Building the Getty [SIGNED]
by Meier, Richard
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- vg
- Seller
-
Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Signed and dedicated to Dennis (L. Hickok) by Richard (Meier). Square Quarto. xii, 204 (8)pp. Original illustrated dustjacket over black cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Black endpapers. Behind the scenes tour by the American architect of this billion-dollar project that lasted 13 years. Profusely illustrated with compelling b/w photographs depicting scenes from the groundbreaking for the site to completion. Binding with light wear along edges and discoloration at bottom right corner of cover. Dennis L. Hickok stamped onto all edges of book block. Binding in overall good+, DJ and interior in very good condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 35582
- Title
- Building the Getty [SIGNED]
- Author
- Meier, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- getty museum, getty research center, los angeles museum, salvatore settis, seismic criteria, la architecture, los angeles architecture
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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- Good+
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- VG
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Quarto
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- First Edition
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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