Ending 13th Nov, 2024 20:00
BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS & WORKS ON PAPER - BATH - TIMEDCLOSED
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BUCKMINSTER FULLER, R. WHAT I AM TRYING TO DO SIGNED & DEDICATED LIM ED
Architecture & futurism interest. Buckminster Fuller, Richard. 1968 What I am trying to do. Published by Cape Goliard Press, London 18th June 1968. Signed and dedicated limited edition of 500, of which 100 signed & numbered; this one out of sequence but dedicated by the author to rear flap, To Christopher and Katherine in friendship, Buckminster Fuller. Cover designed by Paul Vaughan. Publisher's original card wraps & protective outer plastic in slide binder as issued, wear to extremities & edges, binder with some marks and damage, signed to rear wrap, internally clean. An uncommon folio containing four 1930s architectural diagrams of Buckminster Fuller's futuristic work, including a diagram of Fuller's Spaceship Earth geodesic dome, the fuller dymaxion sky ocean world map, as well as a Dymaxion style motor vehicle. Folio.
Sold for £75
Auction: BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS & WORKS ON PAPER - BATH - TIMEDCLOSED, ending 13th Nov, 2024
Our final specialist Books & Works on Paper sale of the year includes a remarkable fourth edition of Paradise Lost from the library of Master of Revels Charles Killigrew, a beautiful mid 19th century collection of pressed seaweed, an exceptionally scarce first edition of Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott Abbott, and beyond that an impressive, smart and diverse collection of modern first editions, antiquarian titles, ephemera, and a specialist map section.
We invite & look forward to welcoming interested bidders to view on Wednesday 13th November from 10am until 5pm, ahead of the sale finishing from 8pm on the 13th.
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