Search Results: Authors starting with G from modern-ISM

Copenhagen: Kulturministeriet, 1996. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine/Fine. 4to. A crisp Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Signed by Manford in 2002 on the title page. 66pp., 23 color illustrations. Manford's color photographs of interior and exterior spaces are strictly composed and adhere to the most formal Renaissance principles of composition and the Golden Triangle. An essay by critic Rune Gade discusses the validity and semiotics of color photography in relation to the history of the medium. Contemporary yet classic! Winner of the Cultural Ministry's photographic book prize1996. These saturated color images have a quiet sense of dignity and beauty that simply radiates from the page. Having spent time photographing on both sides of the Atlantic, Manford chose subject matter that ranges from lush seascapes to boardwalk architecture to forgotten western American outposts. A highly recommended volume.

Pasadena: Thomas J. Sands, 1949. First Edition . Stapled Wraps. Very Good. Very Good copy eith light wear and some damp stains. 34 pp., featuring period home, garden and furniture ads and work by Leland Evison, Harold Zook, Gates W. Burrows, Kenneth Gordon, Raport & Hicks, and others.

New York: Pace Gallery, 1979. First Edition . Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine. Large 4to. NF A crisp, clean copy. Unpaginated (23 pp.), 27 illustrations, biography, public collections (Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney in New York), exhibitions. Nice early catalogue for an exhibition from October 26 - 24 November, 1979 at the Pace Gallery.

Rizzoli, 2010. First Edition . Hardcover. As New/Fine +. A crisp As New copy in a Fine+ dust jacket. 208 pp., illustrations, bibliography and index.

Princeton Architectural Press, 2007. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. A crisp Fine copy. 160 pp., profusely illustrated, biography.

New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2002. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Large 4to. A crisp, clean copy. DJ in a protective mylar cover. 143 pp., foreword by Frank O. Gehry, 104 b&w photographs of the iron and ironworkers who built the internal sturcture of the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. DJ in a protective mylar cover.

W. W. Norton & Company, 2001. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Fine. A crisp, clean Fine copy in like dust jacket protected by a mylar cover. Margrethe Mather has been remembered mostly through the commentary of fellow photographer Edward Weston, who referred to her as "the first important person" in his life. In fact, Mather was probably the greatest influence on the development of Weston's early career. Although Mather's little-known body of work has always held its own in the company of great photographs, her biography and influence have never been thoroughly investigated, in no small part due to her own reluctance to reveal the details of her colorful, sometimes sordid life. This book illuminates the professional and personal relationship of Mather and Weston, adding an unforgettable chapter to the history of twentieth-century photography. Mather and Weston first met in Los Angeles in 1913. They soon developed a close relationship, eventually working together as full-fledged… Read More

J. Paul Getty Museum, 2011. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A crisp, clean Very Good copy iinscribed by the author on the title page. In a Very Good mylar-protected dust jacket. 382 pp., illustrations, notes, chronologies, index.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Monacelli Press, Incorporated, 1999. First Edition . Wraps. Near Fine. 8vo. A crisp, clean Near Fine copy. Foreword by I.M. Pei. The author's memoirs of his 23 years working as an architect and partner in the Breuer offices which offers a comprehensive, firsthand discussions of many of the firm's most important projects. It is a study not only of an architect, but an architecture office. 320 pp., profusely illustrated throughout w/ b&w photos, plans, details, etc., and a dramatis personae. Flxiiwrap bound w/ light soiling to bottom edges from shop handling, else as new.

New York: The Viking Press, 1972. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. A crisp clean Near Fine copy. 216 pp., bibliography and index, profusely illustrated with work by R. M. Schindler. Marvin Rand photo of Schindler's Lovell Beach House on the cover. Foxed edges, remainder stamp on bottom, else clean and tight copy.

University of California, Santa Barbara, 1968. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. A crisp Very Good copy of the scarce exhibition catalogue.

