[1ST ED] Modern Architecture: Being the Kahn Lectures for 1930

1ST EDITION. Published by Princeton University Press in 1931. From the series "Princeton Monographs in Art and Archaeology", containing six lectures from 1930: 1. Machinery, Materials and Men 2. Style in Industry 3. The Passing of the Cornice 4. The Cardboard House 5. The Tyranny of the Skyscraper 6. The City Vibrant. Printed paper boards, some bowing. Chipping to extremities, with splitting of paper at joints, more pronounced at front. Small, faint damp stains towards fore edge of front board, with light pen marks; mild soiling to rear board. Some rippling to end papers. Creasing to top corner of limited number of leaves. Binding sound. Content clean and bright. Scarce and important item documenting Wright’s architectural philosophy.