CALIFORNIA HOUSES OF GORDON DRAKE

By Douglas Baylis and Joan Parry
(1956)

First printing of this reflection on the work of an architect who died before his time, who nonetheless had an important impact on mid-century modern California residential style.

Very good plus in very good dust jacket.

New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, (1956). 8.75'' x 8.75''. Original green cloth boards. Original unclipped ($6.50) color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in black and white and color. 92 pages, including index. Bookplate of Dolph Warren Zink to front flyleaf. Jacket with 2" closed tear to rear joint, a few smaller closed tears; light rubbing and mild soil. Mild foxing to first and last few leaves. Sound.

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