Lorimer Hugh (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 260 Pages. Inscribed by Author(s). Book.

126 pp.; 21.5 x 28 cm.; glue bound; black-and-white; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed; Periodical about site-specific art, this issue focusing on energy. Edited by Alison Sky and Michelle Stone. Contents include: "Introductions," by James Wine; "Our Enduring Illusions," by James S. Mellett; "Energy and Civilization," by René Dubos; "Plant, Eat, and Work!," by Lewis Mumford; "Sunlight Convergence / Solar Burn," by Charles Ross; "Solar Energy and Survival," by Alan H. Balfour; "Fire Cycles," by Anthony McCall; "Architectural Prospects," by Richard G. Stein; "Tomorrow's Energy: Glowing Prospect," by Jerry Grey; "Interview with Fred S. Dubin," by Alison Sky; "The ID Monster," by U.F.O.; "Towards a Zero Energy Architecture," by John Lobell; "Personal Mobility in the U.S.A.," by David J. Neuman; "Travelog," by Allan Kaprow; "A Subjective Study of the L.A. Freeway Grid," by O.M. Ungers; "Railroad Young Men's Christian Association," by Andrew MacNair; "Autorama," by Chip Lord & Ant Farm; "The Energy of Reuse," by Hugh Hardy; "Spatiology," by Vittorio Giorgini; "Premises for Future Planning," by Percival Goodman; "People in Glass Houses," by Witold Rybczynski; "Architecture for a New Era," by Jeffrey Cook; "The Seagram's Building and it's Plaza," by Marilyn Wood & the Celebrations Group; "The Liberation of Human Energy," by Barbara M. Hubbard; "Transformations of a SOHO Street," by Ruth Heller Coron; "Performance as Energy," by M. Paul Friedberg; "Image's Identity, by Francesc Torres; "This man lives in my building," by Donald Lorimer; "Interview with Denise Scott Brown," by Alison Sky; "On Energy," by Jean Dupuy; "Los Angeles: Architecture of the Cinema," by Kip K. McBane; "Video," by Nam June Paik; "Set Timer," by Jim Cobb; "Television Delivers People," Richard Serra; "Pickin' Up the Pieces of Universal Order and Architecture," by Mimi Lobell; "The Washington Monument Sundial," by Yuri Schwebler and "Biographical Notes." Cover photo Michelle Stone. Good. Significant rubbing of covers and cover edges with bumping and wear to corners. Contents clean and unmarked. Due to large size and weight, additional shipping charges will be required for international orders.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Presumed First Edition. No stated date but the introduction is dated 1952. Presumed first edition. [vii], 260pp., a map of Cumnock on the front endpapers, chart of Stones on Calloch Hill on the rear endpapers, and a further map and a genealogical table within the book. This is a history of ancient Strathclyde, centering around Cumnock. Except for the first chapter and an article on the Roman Forests in the south of Scotland by A.G. McLeod, all chapters are independent of any other and complete in themselves. The book is bound in the original dark purple cloth covered boards with gold titling on the spine. The case of the book is in very good condition with shelf wear and some soiling to the boards. There is also some damp marking on the front board. The spine and top 1" of the rear board are faded and there is wear to the titling on the spine. The contents are tight and clean with light foxing to the free endpapers and the author has inscribed the back of the front free endpaper thus: "With the author's best wishes, yours truly Hugh Lorimer". Inscribed and Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Publication date (1952), (5 preliminary pages), 260 pages, end-paper maps, good/very good condition in original cloth binding, top edge dust marked and slightly spotted, top and bottom of spine bumped and slightly rubbed, with author's signed presentation inscription on the front free end-paper ("with the author's appreciation/ of your kindly interest/ Hugh Lorimer").The author has also amended his printed name on the title page from Hugh Lorimer, F.S.A. to Hugh Lorimer, F.S.A. Scot.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. A near very good copy in red cloth lettered in gilt. No ownership inscription and not foxed. Pp.[x],260. Maps. Errata slip tipped-in. A study of the ancient history of the area around Cumnock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket.