Cool World is a Pop-Culture Smorgasbord! We never use stock images and we hand-check all of our books! 1953 First Edition, Horizon Press. Fair, price-clipped dust jacket (chipped and damaged) over a near fine red cloth book. Contains a remarkable inscription and original watercolor likely by Tucson watercolorist Gerry Peirce, gifted to renowned Arizona architect Arthur Brown. Merry Xmas / To Caroline and Arthur Brown from all the Peirces 1953. Research strongly supports that this Arthur Brown is the pioneering solar architect responsible for Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger’s home-after Frank Lloyd Wright turned down the project. This home later hosted the founding meeting of the Tucson Watercolor Guild, established by Gerry Peirce. This volume represents a rare nexus of mid-century architectural and artistic history-connecting FLW, solar architecture pioneer Arthur Brown, and watercolorist Gerry Peirce with Margaret Sanger’s historic residence. Cool World Pop Culture works hard to deliver exceptional products in a timely, professional manner.

The Future of Architecture. [4], 5-326, [2] pp. Quarter red cloth over white cloth boards with gold lettering on the spine. Dust jacket in excellent condition. Illustrated with a frontispiece photograph and several full-page and in-text black and white photographs of Wright’s buildings. A compendium of Frank Lloyd Wright’s statements on the field of architecture (collected from 1930 to 1953): its past, his contributions, and future directions for architecture in the 20th century. This is a like new book. I doubt it was ever opened or read.

Cool World is a Pop-Culture Smorgasbord! We never use stock images and we hand-check all of our books! 1953 1st Horizon Press edition. Fair, price-clipped damaged jacket over near fine book. Retains a fascinating gift inscription from Gerry and Priscilla Peirce to Caroline and Arthur Brown. Book has a watercolor painting and gift inscription on the front page that reads. Merry Xmas / To Caroline and Arthur Brown from all the Peirces 1953. Our research strongly suggests that. Arthur Brown is the notable Arizona architect who is known as “Tuscon’s pioneer of solar design, “. And that the watercolor painting on the frontpage is likely by the equally notable Tuscon watercolorist, Gerry Peirce. In 1948, Planned Parenthood founder, Margaret Sanger, wanted to have a house built and approached Wright to design it. Wright declined, lamenting the smallness of the project. She then approached Arthur Brown who designed her house which is now a registered building on the National Trust for Historic Preservation. In 1949, soon after the house was built, Margaret Sanger, a student of Gerry Pierce, hosted the first meeting of the Tuscon Watercolor Guild at that house. The Tuscon Watercolor Guild was founded by Gerry Peirce in 1947. So, this book, apparently bought new when it came out by Gerry Peirce and his wife, Priscilla, and gifted to Caroline and Arthur Brown seems to be either a joke amongst friends or a nod to Wright for providing Brown with what has become, in the end, one of Brown’s most significant buidlings. Perhaps it was at Sanger’s home that Peirce and Brown established their friendship. It would appear that this book represents the convergence of three of Tuscon Arizona’s most notable residents: Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sangert, the notable artist and founder of the Tuscon Watercolor Guild, Gerry Peirce, and Arthur Brown, one of the pioneers of environmental architecture. To Frank Lloyd Wright in a very specific and especially unusual way. Cool World Pop Culture. Works hard to deliver exceptional products in a timely, professional manner.

The Future of Architecture. First edition of Frank Lloyd Wright’s classic work. Internally, the book is totally clean; no stains, no markings. Original dust jacket is present but worn, slightly torn, see photos. This item is in the category “Books & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “budunarchivum” and is located in this country: HU. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Illustrator: Frank Lloyd Wright
• Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Illustrated
• Author: Frank Lloyd Wright
• Publisher: Horizon Press
• Topic: Architecture
• Subject: Art & Photography
• Original/Facsimile: Original