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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. [1st edition] ; 175 p. : color illustrations ; 28 cm. ; ISBN: 0060567570; 9780060567576 LCCN: 2003-109565 ; LC: NK1980; Dewey: 747/.09/045 ; OCLC: 55013059 ; blue cloth in color photographic dustjacket ; remains of label on front cover ; "As minimalism in interior design becomes more prevalent, a new counter-movement has arisen. Eschewing the clean, precise, empty spaces minimalist themes promote, some homeowners and designers are adopting a resplendent, grand, baroque, look to their spaces. As a reaction against minimalism, this movement could only have one name: maximalism. This new movement is explored through exquisite photography of lush projects drawn from across the world." ; Contents: The beauty of excess -- Les Trois Garçons -- Marianne Fasslet House -- The Glass Dwelling -- MacConnel-Lowe House -- Oz Residence -- Staudenmeyer House -- House for an executive -- Ecological house for the future -- Duggie Fields residence -- Getter House -- Les Harris Studio -- Amauri Jr. House -- Stencil Residence -- Lenny Kravitz House -- Collinance Castle -- Dwelling in South Hill Park -- Estevao House -- Teresa Sepulcre House -- Edelman Dwelling -- Virginia Bates Residence -- Marie Beltrami Hosue -- Somoroff Loft -- Pompeii Apartment ; important design volume defining a new style : Maximalism ; FINE/FINE. Book.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near Fine. Light edgewear, a very attractive copy, very clean throughout, with bright covers. Front cover art by Robert Gibson Jones, illustrating "Spawn of the Glacier", rear cover art by Malcolm Smith, illustrating "Warrior of Mercury", a feature by Morris J. Steele. Interior artwork by Julian S. Krupa, Virgil Finlay, Hadden, Arnold, Malcolm Smith, H.W. McCauley, Arnold Kohn, Rod Ruth.

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. Nicolson, W.C. (cover); Osmond, Edward (illustratore). First Edition. Pages xxiv, 257-320. Features: Cover illustration of Sugar-Loaf, Rio de Janeiro; The Haunted Mine - 1927 tale of a haunted goldmine in the Township of Timmins, Ontario, Canada; The Rest Cure - a sea captain's story of an unusual Atlantic voyage with a party of cowboys; Norfleet's Quest (part 2 of 2) - for three years Texas cattleman Frank Norfleet pursued a gang of confidence tricksters; Death of British Columbia lighthouse keeper Lawrence Dupuis; The Living Death - as strange 1925 a story from Mexico; The Sky-Riders - photo illustrated article about adventures of RCMP airmen maintaining law and order in Canada's vast Northern Territory; The Lawra Lion - a lion visits the Gold Coast; The Forbidden Path - two British officers in the Himalayan foothills; "Grey" - a close-up of manners and customs prevailing in the Northwest Territories of Canada near Yellowknife; First-Trippers; A Matter of Witchcraft - the strange story of a distinguished visitor who contrived to offend one of the wild tribes in the Territory of New Guinea; many nostalgic ads; The Australian Stockman - life of the drovers of Australia's vast Outback - article with photos and map; and more. Bit of pencil writing atop front cover, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Covers beginning to loosen. Binding sound. A worthy vintage copy.