LAKEY'S VILLAGE AND COUNTRY HOUSES, OR CHEAP HOMES FOR ALL CLASSES

LAKEY, Charles D.  LAKEY'S VILLAGE AND COUNTRY HOUSES, OR CHEAP HOMES FOR ALL CLASSES.                                                           

New York: American Builder Pub. Co., 1875. Folio. Publishers cloth. (iv) pages, 84 lithographic plates. First edition and only edition. [Hitchcock, 701].

A rare and uncommon book in trade.  The designs, in plan, perspective and elevation are for houses in both masonry and wood, mostly in the Gothic revival style.  They also include a few interior detail plates.  According to the preface: "The following designs have all been selected from the pages of the American Builder, but it is believed that subscribers to that publication will be glad to get them in book form, printed on fine paper.  As the American Builder has been in existence since 1868, there was, of course, a great number of illustrations to select from.   We have chosen those which we deemed most suitable for a popular book of practical designs."  Mild wear at extremities, else very good.

 

$1,100.00