City Planning Commission of Memphis, 1921. Original wraps. The uncommon 1921 original edition. Bright and VG+ in its printed beige wrappers, with small, neat former owner name and date (1922) at the front panel's top-edge. Otherwise, very clean. Quarto, crisp black-and-white photos, fold-out map ("Memphis Proposed Major Street System"). A...... More
Montclair, New Jersey: The Municipal Art Commission of Montclair, 1909. Boards. A crisp, very clean copy of the 1909 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its duotone boards. Internally pristine, with no writing or markings of any kind. Quarto, lovely black-and-white (and occasional color) photographs and plans throughout. "Report..... More
Pittsburgh: The Committee on City Planning, 1911. Cloth. A solid copy of the 1911 1st edition. Tight and VG in its russet cloth, with light soiling and spotting at the panels, and one small, neat name to the front pastedown. Quarto, large fold-out map in color ("Map of the Pittsburgh..... More
Pittsburgh: The Committee on City Planning, 1911. Original wraps. The uncommon prospectus preceding the offical 1911 report by Frederick Law Olmsted. Crisp and VG+ to Near Fine in its brown stapled wrappers. Quarto, 18 pgs. plus "Subject Index to Outlying Thoroughfare Improvements", "Number Index to Outlying Thoroughfare Improvements" AND the..... More
City Planning Commission of Milwaukee, 1916. Stapled wrappers. The uncommon 1916 1st edition. Solid and VG+ to Near Fine (small former owner name and date {1921} at the title page) in its stapled, printed wrappers. Quarto, crisp black-and-white photos and plans throughout. "A Report Submitted to the Wisconsin Chapter of..... More
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1948. Cloth. A presentable, tight copy of the 1948 1st edition. Solid and VG (light soiling to the panels) in a bright, VG- to VG dustjacket, with light chipping along the panel edges and the fore-edges, and more pronounced chipping at the rear panel's lower-tip..... More
1952. Letters. A 2 pg. Robert Moses typed letter signed, written on his personal stationary (with the Babylon, Long Island letterhead) and addressed to radio and theatre producer and director Day Tuttle. Moses here discusses the challenges and complexities of building on Fire Island and displays a firm grasp of..... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1939. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY ROBERT MOSES on the front free endpaper. A clean, solid copy to boot of the 1939 1st edition of this long lecture given at Harvard by Robert Moses as part of the Godkin Lectures. Tight and VG+ in its (fittingly) crimson..... More
