Description

Title:
The Prairie School Tradition: The Prairie Archives of the Milwaukee Arts Center
ISBN: 0823074366
Book #: 007739

Author: Spencer, Brian A. [Editor]
Illustrator: n/a
Publisher: Whitney Library of Design
Place: New York
Year: 1985
Edition: Edition Unstated

Book Cond.: Very Good Condition
Jacket Cond.: No Dust Jacket
Binding: Softcover
Size: 4to
Book Type: n/a
Signed: n/a

Description / Comments:
Size: 4to. 304 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Color pictorial wraps, Index, Selected Bibliography, illustrated with black-and-white photographs and architectural drawings. Stain along the lower edge back cover affects bottom edge of pages starting at about 183, stain top corner front wrap that affects top corner of first couple of pages. “This book, based on an exhibition that was organized by the Prairie Archives of the Milwaukee Arts Center, surveys the profound impact of the Prairie School on American architecture from the late nineteenth century through the present in three stages: roots, growth, and horizon. With more than 300 illustrations of plans, drawings, buildings, and objects, this book offers timely documentation of the Prairie School and the tradition it generated.” Quantity Available: 1. Category: Architecture; ISBN: 0823074366. Inventory No: 007739.