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  La Case Vide

  Bernard Tschumi, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 case (28 pages, 20, [1] leaves of plates) : illus. (some color). Folio (London, England) ; 8. Cover title. Published to accompany exhibition organized at the Architectural Association, London. French text with English translation on opposite pages; interview in English. CONTENTS: La case vide / Bernard Tschumi -- Point de folie--Maintenant l'architecture / Jacques Derrida -- Trick-track / Anthony Vidler -- Interview between Alvin Boyarsky and Bernard Tschumi.

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  Plus Minus Box

  Kisa Kawakami, Alvin Boyarski, Richard Rogers, David Gray, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 container : illus. (some color) ; 32 x 32 cm. Series: Box ; 2 Box (Architectural Association (Great Britain)) ; 2. Running title: Plus minus '85. "Published ... to coincide with the exhibition ... in London at the AA Bedford Square and in Japan at the Contemporary Sculpture Centre, Tokyo and Osaka." Includes portfolio containing 7 folded sheets (numbered p. 1-28), [6] sheets of illustrations, 3 3-dimensional ills. in 1/4" thick mats.

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  Planetary Architecture two

  Zaha Hadid, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 case (16 pages, 18 pages of plates) : illus. (some color) ; 32 cm. Folio ; 2. Folio (London, England) ; 2. Title from cover. "Published to coincide with an exhibition at the Architectural Association from November 18th, 1983 for one month."--title page verso. Library copy is missing frontispiece and plate no. 1.

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  The Dutch colonial house : its origin, design, modern plan and construction

  Aymar Embury II, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  iv, 108 pages, [64] pages of plates : frontispiece, illus., plans. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. The country house library; a series of architectural books for the layman "Illustrated with photographs of old examples and American adaptations of the style" The genesis of the style -- Materials -- The treatment of the roof -- Doors and windows -- Plan -- The treatment of principal rooms -- Furniture and decoration. Decorated cloth cover binding illustrated with large vignette of a house, and a partial view of the lawn with two cypress trees in the fore-front. Cover illustration signed G. H. (George W. Hood) Special Collection copy from the Julian L. Peabody collection, transferred from the RISD Museum. Signed in pencil on front endpage: Julian L. Peabody, 389 Fifth Avenue, N.Y.C. Peabody collection no. 459.

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  Royal Palaces and Parks of France

  Francis [pseud.] Miltoun, Blanche McManus, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  viii, 371 p., [41] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), plans. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Includes index. Includes illustrated lining papers.

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  Historic buildings of America

  Esther Singleton, Alice Morse, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  xiv, 341 pages, 48 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Forty seven buildings are described, largely in Massachusetts, with some more in other New England and Mid-Atlantic States, one in California, two in South Carolina, and several in both Canada and Mexico. CONTENTS: The Capitol, Washington / Joseph B. Varnum -- Within the Capitol / Charles Dickens -- Arlington, Virginia / Iza Duffus Hardy -- Carpenter's Hall / Benson J. Lossing -- The Cradock House, Medford / Samuel Adams Drake -- Fraunces Tavern / William J. Davis -- William and Mary College / John Fiske -- The Mission Dolores, San Francisco / Lady Hardy -- King's Chapel, Boston / F. W. P. Greenwood -- Some buildings in Havana -- Richard Davey -- St. Michael's Church, Charleston / William Gilmore Simms -- The Carlyle House, Alexandria -- Independence Hall, Philadelphia / D. W. Belisle -- The Castle of Chapultepec / Thomas Unett Brocklehurst -- Parliament Buildings, Ottawa / Lady Hardy -- Mount Vernon / Arthur Shadwell Martin -- The Old Manse, Concord / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Jamestown Tower / Charles Frederick Stansbury -- Nassau Hall, Princeton -- Castle Garden, New York / Esther Singleton -- Monticello / Edward C. Mead -- The William Penn House, Philadelphia / John F. Watson -- The Cathedral, Mexico / Thomas Unett Brocklehurst -- The Whipple House, Ipswich / W. H. Downes -- Fort Marion, St. Augustine / Iza Duffus Hardy -- St. Anne du Beaupré, Quebec / Anna T. Sadlier -- The Wadsworth-Longfellow House, Portland / Nathan Goold -- Washington's Headquarters, Newburgh / Gulian C. Verplanck -- The Tabernacle, Salt Lake City / Lady Hardy -- The National Washington Monument / Joseph B. Varnum -- The Clarke-Hancock House, Lexington -- Castle St. Louis, Quebec / J. M. LeMoine -- Sunnyside, Tarrytown / Benson J. Lossing -- The Old Witch House, Salem / Esther Singleton -- Shrine of Guadalupe / Thomas Unett Brocklehurst -- Christ Church, Alexandria / Bishop Meade -- A glimpse at the houses of New Orleans / Lady Hardy -- The Chateau de Ramezay, Montreal / Major A. C. Yate -- The City Hall, New York / Arthur Shadwell Martin -- The White House -- The White House of the Confederacy, Richmond -- The Old Statehouse, Boston / Edward G. Porter -- The Morris-Jumel House, New York -- Fort Sumter / Iza Duffus Hardy -- Old Stone Tower, Newport / Benson J. Lossing -- St. Paul's Chapel, New York -- Charles Hemstreet -- Faneuil Hall, Boston / Edward G. Porter -- Liberty Enlightening the World , New York / Esther Singleton. Blind stamp design on cover and spine, title emboss in gold. Cover design attributed to Alice Morse. Case binding.

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  Italian Villas and Their Gardens

  Edith Wharton, Maxfield Parrish, Decorative Designers, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  xii, 270 pages : illustrations (some color). Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Title within ornamental border. "Published November, 1904"--title page verso. "Architects and landscape-gardeners mentioned": pages 253-266. Includes index. Cover board, bound in dark green cloth, has an elaborate image of lions on a pediment stamped in gold. Below the lions is a multi-colored image of a garden and fountain scene. Below this image is a wide gold ornamental base in which the dark green cloth contrasts with the title, author, illustrator information. Cover design by cover design by Decorative Designers. This firm was unique in that it employed a number of designers, and each was responsible for certain aspects of a design—an early example of division of labor in creative work. The founder of the firm was Henry Thayer (1867–1940) who was trained as an architect (following the example of Stanford White, architect-book cover designer). Thayer was responsible for much of the lettering produced by the firm, and Emma Redington Lee Thayer (1874–1973), another important woman designer, executed the beautiful decorative borders and designs. copy 1 Lowthorpe Collection (cover repaired). copy 2 cover in good condition. Decorative Designers (Firm) cover designer.

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  The Cathedrals of Northern France

  Francis [pseud.] Miltoun, Blanche McManus, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  400 p., [9 ] leaves of plates : ill., plans, fold. map. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Cathedral series. Illustrated end-papers. Includes index. Gift of the Estate of L. Earle Rowe.