Interiors for Contemporary Living: An International Survey in Color, 1960, HC, VG.

Bauer, Franz, Cathrin Seifert. New York: Architectural Book Publishing, Co., 1960.

English, Very Good, HC, 4to, 10 1/4" x 9 1/2", [6] 204 + 10 pp.

Slate gray illustrated cloth over board, featuring stamped illustration of a fish mobile to front panel, stamped blue lettering to spine, some toning to edges of text block, otherwise, sharp tips, tightly bound, and unmarked throughout. Very Good white pictorial dust jacket, featuring full-color photograph of a living space to front panel, black lettering to front, spine, and interior flaps, closed tear to front bottom tip, minor shelf wear, otherwise, clean and intact. Protected in a paper-backed Mylar sleeve. [6] 204 + 10 pp., replete with full-color and duo-tone images, and black illustrations of furniture, art, rugs, statuary and other design elements in various interior and exterior home spaces. Includes pictorial endpapers featuring a black-and-white photograph of house exterior, Introduction by Cathrin Seifert and 24 sections with text by Franz Bauer on Wine cellars, Bedrooms, Objets-d'art, Boudoirs, Roof gardens, and more. From the dust jacket: "This beautiful book is the first really luxurious survey in color of modern European ideas on interior decoration to be published here for many years...Twenty-five basic problems are treated here in text and pictures...Each will find an abundance of suggestions and examples of decoration, original color compositions, furniture and its harmonious arrangement."