A Collection of Plates and Thoughts Representing Long Island Buildings of Architectural Value (Long Island, New York)
Published by n.d., n.p.
- First Edition
- Used
Seller: Alkahest Books, Deerfield, IL, U.S.A.Alkahest Books
AbeBooks seller since April 26, 2001
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 200.00
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"Material Dating From 1640 to 1933." Type-written text in a spiral notebook (approx. 8" by 10") with 147 hand-numbered pages, printed on one side only with 84 plates, some tipped in. (some are postcards, or illustrations from magazines and newspapers, some photogrpahs from book illustrations, and some reproductions from photographs by the author). Also includes some news-clipping glued in, as part of the page count. There is some loose material not included in the plate count. In his explanation at the beginning of the book. The author calls this notebook his thesis, but there is no date nor is an institution clearly named as the recipient of this thesis, nor is a degree named. The author does mention that some of the production work was done at "Cranbrook" and Ann Arbor. James Russell Bailey's designs for the development of Montauk Point, Long Island were published in the Architectural Record in 1933, and he went on to a career in architecture primarily in library design, commissions including Yale University, University of Virginia, University of Maryland, Medical College of Virginia, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Beloit College, and University of Georgia, among others.…
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- Title
- A Collection of Plates and Thoughts Representing Long Island Buildings of Architectural Value (Long Island, New York)
- Author
- Bailey, J(ames) Russell.
- Publisher
- n.d., n.p.
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Architecture
Alkahest Books
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