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
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About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
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- Chipping
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- Inscribed
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- Quarto
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- Rubbing
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