Le CORBUSIER Talks With Students From The Schools Of Architecture 1961 PUBLISHER'S ADVANCE REVIEW COPY Modernist Architect
Le CORBUSIER Talks With Students From The Schools Of Architecture
Published by The Orion Press, New York, 1961. Originally published in France in 1943, this is the First American edition, first printing, so stated. Translated from the French by Pierre Chase. Advance Review Copy with Publisher's dated note laid in. Hardcover in dustjacket, textured orange paper covered boards with red printing on the front cover and spine, 8.25" x 5.5", 83 pages. Book is in NEAR FINE CONDITION: a touch of age toning mostly to the pastedowns, otherwise tight, bright, clean and unmarked. In a VERY GOOD DUSTJACKET that is not price-clipped but has light shelfwear and smudging to the front and rear panels, age toning to the spine, flap ends and edges, but remains solid, clean, unmarked and bright. An uncommon first printing Publisher's advance review copy.
Le Corbusier [Charles-Édouard Jeanneret] (1887-1965) Swiss French architect, designer, painter, urban planner, writer, member of the avant-garde De Stijl movement, and a pioneer of modernism in architecture.