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Lot 283

[ARCHITECTURE]. A group of 3 works, including: HOEBER, Frit...

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[ARCHITECTURE]. A group of 3 works, including: HOEBER, Fritz. Peter Behrens. Munich: Georg Muller and Eugen Rentsch, 1913. Folio. Frontispiece portrait, numerous in text illustrations from photographs. Original gilt?lettered brown cloth (spine gently sunned, joints starting). FIRST EDITION. ?? A Monograph of the Work of Mellor Meigs & Howe. New York: The Architectural Book Publishing Co., 1923. Folio. Numerous illustrations from photographs and plans. Later cloth gilt. Provenance: JAMES GAMBLE ROGERS? COPY (stamps on title?page and pastedown). A notable American architect, best known for his ?Collegiate Gothic? architecture including commissions at Yale University, Columbia University, Northwestern University, and elsewhere. FIRST EDITION. ?? MENDELSOHN, Erich. Amerika: Bilderbuch eines Architekten. Berlin: Rudolf Mosse Buchverlag, 1928. Folio. Numerous illustrations from photographs. Original cloth?backed printed boards (some light fraying at ends, covers toned, call number on spine). Second edition, enlarged. ?? Together, 3 works in 3 volumes, condition generally good.