Homes of the Brave by T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings

New York:  Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. "This very funny book is fundamentally a serious criticism of American (and imported) interior decoration & exterior architecture for the past sixty years". Chapters include EAST & WEST, BACK-TO-NATURE "MODERN", LOW-LIFE "MODERN", RANCH-HOUSE "MODERN", MACHINE-FOR-LIVING "MODERN", MOVIE "MODERN", MODERNO "MODERN", DOME SWEET DOME, INTERPLANETARY "MODERN", & THE BEGINNING. With great drwings by Mary Petty throughout. Jacket has light shelf wear. Endpapers browned.