New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1969. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Format is approximately 9 inches b 10.25 inches. 275, [3] pages. Illustrations. A Note on Methods and Bibliography. Index. DJ has wear, tears, soiling and chips. Vincent Joseph Scully Jr. (August 21, 1920 – November 30, 2017) was an American art historian who was a Sterling Professor of the History of Art in Architecture at Yale University, and the author of several books on the subject. Architect Philip Johnson once described Scully as "the most influential architectural teacher ever." His lectures at Yale were known to attract casual visitors and packed houses, and regularly received standing ovations. He was also the distinguished visiting professor in architecture at the University of Miami. He earned his BA degree from Yale in 1940, his M.A. in 1947, and his Ph.D. in 1949.. He taught classes at Yale from 1947, often to packed lecture rooms. He was also a distinguished visiting professor at the University of Miami. Scully officially retired from Yale in 1991, but continued giving courses there and at the University of Miami. He announced in 2009, however, at the age of 89, that he was no longer well enough to continue teaching. Scully's early advocacy was critical to the emergence of both Louis I. Kahn and Robert Venturi as important 20th-century architects. Scully was involved in the preservation of Olana, Frederic Church's home in upstate New York, publishing an article on its significance and endangerment in the May 1965 issue of Progressive Architecture. More

New York: Praeger Publishers, 1970. Presumed First U. S. Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Format is approximately 10.25 inches by 10.75 inches. 239, [1] pages. Illustrated DJ front. DJ has wear, tears, soiling and chips. Illustrations (some in color). Contents include Preface, Selected Quotations 1960-1970, Building and Projects 1960-1970, and Work in Retrospect 1921-1960. Tician Papachristou was born in Athens, Greece, Tician came to the U.S. in 1945. He studied architecture at Princeton University and practiced in Colorado and New York City where he was a partner of Marcel Breuer. Among his many works are award-winning houses, a new city in Egypt and his own houses in Springs, New York, Hydra, Greece, and in Sheffield. In 1954, Tician Papachristou rode on a Greyhound bus into the city that would launch his architectural career. That far-from-grand entrance led to an 11-year stay in Boulder, where Papachristou found a symbiotic relationship with the city: His distinct style flourished as he added to Boulder’s burgeoning modernist movement. In support of peace and opposition to nuclear war, he was a founding member of Architects / Designers / Planners for Social Responsibility in the U.S. and co-chair of its international organization. More

Vancouver, BC, Canada: O P Publishing LTD, 1998. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. Format is approximately 8.25 inches by 9 inches. 97, [1] pages, plus covers. Cover has some wear and soiling. Rear cover has a fold-out flap. Maps. Illustrations (most in color). Via Rail Canada Inc. (reporting mark VIA) (/ vi /), operating as Via Rail or Via, is a Canadian Crown corporation that is mandated to operate intercity passenger rail service in Canada. On 12 January 1977, CN spun off its passenger services as a separate Crown corporation, Via Rail Canada. At its inception, Via acquired all CN passenger cars and locomotives. Following several months of negotiation, on 29 October 1978, Via assumed all CP passenger train operations and took possession of cars and locomotives. At this time, Via did not own any trackage and had to pay right-of-way fees to CN and CP, sometimes being the only user of rural branch lines. Via initially had a tremendous variety of equipment — much of it in need of replacement — and operated routes stretching from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Prince Rupert, British Columbia and north to Churchill, Manitoba. Over 150 scheduled trains per week were in operation, including transcontinental services, regional trains, and corridor services. By the late 1990s, with a rail-friendly Minister of Transport, David Collenette, in office, there were modest funding increases to Via. Corridor services were improved with new and faster trains, a weekly tourist train, the Bras d'Or, returned Via service to Cape Breton Island for the first time since the 1990 cuts, and a commitment was made to continue operating on Vancouver Island. More

