WRIGHT, Frank (1867-1959). The Disappearing City. New York: William Farquhar Payson, 1932. 4° (222 x 222mm). 6 photographic plates. Original pictorial wrappers (spine ends chipped, a few small tears). Provenance: Franz Aust (1885-1963, ownership inscription).
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WRIGHT, Frank (1867-1959). The Disappearing City. New York: William Farquhar Payson, 1932. 4° (222 x 222mm). 6 photographic plates. Original pictorial wrappers (spine ends chipped, a few small tears). Provenance: Franz Aust (1885-1963, ownership inscription).

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WRIGHT, Frank (1867-1959). The Disappearing City. New York: William Farquhar Payson, 1932. 4° (222 x 222mm). 6 photographic plates. Original pictorial wrappers (spine ends chipped, a few small tears). Provenance: Franz Aust (1885-1963, ownership inscription).

FIRST EDITION, ADVANCE ISSUE IN PRINTED WRAPPERS AND AN ASSOCIATION COPY. An important book by Wright in which he presents his highly original concept of the Broadacre City. Franz Aust, owner of this copy, was a landscape architect and close friend of Wright. Together with two other books on New York. (3)