WOHNUNGSBAU DER NACHKRIEGSZEIT IN DEUTSCHLAND
Berlin: Eulen-Verlag G. M. B. H., [1927]. First Edition. Large Quarto, 280 pages. In Very Good minus condition. In original gray wraps, age-toned to tan, with red titling on front cover and spine. Boards are creased and faintly stained, with rubbing wear along edges and joints. Scuffing to spine, with chipping at the head and tail. Paper label affixed to top end of spine. Clear tape on both boards at the bottom of the joints. Text block edges are moderately worn and toned. Institutional copy, with stamps and numbering inside front cover and on early pages; patch of wear inside back cover where a label has been cut away. Pen ownership inscription inside front cover; gift inscription on front free endpaper. Front hinge adhesive has separated. Fore corners of early pages are mildly curling. Interior otherwise clean. Shelved in Room F Elephant.
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Special Collections - Upstairs
Price: $300
NOTES
This rare study of post-WWI, New Objectivity-style housing construction in Germany was conceived as a multi-volume work, but only the present first volume, focusing on Berlin and Brandenburg, and a further volume on the Rhineland were ever published.