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Le Corbusier [Charles Edouard Jeanneret].

L’Unite D’Habitation de Marseille.

Souillac : Le Point, 1950.

First edition of this work by the famed architect. Small quarto, original wrappers with the dust jacket. Inscribed by Le Corbusier and dated in December 1950. In very good condition with some light rubbing. The subject of this book by Le Corbusier is among his most well-known works, L’Unite D’Habitation de Marseille, which inspired theContinue reading "L’Unite D’Habitation de Marseille."

$5,500.00

Item Number: RRB-3784

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White, Stanford.

Stanford White Autograph Letter Signed.

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Autograph letter signed by architect Stanford White. It reads, “To [Marie] Anais [Casey], believed to have been romantically involved with White by his biographer, Aline B. Saarinen. With a typewritten letter signed from Saarinen to Casey’s daughter requesting additional background information on her mother’s affair with White. The handwritten letter reads, “My dear dear AnaisContinue reading "Stanford White Autograph Letter Signed."

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-3779

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Kiefer, Anselm.

Anselm Kiefer: The High Priestess.

London : Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1989.

First edition of the artist’s monumental work which comprises a bookcase filled with gigantic books made from lead: ‘. Folio, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-2304

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Eisenman, Peter.

Blurred Zones: Eisenman Architects 1988-1988.

New York : Monacelli Press, 2003.

First edition. Folio, original gray cloth. Inscribed by architect Peter Eisenman. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-2327

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Zocchi, Giuseppe.

Eighteenth Century Views of Florence, Portfolio of 27 Plates (Reproduction of the 1754 Edition Scelta Di XXIV Vedute della principali Contrade, Pizze, Chiese, e Palazzi dell Citta di Firenze).

New York : Walker and Company, 1967.

Portfolio of 27 plates in facsimile, 17.5 x 22.5 inches, in a buckram bound box. First edition / limited edition of 950 copies, of which this is number 476. Includes 29 page booklet, Views of Florence, which are notes on the individual prints. Original drawings are in the collection of the Pierpont Morgan Library inContinue reading "Eighteenth Century Views of Florence, Portfolio of 27 Plates (Reproduction of the 1754 Edition Scelta Di XXIV Vedute della principali Contrade, Pizze, Chiese, e Palazzi dell Citta di Firenze)."

$450.00

Item Number: RRB-2363

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Jencks, Charles.

The Language of Post-Modern Architecture.

New York : Rizzoli, 1991.

Sixth edition of this seminal work in the field of architecture. Folio, original blue cloth, illustrated throughout. Signed by Charles Jencks on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-2263

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Chagall, Marc & Jean Laymarie.

Jerusalem Windows.

New York : Braziller, 1962.

First edition. Folio, original red cloth, with two original color lithographs specially prepared by Chagall for this edition, illustrated throughout. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. A very sharp example.

$1,200.00

Item Number: RRB-1376

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Jencks, Charles.

The Language of Post-Modern Architecture.

New York : Rizzoli, .

Later enlarged edition of this classic work. Folio, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated throughout. Signed by Charles Jencks on the title page. In very good condition.

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-1365

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Gehry, Frank.

FOG: Flowing in All Directions.

Los Angeles : Circa Publications, 2003.

First edition. Folio, Original illustrated boards. In fine condition. Signed and dated in 2005 by Frank Gehry on the front panel.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-1357

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Meier, Richard.

Richard Meier: Buildings and Projects 1965-1981.

Zurich : Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule, 1982.

First edition. Oblong quarto, original wrappers. Signed by Richard Meier on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows very light wear to the extremities.

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-878

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Libeskind, Daniel.

Daniel Libeskind: Countersign.

New York : Rizzoli, 1991.

First edition. Folio, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by Daniel Libeskind on the title page.

$250.00

Item Number: RRB-817

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Richard Meier: Buildings and Projects 1979 - 1989

Meier, Richard.

Richard Meier: Buildings and Projects 1979 – 1989.

New York : St. Martin's Press, 1990.

First Edition of this monograph of the architects projects compiled from the late 1970’s to the 1980’s. Inscribed and dated by Richard Meier. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$470.00

Item Number: RRB-874

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Koolhaas, Rem.

Harvard Design School Project on the City: Volumes 1 & 2

New York : Taschen, 2001.

