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New York: The Viking Press, [1972]. Hardcover. Square 8vo. Purple cloth with silver spine lettering. 173pp. Color frontispiece, extensive illustrations (some color). Near fine. Lacks dust jacket. Item #49016
ISBN: 0670376655
Attractive first edition of this survey of award-winning homes grouped into such categories as "The Contemporary Idiom," "The Small Space Age," "The Unusual Dwelling," "Do-It-Yourself," etc. Boldly inscribed and signed in black fineline on front flyleaf: "All best wishes to / Robert Malott! / Tish Baldridge / 4/27/72." Baldridge (1926-2012) was best known as Jackie Kennedy's social secretary, but was also a renowned etiquette expert nicknamed the "Doyenne of Decorum," writer and publicist. Robert Malott (1926-2018) was a noted Chicago business leader, CEO of FMC Corporation, Republican politico and philanthropist.
Price: $55.00