Rare books from Vintage Images

This library is specialized in primarily residential architecture but also includes general architecture, landscape architecture and a very limited number of interior design titles. It generally spans from c. 1900 to the present, with a small number of late 19th century titles. It is believed that only a single title is a low-quality, print-on-demand edition. Many are unavailable for purchase anywhere. I have been assembling this collection for 50 years. Anyone requesting to examine the collection will have to confirm their identity. I am willing to consider selling individually selected titles.
A number of international titles are from numerous countries in the Americas, Europe and Asia, thus the collection is broadly representative of worldwide architecture. Although a number of common titles are included, some are extremely rare, some valued over $1,000, and many are still shrink wrapped, so there is a broad diversity of titles. An Excel listing is available on request, although ISBN numbers have… Read More

This collection is a complete, uninterrupted run of this famed, landmark publication, from its inception in 1955 to 2020. It is an important archive of 66 issues, for any serious architectural library. Most later editions are in Like New condition, while earlier ones are largely Good-VG. Many issues are now unavaiable, while others are many times the average cost of $27. It would be impossible to duplicate this collection today.

This is a collection of 28 vintage/original copies of Architectural Record's Country House Number, a highly influential record of American mansions from the first third of the 20th century.
Bound items actually include 6 months of Architectural Record [July-Dec.] and have library binding. Thus there are a total of 92 issues of Architectural Record.
1904 Bound G
1907 Bound G
1909 Paperback VG
1910 Bound VG
1911 Bound VG
1912 Bound VG
1913 Bound VG
1914 Bound VG
1915 Paperback VG
1916 Bound VG
1917 Paperback VG
1918 Bound VG
1919 Paperback G
1920 Paperback G
1921 Paperback G
1922 Paperback Acceptable
1923 Bound VG
1924 Paperback G+/VG-
1925 Bound VG
1926 Paperback VG
1927 Bound VG
1928 Paperback G missing cover
1929 Paperback G
1930 Bound VG
1931 Bound VG
1932 Paperback VG
The following 2 issues are not "Country House" issues, nevertheless they are logically part of this collection:
1924 April Paperback VG Harrie T. Lindeberg's Contribution to American Domestic Architecture
1933 Oct. Paperback VG… Read More

SEE COVER; Appears nearly New, trivial shelf wear to dust jacket; Author's inscription; Orders received by noon Eastern Time ship same day from MD [6 days/wk]

New, unread, in pristine dust jacket; not shrink wrapped (from stock of closed bookstore); Orders received by noon Eastern Time ship same day from MD [6 days/wk]

Minor shelf wear to DJ corners, as seen, invisibly repaired tiny tear top of spine; contents pristine; Orders received by noon Eastern Time ship same day from MD [6 days/wk]

SEE COVER; The most hiohly sought-after seried in residential architecture; probably published in an edition of 1,000, generally signed, page count believed correct but not verified; Shrink wrapped [slightly loose but in condition it was received]; New, unread, in pristine dust jacket; Orders received by noon Eastern Time ship same day from MD [6 days/wk]

Highly sought-after title; New, unread; no dust jacket issued; some minor reside from production process visible on both covers, barely visible in photo, few tiny scrapes on ink surface, revealing brown base cover beneath; photos are in color, not vintage; Orders received by noon Eastern Time ship same day from MD [6 days/wk]