Description: Work by leading architects - including Wallace Neff, Gordon Kauffman, Roland Coate, and George Washington Smith - is featured in forty-four beautiful homes built in California during the 1920s and '30s. More than 300 images illustrate the aesthetic of authentic Mediterranean form, furnished in Mission style and landscaped appropriately for a lifestyle centered around courtyards and conducted beneath shaded verandas. In many cases, the projects include the architect's hand-rendered site and floor plans.
Brief description: S. F. "Jerry" Cook III is a second generation antiques dealer headquartered in Olympia, Washington. He specializes in books and ephemera about architecture, wrought iron, woodwork, masonry, and innumerable other forms of design. Tina Skinner has won numerous awards as a writer and newspaper editor. She now specializes in books on design.