Secondhand God Writings: Signed (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 163pp. Black Boards with white spine and black lettering. Photo frontispiece. Signed and inscribed in black ink, "To Paul from Bucky, Nov. 25, 1966". the book was inscribed to Paul Mann, actor and director of the Paul Mann Actors' Studio. Mann was instrumental in bringing Method Acting to America. Mann and Fuller became friends when Full saw Paul act in "Rainbow Terrace" at Southern Illinois University. The book is bright with a hint of edgewear and offsetting to the rear endpapers. The unclipped pictorial black jacket (original price of $4.00 on the front flap) has light wear to the extremities and minor soiling to the rear panel. in mylar sleeve. "These are prose pieces and prose poem-essays that show the development of the thinking of R. Buckminster Fuiller, the world-famous inventor of the Geodesic Dome. Written over a period of more than twenty years from 1940 to the present-the essays range from an expression of personal philosophy through a tribute to Dr. Salk in which the author gives the basis of his own principles of design, to important new additions to Mr. Fuller's Dymaxion principes." Laid in is a New York Times article dated December 24, 1995 about the similarities and differences of R. Buckminster Fuller and Lewis Mumford. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Boards. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY BUCKMINSTER FULLER IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION on the front free endpaper. A solid, very presentable copy to boot of the 1963 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with very light rubbing at the panels and one small closed tear along the front panel's top-edge. Octavo, consisting largely of "prose and prose-poem essays", reflecting Fuller's "own principles of design and important new additions to Mr. Fuller's Dymaxion principles". Signed.…

Hardcover. dj. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. First Edition Inscribed by Buckminster Fuller to the designer of the book, Andor Braun on the front endpaper. 'To Andor (sic) Brown, With gratitude and admiration for his design of this book, Buckminster Fuller'. A very good or better copy in 1/4 white cloth over black paper covered boards in a bright, fresh dustwrapper with some light overall use, a touch of scuffing to the bottom of the front panel and one small chip at the crown of the spine. Architect, creator of the geodesic dome, engineer, inventor and philosopher, Fuller remains one of the most original thinkers of the second half of the 20th century. Signed by Author.…