INVENTING THE SKYLINE: The Architecture of Cass Gilbert
by Heilbrun, Margaret, editor
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0231118724
- ISBN 13
- 9780231118729
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About This Item
NY: Columbia University Press, 2000. First edition. Quarto. 306 pp; 13 color plates, numerous b/w photographs, sketches, elevations, and plans; index. Hardcover with dustjacket. Fine/Fine, a crisp, unmarked copy; jacket bright with no wear. Published in conjunction with exhibition at New York Historical Society, NY, NY, held September 12, 2000 to January 21, 2001. The exhibition examines some of the most celebrated structures of American architect Cass Gilbert (1859-1934) from conceptual sketches through completion. They include the Woolworth Building, the U.S. Custom House at Bowling Green, and the U.S. Army Supply Base in Brooklyn. Essays by four major Gilbert scholars - Sharon Irish, Mary Beth Betts, Barbara S. Christen, and Gail Fenske.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.
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- Bookseller
- Carnegie Hill Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014060
- Title
- INVENTING THE SKYLINE: The Architecture of Cass Gilbert
- Author
- Heilbrun, Margaret, editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0231118724
- ISBN 13
- 9780231118729
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- American Architecture New York City Skyscraper Woolworth Monograph
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