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New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1932. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Rust buckram, lettered in gilt and black. Stated 1st ed. Minor moisture exposure has led to mild dye lightening and a slightly "blotchy" appearance to front cover cloth, with mild rubbing to corners and extremities, text block edges a bit dulled by age. Former owner's signature inked on front flyleaf, otherwise unmarked. Neatly mended front hinge, firm. 240 pp., illus. w/ b&w plates..

New York: W. W. Norton, 1932. First Edition . Library Buckram. Very Good +. 4to. An internally crisp, clean, lightly used, Very Good + Michigan Sate University ex-library copy in buckram binding which has a trace of rubbing and soiling. Front pastedown and front free end paper have the usual library markings. No markings to edges. This book and the 1932 companion exhibition and catalogue "Modern Architecture, International Exhibition" published by the Museum of Modern Art in New York were seminal in introducing the "International Style" and modern architecture to the USA. 240 pp., profusely illustrated with photographs and plans, preface by Alfred H. Barr, Jr., director of the Museum of Modern Art, indices of architects and countries represented.

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1932. Cloth. Very Good +. INSCRIBED BY PHILIP JOHNSON on the front free endpaper. A very solid copy to boot of the 1932 1st edition of this seminal meditation on "Modernist" architecture. Tight and VG+ in its russet cloth, with very light wear along the spine and one small, discreet former owner blindstamp at the front free endpaper. Octavo, the Preface by the formidable Alfred Barr, Jr., the founding Director of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Designed by Werner Helmer.