The Dinner Given to Cass Gilbert Architect by Frank W. Woolworth in the Woolworth Building April 24, 1913 (The Deluxe Edition + 2 Other Variant Editions)
New York: Munder-Thomsen Press, 1913. Cloth. The 1913 deluxe edition plus 2 variant editions. As to the deluxe edition, 2 tipped-in color renderings of the Woolworth Building, 7 portraits and a photogravure of the building by night. Octavo, original red cloth with gilt-titles, in the publisher's cardboard box and a laid-in bound copy of "The Seating Arrangements for the Dinner". For the other 2 copies, the one in blue boards includes a menu of the dinner, a list of the speakers and a matching blue card slipcase which contains the slim volume. And finally, another copy --an unembellished copy-- of the red cloth trade edition. All 3 editions are in lovely, easily Near Fine condition. The Woolworth Building, one of the oldest and most famous skyscrapers in New York City, was designed in Neo-Gothic style by Cass Gilbert (1859-1934), a leading American Beaux Arts architect. It was opened on the morning of April 24th, 1913 by President Wilson and cost 13.5 million --which Frank Woolworth paid in cash-- and was the tallest building in the world from its opening until the opening of the Chrysler Building in 1930. (The Woolworth Company owned the building until it was sold in 1998 for $155 million). Near Fine. Item #21599
Price: $500.00