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The International Style: Architecture Since 1922
by Henry-Russell Hitchcock, Jr. and Philip Johnson
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1932. Cloth. Very Good +. INSCRIBED BY PHILIP JOHNSON on the front free endpaper. A very solid copy to boot of the 1932 1st edition of this seminal meditation on "Modernist" architecture. Tight and VG+ in its russet cloth, with very light wear along the spine and one small, discreet former owner blindstamp at the front free endpaper. Octavo, the Preface by the formidable Alfred Barr, Jr., the founding Director of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Designed by Werner Helmer.
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- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21955
- Title
- The International Style: Architecture Since 1922
- Author
- Henry-Russell Hitchcock, Jr. and Philip Johnson
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1932
- Keywords
- rare architecure, rare Philip Johnson, rare signed Philip Johnson, architect Philip Johnson, rare Henry-Russell Hitchcock, signed Henry-Russell Hitchcock, the International style oin architecture
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture;
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Appledore Books, ABAA
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Waccabuc, New York
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- Octavo
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- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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