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The Language of Post-Modern Architecture; Signed by Charles Jencks
JENCKS, CHARLES.
The Language of Post-Modern Architecture.
New York: Rizzoli .
Later enlarged edition of this classic work. Folio, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated throughout. Signed by Charles Jencks on the title page. In very good condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 1365
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The Language of Post-Modern Architecture; Signed by Charles Jencks
JENCKS, CHARLES.
The Language of Post-Modern Architecture.
New York: Rizzoli 1991.
Sixth edition of this seminal work in the field of architecture. Folio, original blue cloth, illustrated throughout. Signed by Charles Jencks on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 2263
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"I like complexity and contradiction in architecture": First Edition of Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture "an essential document in architectural literature"; Signed by Robert Venturi
VENTURI, ROBERT; INTRODUCTION BY VINCENT SCULLY.
Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture.
New York: The Museum of Modern Art 1966.
First edition of this essential document of architectural literature. Octavo, original gray cloth, illustrated. Signed and dated by Robert Venturi on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 2585
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First Edition of Nathan Glazer's From a Cause to a Style: Modernist Architecture's Encounter with the American City; Inscribed by Him
GLAZER, NATHAN.
From a Cause to a Style: Modernist Architecture’s Encounter with the American City.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press 2007.
First edition of this work by the co-author of The Lonely Crowd. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, “To Chris and Kathy, Dear friends and neighbors! Nathan May 3, 2007.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 44001
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First Edition of Architecture + Process: Gehry Talks; Signed by Frank Gehry
GEHRY, FRANK.
Architecture + Process: Gehry Talks.
New York: Rizzoli 1999.
First edition of this overview of the Pritzker Prize-winning architect. Oblong quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrations throughout. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Frank Gehry on the title page. Edited by Mildred Friedman. Essay by Michael Sorkin. Commentary by Gehry throughout.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 47014
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"I like complexity and contradiction in architecture": First Edition of Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture "an essential document in architectural literature"; Warmly Inscribed by Robert Venturi
VENTURI, ROBERT; INTRODUCTION BY VINCENT SCULLY.
Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture.
New York: The Museum of Modern Art 1966.
First edition of this essential document of architectural literature. Octavo, original gray cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Al, Friendship and respect Bob Venturi.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 81249
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"the strategy of the golf course is the soul of the game": First Edition of Golf Architecture in America; inscribed by the author's mentor A.W. Tillinghast in the rare original dust jacket
THOMAS, GEORGE C. JR. (A.W. TILLINGHAST).
Golf Architecture in America: Its Strategy and Construction.
Los Angeles: The Times-Mirror Press 1927.
First edition of one of the most comprehensive books on the fundamentals of golf course construction written by one of the field’s leading architects. Octavo, original green cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author’s mentor A.W. Tillinghast on the second free endpaper, “To Theodore LeVino with the compliments of A.W. Tillinghast, April 13th 1941. George Thomas was one of my proteges, of whom I am proud. Too bad he had to pass on so soon.” A.W. Tillinghast was one of the most prolific architects in the history of golf; he worked on more than 265 different courses and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2015. Near fine in a very good unrestored dust jacket which shows chips to the spine and rear panels. Rare in the original dust jacket and with such a unique association.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 95896
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"Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness": First Edition of The Architecture of Frank Gehry; Inscribed by Frank Gehry
GEHRY, FRANK; FOREWORD HENRY N. COBB.
The Architecture of Frank Gehry.
New York: Rizzoli Publishers 1986.
First edition of this early monograph of the work of renowned architect Frank Gehry. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Inscribed by Frank Gehry on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Essays by Rosemarie Haag Bletter, Coosje van Bruggen, Mildred Friedman, Joseph Giovannini, Thomas S. Hines, Pilar Vilades. Foreword Henry N. Cobb. Commentaries by Frank Gehry.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 44675
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First Edition of Architecture: Form, Space & Order; Inscribed by Francis Ching
CHING, FRANCIS D.K.
Architecture: Form, Space & Order.
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company 1979.
First edition of this classic introduction to the vocabulary of architectural design. Oblong quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To John R. Francis Ching 9/7/2015.” In near fine condition, name to the front free endpaper and pastedown.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 98778