Published by Abbeville Press, 1995
ISBN 10: 0789200198 ISBN 13: 9780789200198
Seller: ANARTIST, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Softcover, 272 pages, very good condition except 5-inch crease to bottom of front cover; laminate starting to peel at bottom of spine; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.
Published by Abbeville Press, New York, 1988
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 271 pages. Attractive examination of this American architect. Includes numerous color illustrations. A clean and tight near fine copy in cloth boards with the former ownership signature of museum curator and author Thomas Garver to the front pastedown and in a near fine dust jacket dust jacket with some minor wear. A nice copy with an interesting provenance.
First edition. Inscribed first printing of this lavish collection of photographs of the buildings of Julia Morgan, the architect of the Hearst castle and one of the first woman to graduate in civil engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. The rear flap of this book notes that it is "the first substantial book ever devoted to [Morgan's] career." This copy is signed by the author Sara Holmes Boutelle and inscribed by the photographer Richard Barnes. 11.25'' x 9.75''. Original blue cloth boards. Original unclipped (no price) color pictorial dust jacket. Inscribed by Barnes on title page, additionally signed by Boutelle. Jacket with mild edgewear, one tiny scuff. Front board a touch bowed, front hinge with small crack but holding firm. Bright and clean. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.