Santa Monica, CA: Hennessey & Ingalls, 1971. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Very Good+ (Inlcludes 16 pg. booklet on Wayfarers Chapel in Palos Verdes, CA and self guided tour foldout) 101 pp., 98 b&w illustrations, notes, and writings on and illustrations of the buildings of Lloyd Wright arranged chronologically, writings by Lloyd Wright, selected list of buildings and projects of Lloyd Wright 1910-1972, and chronology. A crisp, clean copy with a couple small, light stains at the bottom of the front cover and a few silverish marks.

Los Angeles: Hennessey & Ingalls, 1975. Second Edition Revised and Enlarged . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A clean, crisp Fine copy of the scarce cloth hardcover revised and enlarged second edition. Signed on the title page by the legendary architectural photographer Julius Shulman whose work appears throughout. Unclipped dust jacket has some edge wrinkling, else Near Fine. 185 pp., profusely illustrated, notes, bibliography, and index. Features the work of Gregory Ain, Robert E. Alexander, Welton Becket, J. R. Davidson, John Entenza, Paul Frankl, Charles and Henry Greene, Myron C. Hunt, A. Quincy Jones, Gordon B. Kaufmann, Paul Laszlo, John Lautner, S. Charles Lee, William Lescaze, Richard Neutra, Harwell Hamilton Harris, Rudolph M. Schindler, Julius Shulman, Raphael Soriano, Kem Weber, Paul R. Williams, Frank Lloyd Wright, Lloyd Wright, Walter Wurdeman, and others. Copy of book review by Robert Kirsch published in the Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 1975… Read More

Santa Barbara, CA: University of California Santa Barbara Art Museum, 1980. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Square 8vo. Scarce first edition of the 1980 University of California Santa Barbara Art Museum Exhibition Catalog. Introduction by Harriet Von Breton and a 13 page essay by noted Southern California architectural historian David Gebhard. Includes a complete chronological project list from 1928 to 1971, a seven page bibliography and 87 illustrations in the 96 page book. Signed and dated on the title page by noted architectural photographer Julius Shulman whose 1939 photograph of Ain's Becker House appears on the cover. Other Shulman photos are prominent throughout the book.

University of California Santa Barbara, 1969. First Edition . Soft cover. Good. A crisp Good copy in somewhat rubbed wraps with a crease to the top of the front cover and small piece missing from the bottom forecorner of the last 16 pages. 108 pp., illustrations. Scarce in any condition.

Santa Monica, CA: Art Galleries, University of California - Santa Barbara, 1971. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A crisp, clean Fine copy with a lengthy inscription signed by Lloyd Wright on the front free end paper. 101 pp., 98 b&w illustrations including b&w photos by Julius Shulman and Marvin Rand, notes, and writings on and illustrations of the buildings of Lloyd Wright arranged chronologically, writings by Lloyd Wright, selected list of buildings and projects of Lloyd Wright 1910-1972, and chronology. Also laid in is a SAH/SCC Tour booklet entitlrd "Reconsiderin Lloyd Wright" for a tour on March 25, 2000.

Santa Barbara: Art Gallery, UCSB, 1967. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fiine. A crisp, clean Fine copy of the exhibitionn catalogue. 113 pp., profusely illustrated, introduction by Esther McCoy.

Dover Publications, 1977. Soft cover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 293 pp. 222 designs, photographs and historical examples of this originator of the field of industial design. Slight shelf wear and tanning to back cover. Clean and tight copy.

Koenig W., 2008. First Edition . Soft cover. As New. A crisp, clean As New copy. 96 pp., profusely illustrated, With essays by Beatriz Colomina and Mark Rappolt, and an interview with the architect conducted by Julia Peyton-Jones and Hans Ulrich Obrist. Includes many illustrations of the pavilion.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Rizzoli Intl Pubns, 1991. First Paperback Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. A crisp, clean copy with slight fading to the spine. 160 pp., introduction by Frank Gehry, essays by Aaron Betsky, John Chase and Leon Whiteson. Features work by Neil M. Denari, Koning Eizenberg, Lubowicki Lanier, Lorcan O'Herlihy, Michele Saee, and others.