Genius and the Mobocracy by Wright, Frank Lloyd - 1949

Duell, Sloan, and Pearce, January 1949. Hardcover. Used - Acceptable/Poor.

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1949. Second printing. Hardcover. Text and illustrations by one of the most important architects of the 20th century. A tight near fine copy in cloth boards with some light wear and with the vintage former owner signature of a museum curator and author Thomas H. Garver to the front pastedown. No dust jacket. A solid copy with a nice provenance.

Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1949. First edition, first printing. Small inked name, cloth toned and with minor fraying to upper spine, very good.. Cream cloth, no dust jacket.

New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce. Unmarked copy. A little tanning to cover edges and spine. Interior pages in excellent condition. In Good non-price clipped jacket ($5.00) with 1" chip missing from front cover near spine, and chipping to bottom edge of spine and a corner. 2 closed tears (2" and 1". Several water stains to jacket in front. Protected in mylar cover. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition, 1st printing. 1949.

Duell, Sloan, and Pearce, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Stain to top foredge, front cover. Good clean unmarked copy. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1949. Hardcover. Stated First Edition, First Printing. 8 x 10.25in. xiii. 113pp. Publisher's cloth boards. VERY GOOD in Good dust jacket. The book itself shows marginal shelf rubbing along the extremities, boards somewhat toned, endpapers somewhat toned, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards remain distinct. The dust jacket shows chips from the topmost of the front panel, marginal shelf rubbing of the extremities and panels with hints of shallow loss, otherwise is not price-clipped remaining distinct. As pictured.

Horizon Press, 1971. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. White cloth with red square on front cover. Spine is tanned. A little foxing. Includes fold-out color map. B/W illustrations throughout. Lacking DJ

Duell, Sloan, and Pearce, 1949-01-01. Hardcover. Good.

Duell, Sloan and Pearce 1949. Imperial octavo, cream cloth boards, blcak lettering to spine & front board, top page edges stained red, xiii + 113pp, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light occasional soiling to pages)

Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1949. Hardcover. Good/Fair. First Edition, Second Printing. Small quarto. Hardcover has light wear. Ink name of Walter Langsam (historian and president of University of Cincinnati from 1955 to 1971) on front free endpaper else interior clean and secure. Jacket rubbed and edge worn with small tears and creases.Your purchase benefits literacy and summer reading programs in Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio. We ship every business day. All books ship in cardboard bookfolds with delivery confirmation. Sets or unusually heavy items ship in a box.

Washington DC: Standard Homes Co., [1956?]. Stapled wraps. Good. 31p. Wrap and pages lightly thumb creased, front wrap fore edge creased and torn. A promotional booklet for houses designed by Standard Homes Company containing examples of more than 40 dwellings, each accompanied by layouts and a photograph or drawing of frontage. These houses come in a variety of styles designed with consideration to cost-saving construction using standard sizes for materials such as lumber, windows, and doors to reduce waste. Intercounty Savings and Loan Association of Philadelphia was the distributor of this copy. A letter dated June 27, 1956, from the savings and loan is laid in. B&w illustrations and halftone photographs. (11-1/2"x8-1/2")

Boston, 1903. Covers rather brittle and chipped, some short tears to page edges.. 13.5" x 9"; viii, 25-32, ix-xvi pages; Stapled magazine.

First printing (number line contains "1").
Book cover like new - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
Jacket like new, slight wear at bottom end cap.
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Casa del HerreroHouse of the Blacksmithstands today as one of the most fully developed and intact examples of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture. It was designed and built between 1922 and 1925 as a second house for George Fox Steedman, a St. Louis industrialist. Thought principally to be the work of George Washington Smith, the architect, Steedman himself generated many ideas during the initial design phase that were both a blessing and curse to Smith. Steedmans vision prevailed, and throughout the decade following the houses initial completion, he continued to rework both house and garden, engaging the architects Lutah Maria Riggs, Edwards, Plunkett & Howell, and Floyd Brewster, and garden… Read More

Hugo, Victor. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Modern Library ML 35) Undated, circa 1950, Random House. States complete and unabridged. USED. VG/VG price-clipped original publisher's DJ. Sorry about the group photo, but Please see the item listed for sale here at 2nd book lower row. Front cover illustration depicts Quasimodo atop a moonlit gargoyled roof-top. Red boards, black topstain. 416 pages plus adverts. 4 3/4 X 7 3/8. Summary: Classic title by French Author Victor Hugo about cruelty, courage, and love.

Hugo, Victor. Undated. Circa 1950. William J. Hill Co., Inc. Chicago, Ill. Not an illustrated edition. USED. VG/No DJ Included. Adventure Fiction Romance/Horror. Sorry about the group photo, but please see stock photo of binding for William J. Hill editions for the item being offered here. Blue Boards, gilt titling and red ornamentation on spine. 380 pages. 5 ½ X 8 ¼. Summary: Classic title by French Author Victor Hugo about cruelty, courage, and love. A clean, square, solid copy.

Gibson Guitar, n. Soft cover. Good. Very Good.

Silver Lake, New Hampshire: John F. Chick & Son, Building Material, 1941. First Editions. Pictorial Paper Covers. Very Good. Lot of nine issues, averaging 16pp each; illustrated throughout from photographs, floor plans and elevations. In the original, pictorial wrappers. Approx 11" x 8.5" The thrust of this magazine is "Now is the time to build your own home." Themes of these issues include: Hollywood Hilltops; Simple Dignity Is the Best Architecture; Cape Cod Cottages; Need Four Bedrooms?; Wood Walls; A Place to Eat in the Kitchen; Twin Level First Floor; Fireplace Ideas; The Case for Home Ownership; Colonial Twins; Summer Cottages; Modernizing A House; Plywood Is Perfect Material; Baseball Grows Up [a four-page departure in one issue]; Historic Walls; Suburban Charm; Log Cabin Siding; Ideas for the Roadside Merchant; Two Farm Homes in 1940 Style; Modernizing Your Farmhouse; Duplicate the Charm of Old World Cottages; Underground Storage Easily Built; Three Modern Farm Homes; Small Summer Cottages;… Read More

Inbel, Bruxelles: Ducolot, 1989. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. Folio. 276 pp. Bound in full green cloth, stamped in gilt on cover and spine, in Illustrated dust jacket. Profusely illustrated, chiefly color, including frontispiece and several fold outs. Text in French. Includes bibliography. Near Fine, bright, clean copy, in Very Good+ dust jacket with wear and rubbing to extremities, overall scuffing.

BRACEBRIDGE HALL 1887 Macmillan & Co. By Washington Irving. Ralph Caldecott Illustrated Edition. First Edition Thus. Sequel to "Old Christmas". Used. Good Condition/ No DJ is included if issued. 284 pages plus adverts. 5 X 7 1/2. Bright gold gilt top-stain, titling and ornamentation. 1" Dark green end-papers. Summary: "Bracebridge Hall, written by the esteemed author, Washington Irving, is a collection of location-based character sketches, detailing the lives and personalities of the occupants of a countryside manor in Yorkshire, England, owned by a squire."

Georgetown, Guyana: S.M.H. Aniff and Universal Bookstore, 1997. Staple-Bound Paperback. Fine. Very slight corner wear, otherwise As New. Not from a library. 40 pages. Illustrated, one color map. 8.5 x 11.5 inches.