Signed 1st Edition of 'Palm Springs Modern: Houses in the California Desert' (1999 Rizzoli )

First Edition copies, all previously owned and in fine condition, of Palm Springs Modern: Houses in the California Desert (1999, Rizzoli). 9.5x11.5". 192 pages. Loaded with gorgeous color and B&W photographs. Hardcover with original dustjacket.  All copies have some very minor wear, not unexpected for a book now 25 years old.  Each is signed by author Adele Cygelman.

Palm Springs Modern was a sensation with architects, designers and architectural enthusiasts when first published, as it was one, if not the first of the coffee table photograph books that truly captured the midcentury modern essence of residential architecture in Palm Springs, showcasing the best of Palm Springs to a wider audience. This book can be found on the coffee tables and bookshelves of modernism aficionados around the world.  So, if you don’t have one, now is the time to get a signed 1^st Edition for your bookshelf.  It also makes for a very thoughtful and appreciated holiday gift!

About the book: 

Palm Springs is famous as a mecca for the international jet set. But the city has also attracted its share of eccentrics and mavericks who have left an architectural legacy that remains unsurpassed for its originality and international influence. Palm Springs Modern examines the impact that architects and designers have had on the desert oasis, primarily from the 1940s to the 1960s, when they created one of the most important concentrations of modernist architecture in the world.

Palm Springs came into its own architecturally after the war when it became a haven for such modernists as Richard Neutra, who was already practicing the International Style in Los Angeles. Many other distinguished architects have left distinctive marks in the desert: Albert Frey, John Lautner, E. Stewart Williams, William Cody, John Porter Clark, and Craig Ellwood.

Palm Springs Modern features examples of mid-century modernism at its most glamorous, some of them the residences of prominent figures who commissioned weekend getaways in the desert including Frank Sinatra, Walter Annenberg, and Raymond Loewy.

Adele Cygelman's insightful text, a foreword by architectural historian Joseph Rosa, contemporary color photography by David Glomb, and the celebrated archival black-and-white work of Julius Shulman all capture the distinctly modern allure of America's famed desert playground.

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Things To Know: 

These are not the less expensive, more recent 2^nd Edition books reprinted by Rizzoli in 2015, but the original edition published in 1999.  All are signed by author Adele Cygelman

Books cannot be returned and are not refundable.  All copies have been previously owned.  Hardcover with original dustjacket.  All have some very minor wear, not unexpected for a book now 25 years old.

Books will ship out USPS Priority Mail at no extra charge for 1-3 day delivery once shipped. CA Sales Tax of 7.25% will be added to final invoice. 

• Company Name : Donations from various friends of MW