Hardcover Quarto, Bound in royal blue cloth boards with 176 pages. Gilt titles on the front cover and a decorative gilt design to the spine. Head/ heel and corners are a bit bumped and rubbed, also has some marks to the front/back boards.
Pictorial survey of late 1920s Bauhaus and Art Deco architecture, exterior and interior design of German and foreign restaurants, bars, cafes, and dance clubs. The 188 black and white photographic plates depict the works of some of the most famous architects of the time, such as:
Adolf Abel, Peter Baumann, Curt Björklund, Paul Bonatz, Wilhelm Brenschede, Fritz August Breuhaus, Pierre Chareau, Hans Ebert, C. van Eesteren, Emil Fahrenkamp, Otto Firle, Professor Alfred Fischer, Otto and Eduard Fucker, Edmund Körner, Robert Lederer, J. J. P. Oud, Heinrich Pallenberg, Professor Pankok, architectural firm Kaufmann und Wolffenstein, Max Wiederanders, Otto Zollinger, etc.. Each plate faces its captioned page.
Text in German and has silk headbands to the spine ends, Previous owner’s inscription on the top/right corner of the endpapers. Overall, the binding and the book are in very good condition.
- Binding Condition: Very Good
- Overall Condition: Very Good
- Size: 305 x 220 mm
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- Country: South Africa
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