Theory Architecture by Hammer Victor (8 results)

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 84. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1952 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 84.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine binding. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine dust jacket. Limited Edition. 8vo.; in salmon colored paper-covered boards lettered in black to the spine, with dustjacket; [ii], 93 pages, [94]; from the colophon: Two Hundred and Fifty Numbered Copies | The text has been set by Victor Hammer | Jacob Hammer has printed in | Lexington, Kentucky | October, 1952 | Number 176.~~There is minor offsetting to the endpapers; a number of pages are unopened. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. Number 65 of 250 copies. Inscribed by the publisher in ink on the front free endpaper, dated December 14, 1952. Bound in salmon pink paper covered boards with black title to spine. Clean and bright with unopened pages. Slight browning to pastedowns due to glue from covers. Letterpress printed with hand-set type by Victor Hammer and printing by Jacob Hammer at his press in Lexington, KY. In cream dust jacket with black title to spine and a lengthy text excerpt to the front panel. Minor browning to edges of jacket and spine panel. A few small chips to spine ends of jacket. 94 pages. PRI/012323.

Softcover. 12mo; pp 93; VG/G-; tanned spine with black text; dust jacket has some age toning toward edges and to spine; chips to joints; cloth has modest wear to exterior; mildly rubbed edges; strong boards; text block shows light wear to edges; mild toning to ffeps; deckled edges; frontispiece; some uncut pages; inscribed by author NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #3. 1331791. FP New Rockville Stock.

vii, [9]pp. 12mo. First edition, limited to 250 numbered copies. vii, [9]pp. 12mo. The text was handset by Victor Hammer, and the book was printed by Jacob Hammer, in Lexington, Kentucky. Paper-covered boards, Very slight wear to spine tips and extremities, else a fine, partially unopened copy, in very good dust jacket. The cream-colored jacket is slightly soiled, spine is tanned, few nicks to extremities, else very good First edition, limited to 250 numbered copies.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Limited Edition. Salmon colored paper over boards with black imprint on spine. 180/250 copies. Text set by Victor Hammer and printed by Jacob Hammer in Lexington, KY. Light edge wear, tight binding and clean interior. Jacket is chipped at folds with 1/2" closed tear. Pages uncut.; Book; 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Salmon paper-covered boards printed in black, DW, large 12mo., 4, (1), 35-93, (2) pages, title-page metal cut by Hammer of Kolbsheim Chapel printed in red. Copy number 2 of 250 numbered copies set by Victor Hammer and printed by Jacob Hammer on Arches Laid paper. Signed in pencil by Victor Hammer and dated 1960. This text was substantially rewritten and forms a large part of "Memory and Her Nine Daughters the Muses" in 1956 & 1957. Laid into this copy are a single sheet prospectus, printed in American Uncial, for "On the Nature and History of Architecture" by Conrad Fiedler, 1954, printed by Carolyn Reading (Hammer) prior to her marriage to Hammer in 1955; and a small sheet bearing the Gravesend pressmark cut in wood by Fritz Kredel, with the inscription "For Margot & Hippo from Lucy & Joe". Hippo is H. Richard Archer, prominent bibliographer, librarian and private press proprietor of the Hippogryph Press; Joseph Graves directed the Gravesend Press and worked closely with the Hammers in Lexington. A fine copy in a very near fine DW with minor marginal toning, in archival mylar. The inclusions are fine, with one fold to the prospectus. Signed by Author and Artist.

A contemporary dialogue between the Patron and the Craftsman, this chapter revealing a theory of architecture in which stone is the only suitable material for building. #31/250 copies, text set by the author. 16 cm; 62 pp. (largely unopened); illustrated from drawing to title page. A very good copy in paper-covered boards.