Architecture
Through the Heel of Italy. By the Author of "Byways in Southern Tuscany" and Wayfarers in Italy".
New York: Rae D. Henkle Co., Inc., 1927. 8vo. 230 x 160 mm., [9 x 6 1/4 inches]. [xiv], 305 pp. Illustrated with a photographic frontispiece, 33 photographic plates by Marian O. Hooker and 4 by permission of the Architectural Book Publishing Company. Original blue cloth, decorated gilt cover and..... More
Farmhouses and Small Provincial Buildings in Southern Italy.
New York: Architectural Book Publishing Co., Inc., 1925. Folio. 310 x 240 mm., [12 x 9 ¼ inches]. 13 pp. text. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 126 photogravures. Original gray cloth, decorated with the title in blue; dust jacket, with a chip at the head of the spine. Very good..... More
The Lily of the Arno,or Florence, Past and Present.
Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1891. 8vo. 200 x 140 mm., [8 x 5 1/2 inches]. [10], 354 pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 19 photogravure illustrations. Publisher's white decorated cloth with gilt and blue designs on upper board and spine, read cloth dust wrapper with title in gilt on spine. ..... More
Brunelleschi's Dome. How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture.
New York: Walker & Company, 2000. 8vo. 215 x 150 mm., [8 1/2 x 6 inches]. [xii], 194 pp. Illustrated with 19 black and white images in the text. Original brown boards, dust jacket; near fine copy. First American edition. "Ross King has brought a novelist's eye and ear to..... More
Ancient Rome in the Light of Recent Discoveries.
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1894. Large 8vo. 240 x 170 mm., [9 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches]. xxix, [1], 329 pp. Illustrated with one hundred illustrations throughout the text. Bound in original red paper boards, white linen cloth spine, red cloth wrapper; tail of spine with some minor transfer..... More
The Fountains of Rome.
New York: Macmillan Company: a Giniger Book, 1966. Tall 8vo. 250 x 190 mm., [10 x 7 ½ inches]. 302 pp. Illustrated with 49 color photographs by Mario Carrieri, maps, historical views, and portraits of the Popes throughout the text. Pale blue publisher’s cloth, dust jacket. A very good copy. First..... More
The Feud that Sparked the Renaissance: How Brunelleschi and Ghiberti Changed the Art World.
New York: William Morrow: An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2002. 8vo. 325 x 155 mm., [9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches]. xv, 269 pp. 8 pages of black and white plates. Publisher's two tone paper boards, dust jacket. Very good copy. First edition. Bestselling biography of Lorenzo Ghiberti and Filippo..... More
Plain-Towns of Italy. The Cities of Old Ventia.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1911. 8vo. 210 x 145 mm., [8 ¼ x 5 ¾ inches]. xxiv, 603 pp. Illustrated with a folding frontispiece and a folding map, and 58 photo reproductions printed on glossy paper in the text. Publisher’s decorated green cloth and spine; showing minor..... More