The Disappearing City Wright, Frank Lloyd. First Edition Very good in a very good jacket, clipped, toned throughout, rubbed and bumped at the edges. Second state blue cloth binding with a pastedown matching the jacket design in the top-right corner of the front board, faded along the edges. Square and firmly bound, some marginalia throughout, most likely from Wilbert R. Hasbrouck, whose bookplate is affixed inside the front board. Hasbrouck was the executive director of the Illinois Council of the AMerican Institute of Architects, the publisher of The Prairie School Review, and restored many landmark buildings, including some of Wright’s. One of Wright’s more important works, his musings on the influence of machinery on modern urbanity. At times it reads more like scien. New York: William Farquhar Payson, 1932. Very good / very good. Very good in a very good jacket, clipped, toned throughout, rubbed and bumped at the edges. At times it reads more like science fiction than a work of architectural criticism. From the opening chapter: Notwithstanding, sporadic housing, slumming, and profit sharing to build him permanently into bondage as he stands, but for this involuntary war of mechanical factors he is all but helpless now, cursed by the primitive cave dwelling instinct: the shadow of the wall of the ancestral tribe. Based in the far northwest reaches of the Chicago suburbs, Carpetbagger Books specializes in literary fiction and modern firsts. We guarantee the condition of every book as it’s described. Generated by HammerPriced, custom listing services for booksellers. The item “Frank Lloyd Wright / Disappearing City 1932 Art First Edition” is in sale since Monday, September 17, 2018. This item is in the category “Books\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “vtgbooks” and is located in Woodstock, Illinois. This item can be shipped to United States.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Special Attributes: 1st Edition
- Author: Wright, Frank Lloyd
- Publisher: William Farquhar Payson
- Place of Publication: New York
- Year Printed: 1932
- Original/Facsimile: Original