A Testament
New York: Horizon Press, 1957. Hardcover. 256 p.: frontispiece (following double-page title page), many full-page plans and black-and-white photographs included in pagination (including folded elevation of the proposed Mile-High Illinois sky-high city); 31 cm. White cloth with red and black spine title and red square on front board. Dust jacket with jacket photograph of Frank Lloyd Wright by Valentino Sarra. First edition. Includes plans and photographs of many of Wright's proposed, but unexecuted, and completed buildings, along with his autobiographical and philosophical reflections on architecture. Book is in Very Good Condition: slight discoloration along fore-edges of boards; pages of text that face plates have light yellowing; otherwise clean and bright. Dust jacket is in Good+ Condition: 6-cm. tear from upper edges of front section with archival repair on inside; 1-cm. from tail at back joint, without loss; rubbed; chipping and creasing along upper edge. Very Good / good +. Item #003727
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