Search Results: Titles starting with S from modern-ISM

New York: ACTAR-D, 2007. Wraps. As New/As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 162 pp. This publication focuses on Sanaa's housing projects, both finished works and unrealized projects. Gift condition. Int'l shipping will be extra due to weight.

William Stout Publishers, 2008. First Edition . Stiff Soft Cover. As New/No Jacket as Issued. A crisp, clean As New copy. 167 pp., chronology and references. An unprecedented glimpse behind the scenes at the practice of Eero Saarinen, one of the greats of mid-century American architecture. Covers 1957 to 1961, the period when Saarinen was working on iconic projects like Dulles International Airpot Terminal, the former TWA Terminal at Kennedy Airport and the St. Louis Arch. Richard Knight, Saarinen's "house photographer", documents in black and white photographs and a personal memoir the excitement of being part of this unparalleled creative team. Timed to coincide with a touring Saarinen retrospective (beginning at the Cranbrook Institute in fall 2007 and traveling to Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Minneapolis, St. Louis, New York, and New Haven), the book includes a foreward on Saarinen's artistic vision and office culture by Cesar Pelli, who began his career in the architect's office. Read More

Helsinki: Museum of Finnish Architecture, 1984. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Square 8vo. A crisp, clean Very Good copy with some rubbing to the covers. 120 pp., profusely illustrated, foreword by Markku Komonen, essay by Marika Hausen, catalogue for the Aug. 15 - Oct. 14, 1984 exhibition of the work of Gesellius, Lindgren, Saarinen from 1896-1907 and Eliel Saarinen from 1907-1923 at the Museum of Finnish Architecture.

Paris: Galerie Jean Fournier, 1985. First Edition . Wraps. Fine. 8vo. A Fine copy of this exhibition catalogue for a Sam Francis show at the Jean Fournier Gallery from June 17 through July 2, 1985, 20 color illustrations, dialogue format between Yves Michaud and Sam Francis. Card from Galerie Jean Fournier and other ephemera laid in. Scarce.

Venice, CA: Lapis Press, 1995. First Edition . Glossy Pictorial Boards. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. Large 4to. A crisp, Fine copy. Unpaginated (about 200), afterword by Pontus Hulten, 45 color plates interspersed amongst the writings of artist Sam Francis. Illustration and text by Sam Francis, self-published by his Lapis Press: his writings are not analytic texts; they are poems, single lines, haiku and lapidary phrases, interspersed by illustrations and reproductions of hand-written pages. A beautiful production. Related ephemera laid in. No int'l shipping due to weight.

Venice, CA: Lapis Press, 1995. First Edition . Glossy Pictorial Boards. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. Large 4to. A crisp, unread copy. Unpaginated (about 200), afterword by Pontus Hulten, 45 color plates interspersed amongst the writings of artist Sam Francis. Illustration and text by Sam Francis, self-published by his Lapis Press: his writings are not analytic texts; they are poems, single lines, haiku and lapidary phrases, interspersed by illustrations and reproductions of hand-written pages. A beautiful production.

Venice, CA: Lapis Press, 1993. First Edition . Glossy Pictorial Boards. As New/No Jacket as Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. A crisp, clean copy. Unpaginated (100), 42 high quality color plates of works by Sam Francis with short commentaries and reflections by Lyotard including 7 color foldouts. Gallery announcement for "Sam Francis: Special Proofs" and color photo of a piece by Francis from the exhibit and other epemera laid in.

Los Angeles: Manny Silverman Gallery, 1993. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A crisp, clean copy. 40 pp., intro by Manny Silverman, essay by Gerald Nordland, 27 color plates, checklist, chronology, list of exhibitions, photos of Sam Francis.

New York: Andre Emmerich Gallery, 1984. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good +. Square 4to. A somewhat rubbed copy. 12 pp., frontis photo of Sam Francis, intro by Emmerich, 8 full-page color plates of Sam Francis paintings.

San Francisco: The San Francisco Publishing Co., 1926. Wraps. Very Good. 8vo. Very Good. Not a reproduction. Synopsis of the arts and society of the era. Light soiling, creasing, a small closed tear on front lower fore corner. Rear cover has long pencil mark, 1/2" closed tear and general wear. Scarce indeed.

Chatsworth, CA: Windsor Publications, 1989. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Large 4to. Fine in a Fine price-clipped DJ. 136 well-illustrated pp., bibliography, and index.

Angel City Pr, 2004. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 208 pp. Historical Santa Monica to the Present. Packed with photographs. Very minor shelf wear.

Santa Monica, California, U.S.A.: Hennessey & Ingalls, 1997. First Edition . Hardcover. As New. 10" x10. 296 pp. Hundreds of b/w and color historical and contemporary photographs. Very comprehensive.

Saturday Review Associates, 1956. Wraps. Very Good +. 50 pp. Features Richard Neutra and his design for a Hollywood Hills home. Light dry damp stain. Previous owner address sticker on cover.

Birkhauser Verlag AG, 1999. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. A crisp Fine copy. 436 pp., illustrations.

Montreal, PQ, Canada: Editions Flammarion, 1995. First Edition . Glossy Pictorial Wraps. Near Fine. Large 4to. A crisp Near Fine copy. 223 pp., 145 illustrations plus 43 color plates, notes, annotated list of illustrations, bibliography, and index. Published in concert with a major exhibition at the prestigious Canadian Centre for Architecture beginning in June 1995, this book analyses the global structures and thematic strategies according to which American architectural forms and urban models migrated to the Old Continent, bringing the promise of a new architecture and, along with it, the threat of a dissolution of European identity.

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.

Prestel, 2005. First Edition . Glossy Photographic Wraps. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. A crisp, clean Near Fine copy. 200 pp., mission statement by Peter Noever, Schindler House timeline by Robert Sweeney, guide and maps compiled by David Leclerc.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1952. 15th Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VG+ (shelf wear to bottom edges of boards) in a VG+ DJ (light edge-wear to spine ends). A very clean, nice looking copy of this environmental classic.

Salt Lake City, UT: Gibbs Smith, 1984. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Oblong 8vo. A crisp, Fine copy in a Very Good dust jacket with some spine fading and light edge wear. A beautiful copy signed and dated by noted architectural photographer Julius Shulman on the title page. Shulman's photograps appear on the front cover and prominently throughout the book. 191 pp., introduction by Cesar Pelli, profusely illustrated with photos (most by Julius Shulman), drawings, plans, models, etc., of the work of J. R. Davidson, Gregory Ain, Raphael Soriano, and Harwell Hamilton Harris, list of buildings and projects and bibliography of each of the four architects.