L.A. MODERN

Rizzoli, New York, 2008, 1st.  ISBN 978-0-8478-3067-1.  Hard cover, 248 pages including Acknowledgements.  Introduction by Nicolai Ouroussoff.  Very good; orange boards with title embossed on front board, silver lettering on spine.  Light edge, corner and spine end wear, a few small dings on edges.  Binding sound with headbands.  Dust jacket with price intact has light edge and cover wear with a few light impressions and scratches.  Book interior clean and unmarked; colour photographs throughout.  ‘Acclaimed architecture and design photographer Tim Street-Porter captures the best Modernist architecture of Los Angeles, from the seminal Neutra houses to the idiosyncratic structures by Frank Gehry.  With iconic buildings by Craig Ellwood, Pierre Koenig, John Lautner, Charles and Ray Eames, and Oscar Niemeyer, among others, L.A. Modern presents the full spectrum of Los Angeles modernism in gorgeous new color photography.’ (from front flap)