Search Results: Titles starting with I from Lauren Otis

Slim volume containing an 8-page essay in Italian by Nicola Dessy, bibliography, and 22 color plates of bronze statuettes created by the early indiginous Nuragic civilization which lived on the island of Sardinia. This civilization pre-dated Christianity and Classical antiquity.
Cover edges are slightly curled and worn. Light page yellowing, overall good condition.

This book by architect/photographer Norman F. Carver, Jr. documents the vernacular architecture and environs of villages of the Iberian Peninsula. 192 pages with 186 photographs (in color and b&w), drawings and town plans.
First edition in Near Fine shape, DJ front has two tears and a chip at upper right.

A beautifully executed portait of Chicago School architect Louis Sullivan, often referred to as the "father of moderism" and of skyscrapers. The photographs are by Szarkowski, who gained later renown as director of photography at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The images are as memorable for their depiction of the streets of Chicago as they are for documenting Sullivan's architecture. 164 pages with numerous B&W photos.
Very good copy with a fair dust jacket. End papers are stained, bottom corners slightly bumped, light rubbing along cover edges. Binding is firm and inside pages are flawless. DJ has significant rubbing, tears and chips along edges and spine. Included is a staple-bound reprint of the Henry R. Hope article "Louis Sullivan's Architectural Ornament" from a 1947 issue of Magazine of Art. See images for a better view of condition.
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An excellent copy, clean with very few signs of use or wear, only slight discoloration along top page edges and dust jacket fading at the spine. Original price sticker on inside dust jacket flap.

Illustrated catalogue on the work of West Coast landscape architect Isabelle Greene published in conjunction with two 2005 exhibitions on Greene presented by the University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Includes an artist statement by Greene and essays on her work. Unblemished NF copy.