Sovremennaia Arkhitektura v Federativnoy Respublike Ghermanii
NP, 1965. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Folio - over 12" - 15" Tall (thin). Good / No Jacket. Item #L057820
Wear to head and foot of spine (chips; slight cracking); few small nicks, creases, scuffing, rubbing and browning to wrappers; lower inner hinge starting; slight internal browning (chiefly to edges). 73, [3] pages (including wrappers). Text chiefly in Russian throughout (title transliterated; few interspersed text passages in German); uncredited author(s) and/or editor(s); date is conjectural (not dated in book). Pictorial survey of architecture in Western Germany, with focus on post-World War II developments; emphasis mainly on urban centers (Hamburg, Hannover, Baden-Wurttemberg, etc); includes statistical information on the Federal Republic through 1964 (tables). One of an unspecified number of copies, printed by 'Maul und Co Nurnberg' (page [74]). Interesting and uncommon bit of West German counter-propaganda from the Cold War period. Additional leaf from a 19th century Russian-language publication ('Nivu : No. 6 : 1885'; with 3 b/w illustrations and advertisements) present.Over 80 Color & b/w Photographs; Few Tables.
Price: $20.00