Brownell, Baker and Wright, Frank Lloyd, Architecture and Modern Life with associated ephemera. Harper and Brothers, New York & London Stated Second Edition (1938). Hardcover with scarce wraparound geometric design dust jacket, 339 pages. Illustrated with many photographic plates, and also 6 folded newspaper/magazine articles related to Wright and architecture (1940s/50s) laid in. Midcentury design titan Frank Lloyd Wright collaborates with Baker Brownell from Northwestern to discuss architecture and society with such chapters as Architecture and Social Life, Some Aspects of the Past and Present of Architecture, Some Aspects of the Future of Architecture. Book very good with age toning to spine and endpapers, and some browning opposite small newspaper clipping laid in. Four leaf clover and fir branch also laid in. Former owners name in pencil with 1939 date on front endpaper, DC booksellers seal on rear endpaper. Dust jacket good minus with some loss to spine ends and edge tears, but still attractive and a rare survivor. The item “1938 Architecture and Modern Life Book Frank Lloyd Wright Brownell DJ + Ephemera” is in sale since Wednesday, October 27, 2021. This item is in the category “Books & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “avantgardebooks” and is located in San Marcos, California. This item can be shipped to United States.
- Year Printed: 1938
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Topic: Architecture
- Binding: Hardcover
- Author: Frank Lloyd Wright
- Subject: Americana
- Original/Facsimile: Original
- Publisher: Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication: New York
- Special Attributes: Dust Jacket