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American Architecture Of The Twentieth Century A Series Of Photographs And Measured Drawings Of Modern Civic, Commercial And Industrial Buildings
by Reagan, Oliver & Lewis Mumford (Editors)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Green cloth spine and gray boards. Very good. Parts 1-7 in 6 Vols
- Seller
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ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Architectural Book Publishing Co., Inc, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Green cloth spine and gray boards. Very good. Parts 1-7 in 6 Vols. Folio, 50 x 37 cm. The complete set. Two title pages and 140 full page plates of measured drawings and half tones. Buildings by York & Sawyer, A. L. Harmon, Raymond Hood (American Radiator Bldg.); Alfred Kahn (Ford Engineering Lab); Cass Gilbert; Cret, Zantzinger, Borie & c; Wm. Lee Woollett; B. G. Goodhue; John Mead Howells; Holabird & Root (333 North Michigan Ave.); Horace Trumbaure, Shreve & Lamb, etc. Preface by Lewis Mumford. A very important record of major buildings of the twenties. KARPEL B634. Lacks Mumford preface. Small library ink stamps at lower margins. Part one lacks small portion at lower right corner.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23776
- Title
- American Architecture Of The Twentieth Century A Series Of Photographs And Measured Drawings Of Modern Civic, Commercial And Industrial Buildings
- Author
- Reagan, Oliver & Lewis Mumford (Editors)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Green cloth spine and gray boards. Very good. Parts 1-7 in 6 Vols
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Architectural Book Publishing Co., Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- American Art
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture; Art Reference; Modern Art;
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Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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ardsley, New York
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