johnson rare books & archives, ABAA (16 results)

Trade paperback. Condition: Near fine. Modern account of the group of English architects, including some of the greatest names of the age, who, as followers of Palladio, in turn helped to shape the course of English architecture during the early seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Oblong quarto. Original pictorial paper wrappers. A crisp and clean copy. Near fine.

Seller Inventory # 70273

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Reprint. Quarto. Original black cloth binding, with gilt titles. Issued without a dust jacket. A fine copy - as new, still sealed in the original shrink wrap.

Seller Inventory # 67506

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Profusely illustrated with duotone photographs by the author, which are preceded with a foreword by Frank O. Gehry. Signed by Garcetti on the half-title. Quarto. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Seller Inventory # 66948

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Inscribed and dated by Kathleen Tuttle on the title page. Marston (1883-1946) was instrumental in establishing Pasadena, California as a winter resort and then as a thriving community. He and his firm designed nearly 1000 projects, many of which still survive, including cottages and additions to resort hotels, notable commercial and civic buildings such as the Pacific Asia Museum, and the earliest bungalow court. His residential designs span the range of styles from the Arts and Crafts through English Tudor and Monterey Colonial to, most importantly, Mediterranean Revival. Quarto: 162 p. with numerous textual illustrations. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Seller Inventory # 74120

Trade paperback. Condition: Near fine. "Drawing on a wide variety of printed materials and previously unused sources, the author explores twenty of the most important residences built by dignitaries of Church and State. Early plans and drawings and a wealth of photographs aid him in reconstructing the leisure activity of the leaders of Renaissance society in the settings that were built to enhance it." Quarto. Original paper wrappers. The spine is lightly sun faded; else near fine.

Seller Inventory # 74116

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Edition. Inscribed by Dione Neutra on the front flyleaf. The correspondence between Richard and Dione Neutra recounts the difficult early years and the developing philosophy of a man who would change the look of architecture. But as Thomas S. Hines, Neutra's biographer, makes clear, the book does far more than trace the development of two artistic young people: "What you have here is not only valuable material about the making of an architectural career and of a salutary and interesting marriage, but documents of European and American social and cultural history in the early twentieth century." Tall octavo: 240 p. with a frontispiece and numerous textual photographs and illustrations. Original gray paper-covered boards over a blue cloth spine, with gilt titles. A crisp and clean copy. The dust jacket is lightly edgeworn, with a bit of mild sun fading along the spine; else very good or better.

Seller Inventory # 74303

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. First Edition. Text in German. Quarto. Original green cloth binding, with gilt titles. Internally crisp and clean. Very light bumping to the corners and tips, with just a hint of rubbing to the dust jacket; else near fine.

Seller Inventory # 65584

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Edition. Inscribed and dated in the year of publication by Karen E. Hudson on the title page. Among the most prominent African American architects, Williams (1894-1980) was one of very few to attain fellowship status in the American Institute of Architects. He practiced in his native city, Los Angeles, for 50 years, from the 1920s to the 1960s, during which time he designed all manner of commissions: from trendy restaurants to post offices to private residences, including mansions for Frank Sinatra, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, Tyrone Power, William "Bojangles" Robinson, and Lon Chaney, among others. Stylistically, his work ran the gamut from the most conservative historic revivalism to the most futuristic modern design. This monograph, the first documentation of his work, was assembled by his granddaughter. Quarto: 240 p. with numerous photographs and architectural renderings (some color). Original black cloth binding, with gilt titles. The spine is leaning ever so slightly, with some mild shelfwear to the dust jacket; otherwise very good.

Seller Inventory # 77062

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Edition. Text in German. Quarto. Original light blue cloth binding, with black titles. Internally crisp and clean. Light bumping to the tips, with some mild edgewear to the dust jacket.

Seller Inventory # 65583

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First Edition. With 158 illustrations. Octavo. Original green cloth binding, with black titles. The ink stamp of Los Angeles architect Harold A. Edmondson and a tipped-in illustration of an iron door knocker appear on the front flyleaf. Some general edgewear to the boards, with a bit of sun fading along the spine; else very good.

