Thomas H Hines (12 results)

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Second edition (as stated upon title page). xxviii, 445 pages. Paperback: H 22.75cm x L 15.25cm. Glossy paper covers lightly rubbed. SLight soiling to text block's bottom edge. Seven leaves have creased top corners from past fold-downs; intertior pages are otherwise bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. With "Preface to the 2009 Edition," Foreword by Neil Harris, Acknowledgements, b/w photographs and illustrations, Introduction, Epilogue, two appendices, Essay on Sources, Notes, and Index. Remains the best biography of Daniel Burnham. Features fifteen chapters titled as follows: "The Long Childhood: 1846-1873;" "The Large Partnership: Burnham and Root 1873-1891;" "Building in the Sky: Burnham, Root, and the Rise of the Skyscraper, 1881-1891;" "The Big Dream: Planning the World's Columbian Exposition, 1889-1891;" "The Make-Believe City: The Building of the Fair, 1891-1893;" "Legacies of the Fair: 1893-1901;" "The New Capital: The Washington Plan of 1902;" "The Paradox of Progressive Architecture: The Cleveland Group Plan of 1903;" "The Promise of Urban Planning: The San Francisco Plan of 1905;" "The Imperial Facade: The Philippine Plans of 1905;" "Promoter and Benefactor: The Architect as Philanthropist;" "The Private Life of a Public Man;" "The Architecture Of Capitalism: D.H. Burnham and Company, 1891-1912;" "Beyond the White City: The Chicago Plan of 1909;" and "Uncle Dan." {Arch-Shelf#5} ISBN 9780226341729.…

First edition (not stated per publisher's usual practice). xxiii, [1], 445 pages. Hardcover: H 23.25cm x L 15.75cm. Dust jacket rubbed; chipping, tears, and curling/creasing at edges but mostly along top; publisher's printed price remains at front flap's bottom corner; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Navy blue cloth; dulled spine lettering. Production/printing error of a dark ink streak affecting one line of text across pages 182-183; interior leaves are otherwise bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. With light brown endpapers, Acknowledgements, b/w photographs and illustrations, Introduction, Epilogue, two appendices, Essay on Sources, Notes, and Index. Remains the best biography of Daniel Burnham. Features fifteen chapters titled as follows: "The Long Childhood: 1846-1873;" "The Large Partnership: Burnham and Root 1873-1891;" "Building in the Sky: Burnham, Root, and the Rise of the Skyscraper, 1881-1891;" "The Big Dream: Planning the World's Columbian Exposition, 1889-1891;" "The Make-Believe City: The Building of the Fair, 1891-1893;" "Legacies of the Fair: 1893-1901;" "The New Capital: The Washington Plan of 1902;" "The Paradox of Progressive Architecture: The Cleveland Group Plan of 1903;" "The Promise of Urban Planning: The San Francisco Plan of 1905;" "The Imperial Facade: The Philippine Plans of 1905;" "Promoter and Benefactor: The Architect as Philanthropist;" "The Private Life of a Public Man;" "The Architecture Of Capitalism: D.H. Burnham and Company, 1891-1912;" "Beyond the White City: The Chicago Plan of 1909;" and "Uncle Dan." {Arch-Shelf#4} ISBN 0195018362.…

Soft cover. Condition: VG. 23pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 12 drawings, including a small portrait of General Morgan, and a small map of the July, 1863, raid, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume XLI, No. 3, January, 1891. Confederate General John Hunt Morgan and his Raiders of the 2nd Kentucky Cavalry. The first author was a Confederate General and brother-in-law of Morgan, the second was a Union General involved in the capture of Morgan and most of his troops, the third was an officer under Morgan who along with five other officers and Morgan made a successful escape from the Ohio State Penitentiary at Columbus in what would historically become the only escape from that facility in the 19th Century. Housed in protective mylar report cover. Scarce. W. H. Shelton (illustrator). …

First edition (not stated per publisher's usual practice). xxiii, [1], 445 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.75cm. Dust jacket lightly rubbed; bumping and slight wear along top edges; slender diagonal streak of adhered paper at top of front panel; peeled remnant of large sticker at top of front flap; publisher's printed price remains at front flap's bottom corner. Navy blue cloth boards with gilt stamped spine lettering. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket. With light brown endpapers, Acknowledgements, b/w photographs and illustrations, Introduction, Epilogue, two appendices, Essay on Sources, Notes, and Index. Remains the best biography of Daniel Burnham. Features fifteen chapters titled as follows: "The Long Childhood: 1846-1873;" "The Large Partnership: Burnham and Root 1873-1891;" "Building in the Sky: Burnham, Root, and the Rise of the Skyscraper, 1881-1891;" "The Big Dream: Planning the World's Columbian Exposition, 1889-1891;" "The Make-Believe City: The Building of the Fair, 1891-1893;" "Legacies of the Fair: 1893-1901;" "The New Capital: The Washington Plan of 1902;" "The Paradox of Progressive Architecture: The Cleveland Group Plan of 1903;" "The Promise of Urban Planning: The San Francisco Plan of 1905;" "The Imperial Facade: The Philippine Plans of 1905;" "Promoter and Benefactor: The Architect as Philanthropist;" "The Private Life of a Public Man;" "The Architecture Of Capitalism: D.H. Burnham and Company, 1891-1912;" "Beyond the White City: The Chicago Plan of 1909;" and "Uncle Dan." {Arch-Shelf#3|CMS-01308} ISBN 0195018362.…

hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: new.

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. orig. 2 tone gilt cover, gilt spine, t.e.g., pp., 338 , illustrated, frontispiece, numerous black & white illustrations, edge wear, damage to top of spine, small ink stamp of former owner on the front free end-paper, ink sig of former owner across center of title page, tight, clean internally.,CONTENTS; War diary of a Union woman in the South / ed. by G.W. Cable -- Locomotive chase in Georgia / by W. Pittenger -- Mosby's "Partizan rangers" / by A.E. Richards -- Romance of Morgan's roughriders: The raid / by B.W. Duke. Capture / by O.B. Willcox -- Excape / by T.H. Hines -- Colonel Rose's tunnel at Libby prison / by F.E. Moran -- Hard road to travel out of Dixie / by W.H. Shelton -- Escape of General Breckenridge / by J.T. Wood. Size: 8vo.. Book.…

Full Leather. Condition: Fine. No Dust Jacket. Limited Edition. First Printing. Limited edition (No. 1593 of 3000 copies), limitation and dedication label tipped in on ffep. This limited edition, bound in genuine leather, was prepared expressly for Brown & Bigelow, St. Paul, Minnesota. Publisher's full green leather, black lettering on spine and blind-stamped lettering and color illustration on cover, illustrated endpapers, speckled edges. Profusely illustrated with color reproductions of paintings by Bob Hines and Fred Sweeney, as well as numerous etchings by R. H. Palenske as well as numerous photographs of fishing scenes. . The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. The slipcase is loose at some seams, but still in one piece. FINE/Slipcase. . Color Illustrations. Folio 13" - 23" tall. 256 pp. Illustrated by Bob Hines; Fred Sweeney; R. H. Palenske (illustrator).…