Le CorbusierABAA
1954rif. 26049Zurich: Editions Ginsberger 1954. Original wraps. Near Fine. A clean crisp copy of the 1954 1st edition text exclusively in Le Corbusier's native French. 16mo pocket-sized photos and designs by Le Corbusier himself with 96 pgs. and 60 photographs sketches and colored designs. Based on "the little house Le Corbusier built in 1923 near Vevey on the board of the Lake of Geneva for his mother Editions Ginsberger unknown books
1929rif. 26051New York: Paytson & Clarke 1929. Cloth. Very Good. The presumed 1929 1st American edition published out of New York and "translated from the 8th French edition of URBANISME and with an introduction by Frederick Etchells". Solid and VG in its duotone cloth light-blue and orange with very minor soiling at the rear panel a touch of rubbing along the spine and pencil sketches at the rear endpaper. Quarto large fold-out map in addition to dozens of photographs and plans throughout. Paytson & Clarke unknown books
1943rif. 24189Paris: Editions De L'Architecture D'Aujourd'hui 1943. Decorative Wrappers. Very Good . The 1943 1st edition and the first book i the "Urbanism Des CIAM" series. Clean and VG in its decorative wrappers with light offsetting to the rear panel panel and light browning to the preliminaries. Still though an attractive copy. Octavo 184 pgs. including dozens and dozens of illustrations a number of them in color throughout. Editions De L'Architecture D'Aujourd'hui unknown books
1930rif. 24192Paris: Les Editions G. Cres 1930. 1/2 cloth. Very Good . The 1930 1st edition handsomely rebound in a 1/2 navy-blue cloth over marbled boards. New pastedowns and endsheets original rear wrapper bound-in. Just a touch of light spotting at the text otherwise very clean internally. Octavo a generous number of diagrams charts and maps complementing Le Corbusier's text. Les Editions G. Cres unknown books
1933rif. 24191Paris: Led Editions G. Cres 1933. Pictorial wrappers. Very Good . A clean very presentable copy of the 1933 1st edition. Solid and VG in its original collaged wrappers. Internally very sharp with no writing or markings to speak of. Octavo part of the publisher's "L'Esprit Nouveau" series. Led Editions G. Cres unknown books
1930rif. 24190Paris: Les Editions G. Cres 1930. 1/2 cloth. Very Good . The 1930 1st edition handsomely rebound in a 1/2 navy-blue cloth over marbled boards. New pastedowns and endsheets original front wrapper bound-in. 2 small stamps light spotting along the preliminaries otherwise very clean internally. Octavo generously illustrated throughout in both color and black-and-white. Les Editions G. Cres unknown books
1938rif. 24378Paris: Editions Albert Morance 1938. Original wraps. Very Good . Uncommon handsome 1938 Le Corbusier portfolio with 40 crisp plates complete 5 of them color pochoirs 4 of them color lithographs. The entire study bound in 2 wrappered sections "Etudes" and "Planches" both contained loose as issued within a pictorial card chemise. Both sections clean and VG to Near Fine the chemise VG with light rubbing and soling at the panels and lacking the original ribbon-ties. Still though very presentable and well-preserved. Part of Editions Morance's formidable "L'Architcture Vivante" series published under the direction of Jean Badovici. Editions Albert Morance unknown books
1937rif. 23798Paris: Librairie Plon 1937. Pictorial wrappers. Near Fine/Near Fine. A crisp very sharp copy of the 1937 1st edition in its original wrappers and in a lovely example of the publisher's glassine dustjacket. Tight and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers. And in a clean Near Fine dustjacket. Librairie Plon unknown books
1956rif. 23136London: Faber and Faber Limited 1956. Cloth. Very Good /Near Fine. A crisp very sharp copy of the 1956 stated 2nd UK printing. Solid and Near Fine in a bright price-intact Near Fine dustjacket. 12mo wonderful square design. Faber and Faber Limited unknown books
1959rif. 23398Paris: L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui 1959. Original wraps. Very Good /Very Good . The 1959 2nd French edition of the 2nd part of Le Corbusier's beloved "Modulor" series. Limited to 3000 copies. Tight and solid in its unprinted beige wrappers. And in a crisp VG to VG dustjacket with light fading at the front panel and spotting along the spine. Square 32mo heavily illustrated throughout with graphs charts and photographs. L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui unknown books
1958rif. 23472London: Faber and Faber 1958. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine. A handsome copy of the 1958 1st UK edition. Tight and Near Fine in its blue cloth wit black and red titling and design. Very light offsetting at the endsheets mild bumping at th front panel's tops. Otherwise sharp as could be. Square 12mo lacking its dustjacket. Faber and Faber unknown books
1933rif. 23564Paris: Les Editions G. Cres et Cie 1933. Pictorial wrappers. Very Good . A very presentable copy of the 1933 1st edition. Clean and VG in its pictorial wrappers with a tender --but still perfectly sturdy-- front inner hinge. Lacking the publisher's glassine dustjacket. Octavo part of Les Editions G. Cres's "Collection de 'L'esprit Nouveau" series. Les Editions G. Cres et Cie unknown books
1943rif. 23575Paris: Editions Denoel 1943. Pictorial wrappers. Very Good . Le Corbusier. The uncommon June 1943 1st edition in is wonderful pictorial wrappers. Crisp and VG with a neat ery small inscription at the half-title. 16mo illustrations --by Le Corbusier himself-- complementing his text. Editions Denoel unknown books
