Item 51 - Les Maisons de Rêve de Los Angeles

Publisher: Academy Editions

Inserted:
-polaroid photographs of houses, addresses annotated on reverse, numbered 1-9 [4 is missing]
-postcard from [Malie] congratulating Charles on the Day Dream book
-card from [Jo Jo] congratulating Charles on the Dream Houses of LA book, 1978
-typescript letter from John [possibly John Leighton Chase] regarding overlaps with his book on West Hollywood, 1978
-cutting from Time, 1 May 1989 titled 'Million-Dollar "Birthday Cakes"'
-typescript titled 'Photocaptions to Daydream Houses of LA'
-drawing in coloured pencil of An L.A Daydream House
-manuscript letter from Neil Pinney, California, enclosing contenders for Daydream Houses, with cuttings
-manuscript letter on Roland E Coate AIA headed paper regarding a house he is designing, 1978
-manuscript letter from Paulette Gershen, California regarding potential contributions of 'Witches houses' to the sequel of Daydream Houses of Los Angeles
-correspondence with the owners of 333 Copa de Oro Road regarding potential legal action after the inclusion of their house in Daydream Houses of Los Angeles, 1979, including copy of Charles' reply
-bundle of correspondence with Ambassador magazine arranging to write 750-1000 words on houses in Los Angeles; includes draft typescript, cutting of published article, correspondence regarding captions and return of slides; signed contract, 1981
-photocopied letter from Flaniken Construction, California to Charles via Academy Editions, detailing their involvement in two of the houses in Daydream Houses of Los Angeles, 1979

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