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Lot 1158¤
ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN. 8 works:
13 – 23 June 2023, 12:00 EDT
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ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN.
8 works:
1. [WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD.] The House Beautiful. Park Forest, IL: W.R. Hasbrouck, 1963. 4to. Illustrated with reproduced pen and ink drawings by Wright. Publisher's 2-tone brown and green cloth. Some wear to spine ends and corners, bookplate removed from front paste-down. Facsimile edition reprinted from the original of 1896-1897; 14-page booklet sewn to front endpaper, with reproductions of Wright's photos of dried weeds.
2. MELOY, ARTHUR S. Theatres and Motion Picture Houses. New York: Architect's Supply and Publishing Co., 1916. Illustrated with line drawings and photographs of facades. Publisher's green cloth stamped in black. Slightly sunned, corners bumped and a little frayed.
3. WHITAKER, CHARLES HARRIS, editor. Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue - Architect and Master of Many Arts. New York: Press of the American Institute of Architects, 1925. Folio. 4 color plates, numerous black and white plates. Publisher's tan and blue linen, dust jacket. Jacket lacking spine and chipped, otherwise minor wear.
4. HEGEMANN, WERNER, and ELBERT PEETS. The American Vitruvius: An Architect's Handbook of Civic Art. New York: Architectural Book Publishing Co., 1922. Folio. Over 1200 photographic illustrations. Publisher's buckram, lettered in gilt, plain brown titled dust jacket. Spine faded, minor toning.
5. HERTS, B. RUSSELL. The Decoration and Furnishing of Apartments. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1915. 8vo. 40 color prints and photographs. Publisher's blue and grey cloth stamped in gilt. Rubbed, corners a bit bumped, age toning.
6. KELSEY, ALBERT. The Monumental Lighthouse. Second Competition for the Selection of an Architect. [Washington, DC]: The Pan-American Union, 1930. Folio. 2 folding plans and numerous photographic illustrations in text. Publisher's blue cloth with embossed gilt device on upper cover. Some wear to spine ends. A record of a competition to select the architect and design for the Christopher Columbus Memorial Lighthouse (which was never built).
7. SEXTON, R.W. American Apartment Houses of Today. New York: Architectural Book Publishing Co., [1926]. Folio. 268 pages of photographs and floor plans, and 17 plates of interiors, mostly in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. Publisher's blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Slight wear.
8. A Monograph of the Work of Mellor Meigs & Howe. New York: Architectural Book Publishing Co., 1923. Folio. Profusely illustrated with photographs and architectural plans. Publisher's quarter cloth and boards.
1. [WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD.] The House Beautiful. Park Forest, IL: W.R. Hasbrouck, 1963. 4to. Illustrated with reproduced pen and ink drawings by Wright. Publisher's 2-tone brown and green cloth. Some wear to spine ends and corners, bookplate removed from front paste-down. Facsimile edition reprinted from the original of 1896-1897; 14-page booklet sewn to front endpaper, with reproductions of Wright's photos of dried weeds.
2. MELOY, ARTHUR S. Theatres and Motion Picture Houses. New York: Architect's Supply and Publishing Co., 1916. Illustrated with line drawings and photographs of facades. Publisher's green cloth stamped in black. Slightly sunned, corners bumped and a little frayed.
3. WHITAKER, CHARLES HARRIS, editor. Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue - Architect and Master of Many Arts. New York: Press of the American Institute of Architects, 1925. Folio. 4 color plates, numerous black and white plates. Publisher's tan and blue linen, dust jacket. Jacket lacking spine and chipped, otherwise minor wear.
4. HEGEMANN, WERNER, and ELBERT PEETS. The American Vitruvius: An Architect's Handbook of Civic Art. New York: Architectural Book Publishing Co., 1922. Folio. Over 1200 photographic illustrations. Publisher's buckram, lettered in gilt, plain brown titled dust jacket. Spine faded, minor toning.
5. HERTS, B. RUSSELL. The Decoration and Furnishing of Apartments. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1915. 8vo. 40 color prints and photographs. Publisher's blue and grey cloth stamped in gilt. Rubbed, corners a bit bumped, age toning.
6. KELSEY, ALBERT. The Monumental Lighthouse. Second Competition for the Selection of an Architect. [Washington, DC]: The Pan-American Union, 1930. Folio. 2 folding plans and numerous photographic illustrations in text. Publisher's blue cloth with embossed gilt device on upper cover. Some wear to spine ends. A record of a competition to select the architect and design for the Christopher Columbus Memorial Lighthouse (which was never built).
7. SEXTON, R.W. American Apartment Houses of Today. New York: Architectural Book Publishing Co., [1926]. Folio. 268 pages of photographs and floor plans, and 17 plates of interiors, mostly in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. Publisher's blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Slight wear.
8. A Monograph of the Work of Mellor Meigs & Howe. New York: Architectural Book Publishing Co., 1923. Folio. Profusely illustrated with photographs and architectural plans. Publisher's quarter cloth and boards.