American Architecture Since 1780: A Guide to the Styles. by Whiffen, Marcus - 1969.

Cambridge: M.I.T. Press, 1969. First Edition, First Printing Printed Wraps AS NEW in WRAPS 12mo (5-1/2 x7-1/2), 313 pp including Index, Bibliography, and Glossary. Clear, concise, well-written and complete guide to American Architecture. Softcover with plastic spiral/ring binding (no spine, pages all lie flat), front cover is red, back cover is another front cover, but in blue. (h) This seems to be a handmade version of this book, clean, Unmarked, apparently Unread, and AS NEW. Professor Whiffen wrote the book with students of his "History of Architecture" class, few of whom majored in History and none of whom majored in Architecture. He set it up to be a sort of field guide (comparing to such guides for birds, trees, etc), showing and describing the characteristic features of 40 different styles.