The Galveston That Was [Signed and Inscribed by Barnstone]

Published by MacMillan, New York, 1966

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Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.Capitol Hill Books, ABAA

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New York: The MacMillan Company, 1966. Second Printing. Quarto (29cm); 224pp. Publisher’s photographic dust jacket with $12.95 price intact; boards bound in brown cloth with gilt stamping to spine; brown endsheets. Black-and-white photographs abound. Dust jacket bumped and scuffed with tears forming at spine end and corners. Top right corner of jacket front panel chipped without obstructing text. Boards bumped at spine ends; otherwise clean with sharp corners. Binding sound. Textblock lightly foxed; endsheets clean; interior pages lightly toned. Signed and dated by the author with gracious inscription. Laid-in at front is Barnstone’s vintage calling card. Altogether Very Good. Inscription reads "To Virginia + John Devine — What a delight to discover new friends — on the occasion of a beautiful evening this November 12, 1970 in Houston / Howard Barnstone." Howard Barnstone was an American architect. Born and raised in New England, he relocated to Texas after receiving his graduate degree from the Yale School of Architecture. Barnstone is best known for designing the Rothko Chapel, but was also responsible for several other public buildings in Houston and Galveston.…

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Title
The Galveston That Was [Signed and Inscribed by Barnstone]
Author
Howard Barnstone; Henri Cartier-Bresson and Ezra Stoller [photography]; James Johnson Sweeney [fwd.]
Publisher
MacMillan, New York
Publication year
1966
Condition
Very Good +
Dust jacket
Very Good
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Seller catalogs
Architecture, Signed, Texana, U.S. History

Capitol Hill Books, ABAA

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