Published by University of California Press, Berkeley, CA, 2007
ISBN 10: 0520258088 ISBN 13: 9780520258082
Seller: LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Fine. 1st. xii, 265 pages, illustrations; 22 cm. A selection of articles originally published in the New Yorker, 1932-1937. Edited and with an introduction by Robert Wojtowicz. Tight, clean copy. First paperback edition. "Although Lewis Mumford is widely acknowledged as the seminal American critic of architecture and urbanism in the twentieth century, he is less known for his art criticism. He began contributing to this field in the early 1920s, and his influence peaked between 1932 and 1937, when he was art critic for the New Yorker. This book, for the first time, assembles Mumford's important art criticism in a single volume. His columns bring wit and insight to bear on a range of artists, from establishment figures like Matisse and Brancusi to relatively new arrivals like Reginald Marsh and Georgia O'Keeffe. These articles provide an unusual window onto the New York art scene just as it was casting off provincialism in favor of a more international outlook. On a deeper level, the columns probe beneath the surface of modern art, revealing an alienation that Mumford believed symptomatic of a larger cultural disintegration. Many of the themes Mumford addresses overlap with those of his more familiar architectural criticism: the guiding role of the past in stimulating creativity in the present, the increasing congestion of the modern metropolis, the alarming lack of human control over modern technology, and the pressing need to restore organic balance to everyday living. Though he was open to new movements emanating from Europe, Mumford became the chief advocate of a progressive American modernism that was both socially aware and formally inventive. / Robert Wojtowicz is Associate Professor of Art History at Old Dominion University and a leading expert on the life and work of Lewis Mumford. He is the author of Lewis Mumford and American Modernism: European Theories for Architecture and Urban Planning, the editor of Sidewalk Critic: Lewis Mumford's Writings on New York, and the coeditor of Frank Lloyd Wright and Lewis Mumford: Thirty Years of Correspondence." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.
Published by Literary Guild, New York, 1934
Seller: Ocean Tango Books, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. As pictured a first edition thus, stated first edition, in good condition hardcover in a good condition dust jacket gently read clean pages . Damp stain to inside dust jacket rear and spine . Faint dampmark to book.
Published by The Literary Guild, New York, 1934
Seller: Chequamegon Books, Washburn, WI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 339 pages; 6 1/4 x 9 1/2" Includes 120 illustrations and 40 prints by Alfred Stieglitz. Slight age yellowing to endpapers; foxing to page edges; jacket edges are worn, chipped, and creased; 1" tear to jacket top edge; jacket flap corners are clipped; jacket in mylar sleeve.
Published by University of California Press, Berkeley, 2007
ISBN 10: 0520248589 ISBN 13: 9780520248588
Seller: Walther's Books, Hopkins, MN, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Review copy with publisher's release letter laid-in. Stamped "Examination Copy." stamped on the bottom edge.
Published by The Literary Guild, New York, 1934
Seller: Mountain Books, Kent, CT, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. O'Keefe, Georgia (illustrator). First Edition. Black buckram, black cloth, small nick at the top of the spine, has a previous owners signature and date inside on the first free page. We ship fast.
Published by Adams & Dart, Bath, UK, 1971
ISBN 10: 0239000994 ISBN 13: 9780239000996
Seller: Adelaide Booksellers, Clarence Gardens, SA, Australia
First Edition
Hardback. 1st Edition. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in a purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Excellent condition. 493 pages. Lewis Mumford is known for his work on the human predicament and man's attempt to shape his environment. Frederic Osborn is noted for his advocacy of rational planning. These letters deal with the concrete aspects of urban renewal and city planning as well as social and political events of the time. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.
Published by Macaulay Company, New York, 1928
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. 872pp. Cream buckram with gilt-stamped title on teal. Gutter cracked, owner's name and address penned on front fly, small stain on front board, spine darkened, a good only copy lacking the dustwrapper.
