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By: Anon.
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Ottawa, Minister of Supply and Services Canada: 1992
Seller ID: 14782
ISBN: 0662196392
Condition: Very Good
Light edge wear to light blue card covers, a little fading back cover. ; Text unmarked, bright, solid book ; Trade PB; B&W Photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 98 pages View more info
By: Baird, Ian
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Victoria, BC, Heritage Architectural Guides: 1997
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 18970
ISBN: 0968303404
Condition: Very Good+
Signed by Author; Card covers show very light shelf wear.; Signed by the author on the title page. A bright, solid book.; B&W Illustrations; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 86 pages; This is a follow-up to Baird's previous book Canadian Pacific Railway Stations in British Columbia View more info
By: Ball, Norman R.
Price: $18.50
Publisher: Canada, National Museum Of Science And Technology: 1987
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 14704
ISBN: 0660120003
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
Price clipped DJ shows only light wear, bottom fore corner bumped. attractive gift notation verso of FFEP. ; A bright, solid book, DJ in Mylar ; B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 183 pages; Pictorial views and description of Civil Engineering achievements in Canada from 1887 until 1987 View more info
By: Barrett, Anthony A.; Rhodri Windsor Liscombe
Price: $14.50
Publisher: Vancouver BC, University of British Columbia Press: 1983
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 12729
ISBN: 0774801786
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
Some creasing top edge if DJ, gift notation on FFEP ; A bright, solid book, DJ in Mylar ; B&W Photographs; 1.4 x 8.9 x 6.2 Inches; 391 pages; "Yorkshire-born Francis Mawson Rattenbury (1867-1935) emigrated to British Columbia as a young architect in 1892. Within months of his arrival in Victoria he launched his brilliant, if abbreviated, career by winning an international competition to design the legislative buildings. While his life was marred by controversy, scandal and, in the end, tragedy, Rattenbury's architecture had an enduring impact on the Canadian landscape and his commercial ve... View more info
By: Brandon, Raphael and J. Arthur Brandon
Price: $27.50
Publisher: Ottawa, Algrove Publishing Limited: 1999
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 18591
ISBN: 0921335571
Condition: Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued
Slight sticker shadow on paste-on illustration on front board. ; A bright, solid book. As new, B&W and colour illustrations throughout. ; B&W and colour illustrations; 12 X 9.70 X 0.70 inches; 87 pages; A lovely facsimile of the original edition from 1849. View more info
By: Clemson, Donovan
Price: $12.50
Publisher: Saanichton, BC, Hancock House Publishers: 1978
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 17087
ISBN: 091965410X
Condition: Very Good
Card covers show light edge wear, light scuffing and creasing. ; A tight solid book. ; B&W Illustrations; 93 pages View more info
By: Hearn, John
Price: $18.50
Publisher: Markham, ON, Fitzhenry & Whiteside: 1986
Seller ID: 10753
ISBN: 0889029857
Condition: Very Good+
Light wear to extremities ; A bright solid, book ; Trade PB; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 176 pages View more info
By: Hyde, Susan & Michael Bird
Price: $18.50
Publisher: Erin, ON, Boston Mills Press: 1995
Edition: 1st
Seller ID: 16918
ISBN: 1550461214
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Only slight wear to book & DJ ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; B&W and Colour photographs.; 8.31 X 8.26 X 0.68 inches; 128 pages; "From the grandest, most ornate church to the tiniest, most humble chapel, Cape Breton Island's houses of worship possess a timeless charm. In these pages, we join Susan Hyde and Michael Bird as they travel the winding roads of Cape Breton — along the windswept coast, through sheltered river valleys, and up rugged peaks — on an inspirational tour of over sixty remarkable churches. The authors' outstanding photographs and informed ... View more info
Price: $26.50
Publisher: North Vancouver, BC, Whitecap Books: 1984
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 16858
ISBN: 0920620566
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Small dot top page edges, only light wear top book and dustjacket ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped; B&W and Colour Illustrations; 12.30 X 9.50 X 1 inches; 239 pages; Kluckner has taken old historical photographs from the Vancouver of old and created beautiful watercolour reproductions, romanticizing Vancouver's historical buildings and neighbourhoods. Accompanying all this is a brief biography of the people associated with the buildings and histories of the neighbourhoods. A simple full page map showing the important areas and streets covered in the book appears after t... View more info
Price: $50.00
Publisher: North Vancouver, BC, Whitecap Books: 1990
Edition: 1st
Inscription: Signed by Author & Illustrator
Seller ID: 16882
ISBN: 1895099242
Condition: Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket
Signed by Author & Illustrator; Light general wear to book and dust jacket, stain to lower page edges ; Signed and dated by author/artist. A bright, solid book, dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Colour Illustrations; 12.90 X 9.60 X 1 inches; 208 pages; Award-winning author and artist Michael Kluckner takes another look at a city where the only thing that doesn't seem to change is the rapid pace of development. Vanishing Vancouver explores the origins of our landmark buildings and public spaces, working harbour, shops, houses, apartments, urban farms and gardens, and bears witness to the... View more info
Price: $29.95
Publisher: North Vancouver, BC, Whitecap Books: 1990
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 17065
ISBN: 1895099242
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Only slight wear to book and dust jacket ; Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. A bright, solid book in near-fine condition.; Watercolor paintings; 12.90 X 9.60 X 1 inches; 208 pages; "Vanishing Vancouver is an extraordinary collection of watercolours painted in the late 1980s, many of downtown buildings and houses that have since been demolished, and others that are doomed by the changing nature and growth of the city." Award-winning author and artist Michael Kluckner takes another look at a city where the only thing that doesn't seem to change is the rapid pace of development. Van... View more info
