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Oversized Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Boasting more than three hundred color and black-and-white photo-illustrations, this definitive volume examines in detail the Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, and Second Empire architectural styles of the early and mid-19th century, as well as the Neo Grec, Romanesque, Renaissance Revival, and American Colonial Revival styles of the late 19th- and early 20th-centuries. Originally published in 1972, and reprinted several times, this outstanding, singular work continues to merit and sustain critical praise. Includes 'Best Brownstones Walking Tours'. 303p.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Used - Very Good. 'Bricks and Brownstone: The New York Rowhouse 1783- 1929' was first published in 1972, and remains the only book ever written on the New York row house. It has been met with impressive critical praise ever since and Rizzoli is proud to publish this revised and updated edition as the introductory volume in the new Rizzoli Classics program, dedicated to keeping in print important architecture titles. Charles Lockwood looks at different architecture styles of the New York row house. The book is comprehensive, examining the history of New York's changing neighborhoods and the history of the various row house architectural styles--the Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, and Second Empire, as well as the eclectic but picturesque styles of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The text and illustrations also delve into the architectural details, paying meticulous attention to all features, including doorways, glass, mantels, staircases, ceiling ornaments, and ironwork. Twenty years later, this edition is updated to include specially commissioned new color photographs of interiors and exteriors of some of New York's most impressive homes. Also included is Best of the Brownstones Walking Tours, carefully detailed and illustrated with color photographs. wrapped in complimentary Brodart dust jacket protector. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 2nd. 2003 second edition Rizzoli (New York), 8 7/8 x 11 3/8 inches tall embossed black cloth hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, gi;t lettering to spine, pictorial endpapers, copiously illustrated with full color and black-and-white photographs, xv, 303 pp., plus 64 unnumbered pages of color plates. Very slight rubbing to covers. At the top margin of the blank front free-endpaper, two-inch paper remnant of removed label. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a very good to near fine dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~MM~ [5.5P] Bricks and Brownstone was the first - and is still the only - book to examine in depth the varied architectural styles of the much-loved New York City row house, or 'brownstone.' When it first came out, and in several subsequent editions, Bricks and Brownstone helped pave the way for a brownstone revival that has transformed the very appearance of the city. No other book has so thoroughly delved into the ways of life of the nineteenth-century families who lived in these homes or has so authoritatively dealt with the development and growth of the historic and highly desirable row house neighborhoods in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Boasting more than 300 color and black and white illustrations, this definitive volume examines in detail the Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, and Second Empire architectural styles of the early and mid-nineteenth century, as well as the Neo Grec, Romanesque, Renaissance Revival, and American Colonial Revival styles of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Contents: Ch. 1. Federal Style; Ch. 2. Greek Revival Style; Ch. 3. Gothic Revival Style; Ch. 4. The Italianate, Anglo-Italianate, and Second Empire Styles; Ch. 5. The New York Row House, 1875-1929; The Best of the Brownstones Walking Tour.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Classical America Series In Art And Architecture; 304 pages; Minor fold to top corner of first few pages. Color and B&W photographs. Rubbing (shelf wear) to DJ. Very Good overall condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No writing.; - We're committed to your satisfaction. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence. …

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Classical America Series in Art and Architecture; Bricks and Brownstone: The New York Rowhouse 1783â"1929 was first published in 1972, and remains the only book ever written on the New York row house. It has been met with impressive critical praise ever since and Rizzoli is proud to publish this revised and updated edition as the introductory volume in the new Rizzoli Classics program, dedicated to keeping in print important architecture titles.Charles Lockwood looks at different architecture styles of the New York row house. The book is comprehensive, examining the history of New York's changing neighborhoods and the history of the various row house architectural styles--the Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, and Second Empire, as well as the eclectic but picturesque styles of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The text and illustrations also delve into the architectural details, paying meticulous attention to all features, including doorways, glass, mantels, staircases, ceiling ornaments, and ironwork.Twenty years later, this edition is updated to include specially commissioned new color photographs of interiors and exteriors of some of New York's most impressive homes. Also included is Best of the Brownstones Walking Tours, carefully detailed and illustrated with color photographs.…