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(Spector, Michael Harris.) SPECTORGROUP. (SPECTOR GROUP.)
Rockport Publishers, Rockport, Massachusetts, (1995), Ist edition.
192 pp, square small 4to (10 1/4" x 10 1/4"), hard cover in dust jacket. Profusely illustrated in color and b&w with photos, drawings, plans, elevations. "For nearly thirty years, the Spector Group has been creating architecture that has redefined the suburban landscape. Anticipating corporate America's move to greener environments, the Spector Group's early architecture set the precedent for today's innovative work spaces. The following pages represent the design and planning of 4 0 0 c o r p o rate campuses and headquarters buildings, mixed-use facilities, institutional spaces, hospitality projects, retail centers, and multi-family residences. The single thread that unites this firm's work is the creation of energetic sp ac es t h ey h av e te rmed 'Lifespaces'...This collection highlights the Spector Group's broad scope of design capabilities, their unique understanding of business, and a partnership approach that looks to the next century for uninterrupted expan sio n." L ig ht wea r a t cor ners of boards and at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has light edge wear/wrinkling, two tiny closed tears, light rubbing. VG/VG
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Adamson, Anthony, text. Photographs by John Willard - Inscribed. THE GAIETY OF GABLES: ONTARIO'S ARCHITECTURAL FOK ART.
McClelland and Stewart, (Toronto, 1974), Ist edition.
Unpaginated, small 4to, HC in dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY JOHN WILLARD ON HALF-TITLE PAGE. Profusely illustrated with b&w photos and drawings. "The story of Ontario's Barge Boards, also called Verge Boards and by the unversed, Gingerbread." A wond erful look at a whimsical architectural decorative form - a type of folk art popular in the second half of the nineteenth century. Page edges browning lightly, a few tiny dints to bottoms of boards. Dust jacket has wrinkling and tiny t e a r s / c h i p s a t top of spine, moderate edgewear/rubbing, light soiling/wrinkling elsewhere. VG/G-
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Ashenburg, Katherine. Photography By Brian A. Kilgore GOING TO TOWN: ARCHITECTURAL WALKING TOURS IN SOUTHERN ONTARIO
Toronto Macfarlane Walter & Ross 1996 0921912951 / 9780921912958 First Edition Soft Cover Very Good +
252 pp, 8vo (8 7/8" H). B&w photographs, maps. "A work of delights and surprises: here is a one-of-a-kind guidebook that maps the best of Ontario's architectural heritage in its most appealing towns (Cobourg, Goderich, Merrickville, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Paris, Perth, Picton, Port Hope, St. Marys & Stratford). (The author) has chosen ten small towns (population 1,000 to 27,000) whose public and domestic buildings illuminate their history, geography, and sense of themselves - all in the course of a diverting walk. Each tour begins with a historical sketch of the town, then - with the aid of a detailed map - guides the walker to some sixty sites over a stroll of two and a half to three and a half hours. Along the way are churches and town halls, libraries and jails, theatres and factories, and all manner of houses - houses of startling grandiosity and humble integrity." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - small soft crease at corners of front cover.
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Aurenhammer, Hans. JOHANN BERNHARD FISCHER VON ERLACH.
Bergland Verlag, Wien, 1957.
58 pp text + plate section at rear, 7 1/8" H, card covers with attached dust jacket. 36 b&w illustrations - reproductions, photographs, floor plans. GERMAN TEXT ONLY. A look at the work of Austrian architect Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, ac tive from the end of the 17th century through the first half of the 18th century. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - one or two tiny foxing marks, minor edge wear/wrinkling, slight darkening to spine a n d e d g e s . Very Good
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Badone, Donalda. THE COMPLETE HOUSE DETECTIVE: AN ONTARIO HOUSE AND ITS HISTORY.
Boston Mills, Erin, Ontario, 1988.
80 pp, 8 3/4" H, soft cover. ISBN 0919783716 B&w maps, photographs, reproductions. "The author uncovered the story of her own 150 year old house. Here she takes you step by step through her investigation and shows you how to do the same. A comp lete guide to where to go and how to find all the information you need to become your own house detective." Contents: Types and Varieties of Early Ontario Houses; Investigation 34 Avondale Avenue, Willowdale; Ways of Investigating a Propert y i n O n tario; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; About the Author. Near Fine
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Beaudin, Francois; Noel, Ginette; Demers, Jean-Maurice. C. BAILLAIRGE, ARCT., ING.: DESSINS ARCHITECTURAUX. (CHARLES-PHILIPPE-FERDINAND BAILLAIRGE, ARCHITECTE, INGENIEUR.)
Ministere des Affaires culturelles, Quebec, 1979.
