Sullivan Twombly Robert (13 results)

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First Edition. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 224 pages. Edited by Wim De Wit. Features text contributions by David Van Zanten, William Jordy, Wim De Wit, Rochelle Berger Elstein, and Robert Twombly. Includes some color and numerous black and white illustrations and architectural drawings. A very good copy in wrappers with some slight foxing and some sunning to and along the spine.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1. Cloth, dj. Minor shelf wear. Else a bright, clean copy. This volume brings together for the first time all the papers Louis Sullivan intended for a public audience, from his first interview in 1882 to his last essay in 1924. Organized chronologically, these speeches, interviews, essays, letters to editors, and committee reports enable readers to trace Sullivan's development from a brash young assistant to Dankmar Adler to an architectural elder statesman. Robert Twombly, an authority on Sullivan's work and life, has introduced each document with a headnote explaining its significance, locating it in time and place, and examining its immediate context. He has also provided a general introduction that analyzes Sullivan's writing style and objectives, his major philosophical themes, and the sources of his ideas. With the help of headnotes and introduction, readers will get a thorough sense of Sullivan's concerns, discover how his ideas evolved and changed, and appreciate the circumstances under which new interests emerged. This collection is a handy introduction to the full range of Sullivan's thinking, the book with which readers interested in the architect's writings should begin. As a companion volume to Robert Twombly's biography of Sullivan, it gives a comprehensive picture of one of America's most important architects and cultural figures. …

hardcover. Condition: Used-Very Good. 1st Edition. Cloth. dj., 4to., illus. Bright, clean copy with minimal shelf wear.

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Condition: New. 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. . . . . .

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