Aluminum in Modern Architecture volumes I and II

Two volumes in silver slipcase

New York: Reynolds Metals Company, 1956. Two hardcover volumes. Volume one devoted to examples of modern architecture by Eero Saarinen, Gordon Bunshaft, Edgardo Contini, Mario Ciampi, Mies van der Rohe, Fred Severud, Marcel Breuer, Carl Koch, Jean Prouve, Buckminster Fuller, Water Gropius, Charles Goodman, L. L. Rado, Welton Beckett, Raphael Soriano, Philip Johnson, Bruce Goff, Richard Neutra, I. M. Pei, Craig Ellwood, Eduardo Catalano, Donald Barthelme, etc. Some of the architects provide some text on their approaches. Volume two is devoted to technical specifications of aluminum fittings. Slipcase worn.