Description
The first edition of Daniel H. Burnham: Architect, Planner Of Cities, by Charles Moore, published in 1921.
Quarto, xviii, 260pp, [2]; ix, 238p, [4]. Green cloth, title stamped in gilt on the spine, decorative embellishments on the front cover. Top edge gilt. Light offsetting to endpapers, toning to the occasional plate. Both volumes complete, with frontispiece portraits and 111 individual plates (many in color). Lacking the publisher’s slipcase. Both volumes include the publisher’s dust jacket, title on spine, light chipping at head and heel of the spine, very good examples.
Daniel Hudson Burnham (1846 – 1912) was an American architect and urban planner known for his influential role in shaping modern American cities. Based in Chicago, he co-founded the firm Burnham & Root and served as Director of Works for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. Burnham designed notable buildings such as the Flatiron Building in New York City and Union Station in Washington, D.C., and prepared major city plans for Chicago (1909), Washington, D.C., Manila, and Baguio in the Philippines. The recent novel, Devil In The White City by Erik Larson focused on the life of Burnham.
