William Alsop (130 results)

Condition: Used: Good. Gift inscription on inside cover and light reading wear. Clean text for reading, with no marks or tears.

Condition: Very Good. paperback 100% of proceeds go to charity! May have signs of use, wear and minor cosmetic defects.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Cloth. Near fine in dustjacket.; Small 4to.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Book.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Edition. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 144 page hardcover with over 190 illustrations. Architectural Monographs No 33 with several contributor essays and many illustrations showing projects. Dust jacket is bright, complete and clean. Errata slip laid in.

Cloth. Fine in dustjacket.; 4to.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The position of Alsop & Stormer as one of Europe's leading architectural practices was established firmly in 1990 with their innovative competition-winning scheme for the Hotel du Departement, Marseilles. Entering international competitions on a regular basis has engendered a keen interest for the firm in Europe, where Alsop was involved in collaborative work with European architects Jean Nouvel, Massimiliano Fuksas and Otto Steidle on the Tower Project for Herouville St Clair. The firm's design philosophy believes in keeping a completely open mind about what architecture is. This is reflected in the recent 'family' of projects presented here which are accompanied by incisive texts: the National Centre for Literature, Swansea, the World Trade Centre, Nuremberg, and Kaufhaus des Nordens - the department store in Hamburg. It is significant that for Alsop the process of architectural design emerges initially through painting, a medium which allows him to explore in an unrestricted way the essence of a concept - abandoning the traditional approach chastened by the plan. This idiosyncratic method allows the concept to breathe and interact with its context. It can convey energy, texture and colour. Alsop's developmental paintings are featured throughout and tell of the organic process involved, of the goal to create space that is indeterminate: transcending the confines of architecture that produces a fixed environment, of buildings that cannot be adapted. A high profile UK architectural practice with a growing reputation especially in Europe. Presents in detail three recent exciting projects. Contains stunning illustrations that show organic design process. Authoritative texts outline the open approach of Alsop and Stormer which transcends the fixed architectural environment. Slight scuffing on dust jacket, otherwise very nice, clean, tight copy free of any marks. Wrapped in complimentary Brodart dust jacket protector.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine-. 1st Edition. HC with DJ, 4to, 127 pages, (Fine/Fine- Condition) Many color and B&W photos, illustrations. The story of the design process, competition, and building of the new town hall in Marseilles by a BritishArchitectural firm.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAPERBACK. Condition: Fine. FIRST PRINTING.

Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Cover has some scuffing and rubbing, light edge wear. Pages are clean and tight; printed on high quality, glossy paper. Has 100+ color and b/w photos, drawings and diagrams. Includes a section with biographies, selected projects and awards. Oversized, 4#. ; Academy Editions Series; Photographs; 4to, 10 x 12; 144 pages.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Used - Very Good. The position of Alsop & Stormer as one of Europe's leading architectural practices was established firmly in 1990 with their innovative competition-winning scheme for the Hotel du Departement, Marseilles. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. 766 pages; Former owner's note on ffep - "For Bill / from Bill / in memory of lunch at the / Travellers Club in Paris on the / 10th April 1957 - gratefully." Laid in is a printed invitation with manuscript annotation ; Pour memoire // Le Gouverneur de la Banque de France / prie Monsieur W. S. Patten / de lui faire l'honneur de venir dejeuner a la Banque Conseil General le Lundi 29 Avril a 13 heures / 3 rue de la Vrilliere" Bill Patten was attached to the American embassy in Paris in the 1950s. Wilfrid Baumgartner (1902 - 1978) was Governor of La Banque de France from 1949 to 1960. From the collection of Susan Mary Patten Alsop, a popular historian and a pillar of Washington society, was the daughter of a diplomat, a descendant of founding father John Jay and served with her first husband Bill Patten at the American Embassy in Paris in the 1950s. When her husband died in 1960, she married Joseph Alsop, the journalist, the following year. In the 1970s she embarked on her own literary career producing "To Marietta From Paris: 1945-1960" (1974), followed by "Lady Sackville: A Biography" (1978), "Yankees at the Court: The First Americans in Paris" (1982), and "The Congress Dances: Vienna 1814-1815" (1984). Her Georgetown homes (both with and without Alsop) hosted dignitaries, publishers and a variety of interesting people during the 1960s and 1970s including such luminaries as John F. Kennedy, Phil Graham, Katharine Graham, and Isaiah Berlin, earning her the nickname "the grand dame of Washington society," (to which she rather objected).; Signed by Notable Personage, Unrelated.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First edition. 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 in. Tan cloth. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; one corner bumped, like new on all points. Signed by son? on ffep. DJ is VERY GOOD ; not clipped, clean with chips and line of rubbing. Humor. Stax.

hardcover. first edition. 8vo 99pp. from front flap: "If you are looking for laughs and chuckles, you will find them in this book, written by a retired Philadelphia lawyer who is an outstanding limerick crafttsman." #01746. Book VG+: writing on FFEP, else clean, square, tight, unmarked DJ VG-: rubbing/shelf wear, NOT clipped ($3.50).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

First edition. Oblong softcover. 117 pages. Monograph on British architect William Alsop. Features text by Mel Gooding. Includes numerous illustrations. A clean near fine copy in French style wrappers.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. soft cover in fine condition,arch.monograph 33.

Soft Cover. First. First printingh. Large quarto in illustrated softcovers. 144 pps. Illustrated throughout in color. A fine copy, covers lightly rubbed.

Paperback. Condition: Used-Very Good. 1st. 4to. Pbk. Some shelf-wear. Else clean copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Top of spine is worn. Front cover is lightly bumped at the edges and is mildly creased at bottom corner. John F. Kennedy on front cover. Article about Kennedy Assassination. 88 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. 1st. Architectural Monographs No. 33. 144 pp. and over 190 illustrations, mostly in color. Fine condition in fine dust jacket.

Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 161 pages; Owner's signature on first page "Susan Mary Alsop / Apt 1505 / Watergate Park", otherwise clean and secure in original glossy pictorial wrappers. Foreword by Lord Trevelyan. Illustrated with b&w and color photographs and maps. This is the first exhibition held outside China in which the greater part of her cultural history is illustrated wholly by documented material, mostly from controlled excavations. The Exhibits include: Palaeolithic and neolithic periods; The Shang dynasty; Western Chou dynasty and the period of the Spring and Autumn Annals; Period of the Warring States; Ch'in and Western Han dynasties; Kingdom of Tien; Eastern Han dynasty; Period of the Six dynasties; Textiles of the Han period to the T'ang and manuscripts and food from the T'ang period; Sui and T'ang dynasties; Period of the Five dynasties and the Sung dynasty; Liao and Yuan dynasties. From the collection of Susan Mary Patten Alsop, a popular historian and a pillar of Washington society, was the daughter of a diplomat, a descendant of founding father John Jay and served with her first husband Bill Patten at the American Embassy in Paris in the 1950s. When her husband died in 1960, she married Joseph Alsop, the journalist, the following year. In the 1970s she embarked on her own literary career producing "To Marietta From Paris: 1945-1960" (1974), followed by "Lady Sackville: A Biography" (1978), "Yankees at the Court: The First Americans in Paris" (1982), and "The Congress Dances: Vienna 1814-1815" (1984). Her Georgetown homes (both with and without Alsop) hosted dignitaries, publishers and a variety of interesting people during the 1960s and 1970s including such luminaries as John F. Kennedy, Phil Graham, Katharine Graham, and Isaiah Berlin, earning her the nickname "the grand dame of Washington society," (to which she rather objected).