First editions of both volumes 1 and 2. Quarto, original flexboards, illustrated throughout. Both volumes are signed by Rem Koolhaas. Essays by Rem Koolhaas, Tae-Wook Cha, Chuihua Judy Chung, Jutiki Gunter, Daniel Herman, Hiromi Hosoya, Jeffrey Inaba, Sze Tsung Leong, Kiwa Matsushita, John McMorrough, Juan Palop-Casado, Markus Schaefer, Tran Vinh, Srdjan Jovanovic Weiss, Louise Wyman.Continue reading "Harvard Design School Project on the City: Volumes 1 & 2"

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-742

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Karsten, Karl.

Scientific Forecasting: Its Methods and Application to Practical Business and to Stock Market Operations.

New York : Greenberg, 1931.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original maroon cloth. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.

$6,800.00

Item Number: RRB-4387

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The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed.

McPhee, John.

The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973.

First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by the author, “For Mike Hutcheson many thanks and all the best John McPhee Bradford 1/23/89.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

$100.00

Item Number: RRB-2544

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Dianetics The Modern Science of Mental Health A Handbook of Dianetic Therapy.

Hubbard, L. Ron.

Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health A Handbook of Dianetic Therapy.

New York : Hermitage Press, 1950.

First edition of the author’s most well-known work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by L. Ron Hubbard on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a single short tear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Exceptionally rare signed.

$12,500.00

Item Number: RRB-1785

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Nautical Lays of a Landsman.

Irwin, Wallace.

Nautical Lays of a Landsman.

New York : Dodd, Mead, & Company, 1904.

First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a good dust jacket with some chips and tears. Illustrated with plates by Peter Newell.

$95.00

Item Number: RRB-657

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A Time To Keep Silence.

Fermor, Patrick Leigh.

A Time To Keep Silence.

London : John Murray, 1957.

First edition of the author’s third book, regarding his experiences in various monasteries. Octavo, original blue cloth. Illustrated by John Craxton. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Mary Anna with love from Paddy 2.6.88.” The recipient, Mary Anna Marten (with her bookplate to the inside gutter), was the daughter ofContinue reading "A Time To Keep Silence."

$1,150.00

Item Number: RRB-2641

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Roumeli: Travels in Northern Greece

Fermor, Patrick Leigh.

Roumeli: Travels in Northern Greece.

New York : New York Review of Books, 2006.

First edition of The New York Times Review of Books edition. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Signed by Patrick Leigh Fermor on the title page. In fine condition. Introduction by Patricia Storace.

$175.00

Item Number: RRB-54

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A Short Walk In the Hindu Kush.

Newby, Eric.

A Short Walk In the Hindu Kush.

New York : Doubleday & Company, 1958.

First American edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by Eric Newby on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Although not marked this copy is from the library of travel collector, Mary Anna Marten, who was the daughter of theContinue reading "A Short Walk In the Hindu Kush."

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-3413

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Stewart, Rory.

The Prince of the Marshes And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq.

New York : Harcourt, 2006.

First edition of Stewart’s second book. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by Rory Stewart on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jennifer Jackman.

$75.00

Item Number: RRB-3491

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Parkman, Francis.

The California and Oregon Trail.

New York : George P. Putnam, 1849.

First edition, first printing of Parkman’s classic account of his journey along the Oregon Trail. Octavo, original cloth, tinted lithographic frontispiece and vignette half title by Felix Octavius Carr Darley. This is the scarce first issue in cloth, with ad leaf preceding the frontispiece. Publisher’s catalogue in the rear and binding with PARKMAN set in sans-serifContinue reading "The California and Oregon Trail."

$5,500.00

Item Number: RRB-2720

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West, Rebecca.

Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: The Record of a Journey Through Yugoslavia in 1937.

London : Macmillan, 1941.

First editions of Rebecca West’s masterpiece. Octavo, 2 volumes, original green cloth, cartographic endpapers. Both volumes are signed by West with volume one inscribed and dated in 1965 by the author, volume two is signed and dated in 1965. Both volumes are near fine in near fine dust jackets that show light shelfwear to theContinue reading "Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: The Record of a Journey Through Yugoslavia in 1937."

$5,800.00

Item Number: RRB-1495

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The Bush Speaks

Dicke, B.H.

The Bush Speaks.

Pietermaritzburg : Shuter & Shooter, 1937.

Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a good dust jacket with some dampstaining to the spine.

$50.00

Item Number: RRB-433

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