Johnston shirley text (5 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. The hardcover book is in good condition, with the dust jacket exhibiting slight edge creases and minor wear. The binding remains strong and the pages are clean and bright, offering a well-preserved look at the architectural beauty of Palm Beach homes. minor wear with slight edge creases.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st. Cloth, 324 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 29 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to boards & dust jacket. Protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. A massive coffee-table book. Richly illustrated with colour plates. *** "Palm Beach Houses offers a strikingly illustrated, extensively researched history of Palm Beach architecture. It reveals the stories behind the families who built these palatial homes with exquisite detailing, lavish interiors, and semi-tropical gardens. Valuable close-ups on Addison Mizner, Maurice Fatio, and Marion Sims Wyeth, the three major architects in the area during the 1920s and 1930s, are also included." - Publisher. Size: 4to.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Cloth DW 324pp colour illus.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. JOHNSTON, Shirley [text by] [324] pp. Rizzoli 1991 11 1/4" x 11 1/4" *w/ gift inscription on half-title page* This classic volume, now back in print in a new format and at a reduced price, offers a strikingly illustrated, extensively researched history of Palm In 1894, Palm Beach leaped to world prominence as a winter playground with the completion of Henry Morrison Flagler's Royal Poinciana Hotel. In the 1920s, Palm Beach's extravagant lifestyle reached its height, and grand Mediterranean-style mansions abounded. Palm Beach Houses details the building and design of more than thirty great houses and public buildings on the "American Riviera." Public and private structures designed by some of the style-setting early architects are depicted, including works of Addison Mizner, Joseph Urban, and Maurice Fatio, as well as those of anonymous designers, whose feats of imagination rivaled the most celebrated professionals. The photography has been taken to respectfully document these superb homes, many of which have never before been published.…

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. JOHNSTON, Shirley [text by] [324] pp. Rizzoli 1991 11 1/4" x 11 1/4" This classic volume offers a strikingly illustrated, extensively researched history of Palm Beach. In 1894, Palm Beach leaped to world prominence as a winter playground with the completion of Henry Morrison Flagler s Royal Poinciana Hotel. In the 1920s, Palm Beach s extravagant lifestyle reached its height, and grand Mediterranean-style mansions abounded. Palm Beach Houses details the building and design of more than thirty great houses and public buildings on the American Riviera. Public and private structures designed by some of the style-setting early architects are depicted, including works of Addison Mizner, Joseph Urban, and Maurice Fatio, as well as those of anonymous designers, whose feats of imagination rivaled the most celebrated professionals. The photography has been taken to respectfully document these superb homes, many of which have never before been published.…