London The Architectural Press 1960

311pp with b/w photographs and line drawings throughout, plus striking full page colour prints. Open weave cloth vg in striking d/w, this slightly worn and chipped around edges. Preserved in glassine wrappers. Written, illustrated and designed by Le Corbusier, this volume surveys his life and work, from his days as a student to the 1960s. It explores le Corbusier's approach to the creative process, and is illustrated throughout with his sketches, several reproduced in vivid colour, as well as works of art, photographs of buildings etc which influenced his philosophy of architecture. A vivid insight into Corbusier's thought processes. Hard to find.