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]: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1945]. Octavo (21.25cm.); original cloth in black pictorial price-clipped dust jacket; [14],186pp.; frontispiece, illus. throughout. Jacket extremities rubbed and chipped, small half-inch blemish to upper panel. About Fine in Good or better jacket. Examination of the creation of cities by the architect and urban..... More

London: "Daily News" 1900. Revised Edition. 12mo (18.5cm.); publisher's drab printed wrappers; vii,[8]-175pp. Wrappers rather fragile with a few shallow chips and closed tears along extremities, textblock significantly toned and brittle due to poor paper stock. Still, a Near Very Good copy overall. Collected articles first published in the Daily..... More

[New York]: Twentieth Century Fund, 1962. First Edition. Small octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's pale green staplebound wrappers; [2],37pp. Slightly ex-UCSD Library with presentation bookplate inside upper cover, small contemporary ownership address label to upper cover, a hint of wrinkling and wear from handling, else Very Good and sound. More

New York: Scribner's, 1917. First Edition. Octavo. Red cloth boards, lettered in gilt on spine; 370pp. Tight, Near Fine copy, gilt slightly dulled on spine; text clean, tight and unmarked. 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. Prospectus for the as-yet unbuilt model town of Vandergrift, Pennsylvania, situated on the Kiskimentas River forty miles outside Pittsburgh. In part inspired by Pullman, Chicago, and Andrew Carnegie's development of Munhall for the Homestead ironworks, steelmaster George Gibson..... More