Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Light spotting to boards. Jacket foxing; A panorama of American home styles and designs for the prospective home builder. ; 8vo; 160 pages Very Good- on spine, slight chipping to corners, 1" tear and piece out top back.
Published by Robert M. McBride and Co., 1946, 1946
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Dust jacket missing. First edition. SIGNED by the editor. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Spotting to covers. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.85.
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Printing. A crisp Very Good copy of the second printing in an extremely scarce Very Good dust jacket with chipping and missing pieces at the edges and spine ends.
Published by McBride, New York, 1946
Seller: Elizabeth's Bookshops, Fremantle, WA, Australia
First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover in Dustjacket. Condition: Very Good. Damaged dustjacket. ARCHITECTURE CLASSIC 160 pages, approximately 400 illustrations and plans. A broad panorama of America's domestic architecture. Drawn from all parts of the US and presented that the prospective home builder could weigh the advantages of a certain style with the terrain and climate of his locality. The houses shown are by leading architects.Chapter titles: The Site, Learning to Read the Blueprints, Windows and Doors, The Walls, Floors, Roofs, Heating, Interior Finishes, Bathrooms, Lighting Equipment, Flexible Living Spaces, Landscaping, Fences,Which Building Material Would You Prefer,These Most Excellent Canopies of the Air by Duncan Hunter, Light Conditioning as an Aid to Comfort by Margaret Sharp Hill, Small Houses with a Maximum of Comfort by Giles Egerton, Small Hillside Houses and the Occasional House by Alan Jackson, Luxury Houses around $9,000, Houses Inspired by American Colonial by Frederick M Wells, A True Down Eat House by Harriett Sisson Gillespie, Ohio Architects Bow to New England , and A Chip Off the Old Block, and Time Passes by this New England Town by Norine C Sullivan.Features Houses by famous architects - residence of Frederick Field West Hartford, CN by William Lescaze. Tudor Farmhouse in Beverly Hills, CA, Home of Wallace Beery the Movie Actor. Paul R Williams Architect, Grace Miller House in Palm Springs, CA by Richard J Neutra (includes floor plans) as well as interior and exterior photos, Japanese modern home in Los Angeles, Ralph Plant Bungalow home at Miami Beach, Denstein house in Palm Springs, James Guthrie stucco house in Palm Springs, Irving Snyder home in Irving Snyder home in Palm Springs by Cliff May (includes floor plans as well as photos), and many more.SCARCE Dustjacket (but very tatty). #221021 First Edition. (Gift inscription on fep.) Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.