Historic Preservation
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Le Temple D'Angkor Vat - Memoires Archeologiques Publies Par L'Ecole Francaise D'Extreme-Orient Tome II Les Editions Gvan Oes
by Louis Finot
Schematic Design Report For Renovation and Adaptive Reuse Of the Old United States Mint, New Orleans, Louisiana
by E Eean McNaughton and Associates
Preservation Of Historical Records
by National Materials Advisory; Records, Committee On Preservation Of Historical; Engineering, Division On; Sciences, Physical; Council, National Research; Engineering, Commission On; Systems, Technical Board
The Historic American Buildings Survey In Western New York Exhibit Catalog
by Jr Olaf William Shelgren
Historic Preservation Books & Ephemera
Preservation of Paper and Textiles of Historic and Artistic Value II
by Williams, John C
Washington, D. C.: American Chemical Society. Fine No dust jacket 1981. Hard Cover . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. bx34
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SGD 34.47
PRESERVATION CHALLENGE; A GUIDE TO CONSERVING LIBRARY MATERIALS.|THE
by Morrow, Carolyn Clark
White Plains: Knowledge Industry Pub, 1983. paper wrappers. Conservation. 4to. paper wrappers. 231 pages. With Gay Walker. Introduction by Pamela W. Darling. First edition. Spine faded, else a fine copy.
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SGD 31.71
Socorro: A Historic Survey
by Conron, John P., with Alofsin, Anthony
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1980. Cloth, viii, 124 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket with light edgewear. Historic buildings, conservation, Socorro, New Mexico.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Collectible.
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SGD 13.10
The World's Greatest Lighthouses
by Mariotti, Annamaria Lilla (Author) / De Fabianis, Valeria Manferto (Editor) / Ponting, Sarah (Translator)
Vercelli, Italy: White Star. Fine in Very Good Dust Jacket. 2005. First Edition: Second Printing. Hard Cover. 176 pages: 8 x 15 in.: 3.4: KB#011803: Dustjacket is complete but is lightly creased at edges. Otherwise, boards and pages are clean, unmarked, bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "This book is dedicated to the most attractive lighthouses in the world, the lighthouses of our dreams, history, legends, films and novels: the small, slender lighthouses...
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SGD 37.22
Preserving the Past
by Chamberlin, E.R
London: J. M. Dent & Sons. 1979. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 205 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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SGD 13.52
On the Art of Building in Ten Books
by Alberti, Leon Battista; translated by Joseph Rykwert, Neil Leach, Robert Tavernor
Cambridge & London: MIT Press, 1988. First modern translation into English of this classic of architectural theory, originally published in Latin in 1486; Alberti's attempt to supercede the authority of Vitruvius, whose ideas had been the core of architectural thought for over a millenium. Includes a contextual introduction by Rykwert, Alberti's chapters on planning & site selection ('Lineaments'), materials & construction, public works, ornamentation, & restoration,...
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SGD 186.12
Master Builders: A Guide to Famous American Architects
by Maddex, Diane (Edited by)
Washington, D.C.: Preservation Press, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1985. 203 pages, illustrations; 26 x 11 cm. National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States. Arranged chronologically, by architect. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Back cover slightly creased. Age toning.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.
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SGD 13.10
Historic Preservation: April - June 1976
Washington, D.C.: National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1976. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. 48pp. Pictorial wrappers. Illustrated with color and black and white drawings, plates, photographs. Near fine with modest edgewear. Containing: "Bicentennial Reverberations", "Nantucket", "New Jersey: Revolution's Iron Backbone", and more.
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SGD 27.57
The English Country House In Perspective
by Jackson-Stops, Gervase
New York: Grove Weidenfeld/The National Trust, 1990. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine copy/fine. 4to. Boards. Pp. 160. illustrated. Select Bibliography. Index. Illustrations by Brian Delf, Peter Morter, Mel Wright. Inside and out of eleven beautiful stately homes in England and one in Ireland. Exceptionally interesting.
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SGD 44.12
The Improvement of the Park System of the District of Columbia. I.--Report of the Senate Committe on the District of Columbia. II.--Report of the Park Commision.
by Senate Committee on the District of Columbia
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1906. Discussion of plans for development & improvement of the nation's capital city, with numerous photos, plans, & maps, some folding. Pencil note on the second page: "Cyrus H. McCormick Esq. [Jr.?] Compliments D. H. Burnham Mch 25th 1907." McCormick was an important Chicago businessman, son of the reaper magnate, and a funder of the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893; Burnham was an architect, noted several times in this book,...
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SGD 482.54
Connecticut's Old Houses: A Handbook and Guide
by Kelly, J. Frederick (Orrin P. Kilbourn, Intro.)
Stonington, CT: Pequot Press, ©1963. (reprint). Trade Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new except for slight shading of cover edges. "Reprinted from The Tercentenary Pamphlet Series, Connecticut Tercentenary Commission 1933-36" "Published for the Antiquaries & Landmarks Society of Connecticut". Contents: Early Domestic Architecture of Connecticut; Architectural Guide; Ecclesiastical, including Existing Churches and Meeting-Houses of Connecticut Built Prior to 1830 and Having...
