The Architecture and the Gardens of the San Diego Exposition: A Pictorial Survey of the Aesthetic Featuers of the Panama California International Exposition
San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company, 1916. Hardcover. Tan cloth, gilt letters on spine & front cover, dark tan dust jacket, 155 pp., 68 duotone illus. tipped in. G- (DJ has substantial wear and is separated in half; book itself if nice and good and pages are clean; some pages remain uncut; contains marks from former owners on first flyleaves.). Item #154376
Issued in conjunction with the Panama-California Exposition of 1915-1917, held to honor the opening of the Panama Canal, and celebrating the city of San Diego as the first U.S. port of call for canal travelers from the east. Contains three essays: The Architecture and the Gardens of the San Diego Exposition / Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue ; A Triumpg of the Spanish-Colonial Style / Clarence S. Stein ; Descriptive Notes of the Architecture and the Gardens of the San Diego Exposition / Carleton Monroe Winslow. These are followed by double-page spreads of architectural photographs with facing annotations. Nice! Please note that this is an original printed book and NOT an ebook, paperback, or print-on-demand copy.
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