Black Boy: A Record of Childhood and Youth (A Review Copy AND Eslanda Goode Robeson's Copy)
by Richard Wright
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1945. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. A handsome copy of the 1945 stated 1st edition. Solid and VG to VG+ (light rubbing along the spine) in a crisp, price-intact ($2.50), VG+ dustjacket, with very mild chipping at the spine crown. A Review Copy to boot, with the original 1945 Review Slip laid-in. This copy also is signed at the front pastedown by Eslanda Goode Robeson (1895-1965), Paul Robeson's wife and business manager.... Read More
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Lawd Today
by Richard Wright
New York: Walker and Company, 1963. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A wonderful Association copy: INSCRIBED BY RICHARD WRIGHT'S OLDEST DAUGHTER, JULIA, TO THE GREAT SINGER ELLA FITZGERALD on the front free endpaper. A lovely copy to boot of the 1963 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. "Lawd Today" was posthumously published, Richard Wright having died in 1960 at age 52.
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When Democracy Builds
by Frank Lloyd Wright
University of Chicago Press, 1945. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. A crisp, very solid copy of the 1945 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (one small former owner name written, small tag with the same name a little further down, both on the front free endpaper) 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 famous architect... Read More
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The Disappearing City
by Frank Lloyd Wright
New York: William Farquhar Payson, 1932. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good +. 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 panel edges. Still though, very presentable. Square octavo, signed on the front flap in light pencil by R. Hunter Middleton, a major figure in... Read More
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A New House on Bear Run Pennsylvania (Fallingwater)
by Frank Lloyd Wright
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1938. Pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. 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 to 3,000 copies.
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Modern Architecture: Being the Kahn Lectures for 1930
by Frank Lloyd Wright
Princeton University Press, 1931. Decorative Boards. Near Fine. A crisp, bright copy of the 1931 1st edition. Tight and VG+ to Near Fine in its decorative beige boards, with just a bit of very faint soiling at the panels. Internally, one discreet small name --and address and date-- at the front free endpaper (that of John M. Gaus {1894-1969}, Professor of Government at Harvard and "one of the founding fathers of the discipline of Public Administration" as well... Read More
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An Autobiography
by Frank Lloyd Wright
New York: Longmans, Green and Co, 1932. Decorative Cloth. Very Good +. 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, very mild offsetting at the front panel. Octavo, 371 pgs. of text plus copious black-and-white photos at the rear.
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The Story of the Tower: The Tree That Escaped the Crowded Forest
by Frank Lloyd Wright
New York: Horizon Press, 1956. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. 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. And in a bright, price-intact, VG to VG+ dustjacket, with a bit of light chipping along the spine crown and very minor creasing... Read More
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3 Signed Frank Lloyd Wright Letters -- All on Taliesin Stationery -- Plus a Lengthy Letter Written from Taliesin by Olgivanna Lloyd Wright (4 Letters in All)
by Frank Lloyd Wright
Letters. Very Good +. An impressive crop of 3 typed Frank Lloyd Wright letters, each written on original Taliesin stationery, 2 of the 3 including their accompanying Taliesin envelopes. All 3 letters are crisp and bright, one shows a bit of light soiling (glue residue) along the top and bottom. All 3 letters firmly signed by the great architect himself; all 3 are evenly folded, with neat, light creases. One of the letters is from 1933, one from... Read More
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Schumacher's Taliesin Line of Decorative Wallpapers
by Frank Lloyd Wright
Atlanta: Dwoskin Incorporated, 1950. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. Very uncommon Frank Lloyd Wright salesman's sample book of his own wallpaper designs, circa 1950. 26 original sheets of wallpaper samples, in addition to 5 leaves of texts and photos. Though the covers do show some inevitable wear --and slight bowing-- internally the book is clean, bright and, most surprisingly, complete. The colors to the textured patterns --the wallpaper samples-- are strong and vivid. Light spotting and soiling to the... Read More
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Experimenting with Human Lives
by Frank Lloyd Wright
Hollywood, CA: The Fine Arts Society, 1923. Original wraps. Very Good. 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 seismic zones. Pages are folded "Japanese style" in their stapled wrappers, the lettering printed in orange and black. This elusive pamphlet also paved the way for... Read More
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An Organic Architecture: The Architecture of Democracy
by Frank Lloyd Wright
London: Lund Humphries & Co, 1939. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. 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 a bit of streaking at the rear panel. Still though, very presentable. Quarto, illustrations including Taliesin Fellowship, Falling Water, The Ardmore Experiment, the Johnson... Read More
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Das Naturliche Haus
by Frank Lloyd Wright
Munich: Albert Langen/Georg Muller, 1954. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. 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 and Theodor Knust.
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An Autobiography
by Frank Lloyd Wright
New York and London: Longmans, Green and Company, 1933. Pictorial cloth. Very Good +. 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 dozens of crisp black-and-white photos at the rear.
