Rolf Sauer Editors (4 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very Good text and cover, minor reading wear to text and covers/edges. US orders shipped via US Mail. International orders shipped via DHL. Additional postage may be required on oversize books and sets. NO prison orders.

Soft Cover. Condition: VG. 203pp. with b/w illustrations. Previous owner's name/date/place on the first page, curl/creasing at corners and light soil to outer edges. French wraps have edge/rub wear, creasing, a price sticker on the front flap and light soiling. Actual book for sale pictured. 23 x 30.5 x 1.5cm, wt1.2Kg Please note the book is oversized and it may require extra postage. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Printed in the U.S.A. at the Falcon Press. First printing. [Date from the copyright page.] Text replete with photographs and drawings; Notes and Acknowledgments; 203 pages, followed by a page with a note from the editors, and lists of donors, patrons, and sponsors. The dark gray French-fold decorated wraps are in excellent shape; the interior with illustrations on glossy paper is equally fine and completely clean. [Please see my five images of the actual book.] There is a passage quoted from Walter Benjamin as epigraph to the first entry: "The concept of the historical progress of mankind cannot be sundered from the concept of its progression through a homogenous, empty time. A critique of the concept of such a progression must be the basis of any criticism of the concept of progress itself." Contributors: Roland Barthes, David P. Billington, David Bohm, William S. Burroughs, Maria Bottero, Peter Caws, Umberto Eco, Antoni Gaudi, Louis I. Kahn, Claude Levi-Strauss, Robert Maillart, Rowland J. Mainstone, Robert Le Ricolais and Henriette Grindat. References are made to innumerable artists, philosophers, scholars and scientists throughout the ages. As with every book from my father's collection, tipped-in at the front is the small, attractive, acid-free bookplate pictured on my homepage. All books are wrapped with special care and are shipped promptly with tracking; international sales sent via global priority, also with tracking. Please note there is no extra charge for shipping this special work via domestic book-rate; however, priority costs might have to be increased. …

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. softcover, as issued., minor dust-spotting to top-edge and upper margin of first sheet. some clear laminate peeling to edges of cover. a used copy. no markings. no bumps to textblock. no tears. strong sewn binding.; english text.; 136pp., b/w illustrations throughout. eleven essays and texts by among others, aldo van eyck, luis barragan, louis kahn, and a photo piece by bruce davidson, poems by howard nemerov. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Periodical.…