castles ground de richards sir james maude piper (2 résultats)

Hard Cover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. John Piper (illustrateur). First Edition. Written while he was in Cairo working for the Ministry of Information during the war. Richards was interested in the unversality of domectic architecture with the modernist movement. It is illus by John Piper war artist noted for his depictions of bomb damaged buildings. CONDITION Brown bds with bright gilt title (clean and unworn, cnrs a little curved) 86 pages with 8 illus plates. Copy is bright and crisp as new. Appears it was an office file copy with signs of pocket and slip removal from rear, number stamps to rear free end page, and cnr clipped at top of front end page and following half title page otherwise appear unread. Original DJ has wear with small loss at spine ends and tips, short tear top front and damp stain at bottom rear edge. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

First Edition. Publisher's light brown cloth with the unclipped dust-jacket designed by John Piper. With 8 plates also by Piper. Back panel of jacket foxed and some light rubbing to ends of the spine. Book.