THE AMERICAN HERITAGE HISTORY OF NOTABLE AMERICAN HOUSES.
THE AMERICAN HERITAGE HISTORY OF NOTABLE AMERICAN HOUSES.
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Details
- Year of publication
- 1971
- Place of printing
- New York
- Author
- Davidson
- Publishers
- American Heritage Publishing Co
- Edition
- First Edition. With black and white and color illustrations.
- Languages
- English
- First edition
- True
Description
First Edition. With black and white and color illustrations. 4to, blue boards, lettered in gilt on the spine and upper cover. In the dustjacket as issued. 383 pp. A very nice copy with a bit of edgewear to the dustjacket.
Edizione: a comprehensive history of the american 'dream houses', from cape cod cottages to the mansions of “the 400”, to the inventions of our modern day. included are: jefferson, renaissance man and innovator; charles bulfinch, designer of gracious city homes; the shakers, who built simply and well for god; catharine beecher; early advocate of easy-to-care-for houses; and frank lloyd wright, the one-man revolution in modern housing.