The Nature of Order: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe [Complete in 4 Vols.] Book One: The Phenomenon of Life, Book Two: The Process of Creating Life, Book Three: A Vision of a Living World, Book Four: The Luminous Ground

Christopher Alexander

Published by Oxford University Press, New York, 2001

About this Item

First Edition, First Printing. 7.5 x 10.75in. x. 476pp.; xviii. 636pp.; x. 697pp.; xvi. 355pp. Publisher's cloth boards with gilt titling. Boldly signed by the author on the front endpaper of Vol. 1. 'The Phenomenon of Life' is the great architect, mathematician and philosopher's magnum opus wherein his architectural and aesthetic ideas, first developed in 'The Timeless Way of Building' and 'A Pattern Language,' are brought to their most complete and profound heights. Signed works by Alexander are extremely uncommon. All 4 volumes are in FINE/AS NEW condition in Near Fine dust jacket protected in removable archival covers. The books themselves are flawless. The dust jackets show the slightest possible hints of shelf rubbing along the edges, else Fine/As New. As pictured. Seller Inventory # P84

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Nature of Order: An Essay on the Art of ...

Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York

Publication Date: 2001

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition