The Architecture of Los Angeles - By Paul Gleye in Collaboration With the Los Angeles Conservancy, Julius Shulman, and Bruce Boehner
signed first edition
1981 · Los Angeles
by SHULMAN, JULIUS, BRUCE BOEHNER, PAUL GLEYE
Los Angeles: Rosebud Books, 1981. First Edition, First Printing. Signed by Julius Shulman, Bruce Boehner, and Paul Gleye, with each with warm inscriptions to photographer Leilani Austria who has 12 credited photographs in the book. Shulman has signed and inscribed: “”To Leilani Austria, To spell out my gratitude to you for your superlative efforts in making this volume come alive, is not too difficult - you are a great person! Julius Shulman, 31 Nov. 1981.” Fine in bright near fine dust jacket. The dust jacket notes: “This comprehensive volume explores Los Angeles's architectural history, revealing the sources of its unparalleled diversity and identifying the components of its impressive urban style. It discusses the historical and aesthetic factors that make architecture a vital part of personal and public life and shows why this is the only city in which one can find Spanish Colonial and Mexican adobe houses, Classical and Mission Revival homes and hotels, bungalow courts, vestiges of the unique Craftsman period, and Victorian mansions...This book is profusely illustrated with over 350 photographs, including 50 in color, of the many important structures built by some of the greatest architects and other unique creations by unknown designers”. 239 page coffee table size. (Inventory #: 15998J)