Frank Lloyd Wright

By An Architectural Icon. By Frank Lloyd Wright. First edition of this “key text in the development of modern architecture” (Neil Levine), showcasing Frank Lloyd Wright’s strong aesthetics and opinions – in notably sharp condition. We may now see the dawining of a deeper insight than has for the past thirty years characterized so-called American Architecture. By that length of time American Architecture has been neither American nor Architecture. We have had instead merely a bad form of surface-decoration. This attractive publication was the result of Frank Lloyd Wright’s public lectures at Princeton, the second session of the Kahn Lecture Series. Architecture historian Neil Levine notes that MODERN ARCHITECTURE is “without a doubt the most historically significant outcome of the entire [Kahn] lecture series as well as being a signal event in the history of Wright’s career and its engagement with the modern movement in architecture” (xxii). This copy, with its vibrant Prairie School binding design, shows particularly well. Read more: Neil Levine, “Introduction, ” Modern Architecture: New Edition, lv. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1931. Full title: Modern Architecture: Being the Kahn Lectures for 1930 10.75” x 8.25”. Original color pictorial boards. Textual endpapers of Wright’s modern concepts concerning organic architecture. Black-and-white pictorial frontispiece with six black-and-white architectural illustrations. Binding with light edgewear, mild bumping to corners and spine ends; a bit of scuffing. Subtle warping to endpaper, frontispiece hinge a bit tender. Type Punch Matrix is a rare book firm founded by Rebecca Romney and Brian Cassidy. Between them, they bring over 30 years of experience in the antiquarian book trade. TPM sells a mixture of beloved classics and innovative texts from throughout print history, for collectors and institutions alike. Handpress and modern books, archives and manuscripts, letterpress and ephemera: TPM aims to make collecting both more accessible and more diverse, and believes in the mindful acquisition, preservation, and celebration of the materials of our literary cultures. Proud member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of American (ABAA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), and the International Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). We guarantee the accuracy and authenticity of all our listings. “First edition” always means first printing unless otherwise indicated. We pride ourselves on our packaging. All books are carefully packed to help ensure safe arrival in condition sent. Please contact is BEFORE PURCHASING for an exact quote. This listing was created by Bibliopolis. This item is in the category “Books & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “typepunchmatrix” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Author: Wright, Frank Lloyd
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Year Printed: 1931
• Special Attributes: 1st Edition
• Subject: Art & Photography
• Original/Facsimile: Original