Architecture of Democracy: American architecture and the legacy of the Revolution

New York: Rizzoli, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. Square 4to 9" - 11" tall. Allan Greenberg has provided an absorbing and visually rewarding history, buttressed by a Foreword by George P. Shultz, of architecture reflecting the legacy of the American Revolution. Public buildings, the American House, anthropomorphism, influential architects. From the publisher's blurb, "In outlining what, specifically, about American architecture is democratic, and what makes it that way, Architecture of Democracy begins with a close look at seventeenth century building of the early colonies, and then explores the impact of the Revolution on American architecture in the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries, and shows how political ideals had a formative influence on the development of the American home and on the nation's public buildings." A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Bound handsomely in green cloth, blind-stamped lettering to cover, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [5], 6-203 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.