machine made leisure de paul frankl (4 résultats)

Cloth. Etat : Very Good +. SIGNED BY PAUL FRANKL on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1932 stated 1st edition. Tight and VG to VG+ in its denim-blue cloth, with very light chipping and creasing along the spine label. Otherwise very sharp and, internally, clean as could be, with no writing or markings of any kind. Lacking its original dustjacket. Paul Frankl (1886-1958), a major figure in both the worlds of design and architecture, emigrated from Vienna to The States (to New York) in 1914 and instantly made his mark helping to create a "uniquely American design aesthetic". "In the years between World War I and II he, more than any other designer, helped shape the distinctive look of American modernism.".

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Shipped from UK, will dispatch next working day.

HARD BACK DENIM. Etat : GOOD. 1ST LEISURE. Ex-library wear including, stamps, markings, date card and pocket; booplate, previous owner markings throughout, worn spine with small splits and wholes but holding intact DATE PUBLISHED: 1932 EDITION: 1ST LEISURE 192.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good+. Etat de la jaquette : Good dj. First Edition. [light shelfwear, a little dust-soiling to top of text block; jacket has various small tears and shallow edge-chips, spine faded and worn (small hole at front hinge), miscellaneous minor creasing]. SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. A very forward-looking (not to say prescient) "analysis of the role of machinery in the modern world," by this Vienna-born architect, who later took up painting and design (particularly of furniture) and became a pioneer of modernist design. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1914, settling in New York, and (per Wikipedia) "in the years between the two world wars he, more than any other designer, helped shape the distinctive look of American modernism." He relocated to Los Angeles in 1934, opening a celebrity-attractive gallery on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, and also teaching at the University of Southern California and the Chouinard Art Institute. A very scarce book, all the more so in the dust jacket (which, although unsigned, can reasonably be assumed to be Frankl's work also). Signed by Author.