The Marseille Block

London: The Harvill Press, 1953.

First edition in English, translated by Geoffrey Sainsbury from the French 'L'Unité D'Habitation de Marseille'. Quarto (11 x 8.5 ins) pp 72; 74 illustrations mostly b/w photographs + centrefold blue print layout of the site. Original cloth with the pictorial dust-jacket, very slightly finger rubbed at head of the backstrip. A near fine copy. The story of the conception and building of a 17-story structure in Marseille that houses 1,500 people along with shops and associated open spaces. The book contains illustrations of the block at every stage including cross sections, ground plans, diagrams and photographs