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YEAR TITLE AUTHOR DESCRIPTION PAGES ST# 1951 1951 Elements of Interior Design and Decoration (Hard Cover - DJ) (Published by J.B. Lippincott Company, Chicago, Philadelphia, New York) Whiton, Sherrill Influences of Wright and Sullivan. Includes references on Wright and one photograph of the living room at Taliesin by Stoller. Original HC List Price $7.50. (First Edition) Pp 335,386-8 0834.01.0201 1951 The Sovereignty of the Individual, In the Cause of Architecture. Preface to Ausgefuhrte Bauten und Entwurfe Published by Wasmuth Berlin 1910 Reprinted as Introduction to Exhibition Palazzo Strozzi Florence Italy 1951. (Soft Cover)
Frank Lloyd Wright I believe this to be part of the traveling exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture". (Printed in back) Note: Originally prepared for publication of the German monograph by Wasmuth, September 1910. Reprinted here May 1951 as preface to Italian Exhibition of my work, Palazzi, Florence, Italy, May 25, 1951. (Text varies slightly from the 1963 Horizon reprint.) Latest Sale Price $105.00 (1/2005). (First Edition) (Not listed in Sweeney) Pp 19 0834.02.1204 1952 1952 Frank Lloyd Wright / Sixty Years of Living Architecture (Hard Cover) (Published by Verlag Buchdruckerei Winterthur AG, Winterthur und Verlag Hermann Rinn, Munchen) Moser, Werner Cloth Edition (In German) (First Edition) (Sweeney 858) Pp 100 0858.00.0300 1952 Frank Lloyd Wright / Sixty Years of Living Architecture (Soft Cover) (Published by Verlag Buchdruckerei Winterthur AG, Winterthur) Moser, Werner Soft Cover Edition (In German) (First Edition) (Sweeney 858) Pp 100 0858.02.0602 1952 Frank Lloyd Wright: 60 Jabre Architektur (Soft Cover) (Publ. by Veranstalter: Ausstellungsleitung Munchen E.V. Haus Der Kunst) (Presented by the House of Kunst, a museum.) Kunst, Haus Der German catalog for the traveling exhibit "Sixty Years of Living Architec-ture." 16. Mai Bis 15. Juni 1952. (First Edition) (Sweeney 861) Pp 71 0861.00.0504 1952 Exposition de L’oeuvre de Frank Lloyd Wright (Soft Cover) (Published by Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris) Frank Lloyd Wright; Stonorov, Oskar French catalog for the traveling exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Paris. In French. (First Edition) (Sweeney 862) Pp 14 0862.00.0105 1952 Frank Lloyd Wright: L’Architecture Organique Regarde (Translation: Organic Architecture Looks at Modern Architecture) Frank Lloyd Wright A L'Occasion De L'Exposition De Son Oeuvre. A L’Ecole Des Beaux-Arts A Paris. (Translation: To the Occasion of the Exposition of His Work, to the School of the Fine Arts Paris.) February 1952. This article “Organic Architecture Looks at Modern Architecture” was published in Architectural Record, May 1952. 8.5 x 8.5. (First Edition) Pp 4 0862.01.0606 1952 Frank Lloyd Wright: Rotterdam Ahoy’-gebouw (Published by the Academie van Beeldende Kunsten en Technische) Wright, Frank Lloyd; Oud, J.J.P. Catalogue for the traveling exhibit “Sixty years of Living Architecture” in Rotterdam. Inside Cover: “To Holland” by Wright, June 1st, 1952. Also includes “fllw” by Oud. SC. Includes 13 photos and illustrations. 8.5 x 8.5 (First Edition) (Sweeney 863) Pp 24 0863.00.0306 1952 Taliesin Drawings: Recent Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright Selected from His Drawings (Soft Cover) (Published by Wittenborn, Schuyltz, Inc., New York, as the sixth volume of the series "Problems of Contemporary Art") Wright, Frank Lloyd; Comments by Kaufmann, Edgar Jr. "This small book is the first in over half a century to present the architecture of Wright as it emanates from Taliesin and Taliesin Wets in the forms of drawing. Among the 19 recent structures represented here, only eight have ever been published previously..." Includes 57 illustrations. Original SC List Price $2.50. (Two copies) (First Edition) (Sweeney 864) Pp 63 0864.00.0600 0864.00.0898 1952 Built in USA: Post war Architecture (Hard Cover) (Published by The Museum of Modern Art, Distributed by Simon & Schuster, New York) Hitchcock, Henry-Russell & Drexler, Arthur Three Chapters on Frank Lloyd Wright (First Edition) Pp 1-2, 17, 27-30,114-123 0869.01.1201 1952 Roots of Contemporary American Architecture (Hard Cover - DJ) (Published by Reinhold Publishing Corp., New York) Mumford, Lewis; Wright, Frank Lloyd 1) Ch. 16: "Nature as Architecture, The Bad Lands." Reprinted from Frank Lloyd Wright on Architecture, 1941, pages 191-199. 2) Ch. 20: "The Art and Craft of the Machine." Reprinted from Modern Architecture, 1931, pages 7-23. Originally delivered at Hull House, Chicago, in 1901. 3) Biographical Sketches: Frank Lloyd Wright. Original HC List Price $7.00. (First Edition) Pp 132-140, 169-185, 435-6 0869.03.0804 1953 1953 Frank Lloyd Wright At the National Institute of Art and Letters By the Recipient of the Gold Medal for Architecture May 27, 1953. (Soft Cover) Frank Lloyd Wright Two versions. I would say this is the first printing. Slightly different changes. Two Copies (First Edition) (Sweeney 911) Pp 6 0911.00.0904 0911.00.0305 1953 Frank Lloyd Wright: Small Exhibition of Organic Architecture (Soft Cover) Frank Lloyd Wright Two versions. I would say this is the second printing. At the National Institute of Art and Letters By the Recipient of the Gold Medal for Architecture May 27, 1953. An exhibit catalogue. (First Edition) (Sweeney 911) Pp 6 0911.01.1201 1953 Sixty Years of Living Architecture. The work of Frank Lloyd Wright. (Soft Cover) (Published by The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York) Frank Lloyd Wright The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. (Four copies) (First Edition) (Sweeney 912) Pp 36
