Houses of Los Angeles 1885 - 1919 and Houses of Los Angeles 1920 - 1935, 2 Volume Set
New York: Acanthus Press, 2007.
First Edition. Hardcover.
Two Volume Set from the Urban Domestic Architecture Series. Research by Rebecca Gale. Research Consultant Jim Lewis. The two volumes include over 800 archival color and duotone photographs and house and landscape plans.
The first volume explores homes built between 1885 and 1919 in the iconic residential, single-family neighborhoods of Los Angeles from Pasadena to Malibu. Homes featured were owned by innovators and business leaders and designed by architectural greats like Greene & Greene and Richard Neutra. By 1920, the population of Los Angeles had more than doubled and new developments in Bel-Air, Beverly Hills, and Holmby Hills offered buyers ocean views only 20 minutes from downtown L.A. The second volume explores homes built between 1920 and 1935 for celebrities like Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, Marion Davies and publisher William Randolph Hearst, and designed by innovative architects like Gordon B. Kaufmann, Wallace Neff, Roland E. Coate, Frank Lloyd Wright, Rudolph Schindler, and Richard Neutra.
Item #902713ISBN: 9780926494305
9-1/4 x 12-1/4", brick colored cloth, 386pp, 392pp, map endpapers, ribbon bookmarks, notes on the architects, notes, bibliography, photography credits, index.
Damp-staining to boards and a bit of faint staining to edges of textblock, a little rumpling to leaves from moisture, tight, clean of owner's marks, square, very good in dust wrappers and protective mylar. Set is quite large and heavy and will require additional funds for USPS Priority Mail at cost. Please inquire before purchase regarding cost of Priority Mail shipping to your locale.
Price: $250.00