Price: $44.95
Publisher: Sutton West, Paget Press: 1982
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 18225
ISBN: 0920348246
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
DJ shows light shelf wear, some creasing and one short tear top edge. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; Maps and B&W photos; 157 pages; The highlights of this book are the number of street maps taken from Goad's 1884 Atlas of Toronto, architectural drawings of 19th century buildings and early photographs of buildings accompanied by a short history. View more info
By: Pacey, Arnold
Price: $22.50
Publisher: Cambridge, MS, The MIT Press: 1992
Edition: Second Edition
Seller ID: 17699
ISBN: 0262161281
Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket
Stamp bottom page edges ; A bright, solid book. Dark blue cloth covered boards, as new, text unmarked ; B&W Illustrations; 9.21 X 6.06 X 0.94 inches; 306 pages; "From cathedrals to star wars, Arnold Pacey looks at the interaction of technologies and society over the last thousand years and uses that survey to argue for a more humane form of future technological development. The second edition of The Maze of Ingenuity concentrates on Europe and North America and incorporates recent insights from the history and sociology of technology. A new series of chapters extends Pacey's discussion of ... View more info
Price: $50.00
Publisher: London, Cassell & Company: 1891
Seller ID: 13583
Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket
Some rubbing of front board, small tear front edge of Vol 1. Inner hinges of Vol 1 split but still attached. Vol II hinges split but still attached, missing back free end paper. Light foxing of first couple of pages and frontispiece tissue guards. Light general edge wear. ; Heavy green cloth covered boards with mitered corners, gilt titles and design front and spine, blindstamped on back. All edges gilt ; 838 pages View more info
By: Step'an K. Mnats'akanian & Rainer K. Lampinen & K. H. Maksoudian
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Armenian General Benevolent Union/ Editions Erebouni: 1986
Seller ID: 18601
Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
Some notations in Armenian on title page, dust jacket shows edgewear and a short tear to of spine, glue stain top of front free end paper. ; Double foldout photographs in middle of book, richly illustrated with colour photographs of the church and its surroundings ; Color Photographs; 9.13 X 6.57 X 1.11 inches; Unpaginated pages; "The Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Akdamar (Aghtamar) Island, in Lake Van in eastern Turkey, is a medieval Armenian Apostolic cathedral, built as a palatine church for the kings of Vaspurakan and later serving as the seat of the Catholicosate of Aghtamar."&#... View more info
By: Tianjin School of Architecture; Professional Green Building Council
Price: $45.00
Publisher: Hong Kong, China Architecture & Building Press: 2010
Seller ID: 16517
ISBN: 711213109X
Condition: Very Good+
Only slight wear to card covers; A bright, solid book ; Trade PB; B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 253 pages; "Green Building Design and Technology: Tianjin and Hong Kong instances included: Tianjin Port sustainable building seminar series papers and lectures report brings together the views of experts and scholars from more than 10 countries. Tianjin Port sustainable building seminar series came to an end in 2009. In retrospect. this series of events in the way of constructive and inspiring to different ideas and perspectives together in order to foster and promote a variet... View more info
By: Vicens, Francesc
Price: $19.95
Publisher: New York, Tudor Publishing Company: 1971
Seller ID: 8009
Condition: Fine in Very Good dust jacket
Some wear to extremities of DJ, scuffing. The beige cloth binding is unmarked and solid. ; DJ in Mylar, bright, solid book . ; B&W and colour plates; 127 + 240 pages; Their are 127 pages of text about the construction and history of this 12th century cathedral. The text is in Spanish, English, French and German. The 240 full page plates are B&W and colour. At the end are foldout indexes of the illustrations. View more info
Price: $30.00
Publisher: 's-Gravenhage (The Hague), Kruseman 's: 1971
Edition: Facsimile
Seller ID: 11555
ISBN: 9023301900
Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket
Only slight wear to red boards with blind stamped and gilt stamped design and title front and spine ; A bright solid, book ; Color Illustrations; This is a facsimile edition of 25 architectural studies of European buildings first published in 1860, including stunning reproductions of detailed color plates View more info
By: Ward, Robin
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Madeira Park, BC, Harbour Publishing: 1990
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 16806
ISBN: 1550170309
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
A bright solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; B&W line drawings; 144 pages; A retrospect of Vancouver's major architectural accomplishments, with descriptions, legend and fine pen and ink drawings by the author. "The talented hand of Robin Ward captures the unique character of Vancouver's classic landmarks. This handsome book contains 70 of Robin Ward's drawings, which thousands of readers have come to know though his regular Vancouver Sun column. Along with his distinctive illustrations, the author's commentary provides an insightful look at some of the heritage and history of Van... View more info
By: Woodall, Ronald & T.H. Watkins
Price: $24.50
Publisher: Don Mills, ON, General Publishing Company: 1977
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 17218
ISBN: 0773600582
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
Boards and price clipped DJ show light edge wear.; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Color Photographs; 9 X 6 X 1 inches; 436 pages; Deals with the old buildings, generally not built to last a long time, that populated farms, ranches and towns of western Canada and the US. These buildings, usually made from wood are disappearing fast fom our landscape. View more info