Last Rivet, Signed (2 results)

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).

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).