Amancio Williams

Capdevila, Raul Gonzalez

Published by Instituto de Arte Americano e Investigaciones Esteticas, 1955

Language: Spanish

Condition: Used - Fair Soft cover

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Softcover. Signed by the subject, Amancio Williams. 8vo(5.5 x 8 in.).Text in Spanish. Illustrated with photos and drawings. This was the inaugural volume in the series titled "Arquitectos Americanos Contemporaneos (Contemporary American Architects). Shows aging on cover. Spine has scuffing and is missing paper near the bottom. Binding is good. Pages are clean. 29 pages of text are followed by a section filled with black & white photos, diagrams and drawings. There is then a small section of color images of specific project drawings. Williams was known for his modernist designs, principally a house he designed for his father that is known as "Casa sobre el Arroyo" ("House on the Stream"), finished in 1946. There are drawings and photos of it in the book. The house was declared a National Historic Monument in 1997 (Wikipedia). Mr. Williams signed, inscribed and dated this copy to Reginald Malcolmson, a fellow modernist architect. Irish born, Mr. Malcolmson was dean of the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan from 1964 to 1974. He had earlier served as an assistant to Mies van der Rohe, a pioneer of modern architecture. This is certainly a collectible item with an interesting provenance. Please see attached photos.

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Title

Amancio Williams

Publisher

Instituto de Arte Americano e Investigaciones Esteticas

Publication Date

1955

Language

Spanish

Binding

Soft cover

Condition

Fair

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The legendary Brodsky Bookshop is the oldest bookshop in magical Taos, New Mexico. It was founded as an eclectic store specializing in new books in 1977 by the late Lee Brodsky in a long, narrow space next to the Taos Inn on Paseo del Pueblo Norte. In the 1980 s Lee purchased Dr. Cook s old office (alleged to have once been a house of ill-repute) a little farther up Pueblo Norte across from Kit Carson Park, and the bookshop moved for the first time. When Lee went to Book Heaven in 1992, my husband (Rick Smith) and I (Morris Witten) bought the bookshop. Along with the off and on assistance of some dedicated staff and the occasional help of our sons, we have continued Lee s tradition of a highly eclectic but always fascinating family owned and operated bookshop. When the internet changed bookselling forever (the last book we sold some awfully good customers was Internet for Dummies ) we began to take a few used books in trade. In the late 90 s we moved the bookshop three doors North to the Ortiz Building (across from the Nicolai Fechin House)and began dealing in both new and used books. We also carry a strange and interesting ever-changing selection of LPs. On March 1st, 2021, we moved one block north into a cozy spot more suitable for doing business online; i.e., space for more books and room to pack boxes. Our online inventory features some of our more unusual and outstanding titles. If you don t see what you want here, please email us. We are happy to search for new, used and rare titles. Next time you re in northern New Mexico stop by and say hello. As we say in our ads -- we are the little bookshop with big surprises.

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