Architecture from Berthoff Books

Doubleday Anchor Books, 1955. Soft cover. Fair. 358 pages, with index, list of the 95 illustrations (b&w art reproductions). Introduction "The History of Art as a Humanistic Discipline", followed by seven essays - reprints and revisions. Additional illustrations include line drawings in the text. Mass-market paperback, binding disintegrated and reglued with additional repairs with clear tape (hence some… Read more about this item

M.-J. Challamel Éditeur, 1948. Soft cover. Good. THIS BOOK IS IN FRENCH with "Historical Note" also in English. Préface de Paul Claudel. Collection "Charme de la France". 70 b&w photos of the town, the abbey and 11th century basilica, with details of stone carvings, by Roubier, French photographer who made photos for more than 100 books on art… Read more about this item

Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato, 1956. Soft cover. Fair. 87 pages, with index, list of illustrations. Besides the 40-some b&w illustrations (photos of artifacts and art works) on plates, there is a two-page frontispiece diagram "General Plan of the Excavations" at the site in Sicily. First English Translation stated. Series: Guide-Books to the Museums and Monuments of Italy. Text… Read more about this item

Officine grafiche Poligrafici il Resto del Carlino. Soft cover. Good. 30 pages, with Short Bibliography. Special issue in the Tesori d'arte cristiana series (text in English). A survey of the structure begun in the 13th century as a Franciscan gothic church, transformed for Lord of Rimini Sigismondo Malatesta in the 15th century by Alberti's design. Illustrated throughout with… Read more about this item

Dover Publications, Inc., 1980. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 129 pages plus front matter including three-page intro. Black and white photographs by Farber, text by Reed. Includes not only Palladio's villas and churches in Italy, but sections on his influence in England, Scotland, and the USA. Large trade paperback (8-7/8" x 11-3/4"), printed on semi-gloss stock, light… Read more about this item

Officine grafiche Poligrafici il Resto del Carlino, 1967. Soft cover. Good. THIS BOOK IS IN ITALIAN. 28 pagine, con Bibliografia essenziale. No. 67 (within Volume IV, Il Rinascimento) in the series Tesori d'arte cristiana features the 15th-century Oratory of Saint Bernardino of Siena, famous for its colorful facade with reliefs by Agostino di Duccio. Magazine format (9-1/4" x… Read more about this item

Southern Methodist University Press, 2001. Soft cover. Very Good. 221 pages, with glossary, bibliography, index, list of the nearly 200 illustrations which are mostly b&w photos as cuts, plus 16 color plates. First SMU Press edition of book published 1994. Large trade paperback (8-3/8" x 11"), top right corner a bit bent on front cover and about half… Read more about this item

Princeton University Press, 1980. Soft cover. Very Good. 389 pages, with index of places and subjects, index of people, list of the 260 illustrations (b&w photos, diagrams; mostly cuts, a few full-page). Large (8-1/2" x 11") trade paperback, crease to spine, a little shelf wear and page-turning soil, slight discoloration and foxing along top of covers, top edge,… Read more about this item

Hoffmann und Campe Verlag, 1963. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. THIS BOOK IS IN GERMAN (but the images are its main content). Mit einer Einleitung von Friedrich Schnack. Panoramas of 46 European cities and their surroundings, drawn from the 1695 edition of Archontologia Cosmica and the Topographia by the Swiss engraver Matthaeus Merian (the Elder) earlier in the 17th century.… Read more about this item

George Braziller, 1962. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 128 pages, with index and selected biblography. Forty-eight pages of text followed by 64 pages of b&w photographs (129 of them) of buildings, and diagrams. Part of the Great Ages of World Architecture series. Super 8vo (7-1/2" x 10-1/4"), dark olive paper over boards with black quarter and faded gilt lettering on… Read more about this item

The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, 1979. Soft cover. Very Good. 140 pages. Photographs by Malcolm Varon. Tour of the mediaeval art museum in Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, constituted from components of European monasteries and housing the Unicorn Tapestries, Robert Campin's Annunciation (c. 1425), sculptures and artifacts; illustrated throughout with color photographs (plates and cuts) and diagrams… Read more about this item

Doubleday Anchor Books, 1954. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Good. 197 pages. Reprint of the 1924 edition; first issued 1914. Mass-market paperback, wraps have soil, heavy rubbing along spine, tears at crown and heel, and have separated from the text block but have been reglued, with all pages present. Dust soil to top edge, edges and page margins… Read more about this item

Ann Arbor Paperbacks (The University of Michigan Press), 1962. Soft cover. Good. 226 pages plus 13 front matter pages including list of the 24 b&w illustrations (photos of artwork) and author's introduction of this edition of work first published 1935; index, bibliography. On art produced by the "meeting of the Germanic, Celtic, and Roman Mediterranean world with Christian… Read more about this item

Penguin Books, 1971. Soft cover. Very Good. 527 pages, with index, bibliography, glossary, chronological table, maps, list of the 329 b&w illutrations. Part of the Pelican History of Art; first paperback edition, based on third edition (1968); first published 1956. Two sections: Sickman on Painting and Sculpture, Soper on Architecture. Trade paperback, creases to spine, light shelf wear,… Read more about this item

Polonia Publishing House, 1963. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Fair. BILINGUAL EDITION ENGLISH-POLISH. 157 pages, of which ~60 are text - introduction and discussion first in Polish, then in English; followed by 95 pages of b&w photos by various photographers, including 70 pages of dramatic before-and-after photos of locations in Poland's demolished capital. Introduction by Polish journalist (and later… Read more about this item

George Braziller, 1965. Soft cover. Good. 127 pages, with Index, Selected Bibliography. Sixty-four pages of b&w plates - photos. Second printing, published within "The Great Ages of World Architecture" series. Large trade paperback (7-1/4" x 10"), wraps moderately worn, rubbed along spine, pale foxing to inside covers. Underscoring and/or marginalia on fewer than four pages.

Dover Publications, Inc.. Soft cover. Good. 237 pages. Reprint edition of M.D. Hottinger's English translation (1932) of book first published in German 1915. Includes author's prefaces to 6th and 7th editions (1922, 1929). Four-page list of illustrations, which are b&w art reproductions and photos, throughout. Trade paperback (6-1/8" x 9-1/4"), light soil/foxing/wear to wraps including rubbing along spine,… Read more about this item

W.W. Norton & Company, 1985. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 387 pages with index. History from the Roman Republic through 20th-century Fascist Italy. Sixty-page section of notes on topography, buildings, works of art. B&w illustrations (photos, art reproductions) throughout. Royal 8vo (7-1/2" x 10"), blue cloth with gilt lettering, sunned along top edges of boards, touch… Read more about this item

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 378 pages, with index. Art history overview from prehistoric times to early 20th century. More than 600 illustrations (b&w art reproductions, mostly cuts). Translated from French by Florence Simmonds. Based on lectures given by the author in 1902-03 at the Ecole du Louvre, "completely revised and [with a] new chapter by… Read more about this item

G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1969. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 272 pages, with Index. 127 b&w art reproductions and photos, many of them taken by the author on travels throughout Europe; 20 maps. Chapters range from southern Italy to the northern British Isles. Edited by Robyn Cooper, who prepared the book for publication after the author's death… Read more about this item