Hegemann and Peets' classic work on city planning was first pubished in 1922. Today, their reference serves as one of the foundation texts for New Urbanism and associated movements. Civic Art presents over 1200 examples of urban planning principles spanning from classic Roman and Greek times through turn of the twentieth century American design. ...
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Princeton Architectural Press's Reprint Series was established in 1981 to make rare volumes on architecture available to a wider audience. The books' beautiful reproductions and finest quality printing and binding match those of the originals, while their 9-by-12-inch format makes them accessible and affordable. New introductions bring a modern ...
Hegemanns faszinierende Geschichte der grAAten Mietskasernenstadt der Welt ist ein klassisches Werk der StAdtebau-Literatur. Am Werden und Wesen des Berliner StadtkArpers wird exemplarisch, was im 20. Jahrhundert StAdtebau bedeutete und bedeuten muAte: das Zerbrechen selbstgebauter SArge, ein Neugestalten zu farbigem Leben. "Der AufklArer denkt in ...
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Karl Robert Langewiesche
Date Published: 1942
Description: Color & b/w Illustration. Very Good-/Very Good- 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall Used In blue pictorial wraps with jacket, "Das Blauen Bucher" 4to, 80pp. (slight shelfwear to jacket, short nick to spint tip). read more
Edition: First English-Language Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: "Constable & Co. Ltd.
Date Published: 1931
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. xi, 538pp. Translated by Winifred Ray from the German edition as revised by the author. Brief gift inscription on ffep, otherwise a very nice copy. read more
Description: -Octavo, maroon cloth titled in gilt on the spine. The top edge is gilt. The covers are lightly bumped & rubbed. The spine is darkened with the head & tail chipped. xviii & 541 pages. 4 black-and-white plates, including a portrait frontispiece. The bottom edge is slightly soiled. The contents are very good. First English edition. read more
Description: Scarce-spine worn & repaired, text g. Napoleonics-General Translated from the original German edition, "Kniefall vor dem Heros". After his biography of Frederick the Great, Hegemann turned to Napoleon with this series of reports of actual conversations set forth with the character of imaginary conversations. UL-131204. xi + 538pp. read more
Description: *Helping and promoting global literacy since 1961* small octavo, 425 pp.; text and paper wrappers browned, complete but good only. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Municipal Governments Of Oakland And Berkeley Et Al
Date Published: 1915
Description: Very Good with no dust jacket. B000860AHO. Hinges cracked; covers dusty. Still overall a solid copy. Very well illustrated. Scarce Book by the Famous City Planner.; Oversize Volume. read more
Binding: Softbound
Publisher: Karl Robert Langewiesche
Date Published: 1956
Description: Good+. Language: German / Sprache: Deutsch. Paperbound, a little over 7¼" x 10¼", 80 pages, chiefly b&w and 14 color plates, with a dozen or so pages of text. Ex-university-lib, with spine-label, stamps, due-date slip (never loaned). Quite well preserved, clean, square, tight, no markings of text, just a hint of tanning of the coated stock, color plates show very little if any fading. Highly serviceable. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Karl Robert Langewiesche
Date Published: 1956
Description: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. Maroon card covers, nearly new, in very slightly edge rubbed DJ. Now protected in a mylar jacket; Small 4to 9"-11" tall; 80 pages. read more
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American shelter : an illustrated encyclopedia of the American home
