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Architecture, Graphics, Design and Fashion

Theaters and Motion Picture Houses

Meloy, S. Arthur
New York: Architects Supply and Publishing Co., 1916.

8vo.; illustrated with photographic frontispiece and line drawings throughout; faint foxing to endpapers; green cloth boards stamped in black; spine worn and frayed; very good plus.

First edition of 2,000 copies. A practical treatise on the proper planning and construction of such buildings containing useful suggestions, rules and data for the benefit of architects, prospective owners, etc. It was an influential publication in an era when the first of the country’s grand old movie theaters were being built.

$650


Theaters and Motion Picture Houses