THE SIMPLE HOME.
by Keeler, Charles
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Moderate soiling to cover cloth, some scattered spotting internally, but overall near very good.
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About This Item
San Francisco: Paul Elder and Co., 1904. First edition. Hardcover. Moderate soiling to cover cloth, some scattered spotting internally, but overall near very good.. vii, 55 pp., 10 inserted plates from photographs by Sarah I. Keeler; 12mo, natural linen with printed paper title label on front board.
Charles Keeler (1871-1937) was a close friend of influential Berkeley architect Bernard Maybeck. He was also Maybeck's first residential client, a project that broke ground in 1902 and launched the Arts & Crafts design tradition in the San Francisco Bay Area. Plate at p. 46 "Library of Wood with Interior Timber Work Exposed" shows the library at the Keeler home; the plate at p. 52 "California Home in the Spirit of a Swiss Chalet" shows Maybeck's own Berkeley home.
Charles Keeler (1871-1937) was a close friend of influential Berkeley architect Bernard Maybeck. He was also Maybeck's first residential client, a project that broke ground in 1902 and launched the Arts & Crafts design tradition in the San Francisco Bay Area. Plate at p. 46 "Library of Wood with Interior Timber Work Exposed" shows the library at the Keeler home; the plate at p. 52 "California Home in the Spirit of a Swiss Chalet" shows Maybeck's own Berkeley home.
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- Bookseller
- Chanticleer Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22828
- Title
- THE SIMPLE HOME.
- Author
- Keeler, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Moderate soiling to cover cloth, some scattered spotting internally, but overall near very good.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Paul Elder and Co.
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1904
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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