And Izenour Steven (27 results)

Hard cover. First edition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 189 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white. Mit Press. Audience: General/trade. Fine in very good dust jacket. whisper of shelfwear to the jacket, first printing, no ownership marks.

Paperback. Condition: Good/NO DUSTJACKET. First Thus. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Good/NO DUSTJACKET. (1981). First Thus. Paperback. 8vo., 190 pp., rubbed, corners bumped . Black & White Photographs (illustrator).

Third printing (originally published 1979). x, 190 pages. Paperback: H 22.75cm x L 21cm. White paper covers. Past owner's gift inscription upon half-title page. Interior pages are otherwise clean and binding is firm. A very good+ copy. History of the iconic designs for the White Tower Hamburgers restaurant chain started in 1926 by John E. Saxe and Thomas E. Saxe and peaking in popularity during the 1950s when the company achieved 230 store locations. ISBN 0262580519.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Near fine in wrappers with minor wear.

Eighteenth printing. Softcover. 192 pages. Revised edition of this profoundly important book that was based on a class that Venturi, Scott Brown and Izenour taught at Yale which involved an extended trip to Las Vegas to study the architecture there. Illustrated throughout with photographs including a section of images of the strip that are referred to as an "Edward Ruscha elevation of the strip." A clean very near fine copy in wrappers.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Third printing. 8 x 9 in. Paper wraps. Condition is VERY GOOD ; mild wear, one corner creased. Binding tight and text unmarked. Art. Stax.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good +. First Thus. Book appears light to moderately read with a touch of wear at edges, tips and extremities. A tight, solid and square looking copy of this study of design and architecture dedicated to one company, White Tower. A competitor of the more well known White Castle hamburger chain, this book chronicles the evolution via photographs and some text of their whole dynamic. 200 pages, glossy with photos on every page.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Revised Edition. 192pp., xvii. First published in 1972; Revised Edition first published in 1977; this copy: '20' at foot of copyright page. Appendix: On Design Review Boards and Fine Arts Commissions, pp. 164-165; Bibliography, pp. 167-189; [Photo] Credits, pp. 190-192. Glossy gray wraps with large black title lettering across lower half front cover, just above smaller black and white author names lettering across bottom front cover; color photo-illustration of Las Vegas strip signage across top front cover. Thin 1 3/4" superficial, shallow, angled crease on front cover at 1 5/8" below front cover top right corner, angled down toward bottom left front cover corner: describes much worse than it is: feels essentially smooth and flat there, can barely be seen on inside front cover at corresponding location, else copy is As New: tight binding, sharp corners, no rubbing wear, no previous owner names. Clean text. …

First Edition. First paperback edition. Softcover. 189 pages. Includes numerous black and white images. A close to near fine copy in wrappers with some minor wear and a crease to the top right corner. From the library of actress and photographer Diane Keaton with a small Bonhams sale bookplate affixed to the verso of the front cover and additionally this copy was given to Keaton by Larry McMurtry and has his bookplate as well. A very nice copy with a unique provenance.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Black and white photographs throughout. New preface by Paul Hirshorn. First printing thus. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dustjacket included. First Edition. ISBN 026208368X. Hardcover copy in fine condition with fine condition dustjacket. Tight clean copy with the letter T stamped on bottom edge of pages. First printing. CBS 16-5 4. No Signature.

Condition: Very good. - Small quarto [9-1/4 inches high by 8-3/8 inches wide], black cloth in a dust wrapper. There is a small area of light rubbing to the rear cover. There is minor soiling to the spine of the dust jacket. x, [1] leaf, 189 & [1] pages. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Near fine. With a new preface by Paul Hirshorn."The photographs in this classic book not only trace the evolution of a restaurant chain, they record an iconography of a part of the American built environment that no longer exists." [From the dust wrapper copy].…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First American Edition. A very good copy in unclipped self-wrappers; virtually mint.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition of this photographic study of the architectural evolution of the White Tower hamburger chain from 1926 to 1972. A long introductory text, followed by annotated black-and-white plates. Viii, 189pp; b&w illus. Square 8vo. White cloth; photo-illustrated dust jacket. Light shelfwear and soiling to boards; toning to textblock edges. Jacket with a short closed tear at head of spine, moderate rubbing and toning. Very good.…

Cloth Covered Boards. Condition: Very Good. Good Minus. Ex-Library.

Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover in fine condition in near fine unclipped dust jacket. First edition. Slight rubbing to covers. Pioneering photographic study of the architecture of the White Tower hamburger food chain from its founding in 1926. 189 pp. Plus geographical index of White Towers. Review slip laid in. …

Hard cover. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 208 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Missing dust jacket. A few library stamps and labels, else unmarked. Light wear to cover.

Hard cover. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 208 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Very good. No dust jacket. Pages age-toned at edges. Light wear to cover. Text unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. hardcover, dark gray cloth with color plate affixed to cover and gilt lettering. lacks fragile dj., very slight exterior rubbing and sparse, minute wear. faint margin toning to some pages - not tobacco. else clean. no writing or markings. no bumps, or creases. strong binding, hinges.; english text.; xvi-189pp., illustrated throughout in color, b/w., first edition of the important work. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.…

Hard cover. Condition: Very good. xvi, 188 p. illus. 37 cm. Includes Illustrations. Shelf wear and rubbing to cover, light fraying at upper and lower spine. Small surface scratch to rear cover. Previous owner's signature on ffep, else text is unmarked. Includes laid in errata slip. Creases, edge wear, light marks to jacket. Inquire for photos.…

Testo inglese, brossura, formato 21x23, pagine 190, illustrato in nero, buone condizioni - 40809 9780262083683 1.

Pictorial wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. A handsome copy of the 2003 presumed 1st Portuguese edition of the seminal architectural title "Learning from Las Vegas". Clean and Near Fine in its original pictorial wrappers. Octavo, dozens and dozens of crisp black-and-white plates throughout. Translated from its original English into Portuguese by Pedro Maia Soares.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 5th or later Edition. VENTURI, Robert BROWN, Denise Scott and IZENOUR, Steven [192] pp. The MIT Press 1982 Fifth Printing 9 1/4" x 6 1/2" Learning from Las Vegas is a 1972 book by Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, and Steven Izenour. Translated into 18 languages, the book helped foster the development of postmodern architecture. Compilation In March 1968, Robert Venturi, writer of Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture, and Denise Scott Brown wrote and published "A Significance for A&P Parking Lots, or Learning from Las Vegas" (Architectural Forum, March 1968). That following fall, the two created a research studio for graduate students at Yale School of Art and Architecture. The studio was called "Learning from Las Vegas, or Form Analysis as Design Research". …

Pictorial cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good -. First Edition. The 1972 1st edition, in its printed glassine dustjacket. Tight and Near Fine in a perfectly serviceable, VG- example of the fragile dustjacket, with a 3" chip at the front panel's upper tip and light loss --with small closed tears and minor creasing-- along the panel edges. Still though, quite presentable. Folio, a remarkable, exhaustive examination of the architecture of The Strip.…

Hardcover. First edition. Folio, 189 pages.36 x 27.5 cm. Numerous illustrations from photographs and architectural plans. Venturi, Brown, and Izenour taught a third-year studio graduate class at Yale that would significantly influence the study of architecture in the postmodern era. The class was called "Learning from Las Vegas, or Form Analysis as Design Research." Thirteen students signed up for the course which became the title of this book, but compiled, researched and photographed by the students themselves. Publisher's blue-grey cloth stamped in gilt with color photograph illustration mounted to upper cover and framed in gilt, original printed glassine dust jacket. Near fine in very good dust wrapper.…

First edition. Small folio, green cloth with inset label. Fine copy, scaqrce dust jacket lacks small chips on the spine costing two letters (the first "L" and "M"), and with some little edge wear. Errata sheet present.

Pictorial cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY ROBERT VENTURI (AND SIGNING ALSO FOR HIS PARTNER DENISE BROWN) on the front free endpaper. A solid, well-preserved copy to boot of the 1972 1st edition of this seminal manifesto in urban planning. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG example of the notoriously fragile, printed glassine dustjacket. The jacket is at least 95% complete but does show just a bit of inevitable chipping -- in this case at the lower-tips, the foot of the spine and along the top-edges and the spine crown. Still though, solidly VG to VG+, very presentable and a significantly above-average example. Folio, a remarkable, exhaustive examination of the architecture of The Strip. Uncommon as such, the 1st edition inscribed by its principal author (and architect) and in such sharp condition. Signed.…