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From Bauhaus to Our House

Tom Wolfe

"THE HOTTEST TOPIC IN MANHATTAN'S ARCHITECTURAL SALONS": FROM BAUHAUS TO OUR HOUSE, SIGNED BY TOM WOLFE

WOLFE, Tom. From Bauhaus to Our House. New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, (1981). Octavo, original cloth, original dust jacket. $1800.

First trade edition, boldly signed by Tom Wolfe on the half title with his characteristic flamboyant flourish.

A searing indictment of modern architecture from one of the founders of the New Journalism, critics met the publication of From Bauhaus to Our House by noting:"Wolfe's agility continues to dazzle… this book is the hottest topic in Manhattan's architectural salons" (New York Times). With "First printing, 1981" on copyright page: issued the same year as a signed limited edition (350 copies), no priority established. Featuring over 30 in-text and full-page photogravure illustrations; with duplicate half title, one bound after title page.

A fine signed copy.

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