When the Cathedrals Were White: A Journey to the Country of Timid People
by Le Corbusier
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1947. Cloth. Very Good +. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY LE CORBUSIER (IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION) across the half-title. A solid copy to boot of the 1947 1st American edition. Solid and VG+ in its light-brown cloth, with just a touch of mild soiling to the panels. Lacking the original dustjacket. Octavo, translated from its native French... Read More
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Precisions: Sur un Etat Present de L'Architecture et de L'Urbanisme
by Le Corbusier
Paris: Les Editions G. Cres, 1930. 1/2 cloth. Very Good +. The 1930 1st edition, handsomely rebound in a 1/2 navy-blue cloth over marbled boards. New pastedowns and endsheets, original front wrapper bound-in. 2 small stamps, light spotting along the preliminaries, otherwise very clean internally. Octavo, generously illustrated throughout (in both color and black-and-white).
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The Modulor: A Harmonius Measure to the Human Scale Universally Applicable to Architecure and Mechanics
by Le Corbusier
London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1956. Cloth. Very Good +/Near Fine. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1956 stated 2nd UK printing. Solid and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. 12mo, wonderful square design.
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Precisions sur un Etat Present de L'Architecture et de L'Urbanisme
by Le Corbusier
Paris: Les Editions G. Cres, 1930. Original wraps. Very Good -. The 1930 1st edition, in its original pictorial wrappers. Solid and Good+ to VG-, with light chipping at the spine ends and the outer hinges, and soiling along the rear panel. Octavo, hundreds of illustrations and diagrams complementing Le Corbusier's text.
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Urbanisme
by Le Corbusier
Paris: Les Editions G. Cres, 1930. 1/2 cloth. Very Good +. The 1930 1st edition, handsomely rebound in a 1/2 navy-blue cloth over marbled boards. New pastedowns and endsheets, original rear wrapper bound-in. Just a touch of light spotting at the text, otherwise very clean internally. Octavo, a generous number of diagrams, charts and maps complementing Le Corbusier's... Read More
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L'Unite D'Habitation de Marseille
by Le Corbusier
Souillac, France: Le Point, 1950. Boards. Near Fine. The November 1950 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its plain boards. And in a bright, VG example of the bright-red dustjacket, with light chipping and wear to the spine and along the flap-folds. A solid, presentable copy.
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Maniere de Penser L'Urbanisme
by Le Corbusier
Paris: Editions De L'Architecture D'Aujourd'hui, 1943. Decorative Wrappers. Very Good +. The 1943 1st edition and the first book i the "Urbanism Des CIAM" series. Clean and VG+ in its decorative wrappers, with light offsetting to the rear panel panel and light browning to the preliminaries. Still though an attractive copy. Octavo, 184 pgs., including dozens and dozens... Read More
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5 Separate Le Corbusier Lithographic Prints from the 1960s
by Le Corbusier
Sheets. Fine. 5 lovely Le Cobusier lithographs from the 1960s, all but one limited and each in pristine condition. Measuring 6" wide x 9 1'2" tall, all 5 lithos also include their introductory title sheets and their original tissue-guards, which have kept all of the prints very sharp. The breakdown is as follows: "Taureau 6" (1964), signed in... Read More
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Y A-T-IL UNE CRISE DE L'ART? ("Is There a Crisis in Art")
by Le Corbusier
Venice: Societe Europeenee de Culture, 1951. Original wraps. Near Fine/Very Good +. Uncommon 1951 Le Corbusier 4-pg. essay ("Is There a Crisis in Art?"). Reprinted from the French review "COMPRENDRE" #4, here elegantly re-fashioned in its stand-alone off-white wappers and glassine dustjacket. Tall quarto, a touch of light spotting to the glassine, otherwise very sharp.
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Propos D'Urbanisme
by Le Corbusier
Paris: Editions BOURRELIER ET Cie, 1946. Original wraps. Near Fine/Near Fine. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY LE CORBUSIER on the half-title IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION. A tight, very clean copy to boot of the 1946 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its pictorial, light-blue wrappers. And in a crisp example of the glassine dustjacket. 12mo, 44 plates throughout --illustrations by Le... Read More
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Le Corbusier: Une Encyclopedie
by Le Corbusier
Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 1987. Pictorial boards. Very Good. A very sharp copy of the catalogue based on the October 1987-January 1988 exhibition at Paris's Centre Georges Pompidou. A thick, dense hardback. Clean and Near Fine in its dark cloth. And in a crisp, Near Fine example of the white printed dustjacket. An exhaustive tribute to all things... Read More
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Vers une Architecture
by Le Corbusier
Paris: Les Editions G. Cres, 1924. Pictorial wrappers. Near Fine/Near Fine. A very sharp copy of this 1924 2nd edition, the "nouvelle edition revue et augmente". Clean and Near Fine in its light-green pictorial wrappers, with just a touch of very mild scuffing at the rear panel. And in a crisp example of the publisher's glassine dustjacket. Octavo,... Read More
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Croisade ou le Crepuscule des Academies
by Le Corbusier
Paris: Les Editions G. Cres et Cie, 1933. Pictorial wrappers. Very Good +. A very presentable copy of the 1933 1st edition. Clean and VG+ in its pictorial wrappers, with a tender --but still perfectly sturdy-- front inner hinge. Lacking the publisher's glassine dustjacket. Octavo, part of Les Editions G. Cres's "Collection de 'L'esprit Nouveau" series.
