native genius anonymous architecture de moholy nagy sibyl 1903 1971 (1 résultats)

First edition (not stated but per matching dates upon title and copyright pages). 223 pages. Hardcover: H 26.25cm x L 20.75cm. Dust jacket color faded, soiled, and foxed; shallow chipping and tears at edges; front flap's bottom corner creased with blue ink ineffectively obscuring publisher's printed price; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Brown cloth spine slightly frayed at head and with small stain at heel; black boards. Toning and foxing to text block edges and endpapers; ink ownership inscription at front pastedown's top left and hidden underneath dj's front flap; interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. Else a very good copy in a good+ dust jacket. With 127 plates (105 b/w photographs plus frontispiece and 21 drawings), Author's Notes, and Credits. Text comprised of five parts titled as "Native Genius in Anonymous Architecture;" "Site and Climate;" "Form and Function;" "Materials and Skills;" and " A Sense of Quality.".