Last Rivet: First Edition (16 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hard bound, rare in original "rivet" dust jacket. Brown cloth spine over silver-stamped green "flocked" velveteen boards. Endpapers are illustrated with silver rivets, as is dust jacket. The Story of Rockefeller Center, a city within a city, as told at the ceremony in which John D. Rockefeller, Jr., drove the last rivet of the last building, November 1, 1939. Photographs by Berenice Abbot, Margaret Bourke-White, Brown Brothers, J. Walker Grimm, Fritz Henle, Wendell MacRae, Newspictures, Inc., New York Herald Tribune, Edward Ratcliffe, Paul J. Woolf. This copy shows some wear to boards. The jacket shows age toning and chipping to edges, otherwise very good. Interior clean and binding tight.…

Unbound. Condition: Very Good. 1st. full front page w/engraving of the Prince and his company on the bridge driving the last rivet of the construction project; 1 page, suitable for framing Size: 11.5 x 16". B/w Engraving (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Columbia University Press, 1940. A personal letter from Nelson A. Rockefeller on Rockefeller Center, Inc. stationary (with envelope) is laid in.The letter is dated May 28, 1940 and accompanied the gift of this book. It is signed in pen by him, or possibly a secretary. Clean and tightly bound in moss-colored paper boards with cloth spine and embossed silver rivet on the cover. Minor fading to the margins and rubbing to the edges with one small tear. The contents and photographs remain fine. The fragile dust jacket shows wear and splits at the edges and folds, remains Good only. Signed by Author(s).…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 246 pages; Physical desc. : xi, [1]p, 1 . , 15-246p, 1 ; 23cm. Subjects: Russia - Politics and government - 1894-1917. Soviet Union - History - Revolution, 1917-1921. France - Foreign relations 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 246 pages; Physical desc. : xi, [1]p, 1 . , 15-246p, 1 ; 23cm. Subjects: Russia - Politics and government - 1894-1917. Soviet Union - History - Revolution, 1917-1921. France - Foreign relations 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. //NO REMAINDER MARK//NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKS OF ANY KIND (no names or inscriptions, no bookplate, no underlining, etc) //NOT PRICECLIPPED// NEW MYLAR COVER// the jacket is a bit soiled, but in nice condition overall.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Last Rivet - The Story of Rockefeller Center, a city within a city, as told at the ceremony in which John D. Rockefeller, Jr., drove the last rivet of the last building, November 1, 1939; Columbia University Press Accompanied by a note stating that this book was attached to letter from John D. Rockefeller Jr. to L. W. Hill (Louis, son of James J. Hill) in June 7, 1940 personal papers Silver stamped maroon cloth backstrip, green felt boards with stamped silver rivet to front board, 4to, pp. 45, [3], illustrated with numerous photographs from notable photographers; Near fine book in a VG+ jacket with some shallow chipping and closed tears to spine ends, half inch closed tear to tail of rear panel, 1" tear to head of front panel, faint paperclip mark.…

First Edition. First edition. Hardcover. 45 pages. The story behind the construction and building of Rockefeller Center in New York. Brief introduction by John D. Rockefeller. Text by Nelson A. Rockefeller. Includes black and white photographs by Berenice Abbott, Margaret Bourke-White, Brown Brothers, J. Walker Grimm, Fritz Henle, Wendell Macrae, Paul Woolf and others. An about good copy with some chipping to the spine ends, some wear to the corners and edges. No dust jacket. A solid copy of this nicely printed and designed book that is fairly uncommon in the dust jacket.…

First Edition. First edition. Hardcover. 45 pages. The story behind the construction and building of Rockefeller Center in New York. Brief introduction by John D. Rockefeller. Text by Nelson A. Rockefeller. Includes black and white photographs by Berenice Abbott, Margaret Bourke-White, Brown Brothers, J. Walker Grimm, Fritz Henle, Wendell Macrae, Paul Woolf and others. A near fine copy with some very minor wear and from the library of New Topographics photographer Joe Deal with his rubber stamp to the second free endpaper in an about very good dust jacket with a number of chips and tears and wear. Still, a solid copy of this nicely printed and designed book that is fairly uncommon in the dust jacket and especially with an interesting provenance.…