New York, Cambridge: The Architectural History Foundation and The MIT Press, 1994. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Format is approximately 8.75 inches by 9.5 inches. xv, [1], 271, [7] pages. Stamp on bottom edge. Slight DJ soiling. Foreword by David G. De Long. Illustrations (some in color). Plates. Notes. Index. Robert L. Sweeney is Executive Director of the R. M. Shindler House in Los Angeles. His comprehensive annotated bibliography on Wright was published in 1978. Contents include: Visions of a New Architecture; The Block System Emerges; Improvements and Changes in Block Technique, Lingering and New Prospects; Renewal: The Arizona Desert; Protecting and Adding to La Miniatura; CODA: Answering the International Style; Sources; and With Hindsight. Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years. Wright played a key role in the architectural movements of the twentieth century, influencing architects worldwide through his works and hundreds of apprentices in his Taliesin Fellowship. Wright believed in designing in harmony with humanity and the environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture. This philosophy was exemplified in Fallingwater (1935), which has been called "the best all-time work of American architecture." The textile block system is a unique structural building method created by Frank Lloyd Wright in the early 1920s. The concept involves patterned concrete blocks reinforced by steel rods, created by pouring concrete mixture into molds, thus enabling the repetition of form. The blocks are then stacked to build walls. More

Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1977. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. Format is approximately 9 inches by 7.75 inches. 64 pages. Decorative covers. Illustrations (some in color). Contents include: Preface John Maxon; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Chicago Stock Exchange Building: The Trading Room, Sullivan and the Art of Stenciling; Salvaging the Trading Room; Reconstruction of the Trading Room; The Architects; Architects and Contractors; and Selected Bibliography. John Vinci (born February 6, 1937) is a Chicago-based American architect who works on architectural preservation of historic buildings in addition to new designs. He is noted for the rehabilitation of many noted landmarks including Frank Lloyd Wright’s studio in Oak Park, Illinois, Louis Sullivan’s Carson Pirie Scott department store and the reconstruction of the Adler and Sullivan Stock Exchange Trading Room inside the Art Institute of Chicago. In addition to his architectural work, Mr. Vinci has extensive experience in the design of art exhibition installations at the Art Institute of Chicago and other museums. Mr. Vinci has also been an instructor of the history of nineteenth and twentieth century architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology (1972-1992) (2000), and at Roosevelt University (1970-1972). He has written or contributed to architectural books and publications most notably The Complete Architecture of Adler and Sullivan, (Aaron Siskind and Richard Nickel with John Vinci and Ward Miller, 2011, Published by The Richard Nickel Committee). John Maxon was vice president for collections and exhibitions at the Chicago Art Institute. More

New York: Dover Publications, 1978. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. Format is approximately 9.25 inches by 10.75 inches. 98, [2] pages. 100 illustrations. Introduction by Edgar Kaufmann, Jr. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Name of previous owner and date on fep. A total revision of the standard document on Fallingwater, the boldest, most personal architectural statement of Wright's mature years. Updated with valuable new material from the recently opened Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, the book gives special emphasis to Fallingwater's architectural innovations. It is stated on the verso that this is 'a new work, first published by Dover Publications, Inc. in 1978.' The contents include: Bear Run; The House Is Conceived: 1935; Construction Begins: 1936; Finishing the House: 1937: The Guest Wing and After; and Index. Donald Hoffmann served as art and architecture critic for the Kansas City Star from 1965 to 1990, was assistant editor of the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians from 1970 to 1972, and is the author of seven books on the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, including Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater. Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a period of 70 years. Wright played a key role in the architectural movements of the twentieth century, influencing architects worldwide through his works and his Taliesin Fellowship. Wright believed in designing in harmony with humanity and the environment, which he called organic architecture. This was exemplified in Fallingwater, called "the best all-time work of American architecture." More

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1989. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Trade paperback. Format is approximately 9 inches by 11 inches. 156 pages. Illustrations (some in color). Preface by Thomas S. Monaghan (Founder of Dominos's Pizza). Introduction by David A. Hanks. Catalogue Entries by David A. Hanks. Checklist by Sara-Ann Briggs and Caroline Stern. Appendix. Select Bibliography. Index. Cover has some wear and soiling. Some weakness at the front cover. There appears to have been an fep removed. This publication was associated with an exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service and David A. Hanks and Associates Inc., in cooperation with The National Center for the Study of Frank Lloyd Wright. This book is a survey of the decorative designs by the great architect. David Allen Hanks (1940–Present) is a curator and scholar. He specializes in 19th and 20th century decorative arts. He also holds interests in Frank Lloyd Wright and Louis Comfort Tiffany. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in 1962 and a Master of Arts in 1965, both from Washington University. He has worked at several museums including the Art Institute of Chicago, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C. He is currently the president of David A. Hanks & Associates Inc., a decorative arts consulting company. He has authored and co-authored several books including The Decorative Designs of Frank Lloyd Wright, Innovative Furniture in America from 1800 to Present, Frank Lloyd Wright: Preserving the Architectural Heritage-Decorative Designs From the Domino’s Pizza Collection, and American Streamlined Design: The World of Tomorrow. More

