AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY [wrapper title]... BOOK SIX BROADACRE CITY [caption title]
by Wright, Frank Lloyd
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[Spring Green, WI: Taliesin Press, Spring 1944].. 32pp. Oblong small quarto. Printed wrapper. Vertical crease from having been mailed, light tanning and minor nicks at edges, else a very nice copy of a fragile book. Denoted a "Revised Printer's Proof" of a chapter intended for the revised 1943 edition of AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY, but not included therein and distributed in this form by Taliesin. There was another printing, on newsprint, dated Summer 1943, featuring differences in text and typographic arrangement. Accompanied by a t.l.s., [Np], 27 Aug. 1950, from Wright's secretary, Eugene Masselink, forwarding this copy, along with some other Taliesin papers, to an inquiring party. Uncommon and fragile. OCLC locates six copies, all in North America, as opposed to well over thirty for the "Summer 1943" printing. SWEENEY 2049. OCLC: 3738363.
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- Title
- AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY [wrapper title]... BOOK SIX BROADACRE CITY [caption title]
- Author
- Wright, Frank Lloyd
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
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- Taliesin Press
- Place of Publication
- [Spring Green, WI
- Date Published
- Spring 1944].
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