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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is also enlivened by documentary photographs, by clearly drawn plans, and by several of Maybeck's dazzling, previously unpublished visionary drawings.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.

New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1992. 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.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 4to. Collectible.

NY: Abbeville Press, 1992. Hardcover. Very Good. 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.

Abbeville Press, 1992. hardcover. Very Good. 10x1x11. clean well kept hardcover copy with dust jacket, price tag unclipped, no markings, stickers or stains. fast shipping with tracking number.

N Y: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1992. Oversize Hardback. Fine/Fine. XL. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full dark blue cloth boards. 9 7/8""w x 11 1/4""h. 248 pages. Many color photos.

Abbeville Press. Used - Like New. 1992. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Is Fine In publisher's shrinkwrap. Fine.

Color photography throughout by Richard Barnes. First edition. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

Dust stains on text edges. wrapped in complimentary Brodart dust jacket protector...