Red cloth boards with Vaux's signature blind stamped on front board. Gilt spine lettering. Vaux, with Olmsted, was reponsible for the two seminal park designs in the U.S. -- Central Park in Manhattan and Prospect Park in Brooklyn. Beautifully produced book, well-illustrated. A great gift for an architect or planner. Faint stain along top edge does not affect interior pages. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.