wyszukanych pozycji: 13
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Abner Cook: Master Builder on the Texas Frontier
ISBN: 9780876111031 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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306,67 |
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Abner Cook: Master Builder on the Texas Frontier
ISBN: 9780876111017 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Abner Cook has long been acknowledged as the most important architect in antebellum Texas, but this extensively illustrated volume is the first to document fully his life and works. This well-told history of Cook's life also presents a vivid account of his city--nineteenth-century Austin.
Abner Cook has long been acknowledged as the most important architect in antebellum Texas, but this extensively illustrated volume is the first to ... |
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63,23 |
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Abner Cook: Master Builder on the Texas Frontier
ISBN: 9780876111024 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
cena:
121,64 |
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A History of the French Legation
ISBN: 9780876110874 / Angielski / Miękka / 1989 / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) This readable and thoroughly documented volume relates the fascinating story of the French Legation in Austin. The oldest house in the city, it was built in 1840-1841 as the residence of the French charge d'affaires to the fledgling Republic of Texas. Alphonse Dubois, the self-styled "Count de Saligny," dazzled frontier Texans with elegant parties until he was recalled after less than a year in Austin.
This readable and thoroughly documented volume relates the fascinating story of the French Legation in Austin. The oldest house in the city, it was bu...
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38,24 |
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A History of Ashton Villa
ISBN: 9780876111123 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 68 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) This volume tells the story of the stately Italianate Galveston mansion known as Ashton Villa. Built in 1859, Ashton Villa stood out in antebellum Galveston for its extensive use of new materials: brick and cast iron. It has weathered many a storm, including the Great Hurricane of 1900, when floodwaters invaded its first floor. Now as a historic house museum, Ashton Villa speaks eloquently about the lives and aspirations of an upper-class Texas family in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
This volume tells the story of the stately Italianate Galveston mansion known as Ashton Villa. Built in 1859, Ashton Villa stood out in antebellum ... |
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38,89 |
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Historic Homes of Waco, Texas
ISBN: 9781623496982 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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165,50 |
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More Historic Homes of Waco, Texas
ISBN: 9781648431180 / Angielski / Twarda / 2024 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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170,37 |
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The Material Culture of German Texans
ISBN: 9781623493820 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) German immigrants of the nineteenth century left a distinctive mark on the lifestyles and vernacular architecture of Texas. In this first comprehensive survey of the art and artifacts of German Texans, Kenneth Hafertepe explores how their material culture was influenced by their European roots, how it was adapted to everyday life in Texas, and how it changed over time at different rates in different communities. The Material Culture of German Texans is about the struggle to become American while maintaining a distinctive cultural identity drawn from German heritage.
Including... German immigrants of the nineteenth century left a distinctive mark on the lifestyles and vernacular architecture of Texas. In this first comprehensiv...
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204,45 |
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Historic Buildings of Waco, Texas
ISBN: 9781648430831 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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184,98 |
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A Guide to the Historic Buildings of Fredericksburg and Gillespie County
ISBN: 9781623492724 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) This richly illustrated book tracks the evolution of Fredericksburg architecture and guides readers through the streets of this once-westernmost German settlement in America, pointing out the log, fachwerk, and stone buildings that housed the town s full-time residents, its weekenders, and the businesses of the nineteenth century.
Abundant with details uncovered by Hafertepe in his research, including corrections to construction dates based on newly tapped records, this guide features those buildings visible to visitors from the public streets and sidewalks. The author lists which... This richly illustrated book tracks the evolution of Fredericksburg architecture and guides readers through the streets of this once-westernmost Germa...
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97,30 |
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American Architects and Their Books to 1848
ISBN: 9781558492820 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Since the Renaissance, books and drawings have been a primary means of communication among architects and their colleagues and clients. In this volume, twelve historians explore the use of books by architects in America in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, a period when the profession of architecture was first emerging in the United States.
As architects separated themselves from amateur and gentlemen designers on the one hand and masons and carpenters on the other, members of the profession were distinguished by their ability to draw and their possession of a common body... Since the Renaissance, books and drawings have been a primary means of communication among architects and their colleagues and clients. In this volume...
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116,78 |
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American Architects and Their Books, 1840-1915
ISBN: 9781558496026 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Since the Renaissance, architects have been authors and architecture has been the subject of publications. Architectural forms and theories are spread not just by buildings, but by the distribution of images and descriptions fed through the printing press. The study of an architect's library is an essential avenue to understanding that architect's intentions and judging his or her achievements. In this well-illustrated volume, a chronological sequel to American Architects and Their Books to 1848, twelve distinguished historians of architecture discuss from various points of view the books...
Since the Renaissance, architects have been authors and architecture has been the subject of publications. Architectural forms and theories are spread...
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165,50 |
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A Field Guide to the Vernacular Buildings of the San Antonio Area
ISBN: 9781623499112 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
cena:
126,51 |