First edition, second printing (stated). A very good hardcover in jacket (minor wear). 247 pages. Full-scale study of the Greenwich Village raised and Northern California-based architect; includes list of buildings and projects, plus selected bibliography and index. .Barnes, Richard (photographer); Over 225 Color & b/w Illustrations (chiefly photographs; Including Color Pictorial endpapers).
Abbeville Press, 1992. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, second printing (stated). A very good hardcover in jacket (minor wear). 247 pages. Full-scale study of the Greenwich Village raised and Northern California-based architect; includes list of buildings and projects, plus selected bibliography and index. .Barnes, Richard (photographer); Over 225 Color & b/w Illustrations (chiefly photographs; Including Color Pictorial endpapers).
Navy cloth boards with gilt spine lettering, color illustrated dust jacket, 247 pp.; 241 color and bw figures. Gracefully written and brilliantly illustrated, this handsome new volume captures the vision, the wit, and the down-to-earth inventiveness of one of the most influential and beloved architects of the early twentieth century. Raised in Greenwich Village and trained in Paris, Maybeck spent most of his long career in northern California. An irrepressible bohemian with no desire to run a large office, he spent much of his time designing houses for friends and family, as well as for other patrons so loyal that they often hired him to design more than one house. Maybeck also created two of the most beautiful buildings in all of California: the exhilarating Church of Christ, Scientist, in Berkeley, and the gloriously romantic Palace of Fine Arts, in San Francisco. This incisive overview - the first to feature color reproductions of Maybeck's exquisite interiors and exteriors - analyzes every aspect of his life and work. Not only is his architecture thoroughly discussed and illustrated but also his furniture, his lighting designs, and his innovations in fire-resistant construction. The book is also enlivened by documentary photographs, by clearly drawn plans, and by several of Maybeck's dazzling, previously unpublished visionary drawings. Bernard Maybeck is a major study of an internationally significant architect whose environmentally responsive work has much to offer today's designers and whose houses have given enormous pleasure to those fortunate enough to visit or dwell in them.- dust jacket. VG/VG (light foxing to upper text block, pages are otherwise clean and bright)
Navy cloth boards with gilt spine lettering, color illustrated dust jacket, 247 pp.; 241 color and bw figures. Gracefully written and brilliantly illustrated, this handsome new volume captures the vision, the wit, and the down-to-earth inventiveness of one of the most influential and beloved architects of the early twentieth century. Raised in Greenwich Village and trained in Paris, Maybeck spent most of his long career in northern California. An irrepressible bohemian with no desire to run a large office, he spent much of his time designing houses for friends and family, as well as for other patrons so loyal that they often hired him to design more than one house. Maybeck also created two of the most beautiful buildings in all of California: the exhilarating Church of Christ, Scientist, in Berkeley, and the gloriously romantic Palace of Fine Arts, in San Francisco. This incisive overview-the first to feature color reproductions of Maybeck's exquisite interiors and exteriors-analyzes every aspect of his life and work. Not only is his architecture thoroughly discussed and illustrated but also his furniture, his lighting designs, and his innovations in fire-resistant construction. The book is also enlivened by documentary photographs, by clearly drawn plans, and by several of Maybeck's dazzling, previously unpublished visionary drawings. Bernard Maybeck is a major study of an internationally significant architect whose environmentally responsive work has much to offer today's designers and whose houses have given enormous pleasure to those fortunate enough to visit or dwell in them. -dust jacket.
New York: Abbeville Press, 1992. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Richard Barnes (Photography). Second printing of the first edition. Hardcover in blue cloth with gilt titling to the spine and blind stamped to the front cover. About 11 1/4" x 10". Notes, Bibliography, Index. Near Fine: square and bright. Minimal wear. Dust jacket with minor wear. No markings. Larger book might require additional postage.
Blue cloth with slight spine lean, a few pages with tiny corner creases; photopictorial dust jacket slightly scuffed with small tears at top corner and base of spine, award seal affixed to front panel. A biography and study of the work of Bernard Maybeck, best known for his work in Northern California. Illustrated with photographs. Size: Large Square 4to
NYC: Abbeville, 1992. 1st edition, NF/VG+. Book has light bumping to upper corners. DJ has some wear to corners and upper spine, light wear to some edges. 129 color illustrations, 89 b & w and 25 floor plans. Includes notes, list of Maybeck's buildings and projects, selected bibliography and index. Maybeck (1862-1957) was not only a famous architect, but he also designed furniture, lighting and created innovative fire-resistant structures. Lived most of his life in northern California where most of his structures are still being lived in or used. Some material hah never been published previous to this volume. Nice copy.
Cloth, 247 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Near fine. Gently browsed, clean copy. Stated First edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. *** "Gracefully written and brilliantly illustrated, this handsome new volume captures the vision, the wit, and the down-to-earth inventiveness of one of the most influential and beloved architects of the early twentieth century. Raised in Greenwich Village and trained in Paris, Maybeck spent most of his long career in northern California. An irrepressible bohemian with no desire to run a large office, he spent much of his time designing houses for friends and family, as well. As for other patrons so loyal that they often hired him to design more than one house. Maybeck also created two of the most beautiful buildings in all of California: the exhilarating Church of Christ, Scientist, in Berkeley, and the gloriously romantic Palace of Fine Arts, in San Francisco. This incisive overview - the first to feature color reproductions of Maybeck's exquisite interiors and exteriors - analyzes every aspect of his life and work. Not only is his architecture thoroughly discussed and illustrated but also his furniture, his lighting designs, and his innovations in fire-resistant construction. The book is also enlivened by documentary photographs, by clearly drawn plans, and by several of Maybeck's dazzling, previously unpublished visionary drawings. Bernard Maybeck is a major study of an internationally significant architect whose environmentally responsive work has much to offer today's designers and whose houses have given enormous pleasure to those fortunate enough to visit or dwell in them." - Publisher. Size: 4to
Hardcover. 239pp+ index. Large ink name on title page, else a very good hardback in a lightly edgeworn jacket that has a small tear to the head of the spine.
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