Builders' Homes for Better Living

A. Quincy Jones; Frederick Emmons

Published by Rheinhold Pub. Corp., 1957

About this Item

Good+; spine sunned; rubbing/bumping/fraying to extremities, with small tears at head and foot of spine; a few light stains to cloth; foxing to endpapers; very slight bowing to boards. Hinges sound; except as noted, pages are clean and bright. No dust jacket. Presumed First Edition. Inscribed by author on title page: "Best of Everything for Sam & Malinda Hurst. A. Quincy Jones." On the first free page is the address label of "Sam T. Hurst, FAIA". Samuel Thomas Hurst (1920-2015) was Dean of Architecture and Fine Arts at the University of Southern California (1961-1973). He designed the new School of Architecture Building on campus; and he saved the Gamble House, now an historic Pasadena landmark, from demolition. He later moved to Montecito, where his address label places him, and where he ended his days.

Seller Inventory # 000436

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Builders' Homes for Better Living
• Publisher: Rheinhold Pub. Corp.
• Publication Date: 1957
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Rudy Veland
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • For sale at start of Jan 2025