Franklin D. Israel: Buildings + Projects, 1992, SIGNED by Frank Gehry, Fine w/DJ

 Israel, Franklin D. Buildings + Projects  Franklin D. Israel, Frank O. Gehry, and Thomas S. Hines Publisher: Rizzoli, 1992. SIGNED by the author.

ISBN: 0847815382

A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket, SIGNED and INSCRIBED, 4to, 11 1/4" x 9." Black cloth-covered boards in a gray, black, and orange paper dust jacket. Color illustration on front panel. White lettering on black dust jacket spine. Covers pristine and intact, binding tight, sharp tips. Dust jacket has a few bumps to edges and light rubbing, else clean and intact. Dust jacket protected in a paper-backed mylar sleeve. Pages pristine and intact. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Franklin D. Israel on title page in black ink: "To Barbara & Oscar, your friendship & support helped to make this book a REALITY and I salute you, [signed] Frank, Dec. 1, 1992." Replete with printed photographs in black-and-white and color. 224 pp., including illustrations. Beautiful monograph featuring the work of Franklin D. Israel (1945-1996), an American architect best-known for designing residences and offices for film production companies in Los Angeles. He was one of the "Los Angeles Ten," an informal group of Los Angeles-based architects who worked during the 1980s and 1990s. Introduction by Frank O. Gehry. Essays by Thomas S. Hines and Franklin D. Israel.