Published by Praeger Publishers, New York, New York, 1971
Seller: Andover Books and Antiquities, Andover, MA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. x, 493 pp. LCC: 72177252 Very good condition; touches of color fading on covers; previous owner's name on inside of front cover.
Published by Literary Guild, New York, 1934
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Very Good (No Jacket). First edition. 8vo, 339 pp., xxxii b/w plates. Slight scuffing to boards, light wear at edges and corners of boards, page edges tanned, a couple of leaves opened roughly at fore-edge.
Published by The Literary Guild, 1934
Seller: Dara's Library, Highland Park, IL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. "American And Alfred Stieglitz" Edited by Frank Waldo, Lewis Mumford, Dorothy Norman, Paul Rosenfeld & Harold Rugg 1934 Vintage Hardcover Book with Dust Jacket 9 1/2" x 6 1/2" 339 Pages The dust jacket is in fair condition with chips, edge tears and wear. The previous owner's name is written in ink on the front inside flap. The jacket is now protected with a removable Mylar cover. The hardcover book is in good minus condition free from rips, tears, writing, stains, and bends. The book has black and photos. There is light toning to the pages. The boards are in good minus condition with some edge wear and corner bumps. The binding is tight and square.
Published by University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1951
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Offsetting on a few pages from clippings else near fine in very good dustwrapper with a chip on the front panel. Five essays on the arts in renewal, the third series of The Benjamin Franklin Lectures of the University of Pennsylvania.
Published by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, Garden City, NY, 1934
First Edition
Cloth w/DJ. Condition: G/G. Black & White Plates (illustrator). First Edition. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. G/G. 1934. First Edition. Cloth w/DJ. Sm 4to., 339 pp., DJ rubbed, chipped, frayed, cover bumped, page toning .
Published by Aperture Book, New York, 1979
ISBN 10: 0893810401 ISBN 13: 9780893810405
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Revised edition. Very good with some very light edgewear, in wrappers.
Published by Univ of PA, PA, 1951
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. Near fine in very good dustwrapper with several small chips along the edges. Five essays on the arts in renewal, the third series of The Benjamin Franklin Lectures of the University of Pennsylvania.
Published by The Literary Guild, New York, 1934
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good.
Published by Macaulay Company, New York, 1928
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. Tall octavo. xii, 872pp. Cream buckram with gilt-stamped title on teal. Small date stamped on dedication page, small surface abrasion on rear fly, spotting on spine, else very good in a good only dust jacket with a bit of stainingon the spine and bottom edges of panels, and small chips and tears. Containing a full-length novel *Engagement* by John Herrmann and full-lenght play "New Year's Eve" by Waldo Frank. Also containing four novelettes, four poems, stories, and poems by such authors as H.D., Conrad Aiken, Alfred Kreymborg, Sherwood Anderson, Evelyn Scott, Kay Boyle, Hart Crane, Robert Frost, William Carlos Williams, Robert Penn Warren, and many others.
Published by Macaulay Company, New York, 1928
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. Tall octavo. xii, 872pp. Pale pink cloth stamped in black lettering. Toning on cloth and page edges, spine ends and corners modestly worn, a very good copy in a good only dust jacket with a bit of staining at the spine base and lower panel, and small chips and tears. Containing a full-length novel *Engagement* by John Herrmann and full-lenght play "New Year's Eve" by Waldo Frank. Also containing four novelettes, four poems, stories, and poems by such authors as H.D., Conrad Aiken, Alfred Kreymborg, Sherwood Anderson, Evelyn Scott, Kay Boyle, Hart Crane, Robert Frost, William Carlos Williams, Robert Penn Warren, and many others.
Published by Lund Humphries, London, 1947
Seller: Dorothy Meyer - Bookseller, Batavia, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. First Edition, date same on titl. NOT an ex library book. 103 clean pages. Dust jacket has minimal wear on spine ends, no chips or tears, price is not clipped. Laid in is a card Grateful acknowledgment is due to H. H. The Maharajah Holkar of Indore for financial aid towards the compiling of the MS. by H. V. Lanchester arranged through the Chairman of the Outlook Tower Association, Edinburgh.
