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Fallingwater Rising; Frank Lloyd Wright, E. J. Kaufmann, and America's Most Extraordinary House (Signed copy)

Fallingwater Rising; Frank Lloyd Wright, E. J. Kaufmann, and America's Most Extraordinary House (Signed copy)

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Fallingwater Rising; Frank Lloyd Wright, E. J. Kaufmann, and America's Most Extraordinary House (Signed copy)

by Toker, Franklin

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  • Hardcover
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ISBN 10
1400040264
ISBN 13
9781400040261
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. 8vo, cloth-covered boards in dust jacket, 479 pp. Illustrated (some in color), clean unmarked text, minimal shelfwear to book and unclipped dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by Franklin Toker to title page. Publisher's sticker to front panel of jacket. Canadian-born Toker (1949-2021) was one of Pittsburgh's most well-known architectural historians. Uncommon to find a signed copy by this author.

Synopsis

Franklin Toker, a professor of the history of art and architecture at the University of Pittsburgh, has published books on church architecture in French Canada, the ancient cathedral of Florence (which he excavated), and the architecture and urbanism of Pittsburgh. He has won both the Porter Prize and the Hitchcock Award. Born in Montreal, he was educated at McGill University, Oberlin College, and Harvard University. A past president of the Society of Architectural Historians, Toker lives with his family in Pittsburgh. From the Hardcover edition.

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Bookseller
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Bookseller's Inventory #
C000038593
Title
Fallingwater Rising; Frank Lloyd Wright, E. J. Kaufmann, and America's Most Extraordinary House (Signed copy)
Author
Toker, Franklin
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
very good +
Quantity Available
1
ISBN 10
1400040264
ISBN 13
9781400040261
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
2003
Keywords
Architecture, Biography, History, Franklin Toker, Frank Lloyd Wright

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