Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. John Wiley & Sons, 1980; no additional printings indicated; viii, 446pp. Essays by Charles Jencks, Umberto Eco, Geoffrey Broadbent, Xavier Rubert de Ventos, Mario Gandelsonas & David Morton, Juan Bonta, Judith Blau, Richard Bunt, Emilio Garroni, and Maria Luisa Scalvini. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; very minor wear to edges of marbled red boards, gilt titling remains bright and bold; illustrations and text also very good; moderate amount of foxing to top edge of page block. Unclipped dust jacket in VG/VG- condition--light wear to edges, some wrinkling to clear plastic coating; jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Seller Inventory # 288134

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Signs, Symbols, and Architecture

Broadbent, Geoffrey et al.

Published by John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, 1980

ISBN 10: 0471997188 ISBN 13: 9780471997184

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Hardcover. Smooth red marbled boards, gilt letters on spine; orange & illus. dust jacket, 446 pp., some BW illus. A collection of fourteen scholarly articles dealing with aspects of semiotics in architecture. Contents: Function and Sign: The Semiotics of Architecture / Umberto Eco -- The Architectural Sign / Charles Jencks -- The Deep Structures of Architecture / Geoffrey Broadbent -- The Sociology of Semiology / Xavier Rubert de Ventos -- A Componential Analysis of the Architectural Sign / Column / / Umberto Eco -- A Semantic Analysis of Stirling's Olivetti Centre Wing / Charles Jencks -- On Reading Architecture / Mario Gandelsonas and David Morton -- Notes for a Theory of Meaning in Design / Juan Bonta -- Building Design as an Iconic Sign System / Geoffrey Broadbent -- A Framework of Meaning in Architecture / Judith Blau -- An Introduction to Italian Developments in Architectural Semiotics / Fernando Tudela -- The 'Language' of Architecture / Emilio Garroni -- Structural Linguistics versus the Semiotics of Literature: Alternative Models of Architectural Criticism / Maria Luisa Scalvini -- Linguistics into Aesthetics Won't Go / Richard Bunt. VG- (DJ spine is well faded; former owner name written inside; otherwise nice.). Seller Inventory # 152796

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Signs, Symbols and Architecture

Broadbent, Geoffrey; Broadbent, Geoffrey [Editor]; Bunt, Richard [Editor]; Jencks, Charles [Editor];

Published by John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1980

ISBN 10: 0471997188 ISBN 13: 9780471997184

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Published by Wiley, 1980, hardbound with dust jacket. Owner's stamp inside covers, else no markings noted. Book with mild wear. Jacket in good condition with faded spine, surface wear (lifting of cellophane layer). Seller Inventory # 41964aa

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