Search Results: Authors starting with W from modern-ISM

Wiley, 1976. First Edition . Cloth-Backed Boards. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good copy in a Very Good dust jacket with a closed tear at top of front cover. Inscribed by Molitor on the title page. 164 pp., illustrations and index.

Wiley, 1976. First Edition . Cloth-Backed Boards. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good copy in a Very Good dust jacket with a closed tear at top of front cover. Owner's name on half title page. 164 pp., illustrations and index.

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Phaidon Inc Ltd, 2002. First Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. Square 12mo. In original shrink wrap. Born in Rhodes, Greece, Soriano brought an outsiders perspective when he arrived in Los Angeles. He received an architecture degree from the USC and thereafter worked in the offices of Rudolph Schindler and Richard Neutra, and for Los Angeles County, finally starting his own practice in Los Angeles in 1936. Soriano expertly combined two of World War IIs technological innovations, aluminium and plywood, with advanced construction processes. His characteristic horizontal roofs, transparent exterior walls, and open plan responded to the souhern California climate. Soriano's architectural contribution has been largely overlooked until now. An architects architect, he tapped the burgeoning Southern California aerospace and steel industries for his architectural experiments. Many buildings have suffered inordinate damage; although he designed 150 buildings and built 38… Read More

New York: Phaidon Press, 2002. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/As New. Square 8vo. Julius Shulman [Photographs]. A very Near Fine copy in an As New mylar-protected dust jacket. Signed by noted architectural photographer, and Soriano's client and photographer of choice, Julius Shulman, on the title page. 224 pp., including 250 B&W plates by Julius Shulman and others. The first monograph on Soriano, one of the early Case Study architects working in post-WWII Los Angeles. The book includes detailed descriptions of thirty key projects and a listing of his Complete Works that documents for the first time every known project in Soriano's archive. Signed by noted architectural photographer Julius Shulman whose personal house designed by Soriano graces the front cover.

Capra Press, 1987. First Edition . Cloth-Backed Boards. Fine/Very Good. A crisp, clean Fine copy in a Very Good un-clipped dust jacket with some foxing on the interior.

Koln: Taschen, 1993. First Edition . Full-Leather. Fine -. 4to. Two volume set (Volume I is in Spanish while Volume II is in English) bound in bright red full-leather in slipcase with red leather top and bottom. Crisp, clean copies with light soiling to the bottom fore edges due to the heavy weight of the books. Slipcase has some light shop wear. 712 pp., index of names, end notes, artist bios. May incur additional shipping, due to weight. No international.

Arcadia Publishing, 2005. First Edition . Photographic Wraps. Fine. A crisp, clean Fine copy, 128 pp., profusely illustrated. Way before Rodeo Drive and the pink palace of the Beverly Hills Hotel were built, way before the namesake hillbillies, its zip code, and Eddie Murphys detective techniques reaffirmed its place in popular culture, and way before its 1,001 mansions, Beverly Hills was comprised of wild canyons and ranchlands. Burton Green, one of the three original land developers of the Rancho Rodeo de las Aguas, named this place of severe terrain after Beverly Farms, Massachusetts, a 19th-century spa. Since its establishment in 1907, Beverly Hills, California, has been a crossroads for the great movers and shakers of the entertainment industry as well as the tycoons, world leaders, and flotsam and jetsam magnetized by the limelight. The vintage photographs in this provocative volume illustrate Beverly Hillss early transition from cow pastures to Hollywoods extremely… Read More

New York: McBride, 1940. First Edition . Cloth-Backed Boards. Very Good. A clean, solid Very Good copy lacking the dust jacket. Includes Neutra's Ruben House in Santa Monica Canyon and Grace Miller House in Palm Springs.

Amsterdam: Uitgevers-Maatschappij Kosmos, 1927. First Edition . Cloth. Fine. Large 4to. A stunning, crisp, clean copy with light foxing mainly to the top and bottom edges, and a trace of shelf soiling to the bottom edges near the fore edges. Previous owner's name on front free end paper. Unpaginated, (approximately 200 pp.,) 307 high quality b&w plates, featuring work by Eliel Saarinen, Herman Gesellius, Armas Lindgren, Peter Behrens, Walter Gropius, Erich Mendelsohn, Bruno Taut, Max Taut, Josef Hoffmann, Hannes Meyer, Le Corbusier, Andre Lurcat, Rob. Mallet Stevens, P. J. J. Verbruggen, C. F. A. Voysey, Cass Gilbert, Louis Sullivan, Hugh Ferriss, Frank Lloyd Wright and many others.

