np: The Artist, nd. 8vo, [20] pp, saddle-stapled wraps. Artist book printing drawings that are sculptural architectural proposals for skateboard ramps that are also elements of a miniature golf course. "I believe Baltimore's Artscape is a perfect setting for such an interactive, functional, and inventive set of sculptures." Fine. More
Amsterdam: Provo. 8 1/2 x 13 1/2", mimeographed on recto only. A leaflet announcing the Provo movement's White House Plan, which addressed the low inventory for family housing in Amsterdam due to rampant real estate speculation by advocating squatting. Creased and soiled, but complete and about very good. More
Berlin: Hermann Reckendorf, 1931. 4to, 96 pp, bound in silver boards backed in blue cloth. No dust jacket. Illustrated with 97 photographs, most full page. First edition of this landmark photobook of the Neue Sachlichkeit movement, in which Renger-Patzsch attempted to present images of industrial processes and architecture devoid of..... More
Eckernförde: Nemo, 1987. First edition. 4to, unpaginated; printed wraps. One of a limited edition of 200 signed and numbered copies. A monumental artist's book, consisting of a five panel leporello foldout of thick card stock which features blindstamped images of Manhattan buildings isolated down to the geometric form of the letter..... More
Scottsdale, AZ: Cosanti Foundation, 1979. 22 1/2 x 17" poster catalog, printed on newsprint in two colors, and folded three times to 8 1/2 x 5 3/4". Illustrated with photographs and drawings. A poster prospectus of workshops and other events held at Arcosanti in 1979, outlining the goals of the..... More
San Francisco: Communication Company, [1967]. 8 1/2 x 11" flyer, mimeographed from typescript. A rare petition handbill printed by the Communication Company, calling for Haight Street be closed to vehicular traffic from Stanyan Street to Masonic Street during the weekends to ease overcrowding. Given that most examples would likely have..... More
Washington DC: Federal Civil Defense Administration, 1952. 8vo, 34 pages, saddle-stapled wraps. One of a series of Civil Defense pamphlets issued during the Cold War, this one directed towards engineers and architects. Your purchase of this pamphlet helps fund construction of the new DL bunker. Very good with a light..... More
Antwerp, Belgium: Streven, nd [c. late 1960's]. 8vo, pp. 691-704, saddle-stapled wraps. Text in Dutch. Illustrated with photographs and diagrams. An offprint from the adventurous and longrunning periodical Streven, devoted to the arts and architecture, devoted to an essay on Synergetic architecture, including reproductions of works by Buckminster Fuller, Vasarely..... More