Florida Architecture of Addison Mizner
New York: William Helburn, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Folio, 38 x 29 cm. Unpaginated, 185 photogravures including frontispiece of Mizner. 84 sepia-toned photogravure plates after photographs by Frank E. Geisler. Residences designed by Mizner, whose interpretations of Mediterranean Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival styles had a significant impact on architecture in South Florida. Mizner's work included the Everglades Club, the Plaza Shops on Palm Beach Avenue, Gulf Stream Golf Club, the Cloister at Boca Raton, and numerous private residences. KARPEL B1196. "This is an extraordinary collection of plates of Spanish Colonial houses of the Gilded Age as designed by the leading exemplar of the style. Includes an introduction by Ida Tarbell." Interior contents sharp and clean. Rubbing to extremities, wear to backstrip head and foot. Recased, rust basket weave cloth and marbled boards, matching endpapers, printed paper spine label. Teg. Very good. Item #24746
Price: $975.00