THE AMERICAN HERITAGE HISTORY OF NOTABLE AMERICAN HOUSES.
by Davidson Marshall B
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
New York: American Heritage Publishing Co, 1971. 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. 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.
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- Bookseller
- Buddenbrooks, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21573
- Title
- THE AMERICAN HERITAGE HISTORY OF NOTABLE AMERICAN HOUSES.
- Author
- Davidson Marshall B
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- American Heritage Publishing Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1971
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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