Search Results: ARCHITECTURE / General from Tangible Tales

Switzerland: Lars Muller, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good. Text in German. Gray cloth hardcover lacking dustjacket. A very good copy with bending at the lower corners and a handful of dog-eared pages. The binding and hinges are solid and the pages are clean and unmarked. 181 pp., a color and b/w photography and some plans. A beautiful collection of Zweifel's work.

France: Association des Amis De Jouques, 1986. Hardcover. Good. Green hardcover lacking dustjacket. Text in French. Publication information includes this statement of limitation, with the number 56 typed in beneath, "L'edition originale comprend 450 exemplaires numerotes de 1 a 450 reserves aux souscripteurs et 50 exemplaires hors commerce numerotes HC1 a HC50." Scuffing to the cloth of the covers and part of a cup ring below the title on the front cover. Bending at the spine tips. Interior is much better, clean, tight and unmarked. 261 pp., some black and white photos. The title, translated to English, is Jouques - History and Architectural Study of a Village in Provence

California: Kaplan/McLaughlin/Diaz. Hardcover. Good. Square gray-cloth hardcover, privately printed for customers of the Kaplan/McLaughlin/Diaz architectural firm. A good copy with a hard bump to the top front corner and some scuffing and soil to the light covers. Interior, this is a well bound, beautiful book with clean pages and art quality designs and layouts. 58 unnumbered pages in full color highlighting project from the firm.

Opava, 2007. Limited ed. Hardcover. Good. Oblong quarto hardcover with pictoral cover, no jacket as issued. Text in Czech, limited to 1000 copies. A good copy, but with two spots of tearing to the paper at the lower front joint and general shelfwear to the boards. Minor slant at the bottom of the spine. Interior is clean and unmarked with bright magazine-style paper and full color images. Several sheets of blue print-style images and a poster size foldout of the building's front face at rear. 127 pp., color images throughout - a beautiful book detailing the historic building of the Opava industrial school.