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Alarcon, Norma I.  PHILIPPINE ARCHITECTURE DURING THE PRE-SPANISH AND SPANISH PERIODS.  Espana, Metro Manila:  University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 1991.  282 p.
Softcover  $25.00  
[OUT OF STOCK]

BALAI VERNACULAR: IMAGES OF THE FILIPINO'S PRIVATE SPACE. edited by Julian E. Dacanay et al. Metro Manila:  Cultural Center of the Philippines, 1992. 253p.  Includes Appendices.
Softcover  $ 19.50  
[OUT OF STOCK]
Three essays on three major forms of shelter used in the Philippines: the nipa hut, the ethnic tribal house and the urban shanty.

De Viana, Lorelei D.C.  THREE CENTURIES OF BINONDO ARCHITECTURE, 1594 1898: A SOCIO-HISTORICAL PERPESPECTIVE.  D.C. Manila: UST Publishing House, 2001.  251 p.
Softcover   $36.00  
[1 CP.]

DRAWINGS. By Fernando C. Amorsolo. Published on the Occasion of Centennial Birth. Manila: Lopez Museum, 1992.
Softcover   $    
[OUT OF STOCK]

FILIPINO AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN & PLANNING ISSUES. Edited by Anatalio C. Ubalde. Flipside Press, 1996. 198 p. B & W photos.
Softcover  $16.00 
[OUT OF STOCK]
"From the groundbreaking essays collected by the author in this volume, we learn that' Pilipino (American) Architecture' is not the purely virtual idea that it might initially seem." --Oscar V. Campomanes

Javellana, Rene,S.J.  WOOD & STONE FOR GOD'S GREATER GLORY: JESUIT ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN THE PHILIPPINES.  Manila: Ateneo de Manila Press, 1991. 264 p. ; Illustrations ; b & w and color photographs.  Includes Sources Cited and Index.
Softcover   $64.00  
[OUT OF STOCK]
The book is a narrative and catalogue of the Jesuit artistic and building enterprise in the Philippines.  "...the very documents I have consulted tend to sway the narrative toward the colonizers' point of view."--the author.

Lico, Gerard.  EDIFICE COMPLEX:  POWER, MYTH AND MARCOS STATE ARCHITECTURE.  Quezon City:  Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2003.  179 p. 
Softcover  $20.00  [1 CP.]
The Marcoses at their best and worst -- the buildings of the '70s and '80s, some of which are in prominent decline today.

LIMBAG KAMAY: 400 YEARS OF PHILIPPINE PRINTMAKING. By Pilar, Santiago Albano & Imelda Cajipe-Endaya. Cultural Center of the Philippines: 1993. 76 p. B & W photos.
Softcover  $15.00  
[OUT OF STOCK]
The artistic history of printmaking in the Philippines.

PHILIPPINE ANCESTRAL HOUSES (1810-1930). Fernando N. Zialcita & Martin I. Tinio Jr.; Neal M. Oshima (photographer); Manuel D. Baldemor (drawings). Quezon City: GCF Books, 1992. 263 p.
Softcover
$45.00  [OUT OF STOCK]
An extensive, perceptive and affectionate study of the Bahay na Bato. Beautifully photographed and illustrated, the Bahay na Bato is analyzed thoroughly both from its architectural features and its historical evolution.

PINA. Lourdes Montinola. Metro Manila: Amon Foundation, 1991. 217 p. Illustrations.
Softcover   $70.00  
[OUT OF STOCK]
"Pina, the fabric woven from the fine fibers stripped from the leaves of the pineapple plant has been produced in the Philippines since the 6th century. The first book of its kind...in the study and appreciation of a cultural artifact..."--from the Bookmark Tradelist 1993.

QUIAPO: HEART OF MANILA.  Edited by Fernando N. Zialcita.  Metro Manila:  The Cultural Heritage Studies Program, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Ateneo de Manila University and Metropolitan Museum of Manila, 2006.  497 p. ; illustrated ; b & w and color photographs ; map.  Includes References Cited, Index and Acknowledgements.
Softcover  $54.50  
[1 CP.]
Essays from such fields as sociology and art history provide fresh insight on urban development and heritage conservation issues in this unique community.

TUKLAS SINING: ESSAYS ON PHILIPPINE ARTS. Various authors.  Metro Manila: Sentrong Pangkultura Ng Pilipinas, 1992 & 1994. Three monographs per art; 35-55 p. each ; illustrated ; Color and B & W photos . Includes Bibliography.
Softcover  $3.00  [FILM: OUT OF STOCK; 1 CP. FOR ALL OF THE OTHER ARTS EXCEPT FOR LITERATURE: 2 CPS.]
Select one of the following arts: architecture, dance, film, literature, music, theater and the visual arts.

Villalon, Agusto F.  LUGAR:  ESSAYS ON PHILIPPINE HERITAGE AND ARCHITECURE.  Metro Manila:  Bookmark, 2001.  474 p. ; illustrated.  Includes Index and Glossary.
Softcover   $75.00 
[1 CP.]

VIRGIN OF PENAFRANCIA: MOTHER OF BICOL. by Vitaliano Gorospe SJ. and Rene B. Javellana. Makati, Metro Manila: Bookmark, Inc. 1995, 93 p. ; color photographs.
Softcover  $35.00 
[1 CP.]
A photo-documentary on the Filipinos' devotion to the Virgin of Penafrancia. Texts are combined with vintage and contemporary photographs to a give comprehensive picture of the history, rites, and people that make the devotion a living tradition for the Bicolano.

Wilson, Elizabeth.  A POCKET GUIDE TO ORIENTAL CERAMICS IN THE PHILIPPINES.  Manila: Bookmark, 1988. 124 p.
Softcover    $5.50 
[2 CPS.]
"A concise, no frills, handbook for all collectors and would be collectors of oriental ceramic antiques from the Philippines. Handy size. Glossy inside pages. Color photos. An illustrated glossary. Very informative and easy to read."--Bookmark Trade List 1993.



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