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The Story of the Tower. The Tree That Escaped the Crowded Forest.
by Wright, Frank Lloyd
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Horizon Press, 1956 First edition. Presentation, SIGNED by the author, "To Harry Riskes - Frank Lloyd Wright / 57" (Harry Riskes was a contractor working for Frank Lloyd Wright for many years). Also includes another presentation to Riskes from his colleague, John G. Phillips. Quarto. 134pp. Illustrated throughout with frontis portrait, photographs and plans, 2 folding color plates. Black cloth decorated and lettered in red and gilt. Tiny scar to center of inner rear hinge. A fine copy. Well-illustrated story of Wright's nineteen-story office and apartment skyscraper for the H. C. Price Company in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.. Signed by Author.
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- Bookseller
- Argonaut Book Shop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4772
- Title
- The Story of the Tower. The Tree That Escaped the Crowded Forest.
- Author
- Wright, Frank Lloyd
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Horizon Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- Architecture Frank Lloyd Wright Signed
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