Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, (1997). First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 525 pp. "Writing from inside the discipline of architecture, rather than from the more common extrapolations from the history of painting and philosophy, Alberto Pérez-Gómez and Louise Pelletier focus on the implications of the tool of perspective..... More
New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., (2004). Hadid, Zaha. First Edition. Hardcover. First U.S. edition, four vols., 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
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: T Square Club (ca. 1902). Hardcover. Quarto size, 224 pp. The T Square Club was founded in 1883 by thirteen Philadelphia architects to serve as a meeting place for informal design competitions and professional fellowship. Together with the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, the Club..... 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
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1990. Kenna, Michael. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 400 copies, unnumbered, oblong quarto size, 115 pp., signed by Michael Kenna. The Désert de Retz is a landscape garden in north-central France, known for its lavish architecture in the style of classical antiquity, created by French..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California [designed by Michiko Toki, Toki Design, printed by Artron Art Group, China], 2015. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 17 of 300 copies, folio size, 264 pp., with prospectus and cover letter. Ernest Born (1898-1992) and Esther Baum Born (1902-1987) were a married couple who..... 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