A Testament
by Wright, Frank Lloyd
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Horizon Press, 1957. Cream buckram cloth (hardcover) in mylar protected dust-jacket, Titles embossed in red and black, signature embossed red square on front board, (12.25 x 9.25 inches). First Edition / First Printing, with no other printings indicated. 256 pages; illustrated with 210 photographs, plans and drawings, including four page fold-out of Mile-High Skyscraper City. In this one of his last published works, Wright "illuminates with wisdom and imaginative vitality the very issues of modern life fundamental to our existence." An exceptionally clean, tight copy in unclipped jacket showing some light wear heaviest at extremities.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Folio.
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- Bookseller
- Books & Bidders, Antiquarian Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005162
- Title
- A Testament
- Author
- Wright, Frank Lloyd
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Horizon Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- American Architecture
- Size
- Folio
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Cleveland, Ohio
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- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...