Wolf, Connie; Young, James E.; Libeskind, Daniel; Schwarzer, Mitchell

Daniel Libeskind and the Contemporary Jewish Museum: New Jewish Architecture from Berlin to San Francisco

New York, Contemporary Jewish Museum / Rizzoli International / Skira Editions, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. Fine and due homage to the Jewish architect Daniel Libeskind, edited by Connie Young, and with contributions by the architect himself and also Mitchell Schwarzer and James E. Young. Remains the definitive book of Daniel Libeskind's powerful Jewish museums, released on the eve of completion of the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco but also built upon the fame and influence he gained for the Jewish Museum he built in Berlin. Sumptuously illustrated throughout in full-color and black-and-white, printed on high-gloss paper. 124 pp. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography..Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/As New,

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Book number: 353029

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: Daniel Libeskind Connie Wolf James E. Young Mitchell Schwarzer

Yarwood, Doreen

Robert Adam

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. A bit of discoloration to the cloth along the bottom edges, else clean and tightly bound handsomely in black cloth and with gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Illustrated with 32 pp. of illustrations and eight line-drawings. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. x + 221 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good/Near Fine,

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Book number: 347637

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: Doreen Yarwood|Robert Adam|architecture|American architecture

Zamboni, Giovanna

Alvar Aalto Ja Italia

Milan, Italy, Editzioni 2RC, 1979. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Uber-scarce in the trade, there being currently no additional copies available on-line. Tall, stiff cardboard wraps cover in minimally decorated paper fashion, being emblazoned with "Alvar Aalto Ja Italia," being a seriegraphie, the item featuring sewn-in headbands, and the text being printed on a creamy, textured, lovely handmade paper. Bilingual presentation in Finnish and Italian. Flawed only by a half thumbnail-sized blue ink-blotch along top edge and for 1/4 of text-block, not even barely intruding into margins. Unpaginated, but roughly 60 pp. and including duotone drawings and architectural plans and illustrations. Contributions by Luciano Raimondi, Leonardo Mosso, and Bruno Zevi,Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine

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Book number: 345162

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: Giovanna Zamboni|Finnish architects|Alvar Aalto|architecture|Finnish artists