Description
Lane Publishing Co., Published 1952. Paperback, 80 pp.; 21 cm; Second Printing, October 1952 (first published August 1952); illustrated with black-and-white photographs and line drawings. A Sunset Book.
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Condition & notes
In Good condition. Tan and orange illustrated paper covers with bookshelf design and $1 price on front cover; light bumping and creasing increasing to edges and corners, with a cluster of creases at upper corner of front cover and a small crease at lower corner; mild to moderate shelf and edge wear, light soiling and toning, and some color loss along edges. Orange rear cover, printed with a list of Sunset Books, has scattered pale spotting and a small bump at upper corner. Small chips and rubbing along spine fold, heaviest at head. Binding tight. Pages mildly toned, otherwise unmarked. A Sunset guide to built-in and freestanding bookshelving, with photographs of seventy-five bookcases selected from those published in Sunset Magazine. Captions credit the designer and photographer of each installation. Designers include leading California modernists Richard Neutra, Raphael S. Soriano, John Lautner, and Wurster, Bernardi and Emmons, as well as Lockwood de Forest; photographers include Julius Shulman, Maynard L. Parker, Morley Baer, Roger Sturtevant, Ernest Braun and Karl Obert. Chapters cover bookcases around windows, doorways and fireplaces, partitions, desks, storage for records and magazines, and bedside shelving, and the book ends with a practical section on construction, materials and finishes. Sunset Books drew its titles largely from the magazine, which by the early 1950s sold over a million copies an issue and was a principal channel through which West Coast modern domestic design reached a general audience. Contents: The Case for Bookcases; Freestanding Bookcases; Books around the Window; Bookcases and Doorways; Bookcases and Fireplaces; Books and Desks; Bookcase Partitions; Books against the Wall; Storage with Bookcases; Books and Music; Magazine Display Storage; Bedside Book Storage; How to Build It Right.