cloth stamped in gilt; Photogravures by the Albertype Co. , Brooklyn, New York; 67 plates; one image: Entrance to San Francisco Harbor is duplicated. Wonderful period images including panoramic views of coastlines such as Sutro Heights, the Cliff House, Entrance to San Francisco Harbor, Fort Point, Golden Gate Park, Shipping Scenes. Views of downtown buildings, streets, monuments, including Chinatown, Union Square, Montgomery Street, etc. Light mottling / rubbing to cover; half-inch split to each end of front hinge, but hinge appears to have been originally bound over cloth tape, so quite firm. Plate pages show a hint of toning at edges except of the image of Fort Point which has some moderate toning/soil top and bottom margins with some evident on the image. Overall a relatively superb copy.
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18 original drawings by noted Pacific NW architect
Morgan, Reid BINDER OF ORIGINAL ARCHITECTURAL AND BOTANICAL DRAWINGS
$250.00Gene W. Baade Books on the West
Seattle: Privately Published. Original. Hardcover. Very Good. Item #5010075 ORIGINAL ARCHITECTURAL AND BOTANICAL DRAWINGS by noted Mercer Island, Washington, architect Reid Morgan. No date. Mr. Morgan was noted for his designs for beautiful home and other buildings that fit perfectly into the Pacific Northwest marine and forested landscape. This group includes presumably his drawing of the Guggenheim art museum, a Spanish mission church, etc. Many accolades of his work and him may be found on line. 18 drawings, including the architect’s color wheel and palette labels on paper boards and card stock, some in color, in three-ring binder. Most drawings are frameable.
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Don Glaister's First Artist's Book. 1 of 60 Copi
Glaister, Donald Brooklyn Bridge A Love Song
$7,500.00Michael Pyron, Bookseller ABAA/ILAB
Cleveland: Foolsgold Studio, 2002. Folio. 28 pp. Limited edition, this is #40 of 60 copies (10 being held hors commerce). Signed by Glaister at the colophon. Backed in gray Nigerian goatskin with sanded aluminum sides, as issued, in felt-lined aluminum box with aluminum label. Prospectus, with minor soiling, laid in. A fine copy of this visually stunning artist book. Glaister describes the production in the prospectus: 14 leaves of 10 mil aluminum, attached to paper hinges. The book opens with an 18-line poem by Glaister in Avant Garde and is silkscreen printed on sanded aluminum. This is followed by five page-spread paintings of the bridge, seen from different angles, times of day, and times of year. Alternating between the paintings are sets of abstract studies, nine in all, that explore the essence of bridgeness. They are likewise made of sanded aluminum with acrylic paint, wire, aluminum tape, laminated polyester film and sand. The studies are mounted onto the aluminum pages. A visually striking celebration of the Brooklyn Bridge. The artist describes this best in the prospectus: “The story of the Bridge is one of opposites. The story of huge mass and lacy delicacy, of ancient and modern, of vitality and disease and death, of honor and corruption, of social vision and common greed. It is the story of links. The linking of East to West, of the agrarian past to the industrial future, of stone to steel, and of course of Brooklyn to Manhattan. Brooklyn Bridge: A Love Song visually and emotionally tells this story. The book is truly a love song. It sings of the elegance, power and invention of this great American icon.” This is the first artist book by Glaister who is one of the foremost design bookbinders practicing today. Glaister carved a path blending classical European bookbinding technique while exploring unexpected and untraditional materials and expression. His bindings appear in private collections throughout North American and Europe and in many of the most important institutions.
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Captures the Vanishing Charm of Old New Orleans
Arnold Genthe with a Foreword by Grace King Impressions of Old New Orleans: A Book of Pictures
$300.0032.1 Rare Books + Ephemera
4to., 250 pp. unpaginated. 100 full page black and white photographic plates printed on rectos only, including many candid portraits of local African Americans, as well as architectural studies, street and garden views. Very Good with small stain on lower right and corner lacking the dust jacket. Item #913202413 This evocative early 20th-century volume showcases the atmospheric photography of Arnold Genthe, whose lens captured the vanishing charm of old New Orleans before modernization transformed its streets. With a warm and insightful foreword by Southern author Grace King, the book offers a rare visual record of the city’s French Quarter, Creole architecture, and street life at a pivotal moment in its history. Genthe’s soft-focus images and masterful compositions evoke the romance and mystery of a bygone era, while King’s prose situates them within the city’s cultural and historical fabric. Published in the 1920s, Impressions of Old New Orleans is among the most beautiful photographic tributes to the Crescent City. Collectors prize this title for its blend of documentary precision and artistic vision, as well as its association with two of the period’s most refined interpreters of place and character. A cornerstone work for enthusiasts of photography, New Orleans history, and Southern Americana. Genthe [January 8, 1869 August 9, 1942] was a German-born American photographer, best known for his photos of San Francisco’s Chinatown, the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and his portraits of noted people, from politicians and socialites to literary figures and entertainment celebrities. Uncommon title.
