Versus
by Stanley Tigerman
ISBN: 0847804291
ISBN-13: 9780847804290
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Rizzoli
Published date: 1982
Pages: 190
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Versus: An American Architect's Alternatives
Tigerman, Stanley
NY: Rizzoli International, 1982 190pp. B&W and color illus. List of Projects, Bibliography. NF hardback/NF DJ, minor edgewear, lightly rubbed.. 1st. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. ( more information)
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Versus: An American Architect's Alternatives
Tigerman, Stanley
New York: Rizzoli, 1982. Book is unread with light shop wear to top of spine of a very clean and unrubbed DJ. A very nice copy. Chicago architect Stanley Tigerman describes this book as "an irreverent review of the nine lives (chapters) of an anti-Platonic architectural career". With wit and irony, Tigerman recounts through his work in the kaleidoscopic 1960s and 1970s in America. Essays by Ross Miller and Dorothy Metzger Habel. The book is a beautifully and profusely illustrated 190 pp. on high quality glossy stock and includes a complete list of projects and a selected bibliography. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine -. Square 4to. ( more information)
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Versus - An American Architects Alternatives
TIGERMAN, Stanley (With critical essays by Ross Miller and Dorothy Metzger Habel)
Rizzoli, New York, 1982. 1st Edition. Hardback 1st Edition. Small landscape 4to. 190pp, plates in colour and b/w, plans in text, bibliography . . . . . . . . .. .CONDITION : Some very light shelf-rub to cover bottom edges, else near FINE in moderately edge-rubbed, VERY GOOD Dust Jacket, a very clean and tight copy. . . . . . . . HEAVY ITEM or weighs over 1Kg when packed - AN ADDITIONAL SHIPPING PAYMENT IS REQUIRED . . . . . . . . . . . . . To see more of our books on Architecture type DbbARCH in the Keywords search box Unless otherwise noted: 1st Edition means First Printing; books in original publishers binding; wrappers present only if mentioned above, and are complete, un-clipped and provided with transparent protectors. We describe book condition accurately and ship in strong protective parcels. Trade and Library terms offered ( more information)
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Versus: An American Architect's Alternatives
Tigerman, Stanley. With essays by Ross Miller & Dorothy Metzger Habel
New York: Rizzoli, 1982. Hardcover Ssquare 4to, 190 pp., color & b/w illus. Inscribed and signed by Tigerman on front free endpaper. Page edges sunned; jacket rubbed and edgeworn with 1" chip at heel of front panel, light chipping along top edge. ( more information)
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