Search Results: Titles starting with N from modern-ISM

University of Nebraska Press, 2010. First Edition . Cloth-Backed Boards. Fine/Fine. A crisp, clean Fine copy in a Fine mylar-protected dust jacket. 401 pp., illustrations, notes, bibliography and index.

Minneapolis, Minnesota: Walker Art Center, 1975. Herman Miller, Nelson, Eames, Girard, Pr . Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 16 pp. Exhibition catalogue. Walker Art Center from 25 November 1975 - 18 January 1976. It subsequently traveled to Milwaukee, Detroit, Pittsburg and Boston. Rubbed spine edge with 1/4" split at head. Some "finger impressions" from use.

Munchen: Verlag Callwey, 1954. First Edition . Cloth-Backed Boards. Near Fine/Very Good. A crisp, clean Near Fine copy in a Very Good mylar-protected dust jacket. 210 pp., profusely illustrated. Text in German, English and French.

Sao Paulo: Museu De Arte, 1951. Second Edition . Stiff Soft Cover. Very Good/Very Good. A clean Very Good copy from the collection of the great film director, George Cukor, and bears his celebrated bookplate designed by Paul Landacre inside the front cover. In a Very Good somewhat edge-chipped dust jacket over the stiff soft cover wraps. 71 pp., illustrations,with title-page in two colors. Introductory essay by P.M. Bardio; 'Architecture and Physiology" and selected statements by the architect. Published in conjunction with exhibition. Text in English & Portuguese. Scarce.

New York: Philosophical Library, 1944. First Edition . Cloth-Backed Boards. Very Good/Very Good. A solid Very Good copy in a Very Good mylar-protected, price-clipped dust jacket with small pieces missing from the spine ends. Personal copy of Architectural Record editor A. Lawrence Kocher who signed the ffep. First Edition. Hardcover. 694 pages. Illustrated. Maroon cloth boards with black panels and gilt lettering on spine. Notable participants included in book are Richard Neutra, A.Lawrence Kocher, Carol Aravonici, Josef Albers, Serge Chermayeff, Ely Jacques Kahn, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Sigfried Giedion, George Howe, Oscar Stonarov, Raphael Soriano, Jose Luis Sert and many others.

London: Faber and Faber, 1935. First Edition . Cloth-Backed Boards. Very Good. Very Good copy. White linen covers and top edgedes lightly soiled. 80 glossy pages, including 16 full-pages black and white photographs. Introduction by Frank Pick. Translated by P. Morton Shand. This is the book where Gropius attempted to spell out his theories of the new architecture he had incubated and formalized while Director of the Bauhaus in Weimar and Dessau from 1919 to 1928.

Western Management Corporation, 1968. Wraps. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Marketing folder for renovated Bradbury Building, celebrating 75 years. Includes arial map, floor plan and black/white four fold interior photo.

New York: Braziller, 1968. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. Fine in a Fine price-clipped DJ. 128 pp., 153 illustrations, bibliography, and index.

Hollywood: Murray and Gee, 1946. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A crisp, clean Fine copy in a bright, unrubbed, mylar-protected Very Good dust jacket with a few small closed tears and some small chips missing from the top of the back panel. A stunning copy. Images upon request. 95 pp., introduction, floor plans, renderings and descriptive comments for 43 different models in Paul Williams distinctive, elegant style. Order blank for working drawings and specifications affixed to rear inside cover.

New York: American Iron and Steel Institute, 1965. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Square 8vo. crisp Very Good copy. Somewhat rubbed clear plastic wraps with white lettering, comb bound with 11 steel rings. Thick card stock with glossy b&w photos of work designed by Daniel Badani, Michael Folliasson, Abro Kandjian, and Pierre Roux-Dorlut; Richard J. Neutra and Robert E. Alexander, Douglas Honnold and John Rex (Roof Terrace of the Los Angeles County Hall of Records - Julius Shulman photo); Eero Saarinen - Smith, Hinchman & Grylls (GM Tech Center water tower - Korab photo); Uhl Hall and Rich (water intake gate structures, Niagra Power Project), Richard J. Neutra (Aloe Division, Brunswick Corp. showroom - Julius Shulman photo); Minoru Yamasaki - Smith, Hinchman & Grylls (Michigan Consolidated Gas Co. Bldg., Detroit - Korab photo); Curtis and Davis (IBM Bldg. - Pittsburgh - Ed Walsh photo; Eliot Noyes (Sears, Atlanta - Carl Dixon photo); sculpture by Beverly Popper in the loggia of… Read More

Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1997. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fiine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A crisp, clean Near Fine copy. 208 pp., profusely illustrated, appendices, and bibliography. Showcases the progressive ideas and ideals of the architecture of Vancouver during the mid-twentieth century.

New York: Rizzoli, 1991. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. 203 pp., beautifully illustrated with work by Frank Gehry, Santiago Calatrava, Morphosis, Eric Owen Moss, Bernard Tschumi, Coop Himmelblau, Zaha Hadid, Daniel Libeskind, Asymptote, and many others, project lists for each firm, and credits.

London: Lund Humphries, 1998. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Large 4to. 63 pp., 8 b&w text figures, 26 color plates, foreword by Robert R. MacDonald, renderings of work by Cass Gilbert, McKim, Mead & White, Ernest Flagg, and others, chronology. A crisp, clean copy with a corner crease. Shelf wear.

London: Lund Humphries, 1998. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good +. Large 4to. A crisp, clean copy. 63 pp., 8 b&w text figures, 26 color plates, foreword by Robert R. MacDonald, renderings of work by Cass Gilbert, McKim, Mead & White, Ernest Flagg, and others, chronology.

London: Lund Humphries, 1998. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Large 4to. 63 pp., 8 b&w text figures, 26 color plates, foreword by Robert R. MacDonald, renderings of work by Cass Gilbert, McKim, Mead & White, Ernest Flagg, and others, chronology. A crisp, clean copy with a corner crease. Shelf wear.

Merrell Publishers, 2008. First Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. A crisp As New copy in an As New mylar-protected dust jacket. 265 pp., profusely illustrated, bibliography and index.

Yale University Press, 2009. First Edition . Flexibind. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. A crisp, clean Fine copy. 283 pp., profusely illustrated, chronology, endnotes, index. Between 1900 and 1942, New York City was the site of extraordinary creative exchange where artists could share ideas in a global context. The swiftly changing urban landscape before and between the World Wars inspired the erosion of artistic boundaries and fostered a new climate of modernist experimentation. Nexus New York focuses on key artists from the Caribbean and Latin America who entered into dynamic cultural and social dialogues with the American-based avant-garde and participated in the development of a new modern discourse. Featuring both celebrated and little-known figures of this period, including Carlos Enríquez, Alice Neel, Marius de Zayas, Francis Picabia, Joaquín Torres-Garcia, José Clemente Orozco, Matta, and Robert Motherwell, contributing authors also discuss the specific environments in which… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. First Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo. An As New copy in an As New mylar-protected dust jacket. 331 pp., richly illustrated, notes, bibliography, and index. Ashton maps Noguchi's spiritual journey both in the events of his life and in the milestones of his art: the sculptures, gardens, public spaces, and stage decors that gained force and significance from his double heritage. Laid in are 3 pp., from Museums Los Angeles describing the Isamu Noguchi and Modern Japanese Ceramics exhibit at the Japanese American National Museum February 7 - May 30, 2004, a 6 page bibliography of Noguchi resources available at the museum library, and an auction brochure from Wright featuring Noguchi's Maquette for Pylon, Detroit Civic Center Plaza with an auction estimate of $30,000-40,000.

Albaquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1971. First Edition . Cloth-Backed Boards. Very Good/Very Good. A crisp, Very Good lightly used ex-library copy in a Very Good mylar-protected dust jacket.149 pp., illustrations, notes, selected bibliography and index.

1969. Soft cover. Very Good. Very Good copy with mild crease on the ffront cover. 88 pp., profusely illustrated, intro by Rene Bolle-Reddat in French.