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Pre-WTC Lower Manhattan Remembered
Danny Lyon The Destruction of Lower Manhattan
$300.0032.1 Rare Books + Ephemera
New York: Macmillan, 1969. Hardcover. Square 4to. 75 black and white plates printed on rectos only. Very Good with a slight spine lean and small red remainder dot on top edge in a Very Good dust jacket. Item #701202503 A classic collection of photographs that documented the demise of the buildings in and around the lower Manhattan. In 1966, after several years spent rambling around the country photographing a Chicago-based motorcycle club, Danny Lyon returned to his native New York City and moved into a downtown apartment on Beekman Street that was under re-construction. Lyon learned that the block was among the sixty acres below Canal Street slated for clearing, areas that had once been a hub of thriving printing and produce industries but had bled out economically after the Second World War. Lyon returned to New York in 1969 after his work in Texas and the South with the SNCC, and lived for a while with Robert Frank [‘The Americans’]. During his stay Lyon was commissioned by the New York State Council of Arts to cover the demolition of a number of landmark buildings. including old Penn Station. Lyon’s work was notably instrumental in the development of the NYC landmarks preservation movement.
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A Classic Union of Literature and Architecture
Edith Wharton with Pictures by Maxfield Parrish Italian Villas and Their Gardens
$700.0032.1 Rare Books + Ephemera
New York: Century, 1904. Hardcover. 4to. 270 pp. With 52 illustrations, 26 of them by Maxfelld Parrish, most of them in color. Green cloth stamped in gold with elaborate coat of arms with two [2] lions and escutcheon and painted garden scene on front boards. Top edge gilt. Fully illustrated with color plates of Parrish and black and white photos. Very Good with a tiny bit of edge wear at the extremities. Text block solid, illustrations clean. A nice copy. Item #700142 A seminal work on garden design and a statement to the passionate connoisseurship of one of Americas greatest writers. This comprehensive look at the history and character of Italian garden architecture and ornamentation explores more than seventy-five villas, capturing what Wharton calls their “garden-magic” and illuminating the intimate relationship between the house, its formal gardens, and the surrounding countryside. This elegant collaboration between one of America’s foremost literary stylists and one of its most celebrated illustrators captures the grace, symmetry, and romance of Italy’s classical gardens. Wharton’s text, informed by her keen architectural sensibility and lifelong love of European design, provides a thoughtful and erudite tour through the villas of Tuscany, Lombardy, and the Roman countryside. Parrish’s luminous color plates and delicate drawings complement her prose with scenes of tranquil terraces, sculpted hedges, and sunlit fountains. Published by Charles Scribner’s Sons, this first edition exemplifies early 20th-century bookmaking at its finest, with gilt-decorated green cloth covers and high-quality paper stock. A landmark in travel and design literature, ‘Villas’ helped shape the American appreciation of classical landscape architecture. Copies in well-preserved condition are increasingly scarce, especially those retaining Parrish’s vibrant plates. A cornerstone volume for collectors of Wharton, Parrish, or fine illustrated books of the period.
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A Design Journey Through Solitude and Space
Edited by Lars Muller and Akiko Miki; In Collaboration with Hiroshi Kagayama; With Photographs by Iwan Baan Insular Insight: Where Art and Architecture Conspire with Nature. Naoshima, Teshima Inujima.
$375.0032.1 Rare Books + Ephemera
Zurich: Lars Muller Publishers and Fukutake Foundation, 2011. Hardcover. Large 8vo., 453 pp., color plates, maps, appendix. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #122234 The islands of Naoshima, Teshima, and Inujima in Japan’s Seto Inland Sea are places of pilgrimage for friends of contemporary art and architecture. Alongside works in public spaces as well as site-specific installations, the islands are also full of numerous museums and collections of contemporary art. This book offers a comprehensive documentation of this unique cultural landscape surrounded by Japan’s Inland Sea. The photographs by the Dutch photographer Iwan Baan, ranging from tiny details to giant panoramas, create a comprehensive portrait of the islands with their fluid transitions between nature, art, and architecture. Numerous texts introduce readers to the individual areas and projects that are either permanently on display on the islands or have taken place there temporarily. In addition, other essays deal with the island as a cultural concept and phenomenon. Among others, the book presents buildings by Kazuyo Sejima, Ruye Nishizawa, Tadao Ando, and Hiroshi Sambuichi. A scarce and important reference work.
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Remarkable plan to rebuld Windsor & Eton
David D Kyle; Henry Kerl Outline Of A Proposed Plan For Building New Towns At Windsor And Eton In Order Completely To Improve The Castle And Parks. Addressed To The Right Honourable The Commissioners Of Her Majesty’s Woods, &c., To The Provost And Fellows Of Eton College, And To The Mayor And Corporation Of Windsor
$498.53 *Dodman Books
Privately Published; London, 1847. Exceptionally scarce speculative plan to rebuild Windsor and Eton towns, considering the present decay of both, the imminent arrival of the railway, and the desirability to increase space around the castle. The authors, Kyle and Kerl, provide arguments for their proposals, costings, and two signed, hand-coloured plans, showing the towns before and after implementation. Stock toned, with a little marking, but in general good order. Folded maps to rear show some offsetting from colour wash. Second map has short tear along one fold, but this minor. First map has pinholes to corners, suggesting that it was displayed before binding. Contemporary green cloth a little worn. One copy only in museums (V&A). 8vo. [1], 9pp + plans.
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