The Prodigious Builders by Bernard Rudofsky (1977) - Hardcover in Very Good Condition with Good Dust Jacket | Architecture History Book for Collectors & Design Enthusiasts

Rudofsky, Bernard, New York, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc., 1977, Very Good 4to, 9” x 9 ¾”, 383 pp.

ISBN: 0151930503 

Very Good quarto, red cloth over boards, silver lettering to spine, bumping to tips, sunning to page edges. Good black dust jacket with red and orange text to front cover, spine, and back cover, sunning, now protected in Mylar, edgewear, ¾” open tear to front top corner, 1 ¼” closed tear to back edge, designed by Robert Anthony, 383 pp. Over 100 black-and-white photos by Bernard Rudofsky along with diagrams and drawings. A first edition book about the beginnings of architecture across cultures and time, emphasizing what made the architectural innovations successful.