Dover Publications, September 1994. Paper Back. In over 130 photographs and drawings, this superb book celebrates the architecture of Philadelphia's theaters from the candlelight era to the movie palaces of the 20th century. Moving from one landmark to another, it explores the vigorous, often controversial role theaters played in the..... More
Dover Publications, January 1998. Oversize Softcover. Awealth of historical data about 74 of Manhattan's great theatrical houses. Extensive, detailed captions document location, architects, opening date, other data for the Fifth Avenue Theatre (1873), the Hippodrome (1905), the Music Box Theatre (1921), as well as the New Amsterdam, Winter Garden, Ziegfeld..... More
Thames And Hudson, January 1964. Reprint. Hardcover. Folio. {10 & 1/2' x 13'} In mildly edgeworn dustjacket. Pictorial paper covered boards. Photographs of sculptured ruins end pages front and back, 'show the ranks of Susian guards carved in relief on the north side of the eastern staircase of the Apadana..... More
Key Porter Books, January 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. {9 & 1/2 x 9 & 3/4'}. In clipped dustjacket with foxing on verso. Black textured paper covered boards with white lettering. Clean & sound. [112 pp.]. More
Te Neues Publishing Company, June 2015. Oversized Hardcover. Rooftop gardens and terraces let you reach for the stars so that the only limit on what you can design in your exclusive oasis is your imagination. They inject a lovely note of green into the cityscape and improve the microclimate as..... More
Scribner, September 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. In City Life, Witold Rybczynski looks at what we want from cities, how they have evolved, and what accounts for their unique identities. In this vivid description of everything from the early colonial settlements to the advent of the skyscraper to the changes wrought..... More
Da Capo Press, August 1976. Trade Paperback. Struck by the magnificence of the Italian countryside from the time of her first sojourn there, our ranking novelist and lady of letters of the early 1900s--a renowned connoisseur--joined forces with the foremost illustrator of the time to celebrate a subject that was..... More
Harry N. Abrams, May 2001. Hardcover. For more than two decades this Realist artist has been preserving cherished memories from an era gone by. His brilliantly precise paintings of the glittering Art Deco fantasy palaces that once lent magic to main streets across the nation recall the thrill of going..... More
Michael Joseph Ltd, April 1993. First Edition. Cloth. First UK. Oblong octavo. In dustjacket with foxing to verso. Sticker residue front jacket panel. Grey end pages front and back with some small white spots FFEP. Cracked hinge at gutter to front end pages. 144 pages. More
MIT Press (MA), November 2001. Cloth. The spectacularly successful transformation of Times Square has become a model for other cities. From its beginning as Longacre Square, Times Square's commercialism, signage, cultural diversity, and social tolerance have been deeply embedded in New York City's psyche. Its symbolic role guaranteed that any..... More
Random House, October 2003. Hardcover. Captures the Manhattan skyline as viewed from within Central Park, accompanied by a text booklet that shares the author-architect's observations on the city and his creation of a 360-degree sketch of the city. Oblong, {12' x 8 & 1/2'}. In heavy cardstock pictorial paper covered..... More
Cleveland Landmarks Press, May 1980. First Edition. Paper Back. Quarto. Dark brown textured paper cover with stamped gold lettering and Terminal Tower stamped illustration. Somewhat faded gold lettering along spine. Foxing and darkening to verso of cover. Likewise foxing on first inside page, which is also the page where Toman..... More
LancasterMiller Publishers, June 1981. Cloth. Oblong octavo in dustjacket with mild edgewear. Foxing & marginal darkening to DJ verso. Front flap is not clipped. Black cloth covered boards with stamped red foil lettering along spine and centered top half of front. Red end pages. Signed & inscribed on half title..... More
Cleveland magazine, 1980. Soft Cover. Quarto. {8 & 1/2' x 11'} Mild edgewear and wear along spine. 109 pages. More
Cleveland Landmarks Press, November 1984. First Edition. Paper Back. Quarto. {11' x 8 & 1/2'} Pine green textured paper cover with gold lettering and illustration on front cover and spine. Interiors without markings. 108 pages. More
Monacelli Press, January 2003. Oversized Hardcover. James Rudnick moved to Brooklyn, New York, in 1977 to attend graduate school and almost immediately began to photograph two nearby landmarks: the Statue of Liberty and the Brooklyn Bridge. Both structures were approaching their centennials, and Rudnick was soon drawn into the resulting..... More
Monacelli Press, September 2015. Oversized Hardcover. Some are widely celebrated--Radio City Music Hall, the Great Hall of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Grand Central Station--and others virtually unknown, all warrant preservation. This book is the first to present great landmarked interiors of New York in all their intricate detail, in..... More
Princeton Architectural Press, August 1998. Hardcover. Best known for his "Sky Line" column in the New Yorker, where he served as architecture critic for over 30 years, Lewis Mumford (1895-1990) is still revered as one of America's leading cultural critics and an international authority on architecture and urbanism. His provocative..... More
Times Books, January 1983. Hardcover. More
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, May 2002. Oversized Hardcover. From skyscrapers to parking structures, from the Stock Exchange to the historic townhouses of Harlem, the buildings of New York are as diverse as its culture--and they are artfully photographed here by Jorg Brockmann. Essential information, history, and background stories about..... More
Schocken Books, January 1971. Oversize Softcover. Spine sunned; previous owner's name, some foxing. More
Dover Pubns, November 1979. Oversize Softcover. More
Studio Books, October 1978. Oversize Softcover. More
Preservation Press, September 1993. Oversize Softcover. More
Random House (NY), October 2001. Hardcover. Offers a portrait of Manhattan in fold-out format, revealing a panoramic view of the famous skyline in winter. Matteo Pericoli trained as an architect in Milan and then came to work in New York in 1995. His arrival preceded by just a few days..... More