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1994. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Format is approximately 10.25 by 10 inches. 144 pages. Illustrated endpapers. Introduction by Eric Lloyd Wright. Illustrations (Color). For Further Reading. Judith Dunham is a writer and editor who has written about contemporary art and the outdoors. Renowned for the innovatively styled facades of the buildings he designed, master architect Frank Lloyd Wright was also famous for creating many of their interior details. The first book to feature these elements in an expansive, photographic format, this elegant survey offers a comprehensive look at each of the 24 California homes and public buildings designed by Wright over a 60-year period--including the celebrated Barnsdall and Sturges residences and the Marin County Civic Center--down to individual decorative details, such as furniture, lighting, and draperies. Complete with an introduction by Wright's grandson, Eric Lloyd Wright; 175 full-color photographs; and a thoughtful, concise text, this outstanding volume will make an important addition to the architecture and design bookshelf. Properties are presented in chronological order, including Stewart Residence, Millard Residence, Enni-Brown Residence, Storer Residence, Freeman Residence, Hanna Residence, Bazett-Frank Residence, Oboler Gatehouse and Studio-Retreat, Walker Residence, Buehler Residence, Morris Gift Shop, Berger Residence, Mathews Residence, Pearce Residence, Anderton Court Shops, Kundert Medical Clinic, Fawcett Residence, Walton Residence, Alvin Residence, Pilgrim Congregational Church, and Bell-Feldman Residence. More

Darmstadt, Germany: Independent Network of Engineers and Scientists Against Proliferation, 1999. Fifth Edition [stated], Presumed first printing thus. Wraps. xviii, 183, [1], and 25 pages of figures. Footnotes. Tables. Figures. Bibliography. Technical Report No. 1. Flyer on the publication laid in. Transmittal letter laid in referencing a Comment that appeared in the 15 March 1999 issues of Phys. Lett. A., which is also laid in. Together with a binder clip body of material which includes articles by the authors further updating some of the information in this work. This is the Fifth corrected and expanded version of a report first distributed as the INESAP Conference, Shanghai, China, September 8-10, 1997. Section 1 is The Physical Principles of Thermonuclear Explosives; Section 2 is Nuclear Weapons Development under the CTBT; Section 3 is Nuclear Weapons Applications of Inertial Confinement Fusion; Section 4 is Fourth Generation Nuclear Weapons; and Section 5 is Conclusions. The paper begins with a general introduction and update to Fourth Generation Nuclear Weapons (FGNW), and then addresses some particularly important military aspects on which there has been only limited public discussion so far. These aspects concern the unique military characteristics of FGNWs which make them radically different from both nuclear weapons based on previous-generation nuclear-explosives and from conventional weapons based on chemical-explosives: yields in the 1 to 100 tons range, greatly enhanced coupling to targets, possibility to drive powerful shaped-charge jets and forged fragments, enhanced prompt radiation effects, reduced collateral damage and residual radioactivity, etc. More

East Hartford, CT: Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Division of United Aircraft Corporation, 1943. Presumed first edition and first printing thus. Three Ring Binder. Various paginations. Illustrations. Front cover stained, soiled and torn at the three holes. Significant signs of moisture staining. Binder worn/soiled. Preface indicates that his text is an attempt to make understandable most of the complexities faced in present machine shop practices. This book should not only proved of value to you while you are in the status of a learner but you will find your text a source of reference in the future and we hope that it will serve as a first step in the pyramid of knowledge. This book is a result of the untiring efforts and sincere cooperation of the men from the Pratt & Whitney Division of the United Aircraft Corporation who voluntarily have acted as instructors in the Defense Training Center. No one can become a skilled machine tool operator just through reading a book. But life is far too short for anyone to become a skilled machine tool operator through the trial and error method. Internal grinder is a special type of grinding machine, designed for grinding the internal diameter of the work piece. Although in most grinding details, internal grinding is almost the same as cylindrical grinding for grinding the internal diameter, there are some key differences between the two. More