Published by Macaulay Company, New York, 1928
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. Tall octavo. xii, 872pp. Washington, D.C. bookseller ticket ("The Skylar Book Shop") on the rear pastedown else very near fine in a heavily toned, sound but good only dust jacket with a bit of staining at the spine base and lower panel, and small chips and tears.
Published by Macaulay Company, New York,, 1927
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom
First Edition
Original dark green cloth. First Edition. Gilt lettering dull and small mark on spine, otherwise a nice copy Includes work by Hart Crane, Dos Passos, John Gould Fletcher, Hemingway, MacLeish, Eugene O'Neil, Stein, Allen Tate, Robert Penn Warren and William Carlos Williams.
Published by Routledge,an imprint of Taylor & Francis Books Ltd 1997, 2004
ISBN 10: 0415163161 ISBN 13: 9780415163163
Seller: ROBIN SUMMERS BOOKS LTD, Aldeburgh, United Kingdom
Condition: Very Good. Complete in itself but volume 10 of a 10 volume set. The unprecedented urbanization of the nineteenth century prompted a wide range of theoretical and empirical writings on the city. Some of these writings addressed specific urban problems, especially relating to infrastructure, housing and poverty. Others were more generally concerned with the nature and texture of city life. This set collects together some of the most significant writings on the city from the period 1898 to 1938. Primarily dealing with North America and the UK, the volumes nonetheless reflect the experience of rapid urban growth, making them particularly relevant to many of the newly industrializing countries. In all some nine volumes are reproduced in their entirety, and these are supplemented by an original introduction and collection of contemporary essays. Table of Contents Selected Essays Township and Borough 229pp W. Maitland The Government of European Cities [1927] 441pp William B. Munro The Modern City and its Government 284pp William Parr Capes Cities in Evolution 424pp Patrick Geddes Poverty: A Study of Town Life 496pp B. Seeboyhm Rowntree Livelihood and Poverty 222pp A.L. Bowley and A.R. Burnett-Hurst The Metropolitan Community 363pp R.D. McKenzie Social Saga of Two Cities 434pp C.F. Schmid The Culture of Cities 598pp Lewis Mumford Original cloth with light bumps and small marks otherwise unread and near fine. No jacket.
Published by Routledge, 2013
ISBN 10: 0415847893 ISBN 13: 9780415847896
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 168 pages. 9.25x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.
Published by The Literary Guild, New York, 1934
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Near fine, with bumping to the extremities, a frayed tear at the crown and some offsetting on the front pastedown. Lacking the dustwrapper.
Published by The Macaulay Company, New York, 1927
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Small quarto. Green cloth gilt titles. 843pp. Near fine with faint soiling on the rear board and a tiny ink mark on the bottom front joint in a very good spine faded dustwrapper with chips along the extremities and soiling on the spine. Stories by Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, Robert Penn Warren, William Carlos William, and more.
Published by Literary Guild, New York, 1934
Seller: David Bunnett Books, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
HARDCOVER. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Heavy, large 8vo. in textured black cloth covered boards, inverse silver lettering to spine, 339pp, index, chronology, list of exhibitions etc. plus 32 single sided plates, being 'Representative work shown at 291, The Intimate Gallery and An American Place' CONDITION: An uncommonly well preserved VERY GOOD+ clean and tight unmarked copy (slight rub to cover corner tips and spine ends, small ink name on front blank fly-leaf, end-papers very neatly strengthened or repaired at gutter with closely matched paper. A nice and strong copy ] ._ ._We Ship in PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.
Published by Literary Guild, 1934
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Stated FIrst Edition. Prior owner bookplate tipped onto front inside cover. Clipped DJ in archival cover, big chips, edge wear.