Frank Lloyd Wright: The Life-Work of the American Architect (7 volumes)

H Th Wijdeveld; Frank Lloyd Wright

Santpoort, Holland : C.A. Mees, 1925

7 volumes. 33.5 x 33.5 cm. 164 pages. Bound in publishers printed wraps.  Covers have some creasing, wear. A few with marginal chips, particularly at the cover corners.  The seven consecutive special issues of Wendingen. The first major publication of Wright's works since the 1910-11 publication of Ausgefuhrte Bauten in Germany. Published by the Amsterdam society of architects Architectura et Amicitia, Wendingen was to be devoted to architecture, construction and ornamentation. The magazine was published from 1918 to 1932. Using a revolutionary new typography, it presented designs covering a wide range of both national, and international contemporary artists. Refs: Sweeney 165. 

Content: Some flowers for architect Frank Lloyd Wright, introduction by H.T. Wijdeveld (Holland).- In the cause of architecture, by F.L. Wright, March 1908).- In the cause of architecture, by F.L. Wright, May 1914.- In the cause of architecture, by F.L. Wright, 1925.- The social background of Frank Lloyd Wright, by Lewis Mumford (America.)- Frank Lloyd Wright, by H.P. Berlage (Holland).- The influence of Frank Lloyd Wright on the architecture of Europe, by J.J.P. Oud (Holland).- Frank Lloyd Wright et l'architecture nouvelle, par R.M. Stevens (France).- Frank Lloyd Wright, von F. Mendelsohn (Germany).- Concerning the Imperial hotel Tokjo, by L.H. Sullivan, 1923 (America).- Reflections on the Tokjo disaster, by L.H. Sullivan, 1924 (America).- Facts regarding the Imperial hotel (America.)- To my European co-workers, by F.L. Wright. 

Provenance: Small stamp of Henry S. Churchill.  Henry Stern Churchill (1893–1962) was an architect and city planner best known for his work on urban housing issues and his 1925 book, The City Is People— - "an approach to city planning examining the achievements and failures of the past, the opportunities and difficulties of the present, and the possibilities and prospects of the future."