Published by Pan-American Union, 1930
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Front inner hinge is mostly cracked. ; Wording on the front cover: The Christopher Columbus Memorial Lighthouse Competition.
Published by Pan American Union, 1930
Seller: Jonathan Grobe Books, Deep River, IA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Cover stains (mostly on spine) . Slight stains rear endpapers. ; 187 pages.
Published by Pan-American Union, USA, 1930
Seller: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardback. Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. 1st Edition. 354 x 246 mm. Blue hardcover lettered in gold on front cover with a circular gold emblem. SECOND STAGE in blind at base of front cover. 187 pages with many illustrations. 2 folding plans at end. Blue cloth lettered in gold on front cover and with gold medallion. Tight text is a bit thumb marked. Book spine worn and mottled. Book is in good double plus condition with noticeable signs of wear and/or age.
Hardcover. Blue cloth, gilt letters and decoration on front cover, 187 pp., many BW and color plates, 2 fold-outs. Title on front cover: The Christopher Columbus Memorial Lighthouse Competition. Presents contending architectural designers for the planned memorial for Columbus in the Dominican Republic. The competition was eventually won by Scottish architect Joseph Lea Gleave (1907-1965); and his depiction can be seen here on page 29. Unfortunately, the Gleave didn't get to see the finished product. The lighthouse was not built until the 1980s and dedicated in 1992, 500 years after Columbus "discovered" America. Uncommon. G (Light foxing on spine and outer covers; interior is clean.).
Published by Pan-American Union, USA, 1930
Seller: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardback. Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. 1st Edition. 354 x 246 mm. Blue hardcover lettered in gold on front cover with a circular gold emblem. SECOND STAGE in blind at base of front cover. 187 pages with many illustrations. 2 folding plans at end. With a duplicated typescript leaf announcing the awards . 1st prize was J L Gleave. Clean tight text in sound covers which are a bit marked. Book is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age.
Published by The Pan-American Union, 1928
Seller: Arader Galleries of Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Soft cover book in good condition. The outside of the book has ware around the edge of the paper wrap covers. Small chips in the spine missing at the top and bottom, fraying of spine. Inside is clean and tight. There are some pencil markings in book. Former owner's name plate inside book, Parker Morse Hooper. Front cover reads 'first stage' in bottom right corner.
Published by The Pan-American Union, 1930
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. A very solid copy of the 1930 1st hardback edition. Clean and Near Fine in its deep-blue cloth, with bright gilt-titling and insignia at the front panel. Light bumping to the front panel's lower-tip, otherwise clean as could be. Folio, hundreds of very creative black-and-white (mostly) reproductions throughout. (Continuing on the title page: "Together with the Report of the International Jury, the Premiated and Many Other Designs Submitted in the First Contest").
Language: German
Published by Issued by the Pan-American Union, 1928
Seller: Antiquariat Buchseite, Purkersdorf, Austria
First Edition
Condition: Gut. first Edition. 72 S. Goldingraving on Cover, pictures, one Map, good condition Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1100 2°, Hardcover with Spine made from Linen.