Herbert Jacobs FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT: AMERICA’S GREATEST ARCHITECT 1st Edition 1st Printing Hardcover New York Harcourt, Brace & World 1965 Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Owner name printed on FEP. 1 inch open tear at bottom of rear panel.
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Author: Wright, Frank Lloyd Title: The Disappearing City Publication: William Farquahar Payson, 1932 Edition: First Edition. Description: First Edition, First Printing. Published by William Farquahar Payson, 1932. Green cloth boards stamped in black. Signed and inscribed on half-title page by Frank Lloyd Wright to Walter V. Davidson (who is mentioned twice in this book). Has a pencil notation on flyleaf that notes “see page 61 & 65″ where Davidson is mentioned. Book is very good with light wear along edges/corners. Has scarce dust jacket which is in good condition. Has stains and chips/tears with a 2 X 1 inch piece missing at front bottom edge. Interior has been professionally mended. A landmark Frank Lloyd Wright title with the original dust jacket, signed and inscribed. All books come with free bookmarks. Collections – Libraries – Estates – Individual Titles. Message us if you have books to sell! This listing was created by Bibliopolis.
Author: Frank Lloyd Wright Title: The Disappearing City Publication: New York: William Farquhar Payson, 1932. The 1932 1st edition, 1st issue (in its dark green cloth). Solid and VG-, with light scratching and wear to the pictorial panels. Mild abrading as well along the fore-edges and offsetting to the inner hinges. Still though, quite presentable. Square quarto, lacking its dustjacket. We offer an eclectic selection, specializing in childrens, art, photography, literature, history, chess, sports and more. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America (ABAA) and we stand behind what we offer for sale. We leave feedback for buyers once they have posted feedback for us. We work hard to keep buyers happy and to resolve the rare problem promptly. This listing was created by Bibliopolis.
The Life-Work of the American Architect Frank Lloyd Wright with Contributions by Frank Lloyd Wright. An introduction by Architect H. Wijdeveld and many articles by famous European architects and American writers. Including an introduction written for this edition by Mrs.
The Japanese Print An Interpretation. Author: Wright, Frank Lloyd Title: The Japanese Print An Interpretation Publication: New York: Horizon, 1967 Edition: First edition. Thirty-two color plates, the last is an extended gate-fold. Wright, not shy with hyperbole, waxes rapturous when describing his own experience with the Japanese print: The print is more autobiographical than you can imagine. If Japanese prints were to be deducted from my education I don’t know what direction the whole may have taken. White cloth, red square inset front cover. Subject: Architecture, Oriental Art, Prints. Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America. International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. Members, specializing in General Antiquarian, Book Arts, Architecture, Literature, Travel and Natural History. This listing was created by Bibliopolis.
The Story Of The Tower. The Tree That Escaped the Crowded Forest. 1956 Horizon Press First Edition 1. Printing hardcover with jacket. The Price Tower in Bartlesville, Oklahoma is an innovative building that changed the horizon of the Oklahoma prairie and the world of architecture. The tower was constructed for the H. Price Company as its world headquarters. The Price Tower is Frank Lloyd Wright’s only realized skyscraper. Wright took his inspiration for the cantilevered design from a tree. In fact, the Price Tower has been called the tree that escaped the crowded forest. Wright wrote this book, The Story of the Tower, documenting the Price Tower and its construction.
Author: Frank Lloyd Wright Title: The Disappearing City Publication: New York: William Farquhar Payson, 1932. A very solid copy of the 1932 1st edition, in its uncommon pictorial dustjacket. Tight and VG (fading along the spine, light offsetting at the rear panel) in a crisp, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket, with several tiny chips and small closed tears along the panel edges. Still though, very presentable. Square octavo, signed on the front flap in light pencil by R. Hunter Middleton, a major figure in modern American typographic history. Middleton was the director of Typeface Design for the Ludlow Typography Company from 1933 until the 1970s and was also a printer, calligrapher and book designer. Very Good / Very Good +. We offer an eclectic selection, specializing in childrens, art, photography, literature, history, chess, sports and more. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America (ABAA) and we stand behind what we offer for sale. We leave feedback for buyers once they have posted feedback for us. We work hard to keep buyers happy and to resolve the rare problem promptly. This listing was created by Bibliopolis.
The Industrial Revolution Runs Away (New York: Horizon Press, 1969). Limited Edition, number 293 of 1250 copies. Very good hardcover in very good slipcase. Rubbing to red square on cover. Includes Wright’s handwritten revisions to the Disappearing City with the new text presented on facing pages.
Author: Wright, Frank Lloyd Title: The natural house Publication: New York: Horizon Press, 1954. Description: First edition, 4to, pp. 223, [1]; portrait frontispiece, approximately 100 illustrations and plans throughout the text; fine copy in an intact, but worn dust jacket. The binding is in the first state with “54″ after Wright’s facsimile signature on the front board. Inscribed by Wright in the small red box under his frontispiece portrait, To Bill Davies / Frank Lloyd Wright / 57. The inscription likely made at Taliesin. Paul Minnesota architect who studied with Wright. Rulon-Miller Books buys and sells rare, fine and unusual books in many fields, with an emphasis on language, early and unusual printing, voyages and travel, archives, and appraisal services. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America (ABAA). All books are guaranteed genuine as described, and are returnable for any reason during the two weeks after receipt. We leave feedback for buyers once they have posted feedback for us. We work hard to keep buyers happy and to resolve the rare problem promptly. This listing was created by Bibliopolis.
The Story of the Tower. Author: WRIGHT, Frank Lloyd Title: The Story of the Tower Publication: New York: Horizon Press, 1956. Description: First edition and first printing. A look at the Price tower in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Includes 130 illustrations of which 6 are in color. A clean near fine copy with some slight offsetting to the endpapers from a vintage dust jacket in a very good dust jacket that has some chips, tears, and wear. Still, a solid copy of this seemingly uncommon book. We specialize in Used and Rare Photography Monographs and Modern First Editions. We have a wide selection of Art, Architecture, Design, Poetry, Drama, Literary Broadsides, and Art and Photo Periodicals. We are members of the ABAA and ILAB. INTERNATIONAL BUYERS PLEASE NOTE. We do not mark merchandise values below value or mark items as “gifts”. US and International government regulations prohibit such behavior. Priority rate is available when we invoice you. We leave feedback for buyers once they have posted feedback for us. We work hard to keep buyers happy and to resolve the rare problem promptly. This listing was created by Bibliopolis.