The Future of Architecture + EXTRAS [SIGNED TO PUBLISHER BEN RAEBURN]

(Architecture) WRIGHT, Frank Lloyd

New York: Horizon Press, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. 8 1/4 X 10 1/4 Inches. 224 PP. Very Good / Fair. Item #8764

First edition copy in original cloth. Jacket retains price of $7.50 on front flap. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT TO HIS PUBLISHER AND FRIEND BEN RAEBURN. Signed "To Ben with gratitude and admiration" on the title-page. Some light scuffing and wear. Jacket missing spine, but is the original one owned by Ben Raeburn that is backed with a newer underneath. THIS ASSOCIATION COPY ACCOMPANIED AN ORIGINAL 1953 "USONIAN HOUSE" GUGGENHEIM EXHIBITION CATALOG, AN ORIGINAL FOLDING PROSPECTUS FOR THE BOOK FROM HORIZON PRESS AND AN ORIGINAL POSTCARD MAILED FROM TOKYO TO MRS. FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT. Likely the most important association copy of this book that exists... Wright signed to the publisher and designer of the book itself. The first book in Horizon's run of Wright's lifetime works.

From the personal collection of Ben Raeburn, owner of the influential Horizon Press. Ben, who actually did a two-year stint in prison for mailing "obscene" books in the 30's, is best remembered for his work with Frank Lloyd Wright. Raeburn published many books by and about Wright's architecture. His published work also included James T. Farrell, Robert Olen Butler, Helen Levitt, James Agee, Aaron Siskind, Berenice Abbott, Edwin Denby and many more. Raeburn's Horizon Press was known for it's exquisite book design.

Price: $4,000.00