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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date published: 2004
Description: Very Good+. 2004 Yale University Press. Advance Uncorrected Page Proof. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Includes letter to reviewer. Trade paperback. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Pages clean and unmarked. No index. 237 pages. Read More
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Date published: 2001
Description: Near Fine. 2001 Riverhead Books. First Edition. Advance Reading Copy. Uncorrected Proof. Softcover. Light surface rubbing at top of spine and top corner. Date stamp 'MAR--2001' on top page edges. Small light stain on front page edges. 372 pages. First edition. Advance Reading Copy. Read More
Description: Good. 1986 Penguin Books. Third edition, copyright 1984. Series: The Pelican History of Art. Softcover. Black and white photographs and illustrations. 572 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine has one crease. Covers have moderate edge and surface wear; top corner rubbed. Pages clean and unmarked. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. Read More
Edition: Illustrated
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Hill-Stead Museum
Date published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780974424507ISBN:0974424501
Description: Very Good. 2003 Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington, Connecticut. Softcover. Color and black & white photographs. Eight pages of color plates. High-quality glossy paper. Fold-out map at rear, 59 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Small chip at the top edge of the front cover and light rubbing to the bottom corner. Pages clean and unmarked. Read More
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780393306101ISBN:0393306100
Description: Very Good. 1981 W. W. Norton & Company. Revised edition. Oblong softcover, 8.5 x 5.6 inches. Black and white photographs. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Spine is sunned. Spine NOT creased. Pages clean and unmarked. 118 pages. Foreword by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner. Commentary on the photographs by David Harding Paine, with photographs from the Historic American Buildings Survey. "Revised edition, with 214 photographs". Read More
Edition: Original edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Destiny Books
Date published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780892819409ISBN:0892819405
Description: Very Good. 2001 Destiny Books-inner Traditions International. Softcover. Oversized. Black and white illustrations. 141 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Pages clean and unmarked. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Twelve
Date published: 2019
ISBN-13:9781455566679ISBN:1455566675
Description: Very Good+; Near Fine Jacket. 2019 Twelve-Grand Central Publishing, Hachette Group. Second printing. Hardcover has gray paper-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Color and black & white plates. 358 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Appears to be unread. Book is in excellent condition with only light shelf wear at the spine ends. Pages clean and unmarked. Glossy illustrated dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Carefully packed, shipped ... Read More
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: The National Trust
Date published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781843590217ISBN:1843590212
Description: Fine. 2004 The National Trust, London, U.K. Softcover. Color and black and white photographs and illustrations. High-quality glossy paper. 80 pages. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. No visible wear to book. Pages clean and unmarked. Small National Trust price sticker on back cover. Chartwell was the home of Sir Winston Churchill for more than 40 years. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. Read More
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Legacy Publications
Date published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780933101012ISBN:0933101015
Description: Near Fine. 1975 Legacy Publications and the Preservation Society of Charleston. Sixth printing, revised edition. Softcover. Oversized, 8.25 x 11 inches. Color photographs by Jane Iseley. High-quality glossy paper. Unpaginated. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. Book is in excellent condition with only a hint of shelf wear at the spine ends. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. Read More
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Harper & Row
Date published: 1964
Description: Very Good. 1964 Harper & Row. Second revised edition, copyright 1962. Trade paperback. Black and white photographs and illustrations. 275 pages + 44 pages of plates. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Name in ink on half-title page. Pages clean and unmarked. Harper Torchbooks TB 2018. Bollingen Library 48. Read More
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Running Press
Date published: 1991
ISBN-13:9781561380312ISBN:1561380318
Description: Very Good. 1991 Running Press. BOOK ONLY-NO PYRAMID KIT. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Softcover, 6 x 7.75 inches, Black and white illustrations. 63 pages. Binding tight. Covers have light surface and edge wear; light crease in center of back cover near spine. Pages clean and unmarked. Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: B. T. Batsford Ltd
Date published: 1950
Description: Very Good; Good Jacket. 1950 B. T. Batsford. First Edition. First printing. "First Published 1950" on verso. No additional printings listed. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has red cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Top page edges are red. Color frontispiece. Black and white illustrations. Black and white plates. Photographs by Herbert Felton. Binding tight. Spine has just a slight lean. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc
Date published: 1958
Description: Very Good+; Good Jacket. 1958 McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has gray cloth-covered boards with black and white spine lettering and cover decorations. Black and white photographs and illustrations. High-quality glossy paper. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Top page edges lightly foxed. Pages clean and unmarked. 361 pages. NOMA Series in Office Management. Yellow and black dust jacket has overall surface rubbing, chipped and nicked edges, ... Read More
Edition: Rev and Enlarged edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications
Date published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780823028719ISBN:0823028712
