Hession, Jane King et al. — Ralph Rapson: Sixty Years of Modern Design

Afton, Minnesota, Afton Historical Society Press, 1999. Hardcover. Black cloth, black and gray and illus. 235 pp. BW illus. and drawings. pictorial dustjacket w/ plastic protective cover. From a college library. Due date slip has no removal stamps. Pages clean and bright. Photo is from a previous copy in our collection. Chronicles the life and work of Ralph Rapson (1914-2008), "the most influential Minnesota architect of the twentieth century.. In 1954 Rapson assumed leadership of the University of Minnesota's School of Architecture, beginning a thirty-year tenure that would transform not only the school itself but the standing of the design profession within the state." (dj) Includes chronology and selected bibliography, in addition to the many views of his projects. One of 3000 copies. VG- (ex-library w/ stamps to textblock edges, internal stamps, usual marks, etc. edge-wear to covers. dustjacket taped to back cover edges, tape to front cover detached.) .