Eric c pahlke (5 resultados)

Trade Paperback. Condición: Used - Very Good. A photographic overview of great variety, which covers Victorian-style homes throughout San Diego County. The author/photographer has included all style types, from architect-designed to beach houses, summer cottages, and farmhouses; from the affluent to the working-class home. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks.…

Trade Paperback. Condición: New. A photographic overview of great variety, which covers Victorian-style homes throughout San Diego County. The author/photographer has included all style types, from architect-designed to beach houses, summer cottages, and farmhouses; from the affluent to the working-class home.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. Signed by author on title page. Illustrated boards. Covers rubbed (general loss of gloss coating); some minor wear to edges, else like new. Richly illustrated with color photos throughout. Includes a selected bibliography and index. 166 pages. Oblong format. 8.5 x 11 inches. A tribute to the art and engineering of the classic wood carousels built in the United States between the 1880s and the 1920s. Its primary focus is on the 19 classic carousels still in operation along the West Coast, between Seattle and San Diego. These machines feature individually hand-carved wood horses, menagerie animals, and chariots created by skilled artisans, many of whom were recent immigrants from Europe. The book also includes information on carousels with fiberglass replicas of classic wood carvings, as well as carousels with newly carved figures, modeled after classic designs. Additionally, there is information about museums and large private collections of classic carvings. Contents: Introduction, Coney Island Style, Philadelphia Style, Country Fair Style, British Made with American Carvings, Replica Carousels, Newly Carved Carousels, Museum Collections, Selected Bibliography, Index. The carousels examined are located in [Calfiornia]: San Diego, Long Beach, Anaheim, Riverside, Santa Monica, Los Gatos, Irwindale, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Valencia, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, Gilroy, Berkeley, Davis, and Sacramento; [Oregon]: Salem, Albany, Parkdale, and Portland; [Washington]: Puyallup, Tacoma, Federal way and Seattle. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Signed by author. Binding firm, interior clean and unmarked. Tiny red ink stain at tip of top right corner on pages 108-125. Signed.

Condición: acceptable. Fairly worn, but readable and intact. If applicable: Dust jacket, disc or access code may not be included.