24 pp, oblong (8" x 10") soft cover (stapled in wraps). Illustrated in sepiatone and colour with drawings (plans, elevations, architectural details). FRENCH TEXT ONLY. A look at the work of 19th century Quebec architect and engineer, Charles-Phil ippe-Ferdinand Baillairge. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light edge wear, light wrinkling on spine, light rubbing. Very Good-
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Bernstein, William and Cawker, Ruth. CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN ARCHITECTURE: THE MAINSTREAM AND BEYOND.
Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Toronto, 1982.
190 pp, 4to (11" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0889025886 Profusely illustrated in b&w with photographs, drawings, plans. "The post-Expo era of Canadian architecture has produced works of international importance which have been recognized in European, Japanese and American periodicals. With almost 200 illustrations and a text written for the enquiring general reader, the authors have selected and presented what they judge to be the most significant projects from this rich a n d c o n t i nuing period....Through an examination of the National Gallery competition of 1976-77, the authors identify the mainstream concerns of Canadian architecture. Then, concentrating on major cities from coast to coast, they look at proje ct s e mb od yi ng a lternative movements that are suggestive of possible future directions, projects such as: Corridart in Montreal; Robson Square in Vancouver; the Pavilion '70 ski chalet in St. Sauveur, Quebec; Toronto's Eaton Centre; Winnipeg's St . Bo nif ace Ca the dra l; the Plus 15 system in Calgary; Edmonton's Citadel Theatre; and Halifax's waterfront restoration." Very tiny bump at bottom corner both boards, minor browning to edges of textblock. Dust jacket has one tiny closed te ar w it h s oft wrin kle, ver y li ght browning on spine and top edge. Very Good/Very Good
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Daniels, Jeffery. Drawings by Leonora Ison. ARCHITECTURE IN ENGLAND.
Weidenfeld & Nicolson (Educational), London, 1968.
128 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 298762102 B&w drawings, floor plans, elevations. "Illustrated with over 70 line drawings and plans, the text spans over 2,000 years of architecture in England. The account begins with a discussion of the villas, camps and roads of Roman Britain, and shows how this heritage slowly decayed, giving way to the Romanesque imported by the conquering Normans. The soaring Gothic of the middle ages yields in its turn to another E u r o p e a n influence, the Renaissance, which acquires its own English character. The Baroque, Pallandian and Neo-Classic movements are then analysed, and the survey is brought right up to date with the industrial and scientific revolutions of t he n in et ee nt h and twentieth centuries, and their effects on techniques and styles. Dominant architectural styles are fully defined and illustrated, and the many examples given will stimulate a study in depth by means of visits to churches, ho use s, cas tle s, mus eu ms and modern streets and office blocks. The special value of this book for the student of architecture is the care taken by the author to illustrate his text at every point, with examples drawn from every field of architec ture - eccl esia sti cal and secular, domestic and institutional." Dust jacket has been price-clipped, has one small closed tear, very light edge wear. Very Good+/Very Good
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Denhez, Marc. (Inscribed). THE CANADIAN HOME: FROM CAVE TO ELECTRONIC COCOON.
Durndurn Press, Toronto, 1997, 2nd printing.
256 pp, 4to, HC in dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR 'IN APPRECIATION MARC DENHEZ 1998' ON HALF-TITLE PAGE. "(This book) is about fashion, politics, social mores, innovation, imagination, and technology. Prehistoric Inuit homes with windows of stretc hed seal guts, the log cabin, the bungalow, the R-2000 house, habitations in space - Denhez examines the ways and wherefores of them all." Dust jacket has minor edgewear/rubbing, light wrinkling. VG+/VG
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Dunlop, Ian. Foreword by Sir Arthur Bryant. Jacket design by Loudon Sainthill. VERSAILLES.
B.T. Batsford, London, 1956, first edition.
240 pp, 8vo (8 15/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photographs, reproductions. "How the Palace of Versailles was built, and how the courts of Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI lived in it, is the theme of this book. In itself Versailles is one of the most stupendous artistic creations of all time. Ian Dunlop here describes the requirements of the three royal patrons and their courts and the physical means by which the resulting conceptions were realised: the armies of workmen who wer e employed and the obstacles - not least of them disease - which they had to overcome; the work of the architects, painters, cabinetmakers and decorators; the gardeners and the problems, such as the planting of fully-grown trees and the Marly wat e r w orks for the fountains, with which they had to contend. Artificial and undemocratic the life of the courts may have been, but there is no denying the lasting artistic achievements to which Versailles gave birth in the work, for example, of Ma ns ar t, Le Notre, and Gabriel, of Moliere and Rameau, of Boucher, Watteau and Lancret. The book is very fully illustrated by photographs and by reproductions of paintings and portraits by Hubert Robert, Largilliere, Boucher, Van der Meulen, Droua is, Na tti er and Chatelet; by prints after Rigaud, Blondel, Perelle and Cochin; and by the sculpture of Bernini, Houdon and Le Comte. In its illustrations, as in Mr. Dunlop's text, the book provides what is certainly the best general account of V ersa ille s in English." Light area of browning on bothe sides front free endpaper, very small light foxing mark on verso of half-title page and frontispiece, light wrinkling at top of spine - small bump at bottom of spine. Dust jacket has very l ight edge wear/ wrinkling at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds, light browning on spine and top/bottom edges, a few tiny foxing marks on spine. Very Good/Very Good-
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Eastman, Margaret and Eastman, Wilbur F. PLANNING AND BUILDING YOUR FIREPLACE.
