R. Buckminster Fuller. Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth. [Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1970]....
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R. Buckminster Fuller. Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth. [Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1970]. Second printing. Inscribed by Fuller on front free endpaper.More Information:
R. Buckminster Fuller. Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth. [Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1970]. Second printing. Signed and inscribed by Fuller on front free endpaper. Also included is an 8 x 5 inch sheet of paper with five typed lines of instructions to build a hexagonal "Tensegrity Rig", with a hand-drawn illustration and notations on lower half of sheet. Octavo. 143 pages. Publisher's quarter white cloth over blue paper boards with titles in black and red along spine. Original dust jacket. Minor toning to cloth spine ends. Initials to rear pastedown. Jacket shows light rubbing and wear to edges with a few small tears. Very good.
Inscription from Fuller reads, "To: Billy and Lili / Woodfield / Whose vision, work / and art may well / help humanity to / realize that two / million year dream / of peaceful survival / and happiness for all / aboard our extraordinary / planet earth / in friendship / Buckminster Fuller / Dec 7 1970".
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