Hardcover, large quarto volume bound in boldly colored red cloth, embossed with heavy black lettering on spine and stylized machine motif on front cover. Includes original publishers glossy dust-jacket. 376 pages. Extensively illustrated with over 400 images, including 55 plates in full color. First edition, no additional printings listed. This collaboration between the Brooklyn Museum and Abrams was published in conjunction with the trans American tour of an exhibition first presented at the former on October 17, 1986. Its theme, as espoused by its eponymous title, was to highlight the growing symbiosis between art and industry in the inter-war years, a period which gave rise to a number of aesthetic movements including Art Deco, Streamlined Modern, and the International Style. No previous ownership marks. Small retail price sticker from the Strand bookstore, NYC inside front cover. Else a clean, fresh, unmarked and like new copy. Fine in a fine dust-jacket. A large, heavy book, Priority and International orders will require additional postage, charged at actual cost.

Hardcover, quarto size volume bound in olive cloth lettered in gold on spine, in publisher’s pictorial dust-jacket. References, Bibliography, Index. Profusely illustrated throughout with black and white photographs and diagrams. First edition thus, first printing with full number line. An impressively researched pictorial biography which exploits primary sources and ties Tesla’s early work to many of today’s cutting edge technologies. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh and unmarked copy, near like new. Fine in a fine dust-jacket.

Hardcover, quarto size volume in red cloth lettered in gold on spine and publisher’s non price-clipped dust-jacket. 237 pages. Illustrated with over 200 black and white photographs and over 100 color images and plates. Stated first edition, no additional printings listed. No previous ownership marks. Very mild age toning to page extremities and several minute dog-ears at upper fore-edge. A tight, sound and clean copy, Very good in a near fine dust-jacket.

Hardcover, quarto volume bound in brown cloth, lettered on spine in silver, in publisher’s black pictorial dust-jacket. 375 pages. Index. Illustrated with 160 paintings depicting street scenes, harbor views, dramatic skylines, historical disasters, celebrations, and intimate residential interiors. Each illustration is accompanied by text providing an explanation of the historical context behind the painting. The timeline spans the growth of New York City from trading post to modern metropolis. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. Near fine in a near fine dust-jacket. A heavy book, Priority and International orders will require additional postage, charged at actual cost.

Hardcover, large oblong quarto bound in light gray cloth lettered in gold on spine and non price-clipped publisher’s dust-jacket. 204 pages. Preface and text by David Plowden. Introduction by Alan Trachtenberg. Illustrated throughout with 170 duotone photographs. Stated first edition, no additional printings listed. “This book, published in conjunction with a series of retrospective exhibitions across America, looks back over Plowden’s entire career and presents the very best of his work.” [from dust-jacket flap]. No previous ownership marks. Small remainder mark on bottom edge, else a clean, tight, fresh and unmarked copy. Near fine in a near fine dust-jacket. Large, oversize book, Priority and International mail orders in incur additional postage, charged at actual cost.

Hardcover, quarto size volume bound in black cloth and publisher’s red pictorial dust-jacket. 279 pages. Notes, Select Bibliography, Index. Illustrated throughout in black and white and color. First edition, first printing with full number line. Auerbach’s history presents more than a picture of Victorian success, its delves into the struggles and societal rifts laid bare by modernization and industrialization. A profoundly penetrating social history of the beginnings of the modern democratic era. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy, like new. Fine in a fine dust-jacket.

Small quarto hardcover, pictorial laminated boards in glossy pictorial dust-jacket, repeating the same artwork. 112 pages. Foreword by Dick Jude. Profusely illustrated throughout with the author’s artwork in color. First edition, first printing with full number line. A fantastic collection of Gambino’s art, the first thus, and a worthy tribute to the artist who created the cover art to Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series. As one reviewer has written: “The double-spread of Heaven’s Reach is, quite simply, awesome….” No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, unmarked and like new copy. As new in an as new dust-jacket.

Large format paperback, perfect bound in stiff pictorial card covers. 159 pages. Endmatter includes Architect Biographies and Bibliography. Edited, with an introduction, by Vieri Quillici. Profusely illustrated with photographs and drawings, chiefly in black and white, though several are in color. Translated from the Russian, this is the first American edition published by Rizzoli International Publications, Inc. A comprehensive historical survey documenting the evolution of Soviet architecture through key successive eras: Constructivism (1920s); Socialist Realism / Stalinist Empire Style (1930s-1950s), Soviet Modernism and Mass Housing (1955-1991). No previous ownership marks. No spine crease. A clean, square and unmarked copy. Near fine.

Hardcover quarto size volume bound in blue cloth and housed in publisher’s pictorial dust-jacket. 192 pages. Notes, Biographies of notable architects of the era, Index. Illustrated with 220 images, 40 in full color. First American edition, first printing. A lavishly illustrated review of the development of State architecture in Russia from the 1930’s into the 1950’s. No previous ownership marks. Retail price sticker from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on inside front dust-jacket flap. A clean, fresh, unmarked and collectible copy. Fine in a near fine dust-jacket.

Hardcover, oblong quarto in pictorial paper covered heavy boards, no dust-jacket as published. 408 pages. Selected Bibliography, Index. Forward by Daniel Libeskind. Third printing. From Buckminster Fuller’s glass dome over Manhattan to Frank Lloyd Wright’s vision for Ellis Island the authors’ present nearly 200 unrealized speculative architectural proposals over the five boroughs of New York City. It should be noted that though radical and visionary many a critic expelled a sigh of relief that many of these projects never achieved fruition. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, unmarked and like new copy. Fine.

