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A visually paired, three-volume book stack and journey through America's discovery, evolution, and architectural heritage, combining past historical buildings and …
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A visually paired, three-volume book stack and journey through America's discovery, evolution, and architectural heritage, combining past historical buildings and culture. Spanning a memorable chronology, this authentic, monumental 1900 U.S. Government Centennial printing —long out of print —on Washington, D.C., is paired with two premium, oversized coffee-table editions to form a collection that captures the nation's unfolding story. Readers appreciate the narrative, and decorators alike will find quality Americana preserved in heavy paper stock, strong bindings, and dust jackets, in rich archival printings. The text and imagery serve as an expedition over a timeless legacy of early American structures, through the lens of Edward S. Curtis, and the 1900 edition of the scenes and images of our nation's capital, its political heart during the turn-of-the-century Gilded Age. Adding a theatrical, Disney-produced renovation of the vibrant Art Nouveau evolution of New York's iconic New Amsterdam Theatre, the collection features a unique companion narrative. Architecturally, each in the collection is a triumph of form and structure, defined by three heavy volumes of roughly similar size. When stacked together, a deliberate geometry of the wide landscape base of the Curtis volume, transitioning square layout of the New Amsterdam biography, melds together into the crowning Capitol portrait edition of the D.C. Centennial; swinging into gear, raising the curtain on a set of beautifully unmatched curated series with old Washington D.C. as its centerpiece An intentionally exceptional browsing bunch of choices, a library, or sophisticated interior anchoring of an entryway console, layered over a dark-wood study shelf, or viewed in a living patio sunlit space.
Mary Solomon, featuring photographs by Edward S. Curtis
Sites & Structures: The Architectural Photographs of Edward S. Curtis
Chronicle Books 2000, 144 pages
Mary C. Henderson
The New Amsterdam: The Biography of a Broadway Theatre
Disney Editions (Hyperion) 1997, 192 pages
Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of Washington D.C.
William V. Cox (compiled under the Committee on the Centennial Celebration)
Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of Washington D.C. and the Establishment of the Seat of Government in the District of Columbia
Government Printing Office, Washington D.C. 1901 Printed according to the Act of Congress approved March 3, 1901, though capturing the December 1900 centennial, 343 pages
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- Dimensions
- 18ʺW × 16ʺD × 1.5ʺH
- Period
- 1970s
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Paper
- Photography
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Silver
- Condition Notes
- There are only a few moderate signs of wear, at the edges, and the DJ paper is excellent with no … moreThere are only a few moderate signs of wear, at the edges, and the DJ paper is excellent with no stains, writing, or missing pages. The three volumes have been selected as a theme, offering three oversized volumes of high quality and natural interest. Bindings are firm, no tears, stains, or missing pages. Dust Jacket is included with appropriate volumes. less
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