Architecture / Design & Drafting from LEFT COAST BOOKS

Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press, 1990. Cloth, 126 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. "This book celebrates escapes from the flatlands of both paper and computer screen, showing superb displays of high-dimensional complex data. The most design-oriented of Edward… Read more about this item

Rutland, VT, and Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1985. 149 pages, illustrations; 27 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. "A remarkable classic work on traditional Japanese architecture and its general integrative quality, the order of space and form, the flexibility of partitions and room functions and other important or unique qualities. The author describes in… Read more about this item

New York: Whitney Library of Design for the Architectural League of New York and the American Federation of Arts, 1977. 301 pages, illustrations; 31 cm. Firm binding, clean text. Gift inscription/inside front cover, otherwise unmarked. Moderate shelfwear to wraps, age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated.. 1st. Paperback. Good. 4to.

New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1979. Cloth, 128 pages, chiefly illustrations; 29 cm. Translation of: Wiener Architektur, 1860-1930, in Zeichnungen. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Foreedge lightly soiled. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 4to.

New York and Rockport, MA: McGraw-Hill; Rockport Publishers, 1996. Cloth, 191 pages, colour illustrations; Interactive CD Rom Edition. Tight, clean copy. First Printing. Fine DJ. The CD Rom is enclosed, shrinkwrapped. Includes essays on computer-generated architectural renderings by several authors. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. "CD-ROM includes : Over 200 hyper-realistic computer generated renderings. -- Over 40 computer… Read more about this item

New York: American Craft Museum, 1988. 52 pages; 28 cm. Exhibition held at the American Craft Museum, New York, NY. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to wraps. Includes commentary, essays and an exhibition checklist.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Thames & Hudson, 1993. 208 pages, illustrations (some colour); 27 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. With 309 illustrations, 180 in colour. CONTENTS: 1. Computer Science, Computer Art: Bridging the Two Cultures; 2. Old Tools; New Tools: The Rise… Read more about this item

New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1990. 323 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Light shelfwear to wraps. "Here is a clear and enthusiastic introduction to building methods from ancient time to the present day, illustrated throughout with line drawings. In addition, Mr. Salvadori discusses recent advances in science and technology that have… Read more about this item

Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 2003. Cloth, 159 pages, colour illustrations; 26 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. A fine copy of the first printing. Fine DJ. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. "Long known for her expertise in log construction, Robbin Obomsawin shakes things up in her newest book The Not So Log Cabin, which looks at… Read more about this item

London: George Philip in association with Channel Four Television Company Limited, 1987. 135 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Futuristic-Space Age architecture.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1984. xiii, 214 pages, illustrations; 26 cm. With illustrations by the author. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear to wraps. CONTENTS: Structure. The architecture of compression; Beams and frames; Cable and surface; Enclosure. The 'small' house; Larger buildings; Climate services. Engineering for comfort; The 'small' house; Larger buildings; Utility services. Water supply; Drainage; Refuse handling;… Read more about this item

Salt Lake City, UT: Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 2007. 128 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 25 cm. Photographs by Audrey Hall. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. "Off the Grid Homes looks at six contemporary architectural projects that integrate alternative technologies for generating and conserving energy. Being off the grid can refer to many different aspects… Read more about this item

New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1965. vii, 110 pages, 212 plates; 33 cm. Unabridged and unaltered republication of the work first published by Isaac Ware in 1738. Original title: I quattro libri dell'architettura. With a new introduction by Adolf K. Placzek. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. "Exemplary reprint of 16th-century classic.… Read more about this item

Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1968. 243 pages, illustrations, facsimiles, plans; 19 cm. Firm binding, with one spine crease. Clean inside copy. Age toning.. 2nd. Paperback. Good. 12mo.

New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1976. 279 pages, illustrations; 22 cm. First published, 1921. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear to wraps. Illustrated by 436 drawings & diagrams by the author & 36 pictures chiefly by old masters.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Abbeville Press, Publishers, 1983. 192 pages, illustrations; 28 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1991. 272 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. One hundred contemporary architects. Architectural drawings.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Collectible.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1989. Cloth, 143 pages, illustrations (some colour); 31 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Text block lightly bumped/top edge. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. Features: Emilio Ambasz, Edward Larrabee Barnes, John Burgee, Patricia Conwway, Raul de Armas, Orlando Diaz-Azcuy, Peter Eisenman, Frank O.… Read more about this item

New York: Horizon Press, 1981. ca. 200 pages, illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. First published, 1976. Translated from the Italian. Catalogue of an exhibition organized by the Institute of Architectural Analysis of the University of Naples and the Frank Lloyd Wright Memorial Foundation. Originally presented at the Palazzo reale, Naples, Italy, December 9, 1976 to January 10, 1977. Near fine.… Read more about this item

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1991. 264 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by the author James L. Adams, with a personalized inscription. A near-fine copy of the first printing. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar book cover.. SIGNED. 1st.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Collectible.