New York: The Co-operative Building Plan Association, 1886. Leather. First Edition. 63 plates are present out of original 100. Folio. The "Hand Book," which is extremely rare, is missing, but the "Supplement" and a stiff "Card of Approximate Contract Prices" are both present. The individual plates are enclosed in the original, rare, leather portfolio with buckle closure. The portfolio is of black grained leather with crimson leather spine and corners which have blind-stamped, decorative rules. The spine is quite deteriorated. The front cover has "Builders' Portfolio No. 2." blind-stamped in faded gilt. Portfolio end papers and fold-over flaps are of covered with floral paper. The portfolio is somewhat aged, soiled and worn. The plates are slightly aged, soiled, and/or foxed. Even without all of the..... More

Chicago, IL: Chicago Statuary Mfg. Co., c. 1927. Wraps. First Edition. 48 pp. Oblong 4to. Gray-green cover wraps with slight wear and scuffing. Heavily illustrated with everything from classical figures and busts of Abraham Lincoln to "Ear, Colossal Size."
A trade catalog lightly represented in institutions with only three copies appearing in OCLC. Very Good. More

Grand Canyon National Park, AZ: El Tovar Studio, n.d. As. c. 1920. Unpag. Oblong Folio. Wear and chipping to edges, water staining around cover but no damage to photographs within.
23 black & white views of the Grand Canyon tipped onto heavy, labeled card stock that identifies each view. Very Good. More

Shepherd, Thos. H. London: Jones & Co., 1827-1829. Three Quarter Leather. First Edition. 160, iii; vi, 12 (Subjects), 172, ii (List of Engravings). Both volumes have red leather spine with five slightly raised bands, gold embossed titling and decoration, losses at head and foot of spine. Volume I front board hanging by one cord, considerable foxing to frontispiece engraving and first title page with engraving of Temple Bar, From the Strand. Volume II front board detached. Marbled endpapers, considerable foxing to frontispiece engraving and first title page with engraving of Sussex Place at Regent's Park; this title page appears to have suffered water damage and was re-backed with another sheet of paper by a binder, second title page undamaged. Light foxing throughout, including the numerous..... More

Madison, WI: Jones Books, 1993. Trade Paperback. First Edition. 105 pgs. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy.
An important work on Wright's contribution to book and graphic design. Fine. More

Park Forest, IL: The Prairie School Press, 1967. Wraps. First Edition. 23 pp. 4to. Very minor scuffing to covers, clean within.
An important early journal in the study of Prairie School Architecture with its origins in the American Midwest. The articles in this issue are "The Brief Career of a Sullivan Apprentice: Parker N. Berry" by Donald Hoffmann, "Ethics of Ornament" by Frank Lloyd Wright, & "The Edward W. McCready House; Spencer and Powers, Architects" by J. William Rudd. Very Good. More

New York, NY: Thunder's Mouth Press/Nation Books, 2003. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Printing. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
Signed by the author on the half-title page and dated in another hand.. Although blind since an early age, Mehta does occasionally sign a book in a highly stylized form. Fine / Fine. More

Wright, Frank Lloyd. Tokyo: A.D.A. Edita, 1984. Hardcover. First Edition. Unpag. Folio. Dust jacket is clean and crisp, now in mylar cover. Red cloth boards with black embossed titling to spine. Minuscule foxing spots to endpapers only. 266 plates of Wright's renderings for both finished buildings and unfinished projects. Text in English and Japanese. Includes original cardboard slipcase in Fine condition with very minor sunning to the spine.
Volume 9 of the landmark work undertaken by Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer and the A.D.A. Edita publishing company. The original Monograph encompassed 12 volumes. Fine / Fine. More

Philadelphia, PA: The Society of Architectural Historians, 1991. Wraps. First Edition. 4to. Dark rust paper covers with very light scuffing.
Siry's important article on an early project by Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) is explored on pp. 235-265. The Abraham Lincoln Center was started by Wright, but finished by Dwight Heald Perkins after Wright's falling out with his uncle and patron, Jenkin Lloyd Jones, over design details. Fine. More

New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 1953. Wraps. First Edition. Unpag. 8vo.
Exhibition catalog for the exhibition of the same name celebrating Wright's career in architecture. Illustrated with numerous photographs and drawings of Wright's. A necessary addition to any Wright collector's holdings. (Sweeney 912). Very Good. More