Seller Inventory # 65594

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Celebrated Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio (1508-1580) devoted much of his career to the city of Venice. Famous for public buildings he had designed in his native Vicenza and country villas he had built for wealthy patricians there, he arrived in Venice in the mid-1550s confident of establishing a successful new practice. Yet Palladio's Venetian career never matched his lofty expectations. Failing to achieve the position of state architect or to earn the kinds of commissions to which he was accustomed, he found himself working in a category new to his practice: ecclesiastical architecture. It was his stunning churches, however, including San Giorgio Maggiore and Il Redentore, that established Palladio's lasting renown. In this fascinating and beautifully illustrated book, Tracy E. Cooper organizes Palladio's work in Venice according to different types of patrons. She discusses his major monuments as well as less well-known work for charitable foundations, convents, triumphal processions, and the rebuilding of the Ducal Palace, and tells the compelling story of an established architect breaking into a new market and of a Renaissance city in the midst of sweeping change. More than 300 illustrations, most in full color. Quarto. Original blue cloth binding, with silver titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Seller Inventory # 71387

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. The first edition in English, translated from the French by Sharon Grevet. Lucien Herv� (1910-2007), one of the great architectural photographers of the twentieth century, collaborated with Le Corbusier from 1949 until the renowned architect died in 1965. Herv� approached his subjects seeking not only to document the buildings he was commissioned to photograph but also, especially, to convey a sense of space, texture, and structure. Through light and shadow, Herv� defined the dialogue between substance and form. By delineating a strong contrast between light and shadow as well as placing emphasis on building details, the photographer was able to communicate the depth of a room, the surface of a wall, or the strength of a building's framework. For too long, Herv� the master of architectural photography has eclipsed Herv� the photographer whose career began as early as 1938 and whose subject matter varied widely. Featuring more than one hundred of his photographs in every genre, this book celebrates Herv�'s work as an artist, creating images that serve not simply as records but stand as works of a singular imagination. Quarto. Original black cloth binding, with gray titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Seller Inventory # 76618

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Setting out from the assumption that the design of every single room in a house is based on a physical function: one place to lie the body down to rest, another to take in food, a third to step into a tub to bath, Bernard Rudofsky believed architecture served to stimulate the senses and refine everyday culture. The rich visual material conveys his philosophy: "I believe that sensory pleasure should take precedence over intellectual pleasure in art and architecture." Quarto: 304 p. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket - as new, still sealed in the original shrink wrap.

Seller Inventory # 76607

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Number 616 of 666 copies. Monumental study of the early Dutch houses in New Jersey, on Long Island and Staten Island and in Rockland County, New York, prepared under the auspices of The Holland Society of New York. In his introduction, President Roosevelt writes, "The architecture, the decorations, the furniture of our early settlers have a very definite relationship to the arts of today. It is true that our modern life calls for conveniences unthought of in seventeenth century New Amsterdam; but the charm of line, the judgment of location and the spirit of simplicity of the homes of our ancestors are all a good influence on a civilization which to some of us seems to be reverting to the more humble and honest ideals." Thick quarto: 612 p. with 171 plates reproducing photographs by Margaret de M. Brown. Original blue cloth-covered boards over an orange cloth spine with gilt titles. A fine copy in the original glassine wrapper (minor chipping). Housed in a custom blue cloth slipcase.

Seller Inventory # 76347

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Edition. First edition, first printing with the errata slip laid in. Inscribed by Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, and Steven Izenour on the front flyleaf, alongside two post-it notes inscribed by Venturi. Folio: xvi, [2], 189 p. with numerous photographs, architectural plans, etc. Original gray cloth binding, lettered in gilt, with a color photograph mounted on the front panel. In the original printed glassine dust jacket, which is a bit edgeworn with a few unobtrusive tape mends. Learning from Las Vegas caused a stir in the architectural world upon its publication, as it was hailed by progressive critics for its bold indictment of Modernism, and by the status quo as blasphemous. A split among young American architects occurred during the 1970s, with Izenour, Venturi, Robert A.M. Stern, Charles Moore, and Allan Greenberg defending the book as "The Greys", and Richard Meier, Peter Eisenman, John Hejduk, and Michael Graves writing against its premises as "The Whites". It became associated with post-modernism when magazines such as Progressive Architecture published articles citing its influence on the younger generation. Tom Wolfe's often-pilloried book, From Bauhaus to Our House, praises Venturi, Scott Brown, and Izenour for their stand against heroic Modernism.

Seller Inventory # 75531

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First Edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by Le Corbusier to M. Villey, Prefect of the Seine Department, on the half-title, with a typed letter signed on headed paper by Corbusier to Villey accompanying the gift of the book. Dated 6 Octobre 1938, the letter has been fully translated and opens: "For a long time, I've been trying to spread the idea that a new civilization has been born and that this civilization must invent its vital infrastructure." Oblong quarto. Numerous illustrations, many photographic, some colored. Original pictorial paper-covered boards over a cloth spine. The extremities are slightly rubbed; otherwise very good. Le Corbusier's book was based on his "Pavillion des temps nouveaux" at the Paris exhibition "Art et Technique" held in 1937. It contained his ideas for new methods of urban planning and housing, including "immeuble-villa" complexes with communal areas for eating and recreation, yet retaining private areas for individual families. The publication circulated widely and influenced many contemporary architects.

Seller Inventory # 75529