New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., (2004). Hadid, Zaha. First Edition. Hardcover. First U.S. edition, four volumes., various sizes, 240; [112]; [96]; 127 pp. Pritzker Prize-winning architect Zaha Hadid "combines painting, projective geometry, perspective, model building, now computer renderings and smooth curvaceous geometric surfaces into the masses, interiors and structure..... More

New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. Third Printing. Hardcover. Four volumes, quarto size, 2216 total pp. An English language reference work devoted to "aesthetics", using a definition of aesthetics as "critical reflection on art, culture, and nature." The encyclopedia includes over 600 essays arranged alphabetically, covering about 400 individuals, concepts..... More

[Rio de Janeiro]: Nova Fronteira Memoria Brasileira, 1980. Hardcover. Folio size, 124 pp., inscribed by Claudio Arrau. A little-known work on the great coffee plantations of the nineteenth century in the area around Rio de Janeiro. Coffee first started to appear in the area around 1760, and by 1822 there..... More