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Native Genius in Anonymous Architecture (Inscribed and with Letter and Photograph)
by Sibyl Moholy-Nagy
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Horizon Press, 1957. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. An impressive Presentation copy: INSCRIBED BY SIBLY MOHOLY-NAGY TO LINCOLN SCHUSTER (1897-1970), CO-FOUNDER OF SIMON AND SCHUSTER, on the front free endpaper. ALSO INCLUDES A WARM, LAID-IN 2-PG ALS FROM SIBYL MOHOLY-NAGY TO LINCOLN SCHUSTER AND A LAID-IN GLOSSY VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPH (5 1/2" X 8 1/2") OF HER AS WELL. A solid copy of the 1957 1st edition to boot. Tight and VG (light soiling and rubbing to the panels) in a crisp, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with over an inch of loss at and around the spine crown, and light chipping at the upper and lower-tips and the foot of the spine as well. Quarto, "with 126 photographs and drawings.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21306
- Title
- Native Genius in Anonymous Architecture (Inscribed and with Letter and Photograph)
- Author
- Sibyl Moholy-Nagy
- Format/Binding
- Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Horizon Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- rare architecture, rare Moholy-Nagy, rare Sibyl Moholy-Nagy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture;
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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