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Can Our Cities Survive? An ABC of Urban Problems, Their Analysis, Their Solutions (Gordon Bunshaft's Copy)
by J.L. Sert
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good +
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. A wonderful Association copy: FROM THE LIBRARY OF --AND SIGNED AND DATED BY-- LEGENDARY SKIDMORE, OWINGS AND MERRILL ARCHITECT GORDON BUNSHAFT. A solid, presentable copy to boot of this important wartime manifesto in city planning, written by the great Spanish architect J.L. Sert (1902-1983). Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light wear along the panel edges and just a touch of light chipping at the spine ends. Oblong quarto, hundreds of black-and-white illustrations throughout. "Based on the proposals formulated by the C.I.A.M. (International Congress for Modern Architecture/Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne").
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- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21862
- Title
- Can Our Cities Survive? An ABC of Urban Problems, Their Analysis, Their Solutions (Gordon Bunshaft's Copy)
- Author
- J.L. Sert
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, MA
- Date Published
- 1942
- Keywords
- rare architecture books, architect J.L. Sert, architect Gordon Bunshaft, rare Gordon Bunshaft, rare urban planning, rare urban design, rare city planning
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture;
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Waccabuc, New York
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- Chipping
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