Hayden, Dolores; Photographs by Jim Wark

A Field Guide to Sprawl.

New Have : Yale School of Architecture, 2007.

First edition of this pamphlet, which is the exhibition booklet. Octavo, original wrappers. In fine condition.

National Gallery

National Gallery Trafalgar Square Illustrations to the Catalogue Volume III: British, French, & Spanish Schools.

London : Printed for the Trustees, 1926.

First edition of the last volume in the Official Catalogue of the National Gallery, this volume featuring illustrations comprising the British, French, and Spanish Schools of art. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated with nearly four hundred reproductions. In very good condition with some toning and light rubbing to the extremities. Accompanied by original dry mounted platesContinue reading "National Gallery Trafalgar Square Illustrations to the Catalogue Volume III: British, French, & Spanish Schools."

Angelou, Maya; Paul Gauguin; Linda Sunshine

Phenomenal Woman.

New York : Random House, 2000.

First edition of this majestic work of art and poetry. Duodecimo, original pictorial boards, illustrated throughout with paintings by the French Post-impressionist artist Paul Gauguin. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

Raptis, Matthew. Foreword by Nicholas A. Basbanes; Jacket Design by Chip Kidd

Provenance.

Miami : Southeastern Publishing, 2025.

First edition of this work unveiling the extraordinary stories behind seemingly ordinary books. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Foreword by Nicholas A. Basbanes. Jacket design by legendary designer Chip Kidd.

UNStudio: Evolution of Space.

New Haven : Yale University, 2007.

First edition. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated. In fine condition. Introduction by Peter Cachola Schmal.

Maude, Aylmer. [Leo Tolstoy]

Tolstoy on Art: and its Critics.

London : Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press, 1925.

First edition of this collection of Maude’s essays, including one of “one of the finest pieces of criticism of the nineteenth century”, Tolstoy’s What is Art? (The Empire Review). Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition.

Venturi, Robert

Robert Venturi Typed Letter Signed.

Philadelphia : Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, Inc, August 11, 1999.

Rare typed letter signed by the Pritzker Prize-winning architect Robert Venturi. Quarto, one page on Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates 25% cotton stationary, the letter reads in full, ‘August 11, 1999 Dear Stephen, At last, enclosed is a sketch [not present] which parallels one I’ve just made for the Las Vegas AIA! Hope you enjoyContinue reading "Robert Venturi Typed Letter Signed."

Myers, Howard (editor); Albert Kahn; Richard M. Bennett, et al

The Architectural Forum – November 1940 Building for Defense.

New York : Time, 1940.

In very good condition.

Gallo, Leah; [Designed by] Holly C. Kempf; Tim Burton; Ransom Riggs

The Art Of Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children: A Tim Burton Film.

Philadelphia, PA : Quirk Books, 2016.

First edition of this lavishly illustrated companion of Tim Burton’s adaptation of the Ransom Riggs novel ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children’. Quarto, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout with color photographs, foreword by Ransom Riggs, introduction by Tim Burton. In fine condition.

Newley, Alexander

Divining the Human: The Art of Alexander Newley.

London : Unicorn, 2022.

First edition of this illustrated memoir by a master of portraiture. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. In fine condition.

Sharp, Evelyn. Illustrated by Charles Robinson

The Story of the Weathercock.

London : Blackie & Son Limited, n.d..

Early printing of Sharp’s children’s classic. Quarto, original publisher’s decorated cloth, illustrated with sixteen color plates and numerous black-and-white illustrations by Charles Robinson. In good condition.

Glazer, Nathan

From a Cause to a Style: Modernist Architecture’s Encounter with the American City.

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2007.

First edition of this work by the co-author of The Lonely Crowd. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, “To Chris and Kathy, Dear friends and neighbors! Nathan May 3, 2007.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.

[Rackham, Arthur]

Punch, or The London Charivari: Vol. 129.

London : Published at the Office and Sold by All Booksellers, 1905.

