Nuova Architettura Italiana (signed by architect Russell S. Walcott)

First Edition. Signed by architect Russell S. Walcott, and with Tryon architect Holland Brady's distinctive book label on front free endpaper. Very scarce. Near fine in original grey cloth. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white reproductions of photographs. Text in Italian. Extensive survey of early modernist Italian architecture, drawn from the Architecture Exhibit of the VI Triennale di Milano, edited by Italian architect, journalist, and art critic Agnoldomenico Pica, and published by Ulrico Hoepli in Milan in 1936. Includes residential and commercial projects by Gio Ponti, Ettore Sottsass, Giuseppe Pagano, Giovanni Michelucci, Gaetano Minnucci, Piero Portaluppi, Pier Giulio Magistretti, Unberto Cuzzi, Giuseppe Terragni, Franco Albini, Luciano Baldessari, Vito Latis, Alberto Sartoris, Guigi Vietti, Pier Luigi Nervi, Cesare Valle, Gabrielle Mucchi, Ignazio Gardella, Guido Frette, and a host of others. All told, 120 building projects by 130 architects with 650 black-and-white photographs and plans. With biographies represented architects. Short, square quarto. 412 pp. A great copy.