The American Aesthetic (Signed)
by Owings, Nathaniel Alexander
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Row. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. SIGNED, dated, and inscribed by noted architect Nathaniel Owings (d. 1984) , a founding partner of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, to colleague Charles Pfister, who worked on the staff of the firm's interior design department for 15 years. Book is As New, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Unclipped dust jacket is fresh and bright, with a touch of wear at edges. From the library of the interior design company Fisher Weisman. With its bookplate affixed to front free endpage. Illustrated with photos. 4to. 199 pp. Including index. In protective Mylar. Heavy--will require additional postage if shipped outside the U. S. .
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- KULTURAs books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 91810
- Title
- The American Aesthetic (Signed)
- Author
- Owings, Nathaniel Alexander
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- Association Copy; Skidmore, Owings And Merrill; Fisher Weisman; Charles , Pfister
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- Fine
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- Bookplate
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- First Edition
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