95 - 588 FINE and APPLIED ARTS, ART REFERENCE
- Spine splitting; lacks wrapper.
= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION on first free endpaper to his associate Auke Komter.
- First and final blank laid down. Lacks orig. wr. Contents fine.
Idem. Urbanisme. Ibid., idem, n.d. (±1925), (4),284,(16)p., large fold. plate, num. (full-p.) ills., sl. later clothbacked boards.
- Lacks orig. wr.; lower joint split.
Idem. L'art décoratif d'aujourd'hui. Ibid., idem, n.d. (±1925), (4),V,(1),218,(3)p., num. ills., sl. later clothbacked boards.
- Lacks the orig. wr. = All vols. from the series Collection de "L'Esprit Nouveau".
= Comprises: A. van der Woud, Wim Quist (1989); E. Taverne, Carel Weeber (1989); M. Kloos, Alexander Bodon (1990) and Ton Verstegen, Rudy Uytenhaak (1996).
AND 12 others, i.a. B. LEUPEN, IJ-plein (ibid., 1989, num. col. ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to. Dedication on htitle); P. SINGELENBERG, H.P. Berlage. Idea and Style (Utr., 1972, num. plates, orig. gilt cl. w. dustwr., 4to. Sl. yellowed along edges. Spine sunned) and M. PAWLEY, Le Corbusier (London, 1970, num. ills., orig. gilt cl. w. dustwr.).
- Volume fine. Sleeve with a few sm. tears and dam. spots.
= With the rare sleeve. Special memorial book on the opening of the Bijenkorf in Rotterdam in 1930, containing an explanation by the architect W.M. Dudok.
- With laudatory dedication on first free endpaper in ballpoint; bookplate on upper pastedown.
AND 9 others, all but one concerning Dutch architecture.
= Photographic survey of decorative plants in the Stedelijk Museum.
- Portfolio (vaguely) waterst.
Idem. Oude binnenhuizen in Nederland. Ibid., idem, 1908, (2),21,(3)p., 100 photogr. plates, loose as issued in orig. cl. portfolio w. ties, large folio. - AND 1 other: IDEM, Intérieurs anciens en Hollande (ibid., 1908, 100 photogr. plates, contemp. gilt hmor., folio).
- One plate edges sl. dam./ frayed. Portfolio waterst.
= SIGNED and dated "19/9/2004" by H. STOLLE.
- Dustwr. w. some rubbed/ dam. spots. Otherwise a fine copy.
Temminck Groll, C.M. a.o. De architektuur van Suriname 1667-1930. Zutphen, Walburg Pers, 1973, 363,(1)p., loosely inserted fold. plate, num. ills., orig. giltlettered cl., 4to. - ADDED 4 others, i.a. W.J. VAN HOBOKEN, Witte de With in Brazilië 1648-1649 (Amst., 1955, orig. wr.).
- Binding trifle dustsoiled.
= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION on htitle. Vladimir Tsvetaev was a cousin of poet Marina Tsvetaeva.
- Owner's entry on title-p.; 1 quire (plates) loose; occas. sl foxed. Upper joint splitting at foot of spine.
= The first edition of this classic on town planning.
- Wrappers partly trifle duststained. Otherwise fine.
= Le Coultre 7/3-9e. With contributions by H.Th. Wijdeveld, F.L. Wright, L. Mumford, H.P. Berlage, J.J.P. Oud, R. Mallet Stevens, E. Mendelsohn and L.J. Sullivan.
- Frontcover trifle foxed; backcover sl. scratched. Otherwise fine.
= Le Coultre 4-12D. Deluxe hardcover edition, published in ±100 copies. With simplified title-page with the opening words "Luxe-uitgave van het Academienummer".
- Owner's entry on htitle-p.
Pennink, P.K.A. Marius Duintjer, architect. Amst., Architectengroep Duintjer, 1986, 144p., ills., orig. wr., sq. 8vo. - AND 5 others, i.a. W. KÖHLER, Lichtarchitektur (Berlin, 1956, orig. cl. w. (dam.) dustwr., sm. 4to) and H.-J. HENKET, Waar oud en nieuw raken (Eindhoven, 2013, ills., orig. limp boards).
- Some foxing. Binding sl. (dust)soiled.
= The rare French language edition of Naar een internationale werkgemeenschap. Een plan met 16 illustraties, published in the same year. With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION "aan Matthys Vermeulen", dated "Amsterdam. Aug: 1931".
- Title-p. and some text lvs. sl./ trifle foxed; one overlay w. sm. tear; for a great part plates (sl.) foxed, but mostly in margins; a few lvs. w. some minor defects along edges. Covers soiled; frontcover first portfolio chafed at left edge.
= A rare complete copy of this important work on and by America's most famous architect. The American edition of 500 copies, was, apart from a very few copies, entirely lost in a fire, making the German edition even rarer and more sought after. This publication introduced Wright's work to a larger audience in the U.S. and Europe. Provenance: library of the architect Constant Emil Alexander or his father sculptor August Alexander. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE III.
- Backstrip worn/ rubbed; traces of erased ticket on frontwr.