ARCHITECTURE: MAN IN POSSESSION OF HIS EARTH

	Date: 1962 Publication: Architecture: Man in Possession of His Earth (Hard Cover - DJ) (Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York. Biography by Iovanna Lloyd Wright. Designer and editor Patricia Coyle Nicholson.) Authors: Wright, Frank Lloyd; Wright, Iovanna Lloyd Description: Is this Wright’s "last testament to the art he did so much to perfect", a "Memoir from a Master Builder" his "last book"? So claims the Publisher. "In this profusely and handsomely illustrated work Mr. Wright, characteristically original, explains architecture in terms of its basic, common materials. Each new material, as it was discovered or developed, came to be used in a different way... As he introduces the material - stone, brick, wood, glass, steel and concrete - Wright creates a vivid picture of the evolution of these materials, what they made possible for architecture, and the use he made of each." (Publisher’s description from dust jacket.)   Commentary: To answer the initial question, their descriptions are carefully crafted. But this is not the type of book Wright would produce. He didn’t, he had been dead for over three years. The book was designed and edited by Nicholson, so most likely the concept of the publisher and endorsed by Taliesin and Mrs. Wright. "We would like to express especial gratitude... to the many talented people of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation and the Taliesin Associated Architects. Their understanding assistance and knowledge have made possible... (Page 6). Original cover price $8.50 (Pre-Christmas), $10 there after. (First Edition) (Sweeney 1496) Size: 9.5 x 12.75 Pages: 128 1496.00.0998
	Date: 1962 Publication: Architecture: Man in Possession of His Earth (Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York.) Authors: Doubleday & Company Description: Brochure for ordering book. "Frank Lloyd Wright is generally considered the greatest architect of the twentieth century – the greatest architect that America has ever produced... Now Doubleday & Company offers a profusely and handsomely illustrated book Architecture: Man in Possession of His Earth which was Frank Lloyd Wright’s last testament to the art he did so much to perfect. In it he explains architecture in terms of its basic, common materials... As he introduces stone, brick, wood... Wright creates a vivid picture of the evolution of these materials, what they made possible for architecture, and how he used them. ...it is a demonstration by example of what Frank Lloyd Wright believed. Pre-Christmas Price $8.50 - Sells regularly at $10.00. Size: 8.5 x 11 Pages: 1 1496.02.0502
	Date: 1962 Title: Wright at 89. Circa 1956. Press photograph for "Architecture: Man in Possession of His Earth". Description: Includes three images. 1) V. C. Morris Gift Shop (S.310 - 1948). Caption on face below image; "Interior of Morris store, San Francisco (Maynard L. Parker)." Originally photographed in 1948. 2) Mr. And Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright in a horse draw carriage., circa 1956. Caption on face below image; "Mr. And Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright (John Engstead). 3) Rendering of the Pilgrim Congregational Church (Project 1958). Caption on face below image; "Architect’s rendering of Pilgrim Congregational Church – Redding, California." Caption pasted on verso; "Memoir from a Master Builder. Frank Lloyd Wright’s last book, "Architecture: Man in Possession of His Earth," explains architecture in terms of building materials (Doubleday, $5.95). Prefaced by a biography of the late architect by his daughter, Iovanna Lloyd Wright, the volume is illustrated throughout with sketches, renderings, and photographs. Picture Release Date: November 2, 1962. Book Release Date: November 9, 1962. From: Louise Thomas. Doubleday & Co., 575 Madison Ave., N.Y. 22, N.Y. MU8-5300.) Size: Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 1496.03.1210
	Date: 1963 Publication: Architecture: Man in Possession of His Earth (Hard Cover - DJ) (Published by Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., London, Made and printed in Great Britain by Henry Hildesley Ltd., London. Biography by Iovanna Lloyd Wright. Designer and editor Patricia Coyle Nicholson.) Authors: Wright, Frank Lloyd; Wright, Iovanna Lloyd Description: First published in 1962 by Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York. Exactly the same version as the U.S. edition with the exception of a new Dust Jacket. Is this Wright’s "last testament to the art he did so much to perfect", a "Memoir from a Master Builder" his "last book"? So claims the Publisher. "In this profusely and handsomely illustrated work Mr. Wright, characteristically original, explains architecture in terms of its basic, common materials. Each new material, as it was discovered or developed, came to be used in a different way... As he introduces the material - stone, brick, wood, glass, steel and concrete - Wright creates a vivid picture of the evolution of these materials, what they made possible for architecture, and the use he made of each." (Publisher’s description from dust jacket.)   Commentary: To answer the initial question, their descriptions are carefully crafted. But this is not the type of book Wright would produce. He didn’t, he had been dead for over three years. The book was designed and edited by Nicholson, so most likely the concept of the publisher and endorsed by Taliesin and Mrs. Wright. "We would like to express especial gratitude... to the many talented people of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation and the Taliesin Associated Architects. Their understanding assistance and knowledge have made possible... (Page 6). (First Edition) (Sweeney 1496) Size: 9.5 x 12.75 Pages: 128 1496.01.0200

 

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