First edition; 4to.; cloth backed boards, hardcover; 45 deckled edged pages; black and white photographic illustrations; endpapers are sunned else a very good clean, tight, unmarked copy in sunned boards with corners and spine ends beginning to fray and in a sunned, chipped and torn dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Quarto. 45pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Ex-library with usual markings and remnants of pocket removal on front endpapers, chips at board edges, very good, lacking the dust jacket. Complimentary label of Nicholas Murray Butler on front pastedown. Butler was the president of Columbia University, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, and William Taft's running mate in the 1912 United States presidential election.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Cloth-backed green suede boards. Small folio. 45pp. Gray patterned dust jacket. Illustrated with photographs by Berenice Abbott, Margaret Bourke-White, Fritz Henle and others. The story of the creation of Rockefeller Center as told at the Nov. 1st, 1939 ceremony in which John D. Rockefeller drove the last rivet in the final building of the complex. This copy comes with two typed letters on Rockefeller Center stationary. The first is from John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and is dated Nov. 13, 1939. He thanks the recipient, W.H. Matthews, for his letter and a quote from Emerson. It is signed in ink by Rockefeller. The second is from Nelson A. Rockefeller and is dated June 11, 1940. In it he thanks Matthews for his prior letter to his father and presents a copy of this book. It is signed in ink at the bottom. The book is in very good condition with some light fading to the front cover and a spot to the upper rear cover. The text is very good with some light tanning and a faint paper-clip mark to the upper front flyleaf. Both letters are very good with light wear. The second letter has a paper clip mark at the top. The scarce jacket is good with some chipping and edgewear and a clear tape repair to the top of the spine. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Very Good Plus. First Edition. Fine in a Very Good Plus dustjacket, 1" closed tear top edge front panel, 2 tiny chips at spine tips, 1/2" triangular chip top edge rear panel at spine and tiny tear bottom edge rear panel. A truly lovely copy ! Brown cloth at spine over silver-stamped green velveteen in original dust jacket. Endpapers are illustrated with silver rivets, as is dustjacket. Frontispiece. With in-text black and white photographs by Berenice Abbott, Margaret Bourke-White, J. Walker Grimm, Brown Brothers, Fritz Henle, Newspictures, Inc., Wendell MacRae, New York Herald Tribune, Edward Ratcliffe and Paul J. Woolf. SCARCE in collectible condition. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st. and only Edition 1940 , Green paper hardcover with silver rivet on the front board . In the dust jacket ( scarce in DJ ) also with silver rivets on the cover ,first end pages also have silver rivets . Illustrated with Black & white photos by with photography by : Berenice Abbott , Margaret Bourke - White , and others . Condition : Fine , DJ is Very Good with edge chipping and rubs. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Various Artist (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: vg. First edition. 4to. 45pp. Brown cloth over silver-stamped green velveteen in original dust jacket. Endpapers are illustrated with silver rivets. Frontispiece. "The story of Rockefeller Center, a city within a city, as told at the ceremony in which John D. Rockefeller, Jr., drove the last rivet of the last building, November 1, 1939." Delightfully illustrated with full-page-, and in-text b/w photographs by Berenice Abbott, Margaret Bourke-White, J. Walker Grimm, Brown Brothers, Fritz Henle, Newspictures, Inc., Wendell MacRae, New York Herald Tribune, Edward Ratcliffe and Paul J. Woolf. Fore-page edges untrimmed. Minor discoloration and rubbing to boards. Staining and discoloration to dj. Introduction by John D. Rockefeller. Comments by Nelson A. Rockefeller. Very good condition. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. DJ in archival cover. CHIP AT HEAD OF PINE.