Academy Editions, 1994. 1st. Hardcover. A sharp copy of the 1994 1st edition. Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Square quarto, 223 pgs. Just a touch of light soiling along the back panel of the dustjacket. More
New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1932. Decorative Cloth. A tight, very presentable copy of the 1932 stated 1st edition. Solid and VG in its dark boards, with bright gilt-design and lettering to the front panel. Light wear along the spine and its crown, light rubbing to the rear panel..... More
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1943. Cloth. The stated 2nd printing of this 1943 revised edition, including much new material not published in the 1932 1st edition. INSCRIBED BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT on the title page. Solid and VG+ to Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with..... More
New York and London: Longmans, Green and Company, 1933. Pictorial cloth. A very solid copy of the February 1933 2nd printing. Tight and VG+ in its flexible, wonderfully-designed oatmeal cloth, with a touch of very minor bubbling at the front panel and decorative bookplate to the front pastedown. Octavo, with..... More
Munich: Albert Langen/Georg Muller, 1954. Cloth. The 1954 1st German edition of Frank Lloyd Wright's "The Natural House". Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket, with very light wear along the edges. Crisp black-and-white plates throughout, translated from its original English into German by Jutta..... More
New York: William Farquhar Payson, 1932. Cloth. 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..... More
Hollywood, CA: The Fine Arts Society, 1923. Original wraps. Scarce 1923 Frank Lloyd Wright pamphlet, written on the heels of the September 1st, 1923 "Great Kanto Earthquake" in Japan. In the pamphlet Wright argues against centralization and the skyscraper, which he believed contributes to congestion and dangerous conditions, especially in..... More
New York: Horizon Press, 1967. Decorative Cloth. A bright, Near Fine to Fine copy of the 1967 1st edition. Folio, lovely color reproductions of the Japanese prints. In a sharp copy of the pictorial slipcase, with very mild splitting at the spine. More
Princeton University Press, 1931. Pictorial boards. A notably crisp, bright copy of the 1931 1st edition. Clean and easily Near Fine in its decorative boards, with just a touch of mild darkening at the spine crown and the slightest hint of abrading at the ront panel. Internally clean as could..... More
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1938. Pictorial wrappers. A bright, handsome copy of the 1938 catalogue of the exhibition at MoMA, New York. Clean and VG+ to Near Fine in its stapled, pictorial wrsppers, with just a touch of light wear along the spine. Crisp black-and-white photos, limited..... More
London: Lund Humphries & Co., 1939. Cloth. The 1939 1st edition, IN ITS UNCOMMON PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. Solid and VG+ (light foxing at the rear pastedown and rear endsheets) in a crisp, VG dustjacket, with light chipping along the tips and the spine ends, and mild soiling to the panels, with..... More
Winterthur and Munich: Verlag Buchdruckerei Winterthur A G und Verlag Hermann Rinn, 1952. A tight, solid copy of the 1952 1st edition, in its much less common hardback. Clean and Near Fine in its oatmeal cloth, with bright red-titling and design along the front panel. Tall quarto, crisp (mostly) black-and-white..... More
New York: Horizon Press, 1956. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT --IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION-- on the front free endpaper. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1956 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in its dark cloth, with a very thin band of light offsetting along the upper and lower edges..... More
University of Chicago Press, 1945. Cloth. A crisp, very solid copy of the 1945 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact ($4.00), VG+ dustjacket, with just a bit of light soiling and 2 very small closed tears along the rear panel's bottom and top-edges respectively. Quarto, "America's..... More
River Forest, Illinois: Auvergne Press, 1896. Frank Lloyd Wright. Half Calf. A deeply-personal Association copy of the 1896 1st edition of Frank Lloyd Wright's 1st published book, #37 OF ONLY 90 COPIES PRINTED. THIS COPY BELONGED TO FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S MOTHER, ANNA LLOYD WRIGHT, WHO SIGNED HER NAME ON THE..... More
Tokyo: A.D.A. Edita, 1984-1988. Cloth. An exhaustive, very attractive set on the works of Frank Lloyd Wright, spanning 1887-1959 and complete in 12 quarto volumes. All 12 volumes clean and Near Fine to Fine in bright, Near Fine to Fine dustjackets. Vols 1-8 are called "Monographs", Vols. 9-11 are called..... More
Stuttgart: Alexander Koch, 1952. Cloth. The 1952 1st edition, IN ITS UNCOMMON PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. Solid and VG+ in a bright, Good+ example of the fragile dustjacket, with creasing and light chipping at the panel edges (especially the rear panel's lower-edge), and several small closed tears along the edges as well..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1966. Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY FREDERICK KIESLER'S WIDOW LILLIAN KIESLER on the front free endpaper. A crisp, very well-preserved copy to boot of the 1966 stated 1st printing. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket, with several tiny chips..... More
Munich: Verlag F. Bruckmann, 1959. 1st. Cloth. A beautiful copy of the 1959 1st edition. Immaculate and Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, rich gravure photography thruout. More
New York: Architectural Book Publishing Co., 1930. Cloth. A tight, very presentable copy of the 1930 1st edition. Solid and VG+ in its dark cloth, with bright gilt-titling and design along the front panel and spine respectively. A bit of light wear and rubbing along the foot of the spine..... More
Milan: Ulrico Hoepli, 1936. Pictorial cloth. 1936 Italian architectural study of schools (kindergartens, outdoor elementary and middle schools). Solid and VG to VG+ in its green cloth, with fading along the spine and light bumping at the tips. Quarto, hundreds of black-and-white photos (and plans) throughout. Text exclusively in Italian..... More
Cleveland: J.H. Jansen, 1926. Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1926 1st edition. Clean and VG+ to Near Fine in its light-brown cloth, with light fading along the spine. Otherwise, clean as could be. Folio, hundreds of crisp, impressive black-and-white plates following Garrett Van Pelt's Introduction. More
Ocho Rios, Jamaica: Harmony Hall, 1983. Anghelen Arrington Phillips. Leatherette. SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR ANGHELEN ARRINGTON PHILLIPS on the dedication page and numbered in her hand #33 of 100 special copies of the 1983 limited --and 1st-- edition. Solid and VG+ in its dark leatherette, with bright gilt-design and titling..... More
Cambridge, MA: The MiT Press, 2002. 1st. Cloth. A sparkling copy of the 2002 1st edition. Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Thick octavo, 428 pgs. More
New York: William Helburn, 1930. Cloth. A tight, very sharp copy of the 1930 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Folio, "One Hundred and Four Measured Drawings, Fifty Five Photographs". Very presentable, truly a collector's copy. More
