Can Our Cities Survive? An ABC of Urban Problems, Their Analysis, Their Solutions (Gordon Bunshaft's Copy)

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. A wonderful Association copy: FROM THE LIBRARY OF --AND SIGNED AND DATED BY-- LEGENDARY SKIDMORE, OWINGS AND MERRILL ARCHITECT GORDON BUNSHAFT. A solid, presentable copy to boot of this important wartime manifesto in city planning, written by the great Spanish architect J.L. Sert (1902-1983). Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light wear along the panel edges and just a touch of light chipping at the spine ends. Oblong quarto, hundreds of black-and-white illustrations throughout. "Based on the proposals formulated by the C.I.A.M. (International Congress for Modern Architecture/Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne").