One Man's Treasure...

This weekend's Printer's Row Book Fair in Chicago is a book lover's delight. Earlier today I ventured to South Dearborn Avenue to dig through used and new books, trying to weed the gems from the junk. I took home the following haul:

A View from the Campidoglio: Selected Essay 1953-1984 by Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown. The acclaimed architects doing what they do best, writing.

The National Register of Historic Places. The 1969 version, in my opinion a much better format than recent editions.

The WPA Guide to Illinois. The Federal Writers' project guide to 1930s Illinois, definitely outdated but with quality writing and depth missing in contemporary guides.

Human Figure in Motion by Eadward Muybridge. The photographer's unique documentation of movement, compiled from his classic 1887 collection Animal Locomotion.

UN Studio Fold by NAi Publishers. The most recent book on one of the Netherlands' most progressive architecture firms, headed by Ben van Berkel & Caroline Bos.

All tolled, I spent $28 on five books. Not bad for a Sunday morning.