Second edition, second printing of the trade paperback edition of Reyner Banham’s Theory and Design in the First Machine Age, published in 1970 by Praeger. 8vo, printed wrappers, 338 pages, b/w illustrations. One of the indispensable texts of twentieth-century architectural criticism, Banham's influential reassessment of Futurism, Constructivism, Expressionism, and the ideological foundations of Modern architecture fundamentally reshaped postwar scholarship and remains among the canonical histories of the Modern Movement.
An exceptional scholar's copy, signed by Banham beneath his printed name on the title page, "with best wishes." Above appears the ownership inscription of Carol Herselle Krinsky, dated "April, 1972." Krinsky, an important architectural historian and later professor of architectural history, was both a colleague and friend of Banham during a formative period in her academic career. More than a simple association copy, the volume contains extensive contemporary pencil underlining and marginal commentary throughout by Krinsky, documenting her close reading of Banham's arguments, likely close to the time of presentation. Her annotations cross-reference Bruno Taut, Max Berg, Mies van der Rohe, Giedion, Scheerbart, Constructivism, Elementarism, and related historiographical questions, frequently qualifying or expanding Banham's interpretations. The result is an unusually revealing record of scholarly engagement between two important figures in twentieth-century architectural history.
A significant and uncommon association copy preserving an active scholarly dialogue within one of the foundational texts of modern architectural historiography. Slight leaning and cracking to spine. Light bumping and rubbing to extremities.
Second edition, second printing of the trade paperback edition of Reyner Banham’s Theory and Design in the First Machine Age, published in 1970 by Praeger. 8vo, printed wrappers, 338 pages, b/w illustrations. One of the indispensable texts of twentieth-century architectural criticism, Banham's influential reassessment of Futurism, Constructivism, Expressionism, and the ideological foundations of Modern architecture fundamentally reshaped postwar scholarship and remains among the canonical histories of the Modern Movement.
An exceptional scholar's copy, signed by Banham beneath his printed name on the title page, "with best wishes." Above appears the ownership inscription of Carol Herselle Krinsky, dated "April, 1972." Krinsky, an important architectural historian and later professor of architectural history, was both a colleague and friend of Banham during a formative period in her academic career. More than a simple association copy, the volume contains extensive contemporary pencil underlining and marginal commentary throughout by Krinsky, documenting her close reading of Banham's arguments, likely close to the time of presentation. Her annotations cross-reference Bruno Taut, Max Berg, Mies van der Rohe, Giedion, Scheerbart, Constructivism, Elementarism, and related historiographical questions, frequently qualifying or expanding Banham's interpretations. The result is an unusually revealing record of scholarly engagement between two important figures in twentieth-century architectural history.
A significant and uncommon association copy preserving an active scholarly dialogue within one of the foundational texts of modern architectural historiography. Slight leaning and cracking to spine. Light bumping and rubbing to extremities.
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