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SGD 30.26
Picturesque Chicago
by Chicago Engraving Company
Chicago: Chicago Engraving Company, 1882. Souvenir booklet of idealized wood engravings of Chicago parks, scenes & buildings, with brief captions in English, German, French, & Dutch. Images include the harbor entrance, courthouse, Lincoln Park pavilion, Drexel Boulevard, Adams Street, Aldine square, Garfield Park's lake, Grand Boulevard (packed with carriages!), Humbodt Park pavilion, Douglas Monument & waterworks crib in Lake Michigan, Lincoln Park bear pit, Jackson Street, Lake Shore...
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SGD 275.74
The Future of the Past
by Stille, Alexander
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux. 2002. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. .Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy xxi, 339 pages. The author tours the past as it exists today and weighs its prospects for tomorrow, from China to Somalia to Washington D.C. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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SGD 22.53
The Painted Ladies Revisited San Francisco's Resplendent Victorians Inside And Out
by Pomada, Elizabeth / Larsen, Michael
E. P. Dutton. Fine. 1989. First Edition: First Printing. Soft Cover. 160 pages: 8.5 x 11 in.: 2: KB#010225: Covers and pages are clean, unmarked, brightly colored, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Printing Number Line (10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "Now, eleven years after the original, Elizabeth Pomada and Michael Larsen feel this is the perfect time to take their thousands of readers back to San Francisco and give them a house tour of another marvelous collection of...
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SGD 26.20
How to Select and Renovate an Older House
by Sherwood, Gerald E
New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1976. 94 pages, illustrations; 28 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy.. Paperback. Fine. 4to.
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SGD 10.34
Historic Preservation: Volume 15, Number 2, 1963: Quarterly of the National Trust for Historic Preservation
Washington, D.C.: National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1963. Softcover. Near Fine. Single issue. Octavo. 78pp. Pictorial wrappers, stapled. Illustrated. Newspaper offsetting on pages 64-65, near fine. Articles on Afton Villa is Destroyed by Fire, The Argonauts of '76, Springer Opera House, and more.
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SGD 27.57
Saving Monticello: The Levy Family's Epic Quest to Rescue the House that Jefferson Built
by Leepson, Marc
Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 2003. 303 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.
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SGD 10.34
Cheers from the Bull & Finch Pub - The Inside Story of the World's Most Famous Bar
by Prati, Steven
Boston: Beacon Hill Traditions, Inc., 1993. Hardcover. Good. Doyle, Eddie. Hardcover, no statement of edition, lacking dustjacket as issued. Signed by the author on the title page, "Cheers! Steven Prati." A good copy only - would be very good but for a bump to the bottom edge of the last half of the pages - they are heavily bumped and don't lay flat. Un-noticeable when the book is closed and not intrusive into the text. A clean copy in solid binding. Autographed Copy sticker to the...
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SGD 20.68
California Historical Landmarks
by Office of Historic Preservation, Dept. of Parks and Recreation
Sacramento, CA: Office of Historic Preservation, Dept. of Parks and Recreation, 1982. xv, 318 pages, illustrations, maps; 23 cm. Tight, clean text. Dust spotting/top edge.. 11th. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.
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SGD 6.20
From Acorn to Oak Tree The Growth of the National Trust 1895 - 1994
by Jenkins, Jennifer & James, Patrick
London: Macmillan, 1994. Hardcover. Good/good. Published to mark the centenary of England's largest land- and property-owning charity, The National Trust. Formed in 1894, the Trust's aim is to preserve and/or restore fine examples of English architecture, as well as gardens, prehistoric monuments and stretches of coastline. This is a comprehensive study of the charity's growth, describing its internal wranglings, its dealings with the government, and its cast of sometimes eccentric people who have...
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SGD 7.76
Praha: Matka Mest
by Landisch, Bohumil
Prague: Olympia , 1968. Hardcover. Very Good. A photographic record of old Prague in 161 large format plates, with introduction and detailed captions in Czech, Russian, German and English. Unlike other European capitals, Prague was spared the destruction of heavy bombing during World War II. This has preserved the Mediaeval look and feel of this beautiful city, captured here in stunning black and white photography. Essential reference for students of Mediaeval art and architecture or anyone visiting...
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SGD 18.11
The Man Who Saved Florence
by Tutaev, David
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1967. Cloth, 303 pages, illustrations, portraits; 22 cm. First published in 1966 under title: The consul of Florence. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Expected browning. Stated First American Edition. Dust jacket, with moderate shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.
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SGD 24.13
Disaster Management Programs for Historic Sites
by Spennemann, Dirk H. R. & Look, David W
San Francisco: U. S. National Park Service. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1998. Softcover. 1893076008 . Papers and case studies discussion issues of historic preservation in relation to natural disasters. ; quarto; 195 pages .
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SGD 25.51
Saving Union Station: An Inside Look At Historic Preservation
by Finnegan, Thomas
Albany, New York: Washington Park Press, Ltd., 1989. second printing.. Hardcover. Very Good./No Jacket. cloth hardcover book with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. 108p., including an Index. Drawings, photographs, some in color. Restoration of train station.
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SGD 20.68
Venezia fino a quando?
by Obici, Giulio
Vence: Marsilio, 1996. 59 pages, [23] leaves of plates, illustrations; 27 cm. First published 1967. Text in Italian/Testo in italiano. Prefazione di Teresa Foscari Foscolo; nota storica di Cesare De Michelis. MOLTO BUENO CONDIZIONE. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps. On high water in Venice on November 4, 1966. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.
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SGD 29.64
