Kindergarten Chats: on Architecture, Education and Democracy

Published by Sullivan's executor, "A Limited Edition Dedicated to Truth in Architecture." Cloth 8vo, 256pp. Titles printed in blue; illustrated with b&w photographic plates.Very Good- with moderate soil and rubbing to exterior, scuff marks on rear board. Contents with mild age toning but overall clean and crisp. Essays by the father of the American skyscraper and mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright. “Louis Henry Sullivan (1856–1924) was born in Boston and came to Chicago after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 to join in the rebuilding effort. … Sullivan is well known for his belief that a building's function should be clearly expressed in its form and structure.  Discontented with designing in the historical styles taught at the École des Beaux-Arts, Sullivan set out to create an architectural vocabulary that would reflect contemporary American culture.” (Society of Architectural Historians). Housed in mylar.