Nov 24, 2015 - Sale 2400

Sale 2400 - Lot 4

Price Realized: $ 750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(ARCHITECTURE.) Hitchcock, Henry-Russell; and Philip Johnson. The International Style: Architecture Since 1922. Hundreds of black-and-white photographic plates of works by Frank Lloyd Wright, Walter Gropius, Le Corbusier, J. J. P. Oud, Mies van der Rohe, Raymond M. Hood, Howe & Lescaze, Richard J. Neutra. 8vo, slubbed red cloth lettered in black and gold; light occasional finger soiling and slight toning; original dust jacket, lightly soiled with a few creases and minor chips. Ex-collection Arthur and Elaine Lustig Cohen (Ex-Libris). New York: W. W. Norton and Co., (1932)

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first edition of the book for the landmark exhibition on modern architecture by the men who coined the term "the international style." inscribed and signed by publisher william warder norton: to a "Mrs. Hand" pointing out the McGraw Hill Building on page 157. Karpel B657. Lucas, page 26. Sharp, page 147.