THE ARCHITECTURE OF JOHN F. STAUB: HOUSTON AND THE SOUTH.

Austin: University of Texas Press, 1979. xii,363pp. Index. Bibliography. Glossary. List of publications in Staub’s Architectural Library. Numerous photographs (some in color) and architectural drawings. Foreword by Vincent Scully. Chronological list of Staub’s works. Ribbon bookmark. Orangish cloth with black spine, title in gilt on spine. Publisher’s slipcase. First edition, limited edition of 200 numbered copies. SIGNED by Staub and the author. Sight oxidation to the gilt on the spine, else fine. Slipcase is fine. Staub was born in Knoxville, Tennessee on September 12, 1892. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Tennessee and his master’s degree in architecture from MIT in 1916. After graduation, Staub worked for Harrie T. Lindeberg in New York. In 1921 Lindeberg sent him to Texas to supervise three commissioned houses in the Shadeside neighborhood of Houston. Two years later Staub established his own practice in Houston. He designed 31 houses in River Oaks as well as homes in Beaumont, Dallas, Fort Worth, and Memphis Tennessee. His firm also designed buildings for the campuses at the University of Texas, University of Houston and Rice University. The author, a prominent architect in his own right, catalogs and provides commentary on a number of Staub’s homes including photographs, floor plans, and elevations. Enhanced by Scully’s comprehensive foreword.