architecture selected writings 1894 1940 edited di wright frank lloyd (6 risultati)

Small 8vo, pictorial wrappers, [xviii], 275pp., publ. ads. SWEENEY 532.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Poor. 1st ed. index, xviii, 275p. Original cloth. dj. 22cm. Jacket chipped and worn, and also split along folds. Gift inscription. This book has been sitting online and in our art and architecture section for a decade attracting no attention. Phil noticed the gift inscription ("Professor Corbin, With my deepest admiration and best wishes, from a grateful pupil, Shirley Adelson. May 21, 1941") on a Saturday afteroon and wondered who Professor Corbin and Shirley Adelson might be. IShirley Adelson Siegel, 1918-2020, a Phi Beta Kappa Barnard graduate had subsequently attended the London School of Economics and then was the only women in the class of 1941 at Yale Law School. Despite ranking 4th in her class of 125, Adelson had trouble getting a job. According to the Yale Law School notice of her death, Professor Arthur L. Corbin, after hearing that she was having trouble getting a job, wrote to potential employers in New York, saying: "'She is one of the best in industry, in mental power and in personality. Anyone who employs her in legal work will have reason to be thankful to us." She still had trouble getting a job and was turned down by 40 firms. Proskauer, Rose & Paskus finally hired her at the firm's first female attorney. This book may have been her grateful acknowledgement of Corbin's kind effort to help her find emplyment despite being a woman. Siegel appears to have worked in private practice for 20 years without ever becoming a partner. She was involved heavily with pro bono work in various areas including Japanese internment, civil rights and housing. She served as New York State's Solicitor General, 1989-1992.

Profusely Illustrated (illustratore). NY 1941. 8.5 x 8.5", cloth, 275 w/index, back of book bumped (not noticeable from exterior) else OK in defective dw. FIRST EDITION.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. A Fine hardcover copy in brown cloth stamped in gilt on black panels at spine and on front cover. Eighth printing of this edition, no susequent dates shown. 275pp with Index. Q03501.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition. First Printing. A Fine copy in reddish-brown cloth stamped in gilt with black panels, in a Near Fine second issue jacket, not price-clipped, with a couple of very tiny nicks, and mild toning to rear panel. 275pp. with Index. Q10850.

First edition, advance copy, uncorrected galley proof. pp. [xi], 265 (printed on rectos only). 4to. Title page has publisher's pencil date, and price, of publication. A scarce title in this advance format (uncorrected galley proof). Publisher's printed label affixed to front cover: "Please report on this [book] not later than date given in covering post card. Mail one copy of your report to Miss Amy Loveman." see Sweeney 532 for the trade edition-- "An anthology of Wright's writings, edited from the original manuscripts." Green wrappers. Owner's contemporary embossed stamp on front cover and first three leaves: "Sheldon & Caroline Keck" [Sheldon Keck was a pioneer in the field of art conservation. He, and his wife Caroline, were consultant conservators for the Museum of Modern Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, etc.]. Spine is tanned, with uneven one-inch chip at base of spine, moderate wear to extremities, creased tear at lower fore-corner of front cover, first few leaves creased at one corner, else a very good copy pp. [xi], 265 (printed on rectos only). 4to First edition, advance copy, uncorrected galley proof.