Entire issue of The Architectural Forum dedicated to new and unpublished work by and about Frank Lloyd Wright.
The Architectural Forum/Time, 1938. Illustrated from photographs and diagrams throughout, numerous folding. 2, 102 pp. Metal spiral binding. Illustrated from photographs and diagrams throughout, numerous folding. 2, 102 pp.
First Edition of the Kahn Lectures, which lay out Wright's building philosophy in the period just prior to constructing many of the buildings which would cement his legacy.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1931. Illustrated with portrait frontispiece from photograph and 6 plates. [xii], 115 pp. [724.9 W93m]. First Edition. Publisher's color illustrated boards. Illustrated with portrait frontispiece from photograph and 6 plates. [xii], 115 pp. [724.9 W93m].
First Edition of this study of the architect's work between 1887-1941.
Duell, Sloan and Pearce: New York, 1942. Illustrated with color frontispiece from photograph of Taliesin, and 413 black & white illustrations from photographs, plans, drawings and sketches. xxxv, [1], 143 pp. First Edition. Publisher's red cloth lettered in silver. Illustrated with color frontispiece from photograph of Taliesin, and 413 black & white illustrations from photographs, plans, drawings and sketches. xxxv, [1], 143 pp. Collection of detailed prints illustrating fables on fine paper. Giorgio Fossati (1706-1778) was an architect and printmaker whose training shows here in his exceptional rendering of both realistic animals and detailed representations of baroque architecture. Rarely found complete.
Venezia [i.e. Venice]: Carlo Pecora, 1744. 6 volumes bound in 2. Illustrated with 216 engraved plates in several colors,including black, sanguine, gray, green, and bistre; additional woodcutillustrations in text. Period calf. 6 volumes bound in 2. Illustrated with 216 engraved plates in several colors,including black, sanguine, gray, green, and bistre; additional woodcutillustrations in text. Nicely illustrated reflection on Wright's more notable architecture.
Hamlyn: London, [1972]. Illustrated from photographs, many in color. 94 pp. Quarto. From the Twentieth-Century Masters Series. Publisher's black cloth lettered in silver, pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated from photographs, many in color. 94 pp. Quarto. From the Twentieth-Century Masters Series. Reprint of an early-20th century study of Angkor Wat (Tome II of the Mémoires Archéologiques, published in Paris by Les Éditions G. Van Oest, 1929-1932), with numerous illustrations. Unnumbered copy to match a limited edition of 999 copies. EXTRA SHIPPING CHARGES MAY APPLY.
Bangkok: SDI Publications/Bruce Miller, Publisher. 3 volumes. Extensively illustrated from photographs and sketches, many folding in the final volume. Folio. Publisher's black leatherette lettered in gilt, dust jackets, slipcase. 3 volumes. Extensively illustrated from photographs and sketches, many folding in the final volume. Folio.