£30 - £50
(Signed Limited Edition) Joseph Urban Theatres 26/200, grey paper over boards with white embossed title to front board, split to joints with loss, board holding firm, ink owner signature to front pasted down Parker Morse Hooper (possibly the American architect), colour frontis, plates, soiling to the 'Opera Auditorium' plate, otherwise a vg copy, Theatre Arts, New York, 1929. The book is primarily a richly illustrated presentation of Urban's theatre work and his design thinking for several high-profile, often Art Deco-influenced theatres (Ziegfeld, Paramount, Metropolitan Opera, Reinhardt, Jewish Art Theatre, The Music Centre). Plates include exterior and interior views, decorative schemes, and floor plans. A very good copy. Provenance From the collection of Colin White (1927–2022) (see lot 1 for more information)
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