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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.
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.
Frank Lloyd Wright The Story Of The Tower Hardcover Dust Jacket 1st Edition 1956. This book is in good condition. The dust jacket does show wear and damage. Please view full condition in pictures. We try to take as many pictures as possible to show the true quality of the item. Hey, you found this book, so you should check out our other listings, too, as you might find something similar. Thanks for taking a look, let me know if you have any questions.
Frank Lloyd Wright The Story of the Tower. This book is in excellent condition featuring a few color prints and stunning photography. This item is in the category “Books & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “christaylvassa_0″ and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Language: English
- Special Attributes: Dust Jacket
- Author: Frank Lloyd Wright
- Publisher: Horizon
- Topic: Architecture
- Subject: Architecture
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. This item is in the category “Books & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “arkansasbob57″ and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Place of Publication: USA
- Language: English
- Special Attributes: Illustrated, Ex-Library, Dust Jacket, 1st Edition
- Author: Frank Lloyd Wright
- Publisher: Horizon
- Topic: Architecture
- Subject: monograph
- Original/Facsimile: Original
- Year Printed: 1956
The Story of the Tower. Author: Wright, Frank Lloyd Title: The Story of the Tower Publication: New York: Horizon Press, 1956 Edition: First Edition, First Printing. Description: First Edition, First Printing. Very Good, bound in full cloth. Owner ink stamp inside front cover, small ink smudge to base of front end page. A few weak pen marks to title page. No markings to text. Illustrated throughout in black and white. 4to, 11″h x 8 1/2″w. We offer Rare, Fine & Collectible books in service of the imagination, inspiration and human understanding. We are a “generalist” shop, with a burgeoning focus on psychology, philosophy, science, the fine and domestic arts, signed books, limited editions and materials related to various esoteric aesthetics. For our complete inventory of Rare, Collectible and otherwise worthwhile titles. This listing was created by Bibliopolis. This item is in the category “Books & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “evolvinglensbookseller33″ and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Wallis and Futuna, Gambia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Poland, Oman, Suriname, United Arab Emirates, Kenya, Argentina, Guinea-Bissau, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Bhutan, Senegal, Togo, Ireland, Qatar, Burundi, Netherlands, Slovakia, Slovenia, Equatorial Guinea, Thailand, Aruba, Sweden, Iceland, Macedonia, Belgium, Israel, Kuwait, Liechtenstein, Benin, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Italy, Swaziland, Tanzania, Pakistan, Burkina Faso, Panama, Singapore, Kyrgyzstan, Switzerland, Djibouti, Chile, China, Mali, Botswana, Republic of Croatia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Portugal, Malta, Tajikistan, Vietnam, Cayman Islands, Paraguay, Saint Helena, Cyprus, Seychelles, Rwanda, Bangladesh, Australia, Austria, Sri Lanka, Gabon Republic, Zimbabwe, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Norway, Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Kiribati, Turkmenistan, Grenada, Greece, Haiti, Greenland, Afghanistan, Montenegro, Mongolia, Nepal, Bahamas, Bahrain, United Kingdom, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Angola, Western Samoa, France, Mozambique, Namibia, Peru, Denmark, Guatemala, Solomon Islands, Vatican City State, Sierra Leone, Nauru, Anguilla, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Cameroon, Guyana, Azerbaijan Republic, Macau, Georgia, Tonga, San Marino, Eritrea, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Morocco, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Mauritania, Belize, Philippines, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Colombia, Spain, Estonia, Bermuda, Montserrat, Zambia, South Korea, Vanuatu, Ecuador, Albania, Ethiopia, Monaco, Niger, Laos, Ghana, Cape Verde Islands, Moldova, Madagascar, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Lebanon, Liberia, Bolivia, Maldives, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Central African Republic, Lesotho, Nigeria, Mauritius, Saint Lucia, Jordan, Guinea, Canada, Turks and Caicos Islands, Chad, Andorra, Romania, Costa Rica, India, Mexico, Serbia, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Lithuania, Trinidad and Tobago, Malawi, Nicaragua, Finland, Tunisia, Luxembourg, Uganda, Turkey, Germany, Egypt, Latvia, Jamaica, South Africa, Brunei Darussalam, Honduras.
- Author: Wright, Frank Lloyd
- Publisher: Horizon Press
- Year Printed: 1956
- Special Attributes: 1st Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Original/Facsimile: Original
The story of the tower. The tree that escaped the crowded forest. Author: Wright, Frank Lloyd Title: The story of the tower. The tree that escaped the crowded forest Publication: New York: Horizon Press, 1956. Description: First edition, small folio, pp. 130, [4]; illustrated throughout in black & white, 2 folding color plates; generally a fine copy in original black cloth stamped in red and gilt, dust jacket rubbed with a few short tears and nicks at extremities. This copy inscribed by Frank Lloyd Wright To Bill Davies at Taliesin / Frank Lloyd Wright / 57. Paul, Minnesota architect who studied with Wright. The Price Tower is a nineteen-story, 221-foot-high tower at 510 South Dewey Avenue in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. It was built in 1956 to a design by Frank Lloyd Wright. It is the only realized skyscraper by Wright, and is one of only two vertically oriented Wright structures extant. 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. This item is in the category “Books & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “rulonmillerbooks” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide., Denmark, Switzerland, New Zealand, Chile, China, Republic of Croatia, Indonesia, Portugal, Malta, Cyprus, Austria, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan, Bulgaria, Poland, Macau, Czech Republic, Norway, Canada, United Arab Emirates, Greece, Romania, Mexico, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Netherlands, Japan, Slovakia, Slovenia, Lithuania, Thailand, Bahrain, United Kingdom, Hungary, Sweden, Colombia, Spain, Estonia, Belgium, Kuwait, Finland, Luxembourg, South Korea, France, Germany, Latvia, Italy, Singapore, South Africa.
- Author: Wright, Frank Lloyd
- Publisher: Horizon Press
- Year Printed: 1956
- Special Attributes: 1st Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Subject: Americana
- Original/Facsimile: Original
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. This item is in the category “Books & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “arkansasbob57″ and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Place of Publication: USA
- Language: English
- Special Attributes: Illustrated, Ex-Library, Dust Jacket, 1st Edition
- Author: Frank Lloyd Wright
- Publisher: Horizon
- Topic: Architecture
- Subject: monograph
- Original/Facsimile: Original
- Year Printed: 1956