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The Metropolis of Tomorrow (In Dustjacket)
by Hugh Ferriss
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Ives Washburn, 1929. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Hugh Ferriss. The 1929 very early printing (but not 1st edition) --in its uncommon dustjacket-- of this landmark in skyscraper design. (The correct 1st edition has silver lettering to the front panel and spine, this early reprint has red lettering). With timeless sketches throughout by Hugh Ferris, perhaps the most talented architectural artist of his era. His drawings here are suffused with a Decoish quality while at the same time feeling futuristic. A book of great influence to architects and designers alike. This early printing has held up very nicely. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, VG dustjacket, with light soiling to the panels, very light creasing and chipping along the bottom-edges and pronounced creasing along the front flap. Still though, solid and very presentable. Tall quarto, Ferris's sketches along each recto, his text along the facing versos.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21325
- Title
- The Metropolis of Tomorrow (In Dustjacket)
- Author
- Hugh Ferriss
- Illustrator
- Hugh Ferriss
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ives Washburn
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- rare architecture, rare Hugh Ferris, rare visionary architecture
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture;
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
All books are offered subject to prior sale. Materials are returnable within 1 week of receipt provided prior notice is given.
About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
Buy and sell - rare, unusual and antiquarian - art, photography, literature, scholarly, sports, childrens, bindings.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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