Book of Homes 18 (Marvin Rand Cover photo) Stapled wraps - 1961

San Francisco: Duncan A. Scott, Home Publications, Inc., 1961. First Edition . Stapled Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. An idea-filled tour of architect-designed Western Homes" by much published and anthologized mid-century modern architects. 96 pp. Cover illustrates the Anderson House by Smith and Williams (cover photo by Marvin Rand along with 5 article photos). Photo illustrated articles on houses, gardens and interiors designed by Killingsworth Brady Smith (6 Marvin Rand photos); Joseph Esherick (5 Phil Fein photos); Clarence W. Mayhew (4 Morley Baer photos); Richard Dorman (6 Marvin Rand photos); Case Study House Program architect Knorr and Elliott (7 Ernest Braun photos); Donald Blair (6 Dearborn-Massar photos); Henry Hill (5 Roger Sturtevant photos); Case Study House Program architects Buff, Straub and Hensman (7 Julius Shulman photos); Frederic Benedict (6 Art Hupy photos); Wurster, Bernardi and Emmons ((6 Roger Sturtevant photos); Pierre Koenig (Case Study House No. 21 with 6 Julius Shulman photos); Schubart & Friedman (6 Morley Baer photos); and Jack H. Margolis (6 Robert Dolman photos). Also includes an ad with a Julius Shulman photo of an A. Quincy Jones & Frederick Emmons house.Includes an appendix of costruction outlines (specs and materials, appliances, furniture, etc.) for each of the highlighted fourteen houses. A great reference for mid-century modern collectors and historians. Wraps rubbed and soiled, clean inside.