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NOTRE DAME DE PARIS - Architecture et Sculpture (1928) Folio 20.5" x 14.5". Very comprehensive overview of the architectural details of Notre-Dame with 87 large format heliotype plates
by Marcel Aubert
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- Used - very good
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- 1928
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SGD 651.18
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Paris: Editions Albert Morance, 1928. very good. Editions Albert Morance, Paris, 1928, folio 20.5" x 14.5". 24 pages text in French, 67 heliotype plates on heavy card contained in brown paper in two volumes.
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SGD 651.18
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Compendium of types of bridges for reinforced cement roads" (translation) (1907) with 12.5" x 57" foldouts
by N. De Tedesco ; Victor Forestier
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- Used - very good
- Jacket Condition
- no dj as issued
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- 1907
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SGD 445.54
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Paris: Librairie Polytechnique Ch. Béranger, 1907. very good/no dj as issued. Full title "Recueil de types de ponts pour routes en ciment armé calculés conformément à la circulaire ministérielle du 20 octobre 1906." (Collection of types of bridges for reinforced cement roads calculated in accordance with the ministerial circular of October 20, 1906.) Paris, Librairie Polytechnique Ch. Béranger,… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 445.54
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3 leaves with numerous woodcuts, Architecture - 1566
by Sebastiano Serlio (b1475)
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- Used
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- 1566
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- No binding
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SGD 272.81
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1566. no binding. 1566, loose pages
3 leaves from the first Quarto Edition of Serlio's "Five Books of Architecture," one of the first modern works on architecture.
Sebastiano Serlio (6 September 1475 - c. 1554) was an Italian Manierist architect, who was part of the Italian team building the Palace of Fontainebleau. Serlio helped canonize the classical… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 272.81
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RARE Set of Prints: Kowloon Walled City. Box Set in Limited Edition of only 50, containing 8 photographs by Ian Lambot from "City of Darkness Revisited.
by Ian Lambot
- Condition
- like new
- Edition
- Limited 1st. Edition
- Published
- 2015
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- Portfolio of photos in box
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SGD 1,850.72
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Haslemere, England: Watermark Publications, 2015. Limited 1st. Edition. Portfolio of photos in box. like new. Built without the contribution of architects or engineers, and with minimal government oversight, the Walled City, before it's demolition in 1993, was the most densely populated place on the planet.: home to 35.000 people living in 300 interconnected buildings in a single Hong… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,850.72
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IN PRAISE OF SHADOW (HOMAGE TO TADAO ANDO)
by TAKAY
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- NEW
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- no dj as issued, in slipcase
- Edition
- Limited Edition of 850 / Signed&Numbered
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- 2022
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SGD 404.42
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Tokyo: Akio Nagasawa Publishing, 2022. Limited Edition of 850 / Signed&Numbered. NEW/no dj as issued, in slipcase. NEW, in publisher's shrink wrap.
Akio Nagasawa Publishing, April 2022, Size
296 x 180 mm, Hardcover, 104 pages
Signed by TAKAY
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Being instantly captivated by the beautiful curved and straight lines, the exquisitely calculated balance of light and… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 404.42
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Lays of Ancient Rome - in fine binding, with color fore-edge painting of Rome!
