Janette Ray Rare And Out of Print Books

green and black with period photographs of key personalities including Oscar Deutsch. Gold wrappers with art
deco lettering and black silhouette image of the new Odeon Cinema design on upper wrapper reflecting the
huge black polished granite facade. Cord ties. The premier programme is in the centre fold, which was “The
Prisoner of Zenda” and other pages provide information about the history of the Old Alhambra it replaced and
the new cinema’s history. The cinema was designed by Harry W Weedon and this as well as the interior
designed is described. The opening night was Tuesday 2 November 1937. [ 18229 ] £85
126. FERRISS, Hugh. (1889 – 1962) Power in Buildings: An Artist’s View of
Contemporary Architecture
New York. Columbia 1953 First edition. 102pp illustrated with b/w plates
throughout. 4to. Cloth, dw. Very good copy with a good dust wrapper which has
one closed tear c 1cm on bottom edge and tiny nick at head of spine.
Exceptionally bright throughout. Fabulous pictorial record of 50 New York
building projects by this outstanding architectural artist who put fantasy art into
architecture. Real buildings were not his forté but he has been influential in the
works of many modern movement designer’s works. Hugh Ferriss' archive,
including drawings and papers, is held by the Drawings & Archives Department of
the Avary Art and Architecture Library. There is an architectural drawing prize
named after him. This book came after his most famous title of 1929 The
Metropolis of Tomorrow.[ 14643 ] £240
127. FERRISS, Hugh. (1889 – 1962) Power in Buildings: An Artist’s View of Contemporary Architecture
Santa Monica (1953) Hennessey + Ingalls 1998 Facsimile reprint. 102pp illustrated with b/w plates
throughout. 4to. Grey decorated cloth. Record of 50 New York building projects by this outstanding
architectural artist who put fantasy art into architecture. Real buildings were not his forté but he has been
influential in the works of many modern movement designer’s works. Hugh Ferriss' archive, including drawings
and papers, is held by the Drawings & Archives Department of the Avary Art and Architecture Library. There is
an architectural drawing prize named after him. This book came after his most famous title of 1929 The
Metropolis of Tomorrow. Make accessible a scarce title. [ 18274 ] £45
128. HILL, Oliver. (1887–1968) Fair Horizon Buildings of Today
London Collins 1950 127pp illustrated with b/w plates. 4to. Good but spine a bit rubbed .
Dust wrapper in poor condition . Top corner of book bumped affecting the pages
throughout the book making this only a reference copy. Useful introduction to the
modern movement and eight of its pioneers including Aalto, Oud, Frank Lloyd Wright etc.
Oliver Hill himself combined a career in architecture and landscape architecture and
himself designed in “the White Style”. This is an interesting selection of buildings which he
considered pioneering in their day and thus a good period indicator of the movement. [
18291 ] £35
129. LE CORBUSIER L'Art Decoratif D'Aujourd'hui
Paris, Editions Vincent Freal & Co (1925) 1959 Collection de "L'Esprit Nouveau" 1959
218pp illustrated with b/w plates and line ills. throughout. Decorated wraps. Vg indeed. Revised edition of one
of the original L'Esprit Nouveau, promoting the works and ideas of Le Corbusier and his contemporaries. [
18429 ] £80
130. (LE CORBUSIER) DE PIERREFEU, F. & LE CORBUSIER. The Home of Man
London The Architectural Press 1948 156pp illustrated with line illustrations, a
few in colour but mainly striking black and white images. Cloth. Very good with
slightly worn and dusty dust wrapper. First English Translation. Proposals for
war reconstruction involving extensive reordering of social and city structures. [
18355 ] £30
131. (Le CORBUSIER) HENZE, Anton. Ronchamp
Paulus Verlag Recklinghausen 1958 29pp illustrated end papers + line illus + 31
pages of b/w plates with captions. Small 4to cloth boards vg. Illustrated dust
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