Vlack Don (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Ralph Appelbaum (illustrator). 1st edition. 1st edition, 1974. A Near Fine copy in Very Good dust jacket. 4to., 179 pp., bound in publishers black cloth with illustrated grey and black dust jacket, $15.00. Very minor signs of edge wear to jacket. Text is clean and unmarked. Dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good dust jacket. Appelbaum, Ralph (photographs); Janice Stern (jacket design). (illustrator). First Edition (so stated). New York:: Icon Editions / Harper & Row, Publishers, 1974. 8.5" wide by 10.25" tall. A clean, square, tight copy. Sharp corners. The Dust Jacket is bright and shiny although it is price clipped and has 3 short closed tears at the edge. Protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Endpaper maps of Manhattan, with locations of Art Deco buildings pinpointed. Includes 2 appendices that list Deco buildings by style and by location. Bibliographical references. Index. From the Dust Jacket: "Here in text and 184 photographs of buildings, details of buildings, exteriors and interiors is the extraordinary dimension of this style Don Vlack traces the origins of Art Deco architecture in New York historically from Art Nouveau through Cubism, Futurism, Expressionism, and the International Style indicating the influence of Antonio Sant' Elia, Eric Mendelsohn, and Frank Lloyd Wright. With photographs keyed directly to the text, the book shows architectural devices and the often striking decorative motifs and symbols of the Art Deco style; it covers the different materials used and the different building functions. And, in conclusion, the book tells of the unique integration and relationship between industrial techniques and quality workmanship on a craft level that existed in the architecture of this style and period.". First Edition (so stated). Oversize Hardcover. Fine condition./Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by Appelbaum, Ralph (photographs); Janice Stern (jacket design). 224pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Large 8vo, cloth, d.j. ix+179 pp. Numerous b/w photo illustrations. Remainder mark on bottom edge of book-block and foxing to its top edge. Overall, very good: tight, clean & otherwise unmarked; in a good plus jacket (several small tears; price-clipped).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Published in 1974, Art Deco Architecture in New York, 1920-1940 documents the city's iconic Art Deco buildings. The volume surveys skyscrapers, theaters, and commercial buildings that defined New York's architectural landscape during the interwar period, including the Chrysler Building and Rockefeller Center. From the library of John Russell Taylor.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Pages yellowed with age.

Condition: Gut. 1. Auflage. 179 Seiten (Kunstdruckpapier, Zweispaltendruck) mit zahlreichen sw Fotos und einigen sw Illustrationen. Umschlag gerändert, Kapitale leicht bestoßen, Lagerspuren, noch gutes Exemplar. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1950 26 x 22 cm, Leinen mit silberpr. Rückentitel; sw illustrierter Schutzumschlag; graues Vorsatzpapier, identisch illustriert mit Planskizze.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. DJ in archiva cover price clipped. Stated first edition.

x, 179pp, 184 bw illustrations 26x22, black cloth, illustrated dw. Publisher's stamp discretely on bottom edge, good in similar price clipped dw. Survey of New York's Art Deco buildings, from the Chrysler to the Women's House of Detention. At the time redevelopment and modernisation was beginning to see the loss of many of these buildings, and the author sets out to document them before they disappear.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good. Dust Jacket NOT present. CD WILL BE MISSING. . SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.