Author: Watters, Sam
Title: Houses of Los Angeles: 1885-1919 (Volume 1)
Description: New York, Acanthus Press, 2007. Hardcover. Burnt orange cloth boards with gilt lettering, illustrated dust jacket with red/white/black lettering, inlcuding a bookmark ribbon; illustrated endpapers; 386 pp, profusely illustrated in bw with some color illustrations. Volume 1 is a survey with full architectural descriptions, historical photographs and photographic perspectives--of 75 houses built in the greater Los Angeles area in the early 20th century; includes useful lists and brief biographies of the architects at the end. "With over 400 archival color and duotone photographs, and house and landscape plans brought together for the first time, Houses of Los Angeles 1885-1919, profiles the lives of Los Angeles' innovators and business leaders." - book jacket. VG+ .

Keywords: Architecture ; Los Angeles Architecture ; ;


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