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This is an about very good hardcover copy in illustrated bords, lacking dust jacket with light wear. Front cover slightly bowed. Generally clean inside and out, but previous owner name and date of 1964 inside the front cover. This is the first of the two books the Berniers' produced on contemporary interior design in the 1960's. This one presents the interiors of apartments of Roger Vivier & Jacques Damase. Also the apartment of Cecil Beaton's in London, a Paris apartment of Pierre Delbee of Jansen, and Leonor Fini's large attic also in Paris. David Hicks and Lady Pamela Mounbatten's Oxfordshire country house, which Hicks had just renovated. The Count and Countess Panza di Biumo's Milan apartment with its' blend of Louis-Philippe and Napoleon III furniture and the 1950's and 60's paintings that Panza di Biumo collected. Several modernist houses are shown, one the Agnelli pavilion near Turin. Another is the modern hunting lodge that Guglielmo Mozzoni designed for the Countess Paravicini. Also Pierre Soulages's seaside villa. Altogether a fascinating look at 1960's interior design. 13" high X 10" wide, 160 pages. 183 black & white illustrations + 54 color plates. Large heavy book foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.