The Galveston That Was [Signed and Inscribed by Barnstone]
Howard Barnstone; Henri Cartier-Bresson and Ezra Stoller [photography]; James Johnson Sweeney [fwd.]
Published by MacMillan, New York, 1966
- Signed
- Used
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
AbeBooks seller since October 29, 2009
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 85.00
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New York: The MacMillan Company, 1966. Second Printing. Quarto (29cm); 224pp. Publisher’s photographic dust jacket with $12.95 price intact; boards bound in brown cloth with gilt stamping to spine; brown endsheets. Black-and-white photographs abound. Dust jacket bumped and scuffed with tears forming at spine end and corners. Top right corner of jacket front panel chipped without obstructing text. Boards bumped at spine ends; otherwise clean with sharp corners. Binding sound. Textblock lightly foxed; endsheets clean; interior pages lightly toned. Signed and dated by the author with gracious inscription. Laid-in at front is Barnstone’s vintage calling card. Altogether Very Good. Inscription reads "To Virginia + John Devine — What a delight to discover new friends — on the occasion of a beautiful evening this November 12, 1970 in Houston / Howard Barnstone." Howard Barnstone was an American architect. Born and raised in New England, he relocated to Texas after receiving his graduate degree from the Yale School of Architecture. Barnstone is best known for designing the Rothko Chapel, but was also responsible for several other public buildings in Houston and Galveston.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Galveston That Was [Signed and Inscribed by Barnstone]
- Author
- Howard Barnstone; Henri Cartier-Bresson and Ezra Stoller [photography]; James Johnson Sweeney [fwd.]
- Publisher
- MacMillan, New York
- Publication year
- 1966
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Seller catalogs
- Architecture, Signed, Texana, U.S. History
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Washington, DC, U.S.A.
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