rare 1963 first edition oversized frank lloyd wright buildings plans and designs gifted by ben raeburn to richard nickel

wright, frank lloyd (1869-1959). buildings plans and designs. new york: horizon press, 1963.

2 volumes, including plate portfolio, 4to and folio. 100 monochrome plates. text volume: original stapled wrappers; plates loose as issued in original printed wrappers in original publisher’s cloth and board portfolio, ribbon ties. 

first edition in english, authorized for publication by wright in 1958, and published posthumously.  the 100 plates recreate the original wasmuth portfolio of 1910, ausgeführte bauten und entwürfe.  the original edition intended for distribution in america was destroyed in the 1913 fire at taliesin, where it was being stored. the plates depict the designs of the frank lloyd wright house and studio (1889), the w. h. winslow house (1893), unity temple (1906), and the frederick c. robie house (1909), which “has generally been regarded as the finest of the prairie houses” (roth 463).