Soleri, Paolo

Paolo Soleri, Arcology:The City in the Image of Man [1969 LARGE SPIRALBOUND TRUE 1ST EDITION - FINE]

MIT Press, 1969. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. MIT, 1969. Softcover in thick glossy card covers and plastic spiral binding. 1969 true 1st edition. Oversized paperback 24x14 inches. 122 pages filled with black and white illustrations and explanatory text from Soleri's notebooks throughout offering his vision of a new utopia mixing the natural and man-made worlds. Like Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks, Soleri's arcology brilliantly integrates ecology, art, architecture and engineering in novel and inspiring ways to offer his readers a new vision of man's place in the world. As Soleri himself states: "In the three-dimensional city, man defines a human ecology. In it he is a country dweller and metropolitan man in one. By it the inner and outer are at a 'skin' distance. He has made the city in his own image. Arcology: the city in the image of man." BOOK CONDITION: Near Fine; a solid, tight, clean copy with a firm, complete plastic spiral binding, covers showing light overall rubbing, a shallow crease to lower rear corner, light turning along edges of covers. Overall a highly collectible copy of the true 1st edition. Fine. Item #5549

Price: $850.00