by Lord Macaulay
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- Used - very good
- Jacket Condition
- no dj as issued
- Edition
- New Edition" [1867]
- Published
- 1867
- Binding
- Custom binding by Hodges, Foster & Figgis in Dublin
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SGD 527.80
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London: Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, 1867. New Edition" [1867]. Custom binding by Hodges, Foster & Figgis in Dublin. very good/no dj as issued. George Scharf Jr.. Macaulay, Lays of Ancient Rome
London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1847. Small 4to, 6½x4¾" (205 x 163 mm). 210 pp. With extra illustrated title page and numerous engravings Illustrated… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 527.80
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The Complete Works of John Ruskin - The sought after 39 volumes Full Leather Edition
by John Ruskin
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- Used - very good
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- no dj's as issued
- Edition
- Full Leather Library Edition in 39 volumes
- Published
- 1912
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- Full leather hardcover
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SGD 10,898.66
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London: George Allen, 1912. Full Leather Library Edition in 39 volumes. Full leather hardcover. very good/no dj's as issued. 39 volumes. Edited by E.T. Cook & Alexander Wedderburn. With numerous gravure plates from drawings, paintings, photographs and other sources, some in color; many illustrations in the text. 24x16 cm (8 x 5.5 inches), full decoratively embossed burgundy goatskin,… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 10,898.66
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Scarce FACSIMILE REPRODUCTION OF UNBOUND ITALIAN ARCHITECTURAL PLATES 1847 Vicenza Italy
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SGD 582.63
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This scarce folio contains a facsimile of the 1847 Italian chromolithographic architectural plates: "Album di gemme architettoniche ossia gli edifizj piu rimarchevoli di Vicenza E Del Suo Territorio rilevati da G. Zanetti, disednati da M. Moro, e con cenni illustrativi dimonstrati da G. Co. Pulle"
The facsimile was published in 1990 in a limited edition of only 100.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 582.63
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L'architecture et la Decoration dans L'Ancienne Egypte: Les Temples Memphites et Thebains des Origines a la XVIIIe Dynastie [and] Les Temples Ramessides et Saites de la XIXe Dynastie a la XXX Dynastie
by Jequier, Gustave - 2 volumes
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- Used - very good
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Published
- 1922
- Binding
- Folios (20x14") with loose plates
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SGD 719.72
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Paris: Editions Albert Morance, 1922. 1st edition. Folios (20x14") with loose plates. very good. 2 of 3 Volumes. [2], 12, [2]; 11, [3], pp. 80 full page plates in each volume. Each plate with mostly one full plate and also some plates with 2 or 3 photos. (Folio) 51x36 cm (20x14") red cloth-backed color printed paper-covered boards. First… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 719.72
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Der Ozean-Express "Bremen" - The Ocean Liner "Bremen" - with captions in English and German
by De Groot, F.A. Breuhaus
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- Used - very good
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- no dj as issued
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- 1st edition
- Published
- 1930
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- Hardcover
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SGD 341.35
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Munchen: Bruckmann Verlag, 1930. 1st edition. Hardcover. very good/no dj as issued. 192 pages with 195 b/w pictures and 24 color images. Der Ozean-Express "Bremen", Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen, Bruckmann verlag, Ca. 1930, 8 pages intoduction in German followed by 179 pages with 195 b/w pictures and 24 color images (including 90 full-page) with captions in English and German… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 341.35
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'Concorsi di Milano, Architettura 1824-1843' Album of numerous Italian architecture plates from Milan, 1824-1843, (21¼x15½")
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- Used
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- 1838
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- Vellum-backed cloth boards
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SGD 1,302.36
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Milan, 1838. vellum-backed cloth boards. 'Concorsi di Milano, Architettura 1824-1843'
Album of full-page engraved architectural designs by various Italian architects, some plates folding. 118 pages with 17 'CONCORSO DE ARCHiTETTURA. (24 pages text, 94 plates with architectural drawings on heavy paper No title page, no publisher. Could be a unique collection with documentation of architectural contests in… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,302.36
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Calli e Canali in Venezia (Streets and Canals in Venice)
by Ongania, Fernando (editor and publisher)
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- Used - very good
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- Limited edition Facsimile
- Published
- 2010
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- Hardcover
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SGD 1,268.08
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Venice: Linea d'acqua, 2010. Limited edition Facsimile. Hardcover. very good. Linea d'acqua, Venezia, 2010. No. 213 of a limited edition of 250. size 20 x 14 x 2.5 inches, weight 20lb. Fernando Ongania published TWO large format volumes of brilliant photos of Venice. This facsimile combines all 185 photos of both volumes (read more below)
--- Introduction Italian,… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,268.08
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The Holy Land and Egypt & Nubia (3 volumes)
by David Roberts
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- Used - very good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Published
- 2000
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- 3 vol. hardcovers in slipcase
- ISBN
- 9780847823123
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SGD 541.51
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New York: Rizzoli International, 2000. 3 vol. hardcovers in slipcase. very good/very good. Complete 3 Volume 29.21 x 10.16. Set with Slipcase. Volume 1: The Holy Land, 319 pp.; Vol. 2: Egypt and Nubia, 287 pp.; Vol. 3: The Life, Works and Travels of David E. Roberts, 31 pp. - With 247 illustrations from paintings by David E.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 541.51
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Sketches of Nanking, China with large map 1933
by after Louis Gaillard
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- Used
- Edition
- 2nd, revised edition
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- 1933
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- Wrappers
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SGD 404.42
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Nanking: Nanking Women's Club, 1933. 2nd, revised edition. wrappers. [6], 62 pp. With 10 illustrations from photographs on 6 plates; 3 maps, one folding at rear plus large folding laid in loose. 22.8x15.5 cm (9x6"), stapled red wrappers printed in black.
