Architecture - Mendelsohn, Erich. Russia. Europe. America. An architectural cross-section. With numerous photographic illustrations. Berlin, R. Mosse 1929. 214 p., 5 pp. 33.5 x 24 cm. Original half cloth (front cover slightly dampstained, slightly dusty and stained, back cover slightly light-stained). First edition. - Heidtmann 6097 (6th edition) - Heiting/Jaeger, Autopsie I, 174 - Jaeger 733 - Parr/Badger I, 77 - "One of the most innovative photo books of the twenties." (Roland Jaeger). - The photographs by the architect Erich Mendelsohn, reproduced in copper gravure (Dr. Trenkler, Leipzig), show skyscrapers in New York, Chicago, Detroit and Buffalo, but also granaries, traffic buildings and street views, flanked by emphatic comments by the author. - The recordings were made in 1924 during Mendelsohn's trip to America, on which he was accompanied by Fritz Lang. One shot was taken by the director, who "later recorded his travel impressions ... ... in his main cinematic work 'Metropolis'" (Roland Jaeger). - A clean copy inside. VAT: *