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The House Beautiful in a Setting Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright (Frank Lloyd Wright's Mother's Copy!!)
by Frank Lloyd Wright (William C. Gannett)
- Used
- very good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
River Forest, Illinois: Auvergne Press, 1896. Half Calf. Very Good. Frank Lloyd Wright. A deeply-personal Association copy of the 1896 1st edition of Frank Lloyd Wright's 1st published book, #37 OF ONLY 90 COPIES PRINTED. THIS COPY BELONGED TO FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S MOTHER, ANNA LLOYD WRIGHT, WHO SIGNED HER NAME ON THE FIRST BLANK ENDPAPER AND ALSO INCLUDED A PRINTED, LAID-IN CARD. Small folio, original half-polished calf with gilt-line borders and green paper-covered sides; top-edge gilt. 55 pages. SIGNED BY BOTH FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT AND W.H. WINSLOW (one of Wright's most important early clients) at the limitation. "Printed by hand at the Auvergne Press in River Forest by William Herman Winslow and Frank Lloyd Wright during the winter months of the year eighteen hundred ninety six and seven". Though Wright did not write the text, this really has to be considered his first book as the page decorations were entirely designed by him; in addition, the volume incorporates a booklet sewn to the front endpaper which contains a series of twelve hand-printed collotypes of dried weeds from photographs made by Wright. (Wright himself considered this his first book and said so in a letter to the Boston bookseller Samuel R. Morrill, "The Turn of a Century", #141). It is a famous book, both in the history of Frank Lloyd Wright and as an outstanding American press book. This copy descended in the family of Maginel Wright Barney, Frank Lloyd Wright's youngest sister. Edges of covers are somewhat worn; corners have been restored. Rebacked in matching polished calf. Very light old water stain in lower gutter splaying out to lower blank margins of both rectos and versos; hardly noticeable. Preserved in a handsome, dark-green, custom-made clamshell box.
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- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21941
- Title
- The House Beautiful in a Setting Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright (Frank Lloyd Wright's Mother's Copy!!)
- Author
- Frank Lloyd Wright (William C. Gannett)
- Illustrator
- Frank Lloyd Wright
- Format/Binding
- Half Calf
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Auvergne Press
- Place of Publication
- River Forest, Illinois
- Date Published
- 1896
- Keywords
- rare Frank Loyd Wright, rare architecture, rare author's first books, rare first books, rare book design, rare American press books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture;
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About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
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Waccabuc, New York
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Glossary
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- A.N.
- The book is pristine and free of any defects, in the same condition as ...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Clamshell Box
- A protective box designed for storing and preserving a bound book or loose sheets. A clamshell box is hinged on one side, with...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Association Copy
- An association copy is a copy of a book which has been signed and inscribed by the author for a personal friend, colleague, or...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- 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,...
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