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1953 The Future of Architecture (Hard Cover - DJ) (Published by Horizon Press, New York) Frank Lloyd Wright A collection of previously published work including "A Conversation with Hugh Downs" broadcast May 17, 1953; "Modern Architecture"; "Two Lectures"; "Architecture and Modern Life"; "An Organic Architecture"; "Organic Architecture". Red letter version and “220 West 42nd Street” address on dust jacket. Original HC List Price $7.50. 8.25 x 10.25. (First Edition) (Sweeney 913) Pp 326 0913.00.0100 1953 The Future of Architecture (Hard Cover - DJ) (Published by Horizon Press, New York) Frank Lloyd Wright Boxed set of three which also includes “The Natural House” and “The Living City”. Red letter version and “220 West 42nd Street” address on dust jacket. Original HC list price $7.50. 8.25 x 10.25. (First Edition) (Sweeney 913)
Pp 326 0913.00.0107 1953 The Future of Architecture (Hard Cover) (Published by Horizon Press, New York) Frank Lloyd Wright Original HC List Price $7.50. (First Edition) (Two Copies) (Sweeney 913) Pp 326 0913.02.0999 0913.04.0898 1953 The Future of Architecture (Hard Cover - Rebound by the Milwaukee Public Library) (Published by Horizon Press, New York) Frank Lloyd Wright Original HC List Price $7.50. (First Edition) (Sweeney 913) Pp 326 0913.03.0200 1953 The Future of Architecture (Hard Cover DJ) (Published by Bramhall House, A Division of Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., New York) Second Copy Frank Lloyd Wright Bramhall House published a less expensive edition. The only difference is that red square is missing. (Second Bramhall Edition) (Sweeney 913) Pp 326 0913.05.0205 1953 The Future of Architecture (Hard Cover) (Published by Bramhall House, A Division of Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., New York) Frank Lloyd Wright Bramhall House published a less expensive edition. The only difference is that red square is missing. (Second Bramhall Edition) (Sweeney 913) Pp 326 0913.05.0699 1953 The Usonian House: Sixty Years of Living Architecture (Soft Cover) (Published by The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York) Frank Lloyd Wright The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (First Edition) (Sweeney 913) Pp 10 0926.00.0600 1953 Florida Southern College, Lakeland: The Frank Lloyd Wright Campus. (Soft Cover) (Published by Florida Southern College) Florida Southern College Includes a reprinted article about the campus from the September 1952 Architectural Forum. (First Edition) (I believe this to be Sweeney 936) Pp 24 0936.00.0304 1954 1954 Sixty Years of Living Arch. The work of Frank Lloyd Wright. (Soft Cover) (Published by The Municipal Art Patrons and the Art Commission of Los Angeles, Los Angeles) Frank Lloyd Wright The Art Commission of Los Angeles (Sweeney 991) Pp 36 0991.00.1199 1954 The Natural House (Hard Cover - DJ) (Published by Horizon Press, New York) Frank Lloyd Wright Horizon did not indicate first or second edition, but made slight changes. On the cover, the first edition has a "54" in the corner of the red box. The first inside page has a large red square (5.5 x 5.5") with the words "Frank Lloyd Wright", a repeat of the dust jacket. The last page, adjacent to the inside back cover has a Credo in red. The second edition is missing these items. Original HC List Price $6.50. 2 Color Version. 8.25 x 10. (First Edition) (Sweeney 992) Pp 223 0992.00.0699 1954 The Natural House (Hard Cover - DJ) (Published by Horizon Press, New York) (Hard Cover DJ) Frank Lloyd Wright Not indicated as a second edition, but missing the Red items of the first. Boxed set of three which also includes “The Living City” and “The Future of Architecture”. “220 West 42nd Street” address on dust jacket. Original list price $7.50. 8.25 x 10.25. (Second Edition) (Sweeney 992)
Pp 223 0992.00.0107 1954 The Natural House (Hard Cover) (Published by Horizon Press, New York) Frank Lloyd Wright Original HC List Price $6.50. 8.25 x 10. (First Edition) (Sweeney 991) Pp 223 0992.00.0499 1954 The Natural House (Hard Cover) (Published by Bramhall House, A Division of Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., New York) Frank Lloyd Wright Bramhall House published a less expensive edition. The only difference is that red text is missing. 8.25 x 10. (First Bramhall Edition) (Sweeney 991) Pp 223 0992.01.0499 1954 The Natural House (Hard Cover - DJ) (Published by Bramhall House, A Division of Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., New York)
Wright, Frank Lloyd Bramhall House published a less expensive edition. The only difference is that red text is missing. 8.25 x 10. (Third Bramhall Edition) (Sweeney 991) Pp 223 0992.01.0205 1954 The Natural House (Soft Cover) (Published by New American Library, New York) Frank Lloyd Wright Original SC List Price $1.25. (Third Edition) (Sweeney 991) Pp 224 0992.03.0898 1940-1949 BACK TO TOP 1955-1959
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