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Sur Les 4 Routes
by Le Corbusier
Paris: Gallimard, 1941. Original wraps. Near Fine/Near Fine. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1941 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its original wrappers. And in the publisher's unprinted glassine dustjacxket, which is clean and Near Fine. Octavo, 231 pgs. of text, the signatures uncut.
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Quand Les Cathedrales Etaient Blanches: Voyages au Pays Des Timides (In Dustjacket)
by Le Corbusier
Paris: Librairie Plon, 1937. Pictorial wrappers. Near Fine/Near Fine. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1937 1st edition, in its original wrappers and in a lovely example of the publisher's glassine dustjacket. Tight and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers. And in a clean, Near Fine dustjacket.
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Modulor 2
by Le Corbusier
London: Faber and Faber, 1958. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine. A handsome copy of the 1958 1st UK edition. Tight and Near Fine in its blue cloth, wit black and red titling and design. Very light offsetting at the endsheets, mild bumping at th front panel's tops. Otherwise, sharp as could be. Square 12mo, lacking its dustjacket.
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The Modulor AND The Modulor 2
by Le Corbusier
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1954. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A superb example of the 1954 and 1958 American editions of the 2 volume set, both published by Harvard University Press. Vol. 1 is the 1954 stated 2nd American printing and Vol. 2 is the 1958 1st American printing. Both volumes clean and Near Fine in bright,... Read More
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Sur Les 4 Routes
by Le Corbusier
Paris: Librairie Gallimard, 1941. Printed wrappers. Very Good. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY LE CORBUSIER across the bottom of the half-title page. A solid, presentable copy to boot of the 1941 1st edition. Bright and VG in its printed, off-white wrappers, with very light spotting at the panels and mild chipping along the foot of the spine. Octavo, deckled fore... Read More
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Le Lyrisme des Temps Nouveaux et L'Urbanisme
by Le Corbusier
Colmar, France: Les Editions du Point, 1939. Original wraps. Near Fine. A crisp, sharp copy of the 1939 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its bright-red stapled wrappers. Quarto, a nice piece of designed paper ephemera from the publisher. Le Point, accompanying this copy.
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When the Cathedrals Were White: A Journey to the Country of Timid People (Inscribed to Trygve Lie)
by Le Corbusier
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1947. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. A terrific Association copy of the 1947 1st American edition: WARMLY INSCRIBED BY LE CORBUSIER TO TRYGVE LIE, THE VERY FIRST SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS (1946-1952), on the half-title. ALSO, ADDITIONALLY SIGNED BY TRYGVE LIE on the title page. A very solid copy to boot. Clean... Read More
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Entretien -- Avec Les Etudiants Des Ecoles D'Architecture
by Le Corbusier
Paris: Editions Denoel, 1943. Pictorial wrappers. Very Good +. Le Corbusier. The uncommon June 1943 1st edition, in is wonderful pictorial wrappers. Crisp and VG+, with a neat, ery small inscription at the half-title. 16mo, illustrations --by Le Corbusier himself-- complementing his text.
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Creation Is a Patient Search
by Le Corbusier
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1960. Pictorial cloth. Very Good +/Near Fine. A handsome copy of the 1960 1st American edition, translated from its original French by James Palmes. Tight and VG+ (light foxing to the preliminaries, small, neat former owner name at the front free endpaper) in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a trace... Read More
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The Marseilles Block
by Le Corbusier
London: The Harvill Press, 1953. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. An impressive copy of the 1953 1st English language edition, translated from its original French by Geoffrey Sainsbury. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, which shows very light soiling along the front panel. Quarto, crisp black-and-white reproductions thruout.
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Des Canons, Des Munitions? Merci! Des Logis --- S.V.P.
by Le Corbusier
Boulogne-sur-Seine: Editions de L'Architecture d'Aujourd'Hui, 1938. Pictorial boards. Very Good +. A sharp, well-preserved copy of the 1938 1st edition. Crisp bright and VG to VG+ in its magnificent photocollage boards, with very light soiling and scuffing along the rear panel. Oblong quarto, hundreds of plates complementing the text. Le Corbusier's seminal study of the "Pavillion of New... Read More
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Urbanisme
by Le Corbusier
Paris: Les Editions G. Cres, 1930. 1/4 Cloth. Very Good +. INSCRIBED BY LE CORBUSIER on the front free endpaper. A handsome copy to boot of the 1930 12th edition. Solid and VG+. Bound with its original front wrapper in a 1/4 cloth over marbled boards. New endsheets, leather title label at spine, tasteful bookplate to the front... Read More
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