Frank Lloyd Wright

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.