Creation is a Patient Search.

New York, NY Frederick A. Praeger, 1960. Hardcover First Edition USA (1960); Second Printing (1966). Very Good+: shows a hint of spine lean; just a touch of wear to the extremities; the faintest coffee ring at the front panel;a small, faint smudge to the bottom edge of the text block the binding is secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A carefully used copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing the mildest wear and a couple of minor cosmetic flaws. Not far from "As New". NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 4to. (11.25 x 9 x 0.95 inches). 311 pages. Profusely illustrated with duotone photographs, drawings, designs, offset reproductions of Le Corbusier's art and architecture, including architectural plans, and maps. Contains one-color offset reproduction of his art and his studio, and a two-color lithograph in very good condition, entitled "The tasks of the engineer / The tasks of the architects," at the end of the text. Translated by James Palmes. Introductiion by Maurice Jardot. Language: English. Weight: 53.5 ounces. Grey buckram over boards with a reproduction of a Le Corbusier sketch in black at the front panel and back titles at the backstrip. First Edition USA (1960); Second Printing (1966). Hardback: Lacks DJ. The artistic essence, the creative philosophy, and the range of genius of one of this century's titans of art and architecture. In a masterly exposition of the creative process, Le Corbusier surveys his own artistic development from his early days as an art student to the completion of his latest building, the convent a La Tourette, France.