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WENDINGEN ...THE LIFE-WORK OF THE AMERICAN ARCHITECT FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT...
by Wright, Frank Lloyd, et al
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Santport, Netherlands: C.A. Mees, 1925.. 165pp. (printed on alternate rectos and versos of conjugate leaves uncut at fore-edge). Oblong large quarto. Light tan linen, with gilt spine label designed by Wright. Profusely illustrated with drawings, photographs, etc. Cloth lightly foxed and dusty at extremities, a bit of shelfwear at crown and toe of spine, edge of spine label lifting a bit at corners on the lower cover, otherwise a very good copy. First edition, issue in book format, of the "first major publication of Wright's work after the 1910-11 volume" - Sweeney. Text by Wright appears, with an introduction by H. Th. Wijdeveld and contributions by others. The material appeared as seven consecutive issues of WENDINGEN, the organ of the Architectura et Amicitia group in Amsterdam, with typography and layout by the editor, printed by Enschede en Zonen. Copies were bound up in this format, without wrappers, for more permanent distribution in book form. A handsome and important publication. SWEENEY 165 & 168.
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCLIT88891
- Title
- WENDINGEN ...THE LIFE-WORK OF THE AMERICAN ARCHITECT FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT...
- Author
- Wright, Frank Lloyd, et al
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- C.A. Mees
- Place of Publication
- Santport, Netherlands
- Date Published
- 1925.
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William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB
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About William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization.
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- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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...
- 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...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
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