Garden Way, Charlotte, Vermont, (1977), 2nd printing.
124 pp, small 4to (10" H), soft cover. B&w photos, drawings, diagrams. Contents: How Efficient is a Fireplace?'; Component Parts of a Fireplace; Constructing a Fireplace; Constructing a Fireplace - Details; Cost of a Fireplace; Adding a Chimney an d Fireplaces - A Practical Experience; Getting More Heat From the Fireplace; Free-Standing Fireplaces; Styles and Designs; How to Stop a Fireplace From Smoking; Wood and Other Fuels; Maintenance and Use; Special Fireplace Section - Hagar House - 1 8 1 8, Imaginative Ideas, Ourdoors or Indoors; Sources of Information; Further Reading. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light rubbing, minor soiling on rear cover, slight bump to bottom of spine area. Ver y go od.
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Freeman, John and Dormer, Peter. LONDON REVEALED. THE BEAUTIFUL, BIZARRE AND UNEXPECTED INTERIORS OF THE CAPITAL.
Macdonald, London, 1989, first edition.
240 pp, small 4to (10 5/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Beautifully and profusely illustrated with colour photographs. ISBN 0356175375 "John Freeman has spent a year investigating the worlds behind the closed doors of the Capital, unearthing an incredible variety of important interiors. The best and most exciting of these have been brought together in this book, revealing ninety unique views of London, many of which have been photographed here for the first time. The result is the mos t authoritative and well-researched book on the hidden and unappreciated interiors of London, coveirng not only buildings from all periods of history but sites that represent many of the aspects of London life. Five thematic chapters put each indi vi d ual interior into context, making the book not only a stunning visual and descriptive account of the multifarious worlds inside London, but an important survey of London's architecture and design. The chapters include 'The Grand Scale', a stud y o f the most opulent and grand interiors, with unusual angles on the well-known - such as the Albert Hall and Old Bailey - as well as impressive but less accessible sites such as the Granada Cinema at Tooting. 'Into the Twentieth Century' reveals the i nnovative decors - successful or otherwise - of recent years; 'The Decorative Tradition' celebrates the richness of period and contemporary detailing in London; 'Moments Preserved' evokes not only nostalgia but wonders at the perfect preserv ation or restoration of a period room or moment in time (with a plea therefore for their further protection). 'Private Lives' explores the personal homes that have been transformed in traditional and eclectic styles by their owners, and also prov ides g limp ses into private habitats, from the hallowed halls of the Reform Club to a Chelsea houseboat and even a 'taxi driver' eatery." This is a heavy volume which will require additional postage. Minor wrinkling at top of spine. Dust jacket has min or wr inkling at top of spine and rear flap-fold, very minor rubbing. Near Fine/Very Good+
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Fuhrmann, Franz. Photography by Eva Kraft. Translated by Amethe von Zeppelin. SALZBURG AND ITS CHURCHES.
Kunstverlag Wolfrum, Wien, 1950.
45 pp text + 64 b&w plates, 8vo (8 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Comprised of an introductory essay, two pages of floor plans, captions to the plates, a bibliography, a list of interesting secular buildings in Salzburg, and the plate section. Minor browning at inside hinges, two corners with tiny bump, tiny foxing marks and slight darkening on top of textblock, light soiling on bottom edge of boards. Dust jacket has moderate rubbing, light soiling, light edge wear/wrinkling, o n e s m a l l closed tear with creases (archivally taped) and a few tiny chips/tears, waviness around publisher's glued on title label on front panel. Very Good-/Good
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Glancey, Jonathan. (Nigel Coates.) NIGEL COATES: BODY BUILDINGS AND CITY SCAPES. (CUTTING EDGE SERIES.)
Watson-Guptill, New York, (1999).
