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When Democracy Builds

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When Democracy Builds

by Wright, Frank Lloyd

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Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1945. First Edition, Third Printing. Cloth. Fine/very good. First edition of When Democracy Builds by Frank Lloyd Wright.. Octavo, x, 131pp. Brown cloth, title printed on spine. Stated "third impression" on copyright page. In publisher's dust jacket, $4.00 on front flap, a few closed tears, small chips to corners, faint shelf wear, small stain visible at bottom of verso. Complete with eleven illustrations. Previous ownership inscription and stamp by architectural engineer Robert Franklin Hutchinson on front free endpaper. (Sweeney 609). This is the revised and expanded version of The Disappearing City, originally written and published in 1932. Wright's illustrations and words "reflect the architect's continuing dissatisfaction with centralization and the economic basis of our society." (Sweeney 609).

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Title
When Democracy Builds
Author
Wright, Frank Lloyd
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First edition of When Democracy Builds by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Cloth
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Used - Fine
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First Edition, Third Printing
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Place of Publication
Chicago
Date Published
1945
Keywords
first edition Frank Lloyd Wright, When Democracy Builds Wright, first edition An Autobiography, First Edition An Autobiography Frank Lloyd Wright, Dust jacket An autobiography

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