Search Results: Books from modern-ISM

Eugene Swarzwald, 1935. First Edition . Soft cover. Good. 20 pages. Alluringly illustrated pictures of California. Sepia toned photographs. This issue: Palm Canyon (front cover), SF Bridge Building, El Mirador- Palm Springs, Brown Derby, William K. Howard residence (director MGM). General wear, pages separated from spine. Top 1/2" of magazine removed. Does not affect photographs.

Santa Barbara: University Art Museum, 2008. Wraps. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Double fold-out black/white/red brochure which accompanied museum exhibition. b/w and color illustrations. Front cover is Case Study Apartments #2 illustration (1964 unrealized). A tiny scratch and bump on rear, else new.

San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1985. Fourth Printing . Wraps. Near Fine. Square 8vo. A crisp, clean Near Fine copy with March 4, 2010 LA Times and April 2010 Westways articles laid in. 139 pp., richly illustrated, location map, notes, bibliography, and index.

Museum of New Mexico Pr, 1982. First Edition . Cloth-Backed Boards. Fine/Fine. A crisp, clean Fine copy in a Fine mylar-protected dust jacket. 248 pp., illustrations, index.

Princeton Architectural Press, 2007. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. A crisp Fine copy. 160 pp., profusely illustrated, biography.

Taschen, 2005. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. A crisp Fine copy. 96 pp., illstrations, chronology.

New York: Rizzoli, 1992. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 7" x 11. A crisp, clean Near Fine copy with foxing on top edge. 126 pp. Catalogue of the exhibition featuring 11 California-based architects and/or architectural firms, held at Leo Castilli/Gagosian Gallery, New York City, and the Santa Monica Museum of Art, September 1992 - March 1993. Interview with Frank O. Gehry, biographical sketches and lists. Features Frank O. Gehry, Craig Hodgetts & Hsin-Ming Fung, Holt Hinshaw Pfau Jones, Frank Israel, Koning Eizenberg, Lubowicki Lanier, Mark Mack, Thom Mayne, Morphosis, Eric Owen Moss, Stanley Saitowitz, Studio Works.

Venice, CA: Eames Office, 1998. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Oblong 8vo. Set of 20 postcards featuring photos by Charles Eames 5 years after completion of Case Study House No. 8 (Eames House) in Pacific Palisades. All cards present.

U.S.A.: Princeton Architectural Press, 2002. 4th Printing . Wraps. Very Good. Oblong 8vo. 320 pp. Color photos by Alexaner Vertikoff. Beautifully illustrated, very comprehensive. Lightly rubber cover, insides clean and tight. Int'l shipping extra due to weight.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Da Capo Press, 1975. 2nd Printing . Soft cover. Very Good +. Square 12mo. 143 pp. 413 illustrations Very well documented. Great reference. Slight crease in spine and lower front fore corner, else is well preserved.

Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 2004. 2004 Dover Reprint . Soft cover. Fine. A crisp Fine copy of the Dover Reprint of the 1931 original. AUDAC Annual. 176 pp., illustrations, index. An introduction by architectural critic Lewis Mumford is followed by commentaries by such notables as Frank Lloyd Wright on design principles; theatrical and industrial designer Norman Bel Geddes on outfitting business interiors; and Edward Steichen on commercial photography.

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Phaidon Inc Ltd, 1995. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 12" x 12. A crisp, clean fine copy. 60 pp. The house is an extraordinarily complex geometric feat, relying on shifting grids and subtle subdivisions, revealing a geometrically-based order of Moss' own devising. Incomprehensible at a simple glance, the interior of the Lawson-Western House is exhilarating and mentally exhausting at the same time.

Salt Lake City, UT: Peregrine Smith, 1974. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Square 8vo. A crisp, clean, lightly riubbed Very Good copy with a trace of edge wear. 65 pp., chronological listing of works, illustrations.

Rohnert Park, CA, U.S.A.: Pomegranate Communications, Inc, 1994. First Edition . Glossy Boards. Near Fine/Very Good. Square 8vo. A crisp, clean Near Fine copy in a Very Good dust jacket. 167 pp., profusely illustrated with the author's stunning architectural photographs, chronology of the later years, and index. This book draws together 150 compelling images to capture Wright in a refreshing new light. The photographs come to life thriugh the entertaining, often humorous stories Guerrero tells to accompany them, from Wright thought of cows to how he rearranged client's interiors to suit his own vision. The result is a moving, personal album that will delight everyone who is entranced by Wright - and all who thought they knew him. Crease on top edge of book and DJ, all else tight clean and crisp.

Mitchell Beazley, 2003. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A crisp Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. 144 pp., illustrations, bibliography and index.

Carmel: Carmel Art Association, 1993. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. A crisp, clean Very Good copy. 88 pp., illustrations, exhibition checklist.

Santa Fe, NM: Zaplin-Lambert Gallery, St. John's College Art Gallery, 1995. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 14 pp., 12 color plates, artist's statement. Slightly worn cover, insides clean.

Yale University Press, 2007. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A crisp Fine copy. 174 pp., illustrations, notes, architect bios, index.

London: Phaidon, 1998. First Paperback Edition . Soft cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A crisp, clean, Fine copy with a remander dot on the bottom edges. In a Fine dust jacket. 231 pp., profusely illustrated, essays, notes, bibliography, and index. Features with work by Eric Owen Moss, Frank Gehry, Thom Mayne (Morphosis), Richard Neutra, Pierre Koenig, Craig Ellwood, Charles Eames, Frank Lloyd Wright, Hodgetts & Fung, Arata Isozaki and others.

New York: Harpers, 1955. First Edition . Cloth-Backed Boards. Very Good/Very Good. A crisp Very Good copy in a Very Good mylar-protected dust jacket. 315 pp., illustrations, selected bibliography and index.