Hubert Pirsson (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. First Edition. 82 + adds pages; Alligator patterned black leather with neatly repaired crack along spine and a chip. 82+ (xi) pp. With 28 designs in litho. Plates plus 5 illus of apartment bldgs. Not in Hitchcock; a notable omission. Essentially an advertisement for the firm, as were so many of these books. Presents 28 designs in plan and perspective of single family houses and other buildings in increasing degrees of cost and elaboration followed by several interesting New York City apartment houses. The final section of text discusses fire-proof construction. The work concludes with 10 leaves of illustrated ads for architectural services and products "for those who contemplate building. " Only one copy has been know to come to auction.…