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Ausgeführte Bauten und Entwürfe von Frank Lloyd Wright (Completed Building and Designs of Frank Lloyd Wright) [The Wasmuth Portfolio]

Ausgeführte Bauten und Entwürfe von Frank Lloyd Wright (Completed Building and Designs of Frank Lloyd Wright) [The Wasmuth Portfolio] by WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD

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Title
Ausgeführte Bauten und Entwürfe von Frank Lloyd Wright (Completed Building and Designs of Frank Lloyd Wright) [The Wasmuth Portfolio]
Author
WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD
Seller
The Manhattan Rare Book Company (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth, 1910. First edition. Original boards. Very Good. RARE FIRST EDITION OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S MAGNIFICENT WASMUTH PORTFOLIO, COMPLETE WITH ALL 100 LARGE FOLIO PLATES. Known the world over as the Wasmuth portfolio, the immensely influential Ausgeführte Bauten und Entwürfe (1910) was a project conceived by Ernst Wasmuth-a Berlin publisher of high-end art books who "intended to publish a complete portfolio of Wright's work to that date [...] that would become a collector's item" (Secrest, Biography, p. 203). In contrast to the compact Frank Lloyd Wright: Ausgeführte Bauten, the Wasmuth portfolio is a grand expression of Wright's architectural vision, containing 100 lithographs of his most successful projects completed by 1910, including: Unity Temple, I.L.; the Robie House, I.L.; the Westcott House, O.H.; and the Cheney House, I.L. (the project on which he met his lover Mrs. Mamah Borthwick Cheney).The extraordinary portfolio showcased here presents an exceptional opportunity to own first-rate architectural drawings compiled by Wright himself and crafted in exquisite detail by Wasmuth.The Wasmuth portfolio is rare in any form, with many partial copies surviving today. Wasmuth produced only 650 copies, 500 of which were sent to Wright for circulation in the U.S. A fire on August 15, 1914, however, at Wright's home and studio, Taliesin, caused the destruction of over 400 of these copies, with Wright noting that only 30 damaged portfolios were salvaged. Thus, less than 200 copies are speculated to exist, fewer in fine or complete condition.Le Corbusier is one of the known owners of the portfolio, and its influence on twentieth-century European architects, namely Walter Gropius and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, was immediate. However, in addition to encapsulating Wright's burgeoning impact on the history of modern architecture, the portfolio captures a tender moment in Wright's life, sitting at the centre of his affair with Mrs. Cheney. The voyage to Germany to collaborate with Wasmuth offered Wright a glimpse at life with his newfound partner. Such joy, tragically, was short lived. The aforementioned Taliesin fire was in fact an act of arson, committed by one of the house's servants, that took the life of Mrs. Cheney, her two children as well as four others. Thus, any copy of the Wasmuth portfolio carries a deeply sentimental weight amidst a complex personal history.The portfolio includes 72 high-quality plates and 28 tissue overlays. Each plate and overlay is embossed in blind with "FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT" and a sigil of two squares one in another. The plates are printed on either a bright, eggshell-coloured paper or a darker paper that allows white highlights and darker shades to be added. Two plates (I: The Winslow Villa in River Forest, Illinois; and LXII: The Richard Bock Atelier in Oak Park, Illinois) are decadently lined in gold, adding a further dimension of depth to the drawings.Note: The text booklet is often lacking but is here present, though incomplete and in an unusual state, perhaps indicating a trial or unsold version. Containing an Introduction by Wright in German, but with pp. 1-4 as unfolded folio sheets, missing pages 5-16 (three sheets). The rest of the pamphlet folded in booklet form. With Index from pp. 21-30; Acknowledgement from Wright on p. 31; all in German. ALSO WITH (as an extra): Wright, Frank Lloyd. Ausgeführte Bauten. Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth, 1911. Often known as "Little Wasmuth" this small format edition was published after the large portfolio. With color frontispiece of Unity Temple and black and white illustrations throughout. Original stiff wrappers. Fragile front wrapper split and almost detached. Text in German. References:Anthony Alofsin, 'Wright, Frank Lloyd', in American National Biography, 24 vols (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999), XXIV, pp. 15-20.Meryle Secrest, Frank Lloyd Wright: A Biography (New York: Knopf, 1992).WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD. Ausgeführte Bauten und Entwürfe von Frank Lloyd Wright. Large oversized folio (25 x 16 inches) sheets (72 plates with 28 tissue overlays), housed as issued in two cloth folding cases with original ties (all but one attached). Text and plates loose as issued. Some general light wear to portfolio cases. One of the overlays (LVIII) detached, one small tear in another. Plates remarkably clean and extremely rare as such, since a significant percentage of extent copies have missing or damaged plates. The list of all plates is available upon inquiry.ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND INFLUENTIAL ARCHITECTURAL PUBLICATIONS OF THE 20TH CENTURY. RARE.
Routine, 1924