64 pp, square 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0823012115 Profusely illustrated in color and b&w with photos and drawings. "...examines the philosophy and design thinking of one of today's most innovative architect-designers; includes a detai led examination of Coates's key projects and inspirations; presents 150 color photographs, sketches, and drawings, some of them published here for the first time; provides a chronology of career and milestones; features designs for buildings, f u r n i t ure, and exhibitions, including work for the Millennium Dome 'Body'." Fine/Fine
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Godfrey, Walter H. A HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE IN AND AROUND LONDON. ARRANGED TO ILLUSTRATE THE COURSE OF ARCHITECTURE IN ENGLAND UNTIL THE END OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY WITH A LIST OF PRINCIPAL TWENTIETH-CENTURY BUILDINGS.
Phoenix House, London, 1962, revised edition.
264 pp, 8vo (8 9/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Over 150 b&w illustrations (drawings and photographs) showing buildings, floor plans, architectural details. "....(studies the architecture of London and) beyond to Kent, Surrey, Hertfordshire, a nd elsewhere up to a limit of forty miles to introduce and describe the fine houses, churches, abbeys, palaces, and other buildings deserving of public interest in some of the home counties. It could justly be claimed that no major buildin g o f a r c h itectural merit from Norman to our own time is overlooked, and some of the greater glories of London's stone are the subject of concise yet comprehensive essays, Westminster Abbey, for example, and the peculiarly beautiful Eltham Pal ac e , so su rp ri si ngly situated in what is now one of London's populous suburbs. But Mr Godfrey is far from a mere guide. His book brims with profound knowledge and an engaging enthusiasm. He understands that most of his readers are not vers ed in t he t erm s a nd ref erences of architecture, and these are introduced one by one, and the wonders and excitements of the art of building are revealed in their various beauty. Architectural features and comparative styles, together with pla ns and de tai le d dr awin gs, are included in the 59 text figures, and there are 64 pages of plates containing 104 photographs and rare prints of buildings as they appeared in the past...." Minor wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket i s p rice cli pped , h as mo derat e ed ge we ar, three very small tears - one with creases, creasing at top/bottom of spine, moderate rubbing with color loss on spine - no lettering loss, slight fading to parts of spine. VG+/G
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Grimschitz, Bruno. HANNS PUCHSPAUM, DOMBAUMEISTER VON ST. STEPHAN.
Kunstverlag Wolfrum, Wein, 1947.
54 pp text + plate section at rear, 8 1/4" H, hard cover in dust jacket. 64 b&w plates (photographs and reproductions), showing interior and exterior views, plans, drawings, architectural details. B&w floor plans in text section. GERMAN TEXT ONLY . A look at the Cathedral of St. Stephan in Vienna. Browning to endpapers, tiny foxing marks to top edge of book, very light foxing on spine/hinges, minor soiling and rubbing. Dust jacket has light edge wear/wrinkling, light rubbing/soil i n g o n r e ar panel, two tiny edge tears. Good+/Good+
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Jackman, Dianne R. and Dixon, Mary K. THE GUIDE TO TEXTILES FOR INTERIOR DESIGNERS. SECOND EDITION.
Peguis, Winnipeg, MB, 1990, 2nd edition.
195 pp, 4to (11 1/4" H), hard cover (pictorial boards) - no dust jacket. B&w drawings, diagrams. ISBN 092054925 "This book focuses on the environmental textiles, those essential fabrics and coverings which provide not only visual color and textur e to an interior, but also meet the human needs for warmth, privacy, comfort and quiet. Basically, it will take the reader from fiber to finished goods and through the process of intelligent selection of particular textiles for specific applicati o n s." Previous owner's name/date on free front endpaper, light edge wear, light rubbing, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Very Good
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Jackson-Stops, Gervase and Simon, Robin, Editors THE NATIONAL TRUST 1895-1995 100 GREAT TREASURES: 100 CELEBRITIES SELECT THEIR PERSONAL FAVOURITES FROM THE TRUST'S COLLECTION
London National Trust / Apollo Magazine 1995 0952208156 / 9780952208150 Soft Cover Very Good No Jacket
80 pp, 12" H. Profusely illustrated in colour. J. Carter Brown, Nicholas Baring, Mark Girouard, Simon Jervis, Lucinda Lambton, James Lees-Milne, Jonathan Miller, Richard Baker, Lord Menuhin, Christopher Hogwood, Sir Hugh Casson, Lord Rothschild, Lady Emma Tennant, John Julius Norwich, David Gentleman, Bamber Gascoigne, Lady Mary Keen, Auberon Waugh, Sir Roy Strong, et al. describe their favourite furniture, rooms, portraits, landscapes, sculpture, follies, etc. from the National Trust's collection. Interior - several very small printing ink smudges on page 44, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - some very light edge wrinkling, small sticker residue mark on front cover, minor curling at corners, minor rubbing.
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