Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

Beautiful Homes and Gardens in California

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1964. First English language edition. Hardcover. Oblong quarto (9" x 11"). 210, (2)pp. Index. Color photo dust jacket with white spine lettered in black, over blue cloth lettered in white. Illustrated with a frontispiece map of Southern California, and 318 photos (all but 4 in black & white). Most of the photos are the work of architectural photographer Julius Schulman. The photos are accompanied by architectural ground plans and elevations. Minor shelf wear (fraying) at bottom of boards and spine, but binding is sound. Some foxing to blank outer leaves (text & photos unaffected). D.j. with very minor chips at edges.

This is the author's translation into English of his work that was first published in Stuttgart, Germany under the title, "Haüser und Gar̈ten in Kalifornien."

With a long section (pages 172-209) devoted to the work of Richard Neutra.

Other architects named and represented are: Raphael Soriano -- Pierre Koenig -- Craig Ellwood -- Frank Lloyd Wright -- Mark Mills -- Aaron Green -- Harwell Hamilton Harris -- Henry Hill -- Jack Hillmer -- Lawrence Halprin -- Garrett Eckbo -- Bettler Baldwin -- Lloyd Ruocco -- John Carl Warnecke -- John Rex -- Charles Eames -- Lee Stuart Darrow -- A. Quincy Jones and Frederick E. Emmons -- Conrad Buff, Calvin Straub, and Donal Hensman -- Greta Magnusson Grossman -- David Thorne -- Thomas D. Church -- Martin Ruderman and Cactus Slim Moorton -- John Lautner -- George Frank Ligar -- Bernard Judge -- Thornton Ladd and John Field Kelsey -- Edward A. Killingsworth, Jules Brady, Waugh Smith and Associates -- Richard J. Neutra. (OCLC). Very good / very good. Item #51770

Price: $750.00

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