Description: Very Good. 2000 Watson-Guptill Publications. Revised and enlarged edition. SIGNED by author on half-title page. Not personalized, name only. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Softcover. Oversized, 8.75 x 11.5. Black and white photographs. High-quality glossy paper. 261 pages. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Spine NOT creased. Pages clean and unmarked. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. SIGNED by author. Read More
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Gibbs Smith, Publisher
Date published: 1996
ISBN-13:9781586854317ISBN:1586854313
Description: Very Good. 1996 Gibbs Smith, Publisher. Oversize softcover, 8.5 x 11 inches, with folded-in flaps. Color photographs. High-quality glossy paper. 160 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Pages clean and unmarked. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Thames and Hudson
Date published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780500050637ISBN:0500050635
Description: Very Good; Very Good Jacket. 1992 Thames and Hudson. First US Edition. Oversize hardcover, 7.25 x 10.25 inches, has orange textured paper-covered boards with gold spine lettering and cover decorations. Black and white frontispiece and plates; 225 lack and white illustrations in total. 272 pages. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends very lightly bumped. Covers have very light surface and edge wear. Pages clean and unmarked. Glossy illustrated dust jacket has very light edge and surface ... Read More
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Society Ajax
Date published: 2000
ISBN-13:9782844730114ISBN:2844730116
Description: Very Good. 2000 Society Ajax, Monaco. English edition. Softcover, with stapled binding. 6.6 x 9.4 inches. Color photographs. High-quality glossy paper. 32 pages. Translated into English by Lorenzo Prieto. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have very light surface wear. Pages clean and unmarked. Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Alling & Cory Company
Date published: 1944
Description: Good; Fair Jacket. 1944 The Alling & Cory Company, Rochester, New York. First Edition. No additional printings listed. Oversize hardcover, 7.2 x 10.75 inches, has tan paper-covered boards with cream cloth-covered spine and brown cover lettering. Deckle fore edges. Tan and white illustrated endpapers depict "The Concord Coach" and "The Rochester Packet Boat." Black & white photograph portraits; black illustrations on sepia backgrounds. 76 pages. Pages 1-39 are the History and pages 40-76 are ... Read More
Edition: 3rd edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Date published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780395472965ISBN:0395472962
Description: Good. 1992 Houghton Mifflin Company. Third edition. Volume A: From Antiquity Through the Middle Ages. Softcover. Oversized. Color and black & white photographs and illustrations. High-quality glossy paper. 504 pages + notes and index. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have moderate edge and surface wear. Large vertical crease to the front cover and a crease to the bottom corner of the back cover. Covers lightly curled at corners. Pages clean and unmarked. Carefully packed, shipped in a ... Read More
Edition: 3rd edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Thunder Bay Press
Date published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781592236497ISBN:1592236499
Description: Fine; Very Good Jacket. 2006 Thunder Bay Press. Third edition; revised edition. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Third printing. Oblong hardcover has pictorial paper-covered boards. Color and black & white photographs. High-quality glossy paper. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. No visible wear to book. Book is gift quality. Pages clean and unmarked. 144 pages. Dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear, with some wrinkling at the top edge. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. Includes ... Read More
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Shambhala
Date published: 2001
ISBN-13:9781570625848ISBN:1570625840
Description: Very Good. 2001 Shambhala. Softcover. Oversized, 8.1 x 9.25. Black and white photographs and illustrations. 393 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Appears to be unread. Book is in excellent condition with only a hint of shelf wear at the spine ends and very slight wrinkle to the top edge of the front cover. Pages clean and unmarked. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. Read More
Edition: Original edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Fireside Books-Simon & Schuster
Date published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780743424073ISBN:0743424077
Description: Very Good. 2002 Fireside-Simon & Schuster. Softcover. Black and white illustrations. 380 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Spine lightly sunned. Appears to be unread. Pages clean and unmarked. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. Vastu is "The ancient Indian system of design and decor." Read More
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Bantam Books
Date published: 1993
Description: Very Good. 1993 Bantam Books. Uncorrected Page Proofs. SIGNED by author on white rectangular sticker affixed to half-title page. Softcover with light grey plain cardstock covers; front cover and spine have black lettering. 342 pages. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Covers mildly curled and wrinkled. Spine has a light crease. Pages clean and unmarked. Bantam publisher contact sticker on back cover. Read More
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Warner Books
Date published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780446512909ISBN:0446512907
Description: Very Good. 1987 Warner Books. UNCORRECTED PAGE PROOFS-ADVANCE READING COPY (ARC). First Edition. First printing. Softcover. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Spine NOT creased. Spine surface lightly wrinkled. Appears to be unread. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. 433 pages. No date stamp or other markings. Front cover has ARC statement "Advance Reading Copy Not for Sale Hardcover to be published January 19, 1987". Title page states that this book ... Read More
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: British Museum Press
Date published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780714121659ISBN:0714121657
Description: Near Fine. 1999 British Museum Press, London. Fourth printing, 2000. Softcover. Black and white photographs and illustrations. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Appears to be unread. Book is in excellent condition with only a hint of shelf wear. Pages clean and unmarked. 160 pages. Read More