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Sonoma Valley Style: At Home in California's Wine Country [Hardcover]

Kathryn Masson (Author), Steven Brooke (Photographer)
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June 7, 2005
Sonoma Valley: the name alone evokes a wonderful sense of warmth, beauty, and magic. On hearing it, one envisions landscapes of sparkling rivers, verdant, vineyard-banked hillsides, and sunshine―in short, paradise. Having had this dream, those lured by the spell of Sonoma arrive to discover a place far more spectacular than imagined. In Sonoma Valley Style, author Kathryn Masson and award-winning photographer Steven Brooke offer us an intimate tour of this extraordinary place. By way of brilliant, full-color photography and lucid prose, we gain privileged entry into the stunning houses and easy lifestyle of this lush Eden.
Sonoma Valley Style illustrates, in full color, extraordinary, restored and lived-in Mexican-period adobes, 19th-century Victorian farmhouses, early 20th-century craftsman bungalows, modern “California” ranch houses, and contemporary residences on the cutting edge of design.

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About the Author

Kathryn Masson is the author of Santa Barbara Style and Napa Valley Style, and has contributed articles to various magazines.
Steven Brooke is a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome and winner of the AIA National Institute Honor Award for photography. His work has appeared in Rizzoli’s Napa Valley Style, Seaside Style, and Savannah Style.

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  • Hardcover: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Rizzoli (June 7, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0847827208
  • ISBN-13: 978-0847827206
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 1 x 10.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #871,812 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars High Quality Writing/Photography/Printing, August 25, 2005
This review is from: Sonoma Valley Style: At Home in California's Wine Country (Hardcover)
Sonoma Valley is not far from it's better known neighbor Napa Valley. What that really means is that it's not nearly as crowded with tourists. Still prime wine growing country the first vinyards date from the middle 1800's. It also seems that wine people tend to not be poor. The houses from the old vinyards are classical and elegant. The houses from the new vinyards are not bad either.

In this book you'll see a lot of kitchens with Viking type stovetops. There aren't many stoves from Sears purchased second hand. The book is a description of some of the more elegant houses in Sonoma Valley. It is profusely photographed by Steven Brooke an architectural photographer of reknown. His works include books on Rome, Jerusalem, Savannah, Napa and others. His pictures have a warm, creamy look that I find very inviting. The description that goes with the houses combines descriptive information with history and tales of the people who buile/remodeled them.

The book is about what you would expect of a coffee table book on a region: high quality pictures, high quality writing, high quality printing.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Sonoma SNOB style, December 27, 2009
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They desperately need to do an "new and improved" edition of this book as I felt it was severely outdated and quite ostentatious. My hobby is home remodeling and I got ZERO inspiration from this book. I was in the market for a Sonoma County property at the time. It's not even that pretty as a coffee table book!
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3.0 out of 5 stars Sonoma Valley Style, April 23, 2010
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Book arrived promptly. Wrapped in brown paper with no padding. Bubble wrap or mailing in a mailer envelope may have prevented the edges of the dust jacket from wrinkling and the corners from being bumped. Advertised as new but had a remainder mark on it which removes it from the gift giving category. Also had a price sticker stuck to the front of the DJ which, when removed, left residue. DJ was wrinkled at bottom edge. Lessons learned: email seller and ask if remainder mark and/or price stickers are on book and if the book is in gift giving condition. Yes, it was new but not in pristine condition. Sellers should mention remainder marks and price stickers as well as the condition of the DJ.

In summary, ask lots of questions if you intend to buy from this seller as a gift and want a book in new, pristine condition.. If you're buying for yourself, the seller is fine.
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