[Chicago Architecture] | The Architectural Work of Graham Anderson Probst & White, Chicago and Their Predecessors

[Chicago Architecture]

The Architectural Work of Graham Anderson Probst & White, Chicago and Their Predecessors D. H. Burnham & Co. and Graham Burnham & Co. London: B. T. Batsford, 1933

2 volumes, folio. Number 70 of 300 copies, 389 photogravure plates, drawings and diagrams, untrimmed; offsetting of plates onto facing pages. Brown morocco gilt by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, top edges gilt. Slipcases.

First edition, limited issue, number 70 of 300 copies signed by Ernest P. Graham, presented to Robert R. McCormick.

The architectural firm of Graham, Anderson, Probst & White was founded in 1912 as Graham, Burnham & Co. They were of immense importance to Chicago's skyline and are now inextricably bound to Chicago's architectural legacy. They are known for the Wrigley Building, the Merchandise Mart, Field Music, Civic Opera House, Chicago Fed, and many more iconic structures. Ernest P. Graham was co-founder of Graham, Anderson, Probst & White. In his obituary in The New York Times, he was called "one of the great builders of Chicago."

Robert R. McCormick was a member of the prominent McCormick family of Chicago and a notable newspaper magnate. He owned the Chicago Tribune, one of the most widely read newspapers in Chicago at the time. A staunch Republican and isolationist, McCormick used his newspaper to oppose the New Deal and later opposed the US army joining World War II.

A fine record of “one of the most prolific commercial architectural firms in the history of American architecture” (ANB).