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Gropius: An Illustrated Biography of the Creator of the Bauhaus
by Isaacs, Reginald
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0821217534
- ISBN 13
- 9780821217535
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Boston, MA: A Bulfinch Press/Little, Brown and Company, 1991 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First English Edition. 4to. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. xix, 344 pp, foreward by Walter Gropius, editor's note, preface, prologue, geneology, 1. The Forge, 1883-1907; 2. The Young Architect, 1908-1918; 3. Weimar and the Bauhaus, 1919-1925; 4. The Dessau Bauhaus, 1925-1928; 5. Berlin, 1928-1934; 6. The Transition, 1934-1937; 7. The Fertile Ground, 1937-1952; 8. Emeritus Career, 1952-1969; Appendixes: notes, chronology, bibliography, abbreviations, index, picture credits with b&w illustrations throughout. First English Edition, 1991. "Walter Gropius (1883-1969) was at the center of the architectural world for half a century; pioneer of the glass curtain wall and prefabricated housing; founder of the single most influencial force on modern design, the Bauhaus; war hero; lover of the notorious Alma Mahler; teacher of great influence. His life was rich, long, and important, yet this is the first biography in English." from the jacket flap. Price clipped. Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Black quarter-cloth with red lettering to front board and spine..
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- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002013
- Title
- Gropius: An Illustrated Biography of the Creator of the Bauhaus
- Author
- Isaacs, Reginald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First English Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0821217534
- ISBN 13
- 9780821217535
- Publisher
- A Bulfinch Press/Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- ARCHITECTURE GERMANY HISTORY THE BAUHAUS GROPIUS WALTER (1883-1969) ILLUSTRATEDE BIOGRAPHY
- Bookseller catalogs
- ARCHITECTURE;
- Size
- 4to
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