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[ARCHITECTURE]. WRIGHT, Frank Lloyd (1867–1959). An Organic Architecture: The Architecture of Democracy. London: Lund Humphries & Co., 1939. 4to. Numerous black and white illustrations from photographs, blueprints, and drawings. Original publisher’s brown cloth lettered in yellow; original unclipped dust jacket (spine a bit toned with some minor creasing at extreme ends). FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY WRIGHT TO ALEXANDER WOOLLCOTT: “To ‘Alec’ – with an apology / Frank”. Alexander Woollcott, “Alec” as he was known as, was Wright’s most important promoter on the cultural scene in New York City and was a founding member of the Algonquin Round table. The two developed a mutual admiration for one another, sharing warm and witty correspondence over the years. Woollcott was a staunch defender of Wright’s reputation after his extramarital affair and his return to American after nearly two years of scandal. In the 19 July 1930 issue of The New Yorker, Woollcott wrote with high praise in his profile of Wright calling him an “ingenuous giant” and a man that has brought a fresh sense of beauty and imagination to the modern world of architecture. In Wright’s Autobiography (1943), the architect speaks of Alec as being “the kindest, most generous man I know.”