Thomas Johnston Foreword (10 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Covers slightly darkened and small tear to upper edge of front cover.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Softcover. Owner's name to front endpaper. Some dust markings and denting to edges. Covers light handled and some fading to spine. Sparse ink markings throughout text. Otherwise clean, tight, and unmarked. Very neat--a sound and handsome copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Softcover. Light soiling to covers and handling wear to pages. Otherwise clean, tight, sharp, and completely unmarked. A sound handsome copy, very neat.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1980.vg clean softwraps.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 232 pages. 6.00x0.56x9.00 inches. In Stock.

Condition: Very Good. First edition in publisher's original green card wrap covers [soft back]. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 285 pp. Sun fading down the spine and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0856500488 THEOLOGY & RELIGION.

Second trade edition (preceded by the first trade and the limited edition which were both issued in 1941). Slipcase, H 34cm x L 26cm, well rubbed with some soiling; slender wear and surface paper loss at seams which have slight splitting at ends/corners but otherwise still fairly firm. Issued without dust jacket. xxiv, 290 pages. Hardcover: H 33m x L 25.5cm. Tan cloth spine with minor flaking loss to red title block and its gilt stamping with all still easily legible and bright; dark green cloth boards. Slender foxing spots to text block edges with several small dark stains to top edge. Large foxing spots to several initial and rear leaves with occasional spots at margins of interior leaves which are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. A very good copy in a very good- slipcase. John Collett map of North Carolina reproduced on endpapers; frontispiece; Foreword by Leicester B. Holland; Acknowledgements; 281 b/w photographs by Frances Benjamin Johnston (including frontis); 50 illustrations including maps, plans, and elevation drawings; Index. Features an introductory chapter titled THE BUILDINGS OF THE ROANOKE ISLAND SETTLEMENT followed by the main text divided into four parts: PIONEER DWELLINGS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOG AND PLANK CONSTRUCTION; THE DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE OF THE TIDEWATER REGION; THE DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE OF THE PIEDMONT REGION; and THE EARLY CHURCHES AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Among the finest American photographic architectural studies. Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller. Please note that this large book has an approximate shipping weight of 6 pounds (2.72 kg) and will require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. {ArchShelf_#3}.…

Second trade edition (preceded by the first trade and the limited edition which were both issued in 1941). Slipcase, H 33.5cm x L 25.75cm, with toning, soiling, and rubbing to panels; chipping to surface paper at spine ends; shelf rubbing along bottom edge; some splitting at top panel's seams. Issued without dust jacket. xxiv, 290 pages. Hardcover: H 33m x L 25.75cm. Green cloth boards lightly rubbed. John Collett map of North Carolina reproduced on endpapers; frontispiece; Foreword by Leicester B. Holland; Acknowledgements; 281 b/w photographs by Frances Benjamin Johnston (including frontis); 50 illustrations including maps, plans, and elevation drawings; Index. Features an introductory chapter titled THE BUILDINGS OF THE ROANOKE ISLAND SETTLEMENT followed by the main text divided into four parts: PIONEER DWELLINGS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOG AND PLANK CONSTRUCTION; THE DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE OF THE TIDEWATER REGION; THE DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE OF THE PIEDMONT REGION; and THE EARLY CHURCHES AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Among the finest American photographic architectural studies. Non-authorial gift inscription dated 1949 on the half-title page else a near fine copy in a very good- slipcase. Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller. Please note that this large book has an approximate shipping weight of 6 pounds (2.72 kg) and will require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. {ArchShelf_#1}. …

Cloth. Condition: Good. First edition. A scarce first edition of this richly illustrated first edition detailing a city plan for Aberdeen, Scotland's "Granite City", combining detailed maps and fold-outs. In the publisher's original cloth binding.First edition.Illustrated with 22 figures, diagrams and sketches, 73 plates and maps, including 23 fold-out maps and a large linen backed fold-out colour map loosely inserted to rear pocket. Collated, complete.A comprehensive urban planning study proposing a comprehensive redevelopment scheme for Aberdeen, addressing housing, transport, zoning, and civic design within the context of the post-war reconstruction of Scotland"s "Granite City." In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Slight fading to perimeters of boards and spine. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in minor loss to cloth. The odd spot of damp staining to front board. Offsetting from removed label to tail of spine. The odd handling mark to boards. Small slip affixed to front paste down. Library bookplate to front free endpaper, partially removed. Library label to front free endpaper and stamp from Northern Polytechnic Library. Slight offsetting and the odd spot to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two handling marks to fore edge. Library stamp to title page and verso of frontispiece. Library stamping to the odd page. Good. None Stated (illustrator). book.…