Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1962. Hard Cover. Fourth Edition. Fourth Edition, Enlarged. Thirteenth Printing. Slight wear and scuffing to dust jacket, small chips at edges, sunning to spine, now in mylar cover. Previous owner's name and address in ink on first free endpaper, clean within. Very Good / Very Good. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1948. Hardcover. First Edition. xiv, 743 pp. 4to. Dust jacket has minor scuffing and small closed tears at edges and a 3/4" loss at top right corner of rear panel, now in mylar cover. Red cloth boards with silver embossed titling. Previous owner has inscribed his name and date of gift in light blue ink on front pastedwon, they have also pasted a small plate to the first free endpaper of a typed quote by William Maitland, "Today we study the day before yesterday, in order that yesterday may not paralyze today, and that today may not cloud our vision of tomorrow."
Siegfried Gideon (1888-1968) was an important influence on the International Movement in architecture and design. "Mechanization Takes Command"..... More
Philadelpha: Temple University Press, 1979. Hardcover. First Edition. xiv, 249 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copty with dust jacket in mylar cover.
A wonderful survey, profusely illustreated from automats to trains, of industrial design during what has also been called "The Machine Age." Fine / Fine. More
