American Apartment Houses of Today: Plans, Details, Exterior and Interiors of Modern City and Suburban Apartment Houses Throughout the United States
New York: Architectural Book Publishing Company, Inc., 1926. First Edition. Cloth. Fine / Very Good. Item #015328
Massive compendium of contemporary work in large apartment buildings, mostly in New York City but with examples from Chicago and other large cities. Sexton discusses the development of the apartment building type and illustrates it with work by virtually every major firm active at the time. Each example illustrated with photograph and typical floor plan. Sexton also discusses and illustrates details, interiors, and entrances. [Sexton later revised this edition, with a slightly different title, to include examples of the newest iteration of the building type, the apartment hotel.] First edition. 4to (31.5 x 23.5); pp. XLVII (in 3 sections throughout text), 268; hundreds of illustrations from photographs, drawings and plans, including futuristic frontispiece by Hugh Ferriss. A fine copy in original gilt-stamped blue cloth, in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $400.00