Racing Alone: A Visionary Architect's Quest for Houses Made with Earth and Fire

New York, NY: Harper & Row. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1983. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Er; INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the half-title page. The author has also inscribed a quote of Rumi and a translation of it in English on the same page. First Edition (1983) so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ DJ: The Book's binding is slightly cocked but remains secure; the text is clean; Cal-Earth Press sticker at the lower corner of the front free endpaper (for Cal-Earth see below). Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text.. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing a couple of flaws, little to no wear. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Close to 'As New'. The DJ shows a touch of wear to the extremities in general and a couple of tiny nicks at the head of the backstrip; a crease to the inside front flap; the price is intact. Attractive and intact. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo (8.5 x 5.75 X 0.95 inches). Language: English. Weight: 15 ounces. Hardback with DJ. Nader Khalili, an Iranian-born California architect and author, is the designer and innovator of the Geltaftan Earth-and-Fire System known as "ceramic houses" as well as the Superadobe building technologies. He received his education in Iran, Turkey, and the United States, and has been a licensed architect in California since 1970. In 1975, he closed his successful practice in the United States and Iran designing high-rise buildings and journeyed by motorcycle for five years through the Iranian desert, where he worked closely with local villagers to develop his earth architecture prototypes. His impressions have been collected in this book 'Racing Alone'. Mr. Khalili serves as a consultant to the United Nations and is a contributor to NASA on construction technologies for the moon and Mars. He is the founder and director of the Cal-Earth Institute, Geltaftan Foundation - dedicated to research and development in earth and space architecture technologies for the moon and Mars. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; viii, 241 pages; Signed by Author .