Search Results: Titles starting with R from modern-ISM

Barcelona: Gustavo Gili, 1998. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. A crisp, clean Fine copy. 256 pp., profusely illustrated, text in Spanish and English. Scarce.

New York: Rizzoli, 1988. First Edition . Cloth-Backed Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A crisp, Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket in a protective mylar cover. 208 pp., hundreds of illustrations including photos (many by Julius Shulman) & plans, writings by Schindler, list of projects, biography, bibliography. Text in English.

Taschen, 2005. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. A crisp, clean Fine copy. 96 pp., profusely illustrated.

Santa Barbara: Art Gallery, UCSB, 1967. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fiine. A crisp, clean Fine copy of the exhibitionn catalogue. 113 pp., profusely illustrated, introduction by Esther McCoy.

Amsterdam: Stedelijk Musem, 1969. First Edition . Original Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A crisp, clean extremely scarce Very Good copy. 24 profusely illustrated pp. list of major buildings and projects, selected writings and bibliography. Laid in is a copy of an article "The High and Low Art of Rudolph Schijndler" by Dan O'Neil from the April 1973 issue of Architectural Review.

Wien-Munchen: Edition Christian Brandstatter, 1986. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fiine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A crisp, clean Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket. 208 pp., hundreds of illustrations including photos (many by Julius Shulman) & plans, writings by Schindler, list of projects, biography, bibliography. Text in German. DJ in mylar protective cover.

London: Academy Press, 1995. First Paperback Edition . Buckram. Very Good/Very Good. A crisp, clean Very Good copy rebound in black library buckram without the original wraps. Deaccessioned from the University of Virginia Fiske Kimball Fine Arts Library. A contemporary of Le Corbusier and one-time employee of Frank Lloyd Wright, R.M. Schindler was architect of (amongst much else of note) the Lovell Beach House in California, acknowledged to be one of the key modernist buildings of the 1920s. This book, a reappraisal of Schindler's thought and works, presents plans, line drawings and photographs of buildings and furniture. A selection of Schindler's own writings is included, alongside articles by many scholars of the architect's works that trace Schindler's career on both sides of the Atlantic, from his early days in Vienna studying under Wagner, to his later life in America, where his talents found full expression.

Los Angeles: Los Angeles Modern Auctions, 2007. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. A crisp, clean Fine copy. 88 pp., profusely illustrated.

Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1950. Soft cover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 10 pp. of text in French followed by 24 pp. of 24 color plates. Color illustrations. Precious. A crisp, clean copy with a mild crease to the back cover, natural toning, light damp stain. Insides clean and tight.

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.

1989. First Edition . Original Wraps. Very Good. Large 4to. A crisp, clean Very Good copy. 117 pp., beautifully illustrated issue dedicated to Neues Bauen in der Welt series edited by Joseph Gantner for Verlag Von Anton Schroll including books by Richard Neutra, Roger Ginsburger and El Lissitzky. Text in Italian.

1988. First Edition . Original Wraps. Near Fine-. Large 4to. 137 pp. A crisp, clean copy. Very slight wear to cover. Text in Italian and English. Beautifully illustrated issue dedicated to Prairie School Architecture. Featuring Frank Lloyd Wright, Purcell and Elmslie, Griffins presentation drawings and many others. Extensively researched.

Buenos Aires: Ediciones Nueva Vision, 1973. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Very Good soft cover. 182 pp., Chuey House living room on the cover. Text in Spanish.

Zeeland, MI: Herman Miller, 1984. Wraps. Very Good. Square 12mo. Very Good+ Unpaginated (approx 28 pp). Products by Charles and Ray Eames, Isamu Noguchi, George Nelson and Clino Castelli beautifully interpreted by graphic designers. Slight corner bumps, general self wear, insides clean and tight.

New York: Dodge, 1957. First Edition . Cloth-Backed Boards. Very Good/Very Good. A crisp, clean Very Good copy in a Very Goog mylar-protected price-clipped dust jacket. Signed on the title page by noted architectural photographer Julius Shulman whose work is proinent on the cover and throughout. 183 pp., profusely illustrated, index.

Los Angeles: Southern California Chapter, AIA, 1939. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. Scarce in the first edition. 111 pp., sections on The Mediterranean Influence; The California Heritage; The Colonial Precedent; and The Contemporary Developments. The latter section contains photos of houses by Lloyd Wright, Richard Neutra, R. M. Schindler, Harwell Hamilton Harris, Sumner Spaulding, J. R. Davidson and many others.A Good copy exhibiting heavy spine edge and corner wear. Sun toned top section of front board.

Los Angeles: Southern California Chapter The American Institute of Architects, 1968. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. A crisp, clean Fine copy of the first issue of the Southern California Chapter of the American Institute of Architects monthly magazine. 27 pp., featuring Frank Gehry's Danziger Studio on the cover. Believed to be Frank Gehry's first cover photo.

Paris: L'Institit National Du Bois, 1963. Wraps. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 118 pp. Text in French Wood Review Magazine...Decoration in Wood Issue. b/w and color illustration. Interiors and furniture. Features: the 43rd Exhibition of Artists and Decorators. Packed with interiors, furniture and objects of the era. Includes residential and commercial. Vintage ads. Great reference. Crushed bottom spine corner. Slight wear. Scarce

Bruxelles: Musee d'Ixelles, 1989. First Edition . No Binding. As New/No Jacket as Issued. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Sixteen - 12 X 18 in. prints in a linen-backed marbled board portfolio with three linen tie-ribbons accompanying a 112 page exhibition catalogue, all As New in the publisher's cardboard shipping box. A stunning production. Portfolio prints cover projects from 1972 to 1989 and are pristine and still wrapped in the publisher's tissue. The catalogue has introductory essays by Xavier Robert de Ventos, Bofill, Peter Hodgkinson, and Patrick Genard, color and B&W plates of 13 major projects, list of works, biography, bibliography, list of exhibitions, and list of buildings and projects. A fabulous early monograph/exhibition catalogue. No int'l shipping due to size. May require additional shipping cost.