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Cram, Ralph Adams, 1863-1942
The Gothic Quest
Publisher: N.Y. Baker and Taylor 1907
358p., 19 cm. Contents: On the restoration of idealism (The Knight errant, 1893) --Concerning architectural style (The Architectural review (Boston) 1905) -- The Gothic ascendency (Inland architect, 1907) -- Meeting-houses or churches (Modern art, 1895) -- The development of ecclesiastical architecture in England (The Brickbuilder, 1905) -- The development of ecclesiastical architecture in America (The Brickbuilder, 1905) -- On the building of churches (Lecture, delivered 1900) The interior decoration of churches (Lecture, delivered 1903) The contemporary architecture of the Roman Catholic church (The Catholic world, 1894) -- One of the lost arts (1907) -- The case against the Ecole des beaux arts (Lecture, delivered 1896) -- Architectural education in the United States (The Magazine of Christian art, 1907). This copy has the signature of architect Albert Harkness. Stock# 36,227. Good/ no dj.
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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
The Seven Lamps of Architecture. Fifth Edition.
Publisher: Sunnyside, Orpington, Kent, George Allen, 1886
Folio, xii p., 2 leaves, 222 p., illus., 28 cm., 14 plates drawn by the author. First published in 1849 when the author was 30, Seven Lamps introduces the idea that the buildings and art of a people are an expression of their religion, morality, and social and spiritual character. This is the final edition revised by Ruskin. This is a copy of the large, expansive edition by George Allen. It is bound in full blue leather and has an armorial bookplate. The condition of the book is very good but the binding is scuffed, the corners are worn, and the top of the front hinge has started to crack. OB327.
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Item number: OB327.
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Wolfe, Tom.
From Bauhaus to Our House / Tom Wolfe.
Publisher: New York : Washington Square Press / Pocket Books, 1986, c1981.
128 p. : illus. ; 20.5 cm. "Has there ever been a place on earth where so many people of wealth and power have paid for and put up with so much architecture they detested?" Stock# 42,065. Vg/ paper.
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AUD 9.80 | CAD 10.02 | EUR 7.58 | GBP 6.41 | JPY 909.09 | MXN 111.11 | ZAR 90.09 |
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Item number: 42065.
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Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
The Future of Architecture
Publisher: N.Y. Bramhall House, c1953
326 p., illus., 26 cm. The first 31 pages are an interview with Hugh Downs from a television broadcast; also includes Wright's lectures given on Modern Architecture ( Princeton University, 1930), The Chicago Art Institute (1931) and On Organic Architecture (London, 1939). Stock# 38,589x. Vg/ dj good+, has small tears,
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AUD 29.41 | CAD 30.06 | EUR 22.73 | GBP 19.23 | JPY 2,727.27 | MXN 333.33 | ZAR 270.27 |
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Item number: 38589.
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