[Two Items] The International Competition for the Phoebe Hearst Architectural Plan for the University of California, together with a promotional booklet: California's Memorial Stadium.

(UNIVERITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY).

Published by The Trustees of the Phoebe A. Hearst Architectural Plan, San Francisco, 1899

About this Item

Oblong 4to. (10 x 14 inches). 152pp.; original printed wrappers, stabbed & tied at inner margin. Profusely illustrated with photographic plates, drawings and plans including a portrait of Mrs. Hearst, portraits of the six members of the jury, 3 shots of the jury deliberating on the site. Covers soiled; corners chipped with closed tear to cover foot of spine and a triangular 1" piece out bottom edge. A record of the Hearst competition for the Berkeley campus reproducing 110 drawings and giving an historical account of the competition, the final programme, the report of the jury, the secretarys report, etc. Reproduces a series of drawings by the winner Benard; also second prize by Howells, Stokes and Hornbostel, third prize by Despradelle and Codman, fourth prize by Howard and Cauldwell, fifth prize by Lord, Hewitt and Hull and a series of other deigns by Whitney Warren, Herr Rudolph Dick, J. H. Freedlander, and others. The Memoral Stadium Promotional booklet is unpaginated, 12 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches, decorative wrappers stabbed & tied at spine; includes architectural renderings of the stadium, letters from Stadium Committee members, The Architectural Plan, Financial Plan, photo illustrations of athletes from California.

Seller Inventory # 8240

Bibliographic Details

• Title: [Two Items] The International Competition for the Phoebe Hearst Architectural Plan for the University of California, together with a promotional booklet: California's Memorial Stadium.
• Publisher: The Trustees of the Phoebe A. Hearst Architectural Plan, San Francisco
• Publication Date: 1899
• Binding: Softcover
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Architecture