Pittsburgh: ACTION-Housing, 1969. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); original brown printed wrappers; [2],77,[1]pp.; illus. Fine. "A Pioneering Demonstration in Rehabilitating Aging but Structurally Sound Housing" (from upper cover). More

London: C.W. Daniel Company, [1930]. First Edition. 12mo (18cm.); original tan cloth-backed boards, gilt-lettered spine, dark brown topstain; 86,[2](ads)pp. Contemporary ownership inscription on half title, minor foxing to preliminaries and textblock fore-edge, else Near Fine. Brief study of the cities of Great Britain in the early years of the economic..... More

New York: Aperture Foundation, 2008. First Edition. Oblong octavo (15.5 x 20.5cm); color pictorial paper-covered boards; [108pp], w/ photo plates and fold-outs. Light scratches and surface wear to boards; price sticker on rear; interiors clean and sound. Near Fine. Photographer Jonas Bendiksen spent two years documenting individual lives, families, and homes..... More

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1912. First American Edition. Classic work on the sociology of rural villages and the changes wrought by advancing technology. Sturt (1863-1927) was a wheelwright by trade, and wrote from a rather unusual perspective - a sensitive, self-educated tradesman, documenting and eulogizing the passing of..... More

New York: Privately Published, 1922. First Edition. Quarto (31cm); dark blue publisher's cloth, stamped in gilt; [74pp]. Spine well sunned; material fraying/loss at crown and heel, leading corners; mild surface wear and soiling to boards; interiors foxed intermittently, with some yellowing to margins; first signature slightly pulled; short tear on..... More

New York: Institute of Public Administration, Columbia University, 1938. Reprint. "Authorized Reprint of the Official Report." Octavo (22.5cm.); original maroon buckram, spine lettered in gilt; xxi,[1],346pp.; illus. and maps throughout. Upper cover extremities faintly dampstained, some bubbling to cloth of rear cover. Still, Very Good and sound. Signed and inscribed..... More

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1930. Second Printing. Octavo. Maroon cloth boards, lettered in gilt on spine and front cover; 302pp. Spine gilt age-dulled; text clean, tight and unmarked. An attractive, VG copy. More

[Cambridge: Harvard Today Publications, 1969]. First Edition. Octavo (24.5cm.); original teal printed staplebound card wrappers; 35pp.; illus. Fine. Second of a series published by the Office of the President "on behalf of the interest of all alumni..." More

[Hummelstown, PA]: American Yearbook Company, [1962]. First Edition. Quarto (31cm.); coated paper boards in red, silver, and blue; [166pp]. A yearbook commemorating the 200th anniversary of Hummelstown, PA's founding; contains town history and photographs, plus information on municipal organizations, churches, schools, and businesses (with contemporary ads). Endpapers are slightly yellowed..... More

Yakima, WA: The Yakima Herald-Republic, 2010. First Edition. Slim quarto (27cm); b/w pictorial paper wrappers; 82pp. Wrappers show minor handling wear and toning, with rubbing and creasing about the spine. Interiors clean and tight; a Very Good+ copy. Published as a supplement of The Yakima Herald-Republic, this magazine (released April 25..... More

Berkeley: Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California, 1970. First Edition. Slim octavo (23cm.); publisher's white and green card wrappers; viii,85pp.; two leaves of photographic illus. printed on rectos and versos, color maps in text. Light shelf wear, faint ownership signature to upper cover, else Very Good to Near Fine..... More

Pittsburgh: Apollo Iron and Steel Company, n.d. but ca. 1894. First Edition. 6mo (16cm.); publisher's string-bound printed cream card wrappers; 19pp.; map frontispiece, photographic illus. A hint of toning to extremities, else fresh and Fine. Prospectus for the as-yet unbuilt model town of Vandergrift, Pennsylvania, situated on the Kiskimentas River..... More

New York: Aperture Foundation, 2009. First Edition. Oblong quarto (27.5cm x 31.5cm). Pictorial paper boards (hardcover) with titling on spine; pictorial dustjacket; 300pp; illus. Near Fine copy; slight soiling to bottom textblock corner, else appears new. Near Fine dustwrapper; very slight shelf wear to bottom corner tip, else clean and..... More