The Architectural Record. Country House Number. Vol. 72 No. 5, November, 1932

Published by F. W. Dodge Corporation, New York, 1932

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Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB)

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Large Quarto. 25 (1), (2) 283-344, 27-58pp. Original mustard color stiff wraps with modern typeset and logo in black and white. The country house number of The Architectural Record is embedded in twenty-six pages of mostly illustrated advertising at front, and twenty-two pages at rear, including a beautifully executed color lithograph on heavy paper by Ernest Born for Fletcher Granite on page twenty-six, and two color illustrated ads for the Penberthy Injector Company, Detroit, and Brixment, a cement for masonry and stucco, by the Louisville Cement Company. The annual Country House Number includes extensive coverage of the house of Frederic Rosengarten in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, including architectural plans for the three-story building by architects Willing, Sims and Talbutt, and ten b/w reproductions of photographs showing the exterior and interior of the luxurious house. Included are photographs of the houses of Mrs.Edgar Baker, the estate of Henry T. Fleitman, and the house of John Eyre Sloane, among others, all with architectural plans. The issue also includes photographs of the exterior, and architectural plans, for the House of Frederick V. Field, a modern design the architects Howe and Lescaze, with steel framing and concrete slabs, and five photographs of the modern interior and furniture of a house in the "Werkbund Siedlung" in Vienna, designed by architect Leonie Pilewski. The Architectural Record issue is profusely illustrated with b/w reproductions of photographs of interiors and exteriors of country houses, architectural plans and drawings, and a section with illustrated news at rear, including examples of painted glass. Back and inside covers with illustrated advertisements. Quarter inch closed tear at bottom of front cover, small stamp "Noted Pub. Dept." on front cover, lightly rubbed.…

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Title
The Architectural Record. Country House Number. Vol. 72 No. 5, November, 1932
Author
Mikkelsen, M. A.; A. Lawrence Kocher (eds.)
Publisher
F. W. Dodge Corporation, New York
Publication year
1932
Condition
Very good condition
Binding
Softcover
Edition
First edition.
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ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB)

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Since 1985 we offer individual books for sale from our inventory of 150,000 rare, out-of-print and antiquarian volumes on many topics, with an emphasis on Judaica, Hebraica, Bibles and rabbinics, the fine and decorative arts, architecture, photography, textile and wallpaper sample books, Bauhaus and the avant garde, expressionist dance, Olympic Games and sport, the ancient near-east and archeology, erotica, illustrated and foreign-language books, especially German, Yiddish, Polish and Hebrew, as well as books from the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich, plus Russian constructivist materials. We create book collections, both large and small, for individuals, decorators, archives and libraries¿currently available: a 10,000-volume research collection on Judaica in the German language. In addition, we maintain a beguiling selection of original works of art and photography. Eric Chaim Kline provides appraisal services for estate, insurance and tax purposes, often helping to match book donors with libraries and museums. We purchase books of merit and entire collections; we also take books on consignment with favorable terms. We are a rental source for movie and tv production, occasionally providing the prop on which the plot turns. Traveling throughout the U.S. and Europe, Eric Chaim Kline has been buying and selling old and rare books since the 1980¿s, when in graduate school at Brandeis University. Proprietor of bookshops in several Los Angeles locations since 1985, he hosts visitors by appointment in our lively bookstore and ships books to collectors, libraries and museums worldwide. Kline occasionally lectures on topics in book collecting and Jewish studies. He sponsors the annual Bibliography Award granted by the Association of Jewish Libraries and serves on the national board of the Antiquarian Booksellers¿ Association of America. We welcome your inquiries.…

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