first edition Cloth
1928 · New York and London
by Edited by Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. and Theodora Kimball
New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good -. Vol. II only (complete unto itself) of this epic 2 vol. examination of the life and work of almost certainly America's greatest landscape architect of the 19th century, Frerderick Law Olmsted. A solid, very presentable copy of the 1928 1st edition, Vol. II focusing largely on Olmsted's seminal role in the design of Central Park. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, VG to VG+ dustjacket, with a bit of light rubbing and light soiling to the panels, and very mild wear at the tips and the spine crown. Thick octavo, almost 30 illustrations supplementing the text, large fold-out map at (truncated)
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