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The Grizzly Bear: The Narrative of a Hunter-Naturalist -- Historical, Scientific and Adventurous
by William H. Wright
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913. Pictorial cloth. Near Fine. William H. Wright and J.B. Kerfoot. A bright, very sharp copy of this early 1913 reprint. Clean and Near Fine in its dark-green cloth, with crisp, completely unrubbed gilt-titling and vignette to the front panel and very light scuffing along the spine. One small, neat signature at the front pastedown. Octavo, 2 dozen black-and-white photographs complementing William Wright's text.
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4 Dadaist Artist's Books on Hats by the Wronkow Brothers
by Ludwig & George Wronkow
1970. Spiral bound. Very Good +. Ludwig & George Wronkow. (4) remarkable handmade artist's books by German-Jewish brothers Ludwig and George Wronkow, who emigrated to America ( to New York) in 1938 and 1941 respectively. The books resemble spiral-bound notebooks and each is filled with highly-skilled, obsessive drawings, watercolors and collages centered around hats. The 4 artist's books here offered include: 1) Viel Lärm um alte Hüte ("Much Ado about Old Hats"), 1970. Approximately 12" x 9", spiral... Read More
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Leaping Silver: Words and Pictures on the Atlantic Salmon by Lee Wulff
by Lee Wulff
New York: George W. Stewart, 1940. 1/4 leather. Very Good +. The 1940 signed/limited edition. #61 OF 540 COPIES ISSUED SIGNED BY LEE WULFF at the limitation. Solid and VG+ in its 1/4 leather over dark-green boards. A bit of light scuffing along the spine, mild offsetting at the inner hinges. Otherwise clean as could be. Generous black-and-white illustrations throughout, lovely mounted frontispiece in rich color. Also includes the publisher's fragile, light-blue card slipcase, which shows a bit... Read More
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Ipnotismo e Suggestione: Studio Critico
by W. Wundt
Milan: Remo Sandron, Editore, 1923. Original wraps. Very Good -. The 1923 1st Italian edition (translated from its original German by Leonardo Tucci) of this interesting study of hypnotism and auto-suggestion. Solid and VG- in its beige wrappers, with light chipping at the upper rear tips of the last 20 or so pages and the rear panel's upper tip (but not affecting the text, except lightly to the rear panel). 12mo, 112 pgs.
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What Will Be Has Always Been: The Words of Louis I. Kahn
by Richard Saul Wurman
New York: Rizzoli, 1986. Original wraps. Near Fine. An all-but-immaculate copy of the 1986 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in its printed wrappers, with just a touch of light wear at the front pastedown. Square quarto, a wonderful sampling of Louis Kahn's wonderful lectures and symposia.
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Kinston, Whitehall, Goldsboro (North Carolina) Expedition, December, 1862
by W.W. Howe, Editor
New York: W.W. Howe, 1890. Pictorial cloth. Very Good. The 1890 1st edition, in its duotone (blue and off-white) pictorial cloth. Solid and VG, with light spotting to the panels. Internally very clean, with no writing or markings to speak of. 16mo, 92 pgs. plus Index. A presentable, well-preserved copy.
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Wall Street and the Stock Markets: A Chronology (1644-1971)
by Peter Wyckoff
Philadelphia: Chilton Book Company, 1972. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1972 stated 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine (very light spotting along the top-edge) in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of very light soiling to the front panel. Octavo, 304 pgs.
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The White Company (In a Gorgeous Dustjacket)
by A. Conan Doyle (N.C. Wyeth)
New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1922. Pictorial boards. Very Good +/Very Good +. N.C. Wyeth. The 1922 1st thus, the 1st appearance of the N.C. Wyeth illustrations, and in a superb example of the uncommon pictorial dustjacket. Tight and VG+ (very light offsetting to the endsheets, a touch of mild rubbing at the front panel and light foxing along the fore-edge) in an especially crisp, easily VG+ dustjacket, with light spotting to the rear panel and the rear... Read More
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London: The Art of Georgian Building
by Dan Cruickshank and Peter Wyld
London: The Architectural Press Ltd, 1977. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. 1977 1st paperback edition. Clean, tight and VG+ in its pictorial wrappers. Tall quarto, 232 pgs.
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The First Book of Weather
by Rose Wyler
New York: Franklin Watts, Inc, 1956. Cloth. Very Good. Bernice Myers. The 1956 stated 1st edition of this charming entry in the wonderful Franklin Watts "The First Book of" series. Solid and VG in its gray pictorial cloth, with light foxing along the edges and the preliminaries. Neat former owner inscription as well at the front free endpaper and a faint, thin band of gum residue along the botom-dges. Still though, very presentable and magically illustrated throughout in... Read More
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A Bibliography of Printing
by E.C. Bigmore & C.W.H. Wyman
New Castle, DE and London: Oak Knoll Press & The British Library, 2001. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. An immaculate copy of the 2001 1st thus. Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. 1,048 pgs. all told.
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