Henry C. Trost: Architect of the Southwest
El Paso: El Paso Public Library Association, 1981. Item #013078
A monograph on the firm of Trost & Trost, working in Arizona, New Mexico, and Trans-Pecos Texas throughout the early part of the 20th century. Trost's work included houses, apartment buildings, commercial and government structures, and more that 250 school buildings and, according to the authors, "mastered virtually every architectural style current in the US from the 1880s to the 1920s," including Pueblo Indian forms and motifs, designing for an exacting environment he called "Arid America". Scarce. First edition. Oblong 4to; 154 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings; bibliography. A fine copy in a chipped dust jacket.
Price: $250.00