Small quarto size paperback. 431 pages Glossary, Bibliography and an Index. Illustrated with photographs, diagrams and drawings. First paperback edition, first printing with full number line. No previous ownership marks. Remainder stripe on bottom edge. Else a clean, tight, fresh and unmarked copy. Near fine.

Small quarto size paperback. 369 pages Contains 4 Appendices, Glossary, Bibliography and an Index. Illustrated with photographs and diagrams and drawings by Robert M. Jurga. First paperback edition, first printing with full number line. No previous ownership marks. Very slight bump to lower spine, else a clean, tight and unmarked copy. Very Good.

Hardcover, red cloth printed with gold portrait of Hannibal on front board and bold gold title lettering on spine, housed in publisher’s dark red slipcase. 254 pages. Introduction by Kenneth McLeish. Illustrated with color photographs and maps. Third printing [1999] of the Folio Society edition [first published thus the year before in 1998]. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh and unmarked copy, as new. Fine in a fine dust-jacket.

Hardcover bound in hauntingly bleak duotone green and black pictorial cloth and housed in publishers light tan slipcase. 270 pages. Bibliographical Index of Poets and Index of Titles and First Lines. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs, chielfy full page. Edited and introduced by Lyn MacDonald. Printed on khaki colored stock. First Folio Society edition. This compilation of war-time and post war poetry related to the Great War is editied and introduced by historian Lyn MacDonald, author of many popular histories on the war. Major poets include Owen, Sassoon, Graves and Brooke. albeit dozens of lesser known authors are included, with the total of poems being just over 200. The years 1914 to 1918 were soon eclipsed by the shear scale of the Second World War but no body of work has ever equaled, no less superseded, the depth and pathos of the literary output presented herein. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh and unmarked copy, as new. Fine in a fine slipcase.

Hardcover, large octavos bound in full genuine dark blue leather with pictorial gilt stamped bindings. Brand new copies in factory shrink-wrap. A quality set published by The Easton Press with all the refinements that go to make these truly fine bindings: bound in satin ribbon marker, all edges gilt, raised spines, 22kt gold stamping, smyth-sewn bindings, silk moire end-papers, acid free archival paper and full genuine leather bindings. Collector’s Edition, customarily contains blank Easton Press book-plates and Notes – unverified as still in factory shrink wrap. This beautifully bound panoramic social history of America won the Bancroft Prize and stressed the unique distinctiveness of American culture. A pristine set, gift quality, new in shrink wrap. A heavy set, Priority and International orders will be charged postage at actual cost.

Paperback. 558 pages. Biographical and Bibliographical Chronology. Introduction by David Rogers. First edition thus. A title in the Wordsworth Poetry Library. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, unmarked and unread copy, like new.

Hardcover, dark green cloth back-strip over light green pictorial paper covered boards. 14 pages. A limited edition of 150 copies, this being no. 48. Printed by William E. Rudge’s Sons, December 1933. Two facsimile holograph letters tipped-in, the third and last facsimile letter is missing from this copy.. Mild toning to covers. Scarce. A very nice copy. Very good+. Podeschi H489.

Hardcover, dark green cloth back-strip over light green pictorial paper covered boards. 14 pages. Two facsimile holograph letters tipped-in, the third facsimile letter is missing from this copy. A limited edition of 150 copies, this being no. 147. Printed by William E. Rudge’s Sons, December 1933. Scarce. A very nice copy with light incidental wear to tips and very mild toning to covers at extremities, else fine. Very good+ copy. Podeschi H489.

Large format paperback, staple bound in white pictorial covers. 36 pages plus covers. Illustrated with 100 rare archive black and white photographs; 4 pages of detailed 1:48 and 1:72 scale drawings by Ian R. Stair and three color profiles by Ray Rimell on rear cover. “Fabric: Camouflage and Markings” essay by Ray Rimell and Appendices round out this issue. First edition. A profusely illustrated Datafile of the classic two-seater single-engine reconnaissance biplane. “The Rumpler C.I enjoyed one of the longest wartime careers of any German C.class machine, lasting from late 1915 right up to the Armistice and beyond when many of them served with other nations’ emergent air arms.” [Publisher’s blurb]. An excellent resource for the scale-modeler and airplane enthusiast. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh and unmarked copy, near like new with just a touch of toning to fore-edges. Near fine.

Large format paperback, staple bound in white pictorial covers. 40 pages plus covers. Illustrated with 102 rare archive black and white photographs; 10 pages of detailed 1:48 and 1:72 scale drawings by Ian R. Stair and three color profiles by Ray Rimell on rear cover. “Fabric: Camouflage and Markings” and Appendices round out this issue. First edition. Developed from earlier types from the beginning of the war, the Caproni Ca.3 (aka Caproni 450 hp) first flew in late 1916. Between 250 and 300 of these aircraft were built. A very scarce Datafile. [N.B. there appears to be a duplication of ISBN’s for this title and Datafile.no. 76, Martinsyde Buzzard. If searching exclusively with ISBN check if the book is the title you want before ordering.] An excellent resource for the scale-modeler and airplane enthusiast. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh and unmarked copy. Fine.