1960rif. 23580New York: Frederick A. Praeger 1960. Pictorial cloth. Very Good /Near Fine. A handsome copy of the 1960 1st American edition translated from its original French by James Palmes. Tight and VG light foxing to the preliminaries small neat former owner name at the front free endpaper in a crisp price-intact Near Fine dustjacket with just a trace of light soiling to the panels. Quarto hundreds of illustrations throughout the Introduction by Maurice Jardot. Frederick A. Praeger unknown books
1939rif. 23576Colmar France: Les Editions du Point 1939. Original wraps. Near Fine. A crisp sharp copy of the 1939 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its bright-red stapled wrappers. Quarto a nice piece of designed paper ephemera from the publisher. Le Point accompanying this copy. Les Editions du Point unknown books
1959rif. 23654Buenos Aires: Ediciones Infinito 1959. Pictorial wrappers. Very Good . The 1959 1st Spanish language edition publshed here out of Buenos Aires and originally titled "Entretien avec les etudiants des Ecoles" in its Paris edition. Clean and Near Fine in its pea-green wrappers. And in a crisp VG pictorial dustjacket. 12mo also includes the uncommon wraparound band or obi. Ediciones Infinito unknown books
1951rif. 22697Venice: Societe Europeenee de Culture 1951. Original wraps. Near Fine/Very Good . Uncommon 1951 Le Corbusier 4-pg. essay "Is There a Crisis in Art". Reprinted from the French review "COMPRENDRE" #4 here elegantly re-fashioned in its stand-alone off-white wappers and glassine dustjacket. Tall quarto a touch of light spotting to the glassine otherwise very sharp. Societe Europeenee de Culture unknown books
1946rif. 21953Paris: Editions BOURRELIER ET Cie 1946. Original wraps. Near Fine/Near Fine. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY LE CORBUSIER on the half-title IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION. A tight very clean copy to boot of the 1946 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its pictorial light-blue wrappers. And in a crisp example of the glassine dustjacket. 12mo 44 plates throughout --illustrations by Le Corbusier himself-- complementing his own text. Editions BOURRELIER ET Cie unknown books
1930rif. 21959Paris: Les Editions G. Cres 1930. 1/4 Cloth. Very Good . INSCRIBED BY LE CORBUSIER on the front free endpaper. A handsome copy to boot of the 1930 12th edition. Solid and VG. Bound with its original front wrapper in a 1/4 cloth over marbled boards. New endsheets leather title label at spine tasteful bookplate to the front pastedown. Octavo fold-out map dozens and dozens of plans and photographs throughout. Les Editions G. Cres unknown books
1947rif. 22000New York: Reynal & Hitchcock 1947. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good . A terrific Association copy of the 1947 1st American edition: WARMLY INSCRIBED BY LE CORBUSIER TO TRYGVE LIE THE VERY FIRST SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS 1946-1952 on the half-title. ALSO ADDITIONALLY SIGNED BY TRYGVE LIE on the title page. A very solid copy to boot. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp price-intact VG dustjacket with very light creasing along the spine ends. Crisp black-and-white photo of Le Corbusier at the rear panel by Barbara Morgan. Reynal & Hitchcock unknown books
1930rif. 22270Paris: Les Editions G. Cres 1930. Original wraps. Very Good -. The 1930 1st edition in its original pictorial wrappers. Solid and Good to VG- with light chipping at the spine ends and the outer hinges and soiling along the rear panel. Octavo hundreds of illustrations and diagrams complementing Le Corbusier's text. Les Editions G. Cres unknown books
1938rif. 22378Boulogne-sur-Seine: Editions de L'Architecture d'Aujourd'Hui 1938. Pictorial boards. Very Good . A sharp well-preserved copy of the 1938 1st edition. Crisp bright and VG to VG in its magnificent photocollage boards with very light soiling and scuffing along the rear panel. Oblong quarto hundreds of plates complementing the text. Le Corbusier's seminal study of the "Pavillion of New Times" at the Paris International Exhibition "Art and Technique" 1937. Editions de L'Architecture d'Aujourd'Hui unknown books
1987rif. 22388Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou 1987. Pictorial boards. Very Good. A very sharp copy of the catalogue based on the October 1987-January 1988 exhibition at Paris's Centre Georges Pompidou. A thick dense hardback. Clean and Near Fine in its dark cloth. And in a crisp Near Fine example of the white printed dustjacket. An exhaustive tribute to all things Le Corbusier-related. Centre Georges Pompidou unknown books
1937rif. 21870Paris: Librairie Plon 1937. Boards. Near Fine. WARMLY SIGNED BY LE CORBUSIER on the half-title. A clean crisp copy to boot of the 1937 1st edition. Attractively re-bound in white boards with gilt-titling along the spine and new endsheets. Easily VG to Near Fine. Octavo also includes an unprinted dustjacket probably not the publisher's nicely protecting the book. Librairie Plon unknown books
1989rif. 21258Paris: Fondation Le Corbusier Editions Connivences 1989. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Lovely 1989 reprint of Le Corbusier's epic 1955 poem a signed/limited 1st edition of 250 copies which featured 155 lithographs 19 of them in lavish color all produced by Le Corbusier himself. Many consider the original 1955 printing to be the most beautiful book Le Corbusier ever published and this the elegant reprint out of Paris captures much of the beauty of the original poem and lithographs. Clean and Near Fine very slight cocking to the binding in a crisp VG to Near Fine dustjacket with very light offsetting along the panel edges. Tall quarto rich vibrant color throughout. Fondation Le Corbusier (Editions Connivences) unknown books
