'The Years of Olmsted, Vaux & Company, 1865-1874' documents one of the most productive periods of Olmsted's career. During these years he and Vaux created their classic design for Prospect Park in Brooklyn, drew up plans for Riverside and Morningside parks in Manhattan, and designed Chicago's South Park. Its rich assortment of documents will be of interest to historians, landscape architects, urban planners, and anyone concerned with the roots of modern America. 'The Olmsted Papers project is supported by the Andrew W. ...
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'The Years of Olmsted, Vaux & Company, 1865-1874' documents one of the most productive periods of Olmsted's career. During these years he and Vaux created their classic design for Prospect Park in Brooklyn, drew up plans for Riverside and Morningside parks in Manhattan, and designed Chicago's South Park. Its rich assortment of documents will be of interest to historians, landscape architects, urban planners, and anyone concerned with the roots of modern America. 'The Olmsted Papers project is supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, and is sponsored by The American University.'
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Good. Signed Copy First edition copy. Collectible-Good. Acceptable dust jacket. Vol. 5. Inscribed by author on front endpage. Signed, handwritten card laid in. (landscape architects, correspondence, biographies) NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
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Very Good in a Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is moderately edgeworn with a few small chips along the spine area of the jacket (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards; Clean textblock edges; Gift inscription to the first endpaper, otherwise the endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium Format (8.5"-9.75" tall); Tan dust jacket with title in black lettering over light brown cloth-covered boards; 1990, Johns Hopkins University Press; 848 pages; "The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted: The California Frontier, 1863-1865 (Volume 5), " by Frederick Law Olmsted.
