[1st Am Ed] Creation is a Patient Search (Le Corbusier)

$200.00

First American edition of Le Corbusier’s self-portrait, translated by James Palmes and with an introduction by Maurice Jardot. Published by Frederick A. Praeger in 1960. 4to, hardcover with dust jacket, 311 pages, illustrated throughout in black-and-white. Blending word and picture, Le Corbusier explains and illustrates his creative philosophy from his early days as an art student through the convent at La Tourette, completed around the time of publication. Still a fine one-volume introduction to the work of this modern master, enhanced by the self-selected photographs and sketches, along with Corbusier’s book design. Slightest bowing to boards. Light bumping and chipping to dj; 2” closed tear to bottom corner of front cover.

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First American edition of Le Corbusier’s self-portrait, translated by James Palmes and with an introduction by Maurice Jardot. Published by Frederick A. Praeger in 1960. 4to, hardcover with dust jacket, 311 pages, illustrated throughout in black-and-white. Blending word and picture, Le Corbusier explains and illustrates his creative philosophy from his early days as an art student through the convent at La Tourette, completed around the time of publication. Still a fine one-volume introduction to the work of this modern master, enhanced by the self-selected photographs and sketches, along with Corbusier’s book design. Slightest bowing to boards. Light bumping and chipping to dj; 2” closed tear to bottom corner of front cover.

First American edition of Le Corbusier’s self-portrait, translated by James Palmes and with an introduction by Maurice Jardot. Published by Frederick A. Praeger in 1960. 4to, hardcover with dust jacket, 311 pages, illustrated throughout in black-and-white. Blending word and picture, Le Corbusier explains and illustrates his creative philosophy from his early days as an art student through the convent at La Tourette, completed around the time of publication. Still a fine one-volume introduction to the work of this modern master, enhanced by the self-selected photographs and sketches, along with Corbusier’s book design. Slightest bowing to boards. Light bumping and chipping to dj; 2” closed tear to bottom corner of front cover.

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