Description: The Last Rivet by John D Rockefeller / Published by Columbia University Press, 1940. Hardcover. First Edition. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 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. Rare in original "rivets" dust jacket. Brown cloth spine over silver-stamped green "flocked" velveteen boards. Endpapers are illustrated with silver rivets, as is dust jacket. This copy shows some very minor wear to boards, but interior is clean and unmarked and the binding tight and square. The jacket shows age toning, chipping and tears (pictured). Velveteen boards are slightly toned at extrems. Please see pictures and ask any questions before bidding! Dimensions given, if any, are approximate. Condition as shown. Pictures show actual item, never a stock image. Shipping via USPS unless otherwise noted.
Price: 110 USD
Location: Glastonbury, Connecticut
End Time: 2025-01-08T17:59:02.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: New York
Signed: No
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Subject: History
Year Printed: 1940
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
Author: John D. Rockefeller
Region: North America
Personalized: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Architecture