New York/London: Harper & Brothers. Very Good+ in Good dj. 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. [light shelfwear, a little dust-soiling to top of text block; jacket has various small tears and shallow edge-chips, spine faded and worn (small hole at front hinge), miscellaneous minor creasing]. SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. A very forward-looking (not to say prescient) "analysis of the role of machinery in the modern world," by this Vienna-born architect, who later took up painting and design (particularly of furniture) and became a pioneer of modernist design. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1914, settling in New York, and (per Wikipedia) "in the years between the two world wars he, more than any other designer, helped shape the distinctive look of American modernism." He relocated to Los Angeles in 1934, opening a celebrity-attractive gallery on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, and also teaching at the University of Southern California and the Chouinard Art Institute. A very scarce book, all the more so in the dust jacket (which, although unsigned, can reasonably be assumed to be Frankl's work also). Signed by Author .

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Bookseller: ReadInk (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 25626
Title: Machine-Made Leisure [*SIGNED*]
Author: Frankl, Paul T
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+ in Good dj
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Place of Publication: New York/London
Date Published: 1932
Keywords: Design, Architecture, Economics, Artists, Signed

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