Volume 129 of Punch weekly containing numerous illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Quarto, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated by numerous artists including 10 illustrations by Rackham in issues of July 5, August 30, September 6, September 27, October 11, October 25, November 15, and November 29. In very good condition. Armorial bookplate and ownership stamp.

Hibi, Yuichi. [Robert Frank]

A Weekend With Mr. Frank: A Book of Five Reproductions and One Original Print.

Tuscon, Arizona : Nazarelli Press, 2006.

Signed limited edition of the companion book to Yuichi Hibi’s 2001 documentary on the life and work of Robert Frank. Small octavo, original boards, containing five reproductions of black and white photographs and one original print. One of 500 numbered copies signed on the verso of the original print by Yuichi Hibi, this is numberContinue reading "A Weekend With Mr. Frank: A Book of Five Reproductions and One Original Print."

The Caxton Club

Chicago by the Book: 101 Publications That Shaped the City and Its Image.

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.

First edition of this work which compiles 101 landmark publications about Chicago from the past 170 years that have helped define the city and its image. Quarto, original boards, illustrated. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Introduction by Neil Harris.

Morley, Christopher. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham

Where the Blue Begins.

London : William Heinemann Ltd, 1922.

First edition of Morley’s classic canine story, wonderfully illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Quarto, original publisher’s cloth, top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with four color plates and numerous line drawings by Arthur Rackham. In very good condition with light rubbing to the crown and foot of the spine. A nice example.

Ruscha, Ed [Karin Breuer; Kerry Brougher and D.J. Waldie]

Ed Ruscha and the Great American West.

San Francisco : Fine Arts of San Francisco, 2016.

First edition of this work on the renowned artist. Oblong quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. In fine condition.

Drury, W. P. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham

The Peradventures of Private Pagett.

London : Chapman and Hall, 1911.

New edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with pictorial onlay to the front panel, illustrated with frontispiece and 7 plates by Arthur Rackham. In very good condition.

Boltanski, Christian

El Caso.

Madrid : Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, 1988.

First edition. Oblong quarto, original stiff cardboard. In near fine condition. Introduction by Juan Miguel Hernandez Leon. Exhibition of the artist Christian Boltanski at Centro de Arte Reina Sofia 1988.

Jacobs, Jane

The Death And Life of Great American Cities.

New York : Random House, 1961.

First edition of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original half cloth. In very good condition, name to the front free endpaper.

Burns, Ric; James Sanders; Lisa Ades

New York: An Illustrated History.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1999.

First edition of this landmark illustrated history of the city that never sleeps. Quarto, original half cloth, heavily illustrated with 500 images in color and black and white. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.

Jameson, Mrs. [Anna Brownell]

Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected and a New Edition of the Diary of an Ennuyée.

London : Saunders and Otley, 1834.

Rare first edition of Mrs. Jameson’s Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad. Octavo, volume III only of four volumes bound in three quarters vellum over marbled boards with gilt tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers, engraved frontispiece, headpieces, and tailpieces, all edges red. In very good condition.

Ward, Simon

Okja: The Art and Making of the Film.

London : Titan Books, 2017.

First edition of the in-depth companion volume to 2017 science-fantasy action-adventure film. Quarto, original pictorial boards, illustrated. From the collection of Bill Zwecker. A member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association, Zwecker was a longtime entertainment and celebrity journalist. A Chicago native and second-generation newspaper star (his late mother, Peg Zwecker, was the fashion editorContinue reading "Okja: The Art and Making of the Film."

Sis, Peter. [Peter Matthiessen]

Tibet: Through the Red Box.

New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 1998.

First edition of the author’s moving retelling of his father’s diary penned during an accidental expedition to Tibet. Quarto, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. From the library of Peter Matthiessen with his bookplate to the pastedown. American writer Peter Matthiessen remains the only writer to have won the National Book Award in both nonfiction (TheContinue reading "Tibet: Through the Red Box."