Description:
Menlo Park, California: Lane Publishing Co, 1953. First edition. 4to. 64pp. Orange, red, yellow wrappers, edgewear, some writing on front cover, closed tear and scuffing to rear cover, very good. Previous owner's stamp on title page, front hinge separating, smudge to rear title page, very good. Full of photos and floorplans for mid-century hillside homes and decks. Includes ideas for gardening and terracing and practical information like weather control and drainage. Designs by Richard Neutra, Thomas Church, Fred Langhorst, Joseph Esherick, Mario Corbett, Francis Joseph McCarthy, and Eckbo, Royston and Williams among others..