NY: The Orion Press, 1964. First edition. xxxv, 241pp. Rust-red cloth; gray spine titles; dust jacket. About fine in a very good, unclipped jacket, lightly rubbed and soiled.
First English-language edition of the most widely appreciated book by French philosopher Gaston Bachelard (1884-1962), a phenomenological analysis of architecture placing particular emphasis on the personal and emotional resonances of lived-in spaces. Here translated into English by Maria Jolas, and with a foreword by Etienne Gilson.