The large folding map measures 34x46.5 cm (13½x18¼"), has a key on the verso to 82 locations;… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 404.42
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PALLADIO 2 vol. : Le Opere Pubbliche e i Palazzi Privati di Andrea Palladio [with] Le Chiese e i Ponti di Andrea Palladio (The Public works and Private Palaces of Andrea Palladio + the Churches and Bridges of P.)
by Zorzi, Giangiorgio
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- Used - very good
- Jacket Condition
- one with dust jacket. both with acetate clear covers
- Edition
- First Editions
- Published
- 1966
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- Large format hardcover in slip cases
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SGD 472.96
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Italia: Neri Pozza Editore, 1966. First Editions. Large format hardcover in slip cases. very good/one with dust jacket. both with acetate clear covers. 2 volumes together. Text in Italian. Folios -over 12-15" tall. Illustrated with plans and plates from photographs, Le Opere Pubbliche (Pale green cloth with gold decoration and lettering; acetate protective cover; matching illustrated hard slipcase;… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 472.96
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Eclipse Body & Soul Syntax - digital street scans of New York City construction posters
by Nick Relph
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- NEW
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- no dj as issued
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2021
- Binding
- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9781639016853
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SGD 135.72
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Pre-Echo, 2021. First Edition. Softcover. NEW/no dj as issued. Pre-Echo Press, Nov 2021, 10.5 x 12.25 inches, portrait, Softcover, 176 pages
Pre-Echo Press presents Eclipse Body & Soul Syntax, an artist book by New York City based, English artist, Nick Relph.
"Nick Relph's new book, "Eclipse Body & Soul Syntax," collects years of digital street… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 135.72
Bright Lights in the Dark Ages: The Thaw Collection of Early Medieval Ornaments
by Noël Adams
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- new, still shrink-wrapped
- Jacket Condition
- new
- Edition
- Illustrated edition
- Published
- 2014
- ISBN
- 9781907804250
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SGD 122.01
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New York: The Morgan Library & Museum, 2014. Illustrated edition. new, still shrink-wrapped/new. new, shrink-wrapped
Bright Lights of the Dark Ages is a major new volume on early Medieval art It features over two hundred stunning and extremely rare early medieval gold and precious stonework objects, including brooches, buckles, shields, clasps, spoons and other "grave goods", that were… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 122.01
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Das Chinesische Haus im Park von Sanssouci (Potsdam)
by Marion Dreger, Hans-Joachim Giersberg, Jutta Nicht
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- Used - Fine
- Published
- 1993
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- Paperback
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SGD 54.70
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Potsdam: Nishen Verlag, 1993. Paperback. Fine. Paperback in German. Fine. SOFTCOVER, not the hardcover edition. Large format, 1993 edition, like new, lots of color photos, ships from Hawaii. Item Price
SGD 54.70
Florence Lost: As Seen in the 120 Paintings, 1820-1901 (2 Volumes)
by Calvina, Italo, Giovanni Fanelli
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9788821611001
- Quantity Available
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SGD 308.45
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Franco Maria Ricci, 1985. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good. 2 volumes in slipcase. the two books are like new, the decorated slipcase has a bit shelf-wear on the bottom corner. 2 fabulous books with tipped in reproductions of Borbottoni's paintings. Ships from Hawaii with Priority Mail, not with slow Media Mail. Item Price
SGD 308.45
BEGEHBARE KUNSTWERKE - Koenigliches Parkett in Preussischen Schloessern
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- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9783865684622
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SGD 171.36
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Hardcover. New. Hardcover New. Item Price
SGD 171.36