Stone Edward Durell (14 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Magazine is flattened on spine, is worn at spine tips, and is bumped at the corners with four minor slits in spine. The Gallery of Modern Art on front cover. Articles about Andre Kertesz, Pop Art, and Diana Vreeland.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, very good in a very good+ dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering on spine; gilt is just slightly dulled. The front hinge is cracked and a little loose. The jacket has a few small tears at edges, and is just slightly darkened on the spine. The edges of both jacket flaps have small tears, and there is a small piece missing at the top of the rear flap. Includes illustrated endpapers, many b&w photographs, and photographer's credits; 288 pages. $15.00 publisher's price on front flap; no names or other marking in the book.…

Condition: Very Good. Brochure for the defunct club, a collection of courts, pools and condos right off the tenth fairway of the more famous golf club. Tennis condos designed by Stone "surround flower-bedecked private swimming pools." Mostly studio or one-bedroom designs. Four-page glossy brochure, 28 cm; illustrated from photographs and plans. Price of condo inked to rear page; else a very good copy. …

Hardcover. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: New. A personal and authoritative biography of one of the most controversial figures of twentieth-century architecture, written by the architect?s son. Architect Edward Durell Stone was both celebrated and scorned, and led a life that was both triumphant and embittered. Among the iconic projects for which Stone is responsible are The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. But a negative reception among the architectural community often accompanied his popular and commercial successes, a double edge that continues to inform his legacy. Author Hicks Stone, Edward Durell Stone?s son, not only addresses a body of work that has been largely neglected if not outright misunderstood but also explores a complex, multidimensional, and often turbulent life.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. . . . . Oblong folio, paperback. Good condition. Plastic comb- binding, comb brittle and cracked in places. Rear cover separating from comb, though still attaached. Covers moderately edgeworn, contents clean, no marking or writing. A most uncommon 16 page prospectus for the project, ultimately built, and now known as the Kennedy Center, in Washinton DC. American, Architecture, Arts, Civic, Design, History, Modern, Performing.…

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust jacket a little frayed along edges and scratched on back. Pages slightly discolored, unmarked.

Condition: Bueno. EN BUEN ESTADO.

Hardcover. Crimson stamped cloth, gilt letters on spine. Color-illus. dj with white lettering. Clear mylar cover on dj. 136 pp., 109 BW illus., 8 color illus. Begins with a four-page introduction to his work by architect Edward Durell Stone (1902-1978), then proceeds with illustrations, renderings, floorplans, and elevations of some of Stone's modern creations. Very Good/Very Good. Cover has general wear, dj has general wear. Bookblock has age toning and darkening. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. 287 pages + 1 page of photographers' credits. Several black and white illustrations, including photographs and drawings. Previous owner has signed name on ffep, and library envelope is pasted on back paste-down endpaper with catalogue card inside. All pages are otherwise clean. Red cloth binding with gilt title on spine and author's name on front. Spine has been paled by sun. No DJ. VG+. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Exlibrary with usual library markings. Repaired hinges. Cover wear. Tape on cover. Dust jacket wear, tears, small pieces missing. ; 136 pages.

Condition: Very Good. Edward Durell Stone and Associates. . A company-produced catalog of recent work by Stone. With Stone's seven-page professional resumé and a list of the firm's projects to date, followed by seventy-two pages of photographs of recent domestic and international work and projects. 28 cm; 176 pp. printed recto only; illustrated from photographs. Rear cover shows some cosmetic damage; else a very good copy in plastic-comb bound stiff covers. …

Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

37 x 43-1/2 inches. Condition: Old folds. Fine. 37 x 43-1/2 inches. In the beginning, a skeleton National Library was established in 1951 under the defunct of Archives and Libraries. In the year 1954, Liaquat Memorial Library was amalgamated with the National Library and named as Liaquat National Library. However, after shifting in the new capital, and the Liaquat National Library was again renamed as Liaquat Memorial Library. The scheme for the establishment of National Library of Pakistan at Islamabad was initially approved by ECNEC in 1963. However, construction of the Library building could not be taken in hand due to delay in the approval of the building designs and because of the low priority assigned to the project. Library designs were approved in April, 1980 and construction work started in 1982. Finally ENCEC revised and approved the project of the establishment of National Library of Pakistan in September, 1985at the capital cost of Rs.130.322 millions. Most of the civil works were finished by June, 1988 as scheduled and library collections and staff moved into the new building during the same year. The caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan Mion-ud-Din Ahmad Qureshi inaugurated the library on August 24,1993 and its door were opened to the public.…