Routine, 1924

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Routine, 1924
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Baltimore: Published by the Senior Class, Johns Hopkins Hospital School for Nurses, 1924. 4to, pp. 111, [18]; illustrations throughout, blueprint floor plan, and 18 pages of advertisements, one in color, at the end; original gilt-stamped blue-black limp reversed calf, beginning to detach from boards, edges and corners bumped and worn; interior fine. This yearbook includes the list of students wounded, reported missing, and killed in action. Unknown print run. OCLC locates one copy in the United States, at the Maryland Historical Society Library; one other copy, located in Canada.
Petrarch: catalogue of the Petrarch collection in Cornell University Library. Introduction by Morris Bishop. Index by Laura Jennings

Petrarch: catalogue of the Petrarch collection in Cornell University Library. Introduction by Morris Bishop. Index by Laura Jennings

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Petrarch: catalogue of the Petrarch collection in Cornell University Library. Introduction by Morris Bishop. Index by Laura Jennings
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Rulon-Miller Books (United States)
Description
Millwood, New York: The Kraus-Thomson Organization, 1974. Large 4to, pp. 737; text printed in triple columns; contemporary green cloth, gilt spine, fine. From the Introduction: "The Cornell Petrarch Collection, and this catalogue, are the product of the character and purpose of the collector, Willard Fiske". Fiske (1831-1904) began sending his Dante collection to Cornell in 1893; his Icelandic and Petrarch collections would arrive in 1905, as per his will. A catalogue of the latter collection was originally published in 1916 by Oxford University Press; this new bibliography reflects the growth that the original collection has undergone over the course of several decades.
GEORGE STEVENS DIRECTING | THE MORE THE MERRIER (1943) BTS photo

GEORGE STEVENS DIRECTING | THE MORE THE MERRIER (1943) BTS photo by Columbia

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GEORGE STEVENS DIRECTING | THE MORE THE MERRIER (1943) BTS photo
Author
Columbia
Seller
Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition
About Fine
Description
Columbia. No binding. About Fine. Los Angeles: Columbia, 1943. Vintage original 8 x 10" (20 x 25 cm) black-and-white glossy silver gelatin photo. Attached paper informational blurb on verso, about fine. Director George Stevens, a noted cameraman as well, sits in the cameraman's chair as he works out a scene with the technical crew. It appears to be cinematographer Ted Tetzlaff with him. The 1943 comedy starred Jean Arthur and Joel McCrea.
THE RESIDENT STRANGER (Juniper Book 12)

THE RESIDENT STRANGER (Juniper Book 12) by ELLIOTT, Harley

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THE RESIDENT STRANGER (Juniper Book 12)
Author
ELLIOTT, Harley
Seller
Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition
Very good +.
Description
[La Crosse, WI?]: Juniper Press, 1970. Very good +.. Verse collection from this Midwest poetry press. Wraps. 8vo. Saddle-stapled pictorial wraps. Very good plus to near fine. Light toning to wraps. Interior clean throughout. 21pp.

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