Jane Jacobs: Urban Visionary
New Brunswick: Rutgers, 2006. Illustrated. x + 231 pages, 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, (2006). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
CITY PLANNING
La Citta E Il Sacro
Milan: Scheiwiller, 1994. More than 200 illustrations. xvi + 494pp., thick 4to, d.w.; some edge wear to dust wrapper. Milano: Libri Scheiwiller, 1994. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Les Promenades de Paris, Bois de Boulogne - Bois de Vincennes, Parcs, Squares, Boulevards
Paris: J. Rothschild, 1869. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Sheet measures 24 x 35 1/4 inches. Map 16 1/2 x 28 inches.J. Rothschild: Paris 1869. Elegant plan of Paris, France, showing the city's historic parks. Folded as issued in blue paper subscription portfolio and in very good condition. Haussmann hired Alphand as chief engineer of the Bois de Boulogne, a role which soon expanded into director of the newly formed parks department (Service des Promenades et Plantations), and later into..... More
New Plan of London from Actual Survey, The Trigonometrical Points being accurately laid down from Government Documents
London: Grattan & Gilbert, 1840. Pocket Map. Engraving with outline coloring. Image measures 10.5" by 17.5". Dissected into 10 sections on linen with lovely green cloth, title in gold, 6 by 4". London: Grattan & Gilbert, (1840). In very good condition. 1st edition of this beautiful 19th c map of London, folded in a green cover of James Gilbert's Map of London with 1300 References. Title cartouche includes the figure of Britannia a list of 8 Boroughs. Map extends from..... More
Ernest Flagg: Beaux-Arts Architect and Urban Reformer
New York: The Architectural History Foundation, 1986. Illustrated. xiii + 405pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: The Architectural History Foundation with The MIT Press, (1986). A near fine copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper (light scuffing and corner wear; dampstained at head, visible from inside only). More
Ernest Flagg: Beaux-Arts Architect and Urban Reformer
New York: The Architectural History Foundation, 1986. Illustrated. xiii + 405 pages. Short 4to, gray cloth, d.w. New York: The Architectural History Foundation with The MIT Press, (1986). First edition. A fine copy in fine dust wrapper. More
The Paris of Henri IV; Architecture and Urbanism
New York: Architectural History Foundation, 1991. Illus. 4to, red cloth, d.w. New York: Architectural History Foundation, (1991). Very good. Presentation copy. More
If Mayors Ruled The World: Dysfunctional Nations, Rising Cities
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2013. ix + 416 pages, 8vo, grey boards, d.w.; minor edgewear to both book and dust wrapper. New Haven: Yale University Press, (2013). A very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
City Fathers: Town Planning in Britain from Roman Times to 1900.
New York: Praeger, 1969. Many black & white illustrations. 216pp. Square 4to, cloth, dust wrapper; d.w. has tears and edge-wear. New York: Praeger, (1969). Very good. More
New Towns of the Middle Ages: Town Plantation in England, Wales, and Gascony
New York: Freder, 1967. Illustrated in black and white with many maps, some fold out. 67 pages, very thick 8vo, navy blue cloth (foot of spine is quite crumpled but pages uneffected). New York: Freder, 1967. A very good copy. More
The Story of Tunnels
New York: Whittlesey House, 1937. Frontispiece. 245 pages. 8vo, gray cloth. New York: Whittlesey House, (1937). A very good(-) copy--faint dampstaining to lower front cloth and outer page edges, light white mark across spine, some sunning and wear to spine ends; lacking dust wrapper. More
The Metropolis: Its People, Politics and Economic Life.