Tokyo: A.D.A. Edita, 1989. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. A crisp, clean Near Fine copy. 171 pp., profusely illustrated, featuring work by R. M. Schindler and others.

Los Angeles: Ward Rithcie Press, 1973. 3rd Printing . Leatherette. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine in a Fine slipcase. 160 pp., b/w illustrations, index. Unusual to have a slip case.

London, United Kingdom: Quadrille Publishing Ltd, 2001. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Large 4to. A crisp, clean Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, a tiny remainder mark to the bottom edges and a small crease to the back cover. 192pp., 191 color plates, 25 b&w illus. An authoritative and accessible guide to living in a Modern way. It explains the concepts behind the most influential design revolution of the past century, brings the classic buildings to life and, by identifying the 'trademarks' of the great Modern designers, demonstrates how Modern can be achieved in interiors of today. An overview of the Modern Movement, examing the work and influence of the early radicals, with photo-stories of thirteen significant Modern houses followed by thirteen case studies of centemporary interiors.

Chronicle Books, 2003. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A crisp Fine copy inscribed by the author on the title page. 96 pp., illustrations, chronology and index.

Australia: Images Publishing Group, 1999. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fine -. Large 4to. A crisp, clean copy with mild bumps to the fore corners and a slightly rubbed DJ (in protective mylar cover). 112 pp., profusely illustrated with color photos, drawings, plans and models, list of houses and uncompleted projects, and Niles chronology. Inscribed on title page by author. An exhibition card with color photos signed by Niles laid in. The exhibition "Residential Latitudes" ran between June 13 and July 31, 2003 at ARTS Manhattan in Manhattan Beach, CA.

New York: Rizzoli, 2003. First Paperback Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Square 8vo. A crisp, clean Fine copy inscribed by the author. Light shop wear to the bottom edges. 240 pp., 265 Illustrations, (220 color). In "Brave New Houses" Michael Webb illustrates how contemporary architects draw upon and extend the modernist legacy that has come to define southern California's architectural history. Features work by Godfedsen Segal, Morphosis, Gwathmey Siegel, Richard Meier, Ed Niles, Ray Kappe, Moore Ruble Yudell, Dean Nota, and many others.

Australia: Images Publishing Group, 2003. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A crisp, clean copy in like dust jacket. Boldly signed by Ehrlich on the ttle page. 128 pp., profusely illustrated with photos by Julius Shulman/David Glomb, Alan Weintraub, Tom Bonner, and others, plans/sections, and sketches, biogtaphies, design awards, list of projects, and bibliography.

Australia: Images Publishing Group, 1999. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fiine/Near Fine. Large 4to. A crisp, clean Near Fine copy with mild bumps to the top corners and a slightly rubbed mylar-protected dust jacket. Inscribed by Michael Webb on the title page. 112 pp., profusely illustrated with color photos, drawings, plans and models, list of houses and uncompleted projects, and Niles chronology. An exhibition card with color photos signed by Niles laid in. The exhibition "Residential Latitudes" ran between June 13 and July 31, 2003 at ARTS Manhattan in Manhattan Beach, CA. List of architects featured in the exhibition also laid in.

Rizzoli, 2007. First Edition . Illustrated Boards. Fine/Fine. A crisp Fine copy inscribed by both the author Michael Webb and collector Michael Boyd on the title page. In a Fine mylar-protected dust jacket. 222 pp., profusely illustrated, index. Related ephemera laid in.

New York: Dutton, 1989. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. A crisp, clean copy. 289 pp., illustrations, notes, biography, and index. The wide variety of Hockney's work in the ares of painting, graphics, photography and theatre design are extensively discussed. DJ in protective mylar cover. Fine (small damp stain at bottom of front cover affecting the inside of the DJ as well) in a Near Fine DJ (slightly rubbed).

West Palm Beach, FL: Norton Gallery & School of Art, 1985. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good +. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A crisp, clean copy. 96 pps., essay by Bruce Weber, notes, 16 figures, 7 color and 78 b&w plates and exhibition checklist. Personal library emboss bottom of first title page. Insides clean and tight.