Nine Chains to the Moon.
by Fuller, R. Buckminster
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1938. First edition of Fuller's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his sister on the front pastedown, "To Rog and K With dearest love Bucky." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. An exceptional association. The title of this book was chosen "to encourage and stimulate the broadest attitude toward thought... If, in imagination, all of the people of the world were to stand upon one another's shoulders, they would make nine complete chains between the earth and the moon. If it is not so far to the moon, then it is not so far to the limits - whatever, whenever, or wherever they may be." The only limits to our thinking, then, should be the limits of the universe itself. In Nine Chains to the Moon R. Buckminster Fuller takes up his own challenge and brilliantly displays the unique daring of his ideas. In the course of his analysis he makes us question our commonly-accepted notions of Euclidian geometry, "good" architecture, classical solutions to economic problems, and even our use of words. It is this kind of courageous thinking that led Fuller to his invention of the Geodesic dome and the formulation of his comprehensive anticipatory design science.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 124952
- Title
- Nine Chains to the Moon.
- Author
- Fuller, R. Buckminster
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J.B. Lippincott Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- Fuller Signed First Edition, Nine Chains To The Moon First Edition
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography and Autobiography;
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Raptis Rare Books
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Palm Beach, Florida
About Raptis Rare Books
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Inscribed
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- Fine
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Association Copy
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