New York: Harper, 1965. xvi + 643pp., thick 8vo, cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper lightly rubbed. New York: Harper & Row, (1965). A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
As Usual, Robert Moses, Commissioner of Parks, Has All of New York City Behind Him
New York: Fortune, 1938. Print. Offset Lithograph. 12 7/8" x 11 1/8" This portrait of Robert Moses - notorious urban planner and public official who was highly influential in shaping the city of New York - features him posing in front of a large wall map of New York City. Photographed by Fernand Bourges for the June 1938 issue of Fortune magazine. See #33235 for map of Moses' projects, printed in the same issue as this portrait. More
The Problem of Greater New York and Its Solution
New York: The Searchlight Book Corp. 1914. Illustrated in black and white. 131 pages. 8vo, red cloth with gold lettering (corners bumped & worn, bookplate remnant on end paper). Reference maps insert includes 'The United States', 19 x 24", 'Greater New York and its Harbor', 22 x 19", 'Peninsula of Brooklyn and its two Waterfronts', 29 x 22 1/2", cover chipped, a few splits along folds but all in very good condition. New York: The Searchlight Book Corp., (1914). Scarce..... More
Plan de Paris par Turgot
Paris: Claude Tchou & Sons, 1989. Atlas folio. Full page black & white maps by Louis Bretez. 12 pages of introductory text by Laure Beamont-Maillet. Black cloth-backed cream board portfolio with fabric ties. Paris: Claude Tchou & Sons., 1989. Limited edition, 568/1000 on pure Lana Royal paper. Near fine. Facsimile of 1735 edition. Oversize map on 20 sheets, unjoined except for sheets 18 and 19. Complete. More
Building a Borough: Architecture and Planning in the Bronx, 1890-1940
New York: Bronx Museum of the Arts, 1986. 70 illustrations. 122 pages. Slim 4to, purple cloth, d.w. (New York): Bronx Museum of the Arts, (1986). First Edition. Fine in fine dust wrapper. More
Great City Plans; Visions and Evolution Through the Ages
Milan: White Star Publishers, 2019. Illustrated in color. 207 pages. 4to, beige pictorial boards in a beige pictorial d.w.. Milan: White Star Publishers, 2019. A fine copy in a fine d.w. More
Im Schmelztiegel der Geschichte: 14 Stationen Europaischer Entwicklung
Gutersloh: C. Bertelsmann Verlag, 1966. Maps throughout. 157 pages. Slim 8vo, gray cloth with white lettering at spine (slightly rubbed, sunned). Gutersloh: C. Bertelsmann Verlag, (1966). A very good(+) copy lacking the dust wrapper. More
City Governments and Urban Problems: A New Introduction to Urban Politics
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1977. xiii + 448 pages, 8vo, pictorial boards. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, (1977). Gift inscription on front free endpaper. A very good(+) copy. More
Forma Della Citta Nella Storia: Roma Dall'alto
Milan: Jaco Book, 2013. Short introduction by Cassanelli followed by profuse full-spread color photographs of aerial views of Rome. 320 pages, text in Italian. Tall 4to, black boards, d.w. (one tiny tear on rear panel) Milan: Jaco Book (2013). Fine book in near fine dust wrapper. More
Streets: Critical Perspectives on Public Space
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994. Illustrated in b/w. 294 pages. Short 4to, pale green cloth, d.w. Berkeley: University of California Press, (1994). First edition. Fine copy in near fine dust wrapper. More
Interwoven Destinies: Cities and the Nation
New York: Norton, 1993. Each chapter by a different author. 367 pages, 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: W. W. Norton & Compay, (1993). First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Slums and Community Development: Experiments in Self-Help.
New York: Free, 1966. Illustrated end-papers. xvi + 334pp, 8vo, cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper lightly worn, dust soiled. New York: The Free Press, (1966). A very good copy in a very good (-) dust wrapper. More
Problems Created by Premature Subdivision of Urban Lands in Selected Metropolitan Districts
Albany: Division of State Planning, 1938. Illustrated with a handful of b/w maps and charts. 346 pages. 8vo, red cloth, gilt lettering. Albany: Division of State Planning, 1938. A very good copy--unlettered spine sunned and with light soiling to cloth. A Report to the State Planning Council of New York. More
Housing & Urbanism
Bombay: Urban Design Research Institute, 1999. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Tall slim 8vo, stiff pictorial wrappers. (Bombay): Urban Design Research Institute, (1999). Scarce. First Edition. Fine. More