San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1954. 10th printing [stated]. Mass market paperback. [10], 357, [5] pages. Index. Cover has some wear and soiling. In this classic bestseller, Paul de Kruif dramatizes the pioneering bacteriological work of such scientists and doctors. Among the scientists and topics addressed are: Leeuwenhoek, Spallanzani, Pasteur, Koch, Roux, Behring, Metchnikoff, Theobald Smith, Bruce, Ross, Grassi, Walter Reed, Paul Ehrlich, Rabies, Guinea-Pigs, Phagocytes, Ticks, Texas Fever, Tsetse, and Malaria. Paul Henry de Kruif (1890–1971) was an American microbiologist and author of Dutch descent. Publishing as Paul de Kruif, he is most noted for his 1926 book, Microbe Hunters. This book was not only a bestseller for a lengthy period after publication, but has remained high on lists of recommended reading for science and has been an inspiration for many aspiring physicians and scientists. In 1916, he graduated from the University of Michigan with a Ph.D. He immediately entered service as a private in Mexico on the Pancho Villa Expedition and afterwards served as a lieutenant and a captain in World War I in France. Because of his service in the Sanitary Corps, he had occasional contacts with leading French biologists of the period. De Kruif assisted Sinclair Lewis with his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Arrowsmith (1925) by providing the scientific and medical information required by the plot, along with character sketches. De Kruif's contribution was significant, and he received 25 percent of the royalties. Ronald Ross, one of the scientists featured in Microbe Hunters, took exception to how he was described, so the British edition deleted that chapter. More

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1986. Second printing [stated]. Trade paperback. xxv, [1], 271, [7] pages. Notes. A commentary on the Texts. Index. Cover has some wear and soiling. A marks and comments to the introductory material and occasionally elsewhere noted. This is Volume 14 of the Theory and History of Literature series. Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille (10 September 1897 – 9 July 1962) was a French philosopher and intellectual working in philosophy, literature, sociology, anthropology, and history of art. His writing, which included essays, novels, and poetry, explored such subjects as eroticism, mysticism, surrealism, and transgression. His work would prove influential on subsequent schools of philosophy and social theory, including poststructuralism. Allan Stoekl is professor emeritus of French and comparative literature at Pennsylvania State University. His books include Bataille's Peak: Energy, Religion, and Postsustainability (Minnesota, 2007). Agonies of the Intellectual: Commitment, Subjectivity and the Performative in the Twentieth Century French tradition (1992) and Politics, Writing, Mutilation: The Cases of Bataille, Roussel, Leiris and Ponge (1985). Translator of Maurice Blanchot (The Most High, 2001), editor of Georges Bataille's Visions of Excess: Selected Writings, Stoekl has in his recent work focused on issues of energy use, sustainability and economy in a literary-cultural and philosophical context. Notably, he has been considering certain theories--of the city, of history, of writing: the surrealists, situationists, Le Corbusier, Kojève, Blanchot--in light of current conceptions (aesthetic, political, energetic) of sustainable urbanism. More

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 748 pages. Illustrations. Index. Some soiling and sticker residue to DJ, some soiling and sticker residue. Black line on bottom edge. Sticker scuff on fep. The former president relates the story of his public and private life from his modest beginnings in the Midwest, through a distinguished film career, to a second career in politics. Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 to 1975 and as president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1947 to 1952 and from 1959 until 1960. He escalated an arms race with the Soviet Union and transitioned Cold War policy from détente to rollback. He also survived an assassination attempt, fought public sector labor unions, spurred the war on drugs, and ordered the 1983 invasion of Grenada. Reagan left the presidency in 1989 with the American economy having seen a significant reduction of inflation, the unemployment rate having fallen, and the United States having entered its then-longest peacetime expansion. His presidency constituted the Reagan era, and he is considered a prominent conservative figure in the United States. Evaluations of his presidency among historians and scholars tend to place him among the upper tier of American presidents. More